Mine detail: Drill Hole For Uranium, Lc-101

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.92843, -85.81774

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

MRDSK002689
DEP10026186
Reference{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:: WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SMITHVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY GM 323-NE AND MRS 323-NE, 10 P.}{Deposit:: 1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 357}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY}{Deposit:: STOCKDALE, P.B., AND KLEPSER, H.J., 1959, THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE OF TENNESSEE AS A SOURCE OF URANIUM: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. TECH. INF. SERVICE, ORO-205, P. 223. DETAILED GRAPHIC SECTIONS AND LOGS OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE AT LOCALITIES DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT ARE ON OPEN-FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE; TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, KNOXVILLE AND NASHVILLE; AND THE MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, KNOXVILLE. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF THE ANALYSIS GIVEN IN THE OPEN-FILE MATERIAL WERE NOT INCLUDED IN STOCKDALE AND KLEPSE* TEXT.}
ReporterHale, Robin C.