| Deposit ID | 10026238 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002771 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Outcrop Sample For Uranium |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.39531, 36.78858 (WGS84) |
| Relative position | Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cumberland(county)
Kentucky(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Waterview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tompkinsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland(hydrologic unit)
Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)
Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)
Ohio(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Kentucky | Cumberland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Oil Shale | Tertiary |
| Result | UNITS WITHIN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE NOT SEPARABLE |
|---|---|
| Result | 5 SAMPLES ANALYZED BY FLUORIMETRIC METHODS CONTAINED FROM 0.0035 % URANIUM TO AN UNPUBLISHED GRAPHIC LOG OF THE SECTION. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| Rock unit name | Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile | ||
| Rock description | Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile | ||
| |||
| Centroid (1) | -85.39531, 36.78858 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002771 |
1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, USGS 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-JAN-75 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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