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Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of East-Central New York and West-Central New England (ARMS-I)

Description: Report concerning "[a]n airborne gamma-radiation survey of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and parts of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont" (p. 5) made between 1958 and 1960 that indicated that a broad range of radioactivity exists in those areas depending on the type of bedrock. Correlations are drawn between this radioactivity and the geology of the region.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
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Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of Southeastern New York and Southern New England (ARMS-I)

Description: Report concerning "[a]n airborne gamma-radiation survey of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and parts of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont" (p. 5) made between 1958 and 1960 that indicated that a broad range of radioactivity exists in those areas depending on the type of bedrock. Correlations are drawn between this radioactivity and the geology of the region.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
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Asbestos

Description: From Introduction: "This report covers the essential features of the asbestos industry, including occurrence, production, mining, milling, utilization, international trade, and marketing."
Date: 1937
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

Description: From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that ha… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
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Mining and Milling Methods and Costs, Vermont Asbestos Mines, The Ruberoid Company, Hyde Park, Vermont

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mining and milling conducted in Hyde Park, Vermont. As stated in the introduction, "the report describes all phases of the mining methods for the open-pit operation and milling practices employed at the Vermont Asbestos mines in Lamoille and Orleans counties, Vermont" (p. 1). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1962
Creator: Burmeister, Harry Louis & Matthews, I. E.
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The Calcite Marble and Dolomite of Eastern Vermont

Description: From introduction: The object of this bulletin is twofold-to locate definitely and to describe accurately the marbles and dolomites of eastern Vermont, with a view to setting forth their possible economic uses and to discuss whatever features of scientific interest they may present.
Date: 1915
Creator: Dale, T. Nelson
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Appraisal of Water-Quality Conditions, Lower Black River, Windsor County, Vermont

Description: From purpose and scope: The objectives of the study are to assess the overall water-quality conditions, discuss the variations in water quality and probable causes, evaluate the effects of secondary treated wastewater on impoundments, and analyze the effect of streamflow regulation on algal production within and downstream of impoundments.
Date: 1983
Creator: Toppin, Kenneth W.
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Reconnaissance of Radioactive Rocks of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southeastern New York

Description: From abstract: In 1948, 7,662 miles of roadside rocks and soils in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern New York were traversed with a car-mounted Geiger-Mueller counter. The observed distribution of the abnormally radioactive rocks and soils is limited to certain areas, herein called "radioactive provinces," that are separated from each other by areas of essentially nonradioactive rock.
Date: June 1951
Creator: McKeown, Frank A.
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National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Glens Falls Quadrangle, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire

Description: From Introduction: "The Glens Falls NTMS Quadrangle of New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire (Fig. 1) was evaluated to identify and delineate areas and geologic units that have characteristics favorable for uranium deposits. All geologic environments in the quadrangle were studied by surface methods and, where possible, were inferred to a depth of 1500 m."
Date: May 1982
Creator: McHone, J. Gregory & Wagener, H. D.
Location: None
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NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey of Maine and Portions of New York, Final Report: Volume 2. Lewiston (NL 19-10) Quadrangle

Description: Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Lewiston quadrangle including maps documenting geophysical and geochemical data, as well as magnetic, ancillary and radiometric data.
Date: July 1981
Creator: Carson Helicopters, Inc.
Location: None
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