 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALONG THE P2 FAULT AND MCARTHUR RIVER URANIUM DEPOSIT, ATHABASCA BASIN, CANADA ERIN E. ADLAKHA AND KEIKO...University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N6N5, Canada ABSTRACT The P2 fault, a 13 km-long steeply dipping...the McArthur River uranium deposit in the eastern Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Three...peak metamorphism but before deposition of the Athabasca sandstones, whereas magnesio-foitite is a product...in proximity to the Zone 2 ore body of the McArthur River deposit. In the ore zone, the assemblage occurs |  | | 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...members ......................... 28 2.2.3. The Athabasca Basin Type area for classification................................................. 33 2.2.5. McArthur River deposit ................................................................ 63 2.3.2. Canada (Athabasca Basin) ..................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals below and within the eastern Athabasca Basin, Canada Erin E. Adlakha1,2,*, Keiko Hattori2, Mitchell...923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences... 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University of New...5A3, Canada Abstract Titanium oxide minerals along the P2 fault in the eastern Athabasca Basin are characterized...occurs with an assemblage of oxy-dravite, quartz, graphite, zircon, pyrite, biotite, and muscovite. In quartzite |  | Pascal, Marjolaine, Boiron, Marie-Christine, Ansdell, Kevin, Annesley, Irvine R., Kotzer, Tom, Jiricka, Dan, Cuney, Michel (2016) Fluids preserved in variably altered graphitic pelitic schists in the Dufferin Lake Zone, south-central Athabasca Basin, Canada: implications for graphite loss and uranium deposition. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (5) 619-636 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0628-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lake Zone, south-central Athabasca Basin, Canada: implications for graphite loss and uranium deposition...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract The Athabasca Basin (Canada) contains the highest grade unconformity-type...uranium deposits in the world. Underlying the Athabasca Group sedimentary rocks of the Dufferin Lake Zone...paleoweathering and/or later fluid interaction. Overall, graphite was lost from the RGZ and the bleached zone relative...fluids could be the result of the breakdown of graphite to CH4 +CO2, whereas N2-rich Editorial handling: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | association with the McArthur River uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada† Erin E. Adlakha1...Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada Abstract The Athabasca Basin hosts world class uranium deposits...deposits, such as the McArthur River deposit. This paper presents the occurrence of aluminum phosphate-sulfate...P2 fault, the main ore-hosting fault of the McArthur River deposit. It compares the APS minerals along...study, and those from other deposits of the Athabasca Basin and from other Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic basins |  | | 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...Rabbit Lake, Dawn Lake, and McArthur River, in the Athabasca basin of Canada, which are hosted by the metamorphic...uranium from the overlying sandstones of the Athabasca Formation and transported it into the basement |  | Richard, Antonin, Boulvais, Philippe, Mercadier, Julien, Boiron, Marie-Christine, Cathelineau, Michel, Cuney, Michel, France-Lanord, Christian (2013) From evaporated seawater to uranium-mineralizing brines: Isotopic and trace element study of quartz–dolomite veins in the Athabasca system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 113. 38-59 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | element study of quartz–dolomite veins in the Athabasca system Antonin Richard a,b,⇑, Philippe Boulvais...unconformity-related UO2 (uraninite) ores in the Athabasca Basin (Canada) in order to trace the evolution of pristine...the mineralizing brines originated from brine–graphite interactions in the basement. The resulting slight...by protracted fluid–rock interaction within the basin and basement rocks. The negative dD shift is attributed...Fisher–Tropsch-like reactions involving CO2 derived from brine–graphite interaction in the basement, and radiolytic H2 |  | Derome, D., Cathelineau, M., Cuney, M., Fabre, C., Lhomme, T., Banks, D. A. (2005) Mixing of Sodic and Calcic Brines and Uranium Deposition at McArthur River, Saskatchewan, Canada: A Raman and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopic Study of Fluid Inclusions. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1529-1545 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1529 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brines and Uranium Deposition at McArthur River, Saskatchewan, Canada: A Raman and Laser-Induced Breakdown...The richest U deposit in Saskatchewan, Canada, occurs in the McArthur River area, in the vicinity of...of quartz cementation and U deposition at the McArthur deposit. Introduction UNCONFORMITY-TYPE uranium...have been discovered in the Athabasca basin, northern Saskatchewan, Canada (Fig. 1), since the Rabbit...unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca basin (modified from Ruzicka, 1986). 1529 1530 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unconformity-related uranium deposits (Athabasca basin, Canada) have been analyzed by Raman spectrometry...inclusion; uranium deposit; gas; radiolysis; Athabasca basin 1. Introduction Trace gases in fluid inclusions...unconformity-related U deposits in the Athabasca basin (Canada). H2 and O2 have been interpreted as resulting...of H2 and O2 has been demonstrated for the McArthur River deposit, as fluid inclusions located at more...more debatable origin; water-rock interaction in graphite-bearing meta-pelites being the most frequently |  | Cloutier, J., Kyser, K., Olivo, G. R., Alexandre, P., Halaburda, J. (2009) The Millennium Uranium Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada: An Atypical Basement-Hosted Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposit. Economic Geology, 104 (6) 815-840 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.6.815 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Millennium Uranium Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada: An Atypical Basement-Hosted Unconformity-Related...Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 2 Cameco Corporation, 2121, 11th Street West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7M...in the other basementhosted deposits of the Athabasca basin. The preore stage consists of early minor clinochlore...basement rocks prior to the deposition of the Athabasca basin. This clinochlore event is followed by an extensive...some other basement-hosted deposits in the Athabasca basin where basement-derived fluid influx was more |  | Mercadier, Julien, Richard, Antonin, Boiron, Marie-Christine, Cathelineau, Michel, Cuney, Michel (2010) Migration of brines in the basement rocks of the Athabasca Basin through microfracture networks (P-Patch U deposit, Canada) Lithos, 115 (1) 121-136 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.11.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks of the Athabasca Basin through microfracture networks (P-Patch U deposit, Canada) Julien Mercadier...Uranium Athabasca a b s t r a c t The unconformity-type uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin (Saskatchewan...(Saskatchewan, Canada) are hosted near the unconformity between a middle Proterozoic intracratonic sedimentary...sedimentary basin and an Archean to PaleoProterozoic metamorphic and plutonic basement. These deposits, which...stress field direction acting before and after the basin formation. Moreover, the brine circulations in the |  | Alexandre, Paul, Kyser, Kurt, Thomas, Dave, Polito, Paul, Marlat, Jim (2009) Geochronology of unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada and their integration in the evolution of the basin. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (1) 41-59 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0153-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada and their integration in the evolution of the basin Paul Alexandre...sediment-hosted unconformity-related deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada. Post-peak metamorphic cooling during the...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6 e-mail: alexandre@geol.queensu.ca K. Kyser...Corporation, 2121, 11th Street West, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7M 1J3 D. Thomas e-mail: dave_thomas@cameco.com...maximum age for the formation of the overlying Athabasca Basin. Pre-ore alteration occurred simultaneously |  | Bruce, Matt, Kreuzer, Oliver, Wilde, Andy, Buckingham, Amanda, Butera, Kristin, Bierlein, Frank (2020) Unconformity-Type Uranium Systems: A Comparative Review and Predictive Modelling of Critical Genetic Factors. Minerals, 10 (9) 738 doi:10.3390/min10090738 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | provinces, the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada (>650,000 t U3 O8 ), and the NW McArthur Basin in the...of further investigation. Keywords: Athabasca Basin; McArthur Basin; unconformity-type uranium; mineral...Mesoproterozoic clastic cover rocks of intracratonic basin affinity [1,2]. The group of unconformity-type uranium...are found in and below the Athabasca Basin (Figure 1b) of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a total endowment of...of >650,000 t U3 O8 , and the NW McArthur Basin (Figure 1e) of the Northern Territory, Australia, with |  | Dargent, Maxime, Truche, Laurent, Dubessy, Jean, Bessaque, Gilles, Marmier, Hervé (2015) Reduction kinetics of aqueous U(VI) in acidic chloride brines to uraninite by methane, hydrogen or C-graphite under hydrothermal conditions: Implications for the genesis of unconformity-related uranium ore deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 167. 