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
The Determination of Thorium in High Grade and Low Grade Ores (open access)

The Determination of Thorium in High Grade and Low Grade Ores

Report discussing a procedure for determinion of thorium in monazite ores and other ores with diverse composition. This procedure can be used for high and low grade ores.
Date: September 1947
Creator: Grimaldi, F. S. & Marsh, Charlotte A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shorter Contributions to Alaskan Trace Elements Studies: 1946: Part 1: Trace Elements Investigations in the Grant Creek Area, Yukon Region, Alaska (open access)

Shorter Contributions to Alaskan Trace Elements Studies: 1946: Part 1: Trace Elements Investigations in the Grant Creek Area, Yukon Region, Alaska

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."
Date: October 4, 1949
Creator: Killeen, P. L. & White, M. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of Radioactive Equilibrium in Carnotite Ores of the Colorado Plateau (open access)

Study of Radioactive Equilibrium in Carnotite Ores of the Colorado Plateau

Report discussing a geological study for which the objective was to determine the age of Colorado Plateau carnotite. "In addition to quantitative analyses of uranium and lead, the radium-uranium equilibrium of each sample was studied."
Date: August 1949
Creator: Stieff, L. R.; Girhard, M. N. & Stern, T. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Direct Quantitative Fluorimetric Method for the Determination of Small Amounts of Uranium in the Field and Laboratory (open access)

A Direct Quantitative Fluorimetric Method for the Determination of Small Amounts of Uranium in the Field and Laboratory

From abstract: "This paper describes a quantitative fluorimetric method for the determination of small amounts of uranium..., useful for field and laboratory."
Date: June 1949
Creator: Grimaldi, Frank; Ward, F. N. & Kreher, Ruth
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
Application of Mesityl Oxide to the Determination of Thorium (open access)

Application of Mesityl Oxide to the Determination of Thorium

Report discussing a study in which "thorium nitrate is quantitatively extracted by mesityl oxide from solutions saturated with aluminum nitrate even in the presence of relatively large amounts of phosphate."
Date: August 1949
Creator: Levine, Harry & Grimaldi, F. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements Investigations in the Serpentine-Kougarok Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (open access)

Trace Elements Investigations in the Serpentine-Kougarok Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of radioactive materials in the Serpentine-Kougarok on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska.
Date: November 1949
Creator: West, W. S. & Moxham, R. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Gamma-Ray Logs of Oil Wells to the Discovery of Radioactive Ore (open access)

Application of Gamma-Ray Logs of Oil Wells to the Discovery of Radioactive Ore

Report discussing a study of 1,000 Gamma-ray logs of oil wells in the central part of the United States which confirmed the use of these logs for the detection of radioactive deposits.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Gott, Garland B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Adit in the Chattanooga Shale (open access)

Experimental Adit in the Chattanooga Shale

Report discussing an Chattanooga shale adit for laboratory test samples of rock and gaining information regarding mining conditions.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Brown, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elimination of Interference by Nickel in the Determination of Uranium by Means of Zinc Amalgam Reductors (open access)

Elimination of Interference by Nickel in the Determination of Uranium by Means of Zinc Amalgam Reductors

The following report was undertaken to overcome poisoning difficulties that are caused by passage of solutions containing nickel through the Jones reductor/zinc amalgam reductors.
Date: March 3, 1946
Creator: Grimaldi, F. S.
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
Semi-Quantitative Determination of Uranium and Stratigraphic Correlation by Gamma-Ray Logging of Drill Holes in Carnotite Deposits (open access)

Semi-Quantitative Determination of Uranium and Stratigraphic Correlation by Gamma-Ray Logging of Drill Holes in Carnotite Deposits

Report discussing a geological experiment in which drill holes in carnotite deposits were logged with the objective of developing a technique for the stratigraphic correlation of ore-bearing beds.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Bell, Kenneth G.
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
The Determination of Phosphorous in Rocks Containing Vanadium (open access)

The Determination of Phosphorous in Rocks Containing Vanadium

From Abstract: "This paper describes a rapid routine procedure for the determination of phosphorous in the presence of vanadium. Vanadium is reduced with formic acid prior to precipitation of phosphorous as ammonium phosphomolybdate and the ammonium phosphomolybdate is weighed as such."
Date: July 1949
Creator: Randolph, R. B. & Grimaldi, F. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Present Investigations of Radioactive Raw Materials by the Geological Survey and a Recommended Program for Future Work (open access)

Present Investigations of Radioactive Raw Materials by the Geological Survey and a Recommended Program for Future Work

From abstract: "The Geological Survey's program of investigation of radioactive raw materials is presented herewith under present investigations, plans for future investigations, plan of operation, and cost of operation. This report was prepared at the request of the Atomic Energy Commission."
Date: April 1947
Creator: Butler, A. P., Jr. & Stead, F. W.
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
Trace Elements Reconnaissance in South Dakota and Wyoming Preliminary Report (open access)

Trace Elements Reconnaissance in South Dakota and Wyoming Preliminary Report

The following report provides information that follows investigations of radioactivity in certain rocks found in Wyoming and South Dakota during the summer of 1945. Uranium is the principal element in this report with thorium as secondary.
Date: March 1946
Creator: Slaughter, A. L. & Nelson, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Guides to Carnotite Deposits on the Colorado Plateau (open access)

Geologic Guides to Carnotite Deposits on the Colorado Plateau

Report discussing geologic structures which localize carnotite deposits of the Colorado Plateau.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Fischer, R. P. & Blackman, Doris
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eastern Black Shale Reconnaissance Preliminary Report (open access)

Eastern Black Shale Reconnaissance Preliminary Report

The following report is the result of a reconnaissance of the black shales of the Eastern United States in the summer of 1944. The purpose of this reconnaissance was to determine the radioactivity of the shales, specifically for uranium and thorium.
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: Slaughter, A. L. & Clabaugh, S. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements Investigations in the Cache Creek - Upper Peters Creek Area, Yentna District, Alaska (open access)

Trace Elements Investigations in the Cache Creek - Upper Peters Creek Area, Yentna District, Alaska

The following report provides findings of trace elements from investigations on Cache and upper Peters Creeks in the Tentana District, Alaska after discovering radioactive minerals within Geological Survey's collection of Alaskan placer deposits. This investigation took place in the summer of 1945.
Date: March 1946
Creator: Robinson, G. D.; Wedow, Helmuth, Jr. & Lyons, J. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements Reconnaissance Along Highways in the Tanana and Upper Copper River Valleys, Alaska (open access)

Trace Elements Reconnaissance Along Highways in the Tanana and Upper Copper River Valleys, Alaska

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of radioactive trace elements along the highways in Tanana and upper Copper River valleys.
Date: May 1947
Creator: Wedow, Helmuth, Jr. & Matzko, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Results of Prospecting of the "Leached" Zone Over Phosphate Deposits in NW 1/4 of Sec. 9, T. 31 S., R. 25 E., Polk County, Florida (open access)

Preliminary Results of Prospecting of the "Leached" Zone Over Phosphate Deposits in NW 1/4 of Sec. 9, T. 31 S., R. 25 E., Polk County, Florida

Report discussing a geological examination of an area in Polk County, Florida with leached zones containing uranium. The objective of the study was to determine the advisability of making plans for stockpiling the leached zone material in this area.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Stewart, Robert H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity of Asphaltites, Coals, and Shales in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania (open access)

Radioactivity of Asphaltites, Coals, and Shales in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of the radioactivity measurements of asphalltites, coals and shales found in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
Date: October 1948
Creator: Nelson, J. M. & Brill, K. G., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library