Geological Survey Investigations in the U12e.05 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Geological Survey Investigations in the U12e.05 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site

From introduction: The papers comprising the various parts of this report contain the preliminary results of the U. S. Geological Survey investigations in the Ul2e.05 tunnel at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (fig. 1). Reports on electrical resistivity, natural radioactivity, and heat required to raise the rocks to 100C will be issued later. A preliminary report on the geologic effects of the Blanca event is being prepared.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Diment, William H.; Wilmarth, V. R.; Houser, F. N.; Dickey, D. D.; Hinrichs, E. Neal; Botinelly, Theodore et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Marble Exploration Hole 4, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geology of the Marble Exploration Hole 4, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: This report summarizes the information obtained during preparation of the lithologic log of the core and presents results of chemical analyses of marble samples collected from surface near the drill hole. The report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Albuquerque Operations Office, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: October 1959
Creator: McKeown, F. A. & Wilmarth, V. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Granite" Exploration Hole, Area 15, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada -- Interim Report: Part A, Structural, Petrographic, and Chemical Data (open access)

"Granite" Exploration Hole, Area 15, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada -- Interim Report: Part A, Structural, Petrographic, and Chemical Data

From introduction: The "Granite" exploration hole was core drilled to determine the character of the igneous rocks from the surface to a depth of 1,200 feet and the degree of structural anisotropism of the rock within 200 feet of a point 950 feet below the surface. This report summarizes the data on the structure, chemistry, petrology and alteration of the rocks exposed at the surface in the immediate vicinity of the drill site and in the core.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Houser, F. N. & Poole, F. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Water Test Well C, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada : a Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground Water Test Well C, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada : a Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

From introduction: USGS is appraising the possibility, however slight, that the ground water beneath the Nevada Test Site, possibly contaminated by nuclear detonations, may carry radioactive fission products to places where they may constitute a public hazard.
Date: 1962
Creator: Garber, M. S. & Thordarson, William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Geologic Map of the Yucca Flat Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Yucca Flat Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

An index and geological map of Nevada showing the Yucca Flat quadrangle.
Date: November 1962
Creator: McKay, E. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Plutonium Valley Quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Plutonium Valley Quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada

An index and geological map of Nevada's Plutonium Valley quadrangle in Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada
Date: November 1962
Creator: Hinrichs, E. Neal & McKay, E. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Paiute Ridge Quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Paiute Ridge Quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada

Geologic map of the Paiute Ridge Quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Byers, F. M., Jr. & Barnes, Harley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gravity Survey of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada: Interim Report (open access)

Gravity Survey of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada: Interim Report

From introduction: The gravity survey of the Nevada Test Site and contiguous areas of southern Nevada and southeastern California has been made by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The objective of this study is to delineate and interpret gravity anomalies and regional trends so that the configuration and depth of the buried erosional surface of the Paleozoic rocks may be determined.
Date: November 1962
Creator: Healey, D. L. & Miller, H. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Pluto Site, Area 401, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geology of the Pluto Site, Area 401, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Introduction: Geologic studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in support of the U.S. Air Force's Project Pluto in Area 401 of the Nevada Test Site were made on behalf of the U.S. Atomic energy Commission.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Johnson, Ross B. & Ege, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of Jackass Flats Quadrangle, Nevada Test Site, Nevada (open access)

Geology of Jackass Flats Quadrangle, Nevada Test Site, Nevada

This is a map of the geology of Jackass Flats quadrangle.
Date: December 1963
Creator: McKay, Edward J. & Williams, W. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Skull Mountain Quadrangle at the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

This is a photo-geologic map of the Skull Mountain Quadrangle at the Nevada Test Site.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Ekren, E. B. & Sargent, Kenneth A.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Topopah Spring Southwest Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

Geologic map of the Topopah Spring Southwest quadrangle, Nevada with notations for specific topographic features and profile views. Scale 1:24,000.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Lipman, Peter W. & McKay, E. J.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Topopah Spring Northwest Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

A geologic map of the Topopah Spring northwest quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada
Date: June 1964
Creator: Christiansen, Robert L. & Lipman, Peter W.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Frenchman Flat Quadrangle, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Frenchman Flat quadrangle of Nye County, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Poole, Forrest G.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of Scrugham Peak Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geologic map of the Scrugham Peak quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Byers, F. M., Jr. & Cummings, David
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Silent Butte Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Silent Butte quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Ekren, E. B.; Anderson, R. E.; Orkild, Paul P. & Hinrichs, E. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Cane Spring Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Cane Spring quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: October 1964
Creator: Poole, F. G.; Elston, Donald Parker & Carr, Wilfred James
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Buckboard Mesa Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Buckboard Mesa quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Byers, F. M., Jr.; Rogers, C. L. & Luft, Stanley Jeremie
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Timber Mountain Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Timber Mountain Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

Map of the Timber Mountain Quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Carr, Wilfred James & Quinlivan, W. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Mine Mountain Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Mine Mountain Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

Map of the Mine Mountain Quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: October 1964
Creator: Orkild, Paul P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map and Sections of the Ammonia Tanks Quadrangle at the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

A geological map and sections of the Ammonia Tanks quadrangle at the Nevada test site, Nye County, Nevada
Date: December 1964
Creator: Hinrichs, E. Neal; Krushensky, R. D.; Luft, Stanley Jeremie; Brown, R. D. & Simons, Frank S.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Striped Hills Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Striped Hills quadrangle Nye County, Nevada.
Date: 1966
Creator: McKay, Edward J. & Burchfiel, B. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Dead Horse Flat Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

This is a geological map of the Dead Horse Flat quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Noble, Donald C.; Krushensky, Richard D.; McKay, Edward J. & Ege, John R.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Water Test Well D, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Ground Water Test Well D, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Introduction: The U.S. Geological Survey is appraising the possibility, however slight, that the ground water beneath the Nevada Test Site, possibly contaminated by nuclear detonations, may carry radioactive fission products to places where they may constitute a public hazard.
Date: February 9, 1962
Creator: Thordarson, William; Garber, M. S. & Walker, George E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library