 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | basement-hosted unconformity-related U ores of the Athabasca Basin (Canada): late U remobilisation by meteoric fluids...unconformityrelated uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin (Saskatchewan, Canada) were affected by significant uranium...mineralogical zonation related to uranium oxides (pitchblende), sulphides, iron minerals (hematite and goethite)...Ma period during uplift and erosion of the Athabasca Basin when it was near the Equator and to have been...fronts. Keywords Redox . Front . Uranium . Athabasca . Canada . Remobilisation . Meteoric . Kaolinite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Sciences,University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,SaskatchewanS7N 0W0, Canada Ansrru,cr Chemical and U...paragenetically well-characterizeduraninite and pitchblende minerals from Proterozoic, high-grade U deposits...northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Ca and Si contents in samplesof pristine uraninite and pitchblende generallyincreasewith...U-Pb and chemical U-Pb agesof the uraninite and pitchblende minerals vary from 142 to 940 and 252 to 1389...contrast, 2o7Pb/2o6Pb ages for the uraninite and pitchblende minerals range between l0l8 and 1428 Ma, which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GeologicAppraisalof the Key Lake U-Ni Deposits, Northern Saskatchewan FR^NZJ. D^•LK^•V Abstract The Key Lake orebodies...basementwas coveredby more than 1,000 m of the Athabasca Formation. (6) Diageneticprocesses mobilizedand...Introduction Tnv. Key Lake deposits(Fig. 1) are locatedin northernSaskatchewan, Canada(lat 57ø 2' N, long...distributionof the crystalline basement rocks and the Athabasca Formation is shownin Figure 2. The traceof the...the new data presented line basement within the Athabasca Formation. here permit a betterunderstanding of |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY AND HELD IN SASKATOON, CANADA, 1-3 SEPTEMBER 1987 A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT ISSUED...1987 in Saskatoon, Canada. The meeting took place in the University of Saskatchewan, hosted by the Department...with Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada. Thirtysix technical papers were presented to a...and deposits and their geological framework in Canada and the USA, with analogies from other parts of...the University of Saskatchewan and Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada for hosting the meeting |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................................ 11 Saskatchewan...................................................12 Rabbit Lake deposit.............................................. 14 Cluff Lake.......................20 Key Lake deposits................................................ 22 Midwest Lake and other...other deposits in the Athabasca Formation.......28 Northern Territory.......................................51 Northern Saskatchewan................................................52 Charlebois Lake area...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | y-type UraniumDepositsin NorthernSaskatchewan, Canada JAN I-1OF•VF_ ^Xr• T•toxt.as T. I. StnB^r.r> Abstract...geology,mineralogy,and geochemistryof the Rabbit Lake deposit,located in the immediatevicinity of the...comparisonwith other unconformit?type depositsin the Athabasca Basin, a diagenetic-hydrothermal metallogeneticmodel...depositshave been discovered in Saskatchewan. 1977; Hoeve, 1977). the Athabasca Basin in northern Initial discoveries...at Rabbit In 1976the Saskatchewan GeologicalSurveyand Lake (1968) and Cluff Lake (1969), followeda fe•v |  | | Book | | Robertson J.A. (Blind River-Elliot Lake, Canada), Ruhrmann G. (Saskatchewan, Canada), Ruzicka V. (CSFR), Saucier... USA), Smith RB. (South Texas, USA), Tan H.B. (Canada), Thamm J. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Tauchid M....Uranium Deposits (Type 1, Chap. 4): Athabasca Basin Region, Canada......................................in Albitized Metasediments: Uranium City Region, Canada........................................ 137 5...Granite-Related Vein Uranium Deposits: Schwartzwalder Mine, Front Range, USA ............................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | review of the geochronology of the Precambrian of Saskatchewan some clues to uranium mineralization KEITH BELL...Geology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ABSTRACT. Assessment of available geochronological...whole-rock Rb-Sr data from several granitoid rocks of Saskatchewan, shows a close relationship between magmatic-metamorphic...unconformity-type deposits close to the contact between the Athabasca sediments and their basement. At least two metamorphisms...metamorphisms have affected the pre-Athabasca rocks: the Kenoran at about 2500 Ma ago, and the more pervasive |  | | Report (issue) | | BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA...particular the contributions of the late K. Kyser (Canada). The IAEA officer responsible for this publication...2.3. The Athabasca Basin Type area for classification................... 31 2.2.4. Cigar Lake deposit.............................. 63 2.3.2. Canada (Athabasca Basin) .......................................................... 