Pawnee Mine

Past Producer in Bee county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062962
MRDS ID TC36569
Record type Site
Current site name Pawnee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.9692, 28.65999 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Relative position 4 MI S55W OF MONTEOLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bee(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monteola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goliad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Nueces(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Bee

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI E FM 673 ON FM 798 THEN 0.6 MI N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

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) -97.9692, 28.65999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ray Point

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Intercontinental Energy Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN SITU LEACH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEX BEG RI 113.

  • Deposit

    TEX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • 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.