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Outcrop Sample For Uranium

Occurrence in Cumberland county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Uranium, Oil Shale
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026228
MRDS ID K002753
Record type Site
Current site name Outcrop Sample For Uranium
Related records 10291380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.44134, 36.66064 (WGS84)
Relative position IN AND ALONG BLYTHE BRANCH, 400 YARDS NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD THAT PARALLELS KETTLE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacks Ferry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tompkinsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Cumberland

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S (1959) SECTION NO. 183.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Oil Shale Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNITS A (LOWER) AND B (UPPER). THE OVERLYING GASSAWAY MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNIT C (LOWER), UNIT D (MIDDLE), AND UNIT E (UPPER). THE GASSAWAY MEMBER CONTAINS THE MOST URANIUM IN THE FORMATION, AND THE UPPER UNIT IS THE RICHEST. THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE IS CONSIDERED AS A LOW-GRADE OIL SHALE, BUT IT WAS NOT TESTED FOR ITS OIL CONTENT AT THIS LOCALITY.

Analytical data

Result STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER (1959) STATE THAT THE AVERAGE URANIUM CONTENT OF THE GASSAWAY MEMBER AT THIS LOCALITY IS 0.0057 %, BY FLUORIMETRIC ANALYSIS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Chattanooga Shale
    Rock description Chattanooga Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.44134, 36.66064
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.55M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding; The Darker, More Organic-Rich Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARBONACEOUS, GRAYISH-BLACK, THINLY-LAMINATED BLACK SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER IS NOT PRESENT AT THIS LOCALITY; THE GASSAWAY MEMBER IS 21.5 FEET THICK.

Comments on development

  • THIS EXPOSURE WAS SAMPLED AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED UNDER CONTRACT NO. AT-(40-1)-1337 BETWEEN THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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