Sulfer Creek Operation

Producer in Live Oak county in Texas, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227290
MRDS ID D000626
MAS/MILS ID 0482970027
Record type Site
Current site name Sulfer Creek Operation
Related records 10008453

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.04471, 28.49608 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oakville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

George West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Live Oak

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.04471, 28.49608

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wyoming Mineral Corp
    ID 4102717
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-80 Rlw 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 11/08/1984
MSHA mine ID4102717
Mine name (MSHA)Westinghouse Electric Corp Uranium Resou
Current operatorWestinghouse Electric Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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