Hoffman Prospect

Occurrence in Karnes county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063033
MRDS ID TC36647
Record type Site
Current site name Hoffman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.99948, 28.88498 (WGS84)
Elevation 130
Relative position 2 MI SW OF LENZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnes(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karnes City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goliad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beeville(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

  • 0.2 MI E OF COUNTY RD NEAR HEAD OF A SMALL STREAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite 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 Formation
    Rock description Oakville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.99948, 28.88498

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Karnes

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.008HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 30, P. 24-25

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.