Preliminary Report Trace Elements Investigations Hickman and Adjacent Counties, Tenn. (open access)

Preliminary Report Trace Elements Investigations Hickman and Adjacent Counties, Tenn.

The following report describes the findings from an investigation of a uranium-bearing strata undertaken in Hickman and adjacent counties in west-central Tennessee during the summer and fall of 1944. The strata contained radioactive elements within the Chattanooga shale and the Maury glauconitic member of the Ridgetop shale.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Brill, Kenneth G., Jr.; Nelson, John M. & Prouty, Chilton E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on a Method for the Determination of Small Quantities of Thorium (open access)

Preliminary Report on a Method for the Determination of Small Quantities of Thorium

The following report provides a summary of detailed procedures and methods given to small quantities (as low as 0.10 mg) of thorium in rocks and ores.
Date: October 1, 1945
Creator: Fahey, Joseph J. & Foster, Margaret D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements of Reconnaissance in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina Preliminary Report (open access)

Trace Elements of Reconnaissance in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina Preliminary Report

The following report describes findings from a reconnaissance mission in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina on radioactive trace elements in a variety of rocks.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Butler, A. P., Jr. & Chesterman, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report - Radioactivity of Some Alaskan Placer Samples (open access)

Preliminary Report - Radioactivity of Some Alaskan Placer Samples

The following report provides results taken from more than 600 samples found in Alaska, mostly concentrates from placer operations, that were tested for radioactivity during January 1945 in the laboratory of the Geological Survey.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Harder, James O. & Reed, John C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Methods of Analysis for Very Small Percentages of Uranium 0002 (open access)

Preliminary Report on Methods of Analysis for Very Small Percentages of Uranium 0002

Abstract: Procedures are presented in detail of two methods for the determination of very small percentages of uranium (down to 0.002%). The methods are applicable to a wide variety of materials. Notes on the methods and confirmatory experiments are also given.
Date: July 1945
Creator: Foster, M. D.; Grimaldi, F. S. & Stevens, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Occurrence of Xenon (open access)

The Occurrence of Xenon

This report is the second in the series of reports carried by the Geological Survey on rare or uncommon elements and their possible sources. The report discusses xenon, an element belonging in a group of elements known as the inert gases, characterized by its lack of reactivity.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Fleischer, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements Reconnaissance in Florida : Section 1, Radioactivity of Some Florida Sands ; Section 2, Radioactivity of Phosphates and Other Rocks in Florida (open access)

Trace Elements Reconnaissance in Florida : Section 1, Radioactivity of Some Florida Sands ; Section 2, Radioactivity of Phosphates and Other Rocks in Florida

The following document contains two reports providing results from reconnaissance missions in Florida. These missions tested the radioactivity in Florida sands and the radioactivity in phosphates and rocks found in Florida.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Slaughter, A. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Methods of Analysis for Very Small Percentages of Thorium : Part 1 (open access)

Preliminary Report on Methods of Analysis for Very Small Percentages of Thorium : Part 1

The following report provides a summary and the methods of the experimental work given with a small percentage of thorium oxide.
Date: 1945
Creator: Grimaldi, F. S. & Fairchild, J. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Field Measurement of Radioactivity (open access)

Preliminary Report on Field Measurement of Radioactivity

The following report covers the process of field measurement of radioactivity with a limited screening process of activity equivalent to 0.005 percent of uranium in equilibrium with its disintegration products.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Stead, Frank W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report : Radioactivity of Pennsylvanian Black Shales and Coals in Kansas and Oklahoma (open access)

Preliminary Report : Radioactivity of Pennsylvanian Black Shales and Coals in Kansas and Oklahoma

The following report provides information on the first field work on the radioactivity of Pennsylvanian black shales in Oklahoma and Kansas, 1944, and their findings.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Slaughter, A. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Occurrence of Germanium (open access)

The Occurrence of Germanium

The following report discusses the possible sources of the uncommon element, germanium. It is the first in a series of reports to be prepared by the Geological Survey discussing rare and uncommon elements.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Fleischer, Michael & Harder, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements Investigations the Occurrence of Indium (open access)

Trace Elements Investigations the Occurrence of Indium

The following report is the third in the Geological Survey's series discussing rare or uncommon elements and possible sources. The element discussed in this report is indium, found abundantly in sphalerites.
Date: April 1945
Creator: Fleischer, Michael & Harder, James O.
System: The UNT Digital Library