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Selenium in Some Oxidized Sandstone-type Uranium Deposits

Description: A report about selenium and other trace metals in samples from some oxidized sandstone-type uranium deposits that demonstrate that concentrations of as much as 0.1 percent selenium are not uncommon in the immediate vicinity of uranium concentrations.
Date: 1963
Creator: Davidson, D. F.
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Cenozoic Geology in the Mammoth Area Pinal County, Arizona

Description: A report about the lower San Pedro Valley in Arizona. This report shows how mapping discrete units of the valley may lead to a broadened understanding of Cenozoic history of intermontane basins in Arizona.
Date: 1963
Creator: Heindl, L. A.
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Geology of the Duck Creek Pass Quadrangle Montana

Description: A report about the Duck Creek Pass quadrangle which forms a large part of the bedrock of western Montana and adjoins other areas in which geologic studies are already completed or in progress.
Date: 1963
Creator: Nelson, Willis H.
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Geology of the Clark Fork Quadrangle Idaho-Montana

Description: A report about the Clark Fork quadrangle which is underlain by more than 38,000 feet of low-grade metasedimentary rocks of the Precambrian Belt series. The quadrangle has both metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of considerable value.
Date: 1963
Creator: Harrison, J. E. & Jobin, D. A.
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A Preliminary Report on the Precambrian Iron Deposits Near Atlantic City, Wyoming

Description: A report about 100 square miles of metamorphosed Precambrian sedimentary and volcanic rocks in Wyoming. The district in which they are located is known for its gold, but iron deposits of high economic potential are being developed in the northwest part.
Date: 1963
Creator: Bayley, Richard W.
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Regional Hydrology of a Part of Southern Nevada: a Reconnaissance

Description: From introduction: This report summarizes the available hydrologic information for a part of Nevada surrounding the Nevada Test Site. It emphasizes the possibility that ground water may move from one basin to another, whereas the usual concept heretofore has been that the ground water of the region generally occurs in basins that are closed or nearly closed.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Eakin, Thomas E.; Schoff, Stuart L. & Cohen, Philip
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A Summary of the Ground-Water Hydrology of the Area Between the Las Vegas Valley and the Amargosa Desert, Nevada: with Special Reference to the Effects of Possible New Withdrawals of Ground Water

Description: Introduction: The United States Atomic Energy Commission is considering the establishment of a townsite in the vicinity of Mercury, Nevada, to facilitate operations at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station on the Nevada Test Site.
Date: September 1963
Creator: Winograd, Isaac Judah
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The Bannock Thrust Zone Southeastern Idaho

Description: Abstract: The Bannock overthrust in southeastern Idaho and northcentral Utah was originally described by Richards and Mansfield (1912) as a single large thrust fault that formed at the close of the Laramide orogeny and was folded by renewed compression near the end of Pliocene time. Later Mansfield expanded and revised his interpretation of the Bannock overthrust so that at least the northern part of the overthrust was thought to be a thrust zone in which the individual faults originated in a f… more
Date: 1963
Creator: Armstrong, Frank C. & Cressman, Earle Rupert
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Geology of the Freshwater Bay Area, Chichagof Island, Alaska

Description: From abstract: The Freshwater Bay area comprises about 140 square miles in the northeastern part of Chichagof Island, southeastern Alaska. A sequence of Paleozoic rocks more than 24,000 feet thick is divided into 5 formations, 4 of which are named for the first time.
Date: 1963
Creator: Loney, Robert Ahlberg; Condon, William H. & Dutro, J. Thomas, Jr.
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Geology of the North Bradfield River Iron Prospect, Southeastern Alaska

Description: From abstract: The North Bradfield River iron prospect is in southeastern Alaska in rugged terrain about 8 miles southwest of the Canadian boundary and about 15 miles northeast of the head of Bradfield Canal. The prospect includes several magnetite-rich ore bodies of pyrometasomatic origin that are localized in skarn. The skarn forms a small part of a northwestward-trending roof pendant that is enclosed in the composite Coast Range batholith. The dominant rocks of the roof pendant are gneiss, … more
Date: 1963
Creator: MacKevett, E. M., Jr. & Blake, M. Clark, Jr.
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Geology of the Jewel Cave Southwest Quadrangle, Custer County, South Dakota

Description: From introduction: This study was part of the U.S. Geological Survey's continuing study of the geology and ore deposits of the southern Black Hills, which was stimulated by the discovery of uranium deposits in sandstone in the area in 1951 (Page and Redden, 1952; Bell and Bales, 1955).
Date: 1963
Creator: Braddock, William A.
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Geology and Coal Resources of the Salyersville North Quadrangle, Magoffin, Morgan, and Johnson Counties, Kentucky

Description: From introduction: The U.S. Geological Survey has conducted investigations of the geology and coal resources of the area in and adjacent to the Salyers-ville North quadrangle in the Eastern Kentucky coal field (fig. 7). The Salyersville North quadrangle lies between lat. 3745' and 37052'30'' N., and long. 8300' and 83 07'30'' E.; it is a 71/2-minute quadrangle in the southeast quarter of the Dingus 15-minute area which also includes the Dingus, Lenox, and White Oak 7 -minute quadrangles (fig. 8… more
Date: 1963
Creator: Adkison, W. L. & Johnston, J. E.
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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.
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Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States: Part 2. Utah

Description: From introduction: This report is compiled from fieldwork and available published data on the oxidized zinc deposits of Utah. Most of the deposits were examined by the author during the autumns of 1952-55 as part of a general study of oxidized zinc deposits of the Western States. In addition, several deposits were visited by geologists of the U.S. Geological Survey as a part of mineral investigation studies since 1940. In the process of obtaining this information many mining companies and indiv… more
Date: 1963
Creator: Heyl, Allen V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geologic and Seismic Investigations of Proposed Nuclear Power Plant Site on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California

Description: The following report covers the study of the site adjacent to Campbell Cove on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California, focusing on questions such as: 1) its position relative to the San Andreas fault zone; 2) the possibility that minor faults, related to the San Andreas fault, might actually pass through the site; and 3) the seismic hazards posed by the nearby San Andreas fault zone.
Date: September 1963
Creator: Eaton, Jerry P.; Schlocker, Julius; Bonilla, Manuel G. & Clebsch, Alfred, Jr.
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X-ray Crystallographic Data for Minerals

Description: The following report presents selected x-ray crystallographic data for approximately 300 minerals.
Date: February 1963
Creator: Robie, Richard A.; Bethke, Philip M.; Toulmin, Martha S. & Edwards, Jerry L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Average Physical Properties of Tuff in the Vicinity of Ground Zero, U12g.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Description: This report presents the physical properties of tuff in the vicinity of the U12g.01 tunnel at the Nevada Test Site based off of two previous Technical Letters on the tunnel: Technical Letter: Area 12-1, and Technical Letter 12-1, Supplement 1.
Date: January 11, 1963
Creator: Emerick, W. L.; Snyder, R. P. & Hoover, D. L.
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