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Beneficiation of Iron-Copper Ores from Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the beneficiation of iron-copper ores. As stated in the summary, "this report summarizes the results of laboratory testing of copper-bearing magnetite ore from the Poorman, Rush and Brown, and Copper Center deposits, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1957
Creator: Wells, R. R.; Erspamer, E. G. & Sterling, F. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Subbituminous-Coal Beds Near Houston, Westward Extremity of Matanuska Coalfield, Alaska

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over a study conducted on the Houston coal mine. Descriptions of the location, geology, and production of the coal mine are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: August 1957
Creator: May, R. R. & Warfield, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of Reconnaissance for Uranium in Alaska, 1955

Description: The following report summarizes a reconnaissance for uranium in Alaska during 1955 that included airborne radiometric traverses, examination of radioactivity anomalies found during the airborne traverses, examination of prospector leads, and examination of areas that seemed geologically favorable for the occurrence of uranium.
Date: October 1957
Creator: Matzko, John J. & Freeman, Val L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium and Thorium in Alaska, 1954

Description: The following report covers a reconnaissance for uranium and thorium in Alaska during the 1954 field season that consisted principally of a study of the radioactive beach placers east and west of Cape Yakataga, and ground and airborne radiometric traverses of portions of Kodiak Island and adjacent islands.
Date: October 1957
Creator: Matzko, John J. & Bates, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lead-Alpha Age Determinations of Granitic Rocks from Alaska

Description: Abstract: "Lead-alpha activity age determinations were made on zircon from seven granitic rocks of central and southeastern Alaska. The results of the age determinations indicate two periods of igneous intrusion, one about 95 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, and another about 53 million years ago, during the early part of the Tertiary. The individual ages determined on zircon from 2 rocks from southeastern Alaska and 1 from east-central Alaska gave results of 90, 100, and 96 mil… more
Date: March 1957
Creator: Matzo, J. J.; Jaffe, H. W. & Waring, C. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Phosphate Deposits in Northern Alaska

Description: The following report covers analytical work on sedimentary phosphate rock deposits discovered on the Arctic Slope of Alaska during the geological investigation of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 between 1944 and 1953.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Patton, William W., Jr. & Matzko, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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