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Application of Electrical-Resistivity Surveys to Exploration for Zinc-Lead Deposits, Racine-Spurgeon Area, Newton County, Missouri

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over surveys conducted on zinc-lead deposits of Newton County, Missouri. Results of the surveys are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1959
Creator: Chester, John William
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An Appraisal of Minerals Availability for 34 Commodities

Description: From Program Overview: "This bulletin summarizes and updates availability information published in individual mineral commodity appraisals since 1979. it also marks achievement, after 15-yr systems and data development history, of a major Bureau goal to build computer-based systems and the necessary staff infrastructure to perform timely, commodity-wide assessments with comparable cost frameworks."
Date: 1987
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
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Areal Geology: Texas Burnet Quadrangle

Description: This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Burnet, Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: June 1911
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
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Areal Geology: Texas Llano Quadrangle

Description: This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Llano Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: May 1911
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
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Asbestos: A Materials Survey

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing asbestos mining. As stated in the introduction, "this report gives primary consideration to the types and grades of asbestos that are of greatest importance in the program of military preparedness-namely, the spinning grades of chrysotile, both foreign and domestic, and the amosite and crocidolite obtained only from foreign sources" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
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Beneficiation of Iron-Copper Ores from Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the beneficiation of iron-copper ores. As stated in the summary, "this report summarizes the results of laboratory testing of copper-bearing magnetite ore from the Poorman, Rush and Brown, and Copper Center deposits, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1957
Creator: Wells, R. R.; Erspamer, E. G. & Sterling, F. T.
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Beryl Mountain, Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over exploration of mineral deposits on Beryl Mountain. As stated in the introduction, "testing by surface cuts, trenching, and tunneling was conducted by the Bureau of Mines from August to December 1943" (p. 1). This report includes maps.
Date: March 1948
Creator: Levin, S. B.
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Breeding-Gain Specimens for EBR-I Core IV

Description: Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory over studies conducted on uranium and plutonium specimens used in fuel rods. The results are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: September 1963
Creator: Shuck, A. B.; Hins, A. G.; Burt, W. R. & Beatty, R. A.
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The Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System: An Update of Information Circular 8654

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the Minerals Availability System (MAS). As stated in the mission, "the mission of the Minerals Availability System is to provide current appraisals of the engineering and economic availability of non-fuel minerals for consideration in the formulation of both domestic and foreign minerals policy" (p. 3). This report includes maps, tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1982
Creator: Babitzke, Herbert R.; Barsotti, Aldo F.; Coffman, Joseph S.; Thompson, Jerrold G. & Bennett, Harold J.
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Chromite Deposits in the Seiad Valley and Scott Bar Quadrangles, Siskiyou County, California

Description: A report about chromite deposits in the Seiad Creek and McGuffy Creek districts and the Ladd mine, Siskiyou County, California, that occur in dunite-peridotite bodies that are part of an ophiolitic sequence in the western Paleozoic and Triassic belt of the Klamath Mountains.
Date: 1981
Creator: Cornwall, Henry R.
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The Chromium Industry of the U.S.S.R.

Description: Report discussing the production and export or chromite from the U.S.S.R, including an overview of the industry (raw material base, mining and processing facilities, foreign trade, and policies and programs controlling its operations) as well as observations on the outlook for the future.
Date: 1985
Creator: Strishkov, Vasilii V. & Steblez, Walter G.
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Company Towns Versus Company Camps in Developing Alaska's Mineral Resources

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing comparisons between company camps and company towns in Alaska's mineral properties. The cost differences between operating towns, camps, and commuting options are presented. This report includes maps, tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1986
Creator: Bottge, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Conservation of Natural Resources

Description: This bulletin about the conservation of natural resources was originally an address delivered by the forester Gifford Pinchot to the National Geographic Society, in Washington D. C. on January 31, 1908. The address advocates for greater efforts at conservation by providing a broad overview of the state of America's natural resources with regard to forests, minerals, oil, natural gas, and soil. The failure to plan responsibly and regulate industry has led to the monopolistic practices which curr… more
Date: 1908
Creator: Pinchot, Gifford
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The Constitution of the Silicates

Description: A report about silicates which form nine-tenths of the earth's crust and are therefore of fundamental importance to geological changes. The report discusses analyzing them by finding out where they came from and what they are comprised of.
Date: 1895
Creator: Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth
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Contributions to the Data on Theoretical Metallurgy: [Part] 7. The Thermodynamic Properties of Sulphur and its Inorganic Compounds

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on the thermodynamics of sulphur. As stated in the introduction, "the present bulletin has as its primary purpose the correlation of the thermodynamic properties of elementary sulphur and its inorganic compounds and the presentation, after careful consideration of all available information, of a self-consistent system of thermodynamic relationships for these substances" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: 1937
Creator: Kelley, K. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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