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The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of North Carolina

Description: Report documenting the suitability of North Carolina for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: February 15, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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F Process: Final Report

Description: This report follows an investigation on Great Lakes Carbon with the objectives to demonstrate their ability to make and F process purify reactor carbon on a commercial scale; and construct an F process pilot plant and use it in a survey of U.S. petroleum cokes to discover additional supplies of raw coke suitable for making reactor grade carbon.
Date: March 15, 1951
Creator: Leppla, Paul Warren & Markel, R. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal Deposits in the Deep River Field, Chatham, Lee, and Moore Counties, N.C.

Description: From Introduction: "An investigation by diamond drilling was undertaken by the Bureau of Mines at the instance of officials of the State of North Carolina to determine the thickness and continuity of the coal beds, physical conditions in and surrounding the beds that would influence mining, and the petrographic and chemical characteristics of the coals."
Date: 1952
Creator: Toenges, Albert L.; Turnbull, Louis A.; Shields, Joseph J.; Haley, Wilbur A.; Parks, B. C.; Abernethy, Roy F. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Buffalo Creek Monazite Placer, Cleveland and Lincoln Counties, North Carolina

Description: Introduction: The investigation of monazite deposits in the southeastern states by the Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey on behalf on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission was prompted by the history of past production and the many communications reporting the occurrence of monazite in this area.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Griffith, R. F. & Overstreet, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Knob Creek Monazite Placer, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Description: From abstract: The area comprising the first flood plain downstream from the headwaters of Knob Creek was one of three monazite placer deposits near Shelby, N. C., recommended by the Geological Survey for investigation by the Bureau of Mines as a joint effort by the above two agencies. Past production of monazite from the headwaters of this stream and its drainage of an area of known source rocks were factors influencing this selection. Drilling of the deposit was started on November 26, 1951, … more
Date: January 1953
Creator: Griffith, R. F. & Overstreet, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report of Southeastern Monazite Exploration, 1952

Description: Report about monzanite placers in streams of the western part of the Piedmont in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The objective of the report is to describe local monazite deposits, to determine geologic controls of monazite placers in the southeastern Piedmont, and to evaluate placer potentialities of the area.
Date: 1953
Creator: Overstreet, W. C.; Theobald, P. K., Jr.; White, A. M.; Cuppels, N. P.; Caldwell, D. W. & Whitlow, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Monazite Placers on South Muddy Creek, McDowell County and Silver Creek, Burke County, North Carolina

Description: Introduction: During the winter of 1951-52 the Bureau of Mines, upon the recommendation of the Geological Survey, conducted a churn drill exploration program on monazite placer deposits in the flood plains of several streams in Cleveland and Rutherford Counties in southwestern North Carolina.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Hansen, Leland A. & White, A. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Monazite in Part of the Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain

Description: From abstract: "Sediments of the inner part of the southern Atlantic Coastal Plain have been sampled and examined for monazite." The report provides sections on general geology, field and laboratory methods, distribution of monazite, and other mineral products.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Dryden, Lincoln
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Substation History: North Carolina

Description: this report describes about the substation location,elevation,exposure,instrumentation and records in the state of North Carolina.
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Weather Bureau.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Army Airfield Pavement Evaluation, Report 4: Simmons Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Description: "This report describes studies and analyses made to determine the load-carrying capacities of the pavements at Simmons Army Airfield with respect to various aircraft landing gear assemblies and pavement life categories. The report includes data obtained from design specifications, in-place and laboratory tests performed during construction of the pavements, and in-place and laboratory tests performed for evaluation purposes" (p. 1).
Date: January 1958
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resources of Thorium and Uranium in Monazite Placers in the Western Piedmont, North Carolina and South Carolina

Description: Abstract: "Monazite placers in the western Piedmont of North and South Carolina were explored by the U. S. Geological Survey in 1951-54 and are estimated to contain at least 53,000 short tons of ThO2 and 4,600 short tons of U3O8. None of these deposits is being mined."
Date: April 1958
Creator: Overstreet, William C.; Theobald, Paul K., Jr. & Whitlow, Jesse W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Operation of Pilot Plant LTV Evaporator at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Description: From Introduction: "The primary objective in the development of the W. L. Badger Long Tube Vertical Multiple Effect Evaporator for saline water conversion is to minimize the ultimate cost of producing potable water. To accomplish the primary objective, it is necessary to (1) prevent formation of scale on heating surfaces, and (2) minimize corrosion to permit use of inexpensive materials of construction. The work done leading to this report was guided in the direction of accomplishing the two se… more
Date: December 1959
Creator: W. L. Badger and Associates, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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