Mining Program: Bureau of Mines Oil-Shale Project, Rifle, Colorado (open access)

Mining Program: Bureau of Mines Oil-Shale Project, Rifle, Colorado

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the development of efficient mining methods for producing oil shale. Characteristics of the oil shale deposits of the Green River are presented. The results of core drilling and sampling in this area are also listed. This report includes tables, illustrations, maps, and photographs.
Date: April 1948
Creator: Gardner, E. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in the Use of Energy in the Western States, With Particular Reference to Coal (open access)

Trends in the Use of Energy in the Western States, With Particular Reference to Coal

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on energy consumption in the western United States. A focus on coal as the primary energy source is presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Parry, V. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Relation of the Laramie Molluscan Fauna to That of the Succeeding Fresh-Water Eocene and Other Groups (open access)

On the Relation of the Laramie Molluscan Fauna to That of the Succeeding Fresh-Water Eocene and Other Groups

A report about strata found in Utah and Wyoming which contains fresh water types of fossil molluscan forms which share some characteristics of the Laramie Group.
Date: 1886
Creator: White, Charles A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geochemical, Biogeochemical, and Sedimentological Studies of the Green River Formation, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado (open access)

Geochemical, Biogeochemical, and Sedimentological Studies of the Green River Formation, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado

A report about new geochemical, biogeochemical, and sedimentological data gathered from the depositional basins of the Green River Formation.
Date: 1991
Creator: Tuttle, Michele L.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Volume 2. Ogden and Salt Lake City Quadrangles, Utah/Wyoming (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Volume 2. Ogden and Salt Lake City Quadrangles, Utah/Wyoming

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Ogden and Salt Lake City quadrangles including results of data interpretation, significance factor profile maps, stacked profiles, and histograms.
Date: March 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Marysvale Region Study], Annual Report: June 30, 1953-April 1, 1954, Part 1 (open access)

[Marysvale Region Study], Annual Report: June 30, 1953-April 1, 1954, Part 1

First part of an annual report describing studies conducted by researchers at Columbia University to surveyuranium mineralization in the Marysvale, Utah region: "Part I deals with field studies and mineralogical data derived from the laboratory examination of suites collected during the previous summer" (p. 5).
Date: April 1954
Creator: Kerr, Paul F.; Lapham, Davis M.; Bodine, Marc W., Jr.; Hamilton, P. K. & Bethke, Philip Martin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports), 1913: Part 2 -- Mineral Fuels (open access)

Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports), 1913: Part 2 -- Mineral Fuels

From introduction: This report determines the geographic distribution and thickness of the bituminous shale, or oil shale, or tar shale of the Green River formation of the Uinta Basin in Colorado and Utah.
Date: 1915
Creator: Campbell, Marius R. & White, David
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Titaniferous Sandstone Deposits of Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado (open access)

Reconnaissance of Titaniferous Sandstone Deposits of Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over heavy sandstone deposits in the Four-State area of the U.S. Details of the geology and an estimate of resources are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1961
Creator: Dow, Vernon T. & Batty, J. Vance
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthetic Liquid Fuels: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for 1952; Part 2 - Oil from Oil Shale (open access)

Synthetic Liquid Fuels: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for 1952; Part 2 - Oil from Oil Shale

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over an annual study of synthetic liquid fuel production. Results of the annual study are discussed. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Mineral Resources of the Randolph Quadrangle, Utah-Wyoming (open access)

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Randolph Quadrangle, Utah-Wyoming

From abstract: This report briefly describes the geology and mineral resources of the Randolph quadrangle, which covers an area of 892 square miles in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming.
Date: 1941
Creator: Richardson, G. B.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Uranium Deposits of Part of the Browns Park Formation, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah: a Preliminary Report (open access)

Geology and Uranium Deposits of Part of the Browns Park Formation, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah: a Preliminary Report

From abstract: Uranium deposits and radioactivity anomalies have been found in the eastern half of the area underlain by the Browns Park formation in northwestern Colorado, south-central Wyoming, and northeastern Utah. The deposits are in eolian, lacustrine, and fluvial sandstones, tuffaceous sandstones, and limestones all of which were deposited on two converging pediments during Miocene time. At least one eastern and one western facies of lacustrine and fluvial sedimentary rocks are separated by a belt of eolian sandstones. The faces may be distinguished in the field and by petrographic and heavy-mineral studies in the laboratory.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Theobald, P. K., Jr. & Chew, R. T., III
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of the Physical and Engineering Properties of Raw and Retorted Oil Shales from the Green River Formation: Final Report (open access)

A Review of the Physical and Engineering Properties of Raw and Retorted Oil Shales from the Green River Formation: Final Report

"This report summarizes published geotechnical properties of raw and retorted oil shales from the Green River Formation. Basic physical properties including gradation, specific gravity and Atterberg limits and engineering properties including compaction, permeability, settlement, soundness, and strength are summarized and discussed. Where appropriate, conclusions are drawn about the suitability of retorted oil shales as a geotechnical construction material. Appendix A discusses three retorting processes used to extract oil from oil shale" (abstract, para. 2-3).
Date: March 1978
Creator: Snethen, Donald R.; Farrell, Warren J. & Townsend, Frank C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Rocks in Northwestern Colorado, Southwestern Wyoming, and Northeastern Utah (open access)

Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Rocks in Northwestern Colorado, Southwestern Wyoming, and Northeastern Utah

The following report covers a reconnaissance for new discoveries of radioactive lignite deposits in the Green River Basin and Uinta Basin of Wyoming and Utah where similar discoveries to previous studies in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming were made. Additionally, there were new prospects examined, as well as reconnaissance for uranium deposits.
Date: July 1952
Creator: Beroni, E. P. & McKeown, F. A.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Rocks in Northwestern Colorado, Southwestern Wyoming, and Northeastern Utah (open access)

Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Rocks in Northwestern Colorado, Southwestern Wyoming, and Northeastern Utah

Report discussing the reconnaissance for radioactive uraniferous rocks in parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. Regional geology of each area, results of regional reconnaissance, and miscellaneous prospects are included.
Date: July 1952
Creator: Beroni, E. P. & McKeown, F. A.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Study of Radioactive Limonite Localities in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming (open access)

Preliminary Study of Radioactive Limonite Localities in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming

Report discussing a preliminary study of limonite sourced from nine localities of different types through Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, in the spring and fall of 1953. This study aimed to establish criteria for differentiating uranium- and thorium-related limonite and limonite not related to uranium or thorium. The report is divided by descriptions of each locality.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Lovering, T. G. & Beroni, E. P.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.)
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library