Reconnaissance of the Missouri River pumping units between Garrison Dam and Bismarck, North Dakota
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1953, Report
Results of core drilling for uranium-bearing lignites in the Bar H area, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota
Howard D. Zeller
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 342
Core drilling in the Car H area, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota, under a contract with the B. H. Mott Drilling Co., Huntington, West Virginia, was resumed June 12, 1952 after a 6-month recess during the winter and was completed July 18, 1952. The drilling was undertaken to...
Airborne radioactivity survey of the Miller Hill area, Carbon county, Wyoming
J. L. Meuschke, R.M. Moxham
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 606
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey covering 65 square miles northwest of Miller Hill, Carbon county, Wyoming. The survey was made by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. At 500 feet above the ground, the...
Progress report on the Kiligwa anticlinorium
Irvin L. Tailleur, Bion H. Kent
1953, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 40
This report was prepared to assist in the planning of seismic profiles to be run across the anticlinorium in the vicinity pf the Kiligwa River. The stratigraphy and structure of the mapped area south of the anticlinorium are reviewed....
Geology of the Horse Range Mesa quadrangle, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr., A.L. Bush, Henry Bell III, C. F. Withington
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 699
The Horse Range Mesa quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of the quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks...
Results of reconnaissance for uranium in nonmarine carbonaceous rocks in parts of California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington during 1951 and 1952
Donald C. Duncan
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 444-A
Nonmarine carbonaceous rocks, including shales, coal, and peat, were tested at about 3 localities in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Rocks ranging in age from Carboniferous to Quaternary were examine, although the principal attention was given middle and late Tertiary lignites of the northern part of the Great...
High Plains, or Llano Estacado, Texas-New Mexico
Carl H. Gaum
1953, Book chapter, The physical and economic foundation of natural resources; Volume 4: Subsurface facilities of water management and patterns of supply, type area studies
No abstract available....
The volcano letter: A weekly news leaflet of the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association - 1953
1953, Report
The Volcano Letter was an informal publication issued at irregular intervals by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) during the years 1925 to 1955. Individual issues contain information on volcanic activity, volcano research, and volcano monitoring in Hawaii. Information on volcanic activity at other locations is also occasionally included.The Volcano Letter...
Airborne radioactivity survey of the Devils Tower area, Crook county, Wyoming
J. R. Henderson, R.M. Moxham
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 605
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey covering 45 square miles northwest of Devils Tower, Crook County, Wyoming. The survey was made by the U.S. Geological Survey on September 4, 1952, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The survey...
Geology of the Hamm Canyon quadrangle, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 698
The Hamm Canyon quadrangle is on eof eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed...
Carnotite resources of the Spud Patch area, San Miguel County, Colorado
Henry Bell III
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 286
The Spud Patch area comprises about 8 square in T. 43 M., R. 18 and 19 W., San Miguel County, Colo., and is about 4 miles northeast of Egnar, Colo. Claims of the United States Vanadium Co. and the Vanadium Corp. of America cover about half the area. Claims of...
Geology of the Gypsum Gap quadrangle, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 697
The Gypsum Gap quadrangle is one eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comparative study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed in...
Geology of the Gateway quadrangle, Mesa county Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 696
The Gateway quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed in the eighteen...
Progress report on original-state core studies
George Edward Manger, George Laurence Gates
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 509
No abstract available....
Reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks in New Mexico, 1952
G.O. Bachman, E.H. Baltz, R.B. O’Sullivan
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 198
Reconnaissance for uranium in coal and black shale in New Mexico during 1952 was largely an extension of work initiated during the 1951 field season. No uranium deposits of economic interest were found, although minor amounts of uranium were noted at several localities....
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1949: part I
R.P. Sheldon, M.A. Warner, M.E. Thompson, H.W. Peirce
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 364
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Idaho and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as they...
Reconnaissance during 1952 for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks in parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
James D. Vine, Robert F. Flege Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 336
A reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks was made during the 1952 field season in 23 areas in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Uranium in small amounts occurs in several of the areas examined, but no deposits were found that might have commercial possibilities. As much as 0.03 percent uranium is...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Montana, 1949-50: part I
E. R. Cressman, W.H. Wilson, C.W. Tandy, W.J. Garmoe
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 361
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Montana and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as they...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1949: part II
D.F. Davidson, R.A. Smart, H.W. Peirce, J.D. Weiser
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 365
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Idaho and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the Fairbanks and Livengood Quadrangles, east-central Alaska, 1949
H. Wedow Jr., J.M. Stevens, G.E. Tolbert
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 197
Several mines and prospects in the Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, east-central Alaska, were examined for the possible presence of radioactive materials in the summer of 1949. Also tested were pre-Cambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic and sedimentary rocks crossed by the Elliott Highway, which extends from Fox, near Fairbanks, northward about 70...
Numerical list of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Reports to April 30, 1953
Virginia K. Blatcher, Jane H. Wallace
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 325
This report contains 1) a list in numerical order of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Investigations and Memorandum Reports, and 2) an author index for these reports. It supercedes TEI-30, issued in November 1952. This report contains lists not only of reports that have been transmitted to the U.S Atomic Energy...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Montana, 1951
James A. Peterson
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 375
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Montana and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Geology of the Davis Mesa quadrangle, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr., Leonid Bryner
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 694
The Davis Mesa quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed in...
A quantitative radiochemical method for the determination of the major sources of natural radioactivity in ores and minerals
John Nicholas Rosholt Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 318
The determination of Th232, Rn222, and Pb210 by isolation and subsequent activity analysis of some of their short-lived daughter products is described. The sulfides of bismuth and polonium are precipitated out of solutions of thorium or uranium ores, and the alpha particle activity of PO214. PO212 and PO210 is determined...
Geology of the Calamity Mesa quadrangle, Mesa county, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr., Harold K. Stager
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 693
The Calamity Mesa quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed...