Commodities
TertiaryUranium, Oil Shale
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding
Materials
Ore mineralsShale
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale · Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
Associated rockBentonite · Bentonite-Light Gray, Biotitic
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026168
MRDS IDK002660
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.92677, -85.74885
References
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.WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SLIGO BRIDGE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 327-NW, 12 P.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.1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 3571968 COMPILE WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY1968 GEOLMAP WILSON AND BARNES, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY