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Bargmann-Hackney 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062958
MRDS ID TC36565
Record type Site
Current site name Bargmann-Hackney Mine
Alternate or previous names Superior-Rare Metals

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.14087, 28.88304 (WGS84)
Elevation 113
Relative position 1.9 MI S37W 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

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) -98.14087, 28.88304
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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 213.36M
    Width 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Deweesville Sandstone Overlying Impermeable Conquista Clay Updip From A Deep, Clay-Filled Channel.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Superior Oil
Production years 1963

Mining district

District name Karnes Area, Searcy Trend

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Superior Oil Co.; Susquehanna-Western, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bargmann, Hackney

Comments on development

  • SURFACE RADIOACTIVITY ANOMALY LED TO DISCOVERY. EXTENSIVELY DRILLED AT CLOSE SPACING BY SUPERIOR OIL. LATER MINED BY SUSQUEHANNA-WESTERN, INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EARGLE, D.M., ET AL, 1975, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM DEPOSITS: AAPG BULL. V. 59, P. 766-779.

  • Deposit

    BUNKER, C.M., AND MACKALLOR, J.A., 1973, USGS PP 765, 37 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES A FEW 100 FT UPDIP FROM A DEEP CLAY-FILLED CHANNEL. THERE ARE TWO ORE BODIES.

Reporter information

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

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