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Karnes Uranium District, Karnes Co., Texas, USA

Ref::www.wma-minelife.com/uranium/papers/karnes.htm; Cherepon, Alan J., Minerals of the Karnes Uranium District - The Franklin of Texas; Smith, A.E. (1991), Texas Mineral Locations Index, Rocks & Min.: 66(3). This district is located about 45 miles South of San Antonio. The uranium deposits of this district are overlain by tuffaceous sandstone. Mineralization occurs within the uranium ore bodies and within concretions in the overlying sediments. Virtually all, if not all, of the open pit mines are now reclaimed.

Both sides of Farm Road 791 east from county line to Falls City.

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Aragonite
Autunite
Baryte
Calcite
Carnotite
'Clinoptilolite'
Coffinite
Gypsum
Hematite
Ilsemannite
Jarosite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'

Marcasite
Meta-autunite
Molybdenite
Mourite
Opal
var: Opal-Agate

var: Wood Opal
'Petrified Wood'
'Phillipsite'
Powellite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal

Schoepite
Selenium
Tyuyamunite
Uraninite
Uranophane


35 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.

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