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Beryl Resources of the Black Hills of South Dakota

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the beryl deposits in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota. The properties and quantity of the beryl samples were evaluated. Maps, illustrations, and tables are included in the report.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Tullis, Edward L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tectonic Map of Western South Dakota Showing the Distribution of Uranium Deposits

Description: From introduction: A tectonic map of most of the Cordilleran Foreland (fig. 2) is being compiled as an aid to study the geologic setting of uranium deposits within the region, and to determine what relationships may exist between the distribution of uranium deposits and the regional tectonic pattern (Osterwald, 1955). The map will show the distribution of faults, uranium deposits, areas of volcanic activity, and crestlines and troughs of folds.
Date: April 1956
Creator: Osterwald, Frank W. & Dean, Basil G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Occurrence of Autunite, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Description: From abstract: In July 1952 an occurrence of autunite was found in the northern part of the Black Hills, South Dakota, during a reconnaissance for radioactive deposits.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Vickers, Rollin C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carnotite Deposits in Craven and Coal Canyons, Fall River County, South Dakota

Description: From introduction: This report presents, in tabular form, the results of radiometric and geologic reconnaissance made in the Craven and Coal Canyon areas during the period November 27 to December 7, 1951, in accordance with plans outlined in Trace Elements Memorandum Report 152, "The carnotite prospects of the Craven Canyon area, Fall River County, South Dakota." Assay data from the claims examined by L. R. Page and J. A. Redden are not included in this report. This work was done on behalf of t… more
Date: March 1952
Creator: Bales, W. E. & Erickson, Ralph Leroy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low-Temperature Carbonization Assays of North American Coals

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on low-temperature carbonization of coal. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1957
Creator: Selvig, W. A. & Ode, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Deposits in Fall River County, South Dakota

Description: From abstract: In 1951 uranium deposits containing carnotite were discovered in the southern Black Hills near Edgemont, Fall River County, S. Dak. Many carnotite deposits have since been found in sandstones in the Inyan Kara group of Early Cretaceous age, and uranium-bearing material has been discovered in the Minnelusa sandstone of Pennsylvanian age and the Deadwood formation of Cambrian age in the southern Black Hills. Ore has been produced only from the Inyan Kara group, mostly within an are… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Bell, Henry & Bales, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carnotite-Bearing Sandstone in Cedar Canyon, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota

Description: From abstract: Carnotite-bearing sandstone and claystone have been found in the Chadron formation of the White River group of Oligocene age in the southern part of the Slim Buttes area, Harding County, S. Dak. The carnotite is an efflorescent yellow coating on lenticular silicified sandstone. Locally, the mineralized sandstone contains 0.23 percent uranium. The uranium and vanadium ions are believed to have been derived from the overlying mildly radioactive tuffaceous rocks of the Arikaree form… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Gill, James R. & Moore, George William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the High Climb Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota

Description: From abstract: The High Climb pegmatite, Custer County. S. Dak., belongs to the series of pegmatitic and granitic rocks that characterize the Harney Peak region of the southern Black Hills. It intrudes pre-CamInbriani metamorphic rocks consisting chiefly of quartz-mica schist. Along part of the pegmatite contact the country rock has been altered to a tourmaline-rich schist.
Date: 1955
Creator: Sheridan, Douglas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium-Bearing Sandstone in the White River Badlands, Pennington County, South Dakota

Description: From abstract: The uranium mineral uranocircite, a barium uranyl phosphate, occurs in a sandstone channel in the Chadron formation of Oligocene age in the White River Badlands, Pennington County, S. Dak. A vertical section of the basal 1-foot of the channel contains 0. 25 percent uranium. There are also small amounts of metatyuyamunite (?) in the upper part of a freshwater lime stone bed in the Chadron formation and carnotite in chalcedony veins in the overlying Brule formation, also of Oligoce… more
Date: April 1954
Creator: Moore, George W. & Levish, Murray
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results of Core Drilling of Uranium-Bearing Lignite Deposits in Harding and Perkins Counties, South Dakota, and Bowman County, North Dakota

