Drill Hole For Uranium, Lc-102

Occurrence in DeKalb county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Uranium, Oil Shale
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088518
MRDS ID K002692
Record type Site
Current site name Drill Hole For Uranium, Lc-102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.70579, 35.89677 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.45 MILE EAST-SOUTHEAST OF EAST END OF SLIGO BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeKalb(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sligo Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee DeKalb

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF BRITCH CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Oil Shale Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE THREE LITHOLOGIC UNITS OF THE GASSAWAY MEMBER OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONTAIN THE MOST URANIUM, AND THE UPPER UNIT IS THE RICHEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NINETEEN SAMPLES FROM A 30.85-FOOT INTERVAL CONTAINED FROM 0.0010 TO 0.0075% URANIUM AND FROM 0.6 TO 13.7 GALLONS OIL/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Bentonite
    Rock unit name Bentonite-Light Gray, Biotitic
    Rock description Bentonite-Light Gray, Biotitic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile
    Rock description Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly-Laminated, Fissile

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.70579, 35.89677

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Mines
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
    Home office Box 73 Columbia, Tn. 38401 Attn. E.W. Wallace

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 31.55-FOOT DEEP DRILL HOLE COLLARED IN THE LOWER 0.75 FOOT OF THE MAURY SHALE MEMBER OF THE FORT PAYNE FORMATION.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE URANIUM CONTENT IS TOO LOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BENTONITE, TERMED THE CENTER HILL BENTONITE BY CONANT AND SWANSON (1961), IS THE MOST DISTINCTIVE BED IN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE. IT RANGES FROM 0.05 TO 0.14 FOOT THICK AND IS WITHIN 2 FEET OF THE TOP OF THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE. THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONSISTS OF THE LOWER DOWELLTOWN MEMBER AND THE OVERLYING GASSAWAY MEMBER; THE THIN HARDIN SANDSTONE OCCURS LOCALLY AT THE BASE OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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