Commodities
TertiaryUranium, Oil Shale
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale · Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
Associated rockBentonite · Bentonite; Devonian-Mississippian; Light-Gray, Biotitic Bentonite
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088515
MRDS IDK002686
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.87288, -85.7394
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.KEHN, T.M., 1955, URANIUM IN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE, YOUNGS BEND AREA, EASTERN HIGHLAND RIM, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. TEI-528-A 60 P.HICKMAN, R.C., AND LYNCH, V.J., 1967, CHATTANOOGA SHALE INVESTIGATIONS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. RI 6932, 55 P.WILSON, C.W., JR., AND TAYLOR, L.C., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE CAMPAIGN QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 327-SW, 5 P.1955 OTHER KEHN, T.M., USGS RPT. TEI-528-A.1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, USGS PROF. PAPER 357.STOCKDALE, 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.1967 COMPILE HICKMAN AND LYNCH, USBM RI 6932