From page 3: Uraniferous fluorspar pipes cut Paleozoic dolomite in the western part of the Thomas Range, along a ridge known locally as "Spor's Mountain". The fluorspar district (fig. 1) is approximately 50 miles northwest of Delta, Utah, and is in Tps. 12, 13 N., R. 12 W., Salt Lake principal meridian. From July to September 1952 approximately 10 man-months were spent in the district. During this time, field work started in 1951 was completed. Mapping and sampling the fluorspar deposits was done in 1950 (reported in TEI-136). The entire uraniferous fluorspar district has now been mapped at a scale of 1 inch to 1, 000 feet, the complete stratigraphic section of the district has been measured in detail, and additional mine mapping and sampling has been done.

From introduction: The Big Boulder prospect is in SE 1/4 sec. 36, T.7N., R.,72W., in Tarimer County, Colorado. The prospect has been opened by four irregular trenches and shallow cuts, and a 10-foot discovery shaft. Hanley 1/4 states that 10.5 tons of beryl were produced from the Big Boulder prospect in 1936, and about 600 pounds in 1941.

From introduction: The purpose of this work was to determine the distribution and reserves of pitchblende in the veins. These particular mines were selected because the other mines that had produced pitchblende in the east were either inaccessible, or accessible under such adverse conditions as to make detailed mapping impracticable.

From introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the quantity and quality of [Central Ceara, Brazil] magnesite, and the writer concludes that this group of deposits constitutes one of the major reserves of high-grade magnesite in the Western Hemisphere. The ore could be used in the production of any commercial grade of magnesia with little or no beneficiation. Soil and alluvial overburden is thin between widespread outcrops, so all the deposits could be mined from open pits.

From abstract: This report summarizes the economic possibilities of the tin deposits of the Estado de Durango, Mexico. It describes in detail many deposits in the leading districts, which were examined in 1944, and briefly reviews some reports on undeveloped occurrences in the southern and western parts of the State. The general conclusion is that tin will continue to be produced by hand methods for many years, but probably at a decreasing rate, because the placer grounds which have always produced the greater part of the tin are faced with gradual exhaustion.

From abstract: Paricutin is 320 kilometers west of Mexico City and is reached by air, rail, or paved highway to Uruapan, Michoacan, and thence by 37 kilometers of paved and dirt road to lava-destroyed San Juan Parangaricutiro, 5 kilometers north of the cone.

Abstract: Two uranium-bearing minerals, uranothorianite and thorite (?), were found in the stream gravels of the main branch of the South Fork of Quartz Creek, a tributary of the Kiwalik River. Although the bedrock source of the minerals was not located, the radioactive material was traced in slope wash well above the stream gravel. A detailed investigation of the area with more sensitive counters might reveal the source of the minerals and localities where the minerals are sufficiently concentrated to be minable.

The following report describes the different volcanoes of the Paricutin Region.

Including a list of all known volcanoes and a summary of activity betwen 1760 and 1948.

Report discussing progress made on geologic studies under the Colorado Plateau Project. The geologic studies that were in progress during the time of this report consist of the following: "(1) General geologic mapping in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. (2) Regional stratigraphic and sedimentary studies in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. (3) Studies of past and present ground-water conditions in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah."

Report presenting abstracts and major findings from physiological, biochemical, soil chemical, geological, and mineral studies of the apatite group of minerals.

Report discussing the characteristics and locations of radioactive carbonaceous and bituminous shales in the United States.

Abstract: The Model R fluorimeter has been modified to increase its stability and sensitivity. The new instrument is about ten times as sensitive as the original fluorimeter, but it can also be employed conveniently at a sensitivity level comparable to or less than that of the Model R fluorimeter.

Report discussing properties and uses of beryllium and beryl, an ore of beryllium produced as a by-product of mining in Colorado.

From abstract: "A study was made of the important factors in the 'direct' fluorimetric determination of uranium in the range 0.0005 to 0.08 micrograms of uranium, and a modified procedure based on these results is given."

Abstract: An early report on the Cape Nome area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, stated that granitic rocks there contain allanite as a common accessory mineral. Results of studies in 1947 indicate that very little allanite is present, and that the slight amount of radioactiity of the granitic complex is attributable to the accessory minerals zircon and sphene.

Report discussing an exploratory drilling program in the Charles T. area and vicinity during the period from November 1947 and September 1949. "The purpose of the exploration was to discover new carnotite deposits to support milling operations on the Colorado Plateau, and to appraise the uranium and vanadium resources of the area explored."

From abstract: "A method is described whereby aluminum in phosphate rock is determined by the fluorescence of aluminum hydroxyquinolate in chloroform solution."

Report discussing a geological study of the Chattanooga Shale of the Eastern Highland Rim area of Tennessee in 1947, 1948, and 1949 to determine its availability as a source of uranium.

From Abstract: "Four methods of dating Colorado Plateau carnotite have been examined and evaluated: mineralogic methods, radioactive-equilibrium methods, lead-uranium-ratio methods, and lead-isotope methods. The data on 12 high-grade samples, from a suite of 50 representative carnotite ores, are presented."

Report discussing a geological experiment in which 48 drill holes in the Calamity area were logged with the objective to check the results obtained in a previously done experiment by the Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation.

From Introduction: "This catalog is a list of specimens of radioactive minerals for which the Geological Survey has been collecting optical, X-ray diffraction, and other data."

From Abstract: "A short routine direct fluorimetric procedure for the determination of up to 0.06 percent uranium in phosphate rocks is described."

The following report summarizes the results of a brief geological examination made by the Geological Survey of the small uranium deposit in the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada.