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Uraninite from Gabon

Gabon
 
  • Haut-Ogooué Province
    • Léboumbi-Leyou Department
Utsunomiya, S., Deditius, A. P., Pointeau, V., & Ewing, R. C. (2008). Coffinite and ningyoite from the natural nuclear reactor at Bangombe, Gabon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(12suppl. 1), A968.
Jensen, K.A., Palenik, C.S., and Ewing, R.C. (2002) U 6+ phases in the weathering zone of the Bangombe U-deposit: observed and predicted mineralogy. Radiochim. Acta: 90: 761-769.
Jensen, K. A. & Ewing, R. C. (2001): The Okelobondo natural fission reactor, southeast Gabon: geology, mineralogy, and retardation of nuclear-reaction products. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 113, 32-62.
Janusz Janeczek (1999) Mineralogy and geochemistry of natural fission reactors in Gabon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, MSA, v. 38, p. 321-392
Janeczek, J., & Ewing, R. (1996). Phosphatian coffinite with rare earth elements and Ce-rich françoisite-(Nd) from sandstone beneath a natural fission reactor at Bangombé, Gabon. Mineralogical Magazine, 60(4), 665-669.
Eberly, P., Janeczek, J., & Ewing, R. (1994). Precipitation of uraninite in chlorite-bearing veins of the hydrothermal alteration zone (argile de pile) of the natural nuclear reactor at Bangombe, Republic of Gabon. In MRS Proceedings (Vol. 353, p. 1195). Cambridge University Press.
Lena Z. Evins, Keld A. Jensen, Rodney C. Ewing, Uraninite recrystallization and Pb loss in the Oklo and Bangombé natural fission reactors, Gabon, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 69, Issue 6, 15 March 2005, Pages 1589-1606, ISSN 0016-7037, 10.1016/j.gca.2004.07.013.
      • Mounana
Utsunomiya, S., & Ewing, R. C. (2006). The fate of the epsilon phase (Mo-Ru-Pd-Tc-Rh) in the UO2 of the Oklo natural fission reactors. Radiochimica Acta, 94(9-11), 749-753.
Janusz Janeczek (1999) Mineralogy and geochemistry of natural fission reactors in Gabon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, MSA, v. 38, p. 321-392
Dymkov, Y., Holliger, P., Pagel, M., Gorshkov, A., and Artyukhina A. (1997): Characterization of a La-Ce-Sr-Ca aluminous hydroxy phosphate in nuclear zone 13 in the Oklo uranium deposit (Gabon). Mineralium Deposita, 32, 617-620.
Econ Geol (1989) 84:2286-2295
Lena Z. Evins, Keld A. Jensen, Rodney C. Ewing, Uraninite recrystallization and Pb loss in the Oklo and Bangombé natural fission reactors, Gabon, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 69, Issue 6, 15 March 2005, Pages 1589-1606, ISSN 0016-7037, 10.1016/j.gca.2004.07.013.
Keld Alstrup Jensen and Rodney C. Ewing (2001) The Okélobondo natural fission reactor, southeast Gabon: Geology, mineralogy, and retardation of nuclear-reaction products. GSA Bulletin v. 113 no. 1 p. 32-62
Janusz Janeczek (1999) Mineralogy and geochemistry of natural fission reactors in Gabon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, MSA, v. 38, p. 321-392
 
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