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Benavides Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021587
MRDS ID DE00262
Record type Site
Current site name Benavides Mine
Alternate or previous names Benevides Mine (misspelled in IAEA database)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.78366, 27.42531 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 4.5 MILES E OF BRUNI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duval(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruni(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Falfurrias(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Laredo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palo Blanco(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 Webb

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

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) -98.78366, 27.42531
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Filled Sandstone Cut By Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years -1988

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Uri Inc.
    Last year 1988

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLUTION MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 100

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-90 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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