USBM War Minerals Report Publications

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The War Minerals Reports of the Bureau of Mines are issued by the United States Department of the Interior to give official expression to the conclusions reached on various investigations relating to domestic minerals. These reports are based upon the field work of the Bureau of Mines and upon data made available to the Department from other sources. The primary purpose of these reports is to provide essential information to the war agencies of the United State Government and to assist owners and operators of mining properties in the production of minerals vital to the prosecution of the war.

WMR 31 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1942, Fidalgo-Alaska copper mine, Alaska, 9 p.
WMR 40 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1943, Molybdenum deposits, Muir Inlet, Alaska, 5 p.
WMR 45 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1943, Lost River mines, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 11 p.
WMR 191 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1944, Red Mountain chromite deposits, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 27 p.
WMR 219 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1944, Diamond Strip mine, Healy District, Alaska, 14 p.
WMR 227 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1944, Poor Man iron deposit, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, 26 p.
WMR 229 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1944, Dahl Creek asbestos deposits, Kobuk River region, Alaska, 5 p.
WMR 253 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1943, Claim Point chromite deposit, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 36 p.
WMR 300 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1943, Muir Inlet or Nunatak molybdenum deposits, Glacier Bay, southeastern Alaska, 4 p.
WMR 361 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1945, Tolstoi Mountain, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, 5 p.
WMR 423 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1945, Salt Chuck mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, 10 p.
WMR 447 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1945, Jumbo Basin, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, 8 p.
WMR 455 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1945, Rush and Brown mine, Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, 11 p.
WMR 467 Report
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1945, Sullivan Creek tailing, Manley Hot Springs, Tofty, Alaska, 6 p.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1944 Report Map
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1944, Proposed coal mining, Point Barrow area, northern Alaska (DRAFT), 46 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:20.
Webber, B.S., 1944 Report
Webber, B.S., 1944, Coal deposits, Nelson Island, western Alaska, 25 p.