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Results of Core Drilling of Uranium-Bearing Lignite Deposits in Harding and Perkins Counties, South Dakota, and Bowman County, North Dakota

Description: Purpose: The main objective of the Dakota core drilling program was to determine reserves of uraniferous lignite based on chemical uranium and spectrographic determinations from unweathered samples, particularly from those areas where surface sampling of the beds during the previous field season indicated that significant deposits of uranium-bearing lignite might be present. A secondary objective was to obtain fresh samples and to measure the radioactivity of the overlying Oligocene White River… more
Date: October 1952
Creator: Zeller, Howard D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Lignites in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming

Description: Report discussing a geological study performed to find uraniferous lignites in North Dakota, Eastern Montana, north-central Wyoming, and northwestern South Dakota. "Deposits of uraniferous lignites were discovered at Blue Buttes, eastern Montana; and at North Cave Hills, South Cave Hills, and at Slim Buttes in northwestern South Dakota."
Date: July 1952
Creator: Beroni, Ernest P. & Bauer, Herman L., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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