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Bauxite: Float-and-Sink Fractionations and Flotation Experiments

Description: From Introduction: "This report presents the results of an investigation of the physical properties and characteristics of bauxite, with special reference to the possibility of applying commercial methods of concentration to low-grade bauxite."
Date: 1929
Creator: Gandrud, B. W. & De Vaney, Fred D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Jackson Gas Field, Hinds and Rankin Counties, Mississippi

Description: From abstract: The Jackson gas field, in Hinds and Rankin Counties, Miss., is in the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, about 160 miles north of New Orleans and 40 miles, east of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. The gas is produced from a Cretaceous chalk from 2,088 to 2,236 feet below sea level. Overlying the chalk is the regular sequence of Tertiary rocks found in Mississippi. On the crest of the anticline in the city of Jackson the Cockfield formation of the Claiborne group is exposed, surrounde… more
Date: 1931
Creator: Monroe, Watson Hiner
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United States Earthquakes, 1931

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1931. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1932
Creator: Neumann, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Potash Salts from Texas-New Mexico Polyhalite Deposits: Commercial Possibilities, Proposed Technology, and Pertinent Salt-Solution Equilibria

Description: From Introduction: "Figure 1 shows the location of sources that have been either exploited or seriously considered at one time or another, super-imposed upon a map indicating by small letters the order of consumption of K2O in the leading States; the amount used in these States, together with the percentage of the total consumption of potash used as fertilizer in the United States in 1939, is given in table 1. Figure 2 shows the domestic production and total consumption of potassium salts, in t… more
Date: 1944
Creator: Conley, John E. & Partridge, Everett P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Mississippi

Description: Report documenting the suitability of Mississippi for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: August 1, 1950
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Substation History: Mississippi

Description: This report gives information about substation locations, elevations,exposures and many from date station was established through the year 1955,which are present in Louisiana.
Date: 1956
Creator: U.S Department of Commerce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Report on the Stratigraphy of the Park City and Phosphoria Formations and an Analysis of the Distribution of Phosphate in Utah

Description: "The Purpose of this paper is to present a preliminary discussion of the stratigraphy of the park city and phosphoric formations with special emphasis on the phosphatic parts and to discuss the distribution of phosphate in Utah. The Mississippian deposits are discussed only briefly because of the lack of new data concerning them"
Date: May 1957
Creator: Cheney, T. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils

Description: From Introduction: "In this paper are presented the results obtained to date from the inspections of steel pilings. The investigation will be continued by additional inspections of pilings in other parts if the country in order to cover a wider range of soil environments."
Date: October 24, 1962
Creator: Romanoff, Melvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Project DRIBBLE, Petrographic Examination and Physical Tests of Cores, Tatum Salt Dome, Mississippi

Description: Report providing information about experiments performed on core samples taken from the Tatum Salt Dome in Mississippi with an appendix about similar core samples from Louisiana. "All samples were examined petrographically before being subjected to physical tests to develop information on texture, fabric, structure, and composition" (p. vii).
Date: January 1963
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Groundwater in Alluvium of the Lower Mississippi Valley (Upper and Central Areas): Volume 1

Description: Summary: "This report provides data on the alluvial aquifer of the Lower Mississippi Valley in the area between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Port Gibson, Mississippi. Maps are presented of the Tertiary surface on which the alluvial aquifer rests as well as the geology of this surface and the areas where hydrologic recharge to the alluvial aquifer may occur. A set of piezometric-surface maps, together with hydrographs of observation wells, river stages, precipitation rates, and data on the hydr… more
Date: September 1964
Creator: Krinitzsky, E. L. & Wire, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Selected Geologic Literature, Lower Mississippi Valley Division Area: Index and Annotated Bibliography

Description: "Approximately 1000 references to published and unpublished items of geologic literature were selected as being pertinent to engineering problems experienced by the Lower Mississippi Valley Division (LMVD) and its districts. Annotations were prepared for about 600 of the references" (p. vii).
Date: January 1966
Creator: Saucier, Roger T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Earth Vibrations from a Nuclear Explosion in a Salt Dome

Description: The following report presents data from the SALMON experiment, an experiment made to study the mechanics of a tamped nuclear detonation in a salt dome in terms of generated shock waves as they are propagated out of the dome and progressively through the crust and mantle of the earth. This experiment was made in the Tatum salt dome, Mississippi, October 22, 1964.
Date: March 17, 1967
Creator: Mickey, W. V.; Lowrie, L. M. & Shugart, T. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survey of Gulf Coast Structural Damage Resulting from Hurricane Camille, August, 1969

Description: This report describes damage to structures by Hurricane Camille in qualitative terms, and with photographs. The investigation was carried out by a team sponsored by the Office of Civil Defense, and it includes conclusions and recommendations.
Date: 1970
Creator: Criswell, Marvin E. & Cummins, Reid S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium in the Southern United States

Description: From introduction: In this study on raw material sources of uranium the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board has catalogued all known occurrences of uranium and some references to thorium in a 17-state area (P1. 1). These occurrences have been evaluated as potential sources of uranium by the State Geological Surveys and the consultant group of SINB. Favorability guides have been applied to the known occurrences and recommendations have been made for future action by the states involved, federal ag… more
Date: November 1970
Creator: Southern Interstate Nuclear Board
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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