Some observations on rutherfordine
Joan R. Clark, C. L. Christ
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 584
The optical properties of rutherfordine, UO2CO3, previously determined on microscopic crystals, have been redetermined on considerably larger crystals; and the relations among the indices of refraction, the morphology, and the crystal structure have been examined. Rutherfordine is orthorhombic, biaxial positive, with α = 1.715, β = 1.730, γ =...
Behavior of Colorado Plateau uranium minerals during oxidation
Robert Minard Garrels, C. L. Christ
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 588
Uranium occurs as U(VI) and U(IV) in minerals of the Colorado Plateau ores. The number of species containing U(VI) is large, but only two U(IV) minerals are known from the Plateau: uraninite, and oxide, and coffinite, a hydroxy-silicate. These oxidize to yield U(VI) before reacting significantly with other...
Rapid-scanning microphotometry
A.W. Helz
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 579
A rapid-scanning microphotometer is described with which a 10-inch spectrum may be scanned in two minutes. The resulting chart may be 60, 300, or 1,500 cm long (wavelength scale) and 4 cm high (intensity scale). Commercially available components are used....
Bibliography and index of literature on uranium and thorium and radioactive occurrences in the United States, parts 5, 6, and 7: northeastern section
Margaret Cooper
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 580
No abstract available....
Summary of the mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau uranium ores
Alice D. Weeks, Robert Griffin Coleman, Mary E. Thompson
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 583
In the Colorado Plateau uranium has been produced chiefly from very shallow mines in carnotite ores (oxidized vanadiferous uranium ores) until recent deeper mining penetrated black unoxidized ores in water-saturated rocks and extensive exploration has discovered many deposits of low to nonvanadiferous ores. The uranium ores include a wide...
The determination of calcium in phosphate, carbonate, and silicate rocks by flame photometer
Henry Kramer
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 623
A method has been developed for the determination of calcium in phosphate, carbonate, and silicate rocks using the Beckman flame photometer, with photomultiplier attachement. The sample is dissolved in hydrofluoric, nitric, and perchloric acids, the hydrofluoric and nitric acids are expelled, a radiation buffer consisting of aluminum, magnesium, iron, sodium, potassium,...
Stratigraphy of the uranium-bearing rocks of the Karnes County area, south-central Texas -- a preliminary report
D. Hoye Eargle, John L. Snider
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 488
Quantitative radiochemical methods for the determination of the sources of natural radioactivity, Part II
John Nicholas Rosholt Jr.
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 484
The determination of uranium (IV) in apatite
Roy S. Clarke Jr., Zalman S. Altschuler
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 637
Geologic and mineralogic evidence indicate that the uranium present in apatite may proxy for calcium in the mineral structure as U(IV). An experimental investigation was conducted and chemical evidence was obtained that establishes the presence of U(IV) in apatite. The following analytical procedure was developed for the determination of U(IV). Carbonate-fluorapatite...
Geologic investigations of radioactive deposits: Semiannual progress report for December 1, 1955 to May 31, 1956
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 620
Comparison of the pebbles of the Shinarump and Moss Back members of the Chinle formation
Howard Franklin Albee
1956, Trace Elements Memorandum 832
Lithology, color, size, sphericity, and roundness of pebbles from the Shinarurnp and Moss Back members of the Chinle formation were analyzed and compared. The difference in the quartz:quartzite:chert ratios of the pebbles, the presence of limestone and siltstone pebbles, and to a lesser degree,the difference in color of pebbles serve...
Semiquantitative spectrographic analysis and rank correlation in geochemistry
Francis J. Flanagan
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 628
The rank correlation coefficient, rs, which involves less computation than the product moment correlation coefficient, r, can be used to indicate the degree of relationship between two elements. The methods is applicable in situations where the assumptions underlying distribution correlation theory may not be satisfied. Semiquantitative spectrographic analyses can be...
Stratigraphy of middle Tertiary rocks in part of west-central Florida
Wilfred James Carr, Douglas C. Alverson
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 625
Exploration for uranium-vanadium deposits in Long Park and adjacent areas in the southern part of the Uravan district, Montrose County, Colorado
R. L. Boardman, H. E. Bowers, L. R. Litsey, C.T. Sumison
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 550
Fluorescent silica as a guide to uranium ore in Monument Valley, Utah and Arizona
Richard Q. Lewis Sr.
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 549
Uranium resources of the San Rafael district, Emery County, Utah : a regional synthesis
H.S. Johnson Jr.
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 546
Selected annotated bibliography of the uranium geology of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the United States and territories
Diane Curtis
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 534
Temple Mountain member, a new member of the Chinle formation in the San Rafael Swell, Utah
Raymond C. Robeck
1956, Trace Elements Memorandum 800
A lithologic unit, referred to as mottled purple and white, or the 'pinto bed,' in the San Rafael Swell has E?nough thickness and continuity to be formally named the Temple Mountain member of the Chinle formationo The member is characterized by the presence of: the interfingering of siltstone, mudstone, and...
X-ray powder data for uranium and thorium minerals
Clifford Frondel, Daphne Riska, Judith Weiss Frondel
1956, Bulletin 1036-G
Quicksilver deposits near Weiser, Washington County, Idaho
Clyde Polhemus Ross
1956, Bulletin 1042-D
No abstract available....
Rapid analysis of silicate rocks
Leonard Shapiro, Walter Wallace Brannock
1956, Bulletin 1036-C
Occurrence of selenium in sulfides from some sedimentary rocks of the western United States
Robert G. Coleman, Maryse Delevaux
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 632
Investigations of the minor- and trace-element content of sulfides associated with uranium ore deposits from sandstone-type deposits have shown that selenium commonly substitutes for sulfur. The Morrison formation and Entrada sandstone of Jurassic age and the Wind River formation of Eocene age seem to be seleniferous stratigraphic zones; sulfides deposited...
Oxidation potential and state of some vanadium ores and the relation of woody material to their deposition
Alfred Michael Pommer
1956, Open-File Report 56-98
The absorption spectra of the complexes of uranium (VI) with some β-diketones
H.I. Feinstein
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 631
The absorption spectra of the complexes of uranium (VI) with four β-dike tones were determined under various conditions of pH, concentration of uranium, and alcohol concentration. Under optimum conditions, the maximum molar absorptivity (31,200) is obtained using 2-furoyltrifluoroacetone. This compares with about 4,000 and 19,000 for the thiocyanate and dibenzoylmethane...
The selective precipitation of thorium iodate from a tartaric acid-hydrogen peroxide medium : Application to the rapid spectrophotometric determination of thorium in silicate rocks and in ores
F. S. Grimaldi, Lillie B. Jenkins, Mary H. Fletcher
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 489