Uranium-bearing carbonaceous shale and lignite in the Goose Creek district, Cassia County, Idaho, Boxelder County, Utah and Elko County, Nevada
William Jameson Mapel, William James Hail
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 339
The Goose Creek district includes about 260 miles in southern Cassia County, Idaho, and adjacent parts of Boxelder County, Utah, and Elko County Nev. The-area comprises the northern and central parts of an intermontane basin drained by northward-flowing Goose Creek and its tributaries. An essentially conformable sequence of fluviatile, lacustrine, and...
The Model VI transmission fluorimeter for the determination of uranium
Charles A. Kinser
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 370
Summary of annual records of chemical quality of water of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma and Arkansas, 1945-1952
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1953, Open-File Report 53-288
This report summarizes information collected to date in the Arkansas River Basin in Oklahoma and Arkansas, and shows, within the limitations of present information, the chemical quality of water in the Arkansas River downstream from the Oklahoma-Kansas State line to its junction with the Mississippi River, and the influence of...
Modified Norris electric tape
Wallace de Laguna
1953, Open-File Report 53-53
Modification of the electric tape for measuring water levels in wells
W.D. Waterman
1953, Open-File Report 53-267
Changes in chemical quality of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma and Arkansas (1946-52)
T.B. Dover, J.W. Geurin
1953, Open-File Report 53-289
Systematic chemical quality-of-water investigations have been carried on in both Oklahoma and Arkansas by the Geological Survey in cooperation with State and Federal agencies during the past several years. Results of the Survey's quality-of-water investigations are usually published in the annual Water-Supply Papers. However, as the Geological Survey has made...
Geology and geography of the Henry Mountains region, Utah
Charles B. Hunt, Paul Averitt, Ralph L. Miller
1953, Professional Paper 228
The Henry Mountains region in southeastern Utah is one of the classic areas in geology because of the study made there by Grove Karl Gilbert in 1875 and 1876. His report on the geology of the mountains was the first to recognize that intrusive bodies may deform their host rocks...
Observation of a "front" of regional metamorphism
Rene Perrin, Marcel Roubault, S. H. Britt (translator)
1953, Open-File Report 54-32
Drawing his inspiration from the theories on metamorphism by reaction in the solid state, and from some observations, Rene Perrin in his article 'Perrin, Rene, Le metamorphisms generateur de plissement, Annales des Hines, Paris, October 1935.' "Metamorphism, the generator of folding" stated in 1935: 1) that some "sudden arrest" of regional...
Water supply of the Birmingham area, Alabama
W.H. Robinson, J.B. Ivey, G. A. Billingsley
1953, Circular 254
Sufficient water is available in the streams of the area surrounding Birmingham to supply any foreseeable demand; however, to utilize these streams impounding reservoirs and rather long supply lines will be required. Moderate supplies of ground water are available from wells, springs, and mines. The average water use in the...
Geology of the Knife River area, North Dakota
William Edward Benson
1953, Open-File Report 53-21
The Knife River area, consisting of six 15-minute quadrangles, includes the lower half of the Knife River valley in west-central North Dakota. The area, in the center of the Williston Basin, is underlain by the Tongue River member of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene) and the Golden Valley formation (Eocene)....
Water resources of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Minnesota
Charles Henry Prior, Robert Schneider, W. H. Durum
1953, Circular 274
The water supply of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area is adequate to satisfy present requirements and requirements for many years to come if the area continues to develop at about the present rate. The flow of -the Mississippi River at the Twin Cities is more than sufficient to meet the demands of...
Stratigraphic relationships of Cretaceous and early Tertiary rocks of a part of northwestern San Juan basin
Elmer Harold Baltz Jr.
1953, Open-File Report 53-8
The Bridge Timber Mountain area in south-central La Plata County, southwestern Colorado lies mostly in the northwestern part of the Central San Juan Basin but contains a segment of the bounding Hogback 'monocline' and Four-Corners platform. The area contains rocks of late Cretaceous through early Eocene age, as well as...
