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Hackney Mine

Past Producer in Karnes county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062961
MRDS ID TC36568
Record type Site
Current site name Hackney Mine
Alternate or previous names Boso

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.14698, 28.86637 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 2.8 MI S30W OF DEWEESVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnes(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fashing(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

Comments on the location information

  • ON N END OF TORDILLA HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Ilsemannite Ore
Iriginite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Vordisite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Chalcedony, Opal)

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.14698, 28.86637
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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 152.4M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Deweesville Sandstone Overlying Impermeable Conquista Clay

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Carroll Ewers
Production years 1958; 1965

Mining district

District name Karnes Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred M. Boso Susquehanna-Western, Inc.
    First year 1954
    Last year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hackney

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Material SELECTED ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.16% U308, 1.4% Cao
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Calcium Calcium 1wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 2wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY PROSPECTING WITH GEIGER COUNTER.

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

  • Production

    BUNKER AND MACKALLOR (1973) P. 24; P. 20.

Reporter information

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

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