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Beryllium Minerals in the Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico (open access)

Beryllium Minerals in the Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico

Report discussing beryllium deposits in the form of beryl, helvite, and beryllian idocrase in a small area of the Victorio Mountains of Luna County, New Mexico.
Date: January 1952
Creator: Holser, William T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphy of the Morrison Formation in Part of Northwestern New Mexico (open access)

Stratigraphy of the Morrison Formation in Part of Northwestern New Mexico

Report discussing the stratigraphy of the Morrison Formation in northwestern New Mexico. From Introduction: "The field work on which this report is based was done during the summer of 1954 when the authors were engaged in investigating the uranium resources of northwestern New Mexico..."
Date: April 1955
Creator: Freeman, V. L. & Hilpert, L. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico

Report discussing the geological details of uranium-bearing copper deposits in the Sangre de Cristo formation, located south of Coyote, Mora County, New Mexico.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Zeller, Howard D. & Baltz, Elmer H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Copper and Uranium Deposits of the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico (open access)

The Copper and Uranium Deposits of the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico

A report about copper and uranium deposits of the Coyote district, Mora County, N. Mex., are confined to the lower 2,000 feet of the Sangre de Cristo formation of Pennsylvanian and Permian age.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Tschanz, C. M.; Laub, D. C. & Fuller, G. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical Properties of Sandstones of the Morrison Formation (open access)

Electrical Properties of Sandstones of the Morrison Formation

The following report covers the study of electrical properties of the Morrison formation in the Uravan mineral belt of the Colorado Plateau to determine if there are anomalous variations in these properties in and near zones of uranium-vanadium minerals which might serve as a target for geophysical prospecting.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Keller, George V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in New Mexico, 1952 (open access)

Reconnaissance for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in New Mexico, 1952

Abstract: Reconnaissance for uranium in coal and black shale in New Mexico during 1952 was largely an extension of work initiated during the 1951 field season. No uranium deposits of economic interest were found, although minor amounts of uranium were noted at several localities.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Bachman, G. O.; Baltz, E. H. & O'Sullivan, R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactive Phonolite and Associated Thorium - Rare Earth - Niobium Veins in the Laughlin Peak Area, Chico Hills, Colfax County, New Mexico (open access)

Radioactive Phonolite and Associated Thorium - Rare Earth - Niobium Veins in the Laughlin Peak Area, Chico Hills, Colfax County, New Mexico

Report discussing the investigation of possibly commercial amounts of thorium, niobium and rare earths which were found in veins of igneous rock areas in Laughlin Peak, New Mexico.
Date: December 1958
Creator: Tschanz, Charles M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geophysical Observations in Parts of the Grants District, Mckinley County, New Mexico (open access)

Geophysical Observations in Parts of the Grants District, Mckinley County, New Mexico

Report discussing geophysical observations in parts of the Grants district of McKinley County, New Mexico. This study had the "dual objective of investigating the unusual occurrence of negative aeromagnetic anomalies in close association with airborne radioactivity anomalies, and of investigating other geophysical methods which might assist directly or indirectly in the search for uranium ores in the Grants district."
Date: August 1952
Creator: Cook, Kenneth L. & Moss, Calvin K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Uranium and Copper Deposits in Parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming (open access)

Reconnaissance of Uranium and Copper Deposits in Parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming

Report discussing an investigation of copper deposits in sandstone that were believed to be possibly uraniferous, and uraniferous asphaltite deposits.
Date: June 1952
Creator: Gott, Garland B. & Erickson, Ralph L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Coal and Carbonaceous Shale in the La Ventana Mesa Area, Sandoval County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Coal and Carbonaceous Shale in the La Ventana Mesa Area, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of uranium-bearing coal, carbonaceous shale, and carbonaceous sandstone occurring around La Ventana Mesa in New Mexico.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Vine, James D.; Bachman, George O.; Read, Charles B. & Moore, George W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salt in the Ochoa Series, New Mexico and Texas (open access)

Salt in the Ochoa Series, New Mexico and Texas

The following report is a synopsis of readily available information on the mineralogy, thickness and areal extent of soluble salt deposits in the Ochoa series of Permian age in southeastern New Mexico and western Texas. It's part of a more extensive investigation of salt being carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey in connection with its Investigation of Geologic Processes project on behalf of the Division of Research, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: December 1958
Creator: Hayes, Philip T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphy of Triassic and Associated Formations in Part of the Colorado Plateau (open access)

Stratigraphy of Triassic and Associated Formations in Part of the Colorado Plateau

From abstract: "Stratigraphic studies of the Triassic and associated formations have been made in southeastern Utah and adjoining parts of Colorado and Arizona. These studies have followed five principal lines of investigation: regional stratigraphy, sedimentary petrology, pebble studies, sedimentary structure studies, and lithofacies studies."
Date: June 1956
Creator: Stewart, John H.; Williams, George A.; Albee, Howard F.; Raup, Omer B. & Cadigan, Robert A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elemental Composition of Colorado Plateau Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits (open access)

Elemental Composition of Colorado Plateau Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits

Report discussing the investigation of the chemical composition of sandstone-type uranium ores and unmineralized sandstones of the Colorado Plateau. Spectrographic and chemical analyses was used.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Shoemaker, E. M.; Miesch, A. T.; Newman, W. L. & Riley, L. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium deposits in Grant County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium deposits in Grant County, New Mexico

A report regarding uranium deposits located in Grant County, New Mexico. This report concerns work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: September 1952
Creator: Granger, H. C.; Bauer, Herman L.; Lovering, T. G. & Gillerman, Elliot
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-bearing coal and carbonaceous shale in La Ventana Mesa area, Sandoval County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium-bearing coal and carbonaceous shale in La Ventana Mesa area, Sandoval County, New Mexico

A report regarding uranium-bearing coal and carbonaceous shale in La Ventana Mesa Area, in Sandoval County, New Mexico. This report concerns work done on behalf of the division of raw materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Vine, James David; Bachman, George Odell; Read, Charles B. & Moore, George William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salt in the Ochoa series, New Mexico and Texas (open access)

Salt in the Ochoa series, New Mexico and Texas

"This report is a synopsis of readily available information on the mineralogy, thickness, and areal extent of soluble salt deposits in the Ochoa series of Permian age in southeastern New Mexico and western Texas."
Date: December 1958
Creator: Hayes, Philip T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library