Mobil Brelum-Piedrelumbre Plant

Producer in Duval county in Texas, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226850
MAS/MILS ID 0481310005
Record type Site
Current site name Mobil Brelum-Piedrelumbre Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -98.66703, 27.95279 (WGS84)
Elevation 142
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duval(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Freer NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alice(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Laredo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Nueces(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Duval

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -98.66703, 27.95279

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mobil Oil Corp
    ID 4102801
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IN SITU LEACHING OF URANIFEROUS EOCENE SANDS

  • Deposit

    PILOT PLANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/29/1982
MSHA mine ID4102801
Mine name (MSHA)Brelum-Piedre Lumbre
Current operatorNufuels Corp
Current controller (parent)Mobil Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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