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Smith Mine

Past Producer in Gonzales county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062944
MRDS ID TC36551
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.65558, 29.15387 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 4.2 MI NW OF NOPAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gonzales(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuero(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Guadalupe(hydrologic unit)

Guadalupe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gonzales
United States Texas Karnes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

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

(1) -97.65558, 29.15387
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Growth Faulting

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Orebody In Upper Sand At End Of Ne-Striking Normal Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ray Point

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Conoco

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 762M
    Overall width 579.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT DIMENSIONS IN 1987.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., ET AL, 1979, SOUTH TEXAS URANIUM PROVINCE, GEOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GUIDEBOOK 18, 81 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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