Texas · Duval County
Producer

El Mesquite Mine

Duval County, Texas, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeM
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Catahoula Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1977-
First production1977
Last production1990
Identification
Deposit ID10021592
MRDS IDDE00268
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates27.40864, -98.717
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.GALLOWAY, W.E., AND KAISER, W.R., 1980, CATAHOULA FORMATION OF THE TEXAS COASTAL PLAIN: ORIGIN, GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF URANIUM DEPOSITS:TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 100, 81 P.CIMRI