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[Monument Valley slide]

Description: Photograph of an easel holding a slide depicting the Monument Valley in Utah. The desert has towering sandstone rock formations that have been sculpted over time. The surrounding area is covered in small bushes. Behind the easel is a dark background. There are texts regarding the Monument Valley above the image.
Date: January 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Progress of Geologic Studies, Colorado Plateau Project

Description: Report discussing progress made on geologic studies under the Colorado Plateau Project. The geologic studies that were in progress during the time of this report consist of the following: "(1) General geologic mapping in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. (2) Regional stratigraphic and sedimentary studies in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. (3) Studies of past and present ground-water conditions in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah."
Date: February 1950
Creator: Cater, F. W.; Craig, L. C. & Phoenix, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Resources of the San Rafael District, Emery County, Utah: A Regional Synthesis

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to present the preliminary results of the geologic reconnaissance and office work leading to an appraisal of the geologic relations of the uranium deposits of the San Rafael district, Emery County, Utah."
Date: April 1956
Creator: Johnson, H. S., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report on Geologic Studies in the Capitol Reef Area, Wayne County, Utah

Description: Report discussing a 1951 geological study of about 60 square miles of the Capitol Reef area of Wayne County, Utah. Specifically, the details of the first season's field work on the uranium deposits and on the sedimentary rocks of the area are presented.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Smith, J. Fred, Jr.; Hinrichs, E. Neal & Luedke, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Yellow Cat and Squaw Park Areas, Thompson District, Grand County, Utah

Description: Report discussing an exploration for uranium and vanadium deposits in the Yellow Cat and Squaw Park areas in the Thompson Park district of Grand County, Utah. The exploration occurred from October 8, 1951 to November 23, 1954.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Mobley, C. M. & Santos, E. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the Rainy Day Uranium Mine, Garfield County, Utah

Description: Report discussing the geology of the Rainy Day uranium mine in Garfield County, Utah. From Introduction: "This report describes the relation of the uranium deposit to the local geology and presents several ore and subore analyses which show similarities between this deposit and those in the Shinarump and Moss Back members of the Chinle formation of the Triassic age."
Date: April 1958
Creator: Davidson, Edward S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Present and Past Ground-Water Conditions in the Morrison Formation in Southwestern Colorado and Southeastern Utah

Description: Report discussing "field and laboratory studies of ground-water conditions in the carnotite-bearing Morrison formation in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah" with the objective of determining "possible relations between ground waters and the carnotite deposits."
Date: October 1951
Creator: Phoenix, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Northwestern Colorado, Southwestern Wyoming, and Adjacent Parts of Utah and Idaho

Description: Abstract: During parts of July, August, and September 1951, a reconnaissance was conducted in parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho in search of new deposits of uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks. One significant uranium occurrence was found, the Fall Creek deposit, Bonneville County, Idaho. Several additional localities were discovered that contain uranium in concentrations many times that normally found in carbonaceous rocks.
Date: October 1952
Creator: Vine, James D. & Moore, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Shale and Lignite in the Goose Creek District, Cassia County, Idaho, Box Elder County, Utah, and Elko County, Nevada

Description: Report discussing deposits of uranium in beds of carbonaceous shale and lignite in the Goose Creek district. The highest concentrations of uranium were found in the central part of the Salt Lake formation.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Mapel, W. J. & Hail, W. J., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Report on Botanical Prospecting for Uranium in the Shinarump Conglomerate at Deer Flat, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah

Description: Report discussing a study in which the plant analysis method of botanical prospecting for concealed uranium deposits was employed in the Deer Flat area, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah. The study took place from May to July, 1953.
Date: September 1955
Creator: Froelich, A. J. & Kleinhampl, F. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Resources of the Cedar Mountain Area, Emery County, Utah: a Regional Synthesis

Description: From Abstract: "This report presents the results of field reconnaissance and office study of available data pertaining to the Cedar Mountains area, Emery County, Utah, and is part of a series of reports synthesizing the geologic relations of uranium deposits in all formations on the Colorado Plateau."
Date: May 1957
Creator: Johnson, Henry S., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the Shinarump No.1 Uranium Mine, Seven Mile Canyon Area, Grand County, Utah

Description: Report discussing a geological study that took place from January 1952 - April 1953 to determine the habits, ore controls, and possible origins of the uranium deposit of the Shinarump No. 1 mine, which is located approximately 12 miles northwest of Moab, Utah.
Date: October 1953
Creator: Finch, W. I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Uranium Deposit at the Yellow Canary Claims, Daggett County, Utah

Description: Report discussing the Yellow Canary claims uranium deposit on the west side of Red Creek Canyon in the northern part of the Uinta Mountains, Daggett County, Utah. "The claims have been developed by two adits, three open cuts, and several hundred feet of bulldozer trenches. No uranium ore has been produced from this deposit."
Date: September 1952
Creator: Willmarth, V. R.; Vickers, R. C.; McKeown, F. A. & Beroni, E. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance During 1952 for Uranium-Bearing Carbonaceous Rocks in Parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming

Description: Report discussing a reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks during the 1952 field season in 23 areas in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. From Abstract: "Uranium in small amounts occurs in several of the areas examined, but no deposits were found that might have commercial possibilities."
Date: June 1953
Creator: Vine, James D. & Flege, Robert F., (Jr.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Permian Phosphorite Deposits of Western United States

Description: Report describing the phosphorite deposits of the western United States with the objective of outlining features that are common to both the Kara Tau phosphorite deposits of Russia and the western United States deposits in an effort to define their origin.
Date: October 1952
Creator: McKelvey, V. E.; Swanson, R. W. & Sheldon, R. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance of Some Geologic Formations in Southeastern Idaho, Western Wyoming, and Northern Utah

Description: Abstract: A radiometric reconnaissance, using a portable beta-gamma survey meter, of some geologic formations ranging in age from Cambrian to Cretaceous, and springs in southeastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and northern Utah, has shown that none of them are sufficiently radioactive to warrant further examination of them in the area.
Date: January 1950
Creator: Anderson, Frank J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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