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Uranium-bearing coal and carbonaceous shale in La Ventana Mesa area, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Description: A report regarding uranium-bearing coal and carbonaceous shale in La Ventana Mesa Area, in Sandoval County, New Mexico. This report concerns work done on behalf of the division of raw materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Vine, James David; Bachman, George Odell; Read, Charles B. & Moore, George William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Exploration drilling in the Haystack Butte area, McKinley County, New Mexico

Description: The US Atomic Energy Commission conducted a drilling program in McKinley County, New Mexico, from August 19, 1953, through April 19, 1954, to explore the Jurassic Todilto limestone for uranium occurrences on the eastern, northeastern, northern and northwestern sides of Haystack Butte
Date: January 1957
Creator: Fincher, Forrest R. & Konigsmark, Ted
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in New Mexico in 1953

Description: Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation for uranium in the Datil area, west-central New Mexico, and in the Cerrillos, Glorieta, and Tecolote districts and the Las Vegas and Colfax Sill areas of north-central to northeastern New Mexico during the fall of 1953. Information regarding the reconnaissance's results is divided by area.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Griggs, R. L.
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Uranium-Bearing Coal and Carbonaceous Shale in the La Ventana Mesa Area, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Description: Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of uranium-bearing coal, carbonaceous shale, and carbonaceous sandstone occurring around La Ventana Mesa in New Mexico.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Vine, James D.; Bachman, George O.; Read, Charles B. & Moore, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Pilot Survey of the Estancia Valley, Bernalillo, Santa Fe, San Miguel, and Torrance Counties, New Mexico: Part 1. Text and Data Listings

Description: As part of the LASL portion of the US EROA NURE program, water samples from 534 locations and sediment samples from 2936 locations were taken over a 7770 square kilometers area of the Estancia Valley in 1975 and analyzed for uranium.
Date: January 1977
Creator: Olsen, Clayton Edward
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Geology and Recognition Criteria for Uraniferous Humate Depostis, Grants Uranium Region, New Mexico: Final Report

Description: Extended literature review describing the geologic history and characteristics of the Grants Uranium Region in northwestern New Mexico, particularly the uraniferous humate uranium deposits, "for the purpose of describing those geologic recognition criteria which seem most useful for evaluating areas with potential for new deposits" (p. 13).
Date: January 1981
Creator: Adams, Samuel S. & Saucier, A. E.
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Geohydrologic Data from the Jemez Mountains and Vicinity, North-Central New Mexico

Description: Abstract: The Jemez Mountains volcanic region, on the west margin of the Rio Grande rift in north-central New Mexico, is the site of studies whose objective is power development using geothermal heat. This report summarizes geohydrologic data obtained to provide background information relative to the geothermal exploration and to investigate the usefulness of hydrology in assessment of the geothermal resource. Eleven tables present chemical, temperature, discharge, and other data for springs, w… more
Date: January 1978
Creator: Trainer, Frank W.
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Recent Discoveries of Radioactive Carbonaceous Shale, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Description: Introduction: During the course of geologic reconnaissance on the west flank of the Sierra Nacimiento near La Ventana Mesa, Sandoval County, N. Mex., several outcrops of carbonaceous material in the Dakota sandstone and the Gibson coal member of the Mesaverde formation have been examined and estimated to contain as much as 0.03 percent equivalent uranium. These outcrops are in an area that is an extension of the La Ventana Mesa area.
Date: January 1952
Creator: Read, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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