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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Carl Koteff</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>F. J. Kleinhampl</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1956</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;Plant-analysis prospecting may be used to locate uranium deposits in the Circle Cliffs area where the deposits lie as much as 70 feet beneath the surface of benches developed on the Shinarump member of the Chinle formation.  The Shinarump comprising the benches is thicker than 70 feet at many places, however, and restricts the use of the plant-analysis prospecting method.  &lt;u&gt;Astragalus pattersoni&lt;/u&gt; and &lt;u&gt;Stanleya pinnata&lt;/u&gt; broadly define some uraniferous localities adjacent to the contact of the Moenkopi formation and the Shinarump member of the Chinle formation, but the general paucity of &lt;u&gt;Astragalus&lt;/u&gt; in the Circle Cliffs area limits the usefulness of this genus.  &lt;u&gt;Astragalus pattersoni&lt;/u&gt;, &lt;u&gt;Stanleya pinnata&lt;/u&gt;, and &lt;u&gt;Aster venustus&lt;/u&gt;(?) may serve as guides to mineralized parts of the Salt Wash sandstone member of the Morrison formation in the Circle Cliffs area.  Thick and thin sandstones of the Shinarump member generally can be distinguished by pinyon-juniper ration studies.  These studies may supplement drilling to define channel-fill sandstones which are associated with ore deposits in the Circle Cliffs area.  Ratio studies appear to be applicable to other areas throughout the Colorado Plateau where similar geological and ecological conditions exist.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/tei604</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Botanical prospecting for uranium in the Circle Cliffs area, Garfield County, Utah</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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