One quarter of the total world uranium production comes from uniquely rich deposits in the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan.
References
- Jefferson, C.W., Thomas, D.J., Gandhi, S.S., Ramaekers, P., Delaney, G., Brisbin, D., Cutts, C., Portella, P., and Olson, R.A. (2007): Unconformity-associated uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, and Alberta; in EXTECH IV: Geology and Uranium EXploration TECHnology of the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta, (ed.) C.W. Jefferson and G. Delaney; Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 588, p.23-68. (also at http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/mindep/synth_dep/uranium/index_e.php)
- Alexandre, P. et al. (2009): Mineralium Deposita, 44, 41-60.
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