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Searcy-Niestroy Deposit

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062956
MRDS ID TC36563
Record type Site
Current site name Searcy-Niestroy Deposit
Related records 10299946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.12948, 28.90304 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 0.6 MI S80E OF DEWEESVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnes(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Oaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pleasanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Atascosa(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Karnes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Deweesville Member, Whitsett Formation;Conquista Clay Member, Whitsett Formation
    Rock description Deweesville Mbr, Whitsett Formation;Conquista Clay Mbr, Whitsett Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.12948, 28.90304
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Normal Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleochannel

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 243.84M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Karnes Area, Searcy Trend

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCULLOH, R.P., AND ROBERTS, C., 1986, GEOLOGY OF THE NUHN URANIUM ORE BODY, JACKSON GROUP, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM DISTRICT, IN STAPP, W.L., ED., CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH TEXAS: SAN ANTONIO, SOUTH TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 109-125

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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