Mine detail: Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-35

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Location: DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.91371, -85.94635
dep_id: 10088513
mrds_id: K002681
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Uranium, Oil Shale
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Shale
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Bedding
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
hrock_type: Black Shale
arock_unit: Bentonite-Light Gray, Biotitic
arock_type: Bentonite
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:: KEHN, T.M., 1955, URANIUM IN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE, YOUNGS BEND AREA, EASTERN HIGHLAND RIM, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. TEI-528-A 60 P.
  • Deposit:: HICKMAN, R.C., AND LYNCH, V.J., 1967, CHATTANOOGA SHALE INVESTIGATIONS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. RI 6932, 55 P.
  • Deposit:: BARNES, R.H. AND WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GASSAWAY QUADRANGLE; TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY GM 323-NW.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GASSAWAY QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 323-NW, 10 P.
  • Deposit:: 1955 OTHER KEHN, T.M., USGS RPT. INV. TEI-528-A
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: 1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, USGS PROF. PAPER 357
  • Deposit:: 1967 COMPILE HICKMAN AND LYNCH, USBM RPT. INV. 6932
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