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Geochemical Prospecting Abstracts January 1955-June 1957 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1098-B Geochemical Prospecting Abstracts January 1955-June 1957 £y ELLEN L. MARKWARD CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1098-B UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Stewart L. Udall, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price 35 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS Page Introduction __.---_--___-.--__________-_--__-_________________-___ 57 Abstracts ____-------_--_-_-_-_-._______--_--_________---______-___ 60 Author Index.____________________________________________________ 151 Subject index.____________________________________________________ 155 ni CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING ABSTRACTS, JANUARY 1955-JUNE 1957 By ELLEN L. MAEBLWAED INTRODUCTION This compilation of abstracts of papers on geochemical prospect­ ing (exclusive of petroleum) is the third in a series published by the U.S. Geological Survey. The series was initiated by John W. Har- baugh with Bulletin 1000-A, which consisted of abstracts of the per­ tinent publications through June 1952, and was continued by Jane E. Erikson with Bulletin 1000-G, which began where the preceding work ended and brought the abstracting through 1954. The present bulle­ tin covers the papers published from January 1, 1955, through June 30, 1957, and a few earlier papers not included in Bulletin 1000-G. In the effort to make this compilation like the previous two of the series worldwide in scope and as complete as possible, many of my colleagues took an active part in searching the literature for relevant material and in abstracting the articles found. I wish to express my gratitude for this assistance to Katharine L. Buck, Walter A. Bowles, Frank C. Canney (F. #.#.)» Helen L- Cannon (H. L. <?.), Ralph S. Cannon, Jr. (fi. S. C.), Jane E. Erikson (/. E. E.), Wal­ lace R. Griffitts (W. R. #.), H. Nell Jones, Hubert W. Lakin, (H. W. Z.), Thomas S. Levering, Albeit P. Marranzino, J. Howard McCarthy, Jr. (/. H.M.), Harry M. Nakagawa, Uteana Oda ( U. O.) , Arthur P. Pierce, Edwin V. Post (E. V. P.), Jean L. Theobald (/. L. T7.), Paul K. Theobald, Jr. (P. K. T.), Charles E. Thompson, and Frederick N. Ward (F. N. W.). Abstracts are in alphabetical order by the names of the authors of the papers abstracted. Abstractors are identified by the initials given above, and by E. L. M. (Ellen L. Markward). Abstractors could not be identified for a few abstracts taken from collections of abstracts. Several papers, which were not available and for which abstracts were not obtainable, are represented only by title. All 57 58 CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS abbreviations of titles of publications used herein together with the corresponding full titles follow: Afrique Equatoriale Franchise, Govt. Gouvernement Ge'ne'ral de 1'Afrique Gen., Direction Mines Geologie, Equatoriale Franchise, Bulletin de Bull. la Direction des Mines et de la Ge"ologie Akad. Nauk SSSR Biogeokhim. Lab. Akademiya Nauk SSSR Biogeokhimi- Trudy cheskaya Laboratoriya Trudy Akad. Nauk SSSR Doklady Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR Inst. Geog. Trudy Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Institut Geografli, Trudy Akad. Nauk Uzb. SSR, Tashkend, Akademiya Nauk Uzbekskoi, SSR, Doklady Tashkend, Doklady Algeria Bur. Recherches Minieres Algeria Bureau de Recherches Bull. Sci. et Econ. Minifies, Bulletin Scientiflque et Economique Am. Jour. Sci. American Journal of Science Anal. Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Archivum Soc. Zoologicae Botanicae Archivum Societatis Zoologicae Bo- Fennicae "Vanamo" tanicae Fennicae "Vanamo" Australia Bur. Mineral Resources, Australia Bureau of Mineral Re­ Geology and Geophysics Recs. sources, Geology and Geophysics Records Canada Geol. Survey Bull. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin Canada Geol. Survey Paper Geological Survey of Canada Paper Canadian Inst. Mining Metallurgy Transactions of the Canadian Insti­ Trans. tute of Mining and Metallurgy Canadian Mining Jour. Canadian Mining Journal Chem. Abs. Chemical Abstracts Chronique Mines Coloniales, Paris Chronique des Mines Coloniales, Bureau d'Etudes GSologiques et Minieres Coloniales Comm. Energie Atomique Rap. Commissariat a 1'Energie Atomique Rapport Econ. Geology. Economic Geology Eng. Mining Jour. Engineering and Mining Journal Finlande Comm. Gk§ol. Bull. Finland, Commission G£ologique (Geologinen Tutkimuslaitos) Bul­ letin Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Geol. Foren. Stockholm, Fo'rh. Geologiska Foreningens i Stockholm, Forhandlingar Geol. Soc. America Bull. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America Ghana Geol. Survey Rept. of Director Ghana, Report of the Director of the Geological Survey Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Pamph. Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet Illinois Geol. Survey Circ. Illinois Geological Survey Circular Illinois Geol. Survey Rept. Inv. State of Illinois, Division of the State Geological Survey, Report of In­ vestigations Indian Mining Jour. Indian Mining Journal GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING ABSTRACTS, JAN. 1955-JUNE 1957 59 Inst. Mining Metallurgy Trans [Lon­ Transactions of the Institution of Min­ don] ing and Metallurgy, London Internal. Conf. Peaceful Uses Atomic Proceedings of the International Con­ Energy, Geneva 1955, Proc. ference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva 1955 Intemat. Geol. Cong., 20th, Mexico Besumenes de los Trabajos Presenta­ City 1956, Resumenes de los traba- dos, XX Congreso Geologico Inter- jos presentados nacional Japan Geol. Survey Bull. Japan Geological Survey Bulletin Mine and Quarry Eng. [London] Mine and Quarry Engineering Mining Cong. Jour. Mining Congress Journal Mining Eng. Mining Engineering Mining Jour. [London] Mining Journal Mining Mag. [London] Mining Magazine Montana Bur. Mines and Geology Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bull. Bulletin Neues Jahrb. Geologie u. Palaontol- Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und ogie, Abh. Palaontologie Abhandlungen Norsk. Geol. Tidsskr. Norsk geologisk tidsskrift Osaka City Univ. Inst Polytech. Osaka City University, Institute of Jour. Polytechnics Journal Polska Akad. Nauk Kom Geol., Arch. Polska Akademia Nauk, Komitet Geo- Mineralog. logiczny, Archiwum Mineralogiczne Queensland Govt. Mining Jour. Queensland Government Mining Jour­ nal Bev. 1'Industrie Min£rale Cong. Cen- Revue de 1'Industrie Min£rale, Con- tenaire no special 1 B gr6s du Centenaire Num£ro Special 1 R Royal Soc. Canada Trans. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Soc. Beige Geologie, Paleontologie, Soci6t6 Beige de Geologie, de Pal6on- Hydrologie Bull. tologie et d'Hydrologie Bulletin Sovetsk. Geol. (sbornik statey) Sovetskaia Geologiya (sbornik statey) Soviet Atomic Energy Jour. Soviet Atomic Energy Journal Spectrochim. Acta Spectrochimica Acta Tennessee Acad. Sci. Jour. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science. Tidsskr. Kjemi, Bergvesen Metallurgi Tidsskrift for Kjemi, Bergvesen og [Norway] Metallurgi T6hoku Univ. Besearch Inst. Mineral [T6hoku Daigaku Senko Seiren Dressing and Metallurgy BulL Kenkyusho Iho] T6hoku University, Bulletin of the Research Institute of Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy Uganda Geol. Survey Recs. Uganda Geological Survey Records CUniv. London] Imp. Coll. Sci. Tech­ [University of London] Imperial Col­ nology, Geochem. Prosp. Research lege of Science and Technology, Centre, Tech. Commun. Geochemical Prospecting Research Centre, Technical Communication U.S. Bur. Mines Rept. Inv. U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of In­ vestigations. U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin Vses. Aerogeol. Trest, Trudy Trudy Vsesoiuznogo Aerogeologiche- skogo Tresta. Western Miner and Oil Bev. Western Miner and Oil Review 60 CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS ABSTRACTS 1. Adler, Isidore, and Axelrod, J. M., 1955, Application of fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy in geochemistry [abs.] : Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 66, p. 1525. A four-channel X-ray spectrograph and an associated electronic system for measurement have been designed and built in the U.S. Geological Survey and: have proved to be a powerful tool in the collection of analytical data on rock, mineral, and soil samples. This device makes possible the determination of up- to four elements simultaneously. A curved crystal spectrograph has also been built and is being used for the study of small samples, single crystals, and X-ray diffraction spindles. Rapid analytical methods have been developed for determining U, Nb, Ta, Rb, Cs, and Se in rock samples. Internal standardization has made it possible to deal with widely varying base materials. A quantitative analysis for elements- such as Th can be performed within an hour. Application to geochemical pros­ pecting problems indicates results can be obtained in 2-3 minutes per sample. This has been demonstrated by the determination of Pb and Zn in soil samples with a lower limit for Zn of 50 ppm and Pb 75-100 ppm. Authors' abstract 2. Agnew, Alien F., 1955, Application of geology to the discovery of zinc-lead ore- in the Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa district : Mining Bng., v. 7, p. 781-795. 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  • Primary Minerals of the Jáchymov Ore District

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    Journal of the Czech Geological Society 48/34(2003) 19 Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district Primární minerály jáchymovského rudního revíru (237 figs, 160 tabs) PETR ONDRU1 FRANTIEK VESELOVSKÝ1 ANANDA GABAOVÁ1 JAN HLOUEK2 VLADIMÍR REIN3 IVAN VAVØÍN1 ROMAN SKÁLA1 JIØÍ SEJKORA4 MILAN DRÁBEK1 1 Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, CZ-118 21 Prague 1 2 U Roháèových kasáren 24, CZ-100 00 Prague 10 3 Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, V Holeovièkách 41, CZ-182 09, Prague 8 4 National Museum, Václavské námìstí 68, CZ-115 79, Prague 1 One hundred and seventeen primary mineral species are described and/or referenced. Approximately seventy primary minerals were known from the district before the present study. All known reliable data on the individual minerals from Jáchymov are presented. New and more complete X-ray powder diffraction data for argentopyrite, sternbergite, and an unusual (Co,Fe)-rammelsbergite are presented. The follow- ing chapters describe some unknown minerals, erroneously quoted minerals and imperfectly identified minerals. The present work increases the number of all identified, described and/or referenced minerals in the Jáchymov ore district to 384. Key words: primary minerals, XRD, microprobe, unit-cell parameters, Jáchymov. History of mineralogical research of the Jáchymov Chemical analyses ore district Polished sections were first studied under the micro- A systematic study of Jáchymov minerals commenced scope for the identification of minerals and definition early after World War II, during the period of 19471950. of their relations. Suitable sections were selected for This work was aimed at supporting uranium exploitation. electron microprobe (EMP) study and analyses, and in- However, due to the general political situation and the teresting domains were marked.