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Weddington-Tenneco 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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062967
MRDS ID TC36574
Record type Site
Current site name Weddington-Tenneco Mine
Alternate or previous names Weddington-Tenneco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.11975, 28.84609 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Relative position 5 MI N70W OF COY CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnes(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coy City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pleasanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Antonio(hydrologic unit)

San Antonio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Karnes

Comments on the location information

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Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore

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 Whitsett Formation, Tordilla Sandstone Member
    Rock description Whitsett Formation, Tordilla Sandstone Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.11975, 28.84609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 38.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1969-

Mining district

District name Karnes Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tenneco )
    First year 1969

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 42.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EARGLE, D.H., ET AL, 1971, URANIUM GEOLOGY AND MINES, SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GUIDEBOOK 12, 59 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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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