Summary of Investigations of Uranium Deposits in the Pumpkin Buttes Area, Johnson and Campbell Counties, Wyoming (open access)

Summary of Investigations of Uranium Deposits in the Pumpkin Buttes Area, Johnson and Campbell Counties, Wyoming

From abstract: Uranium minerals were discovered in the Pumpkin Buttes area, Campbell and Johnson Counties by the U. S. Geological Survey in October 1951. From June to November 1952, an area of about 750 square miles was examined for uranium deposits, and 211 localities with abnormally high radioactivity were found; uranium minerals are visible at 121 of these localities.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Troyer, Max L.; McKay, Edward J.; Soister, Paul E. & Wallace, Stewart R.
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
Preliminary Report on the Uranium Deposits in the Miller Hill Area, Carbon County, Wyoming (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Uranium Deposits in the Miller Hill Area, Carbon County, Wyoming

Report discussing the uranium deposits located in the Miller Hill area of Carbon County, Wyoming. A stratigraphic description of the area is also given.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Love, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identification and Occurrence of Uranium and Vanadium Minerals From the Colorado Plateaus (open access)

Identification and Occurrence of Uranium and Vanadium Minerals From the Colorado Plateaus

Abstract: "This report, designed to make available to field geologists and others information on identification and occurrence of uranium minerals of the Colorado Plateaus, contains physical properties, X-ray data, and in some instances results of chemical and spectrographic analysis of 24 uranium and 17 vanadium minerals. Also included is a table giving the optical properties of uranium minerals and a list of locations of mines from which the minerals have been identified."
Date: April 1953
Creator: Weeks, A. D. & Thompson, M. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance During 1952 for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming (open access)

Reconnaissance During 1952 for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming

The following report covers a reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks that was made during the 1952 field season in 23 areas in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. This report discusses uranium samples discovered withing these locations, however it was determined that none of the deposits discovered have commercial possibilities.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Flege, Robert F., (Jr.) & Vine, James D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Wyoming, 1949-1950 (open access)

Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Wyoming, 1949-1950

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of the stratigraphy of the Phosphoria formation in Wyoming and the phosphate deposits in this area. Analytical data and abstracts of stratigraphic sections of many locations in this area are included.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Sheldon, R. P.; Waring, R. G.; Warner, M. A. & Smart, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium in the Poison Basin Area, Carbon County, Wyoming - A Preliminary Report (open access)

Uranium in the Poison Basin Area, Carbon County, Wyoming - A Preliminary Report

Report discussing the investigation of uranium minerals, which were discovered in the Poison Basin area, Carbon County, Wyoming, on October 15, 1953. Information regarding the geographic setting, geologic setting, stratigraphy of the area, uranium occurrences of the area, origin of the uranium, and significance of the area are included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Vine, James David & Prichard, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of a Uraniferous Coal From the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of a Uraniferous Coal From the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Report discussing the investigation of the mineralogy and geochemistry of some subbituminous uraniferous coal from the Red Desert area of Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Data and discussion from the mineralogic and geochemical studies, Fischer retort assays of a coal sample, and summary and conclusions are included.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Breger, I. A.; Deul, Maurice; Meyrowitz, Robert & Rubinstein, Samuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraction of Uranium from the Red Desert Coal of Wyoming (open access)

Extraction of Uranium from the Red Desert Coal of Wyoming

Report discussing investigation of the extraction of uranium from subbituminous coal collected from the Red Desert, Wyoming. Information on the samples of coal used, experimental data, and summary and conclusions of findings are included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Breger, Irving A.; Meyrowitz, Robert & Warr, Jesse J., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of Exploratory Core Drilling for Uranium Bearing Coal in the Northern Part of the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Results of Exploratory Core Drilling for Uranium Bearing Coal in the Northern Part of the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Report presenting the results of core drilling in Sweetwater county, Wyoming aimed at finding uraniferous coal. Information regarding the locations that were drilled, progress made in drilling, geology of the area, reserves of uraniferous coal, and future plans are included.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Masursky, Harold; Pipiringos, George N. & Gower, Howard D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance During 1952 for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming (open access)

Reconnaissance During 1952 for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming

Report discussing a reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks during the 1952 field season in 23 areas in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. From Abstract: "Uranium in small amounts occurs in several of the areas examined, but no deposits were found that might have commercial possibilities."
Date: June 1953
Creator: Vine, James D. & Flege, Robert F., (Jr.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Reconnaissance Survey for Thorium, Uranium, and Rare-Earth Oxides, Bear Lodge Mountains, Crook County, Wyoming (open access)

Preliminary Reconnaissance Survey for Thorium, Uranium, and Rare-Earth Oxides, Bear Lodge Mountains, Crook County, Wyoming

Report discussing a geological examination that took place in August 1950. During this examination, an area about 6 miles north of Sundance in the Bear Lodge Mountains of Crook County, Wyoming, was examined for thorium, uranium, and rare-earth oxides and samples were collected.
Date: April 1953
Creator: Wilmarth, V. R. & Johnson, D. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Investigations of Uranium Deposits in the Pumpkin Buttes Area, Johnson and Campbell Counties, Wyoming (open access)

Summary of Investigations of Uranium Deposits in the Pumpkin Buttes Area, Johnson and Campbell Counties, Wyoming

Report discussing the investigation of 750 square miles of land in Wyoming aimed at locating uranium deposits. Information regarding the area, uranium deposits, mineralogy, and results of the exploration are included.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Troyer, M. L.; McKay, E. J.; Soister, P. E. & Wallace, S. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reconnaissance survey for thorium, uranium, and rare-earth oxides, Bear Lodge Mountains, Crook County, Wyoming (open access)

Preliminary reconnaissance survey for thorium, uranium, and rare-earth oxides, Bear Lodge Mountains, Crook County, Wyoming

A report regarding a preliminary reconnaissance survey for thorium, uranium, and rare-earth oxides in the bear lodge mountains, in Crook County, Wyoming. "The purpose of this reconnaissance was to obtain information on the mode of occurrence, extent, and reserves of these deposits. This work was done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the Atomic Energy Commission."
Date: April 1953
Creator: Wilmarth, V. R. & Johnson, Donald H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of exploratory core drilling for uranium-bearing coal in the northern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Results of exploratory core drilling for uranium-bearing coal in the northern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

A report discussing the results of exploratory core drilling for uranium-bearing coal in the Northern Part of the Red Desert Area, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Masursky, Harold; Pipiringos, G. N. & Gower, Howard Dale
System: The UNT Digital Library