Brysch Prospect

Occurrence in Karnes 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063032
MRDS ID TC36646
Record type Site
Current site name Brysch Prospect
Related records 10062952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.96559, 28.98248 (WGS84)
Elevation 113
Relative position 3 MI E OF FALLS 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 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) -97.96559, 28.98248

Economic information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG RI 30, P. 24

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED FLAKES OF PALE-GREEN, FLUORESCENT URANIUM MINERALS AT BOTTOM OF PIT.

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.