11-26 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.06.027 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brines to uraninite by methane, hydrogen or C-graphite under hydrothermal conditions: Implications for...supposed to be involved in the reaction: H2, CH4, C-graphite and dissolved Fe(II). Results demonstrate the...the great efficiency of H2, CH4 and C-graphite to reduce U(VI)(aq) into uraninite in acidic chloride brines...Times needed for H2 (1.4 bar), CH4 (2.4 bar) and C-graphite (water/carbon mass ratio = 10) to reduce 1 mM...of the electron donor, have been derived: EaC-graphite = 155 ± 3 kJ mol1, EaCH4 = 143 ± 6 kJ mol1, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARROW URANIUM DEPOSIT, SOUTHWESTERN ATHABASCA BASIN, SASKATCHEWAN DANIELE CERIN Department of Geological...Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada JENS GÖTZE TU Bergakademie...Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada ABSTRACT Radiation-induced...Radiation-induced damage in quartz from the overlying Athabasca Supergroup sandstones and the basement host rocks...deposit in the southwestern margin of the Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, has been investigated by electron paramagnetic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unconformity-Related McArthur River Zone 4 Orebody in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: Implications of a Silicified...University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract The McArthur River unconformity-related uranium deposit...margin of the Proterozoic Athabasca basin in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, contains both basement-hosted...with the intrusion of the Mackenzie dikes into the basin, followed by alteration of uraninite to coffinite...into the overlying strata. Introduction The McArthur River unconformity-related uranium deposit is situated |  | Pascal, Marjolaine, Ansdell, Kevin, Annesley, Irvine R., Kotzer, Tom, Jiricka, Dan (2016) Graphite-Bearing Pelitic Schists and Their Altered Equivalents In the Dufferin Lake Zone, South-Central Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan: Constraints On Graphite Formation and Destruction, and Implications For Uranium Mineralization. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (6) 1459-1491 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1459-1491 (2016) DOI: 10.3749/canmin.1600004 GRAPHITE-BEARING PELITIC SCHISTS AND THEIR ALTERED EQUIVALENTS...LAKE ZONE, SOUTH-CENTRAL ATHABASCA BASIN, SASKATCHEWAN: CONSTRAINTS ON GRAPHITE FORMATION AND DESTRUCTION...University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5E2, Canada TOM KOTZER‡ Cameco...Office, 1503 Fletcher Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7M 5S5, Canada DAN JIRICKA¶ D.E Jiricka Enterprises...Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7V 1A1, Canada ABSTRACT Unconformity-type uranium deposits from the Athabasca Basin |  | Adlakha, Erin E., Hattori, Keiko, Davis, William J., Boucher, Brandon (2017) Characterizing fluids associated with the McArthur River U deposit, Canada, based on tourmaline trace element and stable (B, H) isotope compositions. Chemical Geology, 466. 417-435 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.06.030 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characterizing fluids associated with the McArthur River U deposit, Canada, based on tourmaline trace element...K1N6N5, Canada Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street Complex, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada Department...New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB, Canada A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...of fluids responsible for U deposits of the Athabasca Basin have been in debate. This study presents the...nature of fluids during the mineralization of the McArthur River U deposit, the world's largest high-grade U |  | | Report (chapter) | | unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada STEVEN EARLE Grasswood Geoscience...Acres Rd., Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5 W9, Canada (e-maih geosei@home.com) Abstract: Sampling glacially...unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The technique works well...samples from within the eastern part of the Athabasca Basin, has been compiled. Sampling and analytical...distributions show clear correlations with both basin-scale features, such as stratigraphical variation |  | Gaboreau, S., Cuney, M., Quirt, D., Beaufort, D., Patrier, P., Mathieu, R. (2007) Significance of aluminum phosphate-sulfate minerals associated with U unconformity-type deposits: The Athabasca basin, Canada. American Mineralogist, 92 (2) 267-280 doi:10.2138/am.2007.2277 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with U unconformity-type deposits: The Athabasca basin, Canada STÉPHANE GABOREAU,1,2,* MICHEL CUNEY,3...Resources Inc., P.O. Box 9204, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X5, Canada 5 COGEMA-BUM-DEX, 2 rue Paul Dautier, BP 4, F 78141...phosphate-sulfate (APS) minerals formed around the Athabasca unconformity-type deposits and those from their...(principally monazite) in the basement rocks and in the basin during the syn-ore alteration processes. The S/Sr...from a similar diagenetic reservoir in both the Athabasca and Kombolgie regions. The trioctahedral chlorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Queenʼs University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada ABSTRACT Uraninite grains from two sites of unconformity-type...high-grade basement-hosted McArthur River deposit and the sediment-hosted Virgin River prospect in the Paleoproterozoic...Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, were investigated with a scanning electron...chemical ages, Athabasca Basin, unconformity-type uranium deposits, Saskatchewan, Canada. SOMMAIRE Des...teneur élevée de McArthur River, situé dans le socle, et la minéralisation de Virgin River, située dans les |  | Richard, Antonin, Banks, David A., Mercadier, Julien, Boiron, Marie-Christine, Cuney, Michel, Cathelineau, Michel (2011) An evaporated seawater origin for the ore-forming brines in unconformity-related uranium deposits (Athabasca Basin, Canada): Cl/Br and δ37Cl analysis of fluid inclusions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (10) 2792-2810 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.026 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unconformity-related uranium deposits (Athabasca Basin, Canada): Cl/Br and d37Cl analysis of fluid inclusions...uranium deposits from the Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Basin (Canada) were performed in order to determine the...during its migration towards the base of the Athabasca sandstones; (iii) leaching of chloride from biotites...chloride in uranium ore-forming brines of the Athabasca Basin has an unambiguous dominantly marine origin...evidence for evaporative environments in the Athabasca Basin are lacking due to the erosion of 80% of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Haystack Uranium exploration continues in the Athabasca Basin. Powering up Predicted uranium demand is...THERE. ORE | The official publication of the Saskatchewan Mining Associationspring/summer 2013 Drum...Courtesy: AREVA ORE is produced solely by the Saskatchewan Mining Association. HEAD OFFICE Suite 1500 2002...2002 Victoria Avenue Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0R7 Telephone: (306) 757-9505 Fax: (306) 569-1085 Contents...Communications Inc. 505-230 22nd Street East Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 0E9 Wherever there is drilling & digging |  | Richard, Antonin, Rozsypal, Christophe, Mercadier, Julien, Banks, David A., Cuney, Michel, Boiron, Marie-Christine, Cathelineau, Michel (2012) Giant uranium deposits formed from exceptionally uranium-rich acidic brines. Nature Geoscience, 5 (2) 142-146 doi:10.1038/ngeo1338 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Mesoproterozoic era, 1.6–1.0 Gyr ago, in both Canada and Australia. The deposits are thought to have...fluid inclusions in ore deposits from the Athabasca Basin, Canada. We measure concentrations of uranium in...for the high uranium content observed in the Athabasca deposits, we find that the brines must have been...Unconformity-related U deposits from the Proterozoic Athabasca (Canada) and Kombolgie (Australia) basins show spectacular...spatially associated with the intersection of graphite- and sulphide-rich basement-rooted faults and |  | Sheahan, C., Fayek, M., Quirt, D., Jefferson, C. W. (2016) A Combined Ingress-Egress Model for the Kianna Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposit, Shea Creek Project, Athabasca Basin, Canada. Economic Geology, 111 (1) 225-257 doi:10.2113/econgeo.111.1.225 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Uranium Deposit, Shea Creek Project, Athabasca Basin, Canada C. Sheahan,1,† M. Fayek,1 D. Quirt,2 and...Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada 2AREVA 3Geological Resources Canada Inc., 810 45th St. W, Saskatoon...Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X5, Canada Survey of Canada Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada, Rm 659-601 Booth...Booth, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada Abstract The Kianna deposit is an unconformity-related uranium deposit...deposit in the western Athabasca Basin, hosting mineralization in three zones: (1) perched in sandstone |
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