Tectonic Map of Western Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas Showing the Distribution of Uranium Occurrences (open access)

Tectonic Map of Western Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas Showing the Distribution of Uranium Occurrences

From introduction: The Cordilleran Foreland (King. 1951, p. 58-62; Horberg and others, 1949, p. 192194) forms a broad north-south belt, parallel to and east of the Cordilleran geanticline (fig. 1), in which the predominant geologic structure is a series of anticlinal mountains and broad asymmetric basins that contrast sharply with the folds and overthrusts related to the Cordilleran geanticline. A tectonic map of most of the Cordilleran Foreland (fig. 2) is being compiled as an aid to study the geologic setting of uranium deposits within the region, and to determine what relationships may exist between the distribution of uranium deposits and the regional tectonic pattern (Osterwald, 1955). The map will show the distribution of faults, uranium deposits, areas of volcanic activity, and crestlines and troughs of folds.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Osterwald, Frank W. & Dean, Basil G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
General and Engineering Geology of the Wray Area, Colorado and Nebraska (open access)

General and Engineering Geology of the Wray Area, Colorado and Nebraska

From abstract: Most of the formations in the Wray area are fair foundation materials, although good construction materials are scarce. The gravel of the Grand Island formation and the gravels in the Ogallala formation contain large quantities of clay, silt, sand, and calcium carbonate, and have very few pebbles larger than one-half inch in diameter.
Date: 1953
Creator: Hill, Dorothy Rachel & Tompkin, Jessie M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Investigations for Uranium in Black Shale Deposits of the Western States during 1951 and 1952 (open access)

Reconnaissance Investigations for Uranium in Black Shale Deposits of the Western States during 1951 and 1952

Report discussing investigations seeking uranium in deposits of black shale around the geographical areas of the Western States
Date: September 1953
Creator: Duncan, Donald Cave
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale in South Dakota and Northeastern Nebraska (open access)

Uranium in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale in South Dakota and Northeastern Nebraska

A report about the uranium content of the Sharon Springs member of the Pierre shale in South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska.
Date: February 1956
Creator: Kepferle, Roy C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity and Uranium Content of Some Cretaceous Shales, Central Great Plains (open access)

Radioactivity and Uranium Content of Some Cretaceous Shales, Central Great Plains

Report discussing a reconnaissance search for uranium in shale during August 1953 in western Nebraska and southern South Dakota. The reconnaissance was part of the U.S. Geological Survey's search for uranium in carbonaceous materials.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Tourtelot, Harry A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Minerals in Oligocene Gypsum Near Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska (open access)

Uranium Minerals in Oligocene Gypsum Near Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska

Report discussing uranium occurrences in carnotite, sabugalite, and autunite of oligocene gypsum and gypsiferous clay located near Chadron in Dawes County, Nebraska.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Dunham, R. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium in the Sharon Springs member of the Pierre shale in South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska (open access)

Uranium in the Sharon Springs member of the Pierre shale in South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska

Discussing uranium in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale in South Dakota and Northeastern Nebraska
Date: February 1956
Creator: Kepferle, Roy Clark
System: The UNT Digital Library