Mine detail: Las Palmas Mine

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Location: Duval County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 27.37531, -98.62532
dep_id: 10021594
mrds_id: DE00270
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
model: 204: Sandstone U
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Catahoula Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
prod_yrs: 1981-1985
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 RI 100, 56 P.
  • Deposit:: TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.
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