This is a geological map of the Cane Spring quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.

Map of the Mine Mountain Quadrangle in Nye County, Nevada.

Abstract: As a part of continuous geologic and geophysical investigations at the Nevada Test Site, gamma-radioactivity measurements are being made in tunnels and drill holes to determine semiquantitatively the natural gamma radioactivity of geologic formations and the distribution of nuclear-explosion-produced radioisotopes.

From abstract: Drilling at the Project GNOME site, which is in the approximate center of sec. 34, T. 23 S., R. 30 E., NMPM, was undertaken in August and September 1958 by the W-W Drilling Company. The purpose of drilling this hole, which is at the precise location of the proposed shaft, was to determine (1) the lithologic and water-bearing characteristics of the rocks of Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic age that lie above the salt-bearing sequence in the Salado formation; (2) the depth to the top of the unleached salt and associated evaporites in the Salado formation; and (3) the local details of the salt-bearing sequence in the Salado formation.

From abstract: Uranium assays of all the samples collected by the Geological Survey from the Chattanooga shale in east-central Tennessee and southern Kentucky from 1947 to 1949 are assembled here, and conclusions are drawn concerning the distribution of the uranium. The 1108 assays from 80 localities provide reasonably reliable information on the stratigraphic and regional variations of the uranium content.

From abstract: The Permian marine phosphorite deposits of the western United States were laid down in the Phosphoria formation and its partial stratigraphic equivalents over an area of about 135,000 square miles in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. The deposits in the eastern part of the field lie on the western margin of the structurally simple North American craton.

Purpose: The main objective of the Dakota core drilling program was to determine reserves of uraniferous lignite based on chemical uranium and spectrographic determinations from unweathered samples, particularly from those areas where surface sampling of the beds during the previous field season indicated that significant deposits of uranium-bearing lignite might be present. A secondary objective was to obtain fresh samples and to measure the radioactivity of the overlying Oligocene White River and Miocene Arikaree formations from which the uranium in lignite is believed to have been derived.

The following report is preliminary in nature, discussing and analyzing traces of uranium in apatite and phosphorite.

Report discussing field search of the U.S. Geological Survey. From abstract: "Field search in August 1946 failed to locate a reported occurrence of float from pitchblende veins in the Grand Creek area north of the Yukon River about 30 miles west of Tanana in central Alaska."

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of the stratigraphy of the Phosphoria formation in Montana. Abstracts of stratigraphic sections and analytical data is included.

The following report discusses the problems of injection and the possibility of chemical reactions occurring upon contact between earth materials and typical high-level acid aluminum nitrate wastes, along with proposed methods of disposal of such wastes by injection into deep-lying, brine-saturated permeable beds (salaquifers).

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.

A report about an improved transmission fluorimeter for use in the determinaton of uranium which consists of a line-operated, low-voltage d-c supply, powering a small 3-w ultraviolet lamp as a source of long wavelength ultraviolet radiation.

Report discussing a study of the crystal structure of montroseite crystals. Results of X-ray study, crystal structure analysis, features of the structure, and crystal chemistry and alteration information are included.

This is part of a series of reports that cover the study of 202 sites throughout the world providing data on rock and soil to a depth of 100 feet and on climatic conditions. This volume discusses locations in Europe, the U.S.S.R. and Southwest Asia.

The following report summarizes a reconnaissance for uranium in Alaska during 1955 that included airborne radiometric traverses, examination of radioactivity anomalies found during the airborne traverses, examination of prospector leads, and examination of areas that seemed geologically favorable for the occurrence of uranium.

A report pertaining to an exploration by the U.S. Geologic Survey in the southern part of the Uravan district for uranium-vanadium deposits. The explored area is in Montrose County, Colorado. The rocks exposed in the area are gently dripping marine and terrestial formations ranging in age from late Paleozoic to late Mesozoic.

Report discussing a study of the formations on the borders of the land-pebble phosphate district to place previously done stratigraphic and economic studies of the district into a larger geologic setting.

A report about the vanadium-uranium deposit at the Rifle and Garfield mines which lies in the Wingate sandstone and the overlying Entrada sandstone.

From abstract: "A study was made of the important factors in the 'direct' fluorimetric determination of uranium in the range 0.0005 to 0.08 micrograms of uranium, and a modified procedure based on these results is given."

Report discussing the various resources of lithium for the United States and Canada. The report contains information regarding the geology of lithium in the U.S. and Canada, lithium reserves and resources, and the future of the lithium mining industry.

From abstract: "Mudstone samples were collected from uranium-vanadium ore-bearing sedimentary formations on the Colorado Plateau to determine if differences could be detected in the gross clay mineralogy between red and green mudstones which are otherwise stratigraphically equivalent, between ore-bearing and barren mudstone, and between other relationships referred to in the conclusions below."

Report explaining a multiple cone sample splitter, which, in one operation, obtains representative sample fractions of 5-50 percent and increases time efficiency compared to conventional methods of sample splitting. Information regarding the machine's description, operation, and accuracy are given as well as a summary.

From Introduction: "This catalog is a list of specimens of radioactive minerals for which the Geological Survey has been collecting optical, X-ray diffraction, and other data."