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Black Mountain Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096743
MRDS ID W701475
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.44741, 29.8805 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 MI (56 KM) SE OF ALPINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paso Del Norte(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.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result LKB RESOURCES (1979) REPORTED A RADIOMETRIC ANOMALY HERE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Alkali Syenite
    Rock unit name Intrusion
    Rock description Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Alkali Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.44741, 29.8805
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOTED THAT THE ALKALI SYENITE CONTAINS 60 TO 90% PLAGIOCLASE, 25 TO 40% ORTHOCLASE AND ACCESSORY ILMENITE, MAGNETITE, APATITE, RIEBECKITE, AEGIRINE, AUGITE, AND BIOTITE.

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 AN AVERAGE CONCENTRATION IN THE ALKALI SYENITE OF 0.0015% U3O8.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE AREA MOSTLY FORMED A FENCE ACROSS CRETACEOUS OUTCROPS BETWEEN BLACK MOUNTAIN AND SANTIAGO PEAK, BUT NO URANIUM ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED.

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

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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