Radioactivity and uranium content of some Cretaceous shales, central Great Plains
Harry A. Tourtelot
1955, Trace Elements Investigations 298
The Sharon Springs member of the Pierre shale of Cretaceous age, a hard black organic-rich shale similar to the Chattanooga shale, is radioactive throughout central and western South Dakota, most of Nebraska, northern Kansas, and northeastern Colorado. In the Missouri River valley, thin beds of the shale contain as much...
Geology of the Wood and East Calhoun mines, Central City District, Gilpin County, Colorado
Avery Ala Drake
1955, Trace Elements Investigations 175
The Wood-East Calhoun mine area is underlain by complexly folded Precambrian gneiss and pegmatite. The major fold in the area is an anticline that trends about N. 60° E. The Precambrian rocks are intruded by bostonite porphyry dikes of Tertiary age. All the rocks are cut by east- to northeast...
Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in Alaska, 1953
John J. Matzko, Robert G. Bates
1955, Trace Elements Investigations 442
During the summer of 1953 the areas investigated for radioactive deposits in Alaska were on Nikolai Creek near Tyonek and on Likes Creek near Seward in south-central Alaska where carnotite-type minerals had been reported; in the headwaters of the Peace River in the eastern part of the Seward Peninsula and...
Sixth progress report on the cooperative investigation of springs and streamflow in the Tecolote Tunnel area of Santa Barbara County, California
Walter Hofmann
1955, Open-File Report 55-66
This report is the sixth in a continuing series of progress reports giving the results of discharge measurements obtained at more than 120 selected sites in the "Tecolote Tunnel Area" of the Santa Ynez Mountains. The area derives its name from the tunnel now being completed by the Bureau of...
Geology and uranium deposits of the Caribou area, Boulder County, Colorado
F. B. Moore, W.S. Cavender, E.P. Kaiser
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 228
Pitchblende was discovered in the Caribou mine, Boulder County. Colo., in 1948 by Consolidated Caribou Silver Mines, incorporated during the reopening of the 1040-level. Since 1948, a small quantity of pitchblende has been produced from the Radium vein during exploratory work that was done under contract with the Atomic Energy...
Summary of geology and ground-water resources of the Eastern Shore peninsula, Virginia: a preliminary report
Allen Sinnott, G. Chase Tibbitts Jr.
1954, Virginia Division of Geology Mineral Resources Circular 2
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Virginia Division of Geology (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources), conducted an investigation of the geology and ground-water resources of the Coastal Plain of Virginia. This report summarizes preliminary findings from exploratory test drilling done to ascertain whether there are any satisfactory water-bearing...
Geology of anthracite in the eastern part of the Ashland quadrangle, Pennsylvania
Boyd Raymond Haley, H. H. Arndt, H. E. Rothrock, H. C. Wagner
1954, Coal Map 14
No abstract available....
Geology and zinc-lead-barite deposits in the area east of Cuba City, Wisconsin
Allen F. Agnew, Arthur E. Flint, R.P. Crumpton
1954, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 15
The current study of the Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa zinc-lead district (fig. 1) was begun in 1942, with the major emphasis placed on detailed mapping of geologic structure and ore deposits. Preliminary reports for several areas in the mining district have been prepared, and the present study of the are east of Cuba...
Geologic and seismic investigations for relocation of Route 128 near Route 28 in Quincy, Mass.
James E. May
1954, Open-File Report 54-194
In order to obtain information that would aid in locating a base line for the proposed relocation of Route 128 near Route 28 in Quincy, Mass., exploratory geologic and seismic studies were made of an area along a line between a point on present Route 128 approximately 800 feet east...
Geologic map of the east-central part of the Pumpkin Buttes area, Campbell County, Wyoming
Max L. Troyer
1954, Open-File Report 54-317
No abstract available. ...
Geology and coal deposits of the Dugger quadrangle, Sullivan County, Indiana
Frank Edward Kottlowski
1954, Coal Map 11
The accompanying maps and related material describing the geology and coal deposits of the Dugger quadrangle were prepared as part of a cooperative program to appraise the coal resources of Indiana initiated by the Division of Geology, Indiana Department of Conservation, and the Geological Survey, United States Department of the...
Radioactive deposits of Nevada
T.G. Lovering
1954, Bulletin 1009-C
Thirty-five occurrences of radioactive rocks had been reported from Nevada prior to 1952. Twenty-five of these had been investigated by personnel of the U. S. Geological Surveyor of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Of those investigated, uranium minerals were identified at 13 sites; two sites contained a thorium mineral...
