Panna Maria West Mine

Past Producer in Karnes county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062954
MRDS ID TC36561
Record type Site
Current site name Panna Maria West Mine
Alternate or previous names West Area, Swienizk
Related records 10129847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.94059, 28.97109 (WGS84)
Elevation 113
Relative position 6.5 MI N15W OF KARNES CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnes(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karnes City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goliad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Antonio(hydrologic unit)

San Antonio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Karnes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 Whitsett Formation, Tordilla Member
    Rock description Whitsett Formation, Tordilla Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.94059, 28.97109

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Growth-Faulting

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 39.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PART OF A JACKSON-AGE STRANDPLAIN BARRIER-ISLAND SYSTEM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1977?-1985

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chevron

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 4000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.7 wt-pct Uranium Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDED PANNA MARIA EAST AND WEST MINE RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall width 579.12M

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 2500 ST/D ; ECON.COM: ORE PROCESSED AT PANNA MARIA MILL.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    GALLOWAY (1979).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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