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 ID10091892
MRDS IDK002685
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.9862, -85.78996
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. GEOLOGY1968 GEOLMAP 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.