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Geological Survey Investigations in the U12b.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Geological Survey Investigations in the U12b.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site

From introduction: This report includes a brief description of the stratigraphy and structure, and data on petrology, mineralogy, and chemical and physical properties of the rocks that are exposed in the U12b.01 tunnel of the U12b (Rainier) tunnel system.
Date: March 1959
Creator: Diment, William H.; Wilmarth, V. R.; McKeown, F. A.; Dickey, D. D.; Botinelly, Theodore; Hinrichs, E. Neal et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tectonic Map of Eastern Montana Showing the Distribution of Uranium Deposits (open access)

Tectonic Map of Eastern Montana Showing the Distribution of Uranium Deposits

From introduction: A tectonic map for the northern part of the Cordilleran Foreland was compiled to aid in establishing the geologic setting of uranium deposits within the region, and to determine what relationships, if any, exist between the distribution of uranium deposits and localities, and the regional tectonic pattern (Osterwald, 1955). The relationships might suggest new areas favorable for the discovery of uranium deposits in the Cordilleran Foreland as well as in other areas with similar tectonic history. The map will show the distribution of crest lines and troughs of folds, faults, uranium deposits and localities, and areas of volcanic activity. Outcrop areas of Precambrian and post-Eocene rocks are shown to designate the relative age of structures. Where possible the Precambrian rocks are subdivided into structural types, so that their influence on younger deformations may be inferred. The map of eastern Montana is one of a series being prepared before the final map is assembled (fig. 1.).
Date: March 1956
Creator: Osterwald, Frank W. & Dean, Basil G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Features of Areas of Abnormal Radioactivity South of Ocala, Marion County, Florida (open access)

Geologic Features of Areas of Abnormal Radioactivity South of Ocala, Marion County, Florida

From abstract: Areas of abnormal radioactivity south of Ocala, Marion County, Fla., discovered in 1953 by aerial survey, were investigated by surface examination and by 10 power auger drill holes. Interbedded clay, clayey sand, and uraniferous phosphorite occur in the areas of anomalous radioactivity. Miocene fossils occur at three localities in these beds which are evidently outliers of Miocene sediments on the Ocala limestone of Eocene age. The preserved outliers are southwest of the main belt of Miocene sediments. The principal uraniferous rocks are clayey, sandy, pellet phosphorite that occurs in beds a few feet thick, and very porous, phosphatic sand rock which makes abundant float at many places. Apatite forms the phosphate pellets in the unweathered phosphorite. The very porous, phosphatic sand rock is the highly leached residuum of the pellet phosphorite and is composed mainly of quartz, kaolinite, wavellite, and crandallite ( pseudowavellite2). It closely resembles the aluminum phosphate rock of the "leached zone" of the Bone Valley formation in the land-pebble phosphate district.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Espenshade, Gilbert H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geophysical Investigations on the Gramlich Group, Paradox District, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Geophysical Investigations on the Gramlich Group, Paradox District, Montrose County, Colorado

From abstract: The U. S. Geological Survey made a geophysical investigation on the Gramlich group, Paradox district, Montrose County, Colo., during the period May 26 to July 11, 1952.. Electrical resistivity and self-potential surveys were made to determine the thickness of the upper Salt Wash sandstone and to test electrical prospecting methods in an area of shallow overburden. The investigations were made in conjunction with a diamond-drilling program.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Black, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Comet and Gray Eagle Mines and Adjacent Area, Jefferson County, Montana (open access)

The Comet and Gray Eagle Mines and Adjacent Area, Jefferson County, Montana

Abstract: Anomalous radioactivity and uranium minerals have been found on the dumps of the Comet, Gray Eagle, and Silver Hill mines situated along the Comet-Gray Eagle shear zone. The shear zone is from 50 to 200 feet in width and has been traced 5 1/2 miles. The Gray Eagle mine is currently being reopened but no underground work, with the exception of a few shallow shafts and adits, has been done between the Gray Eagle and Comet mines. Because of the high U3 08 content of the samples from the Comet and Gray Eagle dumps, it is recommended that a minimum of four diamond drill holes totaling 3, 000 feet be drilled by AEC between the two mines to intersect the shear zone 300 to 500 feet below the surface. This drilling should be made contingent upon the results of the Gray Eagle exploration.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Becraft, George Earle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Results of Radiometric Reconnaissance of Parts of the Northwestern San Juan Mountains, Gunnison, Ouray, San Juan, San Miguel, and Dolores Counties, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary Results of Radiometric Reconnaissance of Parts of the Northwestern San Juan Mountains, Gunnison, Ouray, San Juan, San Miguel, and Dolores Counties, Colorado

From abstract: A reconnaissance radiometric survey of parts of the northwestern San Juan Mountains has revealed the occurrence of uranium-bearing ores in several mining districts in Ouray and San Juan Counties, and the occurrence of thorium-bearing veins in southwestern Gunnison County.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Burbank, W. S. & Pierson, Charles Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Jo Reynolds Area, Lawson-Dumont District, Clear Creek County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Jo Reynolds Area, Lawson-Dumont District, Clear Creek County, Colorado

From abstract: Pitchblende is known to occur in the Jo Reynolds deposit, which was primarily a lead-zinc-silver ore body. The reported production in 1919 of 8 tons of high-grade uranium ore, presumably from the lowest workings of the mine, is still unconfirmed but has a fair degree of credibility.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Harrison, Jack Edward & Leonard, B. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carnotite Deposits in Craven and Coal Canyons, Fall River County, South Dakota (open access)

