The Uravan Mineral Belt (open access)

The Uravan Mineral Belt

"This report briefly describes the [Urvanian Mineral Belt] and outlines the geologic evidence supporting its concept. General plans for continuous exploration of this belt, and preliminary prediction of the total amount of carnotite-bearing rocks that might be in one unexplored area, are also presented"
Date: February 1950
Creator: Fischer, R. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beryllium in Colorado (open access)

Beryllium in Colorado

Report discussing properties and uses of beryllium and beryl, an ore of beryllium produced as a by-product of mining in Colorado.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Page, Lincoln R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carnotite Resources in the Charles T. Area and Vicinity, San Miguel County, Colorado (open access)

Carnotite Resources in the Charles T. Area and Vicinity, San Miguel County, Colorado

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."
Date: March 1950
Creator: Bush, Alfred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Metal Mining in the San Juan Region: Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel Counties, Colorado (open access)

Reconnaissance of Metal Mining in the San Juan Region: Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel Counties, Colorado

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing metal mines in Colorado. As stated in the summary, "this paper describes the mineral deposits and discusses mining and milling methods and related operating conditions in an important gold, silver, lead, and zinc producing area in Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel Counties, Colo., embracing 250 square miles" (p. 5). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: March 1950
Creator: King, William H. & Allsman, Paul T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of factual data obtained during examination of Copper King shaft, Black Hawk claim no. 1, Larimer County, Colorado (open access)

Report of factual data obtained during examination of Copper King shaft, Black Hawk claim no. 1, Larimer County, Colorado

A report regarding factual data obtained during an examination of the copper King Shaft, Black Hawk Claim no. 1, Larimer County, Colorado. This report is designed to provide the owners with the factual data obtained from their property in accordance with the Agreement for Mineral Exploration with them.
Date: May 1950
Creator: Granger, H. C. & King, Robert Ugstad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of a Mobile Compressor and Utility Station (open access)

Development of a Mobile Compressor and Utility Station

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the development of a mobile compressor and utility station in the oil-shale mine near Rifle, Colorado during 1949. The report includes photographs and illustrations of the mobile station.
Date: July 1950
Creator: Wright, Fred D. & Ballinger, Homer J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Oil-Base Drilling Fluid Filtrate on Analysis of Cores from South Coles Levee, California, and Rangely, Colorado Fields (open access)

Effect of Oil-Base Drilling Fluid Filtrate on Analysis of Cores from South Coles Levee, California, and Rangely, Colorado Fields

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the study of contamination of cores obtained with conventional core barrels. The effect of the oil-based drilling fluid and analysis of the cores are presented. The report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Gates, Gates L.; Morris, Frank C. & Caraway, W. Hodge
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of the Big Boulder Prospect, Larimer County, Colorado (open access)

Exploration of the Big Boulder Prospect, Larimer County, Colorado

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.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Thurston, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reserve statement 1, reserve block 1, Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary reserve statement 1, reserve block 1, Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado

A report regarding Preliminary reserve statement 1, reserve block 1, Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado
Date: September 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Reserve Statement 2, Reserve Blocks 3 and 4, Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary Reserve Statement 2, Reserve Blocks 3 and 4, Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado

Preliminary reserve statement on the drilling of ore deposits in Club Mesa, Colorado.
Date: September 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reserve statement 3, reserve block 5 (east part), Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary reserve statement 3, reserve block 5 (east part), Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado

A report regarding Preliminary reserve statement 3, reserve block 5 (east part), Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado
Date: September 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Reserve Statement 4, Reserve Block 5 (West Part), Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary Reserve Statement 4, Reserve Block 5 (West Part), Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado

Preliminary reserve statement on the drilling of ore deposits in Club Mesa, Colorado.
Date: September 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reserve statement 6, reserve blocks 1, 2, and 3, Veta Mad and Veta Glad claims, Georgetown group, San Miguel County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary reserve statement 6, reserve blocks 1, 2, and 3, Veta Mad and Veta Glad claims, Georgetown group, San Miguel County, Colorado

A preliminary reserve statement regarding Reserve Bocks 1, 2, and 3, of the Veta Mad and Veta Glad Claims, Georgetown group, located in San Miguel County, Colorado.
Date: September 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reserve statement 7, reserve blocks 5, 6, and 7, Georgeto claim, Georgetown group, San Miguel County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary reserve statement 7, reserve blocks 5, 6, and 7, Georgeto claim, Georgetown group, San Miguel County, Colorado

