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House-Seale Mine

Past Producer in Live Oak 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062963
MRDS ID TC36570
Record type Site
Current site name House-Seale Mine
Related records 10300301

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.21281, 28.60194 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 20 MI N OF GEORGE WEST; 1 MI N07E OF SUNNILAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Comanche Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pleasanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Atascosa(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Live Oak

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clinoptilolite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pre-Ore Pedogenic Argillation Of Volcanic Glass And Weathering Producing Clay Cutans, Micrite Nodules And Replacement Masses. Clay Deposition, Reduction And Sulfidation During Pre-Ore Diagenesis. Post-Ore Calcite Cement And Zeolitization.

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 > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Catahoula Formation
    Rock description Catahoula Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.21281, 28.60194
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Growth-Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • WITHIN GUEYDAN FLUVIAL SYSTEM. HOSTED BY CREVASSE SPLAY AND LACUSTRINE DELTA FACIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Conoco-Pioneer Nuclear
    First year 1976
    Last year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 792.48M
    Overall width 502.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEX BEG RI 100

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

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