Airborne radioactivity survey of parts of Sand Creek SW and Sand Creek SE quadrangles, Sweetwater county, Wyoming
J. R. Henderson
1954, Trace Elements Memorandum 744
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey in 125 square miles of Sand Creek SW and Sand Creek SE quadrangles, Wyoming. This area is part of a larger survey made in southern Carbon and Sweetwater counties by the U.S. Geological Survey, November 9-24, 1953. The work...
A field method for making a quantitative estimate of altered tuff in sandstone
R. A. Cadigan
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 174
The use of benzidine to identify altered tuff in sandstone is practical for field or field laboratory studies associated with stratigraphic correlations, mineral deposit investigations, or paleogeographic interpretations. The method is based on the ability of saturated benzidine (C12H12N2) solution to produce a blue stain on montmorillonite-bearing tuff grains. The...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1954
1954, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Stratigraphy of parts of De Soto and Hardee Counties, Florida
Maximilian H. Bergendahl
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 458
The late Cenozoic stratigraphy of part of central Florida immediately south of the land-pebble phosphate district was studies in detail to determine the southern limit of the economically important Bone Valley formation and its relations with marine rocks of late Miocene and Pliocene age in south-central Florida. In addition a...
Airborne radioactivity survey of parts of Baggs SW and Baggs SE quadrangles, Carbon and Sweetwater counties, Wyoming
J. R. Henderson
1954, Trace Elements Memorandum 743
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey in 151 square miles of Baggs SW and Baggs SE quadrangles, Wyoming. This area is part of a larger survey made in southern Carbon and Sweetwater counties by the U.S. Geological Survey, November 9-24, 1953. The work was undertaken...
Results of core drilling for uranium-bearing carbonaceous shale and lignite in the Goose Creek district, Cassia County, Idaho
William J. Mapel, William J. Hail Jr.
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 438
Thirteen core holes, totaling 2,023 feet, were drilled during the fall of 1953 to explore the grade and extent of uranium-bearing beds of carbonaceous shale and lignite in the east-central part of the Goose Creek district, Cassia County, Idaho. The beds tested are interbedded with volcanic ash, bentonite, greenish-gray shale,...
Uranium in the Mayoworth area, Johnson County, Wyoming - a preliminary report
J. D. Love
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 436
The uranium mineral, metatyuyamunite, occurs in the basal limestone of the Sundance formation of late Jurassic age along the east flank of the Bighorn Mountains, about 2 miles southwest of the abandoned Mayoworth post office. This occurrence is of particular interest because it is the first uranium mineralization reported from...
Wall-rock control of cortain pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado
John W. Adams, Frederick Stugard Jr.
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 430
Carbonate veins cutting pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks in Golden Gate Canyon contain pitchblende and base-metal sulfides. The veins occupy extensive faults of Laramide age but normally contain pitchblende only where the cut hornblende gneiss. At the Union Pacific prospect, which was studied in detail, pitchblende, hermatite, and some ankerite formed in...
Pumpage and ground-water levels in Arizona in 1953
L. C. Halpenny
1954, Report
No abstract available....
Progress report on the Happy Jack mine, Which Canyon area, San Juan county, Utah
Albert F. Trites Jr., Randall T. Chew III
1954, Trace Elements Memorandum 645
The Happy Jack mine is in the White Canyon area, San Juan county, Utah. Production is from high-grade uranium deposits in the Shinarump conglomerate of the Triassic age. In this area the Shinarump beds range from about 16 to 40 feet in thickness and the lower part of...
Reconnaissance for uranium in New Mexico in 1953
Roy L. Griggs
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 419
In the fall of 1953 a reconnaissance search for uranium was made in the Datil area, west-central New Mexico, and in the Cerrillos, Glorieta, and Tecolote districts and the Las Vegas and Colfax Sill areas in north-central and northeastern New Mexico. Traces of radioactive materials were detected at many places...
Interim report on exploration of the Beaver Mesa area, Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah
Lee J. Eicher, A.R. Myers
1954, Trace Elements Memorandum 727
No abstract available....
Uranium occurrences in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Hunterdon County, New Jersey
F. A. McKeown, P.W. Choquette, R. C. Baker
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 414
Eleven occurrences of uraniferous argillite in the Lockatong lithofacies and five occurrences of uraniferous sandstone in the Stockton lithofacies, both of Triassic age, are known in Buck County, Pa. and Hunterdon County, N.J. Most of the occurrences were discovered by the Geological Survey, though prospectors found several. The Delaware quarry, Bucks...
