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Water Wells in Frenchman and Yucca Valleys, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Description: From introduction: This report summarizes the work that was done at the wells and brings together the available data on depth to bottom, depth to water level, discharge rate, and draw-down for each well, together with coefficients of transmissibility determined in aquifer tests.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Hood, J. W.
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Geologic Summary of the Appalachian Basin: With Reference to the Subsurface Disposal of Radioactive Waste Solutions

Description: From introduction: This summary report of the geology of the Appalachian basin was prepared as part of the Radioactive Disposal Program being conducted by the USGS on behalf of the Division of Reactor Development of the AEC.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Colton, George Willis
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Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12b Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Description: From introduction: This report contains part of the geologic information obtained from investigations conducted by the USGS on behalf of the AEC to determine the geologic environment of the underground test sites at Nevada Test Site.
Date: September 1961
Creator: Dickey, D. D. & Emerick, W. L.
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Geologic Investigations in Support of Project Chariot, Phase 3, in the Vicinity of Cape Thompson, Northwestern Alaska: Preliminary Report

Description: From introduction: This report details the results of geologic investigations in support of Project Chariot.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Kachadoorian, Reuben; Campbell, Russell H.; Moore, George W.; Scholl, David W.; Lachenbruch, Arthur H.; Greene, Gordon W. et al.
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Preliminary Results of a Survey for Thick High-Calcium Limestone Deposits in the United States

Description: From introduction: This report contains the results of a preliminary study of limestone deposits in the United States and Alaska for the purpose of selecting those deposits of sufficient size, relief, and purity in which to conduct an underground nuclear test.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Davis, Robert E.; Williams, W. P.; Johnson, Robert Britten & Emerick, W. L.
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Porosity, Density, and Water Content Data on Tuff of the Oak Spring Formation from the U12e Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Description: From abstract: This report summarizes the porosity, density, and water content data on about 200 tuff specimens from the Tunnel Beds which compose the lower member of the Oak Spring Formation of Miocene (?) or younger age at the Ul2e tunnel, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site.
Date: December 1961
Creator: Byers, F. M., Jr.
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Preliminary Evaluation of the Seismicity, Geology, and Hydrology of the Northern Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, as a Possible Site for Project Shoal

Description: The following report summarizes the known information to date of June 1961 on the Sand Range as it pertains to the Shoal experiments.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Twenhofel, William S.; Moore, John E. & Black, Rudolph A.
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Ground Water Test Well A, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer

Description: Abstract: "ground-water test well A was drilled to a depth of 1,870 feet with rotary and cable-tool equipment. Only alluvial materials were penetrated. These were saturated below 1,605 feet. Pumping and bailing tests indicate that the minimum transmissibility of the alluvium is about 800 gallons per day per foot. The specific capacity was 1.9 gallons per minute per foot of drawdown after 1 hours of pumping at rates of both 41 and 60 gallons per minute. A suite of geophysical logs, a summary of … more
Date: 1961
Creator: Price, C. E. & Thordarson, William
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Geologic Investigations of Radioactive Deposits, 1942-1960 : A Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Publications on the Geology of Radioactive Deposits

Description: The following report is the last in a series of periodic reports covering investigations made by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Divisions of Raw Materials and Research of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The following is a bibliography of Geological Survey publications stemming from investigations on radioactive materials and deposits since 1942.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Brown, Andrew
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Frequency of Earthquakes for Selected Areas in the Western United States for the Period 1945-59

Description: The following report covers earthquake frequency data for the period 1945-59 for the states of California, Nevada, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Additionally, it presents earthquake-frequency data for 100-mile square areas in California, Nevada, Washington, and Montana-Wyoming.
Date: February 1961
Creator: Twenhofel, W. S.; Black, R. A. & Balsinger, D. F.
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