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Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Medfra Quadrangle (Alaska): Final Report, Volume 1

Description: First volume of a final report documenting the results of an airborne radiometric and magnetic survey in a portion of Alaska, including a description of the survey methods, calibration of the systems, data processing and displays, and interpretation methods.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Aero Service (Firm)
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Ophir Quadrangle (Alaska): Final Report, Volume 1

Description: First volume of a final report documenting the results of an airborne radiometric and magnetic survey in a portion of Alaska, including a description of the survey methods, calibration of the systems, data processing and displays, and interpretation methods.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Aero Service (Firm)
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Glaciation in Alaska

Description: From introduction: The history of glaciation in Alaska offers a fascinating field for study. Because of the remarkable development and easy accessibility of valley and piedmont glaciers in the coastal mountains, Alaska has long been popularly conceived as a land of ice and snow, a concept that is only slowly being corrected. To the student of glaciation, however, Alaska affords a unique opportunity to observe the formation, movement, and dissipation of the many living glaciers, to examine the r… more
Date: 1931
Creator: Capps, Stephen R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Concentrations in Stream Waters and Sediments from Selected Sites in the Eastern Seward Peninsula, Koyukuk, and Charley River Areas, and Across South-Central Alaska

Description: During the summer of 1975, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted a 6-week reconnaissance in widespread areas of Alaska as part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE). Water, stream sediment, and bedrock samples were taken from the eastern Seward Peninsula, from north of Koyukuk River, from the Charley River area, and from across south-central Alaska, to aid in determining the uranium potential o… more
Date: April 1978
Creator: Sharp, Robert R., Jr. & Hill, Dwight E.
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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Origin of Low-Level Airborne Radiometric Anomalies in the Copper River Basin Region, Alaska

Description: From abstract: Several low-level radiometric anomalies had been detected in an airborne survey of the Copper River Basin. This report presents the results of field and laboratory research on the origin of the anomalies, and the low radiometric background of the Copper River Basin.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Forbes, Robert B.; Carden, John R. & Zdepski, J. Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Gamma-Ray and Magnetic Survey of the Bethel and Yukon Areas, Alaska: Final Report, Volume 1

Description: Report describing a high-sensitivity aerial gamma-ray spectrometer and magnetometer survey conducted in the lower Yukon River and Kuskokwim River areas of southwestern Alaska (covering fifteen quadrangles) and in the middle Yukon River valley in Interior Alaska (covering eight quadrangles) as part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Program of the United States Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). This program provides information on reconnaissance radioelement … more
Date: December 1976
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Genesis of the Bokan Mountain, Alaska Uranium-Thorium Deposit

Description: From preface: This study was funded by the Department of Energy through Bendix Field Engineering Corporation subcontract 78-245-E dated September 20, 1978. The project is part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NUBE) Program conducted by Bendix for the Department of Energy and is specifically part of an effort to geologically define and explain the significant occurrences of uranium throughout the world.
Date: January 1980
Creator: Thompson, Tommy B.; Lyttle, Thomas & Pierson, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Past Lode-Gold Production from Alaska

Description: From abstract: This report presents an analysis of the statistical records of the Geological Survey regarding the production of lode gold from the Territory of Alaska for the period 1882 to 1937, inclusive. During that time lode gold to the value of $172,368,000 had been mined. The history of the discovery of lode gold and the early developments in lode-gold mining in each of the various districts is outlined briefly, and the production of lode gold in each of the geographic subdivisions is tab… more
Date: 1941
Creator: Smith, Philip S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Occurrences of Molybdenum Minerals in Alaska

Description: Abstract: In the accompanying report reference is made to all of the deposits in Alaska in which molybdenum minerals have been definitely recognized and reported. None of the deposits have been mined commercially, and none of them have been prospected thoroughly enough to afford quantitative estimates as to their tenor and potential reserves ; in fact, at only a few of the localities has there been more than surficial testing. Forty-one separate and distinct localities where molybdenum minerals… more
Date: 1942
Creator: Smith, Philip S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sale of Lands at Head of Cordova Bay, Alaska, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Public Lands detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6418 authorizing the sale of lands at the head of Cordova Bay in Alaska. It includes a report from the Secretary of the Interior on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Protection of Game in Alaska, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Territories detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the House resolution 14789 to amend an act for the protection of game in Alaska.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sale of Lands on South End of Kanak Island, Alaska, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Public Lands detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6925 for the relief of the Alaska Terminal and Navigation Company. It includes a report of the Department of the Interior on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bridges Across Copper River, Alaska, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Commerce detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6540 to authorize the Copper River Railway Company to construct two bridges across the Copper River in Alaska. It includes an endorsement from the War Department on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bridges Across Navigable Waters in Alaska at Kanak Island, Bering Lake, and Mouth of Katalla River, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Commerce detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 7111 for the relief of the Alaska Terminal and Navigation Company. In includes accompanying endorsements from the War Department.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bridge Across Bering Lake, Alaska, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Commerce detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6539 to construct a bridge across Bering Lake in Alaska. It includes an endorsement from the War Department in favor the the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress

Description: This report discusses one major element of the energy debate in the 108th Congress, which has been whether to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northeastern Alaska, and if so, under what conditions, or whether to continue to prohibit development to protect the area's biological resources. The Refuge is an area rich in fauna, flora, and commercial oil potential. Current law forbids energy leasing in the Refuge.
Date: November 1, 2004
Creator: Corn, M. L.; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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To Encourage Development of Coal Deposits in Alaska, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on Public Lands detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6805 to encourage the development of coal deposits in Alaska.It includes a report of the Secretary of the Interior on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1913

Description: From preface: The present volume is the tenth of a series of annual bulletins treating of the progress of mining in Alaska and summarizing the results achieved during the year in the investigations of the mineral resources of the Territory.
Date: 1914
Creator: Brooks, Alfred H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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