Mine detail: Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-6

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.93204, -85.71107

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Uranium, Oil Shale
Ore: Shale
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
Host type:Black Shale
Associated rock:Bentonite-Light Gray, Biotitic
Associated type:Bentonite
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSK002653
DEP10026163
Reference{Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., AND BARNES, R.H., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SLIGO BRIDGE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY GM 327-NW, 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SLIGO BRIDGE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 327-NW, 12 P.}{Deposit:: CONANT, L.C., AND SWANSON, V.E., 1961, CHATTANOOGA SHALE AND RELATED ROCKS OF CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND NEARBY AREAS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 357, 91 P.}{Deposit:: 1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 357}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP WILSON AND BARNES, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY}
ReporterHale, Robin C.