Mine detail: Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-28

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.91954, -85.89913

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Oil Shale, Uranium
Ore: Shale
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
Host type:Black Shale
Associated rock:Bentonite-Light Gray, Biotitic
Associated type:Bentonite
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSK002674
DEP10091890
Reference{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:: 1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, USGS PROF. PAPER 357}{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:: 1967 COMPILE HICKMAN AND LYNCH, USBM RPT. INV. 6932}
ReporterHale, Robin C.