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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Hudspeth 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085814
MRDS ID W701469
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Prospect At Hueco Gap

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.97638, 31.83904 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 MI (43 KM) E OF EL PASO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phone Line Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dell City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Illite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.023% U REPORTED IN A CARNOTITE-BEARING SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hueco Limestone;Colluvium
    Rock description Hueco Limestone;Colluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hueco Limestone
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hueco Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AND GRADE: 0.023% U REPORTED IN A CARNOTITE-BEARING SAMPLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARNOTITE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF TYUYAMUNITE COAT BOULDERS AND FRACTURES IN CALICHIFIED COLLUVIUM AND JOINTS IN THE LIMESTONE BEDROCK. SINKHOLES ARE ABUNDANT, AND THE URANIUM MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE LOCALIZED IN AND NEAR SINKHOLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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