Uranium Deposits of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan PDF Download

Author: T. I. I. Sibbald
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Geological Survey of Canada
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 660

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Author: Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher: Geological Survey of Canada
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: Charlie W. Jefferson
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ISBN: 9780660164090
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: Leo Paul Tremblay
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Category : Alouette (Artificial satellite)
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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The purpose of this paper is to describe the main characteristics of the uranium deposits related to the Athabasca basin as presently known, to define the characteristics of each type or group, to compare the main types with one another, and to attempt a classification.

Author: Jack Dann
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Unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin represent a significant global resource of uranium. One such deposit, the Phoenix Deposit, discovered in 2007 on Denison Mine's Wheeler River property, shares similarities with other deposits in the Basin. The Phoenix Deposit is located at the apex between a basement shear structure, and the unconformity between the crystalline basement and overlying sandstones. The shear structure extends into the sandstones, this structure controls the distribution of alteration minerals in the basement and early alteration phases in sandstones. The shear structure extending to sandstones is not spatially associated with late alteration phases associated with the uranium deposit, suggesting that the structure was not important for uranium mineralisation. Bulk rock compositions of sandstones show chimney-like distribution of elements above the uranium deposit. The most notable ones are the distribution of yttrium, and boron. Rare earth elements and yttrium are not soluble in aqueous fluids at low temperatures and they are enriched in uranium ore. Therefore, the chimney-like distribution of elements are attributed to uraniferous hydrothermal activity in sandstones. Petrographic and chemical analysis of alteration associated with the Phoenix Deposit shows two types of tourmaline, a pre-ore (Tur 1) in the basement, which is likely a metamorphic product (Tur1) and a syn-ore magnesiofoitite (Tur 2) in the basement and the sandstones. Three generations of chlorite are identified within the alteration halo of the Phoenix Deposit; an early Fe-rich clinochlore (C1) in the basement and sandstones, the second generation, Mg-rich sudoitic chlorite (C2) in the basement, and a late, sudoitic chlorite (C3) in the basement and sandstones. Illite shows three types; an early and late M1 and a late M2. M1 is found as two polytypes, 1Mc and 1Mt, in the basement and sandstones, with the 1Mt having a spatial relationship with the uranium deposit. Late M2 illite is coarse-grained and occurs in the basement and sandstones. Near Infrared (NIR) spectra of sandstones overlying the deposit shows absorption features between 600 and 700 nm. It is considered that these absorption features appear to have been produced during late hydrothermal activity and may have a temporal as well as spatial relationship with uranium mineralisation.

Author: Geological Association of Canada
Publisher: [Saskatoon] : GAC-MAC Saskatoon 2002 Local Organizing Committee
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Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Author: Charles J. Beshears
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Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Uranium -- geochemistry -- isotopes -- geology.

Author: Jonathan Cloutier
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Languages : en
Pages : 446

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A study of the Millennium and Eagle Point basement-hosted deposits was conducted to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the alteration in these two atypical uraniferous systems and to apply these findings in formulating effective exploration strategies. In addition, an investigation of the Wheeler River "apparently barren" sandstone-hosted alteration system was conducted to provide insights into the critical events needed in order to form sandstone-hosted unconformity-related deposits. At Millennium, the atypical alteration halo, wherein the inner chlorite halo is much smaller than other basement-hosted deposits, is the result of pervasive muscovite alteration of the basement rocks by Na-K-Fe basinal brines during the pre-ore stage at ca. 250°C. As alteration of the basement rocks progressed, the basinal brines acquired Ca, Fe and Mg while creating up to 20% voids in the basement rocks. Prior to the mineralizing event, the chemically modified basinal fluids formed a minor Fe-rich chamoisite halo that demarcates a redox front during the ca. 1590 Ma syn-ore stage, where uranium ore was precipitated. At Eagle Point, the atypical alteration halo, wherein dolomite and calcite alteration is more significant than other basement-hosted deposits, is the result of more intense pre-Athabasca Basin alteration. The Eagle Point deposit is also distinct by significant late remobilization of primary uraninite into secondary structures that occurred at ca. 535 Ma. At the Wheeler River "apparently barren" alteration system, the critical factor for the lack of uranium mineralization in the sandstone is the temporal relationship between the different fluids with the uranium-bearing oxidized basinal fluids present prior to the reduced chemically modified basinal fluids and reduced basement fluids. However, the possibility of a small basement-hosted uranium deposit at Wheeler River cannot be excluded because the sudoite-producing basement fluids may represent basinal brines that reacted with basement lithologies to become reducing and Mg-rich, and therefore may have precipitated uraninite during this process. The results of this study support the genetic model in which basinal fluids were likely the source of uranium deposits and that the basement fluids were unlikely significant sources of uranium in sandstone-hosted deposits.

Author: International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits. Symposium
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Category : Uranium mines and minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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