Stockton and Stanley Hill clay deposits, Kootenai County, Idaho
Vernon Edward Scheid
1954, Open-File Report 54-266
The Stockton and Stanley Hill deposits, Kootenai County, Idaho, are about 25 to 30 miles east of Spokane, Wash. During World War II, the areas were studied by the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Mines. The Bureau of Mines hand-augered 162 holes and...
Geology and ground-water resources of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota, with a section on chemical quality of the ground water
Robert James Dingman, Ellis D. Gordon, H. A. Swenson
1954, Water Supply Paper 1259
The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation occupies about 1,000 square miles in west- central North Dakota. The Missouri and Little Missouri Rivers flow through the area and form part of its boundaries. Garrison Dam, which is under construction on the Missouri River 30 miles downstream from the east boundary of the...
Magnetite deposits at Tuxedni Bay, Alaska
Arthur Grantz
1954, Open-File Report 54-103
The magnetite deposits on an island in Tuxedni Bay occur in contact-metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks near their contact with a quartz diorite batholith which underlies large areas of the adjacent Aleutian Range. The deposits are pyrometasomatic in origin and are localized along northeast-trending fractures. The eastern deposit is a...
Floods of November-December 1950 in western Nevada
J. V. B. Wells
1954, Water Supply Paper 1137-H
Record-breaking floods in the Walker, Carson, and Truckee River basins during November and December 1950 resulted from a rapid sequence of storms and unseasonably high temperatures that melted most of the early snow cover. During the period November 13 to December 8, 1950, total precipitation ranged from about 5 inches...
The industrial utility of public water supplies in the United States, 1952; Part 2: States west of the Mississippi River
E. W. Lohr, S. K. Love
1954, Water Supply Paper 1300
Public water supplies are utilized extensively by industries for processing, cooling, and steam generation. The requirements as to quality of water for each industry are specific, therefore information on the quality or chemical character of the water supply is essential not only in the location of industrial plants but also...
Surface water-supply of the United States, 1951, Part II-B, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, Ogeechee River to Pearl River
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1954, Water Supply Paper 1204
Surface water supply of the United States, 1952, Part II-A, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, James River to Savannah River
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1954, Water Supply Paper 1233
A postglacial chronology for some alluvial valleys in Wyoming
Luna Bergere Leopold, John P. Miller
1954, Water Supply Paper 1261
Alluvial terraces were studied in several major river basins in eastern Wyoming. Three terraces are present along nearly all the streams and large tributaries. There are several extensive dissected erosion surfaces in the area, but these are much older than, and stand well above, the recent alluvial terraces with which...
The industrial utility of public water supplies in the United States, 1952, part 1, States east of the Mississippi River
E. W. Lohr, S. K. Love
1954, Water Supply Paper 1299
Public water supplies are utilized extensively by industries for processing, cooling, and steam generation. The requirements as to quality of water for each industry are specific, therefore information on the quality or chemical character of the water supply is essential not only in the location of industrial plants but also...
Foraminifera and origin of the Gardiners clay (Pleistocene), eastern Long Island, New York
Lawrence Weiss
1954, Professional Paper 254-G
No abstract available....
Copper and uranium mineralization in the Coyote mining district, Mora County, New Mexico
Donald Carl Laub
1954, Open-File Report 54-164
Sedimentary copper-uranium deposits lie along the eastern flank of the Sangre de Cristo Range in the Coyote mining district, Mora County, New ilexico. The oldest rocks in the district are pre-Cambrian granites, pegmatites and metasediments. These are unconformably overlain by marine limestones and shales of Pennsylvanian age and fluviatile sediments...
Localization of uranium minerals in channel sediments at the base of the Shinarump conglomerate, Monument Valley, Arizona
I. J. Witkind
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 340
During the summers of 1951 and 1952 the U.S. Geological Survey mapped the geology and uranium deposits in three 15-minute quadrangles on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Apache and Navajo Counties, northeastern Arizona. Exposed sedimentary rocks range in age from the Halgaito tongue of the Cutler formation (Permian) to the Salt Wash...
Radioactive deposits in California
George W. Walker, Tom G. Lovering
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 229
Reconnaissance examination by Government geologists of many areas, mine properties, and prospects in California during the period between 1948 and 1953 has confirmed the presence of radioactive materials in place at more than 40 localities. Abnormal radioactivity at these localities is due to concentrations of primary and secondary uranium minerals,...
