Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming (open access)

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Abstract: A reconnaissance was made of a large part of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, during the summer of 1952 to search for uranium deposits in parts of the basin other than the Pumpkin Buttes area. No uranium deposits of economic interest were found, but some rocks of the Tertiary Fort Union formation and the Cretaceous Inyan Kara group were found to be sufficiently uraniferous to justify further search in rocks of these units. Analyses of samples of sandstones, baked shales, and siltstones taken during the reconnaissance show these rocks are considerably more vanadiferous than the average sandstone, or clay and shale.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Davidson, David F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of Exploratory Core Drilling for Uranium Bearing Coal in the Northern Part of the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Results of Exploratory Core Drilling for Uranium Bearing Coal in the Northern Part of the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Report presenting the results of core drilling in Sweetwater county, Wyoming aimed at finding uraniferous coal. Information regarding the locations that were drilled, progress made in drilling, geology of the area, reserves of uraniferous coal, and future plans are included.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Masursky, Harold; Pipiringos, George N. & Gower, Howard D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of exploratory core drilling for uranium-bearing coal in the northern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (open access)

Results of exploratory core drilling for uranium-bearing coal in the northern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

A report discussing the results of exploratory core drilling for uranium-bearing coal in the Northern Part of the Red Desert Area, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Masursky, Harold; Pipiringos, G. N. & Gower, Howard Dale
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico

Abstract: Uranium-bearing copper deposits occur in steeply dipping beds of the Sangre de Cristo formation of Pennsylvanian and Permian age south of Coyote, Mora County, N. Mex. Mapping and sampling of these deposits indicate that they occur in lenticular carbonaceous zones in shales and arkosic sandstones. Samples from these zones contain as much as 0.067 percent uranium and average 3 percent copper. Metatyuyamunite is disseminated in some of the arkosic sandstone beds, and uraninite was identified in some of the copper sulfide nodules occurring in the shale. In polished section these sulfide nodules were found to be composed principally of chalcocite with some bornite and covellite, as well as pyrite and malachite. Most of the samples were collected near the surface from the weathered zone. The copper and uranium were probably deposited with the sediments and concentrated into zones during compaction and lithification. Carbonaceous material in the Sangre de Cristo formation provided the environment that precipitated uranium and copper from mineral-charged connate waters forced from the clayey sediments.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Zeller, H. D. & Baltz, Elmer Harold, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico

Report discussing the geological details of uranium-bearing copper deposits in the Sangre de Cristo formation, located south of Coyote, Mora County, New Mexico.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Zeller, Howard D. & Baltz, Elmer H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photogeologic map, Stinking Spring Creek-15 quadrangle, Emery County, Utah

Photogeologic map of Stinking Spring Creek-15 quadrangle, Emery County, Utah
Date: May 18, 1953
Creator: Orkild, Paul P.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photogeologic map, Orange Cliffs-3 quadrangle, Wayne County, Utah

Photogeologic map of the Orange Cliffs-3 quadrangle, Wayne County, Utah
Date: May 27, 1953
Creator: Orkild, Paul P.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Age of the Boulder Batholith and Other Batholiths of Western Montana (open access)

Age of the Boulder Batholith and Other Batholiths of Western Montana

Report presenting new data on the age of the Boulder, Philipsburg, and Idaho batholiths of western Montana.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Chapman, Randolph W.; Gottfried, David & Waring, Claude L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical Resistivity Investigations on Holiday Mesa, San Juan County, Utah (open access)

Electrical Resistivity Investigations on Holiday Mesa, San Juan County, Utah

From abstract: The purpose of this preliminary electrical resistivity investigation of Holiday Mesa, Monument Valley region, San Juan County, Utah, was to determine the feasibility of a detailed survey to delineate channels cut into the Moenkopi formation and filled with sediments of Shinarump conglomerate. These structures are in many places related to the localization of uranium ore.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Jackson, Wayne H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado

Report summarizing the results of geological exploration of the Atkinson Mesa area of Montrose County, Colorado and contains a brief description of the area's geology and ore deposits.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Brew, David Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado

A report about how the U. S. Geological Survey explored the Atkinson Mesa area for uranium and vanadium bearing deposits from July 2, 1951, to June 18, 1953, with 397 diamond drill holes that totaled 261,251 feet.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Brew, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado

A report regarding exploration for uranium deposits in the Atkinson Mesa area, Montrose County, Colorado. Concerns work done on behalf of the division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Brew, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommendations for exploration in Burch Canyon, Elk Ridge, San Juan County, Utah (open access)

