| Deposit ID | 10026191 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002702 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Outcrop Sample For Uranium |
| Related records | 10178774 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.7169, 35.9301 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.2 MILE WEST BY NORTHWEST OF VAUGHN CEMETERY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
DeKalb(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sligo Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Caney(hydrologic unit)
Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)
Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)
Ohio(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | DeKalb |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Oil Shale | Tertiary |
| Result | FLUORIMETRIC ANALYSIS SHOW THE URANIUM CONTENT OF VARIOUS UNITS WITHIN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE TO BE, ACCORDING TO UNPUBLISHED GRAPHIC LOG OF THE SECTION: UNIT A, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0015 AND 0.0025% |
|---|---|
| Result | UNIT B, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0004 AND 0.0005% |
| Result | UNIT C, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0040 AND 0.0042% |
| Result | UNIT D, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0036 AND 0.0047%, AND UNIT E, 6 SAMPLES, 0.0036 TO 0.0077%. STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S (1959) PUBLISHED VALUES FOR THIS SECTION ARE: UNIT A, 0.0030% |
| Result | UNIT B, 0.0014% |
| Result | UNIT C, 0.0055% |
| Result | UNIT D, 0.0050% |
| Result | AND UNIT E, 0. 0.0078%. THEY GIVE THE FOLLOWING VALUES (GAL./TON) FOR THE OIL CONTENT: UNIT A, 12.3 |
| Result | UNIT B, 1.8 TO 4.3 |
| Result | UNIT C, 14.4 |
| Result | UNIT D, 5.8 TO 11.5 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale | ||
| Rock unit name | Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile | ||
| Rock description | Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile | ||
| |||
| (1) | -85.7169, 35.9301 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 11.45M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002702 |
1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, 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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONSISTS OF THE HARDIN SANDSTONE MEMBER AT THE BASE, THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER, AND THE UPPER GASSAWAY MEMBER, WHICH IS THE MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED OF THE THREE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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