Mine detail: Mabel Mine

Previously called 'New Ranch'

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Location: Live Oak County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 28.5586, -98.28838
dep_id: 10008452
mrds_id: D000625
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Boltwoodite, Ilsemannite, Powellite, Weeksite
work_type: Surface
model: 204: Sandstone U
ore_ctrl: Lenses Of Fossiliferous Sandstone In Clay-Filled Paleochannel
Reporter: King, Robert U., Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Frio Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Clay, Mud
tectonic: Passive Continental Margin
disc_yr: 1955
prod_yrs: 1961-1963
References:
  • Deposit:: EARGLE, D. AND SNYDER, J., 1957, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE URANIUM-BEARING ROCKS OF THE KARNES CO. AREA, SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS: TEXAS UNIVERSITY BUR. ECON. GEOL. REPORT INV. 30
  • Deposit:: TX BEG GB 18
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