| Sandstone Formations (diagonal bands) Geological units with primary rock type = sand or sandstone. These are the host rocks where roll-front uranium deposits form. |
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| Major Aquifers (cross-hatch, off by default) TWDB major aquifer boundaries. Toggle on to see which aquifer system underlies a target area. |
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| Groundwater Conservation Districts (off by default) TWDB GCD boundaries. Toggle on to identify regulatory jurisdiction over a target area. |
| Uranium HeatMap NURE groundwater uranium concentration (ppb). Blue = low, Red = high. Shows the regional geochemical "smoking gun" — anomalous uranium in groundwater leaking from buried ore bodies. |
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| ☢ | Ghost Targets (Drill Sites) NURE samples with U > 40 ppb that fall inside a sandstone formation. These are the highest-probability drilling targets. Hover for uranium concentration, formation name, age, and water district. |
| ◆ | Oxidized Zone (Red Sand) — diamonds GWDB wells where lithology logs describe red sand but no gray sand. Red = iron-oxidized = oxygen-rich groundwater has passed through, dissolving and transporting uranium downdip. |
| ▼ | Reduced Zone (Gray Sand) — triangles GWDB wells where lithology logs describe gray sand but no red sand. Gray = chemically reduced = uranium precipitates here when oxidized water meets reducing conditions. |
| ✶ | REDOX FRONT (Red + Gray in Same Well) — star-bursts Wells with both red and gray sand in their lithology log. This is the redox boundary — the exact interface where roll-front uranium ore concentrates. Hover for depth range of the redox transition. |