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...
Airborne radioactivity survey of the Gulf of Mexico beach between Sanibel Island and Caladesi Island, Florida
J. L. Meuschke, R.M. Moxham, T.E. Bortner
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 678
The accompanying map shows the results of an airborne radioactivity survey along the Gulf of Mexico beach between Sanibel Island and Caladesi Island in Florida. This survey was made May 4, 1953, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The survey was made with...
Airborne radioactivity survey of parts of Atlantic Ocean beach, Virginia to Florida
R.M. Moxham, R.W. Johnson
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 644
The accompanying maps show the results of an airborne radioactivity survey along the Atlantic Ocean beach from Cape Henry, Virginia to Cape Fear, North Carolina and from Savannah Bach Georgia to Miami Beach, Florida. The survey was made March 23-24, 1953, as part of a cooperative program with the U.S....
Lake Bonneville: Geology of northern Utah Valley, Utah
C. B. Hunt, H.D. Varnes, H. E. Thomas
1953, Professional Paper 257-A
Lake Bonneville was a vast Pleistocene lake that covered 20,000 square miles in northwestern Utah and had a maximum depth of about 1,000 feet. It was a body of water comparable in size to modern Lake Michigan.Surveys of the unconsolidated deposits in the Lake Bonneville basin utilize the same methods...
The use of soils and paleosols for interpreting geomorphic and climatic history of arid regions
John Miller, Luna Bergere Leopold
1953, Research Council of Israel Special Publication 2
The study of modern surface soils, and ancient weathering zones, which occur either buried or as surface relicts, has contributed materially to understanding the complex events of the glacial and post-glacial period both in glaciated areas and in regions not influenced by glaciation. Most work of this kind in the...
Field method for determination of traces of arsenic in soils: Confined spot procedure using a modified Gutzeit apparatus
H. Almond
1953, Analytical Chemistry (25) 1766-1767
[No abstract available]...
Ultraviolet spectrophotometric determination of tantalum with pyrogallol
J. I. Dinnin
1953, Analytical Chemistry (25) 1803-1807
In a search for a more rapid method for the determination of tantalum in rocks and minerals, an intensive study was made of the tantalum-pyrogallol reaction recommended by Platanov and Krivoshlikov, and a better modified spectrophotometric procedure is given. The improved method consists in measuring the absorbancy of the tantalum-pyrogallol...
A modification in the technique of computing average lengths from the scales of fishes
John Van Oosten
1953, Progressive Fish-Culturist (15) 85-86
In virtually all the studies that employ scales, otollths, or bony structures to obtain the growth history of fishes, it has been the custom to compute lengths for each individual fish and from these data obtain the average growth rates for any particular group. This method involves a considerable amount...
Interpreting geologic maps for engineering purposes: Hollidaysburg quadrangle, Pennsylvania
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1953, Report
This set of maps has been prepared to show the kinds of information, useful to engineers, that can be derived from ordinary geologic maps. A few additional bits of information, drawn from other sources, are mentioned below. Some of the uses of such maps are well known; they are indispensable...
The movement of tagged lake trout in Lake Superior, 1950-52
Paul H. Eschmeyer, Russell Daly, Leo F. Erkkila
1953, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (82) 68-77
A total of 733 native lake trout was tagged at two widely separated localities in Lake Superior; subsequent recaptures numbered 155 fish (21.1 percent) during the year following marking. In October 1950, 116 large lake trout (average total length, 27.3 inches) were tagged near Keweenaw Point, Michigan. Fifteen (12.9 percent)...
Present and past ground-water conditions in the Morrison Formation in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah
D. A. Phoenix
1952, Trace Elements Investigations 161
Field and laboratory studies of ground-water conditions in the carnotite-bearing Morrison formation in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah were undertaken to determine possible relations between ground waters and the carnotite deposits. The ore-bearing sandstone consists of lenticular sandstone strata, interbedded within discontinuous layers of mudstone; these strata were deposited in a...
Determination of sodium and potassium in water using the Perkin-Elmer flame photometer, model 52A
W.L. Lamar, L.B. Laird
1952, Open-File Report 52-89
Geology of the Alaska-Juneau lode system, Alaska
William Stephens Twenhofel
1952, Open-File Report 52-160
The Alaska-Juneau lode system for many years was one of the worlds leading gold-producing areas. Total production from the years 1893 to 1946 has amounted to about 94 million dollars, with principal values in contained gold but with some silver and lead values. The principal mine is the Alaska-Juneau mine,...
Preliminary report on ground water in the Michaud Flats Project, Power County, Idaho
J. W. Stewart, Raymond L. Nace, Morris Deutsch
1952, Open-File Report 52-143
The Michaud Flats Project area, as here described, includes about 65 square miles in central Power County, south of the Snake River in the southeastern Snake River Plain of Idaho. The principal town and commercial center of the area is American Falls. The immediate purpose of work in the area by...
