THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK

Sterling B. Hendricks ( left ) of the Bureau of Plant Industry, USD A, receives congratu­lations from T. S. Lovcring, retiring CSA president, on receiving the Arthur L. Day Medal. The medal, endowed in 1948, was presented at the 65th annual GSA meeting

CfcEN REPORTS: Geological Society of America and Mîneralogical Society of America

U. S. Needs Program to Ensure Adequate Mineral Supply

S. B. Hendricks receives Arthur L. Day Meda l for work on application of chemistry and physics to geologi­cal problems

BOSTON.—In recognition of his outstand­ing contribution in the application of chemistry and physics to the solution of geological problems, Sterling B. Hendricks of the U. S. Department of Agriculture was awarded the Geological Society of America's Arthur L. Day Medal. Dr. Hendricks received the award at the joint meetings of the Geological Society of America, the Mîneralogical Society of America, the Paleontological Society, and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, held here Nov. 13 to 15.

Dr. Hendricks, recipient of the 1937 Illllcbrand prize of the Washington Sec­tion of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, conducted experiments at the Bureau of Hunt Industry in Bcltsville, Md., that pro­vided critical tests for his theories on the constitution, structure, and chemical re­lationship of the clay minerals, the micas, the chloritoids, and others of the hydrous layered minerals.

Industrial Stockpiling. The mineral in­dustry fe the "Achilles heel of manufactur­ing.0 T. S. Lovcring, retiring GSA presi­dent· said. l ie warned of the dependence of the U. S. on minerals from other coun­

tries, and outlined a three-point plan for safeguarding this country with an ade­quate mineral supply. Dr. Lovcring recommended a government-owned in­dustrial stockpile. Me noted that the pres­ent government stockpiles are primarily a military precaution, and that similar stock­piles for industrial uses would help the U. S. avoid dependence on overseas ship­ping during war.

Mis second recommendation called for a natural resources appraisal group to col­lect and evaluate geologic and industrial data from all over the world for use iu anticipating future requirements.

Thirdly, he called for subsidies for mine workers similar to those provided for farm­ers. This assurance of α continuing strong domestic market would go far toward giv­ing the mining industry an incentive to embark on long-range enterprises» he said.

Now Beryllium Phosphate. Discovery of a new mineral, (Mn, Mg, Na) BetFet-(rOé)*.6HaO, was reported by Marie L. Lindberg and K. J. Murata of tho U. S. Geological Survey· The beryllium phos­

phate, known as Faheyite, was found in a pegmatite ore from Brazil Only very small quantities of the mineral have been separated. Miss Lindberg named the mineral in honor of J. J. Fahey, of the U. S. Geological Sur­vey, who has gener­ously helped many of the younger re­searchers in the Geo­logical Survey. Mr. Fahey is now president of the Washington Section, AMERICA** CHEMICAL SOCIETY.

Geochemical Prospecting. A high-grade cobalt ore was discovered in central Idaho by geochemical analysis of surface soils, according to H. E. Hawkes of the U. S. Geological Survey. Geochemical methods of prospecting, based on trace analysis of rock, soil, vegetation, and water, have been studied by the survey for the past six years, Mr. Hawkes said. Only recently, however, have these techniques been per­fected enough to warrant large scale tests.

More than 1800 samples of soil and stream sediment -were analyzed for cobalt and copper. The results snowed 20 parts per million of cobalt outside the mineral­ized district, and 100 parts per million within a two-square-mile area enclosing almost all the known cobaltite occurrences in the district.

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