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Clay West Mine

Past Producer in Live Oak 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021591
MRDS ID DE00267
Record type Site
Current site name Clay West Mine
Related records 10226939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.21253, 28.24639 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 8 MILES SW OF GEORGE WEST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elm Creek(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

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 Oakville
    Rock description Oakville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.21253, 28.24639
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Growth Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN BASAL SAND (VERTICALLY STACKED, COALESCENT TONGUES OF FOUR SAND BODIES), GEORGE WEST FLUVIAL AXIS, OAKVILLE SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1975-1987

Mining district

District name George West

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arco , Usx Corp-Niagra Mohawk
    First year 1977
    Last year 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLUTION MINING

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PILOT PLANT TESTS BY ARCO BEFORE 1974 ; MILL.CAP : 250,000 LBS/Y U308

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG GB 18

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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