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Kotzur Mine

Past Producer in Karnes 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 10062953
MRDS ID TC36560
Record type Site
Current site name Kotzur Mine
Related records 10299900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.87725, 28.99887 (WGS84)
Elevation 94
Relative position 3.2 MI SE OF CZESTOCHOWA; 7.4 MI N10E OF KARNES CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnes(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karnes City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goliad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo(hydrologic unit)

San Antonio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Karnes

Comments on the location information

  • ABWilson corrected longitude from -99 to -97 to get it in the right county near duplicate record for Kotzur. Records still need to be merged.

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 Whitsett Formation
    Rock description Whitsett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.87725, 28.99887
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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 Conoco

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS ON EITHER SIDE OF ROAD.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE PROCESSED AT CONQUISTA MILL.

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-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 04-FEB-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Corrected typo in longitude from -99 to -97 to get it into the right county next to duplicate record for Kotzur. The two records still need to be merged.

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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