Carnotite-bearing sandstone in Cedar Canyon, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota
James R. Gill, George W. Moore
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 411
Carnotite-bearing sandstone and clay have been found in the Chadron formation of the White River group of Oligocene age in the southern part of the Slim Buttes area, Harding County, S. Dak. Locally the mineralized sandstone contains as much as 0.23 percent uranium. The uranium and vanadium ions are believed...
Stability of dilute solutions of uranium, lead, and thorium ions
R.G. Milkey
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 1800-1803
Standard solutions and samples containing a few micrograms of metallic ions per milliliter are frequently used in determination of trace elements. It is important to know whether the concentrations of such solutions remain constant from day to day. The stability of dilute solutions of three metallic ions-uranium, lead, and thorium-has...
A theoretical study of alpha star populations in loaded nuclear emulsions
F. E. Senftle, T. A. Farley, L. R. Stieff
1954, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (6) 197-207
This theoretical study of the alpha star populations in loaded emulsions was undertaken in an effort to find a quantitative method for the analysis of less than microgram amounts of thorium in the presence of larger amounts of uranium. Analytical expressions for each type of star from each of the...
Composition of the continental plates
J. Gilluly
1954, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen (4) 360-369
The structures of continental plates and of oceanic basins suggested by several seismologists are utilized to estimate the relative volumes of sial and sima in the earth's crust. It seems that sial of the composition of the average igneous rock constitutes fully 26% and perhaps as much as 43% of...
Bericht über die Vorträge bei der Zweiten Tagung über Tone und Tonmineralien an der University of Missouri, Columbia, Miss., 15.–17. Oktober 1953
E.A. Hauser
1954, Kolloid-Zeitschrift (135) 51-56
[No abstract available]...
Studies of river morphology
Luna Bergere Leopold
1954, Science (119) 326-327
A number of generalizations concerning the behavior and natural characteristics of river channels have been developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in several recently completed studies of river morphology. Measurements of parameters such as the discharge, suspended load, bed material, velocity of flow, channel slope, and channel shape indicate that...
Studies of unconsolidated sediments - I: Quartz fabric of current and wind ripple marks
E. Ingerson, J.L. Ramisch
1954, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen (4) 117-124
[No abstract available]...
Thick target bremsstrahlung spectra for 1.00-, 1.25-, and 1.40-Mev electrons
W. Miller, J. W. Motz, C. Cialella
1954, Physical Review (96) 1344-1350
The spectrum of radiation produced by 1.0-, 1.25-, and 1.40-Mev electrons incident on a thick tungsten target was measured at 0° and 90° with the incident beam by a method involving the magnetic analysis of Compton electrons. The effects of electron scattering and energy loss in the target preclude any...
Polarographic determination of tungsten in rocks
L.E. Reichen
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 1302-1304
This work was undertaken to develop a simpler and faster method than the classical gravimetric procedure for the determination of tungsten in rocks and ores. A new polarographic wave of tungsten is obtained in a supporting electrolyte of dilute hydrochloric acid containing tartrate ion. This permits the determination of tungsten...
Geochemical work of the Geochemistry and Petrology Branch U.S. Geological Survey
E. Ingerson
1954, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (5) 20-39
The current geochemical work of the Geochemistry and Petrology Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey is outlined under the headings of geochemical compilations, laboratory projects, and field-laboratory projects. Some thirty-seven active projects are described. Six others are mentioned which are planned for the near future. The importance and value of...
Spectrophotometric determination of uric acid and some redeterminations of its solubility
D. R. Norton, M. A. Plunkett, F. A. Richards
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 454-457
The present study was initiated in order to develop a rapid and accurate method for the determination of uric acid in fresh, brackish, and sea water. It was found that the spectrophotometric determination of uric acid based upon its reaction with arsenophosphotungstic acid reagent in the presence of cyanide ion...
Quantitative radiochemical method for determination of major sources of natural radioactivity in ores and minerals
J. N. Rosholt
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 1307-1311
When an ore sample contains radioactivity other than that attributable to the uranium series in equilibrium, a quantitative analysis of the other emitters must be made in order to determine the source of this activity. Thorium-232, radon-222, and lead-210 have been determined by isolation and subsequent activity analysis of some...
