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Silver Lake Deposit

Past Producer in Jim Hogg 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 10062965
MRDS ID TC36572
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lake Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.63365, 27.33364 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 4.5 MI SE OF HEBBRONVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jim Hogg(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hebbronville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Falfurrias(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Laredo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palo Blanco(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Jim Hogg

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

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 Oakville
    Rock description Oakville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.63365, 27.33364
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Caithness Mining Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • PLANNED 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.

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