Reconnaissance of Geology and Uranium Occurrences of the Upper Alamosa Creek Valley : Catron County, New Mexico (open access)

Reconnaissance of Geology and Uranium Occurrences of the Upper Alamosa Creek Valley : Catron County, New Mexico

From abstract: "The Crevasse Canyon formation and Point Lookout(?) sandstone of Late Cretaceous age and the Baca and Datil formations of Tertiary age were mapped in an area of 168 square miles in the upper Alamosa Creek Valley along the northern edge of the Datil Mountains, Catron County, N. Mex. The investigation was made to determine the potentialities of the area for producing uranium and to learn the geologic controls for the concentration of uranium."
Date: April 1957
Creator: Bachman, George O.; Baltz, Elmer H. & Griggs, Roy L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Some Los Alamos County Canyons for Radioactive Contamination, Spring 1953 to Spring 1955 (open access)

A Survey of Some Los Alamos County Canyons for Radioactive Contamination, Spring 1953 to Spring 1955

Abstract: This document is a survey analysis of soil samples from Los Alamos, Pueblo, Bayo, and Mortandad canyons to determine the presence and activities of radioactive contaminants. Also included are the results of analyses of a few samples of grass and of surface water. This survey covers the period from spring 1953 to spring 1955.
Date: April 1956
Creator: Dodd, Aubrey O.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Results of Geobotanical Prospecting on the South Flank of Haystack Butte, McKinley County, New Mexico (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Results of Geobotanical Prospecting on the South Flank of Haystack Butte, McKinley County, New Mexico

Abstract: The absorber plant method of geobotanical prospecting was tested systematically over the bench formed by the Jurassic Todilto limestone on the south flank of Haystack Butte, McKinley County, N. Mex. This portion of the bench includes the largest known uranium ore body in limestone and most has been extensively drilled by private enterprise. Geobotanical prospecting was accomplished to provide control data. Comparison of the geobotanical anomalies with the available drill hole information from the mining companies and Atomic Energy Commission geologists have shown that the known ore occurrences would have been outlined by the results of the tree sampling. In addition some geobotanical anomalies are indicated in drilled areas in which ore was not reported and in areas not physically explored at the time of sampling. These anomalies may represent mineralized ground below ore grade or new ore deposits.
Date: April 1953
Creator: Narten, Perry F.
System: The UNT Digital Library