Reconnaissance during 1952 for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks in parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
James D. Vine, Robert F. Flege Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 336
A reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks was made during the 1952 field season in 23 areas in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Uranium in small amounts occurs in several of the areas examined, but no deposits were found that might have commercial possibilities. As much as 0.03 percent uranium is...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Montana, 1949-50: part I
E. R. Cressman, W.H. Wilson, C.W. Tandy, W.J. Garmoe
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 361
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Montana and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as they...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1949: part II
D.F. Davidson, R.A. Smart, H.W. Peirce, J.D. Weiser
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 365
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Idaho and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the Fairbanks and Livengood Quadrangles, east-central Alaska, 1949
H. Wedow Jr., J.M. Stevens, G.E. Tolbert
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 197
Several mines and prospects in the Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, east-central Alaska, were examined for the possible presence of radioactive materials in the summer of 1949. Also tested were pre-Cambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic and sedimentary rocks crossed by the Elliott Highway, which extends from Fox, near Fairbanks, northward about 70...
Numerical list of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Reports to April 30, 1953
Virginia K. Blatcher, Jane H. Wallace
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 325
This report contains 1) a list in numerical order of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Investigations and Memorandum Reports, and 2) an author index for these reports. It supercedes TEI-30, issued in November 1952. This report contains lists not only of reports that have been transmitted to the U.S Atomic Energy...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Montana, 1951
James A. Peterson
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 375
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Montana and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Geology of the Davis Mesa quadrangle, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr., Leonid Bryner
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 694
The Davis Mesa quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed in...
A quantitative radiochemical method for the determination of the major sources of natural radioactivity in ores and minerals
John Nicholas Rosholt Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 318
The determination of Th232, Rn222, and Pb210 by isolation and subsequent activity analysis of some of their short-lived daughter products is described. The sulfides of bismuth and polonium are precipitated out of solutions of thorium or uranium ores, and the alpha particle activity of PO214. PO212 and PO210 is determined...
Geology of the Calamity Mesa quadrangle, Mesa county, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr., Harold K. Stager
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 693
The Calamity Mesa quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed...
Rosamond Prospect, Kern county, California
George W. Walker
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 514
Small quantities of autunite and gummite (?) occur in tuffaceous sedimentary rocks of the Rosamond formation of Miocene age at the Rosamond prospect. The property is about 10 miles south of Mojave, Jern County, California, in the western Mojave Desert. Examination of the propert in January 1952, by George W....
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...
Reconnaissance for radioactive materials in northeastern United States during 1952
Francis A. McKeown, Harry Klemic
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 317
Reconnaissance for radioactive materials was made in parts of Maine, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The primary objective was to examine the iron ore deposits and associated rocks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Highlands of New Jersey. In addition, several deposits known or reported to...
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...
Geology of Bull Canyon quadrangle, Montrose and San Miguel counties, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 692
The Bull Canyon quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite depots. The rocks exposed...
Preliminary geologic map of the Comb Ridge area, San Juan county, Utah
J. D. Sears, R.D. Sample
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 671
No abstract available....
Progress report on the stratigraphy of the Triassic and associated formations in part of the Colorado Plateau region
G.A. Williams, R. A. Cadigan, H. F. Albee, John H. Stewart
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 313
Stratigraphic studies involving regional stratigraphy, sedimentary structures, pebbles, and sedimentary petrology are designed to furnish information regarding areal distribution, stratigraphic relationship, source areas, and depositional environment of the Triassic Shinarump conglomerate....
Geology of the Atkinson Creek quadrangle, Montrose county, Colorado
E. J. McKay
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 691
The Atkinson Creek quadrangle is one of eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of southwestern Colorado. The geology of the quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The rocks exposed in...
Geophysical abstracts 148-151 January-December 1952: (Numbers 13284-14183)
M.C. Rabbitt, S.T. Vesselowsky
1953, Bulletin 991
Abstracts of world literature contained in periodicals, books, and patents....
Geology of the Anderson Mesa quadrangle, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr., C. F. Withington
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 690
The Anderson Mesa quadrangle is one of the eighteen 7 1/2-minute quadrangles covering the principal carnotite-producing area of the southwestern Colorado. The geology of these quadrangles was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission as part of a comprehensive study of carnotite deposits. The...
The uranium-bearing nickel-cobalt-native silver deposits in the Black Hawk district, Grant County, New Mexico
Elliot Gillerman, Donald H. Whitebread
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 261
The Black Hawk (Bullard Peak) district, Grant County, N. Mex., is 21 miles by road west of Silver City. From 1881 to 1893 more than $1,000,000.00 of high-grade silver ore is reported to have been shipped from the district. Since 1893 there has been no mining in the district except...
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...
Preliminary reconnaissance survey for thorium, uranium, and rare-earth oxides, Bear Lodge Mountains, Crook County, Wyoming
V.R. Wilmarth, Douglas H. Johnson
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 172
An area about 6 miles north of Sundance, in the Bear Lodge Mountains, in Crook County, Wyo., was examined during August 1950 for thorium, uranium, and rare-earth oxides and samples were collected. Uranium is known to occur in fluorite veins and iron-manganese veins and in the igneous rocks of Tertiary age...
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....
Distribution of coarse- and fire-grained rocks in the Wasatch formation and their relationship to uranium deposits, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
David F. Davidson
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 676
A brief study of the areal distribution of the various rock types of the Wasatch formation in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, was made during the summer of 1952. In the south and central parts if the basin, the Wasatch formation appears to contain coarser-grained rocks in contrast to...
