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Outcrop Sample For Uranium

Occurrence in Overton county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Uranium, Oil Shale
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091901
MRDS ID K002728
Record type Site
Current site name Outcrop Sample For Uranium

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.41828, 36.47065 (WGS84)
Relative position EXPOSURES ARE AT WEST ABUTMENT OF STANDING STONE STATE PARK DAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Overton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hilham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Overton

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S (1959) SECTION NO. 73, AND CONANT AND SWANSON'S (1961) LOCATION NO. 14M-4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Oil Shale Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNITS A (LOWER) AND B (UPPER). THE OVERLYING GASSAWAY MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNIT C (LOWER), UNIT D (MIDDLE), AND UNIT E (UPPER). THE GASSAWAY MENBER CONTAINS THE MOST URANIUM IN THE FORMATION, AND THE UPPER UNIT IS THE RICHEST. THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE IS CONSIDERED AS A LOW-GRADE OIL SHALE.

Analytical data

Result FLUORIMETRIC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE URANIUM CONTENT OF UNIT E IS 0.0054%.STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER (1959) STATE THAT THE OIL CONTENT OF THE GASSAWAY MENBER RANGES FROM 5.60 TO 11.30 GAL./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) -85.41828, 36.47065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 5.76M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • THE GASSAWAY MEMBER IS 17.10 FEET THICK AT THIS LOCALITY.

Comments on development

  • THIS EXPOSURE WAS SAMPLED AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED UNDER CONTRACT NO. AT-(40-1)-1337 BETWEEN THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

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-DEC-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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