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Selected Annotated Bibliography and Index Map of Thorium and Rare-Earth Deposits in the United States and Alaska

Description: Introduction: Thorium and rare-earth metals have come into strategic importance in this country in the last few years with the potential use of thorium in the production of atomic power and the development of new uses for the rare earths in the aircraft industry.
Date: July 1955
Creator: Buck, Katharine L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering Geology Bearing on Harbor Site Selection Along the Northwest Coast of Alaska from Nome to Point Barrow

Description: From abstract: This report describes geologic and oceanographic factors relevant to the selection of a site in northwestern Alaska, at which an experimental harbor can be created by the explosion of a nuclear device. Part I describes the results of a preliminary survey of the entire coastal and offshore region between Nome and Point Barrow: Part II consists of a more detailed evaluation of the Cape Thompson-Cape Seppings area; and Part III is a theoretical consideration of the effect of the oce… more
Date: April 1958
Creator: Péwé, Troy Lewis; Hopkins, David Moody & Lachenbruch, Arthur H.
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The Occurrence of Zeunerite at Brooks Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Description: Abstract: Zeunerite occurs near the surface of a granite stock on the southwest flank of Brooks Mountain, Alaska. The largest deposit is at the Foggy Day prospect where zeunerite is disseminated in hematite which partially or totally fills openings and vugs in a highly oxidized lensshaped body of pegmatitic granite and to a minor extent in openings and cracks in the weathered granite enclosing the lens. Although a few specimens from the pegmatitic lens contain as high as 2.1 percent equivalent … more
Date: June 1952
Creator: West, Walter S. & White, Max Gregg
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Geologic Investigations in Support of Project Chariot in the Vicinity of Cape Thompson, Northwestern Alaska: Preliminary Report

Description: From abstract: This report describes the Chariot test at Ogotoruk Creek that is topographically and geologically well-situated for the construction of an experimental deep-water excavation as proposed by the AEC.
Date: January 1960
Creator: Kachadoorian, Reuben; Campbell, Russell H.; Moore, G. W.; Cole, J. Y.; Lachenbruch, Arthur H.; Greene, Gordon W. et al.
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Preliminary Results of a Survey for Thick High-Calcium Limestone Deposits in the United States

Description: From introduction: This report contains the results of a preliminary study of limestone deposits in the United States and Alaska for the purpose of selecting those deposits of sufficient size, relief, and purity in which to conduct an underground nuclear test.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Davis, Robert E.; Williams, W. P.; Johnson, Robert Britten & Emerick, W. L.
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Trace Elements Reconnaissance on the South Fork of Quartz Creek, Northeastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Description: Abstract: Two uranium-bearing minerals, uranothorianite and thorite (?), were found in the stream gravels of the main branch of the South Fork of Quartz Creek, a tributary of the Kiwalik River. Although the bedrock source of the minerals was not located, the radioactive material was traced in slope wash well above the stream gravel. A detailed investigation of the area with more sensitive counters might reveal the source of the minerals and localities where the minerals are sufficiently concent… more
Date: May 1950
Creator: Killeen, P. L. & White, Max Gregg
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiometric Examination of Rock Specimens from Mount McKinley, Alaska

Description: Abstract: A suite of 50 rock specimens, collected by the 1947 Washburn Mount McKinley Expedition, was scanned radiometrically. The maximum radioactivity observed in any one of the specimens was about twice background. Radiometric analyses of the most radioactive samples show that a sample of vein quartz coated with manganese oxide contains 0.009 percent equivalent uranium and that the maximum equivalent uranium content of granitic rock types is .004 percent. The radioactivity of the manganese-s… more
Date: February 1951
Creator: Matzko, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Lost River Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Description: Abstract: Reconnaissance for uranium in the Lost River area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, during the 1951 field season revealed the presence of minor amounts of radioactive material in mineralized portions of rhyolitic dikes and in a small iron-enriched zone in limestone. The dikes contain as much as 0.01 percent equivalent uranium locally and average 00005 percent equivalent uranium. The radioactive material occurs as a secondary hematitic coating of the dike rock. The iron-enriched zone has an a… more
Date: June 1952
Creator: White, Max Gregg & West, Walter S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of Reconnaissance for Uranium in Alaska, 1955

Description: The following report summarizes a reconnaissance for uranium in Alaska during 1955 that included airborne radiometric traverses, examination of radioactivity anomalies found during the airborne traverses, examination of prospector leads, and examination of areas that seemed geologically favorable for the occurrence of uranium.
Date: October 1957
Creator: Matzko, John J. & Freeman, Val L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Report - Radioactivity of Some Alaskan Placer Samples

Description: The following report provides results taken from more than 600 samples found in Alaska, mostly concentrates from placer operations, that were tested for radioactivity during January 1945 in the laboratory of the Geological Survey.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Harder, James O. & Reed, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radioactivity in the "Okpilak" Gneissic Granite Mount Michelson Area, Northeastern Alaska

Description: The following report discusses radioactive results found in 4 samples of gneissic granite of 13 samples collected from the Mount Michelson area of northeastern Alaska. A mineralogic study of all heavy-mineral fractions having more than 0.01 percent equivalent uranium indicates that the radioactive material apparently is confined to biotite, which in one sample contains 1.19 percent uranium.
Date: January 1951
Creator: White, Max G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trace Elements Investigations in the Cache Creek - Upper Peters Creek Area, Yentna District, Alaska

Description: The following report provides findings of trace elements from investigations on Cache and upper Peters Creeks in the Tentana District, Alaska after discovering radioactive minerals within Geological Survey's collection of Alaskan placer deposits. This investigation took place in the summer of 1945.
Date: March 1946
Creator: Robinson, G. D.; Wedow, Helmuth, Jr. & Lyons, J. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in the Vicinities of Ketchikan, Goddard Hot Springs, Chichagof, Funter Bay, and Juneau, Southeastern Alaska, 1949

Description: A report about radioactivity reconnaissance during 1949 in the vicinities of Ketchikan, Goddard Hot Springs, Chichagof, Funter Bay, and Juneau which revealed no significant concentrations of radioactive materials.
Date: April 1954
Creator: West, Walter S. & Benson, Paul D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Radioactive Deposits in Selected Areas of the Lower Yukon-Kushkokwim Region, Alaska, 1952

Description: Report discussing the investigation of zeunerite-related radioactivity and molybdenite-related radioactivity occurrences in the lower Yukon-Kuskokwim region, Alaska. Discussion of the data, methods and purpose of investigation, and location of radiation are included.
Date: October 1953
Creator: West, Walter S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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