Mine detail: Palangana Uranium Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 27.68363, -98.37532

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Molybdenum, Vanadium

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1977-1988
First production started: 1977
Last production ended: 1988

Geology

Host rock:Catahoula Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Palangana Salt Dome
Tectonic:Passive Continental Margin

References

MRDSD000623
DEP10008450
Reference{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}
ReporterKing, Robert U., Long, Keith R.