Mine detail: Outcrop Sample For Uranium, Lc-15

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Location: DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.98037, -85.82163
dep_id: 10088516
mrds_id: K002688
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Petroleum (Oil), Oil Shale
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Shale
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: A C10 U SHO
  • Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SMITHVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY GM 323-NE AND MRS 323-NE, 10 P.
  • Deposit:: 1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 357
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY
  • Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY
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