| Deposit ID | 10091893 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002693 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Uranium Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.70802, 35.8851 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ON NORTH SIDE OF SINK CREEK, 1.4 MILE SOUTHEAST OF JACO CEMETERY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | DeKalb |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Oil Shale | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Shale | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | FOURTEEN SAMPLES FROM A 22.97-FOOT INTERVAL CONTAINED FROM 0.004 TO 0.009% URANIUM AND FROM 3.5 TO 12.6 GALLONS OIL/TON. |
|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -85.70802, 35.8851 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| 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 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002693 |
WILSON, C.W., JR., AND BARNES, R.H., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SLIGO BRIDGE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY GM 327-NW, 1:24,000.
WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SLIGO BRIDGE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 327-NW, 12 P.
1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, PROF. PAPER 357
1968 COMPILE WILSON, C.W., TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY
1968 GEOLMAP WILSON AND BARNES, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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