Mineral Resource Evaluation of the Proposed Shaws Bend Reservoir Site

The purpose of this report is to evaluate the mineral resources in the proposed Shaws Bend reservoir and dam site area (fig. 1), referred to in this report as the contract area. The proposed reservoir area is located on the Colorado River floodplain extending north from Columbus, in Colorado County, to 8 mi northwest of La Grange in Fayette County. The four evaluated resources include oil and gas, sand and gravel, near-surface and deep-basin lignite, and uranium. No other mineral resources are known to occur in the contract area in amounts significantly greater than the background levels present in all rocks.