National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Beaumont Quadrangle, Texas

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5368477

Henke, J S; Joyner, T M; Levy, S S

The Beaumont Quadrangle, Texas, was evaluated to a depth of 1500 m to identify environments and define areas favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits. These favorable areas were delineated according to criteria established for the National Uranium Resource Evaluation project funded by the US Department of Energy. Study of the surface geology included interpretation and field followup of hydrogeochemical and stream-sediment reconnaissance data and interpretation and field followup of airborne radiometric data available in the quadrangle area. The surface study was concluded with a carborne scintillometer survey in which scintillometer readings were recorded and outcrop samples were taken, described, and analyzed for uranium content. Subsurface units were evaluated by construction and interpretation of contour structure, isopach, and net-sandstone maps. One environment is identified in this quadrangle as favorable for Texas roll-type uranium deposits in fluvial sandstones of the Oakville-Fleming Formation, Catahoula Formation, and Yegua Formation and in deltaic sediments of the Jackson Group. All other geologic units in the quadrangle are evaluated as unfavorable except the Queen City Formation, which remains unevaluated due to the lack of data.

• Research Organization: Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC13-76GJ01664
• OSTI ID: 5368477
• Report Number(s): PGJ/F-062-82; ON: DE82018511
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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