Areal geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, Colorado
Alfred Lerner Bush, C. S. Bromfield, Charles Thomas Pierson
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 547
Synthesis of calcium vanadate minerals and related compounds
Richard F. Marvin
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 616
Synthesis of natural vanadates shows that most of them are stable in an acid environment. Phase studies of a portion of the system CaO-V2O5-H2O indicate that calcium vanadates are an indicator of environmental pH conditions. Some minerals, such as pascoute, indicate rapid evaporation of vanadite solutions; other minerals, such as...
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
The gold pan as a quantitative tool
Paul Kellogg Theobald Jr.
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 487
The crystal chemistry and mineralogy of vanadium
Howard T. Evans Jr.
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 622
Some uranium deposits in Arizona
Harry Clifford Granger, R.B. Raup
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 598
The thoron-mesotartaric acid system for the determination of thorium
Mary H. Fletcher, F. S. Grimaldi, Lillie B. Jenkins
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 350
Stratigraphy of middle Tertiary rocks in part of west-central Florida
Wilfred James Carr, Douglas C. Alverson
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 625
Uranium content and leachability of some igneous rocks and their geochemical significance
George J. Neuerburg, John C. Antweiler, Barrie H. Bieler
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 626
The uranium content and its leachability in 442 igneous rocks if wide variety were measured. Four-gram samples, crushed below 38 mesh, were leached in in 0.05 M HNO3 for half an hour at 80 to 85° C; the leachate and undissolved residue were analyzed fluorimetrically. This study explored the relation of...
Selected annotated bibliography of the geology of uraniferous and radioactive native bituminous substances, exclusive of coals, in the United States
Harriet Nell Jones
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 536
Native bituminous substances are divided into two groups, 1) bitumens and, 2) pyrobitumens. Bitumens are composed principally of hydrocarbons substantially free from oxygenated bodies, are fusible, and are soluble in carbon disulfide. Native bitumens occur in liquid and solid forms. The native liquid bitumens include all petroleums or crude oils....
Exploration for uranium-vanadium deposits in the Beaver Mesa area, Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah
Lee J. Eicher
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 449
Thick sequences of silicate and carbonate rocks of sedimentary origin in North America an interim report
John David Love
1956, Trace Elements Memorandum 1088
Thick sequences of silicate and carbonate rocks of sedimentary origin have been investigated in 64 areas in North America. The areas containing the thickest and most homogeneous stratigraphic sections more than 1,000 feet thick, buried at depths greater than 10,000 feet are: 1. Uinta Basin, Utah, where the Mancos shale...
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...
Sources of the elements in the sandstone-type uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau
Eugene M. Shoemaker, W.L. Newman, A.T. Miesch
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 629
Sandstone-type uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau are epigenetic. Certain elements have been added locally to the sandstone host to form the deposits; the added fraction of each element in the deposits is call extrinsic to distinguish it from the part present in the original unmineralized host. The principal extrinsic...
A dithizone method for the determination of lead in monazite
R. A. Powell, C. A. Kinser
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 630
In determining lead in monazite [(Ce,La,Th)PO4]--to be used as the basis for geologic age measurements--it was necessary to eliminate interferences due to the presences of phosphates of thorium and the rare-earth metals. The method, in which monazite samples are attacked with hot concentrated sulfuric acid, taken up with dilute nitric acid,...
Uranium resources of the San Rafael district, Emery County, Utah : a regional synthesis
H.S. Johnson Jr.
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 546
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...
Geologic investigations of radioactive deposits: Semiannual progress report for June 1 to November, 1956
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 640
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...
Detailed mineral and chemical relations in two uranium-vanadium ores
Robert M. Garrels, E. S. Larsen III, A. M. Pommer, R. G. Coleman
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 635
Channel samples from two mines on the Colorado Plateau have been studied in detail both mineralogically and chemically. A channel sample from the Mineral Joe No. 1 mine, Montrose County, Colo., extends from unmineralized rock on one side, through a zone of variable mineralization, into only weakly mineralized rock. The unmineralized...
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...
Uranium in the Sharon Springs member of the Pierre shale in South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska
Roy Clark Kepferle
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 587
Abundance and distribution of uranium and thorium in zircon, sphene, apatite, epidote, and monazite in granitic rocks
Patrick M. Hurley, Harold W. Fairbairn
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 636
Analyses were made of uranium and thorium in ziircon, sphene, apatite, epidote, and monazite separated as accessory minerals from samples of granitic rock from widely scattered localities to indicate the abundance and distribution of these two elements among the five mineral phases. For any pair of mineral phases the distribution...
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...
Host rocks and their alterations as related to uranium-bearing veins in the United States
George W. Walker
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 638
This paper, dealing with the different kinds of host rocks and their alterations associated with uranium-bearing veins in the United States, is a chapter of a comprehensive report entitled , "Geology of uranium-bearing vein deposits in the United States," in preparation by George W. Walker, Frank W. Osterwald, and others....