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Robert G. Raabe papers, 1942-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Raabe, Robert G.
Title
Robert G. Raabe papers
Dates
1942-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
7.25 cubic ft. (8 boxes)
Collection Number
12892
Summary
Robert G. Raabe (1925–2013) was an American geologist and Marine Corps veteran. This collection contains geological examinations, maps, surveys, technical drawings, reports, and correspondence relating to Rabbe’s career as a geological consultant.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Robert G. Raabe (1925–2013) was an American geologist and Marine Corps veteran. Born in March 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, he served in the South Pacific during World War II before pursuing a bachelor's degree in geology at the University of New Mexico, where he also played football. Following his service in the Korean War, he earned a master's degree in geology from the University of Arizona. Raabe worked for various organizations in the United States and internationally, ultimately concluding his career as a geological consultant. Alongside his civilian career, he remained active in the Marine Corps Reserves, retiring as a Colonel after 31 years of service. He passed away in Colorado in January 2013 at the age of 87.

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Content Description

This collection contains geological examinations, maps, surveys, technical drawings, reports, and correspondence relating to Robert Rabbe’s career as a geological consultant.

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Ann Raabe in August of 2023.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Brittany Heye in February of 2023.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Robert G. Raabe at the date of processing.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

    • Description: A Manganese occurance on Chenega Island, Prince Willaim Sound, Alaska
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Barite - Mexico
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Bokan Mountain - Alaska
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: "C" file - black and white prints, reports on various mines around the southwestern United States
      Dates: 1960-1999
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: California Basin and Range Mining Districts
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Crested Butte
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Diamond drill hole S-1: Greenwood Lake magnetic anomaly, Duluth Complex - Minnesota
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester - Barite
      Dates: 1979-1981
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester - Big Indian uranium
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester - gold, silver
      Dates: 1946-1979
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester - Santa Rosa asphalt
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester - uranium: Blue Jay
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester - uranium: Rio Algom Prop.
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester Gas mine maps - Double Rainbow and Cripple Creek, Colorado
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dorchester monthly reports
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Dore Lake Vanadiferous Magnetite, Union Carbide Corporation
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Double Rainbow Project: OME 6558 (silver) contract 2233 final report
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Double Rainbow silver, Galena, South Dakota- Dorchester: OME application, OME report 6558 (silver)
      Dates: 1942-1944
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Early-Tom project: preliminary study, Moffat County, Colorado
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Empire Claim Group - Cienega Mining District, Yuma Co., Arizona Standard Metal corp.
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Empire Group drilling
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Empire Group maps
      Dates: 1970-1982
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Evaluation - Columbium-Bearing Ruttle deposits, Magnet Cove, Arkansas
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Evaluation - Double Rainbow, Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Evaluation - Double Rainbow, Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine: Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Evaluation - Game Warden Jade Claims, Sublette County, Wyoming
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Examination of the manganese deposits in the Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Examination of the Three Kids manganese products, Clark County, Nevada by Bruce Goddard
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Geologic Reconnaissance of the Maganese Deposits in the Clear Lake Region, Lake and Mendocino Counties, CA
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Twin Crags Quadrangle Idaho
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Glass Sand correspondence with USGS (United States Geological Survey)
      Dates: 1988-1990
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Gold mines not reopened after WWII
      Dates: 1983-1987
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Gold - Silver Districts - selected by cutoff criteria
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Inter American Nickel Incorporated, Laterite Nickel Properties, Cave Junction, Oregon
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Melocheville Quartzite Quarry - Beauharnois, Quebec
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Mindora mine examination - Au-Ag: Garfield Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Mines and Prospects of the Sandpoint Quadrangle, Idaho
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Mining Districts of the State of Idaho
      Dates: 1970-1979
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Molybdenum
      Dates: 1961-1962
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: OME application - Double Rainbow, Richmond-Sitting Bull: Galena, South Dakota
      Dates: 1966-1980
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Pershing, White, Nye Counties, Nevada
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Raabe
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Ramsey Mine - Plomosa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona for Shattuck Denn Mining Company
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Recommendations for surface diamond drilling program - South End IK Zone for Shattuck Denn Mining Coporation by Arthur Still
      Dates: 1961-1963
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Reconnaissance of sedimentary manganese deposits of the costal ranges of California by Bruce Goddard
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Red Mountain Mine, Chelan Co., Washington
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Reports, LTRs, analyses, STD. (Standard) MET. (Metal) Gold
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Richmond-Siting Bull, Double Rainbow: mining geology (colored prints)
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Sampling Program - Game Warden Jade Claims, Sublette County, WY
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Sea Horse Mesa, Garfield County, Utah
      Dates: 1980-1985
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Shattuck Denn Mining Corporation and Subsidiaries, Yaba Caroll mining property
      Dates: 1960-1962
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Shattuck Denn Mining Corportation Iron King Division - Deep Drilling project by Still and Still
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Simplot Report, Empire Group - Carnation Mine
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Standard Metals -Maps, notes, etc.
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Standard Metals Corporation - Crested Butte claims (newspaper, colored prints)
      Dates: 1984-1993
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Standard Metals Corporation - Yuma, Arizona. Gold exploration sampling program, Empire Group - La Paz, Arizona
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Standard Metals Corporation, Gold exploration sampling notes, Yuma, Arizona
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Standard Metals Corporation, Gold Exploration, Empire Claim Group, Cienega Mineral District, Parker, Arizona
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: STD (Raabe)
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Strawberry Hill Mining Company final report
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Study memo #2, phase 1, estimated ore resserves, Powderhorn Titanium, Rare Earths, Columbium Project
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Summary of 1977 auger drilling with reserve calculations by Kurtak and Stuhr, Union Carbide - Mims Ferrosilicon Gravel property, Autauga County, Alabama,
      Dates: 1977-1978
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Sumamry report: 1962 surface drilling program by Still and Still - Consulting mining engineers and geologists, Prescott, Arizona
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Summary of 3 mining properties from Standard Minerals: I. Antler Mine (Mohave County, AZ), II. One Hundred Fort-one Lode Mining claims Mineral Point-Poughkeepsie-Upper Uncompahgree Mining Districts, San Juan and Ouray Counties, CO, III. Kendrik Bay Mine Bokan Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska.
      Dates: 1984-1993
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Surface percussion drilling program - Blue Jay Mine Area: Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Thomas "W" and Superior Mines - New Pass Mining District, Nevada
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Twin Sister Dunite, Whatcome and Skagit Counties, Washington, Chromite Investigation - Union Carbide Corporation
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Union Carbide UCC cb-ta granite
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Union Carbide, Ore Reserve Study, Melocheville Quartzite Quarry, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Vanadium - Area IV
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Various Standard Metals Corporation drawings
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Various geological maps, technical drawings, and surveys
      Dates: 1960-1999
      Container: Box 4-8

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Subject Terms

  • Geologists--United States.
  • Geologists.
  • Geology.
  • Gold mines and mining.
  • Mines and mineral resources.
  • Silver mines and mining.
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