Mine detail: Outcrop Sample For Uranium

Location:	Clay County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.61202, -85.49412
dep_id:	10088527
mrds_id:	K002770
Commodity type:	metallic
Trace mineral:	Uranium, Oil Shale
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
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: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 357, 91 P 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.