Distribution of Uranium in Rich Phosphate Beds of the Phosphoria Formation (open access)

Distribution of Uranium in Rich Phosphate Beds of the Phosphoria Formation

From abstract: "Five sets of 'close' samples were analyzed radiometrically for uranium, and chemically for P₂O₅, CaO, organic matter, and loss on ignition. A Rosiwal analysis was made of thin sections of one set of samples."
Date: February 1951
Creator: Thompson, M. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Appraisal of Diamond-Drill Exploration in the Legin Group Area, San Miguel County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary Appraisal of Diamond-Drill Exploration in the Legin Group Area, San Miguel County, Colorado

From introduction: This preliminary report summarizes the results of the 1950 drilling in the Legin group area of San Miguel County, Colorado and gives a more complete, but preliminary, estimate of the uranium and vanadium ore reserves. When the radiometric and chemical assay data are completed, a detailed report will be transmitted.
Date: February 1951
Creator: Bell, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Diamond-Drill Exploration of Parts of Blue and Moon Mesas, Mesa County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary Report on Diamond-Drill Exploration of Parts of Blue and Moon Mesas, Mesa County, Colorado

From abstract and summary: The Blue and Moon Mesa areas are about 13 miles southeast of Gateway, Mesa County, Colo. Total production of carnotite ore from the Blue and Moon Mesa areas has been about 1,000 short tons that averaged about 0.25 percent U30Oand 1.75 percent V205. Most of this production was obtained from 1940 to 1943 and in 1949. The U. S. Geological Survey explored the northern parts of these areas by diamond drilling between August 9 and December 14, 1950. The Survey drilled 113 holes, totalling 16,039 feet. This drilling was mostly wide-spaced and was done to obtain geologic information.
Date: February 1951
Creator: Finch, Warren Irvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiometric Examination of Rock Specimens from Mount McKinley, Alaska (open access)

Radiometric Examination of Rock Specimens from Mount McKinley, Alaska

Abstract: A suite of 50 rock specimens, collected by the 1947 Washburn Mount McKinley Expedition, was scanned radiometrically. The maximum radioactivity observed in any one of the specimens was about twice background. Radiometric analyses of the most radioactive samples show that a sample of vein quartz coated with manganese oxide contains 0.009 percent equivalent uranium and that the maximum equivalent uranium content of granitic rock types is .004 percent. The radioactivity of the manganese-stained quartz is probably due to traces of uranium in the manganese mineral, whereas that of the granitic rocks is due to radioactive accessory minerals.
Date: February 1951
Creator: Matzko, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiometric Examination of Rock Specimens From Mount McKinley, Alaska (open access)

Radiometric Examination of Rock Specimens From Mount McKinley, Alaska

Report discussing a study in which a suite of 50 rock specimens collected by the 1947 Washburn Mount McKinley Expedition was scanned radiometrically.
Date: February 1951
Creator: Matzko, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Semiquantitative Spectrographic Method for the Analysis of Minerals, Rocks, and Ores (open access)

A Semiquantitative Spectrographic Method for the Analysis of Minerals, Rocks, and Ores

From Abstract: "The semiquantitative method described determines 55 elements in one arcing of a 10-mg sample, requires a minimum of sample handling thus reducing the chances of contamination, detects low concentrations of elements, and is rapid."
Date: February 1951
Creator: Waring, C. L. & Annell, C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium and Phosphate in the Western Part of the Bonny Lake Mine, Polk County, Florida (open access)

Uranium and Phosphate in the Western Part of the Bonny Lake Mine, Polk County, Florida

From abstract: During the month of May 1950, the Davison Chemical Corporation, under contract with the Atomic Energy Commission, drilled 24 phosphate prospecting holes in the western part of the Bonny Lake mine, in the SW NW4 and the NW*SW4 sec. 32, T. 29 S., R. 24 E., Polk County, Fla. The purpose of this drilling was to obtain a comparison between tonnage and grade of uranium in the phosphate as indicated by prospecting, and the tonnage and grade of uranium in the phosphate products recovered in the mill. The results presented in this paper are based upon a study of drill cores, drill logs, gamma-ray logs, and the chemical analyses of drill-core samples.
Date: February 1951
Creator: Petersen, Richard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library