| Deposit ID | 10026190 |
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| MRDS ID | K002698 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Outcrop Sample For Uranium |
| Related records | 10226392 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.82024, 35.98009 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ON HOLMES CREEK ROAD, 1.4 MILE NORTH-NORTHWEST OF COURTHOUSE IN SMITHVILLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
DeKalb(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Smithville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Caney(hydrologic unit)
Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)
Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)
Ohio(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | DeKalb |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Oil Shale | Tertiary |
| Result | FLUORIMETRIC ANALYSIS SHOW THE URANIUM CONTENT OF VARIOUS UNITS WITHIN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE TO BE: UNIT A, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0021 AND 0.0022% |
|---|---|
| Result | UNIT B, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0021 AND 0.0023% |
| Result | UNIT C, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0013 AND 0.0046% |
| Result | UNIT D, 2 SAMPLES, 0.0027 AND 0.0029% |
| Result | AND UNIT E, 11 SAMPLES, RANGING FROM 0.0056 TO 0.0084%, ACCORDING TO STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S UNPUBLISHED GRAPHIC SECTIONS. THEIR PUBLISHED (1959) VALUES ARE: UNIT A, 0.0028% |
| Result | UNIT B, 0.0014% |
| Result | UNIT C, 0.0055% |
| Result | UNIT D, 0.0041% |
| Result | AND UNIT E, 0.0074%. THEY ALSO GIVE VALUES OF 6.6 GAL./TON (UNIT A), 0.3 TO 2.1 GAL./TON (UNIT B), 10.1 TO 11.9 GAL./TON (UNIT C), 4.00 GAL./TON (UNIT D), AND 8.8 GAL./TON (UNIT E), FOR THE OIL CONTENT OF THE SHALE. UNIT E WAS FRESH |
| Result | THE OTHER SAMPLES WERE SLIGHTLY WEATHERED. |
| 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 | ||
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| (1) | -85.82024, 35.98009 |
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| General form | TABULAR |
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| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002698 |
1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 357.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONSISTS OF THE HARDIN SANDSTONE MEMBER AT THE BASE, THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER, AND THE UPPER GASSAWAY MEMBER, WHICH IS THE MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED OF THE THREE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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