Geochemistry and mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau uranium ores / compiled by Robert M. Garrels and Esper S. Larsen 3d.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Garrels, Robert M. (Robert Minard), 1916-1988, author.

Larsen, Esper S. (Esper Signius), 1879-1961, author.

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Series:

Geological Survey professional paper ; 320.

Geological Survey professional paper ; 320

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uranium ores--Colorado Plateau.

Uranium ores.

Uranium ores--West (U.S.).

Geochemistry--Colorado Plateau.

Geochemistry.

Geochemistry--West (U.S.).

Colorado Plateau.

United States--Colorado Plateau.

West United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Distribution:

Washington : United States Government Printing Office

Place of Publication:

Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1959.

Summary:

"A summary of the results of field and laboratory studies concerned with the nature of the ores and the alteration processes affecting them."

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1. Geologic setting of the Colorado Plateau ores / Weeks, Alice D. and Garrels, R.M.

2. Characteristics of the host rock / Cadigan, Robert A.

3. Elemental composition of the sandstone-type deposits / Shoemaker, E.M., Miesch, A.T., Newman, W.L., and Riley, L.B.

4. Occurrence and chemical character of ground water in the Morrison formation / Phoenix, David A.

5. Summary of the ore mineralogy / Weeks, Alice D., Coleman, Robert G., and Thompson, Mary E.

6. Behavior of uranium minerals during oxidation / Garrels, R.M. and Christ, C.L.

7. The crystal chemistry and mineralogy of vandium / Evans, Jr., Howard T.

8. Synthesis of calcium vanadate minerals and related compounds / Marvin, Richard and Magin, Jr., George B.

9. Clay minerals in the mudstones of the ore-bearing formations / Keller, W.D.

10. Chemical study of the mineralized clays / Foster, Margaret D.

11. Mixed-layered structures in vanadium clays / Hathaway, John C.

12. Association of uranium with carbonaceous materials, with special reference to the Temple Mountain region / Breger, Irving A. and Deul, Maurice

13. Radium-uranium equilibrium and radium-uranium ages of some secondary minerals / Stern, T.W. and Stieff, L.R.

14. Some quantitative aspects of the oxidation and reduction of the ores / Garrels, R.M. and Pommer, A.M.

15. Detailed chemical and mineralogical relations in two vanadium-uranium ores / Garrels, R.M., Larsen, E.S., 3d, Pommer, A.M., and Coleman, R.G.

16. Mineralogy of the uranium deposit at the Happy Jack mine, San Juan County, Utah / Trites, Jr., Albert F., Chew III, Randall T., and Lovering, Tom G.

17. Sedimentary structures and localization and oxidation of ore at the Peanut mine, Montrose County, Colorado / Roach, Carl H. and Thompson, Mary E.

18. Geology and mineralogy of the J.J. mine, Montrose County, Colorado / Elston, Donald P. and Botinelly, Theodore

19. Mineralogy and geology of the Rifle and Garfield mines, Garfield County, Colorado / Botinelly, Theodore and Fischer, R.P.

20. Vanadium and uranium in rocks and ore deposits / Fishcher, R.P.

21. The known and unknown.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 26, 2014).

Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).

"A summary of the results of field and laboratory studies concerned with the nature of the ores and the alteration processes affecting them."

"This work concerns work done partly on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission and is published with the permission of the Commission."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Garrels, Robert M. (Robert Minard), 1916-1988. Geochemistry and mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau uranium ores

OCLC:

891600311