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Outcrop Sample For Uranium, Lc-15

Occurrence in DeKalb county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Uranium, Petroleum (Oil), Oil Shale
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088516
MRDS ID K002688
Record type Site
Current site name Outcrop Sample For Uranium, Lc-15

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.82163, 35.98037 (WGS84)
Relative position BEND ON HOLMES CREEK ROAD, 0.6 MILE NORTHEAST OF MOUNT HOLLY CEMETERY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeKalb(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smithville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee DeKalb

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Petroleum (Oil) Tertiary
Oil Shale Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE THREE LITHOLOGIC UNITS OF THE GASSAWAY MEMBER OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONTAIN THE MOST URANIUM, AND THE UPPER UNIT IS THE RICHEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result ELEVEN SAMPLES FROM A 21.19-FOOT INTERVAL CONTAINED FROM 0.0034 TO 0.0072 PERCENT URANIUM AND 3.1 TO 10.8 GALLONS OF OIL PER TON. THREE SAMPLES FROM A 6-FOOT INTERVAL, REPRESENTING THE LOWER DOWELLTOWN MEMBER, EACH CONTAINED 0.005 PERCENT URANIUM AND FROM 3.1 TO 6.4 GALLONS OIL PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
    Rock description Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.82163, 35.98037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding; The Darker, More Organic-Rich Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Mines

Comments on development

  • THIS OUTCROP SAMPLE WAS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED DURING 1952-1953 BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FOR THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. ; ECON.COM: THE URANIUM CONTENT IS TOO LOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONSISTS OF THE HARDIN SANDSTONE MEMBER AT THE BASE, THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER AND THE UPPER GASSAWAY MEMBER, WHICH IS THE MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED OF THE THREE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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