Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12e Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12e Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: The maps and tables comprising this report are being transmitted at this time to provide interested users with a summary of the geology of the Ul2e tunnel system. The system was constructed to provide access to underground test sites. This report contains part of the geologic information obtained from investigations conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey to determine the geologic environment of the underground test sites. Results of geophysical and radiometric surveys, and physical properties are being studied. This work was done on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: September 1960
Creator: McKeown, F. A. & Dickey, D. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic section from Carlsbad Caverns National Park through the Project Gnome site, Eddy and Lea Counties, N. Mex

Discussing peaceful applications of nuclear explosions
Date: September 23, 1960
Creator: Cooper, James B.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12b Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12b Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: This report contains part of the geologic information obtained from investigations conducted by the USGS on behalf of the AEC to determine the geologic environment of the underground test sites at Nevada Test Site.
Date: September 1961
Creator: Dickey, D. D. & Emerick, W. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gamma-Radioactivity Investigations Related to Waste Disposal, Jackass Flats, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Gamma-Radioactivity Investigations Related to Waste Disposal, Jackass Flats, Nevada Test Site

From introduction: Under the general supervision of the Health Division of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, the U.S. Geological Survey is participating in geologic and hydrologic studies of the tile field constructed in Jackass Flats in the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site as related to waste disposal, M. D. Shutler rendered valuable assistance in obtaining and evaluating portions of the data in this report. These investigations were done on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and were supported by the Division of Reactor Development and by the Albuquerque Operations Office.
Date: September 1962
Creator: Bunker, C. M. & Bradley, W. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Outline of Geology of the U12j and U12j.01 Tunnels, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Outline of Geology of the U12j and U12j.01 Tunnels, Nevada Test Site

Description and outline of the geology of the U12j and U12j.01 tunnels in the Survey Butte Member of the Piapi Canyon Formation in Nevada.
Date: September 1962
Creator: Laraway, W. H. & Houser, F. N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic and Seismic Investigations of Proposed Nuclear Power Plant Site on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California (open access)

Geologic and Seismic Investigations of Proposed Nuclear Power Plant Site on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California

The following report covers the study of the site adjacent to Campbell Cove on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California, focusing on questions such as: 1) its position relative to the San Andreas fault zone; 2) the possibility that minor faults, related to the San Andreas fault, might actually pass through the site; and 3) the seismic hazards posed by the nearby San Andreas fault zone.
Date: September 1963
Creator: Eaton, Jerry P.; Schlocker, Julius; Bonilla, Manuel G. & Clebsch, Alfred, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Summary of the Ground-Water Hydrology of the Area Between the Las Vegas Valley and the Amargosa Desert, Nevada: with Special Reference to the Effects of Possible New Withdrawals of Ground Water (open access)

A Summary of the Ground-Water Hydrology of the Area Between the Las Vegas Valley and the Amargosa Desert, Nevada: with Special Reference to the Effects of Possible New Withdrawals of Ground Water

Introduction: The United States Atomic Energy Commission is considering the establishment of a townsite in the vicinity of Mercury, Nevada, to facilitate operations at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station on the Nevada Test Site.
Date: September 1963
Creator: Winograd, Isaac Judah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Buckboard Mesa Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Buckboard Mesa quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Byers, F. M., Jr.; Rogers, C. L. & Luft, Stanley Jeremie
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Silent Butte Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Silent Butte quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Ekren, E. B.; Anderson, R. E.; Orkild, Paul P. & Hinrichs, E. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Timber Mountain Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Timber Mountain Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

Map of the Timber Mountain Quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Carr, Wilfred James & Quinlivan, W. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library