Goliad Project

Prospect in Goliad 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400948
Record type Deposit
Current site name Goliad Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.34333, 28.86861 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goliad(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Ander(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goliad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Goliad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock type qualifier sandstones in the Goliad Formation
    Rock unit name Goliad Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.34333, 28.86861

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Prospect
Commodity type E
Significant Yes
Mining method In Situ Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner Uranium Energy Corp.
    Home office Corporate Office Harry Anthony, Chief Operating Officer 500 North Shoreline Ste. 800N Corpus Christi, TX 78401
    Year 2013
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Moore Energy
    Year 2013
    First year 1983
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Coastal Uranium
    Year 2013
    First year 1979
    Last year 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Measured Resource 5,475,200 pounds eU3O8 at 0.05%. Inferred Resources of 1,501,400 pounds eU3O8 at 0.05%.
  • 1,700 t U3O8 (Mining Engineering, 2013, p. 39)
  • NI-43-101 (p. 19-1, or p. 80 of 89 in pdf): UEC has estimated initial measured mineral reource of 1,648,500 tons with an average grade of 0.05% U3O8 containing 2,695,500 pounds of u3O8 indicated mineral resource of 2,142,100 tons with an average grade of 0.095% U3O8 containing 2,779,700 pounds of U3)8 inferred mineral resource of 1,547,500 tons of 0.05% U3O8 grade containing 1,501,400 pounds of U3O8.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Uranium Energy Corp, 2013, Goliad Project: accessed May 20, 2013 at http://www.uraniumenergy.com/projects/texas/goliad/

  • Reference

    Carothers, T.A., 2008, Technical report for Uarnium Energy Corp's Goliad Project in-situ recovery uranium property, Goliad County, Texas: Perpared for Uranium Energy Corp, March 7, 2008, 89 p.

  • Deposit

    Wilburn, D.R., and Stanley, K.A., 2013, Exploration Review: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 5, p. 39.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2013-05-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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