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Lamprecht 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. 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. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021593
MRDS ID DE00269
Record type Site
Current site name Lamprecht Mine
Alternate or previous names Lamprecht Operation
Related records 10251527

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -98.05639, 28.50083 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 12 MILES N 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

Ray Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pleasanton(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
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 Oakville
    Rock description Oakville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -98.05639, 28.50083
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shallow Orebody Along Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No
Production years 1977-1988

Mining district

District name Ray Point

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wyoming Minerals Corp.
    Home office CO
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Westinghouse Electric Corp.; Intercontinental Energy Corp.
    First year 1977
    Last year 1988

Comments on the workings information

  • IN SITU SOLUTION MINE
  • IN SITU LEACHING OF OAKVILLE FORMATION

Comments on development

  • OPERATION SUSPENDED IN 1988.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG GB 18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1990-01-01 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1993-02-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-10-31 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 10251527.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines 0482970017 = 10251527

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