The Crystal Structure of Montroseite, a Vanadium Member of the Diaspore Group (open access)

The Crystal Structure of Montroseite, a Vanadium Member of the Diaspore Group

Report discussing a study of the crystal structure of montroseite crystals. Results of X-ray study, crystal structure analysis, features of the structure, and crystal chemistry and alteration information are included.
Date: October 1953
Creator: Evans, Howard T., Jr. & Block, Stanley
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Uranium-Bearing Nickel-Cobalt-Native Silver Deposits in the Black Hawk District, Grant County, New Mexico (open access)

The Uranium-Bearing Nickel-Cobalt-Native Silver Deposits in the Black Hawk District, Grant County, New Mexico

Report discussing geological investigations of the uranium-bearing nickel-cobalt-native silver deposits in the Black Hawk district of Grant County, New Mexico. Details of the area's geology are presented, and topographic and geologic maps are presented.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Gillerman, Elliot & Whitebread, Donald H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Search for and Geology of Radioactive Deposits: Semiannual Progress Report, December 1, 1952 to May 31, 1953 (open access)

Search for and Geology of Radioactive Deposits: Semiannual Progress Report, December 1, 1952 to May 31, 1953

Report discussing progress made on various research projects to determine the location and geology of radioactive deposits during the period from December 1, 1952 to May 31, 1953.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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
Uranium Deposits at Shinarump Mesa and Some Adjacent Areas in the Temple Mountain District, Emery County, Utah (open access)

Uranium Deposits at Shinarump Mesa and Some Adjacent Areas in the Temple Mountain District, Emery County, Utah

Report discussing a 1947 geological examination of the Shinarump Mesa in Emery County, Utah to find deposits of uraniferous hydrocarbons.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Wyant, Donald G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Clancy Creek Area, Jefferson City Quadrangle, Jefferson County, Montana (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Clancy Creek Area, Jefferson City Quadrangle, Jefferson County, Montana

Report discussing the results of geological studies that have been conducted in the Clancy Creek in the Jefferson City Quadrangle of Jefferson County, Montana. The location is of interest due to the discovery of several radioactivity anomalies and secondary uranium minerals in the area.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Becraft, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Montana, 1949-1950, Part 2 (open access)

Stratigraphic Sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Montana, 1949-1950, Part 2

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of the stratigraphy of the Phosphoria formation in Montana. This contains the second half of data collected during the investigation, which took place from 1949 to 1950.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Swanson, R. W.; Cressman, E. R.; Jones, R. S. & Replogle, B. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airborne Radioactivity Surveys for Phosphate in Florida (open access)

Airborne Radioactivity Surveys for Phosphate in Florida

Report discussing airborne radioactivity surveys, aimed at finding uraniferous phosphate deposits, in ten areas of Florida. A subsequent ground investigation of two radioactivity anomalies out of eight was conducted. Information on radioactivity measurements for each area is given as well as conclusions.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Moxham, R. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Improved Tubular Electric Furnace for the Closed-Tube Distillation of Oil From Oil Shale (open access)

An Improved Tubular Electric Furnace for the Closed-Tube Distillation of Oil From Oil Shale

Report explaining improvements made to a tubular electric furnace, which is using for the closed-tube distillation of oil from oil shale. From abstract: "The single unit, tubular electric furnace...has been modified to increase its capacity, compactness, ruggedness, and general utility."
Date: May 1953
Creator: Cuttitta, Frank & Kinser, Charles A.
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 for Radioactive Materials in Northeastern United States During 1952 (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Materials in Northeastern United States During 1952

Report discussing reconnaissance for radioactive materials in parts of Maine, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania during 1952. From Abstract: "The primary objective was to examine the iron ore deposits and associated rocks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Highlands of New Jersey."
Date: June 1953
Creator: McKeown, Francis A. & Klemic, Harry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Portable Scintillation Counters for Geologic Use (open access)

