Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPermeable Deweesville Sandstone Overlying Impermeable Conquista Clay
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Ilsemannite, Iriginite, Tyuyamunite, Vordisite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Tuff · Deweesville Member, Whitsett Formation;Conquista Clay Member, Whitsett Formation
Associated rockMudstone
StructureNormal Faulting, Paleochannel
Tectonic settingPassive Continental Margin
AlterationSilicification (Chalcedony, Opal)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1958; 1965
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10062961
MRDS IDTC36568
Alternate namesBoso
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates28.86637, -98.14698
References
EARGLE, D.M., ET AL, 1975, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM DEPOSITS: AAPG BULL. V. 59, P. 766-779.BUNKER, C.M., AND MACKALLOR, J.A., 1973, USGS PP 765, 37 P.CIMRIBUNKER AND MACKALLOR (1973) P. 24; P. 20.