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Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-52

Occurrence in Putnam county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Uranium, Oil Shale
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026185
MRDS ID K002687
Record type Site
Current site name Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-52
Related records 10251658

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.63745, 36.12815 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCALITY DESCRIBED AS "...ABOUT 1.7 MILES SOUTH OF BAXTER AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTHWEST OF MAXWELL BRANCH, IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THIS QUADRANGLE."

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baxter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Putnam

Comments on the location information

  • PUBLISHED DESCRIPTIONS OF DRILLHOLE LOCALITY ARE VAGUE. LOCATION IS VERY GENERAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Oil Shale Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNITS A (LOWER) AND B (UPPER). THE OVERLYING GASSAWAY MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNIT C (LOWER), UNIT D (MIDDLE), AND UNIT E (UPPER). THE GASSAWAY MEMBER CONTAINS THE MOST URANIUM IN THE FORMATION, AND THE UPPER UNIT IS THE RICHEST. THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE IS CONSIDERED AS A LOW-GRADE OIL SHALE, BUT IT WAS NOT TESTED FOR ITS OIL CONTENT AT THIS LOCALITY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result URANIUM VALUES FOR CORE SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.0037% TO 0.0074%
Result THE GASSAWAY MEMBER AVERAGED 0.0055% URANIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Bentonite
    Rock unit name Bentonite; Devonian-Mississippian; Light-Gray, Biotitic Bentonite
    Rock description Bentonite; Devonian-Mississippian; Light-Gray, Biotitic Bentonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly Laminated, Fissile
    Rock description Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly Laminated, Fissile

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.63745, 36.12815
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Mines

Comments on the workings information

  • DIPS IN THE REGION ARE VERY SLIGHT; BEDDING IS COMMONLY HORIZONTAL.

Comments on development

  • THIS DRILL HOLE WAS PART OF A CORE-DRILLING PROGRAM CONDUCTED DURING 1952-1953 BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FOR THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONANT, L.C., AND SWANSON, V.E., 1961, CHATTANOOGA SHALE AND RELATED ROCKS OF CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND NEARBY AREAS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 357, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    KEHN, T.M., 1955, URANIUM IN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE, YOUNGS BEND AREA, EASTERN HIGHLAND RIM, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. TEI-528-A 60 P.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, R.H., AND WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAXTER QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY GM-326-NW.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, L.C., AND WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE BAXTER QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 326-NW, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    1955 OTHER KEHN, T.M., USGS RPT. INV. TEI-528-A.

  • Deposit

    STOCKDALE, P.B., AND KLEPSER, H.J., 1959, THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE OF TENNESSEE AS A SOURCE OF URANIUM: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. TECH. INF. SERVICE, ORO-205, P. 223. DETAILED GRAPHIC SECTIONS AND LOGS OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE AT LOCALITIES DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT ARE ON OPEN-FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE; TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, KNOXVILLE AND NASHVILLE; AND THE MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, KNOXVILLE. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF THE ANALYSIS GIVEN IN THE OPEN-FILE MATERIAL WERE NOT INCLUDED IN STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S TEXT.

  • Deposit

    1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, USGS PROF. PAPER 357.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BENTONITE, TERMED THE CENTER HILL BENTONITE BY CONANT AND SWANSON (1961), IS THE MOST DISTINCTIVE BED IN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE. IT RANGES FROM 0.05 TO 0.14 FOOT THICK AND IS WITHIN 2 FEET OF THE TOP OF THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE. THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONSISTS OF THE LOWER DOWELLTOWN MEMBER AND THE OVERLYING GASSAWAY MEMBER; THE THIN HARDIN SANDSTONE OCCURS LOCALLY AT THE BASE OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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