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Magnesite from
Rabbit Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnesite
Formula:MgCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rabbit Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1207258
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1207258:7
GUID (UUID V4):4d5bf2f6-ba05-4151-98a7-426febd4acc1
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........................................ 11 Saskatchewan......................................................12 Rabbit Lake deposit.............................................. 14 Cluff Lake..................20 Key Lake deposits................................................ 22 Midwest Lake and other deposits...deposits in the Athabasca Formation.......28 Northern Territory.........................................51 Northern Saskatchewan................................................52 Charlebois Lake area......
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metasomatic eventwhichproduceddrusyquartzveins,magnesite anddolomiteveining and replacement,and intenseveiningand...majorore-bearing units (upper graphite schists,main mine schists,and lower mine schistsII), which contain beddedcarbonates...coarse granoblastic and porphyroblastic textureof magnesite and dolomitemarblesin beddedCahill carbonate and...quartzadiacentto mineralizedbrecciasindicate that magnesite is not the productof metasomatic alterationbut...severalmajordeposits in a similarsettingin the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan estab- standingof the genesisof
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data sets collected at the Ranger 1 No. 3 uranium mine, in the Northern Territory of Australia, show a...regional variation in clay mineralogy in the Athabasca Sandstone in the Shea Creek region and to draw...Resources Australia (ERA) at the Ranger 1 No. 3 Mine allows us to visualise these variations in element...separating crystalline basement from overlying basin sediments and metasediment (Dahlkamp 1993). Around...found in two main districts: the Athabasca Uranium Field in Canada and the East Alligator River Uranium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basement-hosted uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada and recent remobilization of primary...2010 # Springer-Verlag 2010 Abstract The Athabasca Basin hosts many world-class unconformity-related...temporally distinct alteration stages: a pre-Athabasca alteration, a main alteration and mineralization...from primary to secondary structures. The pre-Athabasca alteration stage consists of minor amounts of...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada e-mail: cloutier@students.geol.queensu.ca D. Brisbin
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
Report (issue)
other environments in mind (Rabbit Lake, Cluff Lake, and Key Lake, Saskatchewan and Koongara, Northern Territory)...experience and dozens of discoveries in Australia and Canada? Models of many types are being developed today...discovered to date In the Northern Territory and in Saskatchewan are proposed as recognition criteria (Table...granitic rocks in Northern Territory and in Saskatchewan are Archean, but I see no geochemical reasons...and around the deposits, as shown by chlorite, magnesite, and other magnesium minerals. follow graphitic
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
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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 .............................
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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) .................................................
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MCARTHUR RIVER AND SUE ZONE URANIUM DEPOSITS, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA MOSTAFA FAYEK§ Department of Geological...Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada LEE R. RICIPUTI Oak Ridge National Laboratory...unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, demonstrates that at the microscale...geochronology, fluid-circulation events, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. § E-mail addresses: mfayek@utk.edu...discordants d’uranium du bassin d’Athabasca, au Saskatchewan, démontre qu’à un échelle microscopique, ces
Report (issue)
marked by replacement zones and veins of chlorite, magnesite-dolomite and quartz has been superimposed on the...associated with a Proterozoic unconformity. In Saskatchewan, in a second, recently discovered province,...of the Athabasca Formation. Pagel's work (3) has suggested that silicification of the Athabasca sands...minerals of the Rabbit Lake (Saskatchewan) uranium deposit ~ located immediately below the Athabasca formation...Australia) and of the Athabascan sands (Saskatchewan, Canada) and their importance for the transport
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Alteration at the Wheeler River Area, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada: Insights into the Apparently Uranium-Barren... Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 Abstract Previous studies on Athabasca basin unconformity-related...of 1907 Ma that is older age than both the Athabasca basin and the main mineralization event of 1590 Ma...unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca basin, Canada, account for about one-third of the global...primarily hosted in the clastic sediments of the Athabasca Group immediately above the unconformity or in
Report (issue)
lithologic contacts. The No. 1 orebody is in a basin-like structure about 400 m wide that probably formed...years since they were first recognized at Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan, unconformity-type deposits have become...deposits have been drilled out, but only the Rabbit Lake deposit has been systematically mapped and has...of the Ranger deposits. Our studies at the Ranger mine included only the general description of lithology...providing information. Mr. Michael J. Danielson, Ranger mine geologist, assisted us during our visit, and Mr
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...(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
Report (issue)
