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O'Hern Mine

Past Producer in Webb 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021597
MRDS ID DE00273
Record type Site
Current site name O'Hern Mine
Alternate or previous names Ohern

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.80866, 27.3967 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 2.5 MILES S35E OF BRUNI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Webb(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruni(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Falfurrias(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Laredo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palo Blanco(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Webb

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; WITHIN O'HERN OIL FIELD

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 Catahoula Formation, Soledad Member
    Rock description Catahoula Formation, Soledad Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Goliad Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1977-

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mobil Oil Corp. , Malapai Resources )
    First year 1976
    Last year 1987

Comments on the workings information

  • IN SITU SOLUTION MINING

Comments on development

  • OPERATION SUSPENDED IN 1988.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 100

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

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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