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Outcrop Sample For Uranium

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091908
MRDS ID K002754
Record type Site
Current site name Outcrop Sample For Uranium
Related records 10218690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.56134, 36.7248 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF KY. STATE RTE. 100, NEAR HEADWATERS OF TOOLEY BRANCH, WHERE ROAD CHANGES DIRECTION FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vernon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tompkinsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Monroe

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S (1959) SECTION NO. 192.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Oil Shale Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNITS A (LOWER) AND B (UPPER). THE OVERLYING GASSAWAY MEMBER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO UNIT C (LOWER), UNIT D (MIDDLE), AND UNIT E (UPPER). THE GASSAWAY MEMBER CONTAINS THE MOST URANIUM IN THE FORMATION, AND THE UPPER UNIT IS THE RICHEST. THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE IS CONSIDERED AS A LOW-GRADE OIL SHALE, BUT IT WAS NOT TESTED FOR ITS OIL CONTENT AT THIS LOCALITY.
  • ZINC MINING BEGAN ABOUT 1840 AND HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS SINCE THEN BY NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. FRANKLIN CLOSED DOWN ABOUT 1957. PRODUCTION OF DISTRICT HAS BEEN VERY LARGE. FRANKLIN EXHAUSTED, BUT STERLING HILL HAS SUBSTANTIAL RESERVES. (HEYL, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)

Analytical data

Result FLUORIMETRIC ANALYSIS GIVE VALUES OF 0.0016 % URANIUM FOR THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER AND 0.0050 % FOR THE GASSAWAY MEMBER (STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER, 1959).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Chattanooga Shale
    Rock description Chattanooga Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.56134, 36.7248
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 7.47M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding; The Darker, More Organic-Rich Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARBONACEOUS, GRAYISH-BLACK, THINLY-LAMINATED BLACK SHALE.
  • GEOLOGY IS UNIQUE; ZINCITE, WILLEMITE, AND FRANKLINITE OCCUR AS GRAINS AND BUNCHES IN CALCITE, AS HIGH-TEMPERATURE REPLACEMENT(?) IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC GNEISSES AND CRYSTALLINE MARBLE CUT BY PEGMATITE DIKES. ORIGIN IS IN DISPUTE. FIRST-RANK ZINC DISTRICT OF UNIQUE GEOLOGY WITH MAJOR GEOCHEMICAL IMPLICATIONS. (HEYL, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • THE GASSAWAY MEMBER IS 22.8 FEET THICK AT THIS LOCALITY.

Comments on development

  • THIS EXPOSURE WAS SAMPLED AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED UNDER CONTRACT NO. AT-(40-1)-1337 BETWEEN THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE CONSISTS OF THE HARDIN SANDSTONE MEMBER AT THE BASE, THE DOWELLTOWN MEMBER, AND THE UPPER GASSAWAY MEMBER, WHICH IS THE MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED OF THE THREE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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