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United States Earthquakes, 1934

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1934. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1934
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Caliente National Topographic Map, Nevada/Utah

Description: Final report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne gamma radiation and magnetic field survey of the Caliente National Topographic Map segment (NJ 11-9 quadrangle) including a description of the program and results with the flight line profile data and statistical analysis results.
Date: unknown
Location: None
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Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Special Reconnaissance Report for the Deep Creek Mountains, Nevada and Utah

Description: "This report represents the results of the reconnaissance sampling of the Deep Creek Mountains of western Utah...Samples collected in this study include dry and wet stream sediments and water from available streams, wells, and springs. The samples were analyzed for uranium, as well as 15 to 20 trace element, using neutron activation techniques. In addition, field and laboratory measurements were made on the water samples." (from Abstract)
Date: April 1979
Creator: Qualheim, B. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Ecology of Stream and Riparian Habitats of the Great Basin Region

Description: "The purpose of this profile is to summarize the ecological information available for and relevant to stream and riparian habitats of the Great Basin. The Great Basin comprises the northern half of the Basin and Range physiographic province and covers most of Nevada and western Utah and portions of California, Oregon, and Idaho. The entire basin actually consists of numerous subbasins and mountain ranges which present an extremely diverse physical setting" (p. iii).
Date: September 1989
Creator: Minshall, G. Wayne; Jensen, Sherman E. & Platts, William S.
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Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1941-42

Description: Preface: The author of this paper gives a thorough description of a complex of very unusual igneous rocks and associated hydrothermal deposits.
Date: 1942
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Summary of Preliminary Results of Field Studies in 1952 in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho, Boxelder County, Utah, and Elko County, Nevada

Description: From introduction: This report summarizes the results of detailed mapping and sampling completed during 1952 with particular reference to an area of about 60 square miles in T. 16 S. , R. 21 E. , Cassia County, Idaho, and parts of adjacent townships in Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. It supplements an earlier report based on reconnaissance stttdies in the Goose Creek district in 1951 (Hail and Gill, 1953).
Date: 1953?
Creator: Mapel, W. J. & Hail, William James, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ordovician Graptolites of the Basin Ranges in California, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho

Description: From introduction: This report presents a summary of the graptolite faunas of the Basin Ranges as known from the collections of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Departments of Geology of the University of California at Los Angeles and Utah State University. The collections were made in the period 1872-1958, but only a very small number of specimens have been described or illustrated in the 80 or so years elapsed.
Date: 1963
Creator: Ross, Reuben James, Jr. & Berry, William B. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Resources of the White Rock Range Wilderness Study Area, Lincoln County, Nevada, and Beaver and Iron Counties, Utah

Description: From summary: The White Rock Range Wilderness Study Area (NV-040-202/UT-040-216) is in Lincoln County, Nevada, and Beaver and Iron Counties, Utah, along the southern Nevada-Utah state line. Ursine, the town nearest to the study area, is about 15 mi (miles) southwest of the study area; the larger town of Pioche is about 30 mi southwest of the study area on Nevada Highway 322. A joint mineral resource appraisal of the 23,625 acre wilderness study area was completed in the summers of 1984 and 1985… more
Date: 1986
Creator: Toth, Margo I.; Stoneman, Rebecca G.; Blank, H. Richard, Jr. & Gese, Diann D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Permian Phosphorite Deposits of Western United States

Description: Report describing the phosphorite deposits of the western United States with the objective of outlining features that are common to both the Kara Tau phosphorite deposits of Russia and the western United States deposits in an effort to define their origin.
Date: October 1952
Creator: McKelvey, V. E.; Swanson, R. W. & Sheldon, R. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relation of Uranium and Phosphate in the Phosphoria Formation

Description: Report discussing investigation of the relation of uranium and phosphate in the Phosphoria formation and its close stratigraphic equivalents.
Date: January 1950
Creator: McKelvey, V. K.
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Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1929

Description: From introduction: This report describes the deposits of analcite in the Green River formation, to compare them with other similar deposits, and to present them with other similar deposits, and to present the observations and inferences that led him to explain them as alteration products of volcanic ash that fell into an ancient saline lake. The report also records the occurrence of several thin beds of sepiolite, or meerschaum, in the Green River formation and presents new data on the molds of… more
Date: 1930
Creator: Mendenhall, W. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Elko Quadrangle, Nevada and Utah

Description: From Introduction: "The Elko Quandrangle, in northeastern Nevada and western Utah between latitude 40º and 41º and longitude 114º and 116º (Fig. 1), was evaluated to identify geologic units and delineate areas that exhibit characteristics favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits. Geologic environments were evaluated on the basis of surface investigations and limited subsurface data."
Date: July 1982
Creator: Percival, Timothy J. & Bright, James H.
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Geological Survey Research in Radioactive Waste Disposal--Fiscal Year 1981

Description: Abstract: The report summarizes progress on geologic and hydrologic research related to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The research is described according to whether it is related most directly to (1) high-level and transuranic wastes; (2) low-level wastes, or (3) uranium mill tailings. Included is research applicable to the identification and geohydrologic characterization of waste-disposal sites, to investigations of specific sites where wastes have been stored, and to studies of regions… more
Date: 1983
Creator: Schneider, Robert & Trask, N. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Wells Quadrangle, Nevada, Idaho and Utah

Description: From Purpose and Scope: "The Wells 2º Quadrangle, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho (Fig. 1), was evaluated to identify and delineate areas and geologic environments that exhibit characteristics favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits. All geologic environments in the quadrangle were evaluated to a depth of 1500 m (5,000 ft) using all available surface and subsurface data."
Date: August 1982
Creator: Proffitt, Jerry L.; Mayerson, David L.; Parker, David P.; Wolverson, Nancy; Antrim, Don; Berg, John et al.
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Copper Mining in North America

Description: From introduction: "In this paper are assembled and summarized many subjects relating to the copper industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry, geology, of the principal deposits, and mining methods and costs are discussed."
Date: 1938
Creator: Gardner, E. D.; Johnson, C. H. & Butler, B. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bureau of Mines Development of Titanium Production Technology

Description: From Abstract: "The development and status of technology for producing titanium from U.S. resource materials are summarized in this Bureau of Mines report."
Date: 1987
Creator: Henry, J. L.; Stephens, W. W.; Blue, D. D. & Maysilles, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recovery of Zinc from Low-Grade and Complex Ores

Description: From Introduction: "Vocalization in retorts has been, until recently, the only commercial process of producing spelter, hence the zinc mine operators have had to meet the terms of the zinc mine operators have had to meet the terms of the zinc smelters in regard to the following requirements: (1) Minimum percentage of zinc the ore must contain; (2) the chemical combination of the zinc in the ore; (3) the proportion present of those elements that interfere with the successful recovery of the zinc… more
Date: 1919
Creator: Lyon, Dorsey A. & Ralston, Oliver C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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