Mabel Mine

Past Producer in Live Oak county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008452
MRDS ID D000625
Record type Site
Current site name Mabel Mine
Alternate or previous names New Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.28838, 28.5586 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 9 MILES N OF THREE RIVERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Hollow Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pleasanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Atascosa(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Live Oak

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boltwoodite Ore
Ilsemannite Ore
Powellite Ore
Weeksite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Frio Formation
    Rock description Frio Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.28838, 28.5586

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lenses Of Fossiliferous Sandstone In Clay-Filled Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Production years 1961-1963

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1961-1963
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 640.08M
    Overall width 502.92M

Comments on development

  • SURFACE RADIOACTIVITY ANOMALY

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR MASSES AND PODS
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.