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Burns Mine

Past Producer in Live Oak county in Texas, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021590
MRDS ID DE00266
Record type Site
Current site name Burns Mine
Alternate or previous names Burns Ranch, Moser Burns

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.19198, 28.24195 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 7 MILES SW OF GEORGE WEST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elm Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

George West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Nueces(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

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Oakville
    Rock description Oakville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.19198, 28.24195
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN BASAL SAND (VERTICALLY STACKED, COALESCENT TONGUES OF FOUR SAND BODIES), GEORGE WEST FLUVIAL AXIS, OAKVILLE SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1977?, 1981? - BY 1988

Mining district

District name George West

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cities Service, Usx Corp-Dalco )
    First year 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLUTION MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG GB 18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-90 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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