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Kopplin Mine

Past Producer in Live Oak county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062976
MRDS ID TC36583
Record type Site
Current site name Kopplin Mine
Related records 10154070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.06281, 28.51834 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 1.5 MI N75E OF RAY POINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ray Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pleasanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(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 Live Oak

Comments on the location information

  • GRAVEL PITS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.06281, 28.51834
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along And Updip From A N45e Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ray Point

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Susquehanna-Western
    First year 1969

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.

  • Deposit

    TEX BEG RI 113.

  • 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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