Duttonite, a New Quadrivalent Vanadium Oxide from the Peanut Mine, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Duttonite, a New Quadrivalent Vanadium Oxide from the Peanut Mine, Montrose County, Colorado

A report about a new quadrivalent vanadium oxide from the Peanut mine named Duttonite which has the formula VO(OH)2. The mineral occurs as crusts and coatings of pale-brown transparent platy crystals.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Thompson, M. E.; Roach, C. H. & Meyrowitz, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploring for Ancient Channels With the Refraction Seismograph (open access)

Exploring for Ancient Channels With the Refraction Seismograph

Report discussing the exploration of the uranium ore-containing ancient channels of the Shinarump member of the Chinle formation of Late Triassic age through the use of a refraction seismograph.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Pakiser, L. C. & Black, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Chicago Creek Area, Clear Creek County, Colorado (open access)

Geology and Ore Deposits of the Chicago Creek Area, Clear Creek County, Colorado

Report discussing the geology and numerous ore deposits of the Chicago Creek area in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Prior to this report, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and uranium were produced from this area.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Harrison, J. E. & Wells, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laboratory Study of High-Grade Uranium-Bearing Lignite From Harding County, South Dakota (open access)

Laboratory Study of High-Grade Uranium-Bearing Lignite From Harding County, South Dakota

Report discussing a study of uraniferous lignite collected from three coal beds from Harding County, South Dakota. The report contains information regarding the location and geologic setting of the coal, the materials studies, coal petrologic studies, and a discussion of results.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Schopf, James M. & Gray, Ralph J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the Geology of Uranium (open access)

Notes on the Geology of Uranium

Report outlining information regarding uranium and geology of uranium. Sections include geochemistry of uranium, influence of orogeny on concentration of uranium, types of uranium deposits, and general criteria for prospecting.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Duncan, D. C.; Danilchik, Walter; Staatz, M. H.; Barnes, Harley & McKelvey, V. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the geology of uranium (open access)

Notes on the geology of uranium

A report discussing features of uranium that may be important in searching for and appraising deposits.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Klepper, Montis Ruhl; Wyant, Donald G.; Duncan, Donald C., 1911-1990; Danilchik, Walter; Staatz, Mortimer H.; Barnes, Harley et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radium-Uranium Equilibrium and Radium-Uranium Ages of Some Colorado Plateau Secondary Minerals (open access)

Radium-Uranium Equilibrium and Radium-Uranium Ages of Some Colorado Plateau Secondary Minerals

Report discussing a study in which ten samples of carnotite and metatyuyamunite ore that contain more than 0.1 percent lead area analyzed for uranium, radium, and lead.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Stern, T. W. & Stieff, L. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rapid-Scanning Microphotometry (open access)

Rapid-Scanning Microphotometry

Abstract: "A rapid-scanning microphotometer is described with which a 10-inch spectrum may be scanned in two minutes. The resulting chart may be 60, 300, or 1,500 cm long (wavelength scale) and 4 cm high (intensity scale). Commercially available components are used."
Date: March 1956
Creator: Helz, A. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Observations on Rutherfordine (open access)

Some Observations on Rutherfordine

A report about the optical properties of rutherfordine.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Clark, Joan R. & Christ, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in Alaska, 1945-1954, and an Appraisal of Alaskan Uranium Possibilities (open access)

Summary of Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in Alaska, 1945-1954, and an Appraisal of Alaskan Uranium Possibilities

Report summarizing findings of investigations for radioactive source materials in Alaska from 1945 through 1954, and assessing possible Uranium sources in the state.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Wedow, Helmuth, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

From abstract: Field work leading to this report was done by the U. S. Geological Survey for the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nearly 24 townships were mapped in the central part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Fourteen of these townships contain outcrops of uranium-bearing coal. Thirty coal beds were mapped, but only seven of them have uranium-bearing coal reserves as defined in this report.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Pipiringos, George N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation for uraniferous coal in the central region of the Great Divide Basin of Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Pipiringos, G. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library