Results of reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in parts of the Alma district, Park County, Colorado
Charles Thomas Pierson, Quentin Dreyer Singewald
1953, Circular 294
Pitchblende was discovered in July 1951 in the Alma mining district, Park County, Colo., by the U. S. Geological Survey acting on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. The pitchblende is associated with Tertiary veins of three different geologic environments: (1) veins in pre-Cambrian rocks, (2) the London...
Radiometric reconnaissance in the Garfield and Taylor park quadrangles, Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado
M.G. Dings, Max Schafer
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 255
During the summer of 1952 most of the mines and prospects in the Garfield and Taylor Park quadrangles of west-central Colorado were examined radiometrically by the U. S. Geological Survey to determine the extent, grade, and mode of occurrence of radioactive substances. The region contains a relatively large number of rock...
Progress report of southeastern monazite exploration, 1952
W.C. Overstreet, P. K. Theobald Jr., A. M. White, N. P. Cuppels, D. W. Caldwell, J. W. Whitlow
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 349
Reconnaissance of placer monazite during the field season of 1952 covered 6,600 square miles drained by streams in the western Piedmont of Virginia 5 North Carolina, South Carolina,, and Georgia. Emphasis during this investigation was placed on the area between the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and...
Iron deposits of the congonhas district, minas Gerais, Brazil
P. W. Guild
1953, Economic Geology (48) 639-676
Various origins have been proposed for the itabirite and associated hematite ores of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Brazilian Departamento Nacional da Produqao Mineral, has undertaken a comprehensive program of mapping of these Precambrian deposits, which bear many similarities to other Precambrian iron formations....
Airborne radioactivity survey of the West Lonetree area, Uinta county, Wyoming
J. L. Meuschke, R.M. Moxham
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 611
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey in an area of 154 square miles in Uinta county, Wyoming. The survey was made by the U.S. Geological Survey, October 23, 1952, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The survey was made...
Airborne radioactivity survey of the Tabernacle Buttes area, Sublette and Fremont counties, Wyoming
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 610
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey in an area of 670 square miles in Sublette and Fremont counties, Wyoming. The survey was made by the U.S. Geological Survey, October 20, 1952, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The survey...
Airborne radioactivity survey of the Aspen Mountain area, Sweetwater county, Wyoming
J. L. Meuschke, R.M. Moxham
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 609
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey covering 700 square miles in the Aspen Mountain area, Sweetwater county, Wyoming. The survey was made by the U.S. Geological Survey, October 22, 1952, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The survey was...
Airborne radioactivity of portions of the Defiance Uplift and Carrizo Mountains, Apache county, Arizona
R.W. Johnson, R.M. Moxham
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 607
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey covering 940 square miles in Apache county, Arizona. The survey was made by the U.S. Geological Survey from September 8 to October 3, 1952, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The survey was...
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...
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...
Uranium deposits at Shinarump Mesa and some adjacent areas in the Temple Mountain district, Emery County, Utah
Donald G. Wyant
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 51
Deposits of uraniferous hydrocarbons are associated with carnotite in the Shinarump conglomerate of Triassic age at Shinarump Mesa and adjacent areas of the Temple Mountain district in the San Rafael Swell of Emery County, Utah. The irregular ore bodies of carnotite-bearing sandstone are genetically related to lenticular uraniferous ore bodies...
Airborne radioactivity survey of parts of the Atlantic Ocean beach, North and South Carolina
J. L. Meuschke, R.M. Moxham, T.E. Bortner
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 673
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey along the Atlantic Ocean beach between Edisto Island, South Carolina and Cape Fear, North Carolina. The survey was made May 20, 1953, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The survey was...
Radioactive source materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela
Donald G. Wyant, William N. Sharp, Carlos Ponte Rodriguez
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 222
This report summarizes the data available on radioactive source materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela accumulated by geologists of the Direccions Tecnica de Geolgia and antecedent agencies prior to June 1951, and the writers from June to November 1951. The investigation comprised preliminary study, field examination, office studies, and the...
