Mount Lucas Mine

Past Producer in Live Oak 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021596
MRDS ID DE00272
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Lucas Mine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Lucas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.93364, 28.18362 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR MT. LUCAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dinero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beeville(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

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

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 Goliad Formation
    Rock description Goliad Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.93364, 28.18362

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1983-1987

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Everest Minerals
    First year 1983
    Last year 1987

Comments on the workings information

  • IN SITU SOLUTION MINE

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

Beyond USGS

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