Thane Prospect

Occurrence in Atascosa county in Texas, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063029
MRDS ID TC36643
Record type Site
Current site name Thane Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.16531, 28.8447 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 3.8 MI N22W OF FASHING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atascosa(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fashing(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 Atascosa

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI SW OF TORDILLA HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

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
    Rock description Whitsett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.16531, 28.8447

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Karnes

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Texas Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 30, P. 23

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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