Mine detail: Outcrop Sample For Uranium

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Location: Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.38037, -86.69443
dep_id: 10026244
mrds_id: K002785
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Uranium, Oil Shale
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Bedding; The Darker, More Organic-Rich Beds
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
hrock_type: Black Shale
tectonic: Geosyncline
References:
  • 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, USGS PROF. PAPER 357.
  • 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.
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