Recommendations for exploration in Burch Canyon, Elk Ridge, San Juan County, Utah

A report regarding recommendations for exploration in Burch Canyon, Elk Ridge, San Juan County, Utah
Date: May 1954
Creator: Lewis, Richard Quintin & Reitan, Paul H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of Core Drilling for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Shale and Lignite in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho (open access)

Results of Core Drilling for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Shale and Lignite in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho

Report discussing a program of core drilling to explore the underground extent and grade of uranium-bearing carbonaceous shale and lignite beds in the Goose Creek district during August and September 1953.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Mapel, W. J. & Hail, William J., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of core drilling for uranium-bearing carbonaceous shale and lignite in the Goose Creek district, Cassia County, Idaho (open access)

Results of core drilling for uranium-bearing carbonaceous shale and lignite in the Goose Creek district, Cassia County, Idaho

Discussing the results of core drilling for uranium-bearing carbonaceous shale and lignite in the Goose Creek District, in Cassia County, Idaho
Date: May 1954
Creator: Mapel, W. J. & Hail, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical Effect of Diffusion on Isotopic Abundance Ratios in Rocks and Associated Fluids (open access)

Theoretical Effect of Diffusion on Isotopic Abundance Ratios in Rocks and Associated Fluids

From Abstract: "It is proposed that diffusion be considered as a possible process of isotope fractionation taking place throughout geologic time. Both diffusion in solids and in liquids are considered as possible mechanisms, the latter being more important. Arguments are presented which show that if significant fractionation takes place within a crystal by outward diffusion under solid state conditions, enrichment will be evident only in elements of minor concentration."
Date: May 1954
Creator: Senftle, F. E. & Bracken, J. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic geology of the aluminum phosphate zone on lands owned by International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, land-pebble phosphate district, Florida (open access)

Economic geology of the aluminum phosphate zone on lands owned by International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, land-pebble phosphate district, Florida

This report summarizes all the information available to the authors on the aluminum phosphate zone on the properties owned by International Minerals and Chemical Corporation.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Cathcart, James Bachelder; McGreevy, L. J. & Coleman, A. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Map of the Colorado Plateau Showing Deposits and Groups of Deposits that Produced 1,000 Tons or More of Uranium-Vanadium Ore Through December 31, 1953

Map of the Colorado Plateau Showing Deposits and Groups of Deposits
Date: May 1955
Creator: Chew, Randall T.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mineral Composition of Gummite (open access)

The Mineral Composition of Gummite

Report discussing the mineral composition and other properties of gummite or "fine-grained yellow to orange-red alteration products of uraninite whose true identity is unknown." Sections include the history and nomenclature of gummite, chemical analyses of gummite, sequential alteration of gummite, and description of minerals in gummite.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Frondel, Clifford
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Deposits in Oolitic Limestone Near Mayoworth, Johnson County, Wyoming (open access)

Uranium Deposits in Oolitic Limestone Near Mayoworth, Johnson County, Wyoming

From abstract: The uranium deposits of the Mayoworth area, Johnson County. Wyo., are in oolitic limestone at the base of the Sundance formation of Late Jurassic age. The uranium mineral has been identified as metatyuyamunite, a hydrous calcium uranium vanadate, that coats joints and fractures and replaces calcite in both the cement and the oolites. The known deposits of the area are of sub-ore grade, have a high lime content, and are not of economic importance at this time.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Guilinger, R. R. & Theobald, P. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Minerals in Oligocene Gypsum Near Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska (open access)

Uranium Minerals in Oligocene Gypsum Near Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska

Report discussing uranium occurrences in carnotite, sabugalite, and autunite of oligocene gypsum and gypsiferous clay located near Chadron in Dawes County, Nebraska.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Dunham, R. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photogeologic map of the Kaiparowits Peak-1 quadrangle, Garfield County, Utah

Photogeologic map of the Kaiparowits Peak-1 quadrangle, Garfield County, Utah
Date: May 17, 1955
Creator: Detterman, Janis S.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Areal Geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, Colorado (open access)

Areal Geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, Colorado

Report discussing the regional geology, geomorphology, structure, mineral deposits, and details of the sedimentary and igneous rocks of the Placerville Quadrangle in Colorado.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Bush, Alfred Lerner; Bromfield, C. S. & Pierson, C. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Areal geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, Colorado (open access)

Areal geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, Colorado

A report regarding the areal geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, located in colorado. This report concerns work done on behalf of the division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Bush, Alfred Lerner; Bromfield, Calvin Stanton & Pierson, Charles Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library