Mine detail: El Mesquite Mine

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Location: Duval County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 27.40864, -98.717
dep_id: 10021592
mrds_id: DE00268
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 204: Sandstone U
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Catahoula Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1977
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1990
prod_yrs: 1977-
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.
  • 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 REPT. INVEST. 100, 81 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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