64 2.3.3. Canada (other basins) ................................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SANDSTONE-HOSTED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AS NATURAL ANALOGS TO NUCLEAR FUEL WASTE DISPOSAL...Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Pinawa, Man. ROE 1LO (Canada) ( A c...Sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in n o r t h e r n Saskatchewan as natural analogs to nuclear fuel waste disposal...t y p e U deposits in the Athabasca Basin of n o r t h e r n Saskatchewan are discussed here in detail...Conditions for ore f o r m a t i o n in the Saskatchewan deposits were similar to those e x p e c t e |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | k Example CONGLOMERATES E l l i o t L a k e (Canada) Witwatersrand (S.A.) --Blackshales Ranstad (Sweden)...u - P o r p h y r y) 2. Pegmatites Bancroft(Canada) 1 H Y D R O T H EIRMAL VEINS Schwar tzwalder...Alligator River (Australia) R a b b i t L a k e (Canada) 1 1 SANDSTONES Western USA A r I it_(N i..9e...n i u m deposit M a d a w a s k a in Bancroft, Canada. 1 1 1+2, (USA) 1 Da. 1/1977 I T h e different...(Knipping, 1974), even the veinlike types such as Rabbit Lake. 3. TERTIARY OCCURRENCES The metallogenesis of |  | | Report (issue) | | Geologic setting of Jabiluka, Australia and Cigar Lake, Canada ......... 16 2.1.3. Ore geometry and metallogenesis...Uranium resources and production in Witwatersrand basin................. 39 Vein type (granite related U...(McArthur River, Rabbit Lake, Eagle Point, McClean Lake, Dominique-Peter in Canada; Jabiluka, Ranger, Nabarlek...(Cigar Lake, Key Lake, Collins Bay A, B and D zones, Midwest, McClean, Cluff Lake D in Canada). 2. Sandstone...Sossego in South America; Michelin and Sue-Dianne in Canada. 4. Quartzpebble conglomerate deposits: Detrital |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization in the Beaverlodge Area, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada S. Dieng, K. Kyser,† and L. Godin Department...Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract The Beaverlodge area in Saskatchewan, Canada, hosts numerous fault-controlled...resulted in formation of the Martin Lake basin, a successor basin filled with ca. 5 km of arkose, conglomerates...mafic dikes. Overlying the Martin Lake basin are outliers of the Athabasca Formation associated with the...near 230°C. Subsequent erosion of the Athabasca and Martin Lake basin rocks and weathering of the deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BOOMERANG LAKE PROSPECT, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA* GORDON I. DAVIDSON** Urangesellschaft Canada,Ltd....CanadaM4W 1A8 AND SUNIL S. GANDHI GeologicalSurveyof Canada, 601 BoothStreet,Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaKiA OE8...by Wright (1967) at a scaleof similarAthabasca basin(Knipping,1974). Intensity 1:1,000,000, whereasportionsof...prohibitedsince1930 similarities with the better known Athabasca basin (Fig. 1). This is also reflected in the discoveriesto...(Bundrock,1981; Clark et 360,000 metric tons U (Saskatchewan Geological al., 1982; Miller and LeCheminant |  | | Report (issue) | | United States of America........................... Canada............................................. Mexi...quartz-pebble conglomerate at the Elliot Lake-Blind River area, Canada (average grade 0.12 percent U30s), and...and at the Witwatersrand basin area in the Republic of South Africa (average grade 0.025 percent U308)...cobalt and silver in the Northwest Territories of Canada, for radium and vanadium in Colorado, and for silver...minerals (pitchblende and uraninite) occur either in extensive bedded deposits of pitchblende in sedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | yof Alteration Associatedwith the Key Lake Uranium Deposit, Canada M. R. WILSON* AND T. K. KYSER Department...University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaS7N0WO Abstract The Key Lake uraniumdepositoccurswithin...Archean granitoid THE Key Lake unconformity-typeuranium deposit Introduction Saskatchewan at the southgneissesand...sandstoneswithin a steeply dip- basal unit of the Athabasca Group, the Manitou ping shearzone that can be...constrainthe originof the pitchblende, "sooty" pitchblende and cof[inite positsin Saskatchewan commonlyassociatedwith |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | majorore-bearing units (upper graphite schists,main mine schists,and lower mine schistsII), which contain beddedcarbonates...severalmajordeposits in a similarsettingin the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan estab- standingof the genesisof...documentation, ization in both the Alligator Rivers and Athabasca sentedhere (Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5, below) presentreof...guson(1980),and Binnset al. (1980aand b). Eupene McArthur basin. The Kombolgie Formation com(1980)alsogivesan excellentsummaryof...Associates, 3 Harcroft Road, Toronto, Ontario M6S 2V8, Canada. thickness is in excess of 500 m. The Edith River |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the polymetallic veins at Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Canadian Shield Sunil S. Gandhi, Eric...the polymetallic veins at Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Canadian Shield, Ore Geology Reviews...the polymetallic veins at Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Canadian Shield Sunil S. Gandhi1, Eric...Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1V 9T3, deceased 2 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0E8, eric.potter@canada.ca * Corresponding author 3 Department of Geological |  | | Report (issue) | | Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada kyser@geol.queensu.ca and Michel Cuney G2R, Nancy-Université...Nancy, France michel.cuney@g2r.uhp-nancy.fr the pitchblende led to the discovery of Po and Ra shortly thereafter...precipitated a yellow compound by dissolving pitchblende in nitric acid and neutralizing the solution...(Becquerel 1896). Realization that U isolated from pitchblende was less radioactive than Short course co-sponsored...engineered. Once an ore deposit is discovered, a mine is developed and U extracted by a variety of mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N OWO,Canada * Branch of Isotope Geology,...80225, U.S.A. 3 Saskatchewan Research Council, 30 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N OWO,Canada (Received November...with Middle Proterozoic Athabasca unconformity-type U deposits in Saskatchewan range from 4 14 to 1493...preserved, thereby reflecting the original values Athabasca unconformity-type uranium deposits in of the ore-forming...ore-forming fluid (e.g. SHEPPARDet al., 1971; Saskatchewan, Canada, are used to delineate the nature SHEPPARD |  | | Report (issue) | | 1970, has gathered and exchanged information on key questions of uranium geology and co-ordinated investigations...the Carswell structure on the Athabasca Plateau (Northern Saskatchewan) - Comparison with other deposits... M. Moreau, F. Tona The Pandanus Creek uranium mine, Northern Territory, Australia ......... 77 B...Geology and genesis of uranium deposits at the Pitch Mine, Saguache County, Colorado .......................th- Carswell structure on the Athabasca Plateau (Northern Saskatchewan) - Comparison with other deposits |  | Chi, G., Li, Z., Chu, H., Bethune, K. M., Quirt, D. H., Ledru, P., Normand, C., Card, C., Bosman, S., Davis, W. J., Potter, E. G. (2018) A SHALLOW-BURIAL MINERALIZATION MODEL FOR THE UNCONFORMITY-RELATED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE ATHABASCA BASIN. Economic Geology, 113 (5) 1209-1217 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4588 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNCONFORMITY-RELATED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE ATHABASCA BASIN G. Chi,1,† Z. Li,1 H. Chu,1,2 K. M. Bethune...Geology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada 2 China 3 Orano University of Geosciences...Beijing 10083, China Canada Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 3X5, Canada 4 Saskatchewan Geological Survey...Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2C8, Canada 5 Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada Abstract...U deposits associated with the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin are among the largest and richest U deposits |  | | Book | | * GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CANADIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION m...Cook GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CANADIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION *>...*> ****** ©Geological Association of Canada Printed in Canada This publication is available by mail...the following staff of the Geological Survey of Canada: Editors: R. I. Thompson; Cordilleran Division...geological discovery and development in western Canada is highlighted in this volume of field guides. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unconformity-Type Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada P. ALEXANDRE,†,* K. KYSER, P. POLITO, Department...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 AND D. THOMAS Cameco Corporation, 2121...2121, 11th Street West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7M 1J3 Abstract Unconformity-type uranium deposits...deposits at Rabbit Lake, Dawn Lake, and McArthur River, in the Athabasca basin of Canada, which are hosted...uranium from the overlying sandstones of the Athabasca Formation and transported it into the basement |  | Li, Zenghua, Chi, Guoxiang, Bethune, Kathryn M., Thomas, David, Zaluski, Gerard (2017) Structural Controls on Fluid Flow During Compressional Reactivation of Basement Faults: Insights from Numerical Modeling for the Formation of Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada. Economic Geology, 112 (2) 451-466 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.2.451 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada Zenghua Li,1,† Guoxiang Chi,1 Kathryn M...Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada 2 Cameco Corporation, 11th Street West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7M...1J3, Canada Abstract The unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca basin, Canada, are generally...with reactivated basement faults crosscutting the basin-basement unconformity. Two-dimensional (2-D) numerical...along the fault zone into the sandstone in the basin, whereas at a relatively high bulk shortening stage |
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