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Geologic Investigations of Radioactive Deposits

Description: The following report is a statement of progress during the six-months period from December 1, 1955 to May 31, 1956 on investigations of radioactive materials in the United States and Alaska, undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey under the sponsorship of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beryllium in Colorado

Description: Report discussing properties and uses of beryllium and beryl, an ore of beryllium produced as a by-product of mining in Colorado.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Page, Lincoln R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Ore Deposits of Part of the Placerville District, San Miguel County, Colorado

Description: Report discussing the geology and ore deposits of the Placerville area of San Miguel County, Colorado. "This report is an abstract of a paper with the same title that is planned for publication as a Geological Survey bulletin."
Date: October 1958
Creator: Wilmarth, Verl R. & Hawley, Charles C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geologic Investigations of Radioactive Deposits

Description: From introduction: "This report is a statement of progress during the six-months period from June 1 to November 30, 1956, on investigations of radioactive materials in the United States and Alaska, undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey under the sponsorship of the Division of Raw Materials and the Division of Research of the Atomic Energy Commission."
Date: December 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of Carnotite-Bearing Sandstone in the Uravan and Gateway Districts, Montrose and Mesa Counties, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah

Description: From Introduction: "In the Uravan and Gateway districts, the general character of the bedding in the ore-bearing sandstone and amount of alteration in associated mudstones, and the relation of these to each other, are the features most useful as large-scale guides. This report describes these features and their distribution, as well as some other significant geologic characteristics of the ore-bearing sandstone."
Date: January 1953
Creator: McKay, E. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Chloride Volatilization Process of Ore Treatment

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin aims ti bring the salient features of the process to the attention of metallurgists for the purpose of furnishing information to and receiving comments from interested parties with the ultimate hope that the process will be a commercial success."
Date: 1923
Creator: Varley, Thomas; Barrett, E. P.; Stevenson, C. C. & Bradford, Robert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lead and Zinc Mining and Milling in the United States: Current Practices and Costs

Description: From Object and Scope of Bulletin: "The purpose of this paper to combine in a single volume discussions of the winning of lead and zinc ores from the mines and of the milling of the ores with descriptions of practices at typical properties in the United States."
Date: 1935
Creator: Jackson, Charles F.; Knaebel, John B. & Wright, C. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quicksilver

Description: From Introduction: "Material for this report was gathered during the last quarter of 1928 and the first quarter of 1929, when the author visited the quick-silver-producing districts of California, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Arizona to view the progress made in recent years and gather material for a comprehensive study of the present-day quicksilver industry of the United States."
Date: 1931
Creator: Schuette, C. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Preliminary Report on Uranium, Radium, and Vanadium

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin presents a summary of available information regarding the sources of uranium, radium, and vanadium, the methods used in treating the ores, and the uses of the the finished products. In particular the paper describes the ores found in the United States, giving especial attention to those characteristics of the ores and the conditions of their occurrence that affect mining and treatment."
Date: 1916
Creator: Moore, Richard B. & Kithil, Karl L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flotation Tests of Idaho Ores

Description: From Introduction: "This paper covers part of the investigations carried on by the United States Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the Idaho Bureau of Mines, the University of Idaho, and certain mining companies of the Coeur d' Alene region. Although the results of the tests included in this report are not to be considered final, they indicate possibilities and may suggest others leading to a solution of the problem of separating lead and zinc sulphides by differential flotation in the treatm… more
Date: 1921
Creator: Wright, Clarence A.; Parmelee, James G. & Norton, James T.
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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[News Clip: Uranium]

Description: VideVideo footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Utah uranium mining company owner, Burrell Tibbs, returning to Dallas to pick up a U.S. Army surplus plane he plans to use for scouting uranium ore deposits from the air.
Date: February 4, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Uranium clinic is opened near Dallas]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Commanche Uranium Health Center providing treatments that offered the possibility of relief from certain pains and ailments.
Date: August 9, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Bismuth in the United States

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing bismuth ores and supplies in the United States. As stated in the abstract, "domestic bismuth supply was projected from production figures for the ores in which it occurs - copper, lead, zinc, and tungsten" (p. 1). This report includes maps, tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1970
Creator: Persse, Franklin H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Approximate Quantitative Microscopy of Pulverized Ores, Including the Use of the Camera Lucida

Description: Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over microscopy of pulverized ores. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, which deals with the study of pulverized ores and the use of the camera lucida in such work, discusses an investigation undertaken at the Seattle and the Golden mining experiment stations of the Bureau of Mines" (p. 3). This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: October 1919
Creator: Coghill, Will H. & Bonardi, J. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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