schists, quartz-muscovite schists, dolomite and magnesite marbles, rare quartzites, and jasperoid units...other rocks of pelitic composition (Upper Mine Schists, Main Mine Series Schists, etc.) T = chloritized...of ore in the chloritized intervals of the Lower Mine Series marbles (Nash and Frishman, 1983). This "significant...unconformityvein deposits like those in the Athabasca Basin in Canada? If there is a genetic link between phosphorus...Formation in the Dubawnt - Baker Lake region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (L. W. Curtis, written communication
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Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada kyser@geol.queensu.ca and Michel Cuney G2R, Nancy-Université...engineered. Once an ore deposit is discovered, a mine is developed and U extracted by a variety of mining...uraninite. Major deposits occur in the Athabasca Basin in Canada and the Alligator River region of Australia... the Paterson Basin in Western Australia (McKay & Miezitis 2001) and the Thelon Basin in 6 300000...extensional basins Rift/back arc basins Arc/Marginal Basin Alkaline complexes Rift/back arc basins Intracratonic
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 500 EXPLORING FOR MINERALS IN ALBERTA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA GEOSCIENCE...GEOSCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS, CANADA-ALBERTA AGREEMENT ON MINERAL DEVELOPMENT (1992-1995) Edited by R - W. Macqueen...SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 500 EXPLORING FOR MINERALS IN ALBERTA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA GEOSCIENCE...GEOSCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS, CANADA-ALBERTA AGREEMENT ON MINERAL DEVELOPMENT (1992-1995) Edited by R. W. Macqueen...Queen in Right of Canada, 1997 Catalogue No. M42-500E ISBN 0-660-16725-5 Available in Canada from Geological
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reasons for the approach taken Mineral deposit or mine? A genetic model as the basis for exploration The...Northern Territory, Australia and Northern Saskatchewan, Canada Sandstone-hosted uranium deposits of the...iron-formation Enriched haematite ore deposits The Hamersley Basin - an example of banded iron-formation and associated...many geologists who have given their time during mine visits and responded to our queries. We have benefited...Decline Doline A downward inclined tunnel into a mine or potential ore body. A funnel-shaped depression
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COLIN E. DUNN Consulting Geochemist Sidney, BC, Canada Amsterdam  Boston  Heidelberg  London  New...and semi-arid . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern basin and range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...47 48 49 50 51 52 52 52 VI Contents Southern basin and range, and desert of the southwestern USA and.... . . . . . . . . . Canada: La Ronge and Glennie Domains, Northern Saskatchewan . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Zone – Jolu Mine – La Ronge Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologists, Inc. Economic Geology, v. 107, pp. 401–425 Basin Evolution and Unconformity-Related Uranium Mineralization:...Camie River U Prospect, Paleoproterozoic Otish Basin, Quebec S. R. BEYER,1,† K. KYSER,1 E. E. HIATT,2...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 2 Department 3 Anglo of Geology, University...West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7M 1J3 Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Otish Basin, Quebec, hosts...is the focus of an integrated basin analysis in the western Otish Basin. Conglomerate and sandstone of
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...1943) (e.g., Blind River-Elliot Lake area and other areas in Canada; Greenland, Australia, Africa, India
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unconformity with the Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic McArthur Basin. AC The sites of uranium mineralisation and associated...schists of the Upper Mine Sequence in the Cahill Formation. (2) Silicification of Lower Mine Sequence carbonate...‘paleoregolith’ zone in basement beneath the McArthur Basin exhibits depletion of about half of its uranium...observations suggest this zone is a regional subMcArthur Basin alteration zone produced by interaction with diagenetic...paleo-weathering zone before the deposition of the McArthur Basin, as previously suggested. Based on these results
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theNorthem Territory, Australia, andSaskatchewan, Canada. In the and Muir, 1980;Wilde and Wall, 1987;Wilde...withintheArchcan basementtype ground waters within thick basin sandstones overlain bycon(Binnset al.,1980;McAndrew...theobserved alteration; second to model,using magnesite, andsiderite. For plagioclase we usedpurealbite...unconformity-type uraniumdeposits. ß ARUF o Rabbit Lake ß Salton Sea ß oil-field brines Composition...unconformity-type uranium the middle of the McArthur basin (Wilde et al., 1989). The deposits. Thermalanomalies
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Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 JIM MARLATT, Cameco Corporation, 2121 11th Street W., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 ZIA BAJWAH, Northern Territory Geological...Corporation, 2121 11th Street W., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7M 1J3 Abstract The Proterozoic Nabarlek...Nabarlek are devoid of massive bedded dolomite or magnesite and only traces of carbonaceous material occur...recognized. Local Geology The oldest lithologies in the mine area are the Paleoproterozoic Myra Falls Metamorphics
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progressive reduction in the permeability of the channels basin ward. This yields a district-wide trapping mechanism...also be derived from the upper reaches of a river basin, where any of the rock types listed in Table 2 may...subsequent sedimentary cover, as at Beaverlodge in Canada. Magnesium and boron metasomatism may further concentrate...kaolinite along the unconformity, as in the Athabasca Basin. In the last stage orebodies are degraded by...of 'smoking' springs collected from the Guaymas Basin were saturated with oil. Apparently, the rich organic
 
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