Structural Survey of Private Mining Properties (open access)

Structural Survey of Private Mining Properties

From introduction: The pre-shot and postshot mine surveys indicated that no damage attributable to the Shoal event occurred to any of the sixteen private mining properties.
Date: December 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test of Dribble-Type Structures (open access)

Test of Dribble-Type Structures

From introduction: This task was conducted at Project Shoal to observe the response of simulated Dribble area building foundations to ground motions induced by a nuclear detonation.
Date: October 21, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preshot and Postshot Structure Survey (open access)

Preshot and Postshot Structure Survey

From introduction: This report documents the preshot and postshot condition of all structures within 10 miles of Ground Zero, plus structures at Salt Wells and surface structures at mines that were included in the mine survey.
Date: December 1963
Creator: Holmes & Narver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Evaluation of the Seismicity, Geology, and Hydrology of the Northern Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, as a Possible Site for Project Shoal (open access)

Preliminary Evaluation of the Seismicity, Geology, and Hydrology of the Northern Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, as a Possible Site for Project Shoal

The following report summarizes the known information to date of June 1961 on the Sand Range as it pertains to the Shoal experiments.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Twenhofel, William S.; Moore, John E. & Black, Rudolph A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plates To Accompany Final Report Of Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, And Hydrological Investigations Of The Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, And Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada (open access)

Plates To Accompany Final Report Of Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, And Hydrological Investigations Of The Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, And Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada

The following documents are aseries of plates to accompany the final report of "Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, and Hydrological Investigations of the Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, and Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada".
Date: 1965
Creator: Nevada. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, and Hydrological Investigations of the Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, and Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada (open access)

Final Report: Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, and Hydrological Investigations of the Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, and Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada

Report on an evaluation of the Sand Springs Range as a possible location for an underground nuclear study (Shoal Event). Various tests to determine the site's suitability included aerial photography and mapping of the area through various means; drilling and bulldozing to conduct mineralogical and other physical evaluations; gravity, aeromagnetic, and refraction surveys; and studies related to the hydrology of the location and surrounding areas.
Date: April 26, 1965
Creator: Nevada. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Plates 1-12: Final Report: Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, and Hydrological Investigations of the Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, and Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada

Plates documenting results of some tests performed during the site evaluation of the Sand Springs Range including aerial photography, various types of mapping and surveying of the physical and hydrological aspects of the location, and other supplementary materials.
Date: April 26, 1965
Creator: Nevada. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library