Tennessee · DeKalb County
Occurrence

Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-24

DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States
UraniumStoneCrushed/Broken
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Commodities
TertiaryUranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
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 ID10026176
MRDS IDK002670
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.92927, -85.82024
References
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.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.1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 3571968 COMPILE WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGYSTOCKDALE, 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 KLEPSER'S TEXT.1968 GEOLMAP WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY