Notes on the Geology of Southwestern Idaho and Southeastern Oregon (open access)

Notes on the Geology of Southwestern Idaho and Southeastern Oregon

From introduction: The aim of the present paper is to put on record such observations relating to the general geology of the region traversed as it is thought may be of interest, more particularly to the people of Idaho and Oregon, and also in certain instances serve to supplement the report referred to on artesian conditions.
Date: 1903
Creator: Russell, Israel C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Ore Deposits of Lemhi County, Idaho (open access)

Geology and Ore Deposits of Lemhi County, Idaho

From introduction: The present report embodies the results of reconnaissance studies in the nineteen mining districts of Lemhi County, Idaho.
Date: 1913
Creator: Umpleby, Joseph B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1929 (open access)

Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1929

From introduction: This report describes the deposits of analcite in the Green River formation, to compare them with other similar deposits, and to present them with other similar deposits, and to present the observations and inferences that led him to explain them as alteration products of volcanic ash that fell into an ancient saline lake. The report also records the occurrence of several thin beds of sepiolite, or meerschaum, in the Green River formation and presents new data on the molds of saline minerals of the Green River formation whose determination affects directly the interpretation of the analcite and sepiolite deposits.
Date: 1930
Creator: Mendenhall, W. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Miocene Plants from Idaho (open access)

Miocene Plants from Idaho

Abstract: The author describes 75 species of plants from the Miocene of about 30 localities in Idaho. These plants represent 40 genera in 28 families and 17 orders, and the most common types are species of Acer, Quercus, Populus, Betula, and Laurus. There are 2 ferns, 3 monocotyledons, and 70 dicotyledons, 18 of which are no longer present in the northwestern United States. There are some xerophytic types, but the majority are mesophytic, possibly indicating a mixture from different altitudes. The beds are correlated with the Latah formation and considered to be of upper Miocene age.
Date: 1934
Creator: Berry, Edward Wilber
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho (open access)

Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho

From abstract: This report describes the geology and mineral resources of the Bayhorse quadrangle, much of the Custer quadrangle, and the area surrounding Round Valley, all in Custer County, and a small part of the Sawtooth quadrangle in Blaine and Custer Counties, Idaho.
Date: 1937
Creator: Ross, Clyde P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tungsten Resources of the Blue Wing District, Lemhi County Idaho (open access)

Tungsten Resources of the Blue Wing District, Lemhi County Idaho

From abstract: The Blue Wing district, Lemhi County, Idaho, is not only the principal tungsten mining district in the State but it has recently become one of the leading producers of tungsten in the United States. So far only one mine in the district is productive, but other prospects are being actively developed.
Date: 1941
Creator: Callaghan, Eugene & Lemmon, Dwight M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Some Geologic Formations in Southeastern Idaho, Western Wyoming, and Northern Utah (open access)

Reconnaissance of Some Geologic Formations in Southeastern Idaho, Western Wyoming, and Northern Utah

Abstract: A radiometric reconnaissance, using a portable beta-gamma survey meter, of some geologic formations ranging in age from Cambrian to Cretaceous, and springs in southeastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and northern Utah, has shown that none of them are sufficiently radioactive to warrant further examination of them in the area.
Date: January 1950
Creator: Anderson, Frank J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relation of Uranium and Phosphate in the Phosphoria Formation (open access)

Relation of Uranium and Phosphate in the Phosphoria Formation

Report discussing investigation of the relation of uranium and phosphate in the Phosphoria formation and its close stratigraphic equivalents.
Date: January 1950
Creator: McKelvey, V. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Preliminary Summary Report of a Reconnaissance of Sandstone-Type Copper-Uranium Deposits in Parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming (open access)

A Preliminary Summary Report of a Reconnaissance of Sandstone-Type Copper-Uranium Deposits in Parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming

From introduction: The reconnaissance was made during the summer of 1951 by two field parties: (1) a reconnaissance in parts of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona by Russell Gibson, and (2) Geological Survey reconnaissance in parts of New Mexico,.Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming (by the writers), the results of which are summarized in this report.
Date: December 1951
Creator: Gott, Garland B. & Erickson, Ralph Leroy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1947-48, Part 3 (open access)

Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1947-48, Part 3

Report containing abstracts of some stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in southeastern Idaho.
Date: 1952~
Creator: O'Malley, F. W.; Davidson, D. F.; Hoppin, R. A. & Sheldon, R. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana (open access)

Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana

From transmittal letter: This report contains the results of radiometric examinations of 39 mines and prospects, and a detailed description of the properties examined.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Trites, Albert F., Jr. & Tooker, Edwin Wilson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana: Part 1 (open access)

Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana: Part 1

Report discussing a radiometric examination that took place in 1950 to determine the grade, reserves, and mode of occurrence of uranium and thorium in east-central Idaho and south-western Montana.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Trites, Albert F., Jr. & Tooker, Edwin W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report of Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Granitic Rocks in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and California (open access)

Preliminary Report of Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Granitic Rocks in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and California

From abstract: A reconnaissance to determine the uranium content of granitic rocks in the western states was made during parts of October and November 1951. The paucity of our knowledge of the granitic rocks that are most likely to contain significant quantities of uranium has prevented all but a very general isolation of areas or types of granitic rocks for reconnaissance examination.
Date: April 1952
Creator: Coats, Robert Roy
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic map and structure sections of the Johnson Creek quadrangle, Caribou County, Idaho (open access)

Geologic map and structure sections of the Johnson Creek quadrangle, Caribou County, Idaho

Geologic maps and structure sections of the Johnson Creek Quadrangle in Caribou County, Idaho. This report concerns work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Gulbrandsen, Robert A.; McLaughlin, K. P.; Honkala, F. S.; Clabaugh, Stephen E. & Krauskopf, Konrad B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Permian Phosphorite Deposits of Western United States (open access)

The Permian Phosphorite Deposits of Western United States

Report describing the phosphorite deposits of the western United States with the objective of outlining features that are common to both the Kara Tau phosphorite deposits of Russia and the western United States deposits in an effort to define their origin.
Date: October 1952
Creator: McKelvey, V. E.; Swanson, R. W. & Sheldon, R. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Northwestern Colorado, Southwestern Wyoming, and Adjacent Parts of Utah and Idaho (open access)

Reconnaissance for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Northwestern Colorado, Southwestern Wyoming, and Adjacent Parts of Utah and Idaho

Abstract: During parts of July, August, and September 1951, a reconnaissance was conducted in parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho in search of new deposits of uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks. One significant uranium occurrence was found, the Fall Creek deposit, Bonneville County, Idaho. Several additional localities were discovered that contain uranium in concentrations many times that normally found in carbonaceous rocks.
Date: October 1952
Creator: Vine, James D. & Moore, George W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations in the Fall Creek Area, Bonneville County, Idaho, During the 1952 Field Season: A Preliminary Report (open access)

Investigations in the Fall Creek Area, Bonneville County, Idaho, During the 1952 Field Season: A Preliminary Report

Introduction: Field work during the 1952 field season has supplied new data on the areal extent, composition, and estimated reserves of uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks in the Fall Creek.area, Bonneville County, Idaho. The following is a preliminary report of progress to describe these new data which supplement the information contained in Trace Elements Memorandum Report 340 (Vine and Moore, 1952). This work was done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Vine, James David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1947-48, Part 1 (open access)

Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1947-48, Part 1

Report discussing a study aimed at mapping out stratigraphic sections of the Permian Phosphoria formation in order to locate phosphate beds.
Date: December 1952
Creator: McKelvey, V. E.; Davidson, D. F.; O'Malley, F. W.; Smith, L. E.; Armstrong, F. C. & Sheldon, R. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactive Carbonaceous Shale and Lignite Deposits in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho (open access)

Radioactive Carbonaceous Shale and Lignite Deposits in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho

From abstract: Uranium-bearing carbonaceous shale and lignite beds are exposed in the Goose Creek district of southern Cassia County, Idaho. The district includes about 150 square miles in Tps. 14 to 16 So, Rs, 20 to 22 E., Boise meridian.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Hail, William J., Jr. & Gill, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Geology of Placer Deposits Containing Radioactive Minerals in the Bear Valley District, Valley County, Idaho (open access)

Reconnaissance Geology of Placer Deposits Containing Radioactive Minerals in the Bear Valley District, Valley County, Idaho

From introduction: The Bear Valley district is situated in southwestern Idaho, in the drainage of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River (see fig. 1). The placer deposits were drilled by the U. S. Bureau of Mines in 1951 and 1952 to determine their content of monazite and "radioactive black minerals" (here referred to loosely as "radioactive blacks"). The purpose of the study outlined here was to provide a geologic background for an understanding of the origin and distribution of the placer minerals.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Mackin, J. Hoover & Schmidt, Dwight Lyman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Preliminary Results of Field Studies in 1952 in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho, Boxelder County, Utah, and Elko County, Nevada (open access)

Summary of Preliminary Results of Field Studies in 1952 in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho, Boxelder County, Utah, and Elko County, Nevada

From introduction: This report summarizes the results of detailed mapping and sampling completed during 1952 with particular reference to an area of about 60 square miles in T. 16 S. , R. 21 E. , Cassia County, Idaho, and parts of adjacent townships in Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. It supplements an earlier report based on reconnaissance stttdies in the Goose Creek district in 1951 (Hail and Gill, 1953).
Date: 1953?
Creator: Mapel, W. J. & Hail, William James, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Mineral Hill Monazite Deposits, Lemhi County, Idaho (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Mineral Hill Monazite Deposits, Lemhi County, Idaho

From abstract: The Mineral Hill monazite deposits, 3 to 5 miles northeast of the town of Shoup, Lemhi County, Idaho, were investigated by the U. S. Geological Survey in July 1952. The deposits are replacement veins and lenses along shears in a pendant, principally of pre-Cambrian biotite gniess, about 4 to 5 miles in size and enclosed by granite of the Idaho batholith. The veins consist predominantly of calcite, monazite, and allanite, and contain minor quantities of barite, magnetite, rutile, and apatite.
Date: April 1953
Creator: Sharp, W. N. & Cavender, W. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Geology of the Phosphate Deposits in the Centennial Range, Montana - Idaho (open access)

Preliminary Report on Geology of the Phosphate Deposits in the Centennial Range, Montana - Idaho

Report discussing an investigation of the Centennial Range of Montana and Idaho, and the phosphate deposits of this area. Information on the geology of the area and deposits are given as well as information regarding the quality and location of phosphate deposits.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Honkala, Fred S.
System: The UNT Digital Library