Latitude: 46°7'12"N
Longitude: 7°0'5"E
Indice d'uranium de La Creusa (La Creusaz), Les Marécottes, Val du Trient, Valais (Wallis), Suisse (Schweiz; Svizzera)
A series of pitchblende veins occurring at the contact between the Vallorcine granite and adjacent gneisses, close to the last hair-pin bend of the road leading up to La Creusaz. Several of the veins were uncovered and trenched during the 1970's, and an extensive exploration gallery was excavated.
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References
- Meisser, N., Brugger, J., and Lahaye, Y. (2002): Mineralogy and acid-mine drainage of La Creusaz uranium prospect, Switzerland. In B. Kríbek and J. Zeeman, Eds., Uranium Deposits: 147-150. Czech Geological Survey, Prague.
- Pfeifer, H.-R., et al. (1994): Uranium-enrichment in soils and plants in the vicinity of a pitchblende vein at La Creusaz/Les Marécottes (W of Martigny, Valais, Switzerland). Eclogae geol. Helv. 87/2, 491-501.
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