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...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1953
1953, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
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...
Photogeologic map, Tidwell-5 quadrangle, Emery county, Utah
P. P. Orkild
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 642
No abstract available....
Abbreviations used in publications of the United States Geological Survey
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1953, Report
The use of abbreviations in publications of the Geological Survey is determined by several forces working in different directions. Pulling in the direction of greater condensation and the freer use of abbreviations and symbols is the desire to achieve greater economy in publications. Working in the opposite direction is the...
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 effects of DDT upon the survival and growth of nestling songbirds
Robert T. Mitchell, H.P. Blagbrough, R.C. VanEtten
1953, Journal of Wildlife Management (17) 45-54
No abstract available. ...
Geochemical studies of clay minerals III. The determination of free silica and free alumina in montmorillonites
Margaret D. Foster
1953, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (3) 143-154
Determination of free silica by the method proposed made possible the derivation of logical formulas for several specimens of montmorillonites for which the formulas could not be derived from the analyses alone. Other montmorillonites, for which logical formulas could be derived from their analyses, were found to contain small amounts...
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...
Quercetin as colorimetric reagent for determination of zirconium
F. S. Grimaldi, C. E. White
1953, Analytical Chemistry (25) 1886-1890
Methods described in the literature for the determination of zirconium are generally designed for relatively large amounts of this element. A good procedure using colorimetric reagent for the determination of trace amounts is desirable. Quercetin has been found to yield a sensitive color reaction with zirconium suitable for the determination...
Determination of traces of cobalt in soils: A field method
H. Almond
1953, Analytical Chemistry (25) 166-167
The growing use of geochemical prospecting methods in the search for ore deposits has led to the development of a field method for the determination of cobalt in soils. The determination is based on the fact that cobalt reacts with 2-nitroso-1-naphthol to yield a pink compound that is soluble in...
Analysis of mixed-layer clay mineral structures
W. F. Bradley
1953, Conference Paper, Analytical Chemistry
Among the enormously abundant natural occurrences of clay minerals, many examples are encountered in which no single specific crystallization scheme extends through a single ultimate grain. The characterization of such assemblages becomes an analysis of the distribution of matter within such grains, rather than the simple identification of mineral species....
Method for determination of small amounts of rare earths and thorium in phosphate rocks
C. L. Waring, H. Mela Jr.
1953, Analytical Chemistry (25) 432-435
In laboratory investigations, interest developed in the possible rare-earth content of phosphate samples from Florida and the northwestern United States. Because of the difficulty of making chemical determinations of traces of individual rare earths, a combined chemical-spectrographic method was investigated. After removal of iron by the extraction of the chloride...
