Mine detail: Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-38

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Location: DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.92482, -85.67717
dep_id: 10088514
mrds_id: K002684
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Uranium, Oil Shale
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Shale
gangue: Pyrite
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:: WILSON, C.W., JR., AND BARNES, R.H., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SLIGO BRIDGE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY GM 327-NW, 1:24,000.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SLIGO BRIDGE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 327-NW, 12 P.
  • 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, PROF. PAPER 357
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY
  • Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP WILSON AND BARNES, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY
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