Description: Purpose: The main objective of the Dakota core drilling program was to determine reserves of uraniferous lignite based on chemical uranium and spectrographic determinations from unweathered samples, particularly from those areas where surface sampling of the beds during the previous field season indicated that significant deposits of uranium-bearing lignite might be present. A secondary objective was to obtain fresh samples and to measure the radioactivity of the overlying Oligocene White River… more
Date: October 1952
Creator: Zeller, Howard D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carnotite-Bearing Sandstone in Cedar Canyon, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota

Description: A report about carnotite-bearing sandstone and clay which has been found in the Chadron formation of the White River group of Oligocene age in the southern part of the Slim Buttes area, Harding County, S. Dakota. The mineralized sandstone contains as much as 0.23 percent uranium.
Date: February 1954
Creator: Gill, J. R. & Moore, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Deposits of the Black Hills South Dakota and Wyoming

Description: The following report covers studies and investigations of uranium deposits in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. The ore minerals include carnotite, tyuyamunite, metatyuyamunite, corvusite, rauvite, uraninite, and coffinite, as well as minor amounts of other uranium and vanadium minerals.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Robinson, C. S. & Gott, G. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Deposits in Fall River County, South Dakota

Description: Report discussing uranium deposits containing carnotite in the southern Black Hills near Edgemont, Fall River County, South Dakota.
Date: February 1954
Creator: Bell, Henry, III & Bales, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petrographic Study of Sandstone of the Inyan Kara Group (Cretaceous) and Associated Rocks in the Black Hills, Wyoming and South Dakota

Description: The following report covers the Petrographic study of Early Cretaceous age sandstone beds in the Fall River formation and the Fuson-Lakota formations, as well as Late Jurassic age beds in the underlying Unkpapa and Morrison formations along the western side of the Black Hills.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Bergenback, R. E.; Chisholm, W. A. & Mapel, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Identification and Occurrence of Uranium and Vanadium Minerals From the Colorado Plateaus

Description: Abstract: "This report, designed to make available to field geologists and others information on identification and occurrence of uranium minerals of the Colorado Plateaus, contains physical properties, X-ray data, and in some instances results of chemical and spectrographic analysis of 24 uranium and 17 vanadium minerals. Also included is a table giving the optical properties of uranium minerals and a list of locations of mines from which the minerals have been identified."
Date: April 1953
Creator: Weeks, A. D. & Thompson, M. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Lignites in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming

Description: Report discussing a geological study performed to find uraniferous lignites in North Dakota, Eastern Montana, north-central Wyoming, and northwestern South Dakota. "Deposits of uraniferous lignites were discovered at Blue Buttes, eastern Montana; and at North Cave Hills, South Cave Hills, and at Slim Buttes in northwestern South Dakota."
Date: July 1952
Creator: Beroni, Ernest P. & Bauer, Herman L., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radioactivity and Uranium Content of Some Cretaceous Shales, Central Great Plains

Description: Report discussing a reconnaissance search for uranium in shale during August 1953 in western Nebraska and southern South Dakota. The reconnaissance was part of the U.S. Geological Survey's search for uranium in carbonaceous materials.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Tourtelot, Harry A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laboratory Study of High-Grade Uranium-Bearing Lignite From Harding County, South Dakota

Description: Report discussing a study of uraniferous lignite collected from three coal beds from Harding County, South Dakota. The report contains information regarding the location and geologic setting of the coal, the materials studies, coal petrologic studies, and a discussion of results.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Schopf, James M. & Gray, Ralph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Beryl Deposits of the Peerless Pegmatite, Pennington County, South Dakota

Description: A report about a peerless pegmatite which has been a large source of scrap mica and beryl. Feldspar, amblygonite, tantalite-columbite, and cassiterite also have been recovered.
Date: February 1955
Creator: Sheridan, Douglas M.; Stephen, Hal G.; Staatz, Mortimer H. & Norton, James J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Pegmatites of the Fourmile Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota

Description: Report discussing the geology and pegmatites of the Fourmile Quadrangle, located on the southwest side of the Black Hills uplift in Custer County, South Dakota. "This report is an abstract of a paper with the same title that is planned for publication as a Geological Survey professional paper."
Date: January 1959
Creator: Redden, Jack A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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