Ref NoLDGSL/1063/10
TitleGeological reports on Karamoja, Uganda
LevelSub Sub Series
Extent1 box
FormatDocument
DescriptionUnpublished, copy typescript reports produced for the Geological Survey of Uganda on the Karamoja area of Uganda, [1935]-1969, comprising:

1) BISSET, C B, 'Impounding and storage of water in Karamoja with a note on excavated wells', [?Geological Survey of Uganda], 24 May 1935.

2) DAVIES, K A & C B BISSET, 'The Mica Deposits of Labwor and Other Parts of Karamoja (Uganda)', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report CBB/76-KAD/38 [1944].

3) ROE, F W, 'The Mica at Labwor, West Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report FWR/20, 18 July 1944.

4) [?ROE, F W], 'The Mica in Northeast Acholi and Notes on the Occurrence of Graphite and Calcareous Concretions', [Geological Survey of Uganda, ?unpublished report FWR/21], 18 July 1944.

5) DU BOIS, C G B, 'The Toro Hills Alkaline Complex, Central Karamoja, Uganda', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report CGBDuB/33, 4 June 1956.

6) TAYLOR, R, 'Interim report on the radio-activity of Apeykale, Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda Report no.RT/24, 7 Nov 1957. Copy contains additional mss map produced by Hunting Technical Services, with two photographs of the site and of pegmatite. Note: unclear if these belong with this report.


7) FLEUTY, M J, 'The Geology of the Nakiloro Chromite Area, Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report MJF/1, 22 July 1958.

8) BROWN, J M & W C LEWIS, 'Geophysical Survey of Part of Kilembe Mines Ltd', Geological Survey of Uganda report no. JMB/45 & WCL/8 [?1958].

9) GITTENS, R T, 'The Haematite deposit of Mugabusi Hill, Nyabushozi, Ankole District, RTG/5, May 1958

10) BROWN, J M, 'Airborne Scintillation Counter Survey Lokupoi, Napak, Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, ?unpublished report JMB/50, 15 February 1960.

11) BROWN, J M, 'Interim Report on the Airborne Scintillation Counter Survey of Part of Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report JMB/51, 26 February 1960. Missing attachments.

12) BIGGS, E R, 'Radioactivity of the Lore Area, Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report EB/2, 7 June 1960.

13) BIGGS, E R, 'Notes on Prospecting in the River Logirangole, Northern, Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report EB/4, 13 June 1960.

14) BIGGS, E R, 'Prospecting in the Kalapata Area, Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report EB/3, 28 June 1960. Missing map.

15 ) MEAL, P F, 'The Kalapata Pegmatities, Karamoja District', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report PFM/48, 20 March 1961

16) MEAL, P F, 'A 1375A Beryllium Detector Unit Survey of the Kalapata Pegmatities, Northern Karamoja', Geological Survey of Uganda, unpublished report PFM/49, 18 April 1961.

Also
17) Typescript drafts of the papers submitted for the conference celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Uganda Geological Survey and Mines Department' held in Entebbe, Uganda, 16-19 July 1969. The papers were eventually published in Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, no.41 (1973), issued by the Institute of Geological Sciences.

18) Typescript extracts of field notebooks belonging to Charles Barron Bisset of the Geological Survey of Uganda , entitled: 'Field Notebook B.11 Karamoja, South Moroto' covering the period May 1935-June 1936; 'Field notebook B14, Karamoja, 1836. Kotido Area between Toror Hills and Labwor, Map BK2', 17 September-21 October 1936; and 'Notebook B.56', June 1950.
ProvenanceThe reports in this series were part of the Hunting Technical Services Library collection which was broken up in the 2000s.
AppraisalSeries also included a number of reports by Roy Taylor, however as these would duplicate what was in series 1-9, most apart from one have been removed. The removed items are listed in the accession record.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteThe majority of the reports are referenced in: Odida, J. (1994) Bibliography of the geology of Uganda 1920-1994. Orleans, France: CIFEG. (Publication occasionnelle. Centre international pour la formation et les échanges géologiques, 1994/28).
ArchNoteInformation about the reference numbers from Odida (1994), description by Caroline Lam
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