Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPermeable Deweesville Sandstone Overlying Impermeable Conquista Clay Updip From A Deep, Clay-Filled Channel (This Interpretation Is Contradicted By Conoco Drilling 1979-1980).
Materials
Ore mineralsPitchblende, Uraninite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Deweesville (Stone Switch) Member, Whitsett Formation;Conquista Clay Member, Whitsett Formation
Associated rockMudstone
StructureNormal Faulting, Paleochannel
Tectonic settingPassive Continental Margin
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1959-1961, 1964- ; 1978; 1981-1982
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10062959
MRDS IDTC36566
Alternate namesClimax, Korzekwa, Gembler, Lyssy
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates28.89887, -98.12948
References
BUNKER, C.M., AND MACKALLOR, J.A., 1973, USGS PP 765, 37 P.EARGLE, D.M., ET AL, 1975, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM DEPOSITS: AAPG BULL. V. 59, P. 766-779.MCCULLOH, R.P., AND ROBERTS, C., 1986, GEOLOGY OF THE NUNH URANIUM OREBODY, JACKSON GROUP, SOUTH TEXAS, URANIUM DISTRICT, IN STAPP, W.L., ED., CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH TEXAS: SAN ANTONIO, SOUTH TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 109-125.CIMRIBUNKER AND MACKALLOR (1973) P. 25-26; MCCULLOH AND ROBERTS (1986) P. 112-113.MCCULLOH AND ROBERTS (1986) P. 123-125.