Thomas-Knandel-Dybowski Mine

Past Producer in Gonzales county in Texas, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062945
MRDS ID TC36552
Record type Site
Current site name Thomas-Knandel-Dybowski Mine
Related records 10178515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.62363, 29.1272 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 2.7 MI S82W OF NOPAL, 10.5 MI E OF GILLETT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gonzales(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sample(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuero(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Guadalupe(hydrologic unit)

Guadalupe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gonzales
United States Texas Karnes

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) -97.62363, 29.1272

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1976-1977

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Conoco-Pioneer Nuclear
    First year 1976
    Last year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 548.64M
    Overall width 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT DIMENSIONS IN 1987.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., ET AL, 1979, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM PROVINCE, GEOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GUIDEBOOK 18, 81 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.