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Airborne radioactivity survey in the vicinity of Grants, McKinley and Valencia Counties, New Mexico

January 1, 1951

An airborne radioactivity survey in the vicinity of Grants, New Mexico, was made on May 28. 1951; aeromagnetic measurements were made concurrently with the radioactivity measurements. Several radioactivity anomalies were noted in conjunction with negative magnetic anomalies; this association is unusual and may reflect a genetic relationship between the uranium mineralization and the geologic structure causing the negative magnetic effect. Further investigation of the vicinity of the anomalies near the Haystack area, including ground magnetometer survey, seems warranted.

Publication Year 1951
Title Airborne radioactivity survey in the vicinity of Grants, McKinley and Valencia Counties, New Mexico
DOI 10.3133/tem161
Authors Frank W. Stead
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Trace Elements Memorandum
Series Number 161
Index ID tem161
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse