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Preliminary Report on the Geology of the Tiger (Hideout) Claim, White Canyon Area, San Juan County, Utah, with Recommendations for Exploration for Geologic Information

Description: From introduction: The purpose of the mapping was to study the habits of the uranium minerals with relation to the geologic features of the White Canyon area, The work has been done by the U. S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission. The Tiger claim is recommended for exploration by diamond drilling to obtain geologic information on the trend, length, depth, and width of the scour channel, and the relationship of uranium and copper minerals to the Shinarump-filled channel … more
Date: October 1952
Creator: Finnell, Tommy L.; Renzetti, B. L. & Trites, Albert F., Jr.
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Second Occurrence of Bayleyite in the United States

Description: Abstract: "The mineral bayleyite was first described in 1951 from a mine in Yavapai County, Ariz. This report describes bayleyite from the Hideout No. 1 mine, San Juan County, Utah, together with its associated minerals and mineralogic properties."
Date: July 1952
Creator: Stern, T. W. & Weeks, Alice Dowse
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Interim Report on Botanical Prospecting for Uranium in the Shinarump Conglomerate at Deer Flat, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah

Description: Report discussing a study in which the plant analysis method of botanical prospecting for concealed uranium deposits was employed in the Deer Flat area, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah. The study took place from May to July, 1953.
Date: September 1955
Creator: Froelich, A. J. & Kleinhampl, F. J.
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The Elk Ridge-White Canyon Channel System, San Juan County, Utah: Its Effect on Uranium Distribution

Description: The following report covers the study of the area described in this report that is part of the White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah. Upon this investigation, uranium deposits were discovered and analyzed.
Date: September 1957
Creator: Johnson, Henry S., Jr. & Thordarson, William
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Mineralogy of the Uranium Deposit at the Happy Jack Mine, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah

Description: Report discussing the mineralogy of the large uranium deposit at the Happy Jack mine. The deposit is located in beds of the Triassic Shinarump conglomerate that that fill a channel cut into the Moenkopi formation.
Date: December 1955
Creator: Trites, A. F., Jr.; Chew, R. T., III & Lovering, T. G.
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UMTRA Project Site Observational Work Plan, Mexican Hat, Utah

Description: Surface cleanup activities at the Mexican Hat UMTRA processing site are nearing completion. Ground Water contamination at the Mexican Hat site is a result of uranium milling operations. The extent of residual process water has been identified, and it is limited to the uppermost aquifer in the vicinity of the site. Deeper aquifers are not affected because of an upward hydraulic gradient and the presence of a confining unit (the deeper aquifers are protected by hydrogeologic isolation). The upper… more
Date: September 1994
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Uranium-Vanadium Deposits of the Cottonwood Wash Mining Area: San Juan County, Utah

Description: Introduction: This study was made in conjunction with a core drilling program designed to trace ore trends from existing mines eastward under deeper cover. The exploration drilling covered an area of about 1 square mile. The results of previous drilling by the Commission, which covered an additional 10 square miles, have been incorporated in this report.
Date: March 1958
Creator: Pitman, R. K. & Gross, E. B.
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Mineral Resources of the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area, San Juan County, Utah

Description: This report analyzes the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area in San Juan County that contains low mineral resource potential for other metals, coal, and geothermal energy.
Date: 1989
Creator: Poole, Forrest G.; Desborough, George A.; Barton, Harlan N.; Hanna, William F.; Lee, Keenan & Kness, Richard F.
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The San Juan Country: A Geographic and Geologic Reconnaissance of Southeastern Utah

Description: From abstract: The San Juan country includes an area of about 3,800 square miles east of the Colorado River in San Juan County, southeastern Utah. This paper is based on reconnaissance geographic and geologic surveys made in 1910, 1915, 1925, and 1927-29.
Date: 1938
Creator: Gregory, Herbert E.
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Characteristics of Suspended Sediment in the San Juan River Near Bluff, Utah

Description: From purpose and scope: In 1980, collection of suspended-sediment records was terminated at station 09379500. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the records that were collected and to describe suspended-sediment characteristics in the San Juan River near Bluff based on those records.
Date: 1982
Creator: Thompson, Kendall R. & Mundorff, J. C.
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Reconnaissance of the Geohydrology of the Moab-Monticello Area Western Paradox Basin, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah

Description: From introduction: The purpose of this report is to define surface-water and ground-water hydrology of the Moab-Monticello area in sufficient detail to be part of the data base to determine the feasibility of storing nuclear waste in salt deposits associated with salt anticlines. The investigation primarily used existing data and reports, with minor supplementation from reconnaissance inventories and measurements.
Date: 1983
Creator: Weir, J. E., Jr.; Maxfield, E. Blair & Hart, I. M.
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