Portable Scintillation Counters for Geologic Use

Report describing the design, function, application, and future plans of portable scintillation counters in geology. From abstract: "A small, light, portable scintillation counter, primarily intended for geologic field use, has been designed and is now commercially manufactured."
Date: December 1953
Creator: Wilson, E. E.; Rhoden, V. C.; Vaughn, W. W. & Faul, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Multiple Cone Splitter for Rapid Sampling in the Laboratory (open access)

A Multiple Cone Splitter for Rapid Sampling in the Laboratory

Report explaining a multiple cone sample splitter, which, in one operation, obtains representative sample fractions of 5-50 percent and increases time efficiency compared to conventional methods of sample splitting. Information regarding the machine's description, operation, and accuracy are given as well as a summary.
Date: October 1953
Creator: Kellagher, Richard
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
A Magnetic Investigation of the Round Mountain Plug, Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah (open access)

A Magnetic Investigation of the Round Mountain Plug, Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah

Report discussing a magnetic survey of Castle Valley, Utah aimed at determining how the Round Mountain plug was fed. The location and topography of the area, geology, magnetic investigations, and conclusions are discussed.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Black, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Airborne Radioactivity Anomalies in the Rock Corral Area, San Bernardino County, California (open access)

An Investigation of Airborne Radioactivity Anomalies in the Rock Corral Area, San Bernardino County, California

Report discussing the investigation of the Rock Corral area aimed at determining the connection between high radioactivity found during an airborne survey and the "distribution and mineralogic mode of occurrence" of this radioactivity.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Moxham, R. M.; Walker, G. W. & Baumgardner, L. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical Alpha Star Populations in Loaded Nuclear Emulsions (open access)

Theoretical Alpha Star Populations in Loaded Nuclear Emulsions

Abstract: "Calculations have been made of alpha star populations in loaded nuclear emulsions. Equations are presented for calculation of star types for each significant emitter in the three naturally radioactive series. The application of five-branched star populations as a method of quantitative analysis for microgram amounts of thorium is proposed."
Date: November 1953
Creator: Senftle, F. E.; Farley, T. A. & Stieff, L. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thorium Resources of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernardino County, California (open access)

Thorium Resources of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernardino County, California

Report discussing the thorium and rare-earth deposits that are found in a six-mile long belt of pre-Cambrian carbonate rocks associated with potash-rich igneous rocks of probable pre-Cambrian age in the Mountain Pass district of San Bernardino County, California.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Shawe, D. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Change of the Isotopic Abundance Ratio Within a Sphere Due to Diffusion (open access)

Change of the Isotopic Abundance Ratio Within a Sphere Due to Diffusion

Report explaining the theory behind diffusion's effects on isotopic abundance ratios in a sphere.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Bracken, J. T. & Senftle, F. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Practices and Results Obtained With Sample Collectors for Wagon-Drill Cuttings (open access)

Practices and Results Obtained With Sample Collectors for Wagon-Drill Cuttings

From Introduction: "This report summarizes the practices and results obtained with three dust-collecting machines that were adapted as sample collectors for wagon-drill cuttings."
Date: January 1953
Creator: Gordon, E. D.; Withington, C. F. & Dow, V. T.
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
Navajoite, a New Vanadium Oxide From Arizona (open access)

Navajoite, a New Vanadium Oxide From Arizona

Report discussing navajoite, hydrated vanadium pentoxide, which was a new vanadium oxide found at a mine on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache County, Arizona. Information regarding its occurrences, physical properties, chemical analysis, and X-ray diffraction data are included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Weeks, Alice D.; Thompson, Mary E. & Sherwood, Alexander M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in the Eagle-Nation Area, East-Central Alaska, 1948 (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in the Eagle-Nation Area, East-Central Alaska, 1948

Report discussing a 1948 geological examination to find radioactive deposits in the Eagle-Nation area of east-central Alaska.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Wedow, Helmuth, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactive Source Materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela (open access)

Radioactive Source Materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela

From Abstract: "This report summarizes data available on radioactive source materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela accumulated by geologists of the Dirección Técnica de Geología and antecedent agencies prior to June 1951, and by the writers from June to November 1951."
Date: February 1953
Creator: Wyant, Donald G. & Sharp, William N.
System: The UNT Digital Library