| Deposit ID | 10088520 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002697 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Outcrop Sample For Uranium |
| Related records | 10299523 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.71996, 35.96316 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.3 AIRLINE MILE SOUTHWEST OF WEST END OF SLIGO BRIDGE, HIGHWAY CUT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
DeKalb(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sligo Bridge(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)
Federal lands
Corps of Engineers(Branch)
Branch USACE(Type of land area)
USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | DeKalb |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Oil Shale | Tertiary |
| Result | FLUORIMETRIC ANALYSIS SHOW THE URANIUM CONTENT OF VARIOUS UNITS WITHIN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE TO BE: UNIT A, 4 SAMPLES RANGING FROM 0.0008 TO 0.0042% |
|---|---|
| Result | UNIT B, 0013 TO 0.0019% |
| Result | UNIT C, 0.0019 TO 0.0035% |
| Result | UNIT D, 5 SAMPLES RANGING FROM 0.0016 TO 0.0045% |
| Result | AND UNIT E, 12 SAMPLES RANGING FROM 0.0035 TO 0.0081%, ACCORDING TO STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S UNPUBLISHED GRAPHIC SECTION. THEIR PUBLISHED VALUES (1959) ARE: UNIT A, 0.0036% |
| Result | UNIT B, 0.0021% |
| Result | UNIT C, 0.0055% |
| Result | UNIT D, 0.0050% |
| Result | AND UNIT E, 0.0079%. THEY ALSO GIVE VALUES OF 9.8 GAL./TON FOR UNIT A AND 10.5 GAL./TON FOR UNIT E. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale | ||
| Rock unit name | Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceoux, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile | ||
| Rock description | Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceoux, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile | ||
| |||
| (1) | -85.71996, 35.96316 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 9.57M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002697 |
1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 357.
STOCKDALE, P.B., AND KLEPSER, H.J., 1959. THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE OF TENNESSEE AS A SOURCE OF URANIUM: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. TECH. INF. SERVICE, ORO-205, P. 223. DETAILED GRAPHIC SECTIONS AND LOGS OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE AT LOCALITIES DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT ARE ON OPEN-FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE; TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, KNOXVILLE AND NASHVILLE; AND THE MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, KNOXVILLE. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF THE ANALYSIS GIVEN IN THE OPEN-FILE MATERIAL WERE NOT INCLUDED IN STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S TEXT.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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