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Occurrences of Uranium at Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (open access)

Occurrences of Uranium at Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of uranium occurrences, which were discovered after submission of a sample containing 0.068 percent uranium, at Clinton, New Jersey. Information produced from sampling, mapping and radioactivity testing is included.
Date: March 1954
Creator: McKeown, F. A.; Klemic, Harry & Choquette, P. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Germanium and Uranium in Coalified Wood from Upper Devonian Black Shale (open access)

Germanium and Uranium in Coalified Wood from Upper Devonian Black Shale

A report about a microscopic study of black, vireous, carbonaceous material occurring in the Chattanooga shale in Tennessee and in the Cleveland member of the Ohio shale in Ohio has revealed coalified woody plant tissue.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Breger, Irving A. & Schopf, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Determination of Potassium and Sodium in Siliceous, Argillaceous, and Phosphatic Rocks by the Flame Photometer (open access)

The Determination of Potassium and Sodium in Siliceous, Argillaceous, and Phosphatic Rocks by the Flame Photometer

From Abstract: "A routine method is given for the determination of potassium and sodium in siliceous, argillaceous, and phosphatic rocks using the Beckman flame photometer 10300."
Date: July 1954
Creator: Jenkins, Lillie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Radiogenic Helium and Lead in Zircon (open access)

Comparison of Radiogenic Helium and Lead in Zircon

Report discussing "a direct comparison of helium and lead in nonmetamict zircon crystals".
Date: November 1954
Creator: Hurley, Patrick M.; Larsen, Esper S., Jr. & Gottfried, David
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Occurrences in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Hunterdon County, New Jersey (open access)

Uranium Occurrences in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Hunterdon County, New Jersey

A report about eleven occurrences of uraniferous argillite in the Lockatong lithofacies and five occurrences of uraniferous sandstone in the stockton lithofacies which are both of triassic age.
Date: June 1954
Creator: McKeown, F. A.; Choquette, P. W. & Baker, R. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abernathyite, a New Uranium Mineral of the Metatorbernite Group (open access)

Abernathyite, a New Uranium Mineral of the Metatorbernite Group

A report about a new uranium mineral from the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Emery County, Utah, named abernathyite.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Thompson, M. E.; Ingram, Blanche & Gross, E. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Lignite and Its Relation to the White River and Arikaree Formations in Northwestern South Dakota and Adjacent States (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Lignite and Its Relation to the White River and Arikaree Formations in Northwestern South Dakota and Adjacent States

A report about uranium-bearing lignite beds that occur at many horizons in the Hell Creek formation of late Cretaceous age and the overlying Ludlow, Tongue River, and Sentinel Butte members of the Fort Union formation of Paleocene age.
Date: September 1954
Creator: Denson, N. M.; Bachman, G. O. & Zeller, H. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carnotite-Bearing Sandstone in Cedar Canyon, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota (open access)

Carnotite-Bearing Sandstone in Cedar Canyon, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota

A report about carnotite-bearing sandstone and clay which has been found in the Chadron formation of the White River group of Oligocene age in the southern part of the Slim Buttes area, Harding County, S. Dakota. The mineralized sandstone contains as much as 0.23 percent uranium.
Date: February 1954
Creator: Gill, J. R. & Moore, G. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Occurrence and Properties of Metatyuyamunite (open access)

The Occurrence and Properties of Metatyuyamunite

A report about a new mineral called metatyuyamunite which is a dehydration product of tyuyamunite. This mineral has been collected from more than 35 localities in the Colorado Plateaus,several localities in Fall River County, S. Dakota, and Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyo.
Date: September 1954
Creator: Stern, T. W.; Stieff, L. R.; Girhard, M. N. & Meyrowitz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Investigations of Radioactive Deposits Semiannual Progress Report (open access)

Geologic Investigations of Radioactive Deposits Semiannual Progress Report

This report is a statement of progress during a six-months period and gives the principal unclassified information developed in that period about investigations of radioactive materials in the United States and Alaska, and to a minor extent in foreign countries.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactive Deposits in California (open access)

Radioactive Deposits in California

"The primary purpose of this report is to present data pertaining to the occurrence, distribution, and geologic environment of deposits of radioactive minerals in California. A secondary purpose is to summarize the information available on occurrences in California and to present a brief description of each radioactive locality that was known prior to 1953."
Date: January 1954
Creator: Walker, G. W. & Lovering, T. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Thermodynamic Relations Among the Uranium Oxides and Their Relation to the Oxidation States of the Uranium Ores of the Colorado Plateaus (open access)

Some Thermodynamic Relations Among the Uranium Oxides and Their Relation to the Oxidation States of the Uranium Ores of the Colorado Plateaus

Report discussing uranium oxides, their thermodynamic relations, and how these relations connect to the oxidation states of uranium ores found at the Colorado Plateaus. This report provides information regarding thermodynamic properties of some compounds and ions of the U-O-H2O system, discussion and interpretation of thermodynamic properties, and a summary with conclusion.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Garrels, Robert M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactive Coal and Shale of Pennsylvanian and Permian Age in Northern West Virginia (open access)

