Radioactive Fluorite in the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah (open access)

Radioactive Fluorite in the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah

From abstract: The Thomas Range fluorite district, on Spor's Mountain in the western part of the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, is approximately 6 miles long and 2 miles wide, and contains almost no unclaimed land. The fluorite production of the district, since its discovery in 1943, has been 35,700 short tons. It was obtained from 12 different ore bodies on eight different properties. G. P. Spor, Ray Spor, and Chad Spor; Albert Willden and Earl Willden; T. A. Claridge; and W. E. Black and F. B. Chesley were the only groups producing fluorite in the district in August 1950.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Staatz, Mortimer Hay; Wilmarth, V. R. & Bauer, Herman L., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity in the "Okpilak" Gneissic Granite Mount Michelson Area, Northeastern Alaska (open access)

Radioactivity in the "Okpilak" Gneissic Granite Mount Michelson Area, Northeastern Alaska

The following report discusses radioactive results found in 4 samples of gneissic granite of 13 samples collected from the Mount Michelson area of northeastern Alaska. A mineralogic study of all heavy-mineral fractions having more than 0.01 percent equivalent uranium indicates that the radioactive material apparently is confined to biotite, which in one sample contains 1.19 percent uranium.
Date: January 1951
Creator: White, Max G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity in the "Okpilak" Gneissic Granite, Mount Michelson Area, Northeastern Alaska (open access)

Radioactivity in the "Okpilak" Gneissic Granite, Mount Michelson Area, Northeastern Alaska

The following report presents results of radiometric and mineralogic studies made on 13 samples taken from the Mount Michelson area, Alaska.
Date: January 1951
Creator: White, Max Gregg
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reserves of Phosphate in the Land-Pebble Phosphate Field, Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Osceola, Pasco, and Polk Counties, Florida (open access)

Reserves of Phosphate in the Land-Pebble Phosphate Field, Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Osceola, Pasco, and Polk Counties, Florida

From abstract: Investigations of the land-pebble phosphate deposits of Florida by the Geological Survey began in November 1947. This report presents the computation of reserves of phosphate rock in the northern part of the district.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Cathcart, James Bachelder; Tillman, C. G. & Dutro, H. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of the Research Work of the Trace Elements Section, Geochemistry and Petrology Branch, for the Period April 1, 1948- December 31, 1950 (open access)

Summary of the Research Work of the Trace Elements Section, Geochemistry and Petrology Branch, for the Period April 1, 1948- December 31, 1950

From introduction: "This report summarizes the research work of the Trace Elements Section, Geochemistry and Petrology Branch, from the organization of the Section in April 1948 to December 31, 1950." Investigation of radioactive materials and investigation of methods for analysis of radioactive materials is included.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Rabbitt, John C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uraniferous Quartzite, Red Bluff Prospect, Gila County, Arizona (open access)

Uraniferous Quartzite, Red Bluff Prospect, Gila County, Arizona

Abstract: Radioactive zones are present in the upper silty part of the pre-Cambrian Dripping Spring quartzite at the Red Bluff prospect, Gila County, Ariz. The prospect is in the SE 1/4 sec. 31, T. 5 N., R. 14 E., at the southern end of the Sierra Ancha area and 12 miles northeast of Roosevelt Dam. Stratigraphic control of the radioactive zones is indicated by the restriction of the zones to two layers, each about 20 feet thick.The zones are spatially associated in part with a diabase dike that occupies a fault, and in part with a thick diabase sill. The main uranium mineral disseminated through the rock in these zones has not been identified definitely, although minor quantities of secondary uranium minerals were observed. The results of scintillometer traverses and radiometric analyses indicate that the deposits probably contain an average of 0.026 percent uranium. Some black streaks and some fractures contain a higher percentage of uranium, but so far as is known the volume of such material is probably too small to affect the overall grade of the deposits.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Kaiser, E. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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 Pâ‚‚Oâ‚…, 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
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
Hydrothermal Uranothorite in Fluorite Breccias From the Blue Jay Mine, Jamestown, Boulder County, Colorado (open access)

Hydrothermal Uranothorite in Fluorite Breccias From the Blue Jay Mine, Jamestown, Boulder County, Colorado

Report discussing the identification of hydrothermal uranothorite from fluorite breccias in Colorado and its comparison/contrasting with other uranothorites and thorites. A description of thorium halos in fluorite is given.
Date: March 1951
Creator: Phair, George & Onoda, Kiyoko
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conditions of the Formation of Fluorite in Sedimentary Rocks (The Fluorite System) (open access)

Conditions of the Formation of Fluorite in Sedimentary Rocks (The Fluorite System)

From translator's abstract: "The formation of fluorite in sedimentary rocks has been investigated by studies of fluorite equilibria in different solutions. Determinations at different temperatures were made on the solubility of crystalline CaF2 in chemically pure water, in aqueous solutions of components of seat water...at different concentrations, and in the sea water itself at degrees of salinity varying from normal to a 15-fold concentration."
Date: April 1951
Creator: Kazakov, A. V. & Sokolova, E. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Domestic Resource of Uranium and Thorium : A Summary Based Upon Investigations by the u.s. Geological Survey (open access)

Domestic Resource of Uranium and Thorium : A Summary Based Upon Investigations by the u.s. Geological Survey

From abstract: "This report summarizes our knowledge of the geology of radioactive raw materials and outlines the work done by the Geological Survey as well as that planned or recommended. An evaluation of uranium and thorium deposits is given in terms of known reserves and potential resources."
Date: April 1951
Creator: McKelvey, V. E.; Page, L. R.; Fischer, R. P. & Butler, A. P., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fluorapatite System of Equilibria in the Conditions of Formation of Sedimentary Rocks (open access)

The Fluorapatite System of Equilibria in the Conditions of Formation of Sedimentary Rocks

From translator's abstract: "As part of unified research on the behavior of the fluoride ion in sedimentary rocks, the present study deals with the system CaO-P2O5-HF-H20 at 25 degrees C. under conditions of sea sedimentation. The precipitated phases, their fields of crystallization and stability, the fluorine-phosphorus coefficient, and the isomorphism of fluorhydroxl ions in the apatite lattice are considered and illustrated by orthogonal projections."
Date: April 1951
Creator: Kazakov, A. V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity in Some Oil Fields of Southeastern Kansas (open access)

Radioactivity in Some Oil Fields of Southeastern Kansas

From abstract: Radium-bearing precipitates derived from 'oil-well fluids have been found in more than 60 oil and gas fields in Cowley, Butler, Marion, Sedgwick, and Greenwood Counties of southeastern Kansas. The abnormal radioactivity of these precipitates has been studied through the use of gamma-ray and sample logs; by radiometric, chemical petrographic, and spectrographic analyses of the precipitates and drill samples; and through the use of chemical analyses of brines collected from oil wells in the areas of high radioactivity.
Date: April 1951
Creator: Gott, Garland B. & Hill, James W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity in Some Oil Fields of Southeastern Kansas (open access)

Radioactivity in Some Oil Fields of Southeastern Kansas

Report discussing an experiment in which the abnormal radioactivity of radium-bearing precipitates derived from oil-well fluids taken from more than 60 oil and gas fields in Cowley, Butler, Marion, Sedgwick, and Greenwood Counties of southeastern Kansas were studied.
Date: April 1951
Creator: Gott, Garland B. & Hill, James W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beryllium Deposits of the Mount Antero Region, Chaffee County, Colorado (open access)

Beryllium Deposits of the Mount Antero Region, Chaffee County, Colorado

Report discussing the possible existence of pegmatites containing beryllium deposits in the granite stock in the vicinity of Mount Antero and White Mountain, Chaffee County, Colorado.
Date: May 1951
Creator: Adams, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Photometric Method for the Estimation of the Oil Yield of Oil Shale (open access)

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

From abstract: "A method is presented for the distillation and photometric estimation of the oil yield of oil-bearing shales... The new method gives results similar to those obtained by the Fischer assay method in a much shorter time. The applicability of the new method to oil-bearing shale and phosphatic shale has been tested."
Date: May 1951
Creator: Cuttitta, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Search in Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, and Ohio for Areas Where Uraniferous Black Shale May Be Mined by Stripping (open access)

Reconnaissance Search in Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, and Ohio for Areas Where Uraniferous Black Shale May Be Mined by Stripping

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation aimed at finding a location with an abundance of black shale, and determining the amount of uranium in the shale.
Date: May 1951
Creator: Robeck, Raymond C. & Conant, Louis C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of the Research Work of the Trace Elements Section, Geochemistry and Petrology Branch, for the Period January 1 - March 31, 1951 (open access)

Summary of the Research Work of the Trace Elements Section, Geochemistry and Petrology Branch, for the Period January 1 - March 31, 1951

Report summarizing the research done by the Geochemistry and Petrology branch of the Trace Elements Section during the period from January 1 - March 31, 1951. Research includes mineralogic and petrologic investigations of radioactive rocks, minerals, and ores, as well as investigations of chemical, spectrographic, and radiometric methods of analysis to be applied to radioactive materials such as uranium, thorium, and their compounds.
Date: May 1951
Creator: Rabbitt, John C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carnotite Resources of the Calamity Group Area, Mesa County, Colorado (open access)

Carnotite Resources of the Calamity Group Area, Mesa County, Colorado

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of the Calamity group area and the carnotite deposits which are found in this area, often in sandstone.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Stager, Harold K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carnotite Resources of the Calamity Group Area, Mesa County, Colorado (open access)

Carnotite Resources of the Calamity Group Area, Mesa County, Colorado

A report regarding Caronotite Resources of the Calamity Group Area, In Mesa County, Colorado.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Stager, Harold Keith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits Along the Upper Porcupine River, Northeastern Alaska (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits Along the Upper Porcupine River, Northeastern Alaska

Report discussing a geological examination of the Upper Porcupine River in northeastern Alaska to find radioactive materials.
Date: June 1951
Creator: White, Max G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits Along the Upper Porcupine River, Northeastern Alaska (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits Along the Upper Porcupine River, Northeastern Alaska

A report regarding a reconnaissance performed Along the Upper Porcupine River, Northeastern Alaska for radioactive deposits.
Date: June 1951
Creator: White, Max Gregg
System: The UNT Digital Library