Mine detail: Hackney Mine

Previously called 'Boso'

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Location

Lat / long:

28.86637, -98.14698

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Carnotite, Ilsemannite, Iriginite, Tyuyamunite, Vordisite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1958; 1965

Geology

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

References

MRDS	TC36568
DEP	10062961
Reference	{Deposit:: EARGLE, D.M., ET AL, 1975, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM DEPOSITS: AAPG BULL. V. 59, P. 766-779.}{Deposit:: BUNKER, C.M., AND MACKALLOR, J.A., 1973, USGS PP 765, 37 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BUNKER AND MACKALLOR (1973) P. 24; P. 20.}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.