Mine detail: Nuhn Mine

Previously called 'ClimaxKorzekwaGemblerLyssy'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.89887, -98.12948

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Pitchblende, Uraninite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1954

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1959-1961, 1964- ; 1978; 1981-1982

Geology

Host rock:Deweesville (Stone Switch) Member, Whitsett Formation;Conquista Clay Member, Whitsett Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Mudstone
Structure:Normal Faulting, Paleochannel
Tectonic:Passive Continental Margin
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSTC36566
DEP10062959
Reference{Deposit:: BUNKER, C.M., AND MACKALLOR, J.A., 1973, USGS PP 765, 37 P.}{Deposit:: EARGLE, D.M., ET AL, 1975, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM DEPOSITS: AAPG BULL. V. 59, P. 766-779.}{Deposit:: MCCULLOH, R.P., AND ROBERTS, C., 1986, GEOLOGY OF THE NUNH URANIUM OREBODY, JACKSON GROUP, SOUTH TEXAS, URANIUM DISTRICT, IN STAPP, W.L., ED., CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH TEXAS: SAN ANTONIO, SOUTH TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 109-125.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BUNKER AND MACKALLOR (1973) P. 25-26; MCCULLOH AND ROBERTS (1986) P. 112-113.}{Reserve-Resource:: MCCULLOH AND ROBERTS (1986) P. 123-125.}
ReporterLong, Keith R.