Carnotite Deposits in Craven and Coal Canyons, Fall River County, South Dakota

From introduction: This report presents, in tabular form, the results of radiometric and geologic reconnaissance made in the Craven and Coal Canyon areas during the period November 27 to December 7, 1951, in accordance with plans outlined in Trace Elements Memorandum Report 152, "The carnotite prospects of the Craven Canyon area, Fall River County, South Dakota." Assay data from the claims examined by L. R. Page and J. A. Redden are not included in this report. This work was done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Bales, W. E. & Erickson, Ralph Leroy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report on an Appraisal of the Uranium Possibilities of Alaska (open access)

Interim Report on an Appraisal of the Uranium Possibilities of Alaska

Abstract: Summaries of the geology and mineral deposits, and appraisals of the uranium possibilities of the various regions of Alaska are presented in this report.
Date: March 1951
Creator: Wedow, Helmuth; Moxham, Robert Morgan & White, Max Gregg
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-Water Investigations of the Project GNOME Area, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico (open access)

Ground-Water Investigations of the Project GNOME Area, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico

From abstract: The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, through the Office of Test Operations, Albuquerque Operations Office, plans to detonate a nuclear device in a massive salt bed 1,200 feet beneath the land surface. The project, known as Project Gnome, is an element of the Plowshare program--a study of peacetime applications of nuclear fission. The location of the proposed underground shot is in a sparsely-populated area in southeastern Eddy County, N. Mex., east of the Pecos River and about 25 miles southeast of the city of Carlsbad.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Cooper, James B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.03a and U12e.03b Tunnels, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.03a and U12e.03b Tunnels, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: The geologic studies in the Ul2e.03a and Ul2e.03b tunnels were conducted as part of the Geological Survey's investigations for the Vela Uniform program, Project Shade, and were completed for the purpose of 1) determining the preshot lithologic, structural, and chemical and physical properties of the tuffs exposed in the tunnels for comparison wits postshot geologic data, and 2) evaluating these data in order to predict the geologic effects of the planned nuclear explosion at tie end of the tunnels.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Emerick, W. L. & Dickey, D. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Geological Investigations in the U12b.08 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Geological Investigations in the U12b.08 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: The geologic studies in the U12b.08 tunnel were conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission for the purpose of determining the pre-explosion chemical and physical properties of the tuffs exposed in the tunnel. These data will be used in evaluating the geologic effects of the explosion by comparison with similar post-shot geologic data.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Emerick, W. L. & Houser, F. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Anadarko Basin (of parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado) (open access)

The Anadarko Basin (of parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado)

Abstract: This report is a synthesis of published and unpublished data on the rocks of the Anadarko basin.
Date: March 1964
Creator: MacLachlan, M. E.
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
Geology and Uranium Deposits of Monument Valley, San Juan County, Utah (open access)

Geology and Uranium Deposits of Monument Valley, San Juan County, Utah

From introduction: This report contains the results of a detailed geological and uranium deposits study made of the Monument Valley.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Lewis, Richard Quintin, Sr. & Trimble, Donald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Records of Wells, Test Holes, and Springs in the Nevada Test Site and Surrounding Area (open access)

Records of Wells, Test Holes, and Springs in the Nevada Test Site and Surrounding Area

From introduction: This report summarizes the basic information that has been collected on 49 wells and test holes in the Nevada Test Site, together with information on 9 springs.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Moore, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

From abstract: Field work leading to this report was done by the U. S. Geological Survey for the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nearly 24 townships were mapped in the central part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Fourteen of these townships contain outcrops of uranium-bearing coal. Thirty coal beds were mapped, but only seven of them have uranium-bearing coal reserves as defined in this report.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Pipiringos, George N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineralogical Applications of Electron Diffraction. 1. Theory and Techniques (open access)

Mineralogical Applications of Electron Diffraction. 1. Theory and Techniques

A report about a geometry based on the reciprocal lattice concept and geometrical construction of Ewald needed for the interpretation of transmission electron-diffraction single-crystal patterns.
Date: March 1958
Creator: Ross, Malcolm & Christ, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Occurrences of Uranium at Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (open access)

Occurrences of Uranium at Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of uranium occurrences, which were discovered after submission of a sample containing 0.068 percent uranium, at Clinton, New Jersey. Information produced from sampling, mapping and radioactivity testing is included.
Date: March 1954
Creator: McKeown, F. A.; Klemic, Harry & Choquette, P. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Chicago Creek Area, Clear Creek County, Colorado (open access)

Geology and Ore Deposits of the Chicago Creek Area, Clear Creek County, Colorado

Report discussing the geology and numerous ore deposits of the Chicago Creek area in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Prior to this report, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and uranium were produced from this area.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Harrison, J. E. & Wells, J. D.
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
Duttonite, a New Quadrivalent Vanadium Oxide from the Peanut Mine, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Duttonite, a New Quadrivalent Vanadium Oxide from the Peanut Mine, Montrose County, Colorado

A report about a new quadrivalent vanadium oxide from the Peanut mine named Duttonite which has the formula VO(OH)2. The mineral occurs as crusts and coatings of pale-brown transparent platy crystals.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Thompson, M. E.; Roach, C. H. & Meyrowitz, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Geology and Mineralogy of the W. Wilson Mine Near Clancey, Jefferson County, Montana (open access)

The Geology and Mineralogy of the W. Wilson Mine Near Clancey, Jefferson County, Montana

Report discussing the W. Wilson mine, which contained quartz, chalcedony, and silicified quartz monzonite. Pitchblende was deposited in the vein of the mine and subsequently oxidized and hydrated.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Meschter, D. Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Adit in the Chattanooga Shale (open access)

Experimental Adit in the Chattanooga Shale

Report discussing an Chattanooga shale adit for laboratory test samples of rock and gaining information regarding mining conditions.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Brown, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library