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The Occurrence of Germanium

Description: The following report discusses the possible sources of the uncommon element, germanium. It is the first in a series of reports to be prepared by the Geological Survey discussing rare and uncommon elements.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Fleischer, Michael & Harder, J. C.
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The Occurrence of Xenon

Description: This report is the second in the series of reports carried by the Geological Survey on rare or uncommon elements and their possible sources. The report discusses xenon, an element belonging in a group of elements known as the inert gases, characterized by its lack of reactivity.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Fleischer, Michael
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Preliminary Report Trace Elements Investigations Hickman and Adjacent Counties, Tenn.

Description: The following report describes the findings from an investigation of a uranium-bearing strata undertaken in Hickman and adjacent counties in west-central Tennessee during the summer and fall of 1944. The strata contained radioactive elements within the Chattanooga shale and the Maury glauconitic member of the Ridgetop shale.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Brill, Kenneth G., Jr.; Nelson, John M. & Prouty, Chilton E.
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