Mine detail: Las Palmas Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 27.37531, -98.62532

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1981-1985

Geology

Host rock:Catahoula Formation
Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSDE00270
DEP10021594
Reference{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.}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Long, Keith R.