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Directional Resistivity Measurements in Exploration for Uranium Deposits on the Colorado Plateau

Description: The following report covers a study of the electrical properties of the Morrison formation in the Uravan mineral belt of the Colorado Plateau province where it is indicated that there is a significant correlation between electrical resistivity and the relative favorability for occurrence of ore. This report presents the measurements of resistivity trends.
Date: April 1958
Creator: Keller, George V.
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Electrical Resistivity Investigations of Carnotite Deposits in the Colorado Plateau

Description: From abstract: An investigation of the use of geophysical methods in prospecting for carnotite deposits in the Colorado Plateau was made by the Geophysics Branch of the U. S. Geological Survey between April 21 and June 24, 1949. Results of this preliminary work indicated that electrical resistivity methods could be used successfully.
Date: April 1951
Creator: Davis, W. E.
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Geology of the Garo deposit, Park County, Colorado

Description: Report outlining detailed information about the geology of the Garo deposit in Colorado, mined for radium, uranium, vanadium, and copper. It specifically discusses the geology related to the various ores, as well as other relevant characteristics.
Date: April 1958
Creator: Wilmarth, V. R.
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Geology of the Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison County, Colorado

Description: Report discussing the geology of the Quartz Creek pegmatite district of Gunnison County, Colorado. "The Quartz Creek pegmatite district includes an area of about 29 square miles in the vicinity of Quartz Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado. This area contains 1,803 pegmatites that are intruded into pre-Cambrian rocks."
Date: April 1952
Creator: Staatz, Mortimer H. & Trites, Albert F.
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Identification and Occurrence of Uranium and Vanadium Minerals From the Colorado Plateaus

Description: Abstract: "This report, designed to make available to field geologists and others information on identification and occurrence of uranium minerals of the Colorado Plateaus, contains physical properties, X-ray data, and in some instances results of chemical and spectrographic analysis of 24 uranium and 17 vanadium minerals. Also included is a table giving the optical properties of uranium minerals and a list of locations of mines from which the minerals have been identified."
Date: April 1953
Creator: Weeks, A. D. & Thompson, M. E.
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Pegmatites of the Crystal Mountain District, Larimer County, Colorado

Description: From introduction: The study of the Crystal Mountain district, Larimer County, Colo., is but one phase of this post-World War II pegmatite program, in part carried out by the Geological Survey on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: April 1952
Creator: Thurston, William R.
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Preliminary Analysis of Ore Distribution in the Gateway and Uravan Districts, Mesa and Montrose Counties, Colorado

Description: From abstract: The distribution of the known uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau is being analyzed in order 1) to test for systematic relationships between that pattern and geologic factors, 2) to help guide exploration, and 3) to appraise the potential resources of the region and of each of its component areas.
Date: April 1954
Creator: Strobell, J. D., Jr.; Sample, R. D.; Stephens, H. G. & Gilbert, Cynthia C.
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Reconnaissance for radioactivity in the metal-mining districts of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Description: "A reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in the San Juan Mountains, Colo. (fig. 1), was started in the western part by W.S. Burbank and C.T. Pierson in 1951, and continued in 1952 by Pierson, W.F. Weeks, and F.J. Kleinhampl, and in 1953 by Pierson and T.H.W. Loomis of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in the western part of the mountains in reconnaissance and in examination of a pitchblende occurrence found by Loomis. The work on which this paper is based was done by the Geological Survey on … more
Date: April 1956
Creator: Pierson, Charles Thomas; Weeks, W. F. & Kleinhampl, F. J.
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Results of Reconnaissance for Radioactivity in Parts of the Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Description: Abstract: Pitchblende was discovered in July 1951 in the Alma mining district, Park County, Colo0 , by the U0 S. Geological Survey acting on behalf of the U. So Atomic Energy Commission. The pitchblende is associated with Tertiary veins of three different geologic environments: 1) veins in pre-Cambrian rocks, 2) the London vein system the footwall block of the London fault, and 3) veins in a mineralized area east of the Cooper Gulch fault. Pitchblende is probably not associated with silver-lead… more
Date: April 1953
Creator: Pierson, Charles Thomas & Singewald, Q. D.
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Tectonic Map of Northern Colorado and Northeastern Utah, Showing the Distribution of Uranium Deposits

Description: From introduction: The compilation of the tectonic map of northern Colorado and northeastern Utah (area h, fig. 2) was done by the U. S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Structures shown on the map have been obtained from published geologic maps, and from unpublished data supplied by government agencies, private companies, and independent geologists. The various structures of the Foreland can be divided into three large classes … more
Date: April 1956
Creator: Osterwald, Frank W. & Dean, Basil G.
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The Uranium Occurrences in the Martha E Prospect, Lawson-Dumont District, Clear Creek County, Colorado

Description: From introduction: The Martha E prospect, in Spring Gulch about three and one-half miles southwest of Idaho Springs, Colo. (fig. 1), is on a claim, originally called the Daisy Freese, which was first prospected by the Stanley Mines. The occurrence of radioactive minerals in the adit was called to the attention of the U. S. Geological Survey in 1950 by the owners of the claim. The Survey's Trace Elements Section Washington Laboratory identified metatorbernite, autunite, and sooty pitchblende.
Date: April 1952
Creator: Harrison, Jack Edward
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