Contamination of Rock Samples During Grinding as Determined Spectrographically (open access)

Contamination of Rock Samples During Grinding as Determined Spectrographically

A report which investigates three different rock samples that have been contaminated through pulverization in heavy machinery.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Myers, A. T. & Barnett, Paul R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Pegmatites of Part of the Fourmile Area, Custer County, South Dakota (open access)

Geology and Pegmatites of Part of the Fourmile Area, Custer County, South Dakota

Report discussing the descriptive geology of three new formations of metamorphic rocks and details of about 420 pegmatites in the Fourmile area of Custer County, South Dakota.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Lang, A. J., Jr. & Redden, J. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in the Buckland-Kiwalik District, Candle Quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in the Buckland-Kiwalik District, Candle Quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of radioactive mineral deposits found in the Buckland-Kiwalik district on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Uranothorianite, as well as other radioactive minerals, were discovered in the area.
Date: March 1952
Creator: West, Walter S. & Matzko, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in the Buckland-Kiwalik District, Candle Quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in the Buckland-Kiwalik District, Candle Quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

A report regarding a reconnaissance done in order to locate radioactive deposits in the Buckland-Kiwalik district, in the Candle Quadrangle in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska.
Date: March 1952
Creator: West, Walter S. & Matzko, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Spectrographic Method for Determining Trace Amounts of Lead in Zirconium and Other Minerals (open access)

A Spectrographic Method for Determining Trace Amounts of Lead in Zirconium and Other Minerals

A report about spectrographic determination of lead in zircon and in some other minerals has been made by the U. S. Geological Survey to provide data in a study of the age of the rocks that contained these particular minerals. Overall, standard spectrographic procedures were applied, including the split-filter method for calibrating the photographic emulsion.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Waring, C. L. & Worthing, Helen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana (open access)

Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana

From transmittal letter: This report contains the results of radiometric examinations of 39 mines and prospects, and a detailed description of the properties examined.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Trites, Albert F., Jr. & Tooker, Edwin Wilson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana: Part 1 (open access)

Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana: Part 1

Report discussing a radiometric examination that took place in 1950 to determine the grade, reserves, and mode of occurrence of uranium and thorium in east-central Idaho and south-western Montana.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Trites, Albert F., Jr. & Tooker, Edwin W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Volumetric Method for the Estimation of the Oil Yield of Oil Shale (open access)

A Volumetric Method for the Estimation of the Oil Yield of Oil Shale

Report discussing a method for the volumetric estimation of the oil yield of oil-bearing shale. The method can be applied to both shale and phosphatic shale.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Cuttitta, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library