Aerial gamma ray and magnetic survey: Louisville quadrangle, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6538802

The Louisville quadrangle of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana covers 7250 square miles of the Midwestern Physiographic Province. Thin Paleozoic strata overlie Precambrian basement over most of the area. Quaternary glacial sediments cover some of the Paleozoic sediments in the northeast and northwest. No known uranium deposits occur in the area. Statistical analysis of the radiometric data revealed 90 anomalies. All appear to have cultural associations, but one well-defined group of anomalies have obviously higher uranium concentrations relative to the balance of anomalies in the quadrangle, and are closely associated with the New Albany Shale. These few anomalies are considered significant and suggest that more detailed local resource studies should concentrate in this area. Magnetic data appear to suggest complexities in the Precambrian. No clear structural relationships with the Paleozoic strata can be seen.

• Research Organization: EG and G GeoMetrics, Sunnyvale, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC13-76GJ01664
• OSTI ID: 6538802
• Report Number(s): GJBX-94(81)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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