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Flood Prevention in Anthracite Mines: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania, Projects Numbers 4 and 5

Description: From Scope of Reports: "This report covers the following: (a) A brief description of the work proposed under Projects Nos. 4 and 5; (b) the topography, geology and hydrology of the area into which the sections of the proposed tunnel are to be driven; (c) plans, costs, and construction schedules of the projects; and (d) conclusions and recommendations."
Date: 1956
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889; Dierks, H. A. & Kennedy, D. O.
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Geology and Uranium Occurrences in the Miller Hill Area, Carbon County, Wyoming

Description: Abstract: Uranium occurs in the North Park(?) formation of Pliocene(?) age in the Miller Hill area, about 25 miles south of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyo. As much as 0. 5 percent uranium is contained in grab samples, but only about 1000 tons of rock are known to contain as much as 0. 03 percent uranium. Beds of brecciated, silicified limestone 3 to 10 feet thick contain the principal concentrations of uranium. Lesser concentrations are found in calcareous sandstone and quartzite. Uranophane, Ca(U… more
Date: May 1956
Creator: Vine, James David & Prichard, George E.
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Geology of Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming

Description: From abstract: Devils Tower is a steep-sided mass of igneous rock that rises above the surrounding hills and the valley of the Belle Fourche River in Crook County, Wyo. It is composed of a crystalline rock, classified as phonolite porphyry, that when fresh is gray but which weathers to green or brown. Vertical joints divide the rock mass into polygonal columns that extend from just above the base to the top of the Tower.
Date: 1956
Creator: Robinson, Charles Sherwood
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Mineral Facts and Problems, 1956

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mineral characteristics, uses, and problems. Descriptions of common minerals and their uses are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
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Preliminary Study of Radioactive Limonite Localities in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming

Description: Report discussing a preliminary study of limonite sourced from nine localities of different types through Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, in the spring and fall of 1953. This study aimed to establish criteria for differentiating uranium- and thorium-related limonite and limonite not related to uranium or thorium. The report is divided by descriptions of each locality.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Lovering, T. G. & Beroni, E. P.
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Substation History: Wyoming

Description: This report gives information about locations ,elevations , exposures, records and observers from the date the substation established through the year 1955. in the state of Wyoming.
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Weather Bureau.
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Tectonic Map of Wyoming, East of the Overthrust Belt, Showing the Distribution of Uranium Deposits

Description: From introduction: The compilation of the tectonic map of Wyoming east of the overthrust belt (area 6, 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 tectonic map of Wyoming east of the overthrust belt is only a progress report; a… more
Date: April 1956
Creator: Osterwald, Frank W. & Dean, Basil G.
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Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: From abstract: Field work leading to this report was done by the U. S. Geological Survey for the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nearly 24 townships were mapped in the central part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Fourteen of these townships contain outcrops of uranium-bearing coal. Thirty coal beds were mapped, but only seven of them have uranium-bearing coal reserves as defined in this report.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Pipiringos, George N.
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Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Eastern Part of the Red Desert Area, Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: The following report discusses the results from studies made during a program of geological mapping and exploratory core drilling that was carried out from 1951 to 1953 by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to determine the areal distribution, thickness, and uranium content of coal in the eastern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Masursky, Harold
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