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RMO- 6~~lV 3m!c -o UNITED STATES DEPART~illNT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INVESTIGATIONS OF DO~STIC RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS, BERYLLIUM, AND OTHER TRACE ELE~NTS (J PREPARED FOR U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION MONTHLY REPORT--NOVEMBER 1951 TRACE ELEMENTS OFFICE C] Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any.oftheir employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. REPRODUCED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY -2- CJ .3 Page SUIDinary .......................................................................... o .......... o o .................. " ~ .......... .. 7 Reconnaissance investigations, domestic .......................................................... .. 9 Property examinations .................................................................................. .. 9 Copper-uranium deposits in sandstones .................................................... .. 9 Relation of volcanism of uranium deposits~ .......................................... .. 11 Central Mineral Beltj Colorado ................................................................. .. 11 Uraniferous granitic rocks .................... o ..... ., ............................................... .. 11 Colorado Front Range ............................................................................ .. 13 Central City district 3 Gilpin County ................................. o ........ 13 Lawson-Dumont district, Clear Creek County •••••••••••••••••• 13 Caribou mine~ Boulder County •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14 Prairie Divide district, Larimer County ••••••••••••••.•••••• 14 Ralston Creek district, Jefferson County •••••••••••••••••••• 15 Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 Silver Reef, Washington County, Ut~h ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 Bulloch claims, Kane County, Utah •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 16 Thomas Range fluorite district, Juab County, Utah •••••••••••••••• 17 ( White Signal-Bl.ock !!m;k districts, Grant County, New Mexico •••••• 17 Boulder batholith, Montana. o o. o •••• o ••••• o ........ o ••••• o •••••••• ., 18 Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming •• 18 Yellow Canary claims, Daggett County, Utah ••••••••••••••••••••••• 19 Craven Canyon area, Fall River County, South Dakota •••••••••••••• 19 Clinton group of Pennsylvania and New York ...... •.o ••• o •• o •• o ....... o 20 Radon in natural gas o o •• o o o ... o •• o ••••• o ••••••• o ................ o o ... 21 Airborne detection ................................. ~············~· 22 Reports ••• o •• o ••••••••••••• o • ., •••••••• " ••• ; .............. o o .. " o " o o " 21 Reconnaissance investigations, Alaskaooooooooooooo••••••••o••••••ooooo 25 General information. " ••••••••• " •••••••• o ••• o " • " o ... " ••••••• o •• , ••• 25 Colorado Plateau, exnloration.o••••••••••••••oo••••••o ............ , ••••• 26 In.troducti.on and sum."!lary ......... o o o ••••• o ••• !" •••• D ............ " ••• 26 Field work in progress ............ ., •• o ..... o ... o o .................... o •• 26 East Gateway district, Mesa County, Colorado •••••••••••••••• 26 Uravan district, Montrose County, Colorado .................. .. 29 Slick Rock district, San Miguel County, Colorado••••••o••••• 31 Thompsons district, Gran0 County,•Utah.o ....................... 32 Fi.eld work recess~d or completed .............................. """ .... 32 Radiometric logging of drill holes o .......· .............. o .......... o 33 Resistivity s+.11dies .......... ., ........ o ............. o .............. o. 34 Radiometric scanning of core • ., .. ". o ... o .... o ...... ·............ o." .. 35 Claim.inventory and appraisal ................ ,. .................... 35 Information to claim owners and lessees .............. , •••••••• 36 Colorado Plateau, geologic studies ....... ,. ......................................... 37 Field work in progress ......... " ........ o • ., ... o • ., o ..... o ...... o ...... o ..... o .... .. .37 Reso11rce appraisal. o o o o o •• o o .... o o •.• ...... o". o .. o •• o ............ 37 4 Page Field work recessed ...... " .... ,,, .......... " ...... "." ...... ,," .... , ", """""""""""""" 37 Stratigraphic studies .............. o ........... o ...... o .... o ........... " .............. " .. .. 37 Resource appraisal ................................................................................. .. 