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Palangana Uranium Mine

Past Producer in Duval county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008450
MRDS ID D000623
Record type Site
Current site name Palangana Uranium Mine
Related records 10129947

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.37532, 27.68363 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 11 MI SW OF SAN DIEGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duval(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benavides NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alice(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Laredo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Fernando(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Duval

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result MO = 0.15%, U= 0.3%, V= 0.03%

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Catahoula Formation
    Rock description Catahoula Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.37532, 27.68363
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Palangana Salt Dome

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1977
Year of last production 1988
Production years 1977-1988

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide ; Chevron Resources
    First year 1977
    Last year 1988

Comments on the workings information

  • IN-SITU SOLUTION MINE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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