A preliminary reserve regarding Reserve Blocks 5, 6, and 7 of the Georgeto Claim Georgetown group,. Located in San Miguel County, Colorado.
Date: September 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pitchblende Deposits at the Wood and Calhoun Mines, Central City Mining District, Gilpin County, Colorado (open access)

Pitchblende Deposits at the Wood and Calhoun Mines, Central City Mining District, Gilpin County, Colorado

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.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Moore, Frank B. & Butler, C. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reserve statement 8, reserve block 2, Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary reserve statement 8, reserve block 2, Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado

A preliminary statement regarding Reserve Block 2 of Club Mesa, located in Montrose County, Colorado.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reserve statement, reserve block A, Outlaw Mesa, Mesa County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary reserve statement, reserve block A, Outlaw Mesa, Mesa County, Colorado

A preliminary reserve statement, regarding reserve block A of the Outlaw Mesa, Located in Mesa County, Colorado.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Trace, Robert Denny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Innovations in Equipment For Scaling High Roofs and Mine Walls (open access)

Some Innovations in Equipment For Scaling High Roofs and Mine Walls

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines describing the methods and equipment developed at the oil-shale mine near Rifle, Colorado. This report includes photographs and illustrations documenting this equipment.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Brown, Brinton C.; Wright, Fred D. & Ballinger, Homer J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Examinations of Copper Uranium Deposits West of the Colorado River (open access)

Reconnaissance Examinations of Copper Uranium Deposits West of the Colorado River

Several relatively small copper-uranium deposits have been found in southwestern Utah along the contact of the Shinarump and Moenkopi formations of Triassic age, at least from the San Rafael Swell area of Emery County, southward through central and eastern Garfield County, southwestward into western Kane County, and westward into the southern part of Washington County.
Date: November 1950
Creator: Everhart, Donald L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary reserve statement 5, reserve block A, Otero and Eloisa claims, Legin group, San Miguel County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary reserve statement 5, reserve block A, Otero and Eloisa claims, Legin group, San Miguel County, Colorado

A preliminary reserve statement regarding Reserve Block A, for the Otero and Eloisa Claims Legin Group, Located in San Miguel County, Colorado.
Date: December 1950
Creator: Bush, Alfred Lerner
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lignite in Greece (open access)

Lignite in Greece

From Summary and Conclusions: "The objective of this investigation has been stated above in the Introduction. Studies were made of mining operations in the Athens Basin, Rafina and Oropos districts; the Kimi and Aliveri areas on the island of Euboea; and the Peloponnese in the vicinity of Kalamai. (See fig. 2). Mining practices at mines in these areas are summarized briefly in this report. Samples of lignite were shipped to Bureau of Mines experiment stations at Pittsburgh, Pa., and Golden, Colo., for washability and utilization studies."
Date: 1951
Creator: Toenges, Albert L.; Crentz, W. L.; Parks, B. C. & Abernethy, R. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Exploration for Uranium in the Front Range Mineral Belt, Colorado (open access)

Proposed Exploration for Uranium in the Front Range Mineral Belt, Colorado

From abstract: Recorded production of pitchblende in the United States totals 313 tons of ore containing about 15 percent uranium. Of this total, 303 tons was produced at Central City and 8 tons at Lawson prior to World War I. The remaining 2 tons has been mined at Caribou during the past two years and is being stockpiled at the mine.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Moore, Frank B.; King, Robert Ugstad & Hinrichs, E. Neal
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity in the Jo Reynolds Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado (open access)

Radioactivity in the Jo Reynolds Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado

From abstract: Eight tons of high grade pitchblende ore was sold from the Jo Reynolds mine near Lawson, Clear Creek County, Colo., in 1919. The pitchblende occurs with silver, lead, and zinc in carbonate-quartz veins cutting pre-Cambrian schist, granite gneiss, and granite.
Date: January 1951
Creator: King, Robert Ugstad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green River Oil-Shale Reserves of Northwestern Colorado (open access)

Green River Oil-Shale Reserves of Northwestern Colorado

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil-shale reserves near the Green River formation. Samples are analyzed for economic value, and presented in tables and illustrations. The report also includes maps of the sample areas.
Date: February 1951
Creator: Belser, Carl.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library