37 Regional mappingooO<>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO<><><>O<>OOOOOOOOOOOOOO 38 Ground-water studies ........................................................ " ........ " ... " 38 Geocherni cal prospecting·.................... " .... , .......... " ........ " ................... .. 38 Pre-Morrison studies (Colorado Plateau)ooooooooooooooo<>o<>oOOO<><><><><>ooo<> 39 Field work recessed ...... """""""""""""""""""""""""""""; ...................... " 39 Monument Valley, Apache and Navajo Counties, Ariz ••••••••••• 39 ~·lhite Canyon, San Juan County, Utah .............. " .. " ............. " ........ .. 39 Capitol Reef, Wayne County, Utah •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 40 Northwest phosphate ••••••••••••••• o•·•••oo••••••••••••••••••!••••••••• 41 Geologic mapping ....... o ..... o •• o o ... o ............. -..................... 41 Stratigraphic and paleontologic studies ........................... · 4l Southeast phosphate. o. o ••••••••• • •••• o •• o .... o •• o o o ••• o ............ o o ••• o •• 43 Lignite and coal investigations and black-shale reconnaissance •••••••• 46 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nev.3.da .................. o ..... 46 Powder.River Basin, Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyoming ••••••• 46 Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota •• o••••••••••••oooo••••~ 47 Red Desert, Sweet"tV"ater County, Wyoming •••• o • ., o. o .................. 47 Goose Creek district, Cassia County, Idaho ••••••••••••••••••••••• 48 La Ventana Mesa,. Sandoval County, Ne\1 lifexico ••••••••••••••••••••• 48 C) ( General. information .............................................. 49 ', Thorium and monazite investigations ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 51 \'let Mountains-Haputa Ranch, Custer County, Colorado •••••••••••••• 51 Mou~tain Pass, San Bernardino County, California ••••••••••••••••• Southeastern monazite •••••·•·•••••o•••••••••••••••o•••o•••••• .. •o 52 General· infor:3lation •••••• o •-•. o G ....... o. o .. o •• o. o o. o o o •• o o o o. o ..... o .. 53 Ura.r1ium in natural water o ..... o o .. o .... o ............... o ... o • o ..... o o o .. " .... o • o o 54 Laboratory investigations ...... ~ ........... o ......... o. o ................... ~ ... o .. 57 Research .. o ••••••••••••••••••• o ......... o o o. o .... o ................. o ... o o 57 Ch~micalo •• o •••••••••• ' ••••••••••••••••••••••• o o •• o ....... o o •• 58 lfineralogico ............... o •••• o ••••• o ........ o ••••• o ......... 58 Spectrographico ..................... ·G ••••••••• o ......... oo •••••• 59 Radiom·~t-ric ...................................... o ..... o. o" ••••• o. 59 Reports forwardeq.~ o u o o o ................ o •••••• o ...... o. o ••••_ •• o ••••••• o o o .. 60 Trace Elements Investigations reports ............................... 60 Trace Elements Memorandum ReportSooooooooooooooo•••••••<>ooooooooo 60 Beryllium-be.aring roclcso ...... o •••••• " ••• o ................ o .......... o .. o o ••••• 61 Financial "'nd personnel statement ........ o. o ... o ••• o ................. o •••• 61 Geographic index•• o o. o ...... o ..... ,, o ................... o .......... o .. o .. "o. o. o. 62 5 ILLUSTRATIONS Page . Figure 1. Location of Trace Elements field projects. in the 24 2. Map of part of the Colorado Plateau, showing the areas of drilling ••• ~ooooooooooooooooooooooooo 2S 3. Colorado Plateau project, location of drill holes, Outlaw Mesa, East Gateway district, Mesa County, Novernber 19 51 •. o .................................. In envelope 4 Colorado Plateau project, location of.drill holes, Horse Mesa, Uravan district, Mesa and l1ontrose Counties, November 1951 ••••••••••••••••••••••. In envelope 5. Colorado Plateau project, location of drill holes, Atkinson !1esa, Uravan distri.ct, Montrose County, In envelope 6. Colorado Plateau project, location of drill holes, Spring Creek Mesa, Uravan district~ Montrose County, November 1951 ••••••• , ••••••••••••••••• In envelope I 7. Colorado Plateau project, location of drill holes, C) Club Mesa, n,.avan district, Montrose County., November 1951 ........ _........................... .. In envelope s. Colorado Plateau project, location of drill holes, Long Park district, Montrose· County, November 1951 ........................................... In envelope 9. Colorado Plateau project, location of drill holes, Spud Patch area, Blick Rock district, San Miguel County, November 1951 •••••••••••••••••. In envelope 10. Colorado Plateau project, location of drill holes, Yellow Cat area, Thompsons district, Grand County,