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Fizzle Flat and Green Valley Prospects

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085815
MRDS ID W701471
Record type Site
Current site name Fizzle Flat and Green Valley Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.50186, 29.50773 (WGS84)
Relative position 28 MI (45 KM) NNW OF STUDY BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Packsaddle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santiago Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santiago Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. THIRD QUADRANGLE: JORDAN GAP (1:62,500-SCALE).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

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 Pruett Formation (In Basal Clastic Unit)
    Rock description Pruett Formation (In Basal Clastic Unit)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.50186, 29.50773
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • URANIUM OCCURRENCES AND EXPLORATION DRILL SITES ARE SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA, INCLUDING THE GREEN VALLEY (02 RANCH) AREA NORTH OF FIZZLE FLAT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTED THAT URANIUM OCCURRENCES IN OUTCROP ARE NEAR FAULTS. REPORTED MO, AS, AND SE ASSOCIATED WITH U. REPORTED U IN CARBONACEOUS WOOD FRAGMENTS IN TERTIARY ROCKS 10 MI (16 KM) NORTH OF AGUA FRIA MOUNTAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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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