USGS URANIUM & THORIUM in MONTANA and ELSEWHERE Lot of 5 Reports 1953-1977 COOL!

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Here is a nice collection of reports on uranium and thorium in Montana and elsewhere, totaling five in all. Altogether there are 109 pages of text here, plus two maps! They are:
Last one I have of this:
USGS Circular 753,
Short Papers of the U.S. Geological Survey Uranium-Thorium Symposium, 1977
. This is probably the best of this lot. This 75-page book contains an enormous wealth of information about the geology of uranium and thorium deposits. There are more than forty short articles here on various topics and locations. It contains numerous inset maps of various deposit areas, and a bunch of diagrams supporting other articles. Some of the notable areas discussed include:
The Rifle-Garfield deposits
Estes Conglomerate - Black Hills
Midnite Mine, Stevens County, WA
Arillery Peak-Date Creek basin, Arizona
Camp Smith, NewYork
Zonation at the Rifle Mine, Colorado
Ludwig Uranium mine, Colorado
Uranium in the Walker River Basin, California
USGS Circular 277,
Preliminary Report on the Comet Area, Jefferson County, Montana
. Published in 1953 this eight page book discusses an interesting mining area that includes several mines, among which are:
Comet mine
Grey Eagle mine
Silver Hill mine
Hope-Bullion mine
Boulder Chief mine
Free Enterprise mine
High Ore (Montana Consolidated) mine
This book also contains a large fold out map bound into the book. Uranium was one of the minerals of interest in this report, although the mines themselves were for gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper.
USGS Circular 547,
Uranium Reserves and Progress in Exploration and Development
. Published in 1967, this eight age booklet provides interesting reading on uranium deposits. It provides a great overview of uranium resources for anyone wanting an introduction to the topic. Quite worthwhile as a starting place for anyone wanting to advance their knowledge of this increasingly important metal. Some parts are more relevant to the period in which it was written, but much of it is as true today as it was then as it deals with the types of sources that have provided most of our uranium throughout the twentieth century and until now.
USGS Circular 251,
Results of Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Coal, Lignite, and Carbonaceous Shale in Western Montana
. Published in 1953. Nine pages, and comes complete with a large fold out map in the back.
USGS Circular 330,
The Model VI Transmission Fluorimeter for the Determination of Uranium.
This nine page book was published in 1959 and discusses an instrument used to determine the amount of uranium in a sample. An interesting old document relating to the Uranium boom. Fun Stuff! I wonder if there are still any of these units lying around!
The shipping weight for this set is two pounds.
Expert packing assured. The recent increase in postage rates was pretty big. As a result, Media Mail is now my default shipping method to keep shipping affordable.
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