Mine detail: Palangana Uranium Mine

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Location: Duval County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 27.68363, -98.37532
dep_id: 10008450
mrds_id: D000623
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Molybdenum, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
model: 204: Sandstone U
Reporter: King, Robert U., Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Catahoula Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Palangana Salt Dome
tectonic: Passive Continental Margin
Year first produced: 1977
yr_lst_prd: 1988
prod_yrs: 1977-1988
References:
  • Deposit:: WEEKS AND EARGLE, 1960, URANIUM AT THE PALANGANA SALT DOME, DUVAL CO., TEXAS: USGS PROF. PAPER 400-B
  • Deposit:: GALLOWAY, W.E., AND KAISER, W.R., 1980, CATAHOULA FORMATION OF THE TEXAS COASTAL PLAIN: ORIGIN, GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF URANIUM DEPOSITS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY RI 100, 81P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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