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Shely Prospect

Occurrence in Presidio 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085822
MRDS ID W701480
Record type Site
Current site name Shely Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.498, 30.00438 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 MI (56 KM) SW OF MARFA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuesta Del Burro West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(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 Presidio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Allen Intrusions
    Rock description Allen Intrusions
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.498, 30.00438
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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 the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AND GRADE: REPORTED THAT 200 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 0.34% U3O8 WERE STOCKPILED NEARBY.

Comments on development

  • DATES OF ACTIVITY: INTERMITTENT EXPLORATION 1950-1977.

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 AMSBURY (1958) REPORTED THAT MINERALIZATION IS CONCENTRATED IN 1-FT (0.3-M)-THICK CLAY GOUGE ALONG A SMALL FAULT THAT TRENDS N80E AND DIPS 50S. HENRY AND OTHERS (1980) REPORTED URANIUM MINERALIZATION AT LEAST 200 FT (60 M) DEEP ALONG FRACTURES, BUT NOTED THAT GRADE PROBABLY DECREASES WITH DEPTH. HENRY AND OTHERS (1980) SUGGESTED AN ORIGIN INVOLVING RELEASE OF URANIUM FROM THE ALLEN INTRUSIONS OR THE SHELY GROUP, TRANSPORTATION IN GROUND WATER, AND ADSORPTION BY FE-MN OXYHYDROXIDES.

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

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

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