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Data associated with using lidar and earth observation temporal analysis to explore and characterize uranium mining on the south Texas landscape

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Stengel, V.G., McDowell, J.S., Cahan, S.M., Gallegos, T.J., and Hubbard, B.E., 2024, Data associated with using lidar and earth observation temporal analysis to explore and characterize uranium mining on the south Texas landscape: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9L50M8T.

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Open pit uranium mining in Atascosa, Karnes, and Live Oak Counties in the Texas gulf coast region was active during the second half of the 20th century. Understanding the history of these mining operations is important for proper management and restoration. Although some mines have extensive records documenting the locations and extents of mining pits and mine waste-rock piles, and provide descriptions of reclamation activities, abandoned mines with little to no such documentation are present on the landscape. A multiple lines of evidence approach using lidar derivatives and multispectral remote sensing temporal analysis (Stengel, 2022) was developed to (1) identify uranium mine waste-rock, wastewater, and land disturbance due to mining, [...]

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