Mobil Oil Company U Leach Plant

Producer in Webb 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300504
MAS/MILS ID 0484790007
Record type Site
Current site name Mobil Oil Company U Leach Plant
Alternate or previous names Ohern Leach Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -98.80863, 27.39671 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Webb(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruni(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Falfurrias(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Laredo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palo Blanco(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Webb

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Goliad Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mobil Oil Co.
    ID 4102672
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-NOV-81 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/28/1980
MSHA mine ID4102672
Mine name (MSHA)Ohern Leach Plant
Current operatorMobil Oil Corp
Current controller (parent)Mobil Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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