Interim Report on the Radioactive Carbonate-Hematite Veins Near Salmon Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Southeastern Alaska

• Main Author: Houston, Joseph R.
• Other Authors: Geological Survey (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Raw Materials.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: United States. Government Printing Office. 1952
• Subjects: Uranium ores > Alaska > Prince of Wales Island; radioactive carbonate-hematite; Prince of Wales Island; Salmon Bay; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc502121/

From abstract: In the vicinity of Salmon Bay near the northeastern end of Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, samples obtained in 1951 from narrow, steeply dipping, carbonate-hematite veins contain as much as ,O.07 percent equivalent uranium. The average grade of these veins cannot be relia...