Radioactive Coal and Shale of Pennsylvanian and Permian Age in Northern West Virginia

Report discussing radioactive coal in northern West Virginia. From Abstract: "The commercially important coal beds in the Monongahela series of Pennsylvanian age and coal and shale of the Dunkard series of Permian age were examined and sampled in eight counties in northern West Virginia."
Date: December 1954
Creator: Patterson, E. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chattanooga Shale Investigations Along the Sequatchie Anticline of Tennessee and Alabama (open access)

Chattanooga Shale Investigations Along the Sequatchie Anticline of Tennessee and Alabama

From abstract: "In 1953 the Chattanooga shale in the Sequatchie anticline was tested for its uranium content by seven diamond drill cores. Concurrent with the drilling, geologic field work was done to determine the distribution, thickness, and structural setting of the shale." The report contains information regarding location and drainage, geology, the drilling program, subdivisions of the Sequatchie anticline, and unpublished reports.
Date: September 1954
Creator: Glover, Lynn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Field Method for Making a Quantitative Estimate of Altered Tuff in Sandstone (open access)

A Field Method for Making a Quantitative Estimate of Altered Tuff in Sandstone

Report discussing a method for using benzidine to identify altered tuff in sandstone. The method is "practical for field or field laboratory studies associated with stratigraphic correlations, mineral deposit investigations, or paleogeographic interpretations."
Date: September 1954
Creator: Cadigan, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Lignite in Southwestern North Dakota (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Lignite in Southwestern North Dakota

Report discussing a study in which uranium-bearing lignite was mapped and sampled in the Bullion Butte, Sentinel Butte, HT Butte, and Chalky Buttes areas in southwestern North Dakota.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Moore, George W.; Melin, Robert E. & Kepferle, Roy C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Uranium Deposits in Carbonaceous Rocks of the Fall Creek Area, Bonneville County, Idaho (open access)

Geology and Uranium Deposits in Carbonaceous Rocks of the Fall Creek Area, Bonneville County, Idaho

Report discussing the geology and uraniferous carbonaceous rocks found in the Bear River of the Fall Creek area of Bonneville County, Idaho. The report provides information regarding the geology of the area, uranium occurrences, distribution of uranium and other elements in carbonaceous materials, origin of uranium occurrences, core drilling results, and inferred reserves.
Date: July 1954
Creator: Vine, James D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microscopic Studies of Uraniferous Coal Deposits -- a Progress Report (open access)

Microscopic Studies of Uraniferous Coal Deposits -- a Progress Report

Report discussing a study on four beds of uranium-bearing lignite from the Slim Buttes area of Harding County, South Dakota.
Date: February 1954
Creator: Schopf, James M. & Gray, Ralph J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wall-Rock Control of Certain Pitchblende Deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado (open access)

Wall-Rock Control of Certain Pitchblende Deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado

Report discussing a geological study of the Union Pacific prospect near the Golden Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Adams, John W. & Stugard, Frederick, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress in Radioactive Iron Oxides Investigations (open access)

Progress in Radioactive Iron Oxides Investigations

Report discussing a study on secondary radioactive iron minerals closely associated with uranium and thorium deposits in various western states. From abstract: "A study on these radioactive 'limonites' was therefore undertaken in an attempt to find out in what form the radioactive material is present in the limonite, how it was introduced, and whether a field study of leached ferruginous cappings over uranium and thorium deposits might yield information about the depth, distribution, size, and grade of underlying ore bodies."
Date: June 1954
Creator: Lovering, Tom G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Monazite Content of the Goodrich Quartzite, Palmer Area, Marquette County, Michigan (open access)

Geology and Monazite Content of the Goodrich Quartzite, Palmer Area, Marquette County, Michigan

Report discussing an investigation of the geology and monazite content of the Goodrich quartzite, which was present in the Palmer area of Marquette County, Michigan. This investigation was motivated by the detection of abnormal radioactivity in Goodrich quartzite of the area.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Vickers, R. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Deposits in Fall River County, South Dakota (open access)

Uranium Deposits in Fall River County, South Dakota

Report discussing uranium deposits containing carnotite in the southern Black Hills near Edgemont, Fall River County, South Dakota.
Date: February 1954
Creator: Bell, Henry, III & Bales, W. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Uranium-Bearing Lignite in the Ekalaka Lignite Field , Carter County, Montana (open access)

Reconnaissance for Uranium-Bearing Lignite in the Ekalaka Lignite Field , Carter County, Montana

A report about uranium bearing lignite beds which are 1.5 to 8 feet thick that occur in the Fort Union formation of the southern part of the Ekalaka Hills, Carter County, Montana.
Date: July 1954
Creator: Gill, James R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lithium Resources of North America (open access)

Lithium Resources of North America

Report discussing the various resources of lithium for the United States and Canada. The report contains information regarding the geology of lithium in the U.S. and Canada, lithium reserves and resources, and the future of the lithium mining industry.
Date: October 1954
Creator: Norton, James J. & Schlegel, Dorothy McKenney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library