 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DAMAGE IN QUARTZ AT THE ARROW URANIUM DEPOSIT, SOUTHWESTERN ATHABASCA BASIN, SASKATCHEWAN DANIELE CERIN...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 |  | 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...two types of brines are responsible for the main quartz cements: an NaCl-rich brine (25 wt % NaCl, up to...pressure-temperature conditions of formation of the quartz cements are estimated to be 1,200 to1,400 bars...factors for the main stages of quartz cementation and U deposition at the McArthur deposit. Introduction UNCONFORMITY-TYPE |  | | 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-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...orebody and its alteration system. Early pre-ore quartz cementation forming immediately above Zone 4 produced...with the intrusion of the Mackenzie dikes into the basin, followed by alteration of uraninite to coffinite |  | Chi, G., Li, Z., Chu, H., Bethune, K. M., Quirt, D. H., Ledru, P., Normand, C., Card, C., Bosman, S., Davis, W. J., Potter, E. G. (2018) A SHALLOW-BURIAL MINERALIZATION MODEL FOR THE UNCONFORMITY-RELATED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE ATHABASCA BASIN. Economic Geology, 113 (5) 1209-1217 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4588 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNCONFORMITY-RELATED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE ATHABASCA BASIN G. Chi,1,† Z. Li,1 H. Chu,1,2 K. M. Bethune...Geology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada 2 China 3 Orano University of Geosciences...Beijing 10083, China Canada Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 3X5, Canada 4 Saskatchewan Geological Survey...Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2C8, Canada 5 Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada Abstract...U deposits associated with the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin are among the largest and richest U deposits |  | | 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...commonly occurs with an assemblage of oxy-dravite, quartz, graphite, zircon, pyrite, biotite, and muscovite |  | | 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...comprising spherulitic dravite, vein chlorite, quartz, calcite, and Fe, Cu, Co, and Pb sulfides, which |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | Hu, B., Pan, Y., Botis, S., Rogers, B., Kotzer, T., Yeo, G. (2008) RADIATION-INDUCED DEFECTS IN DRUSY QUARTZ, ATHABASCA BASIN, CANADA: A NEW AID TO EXPLORATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS. Economic Geology, 103 (7) 1571-1580 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.7.1571 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RADIATION-INDUCED DEFECTS IN DRUSY QUARTZ, ATHABASCA BASIN, CANADA: A NEW AID TO EXPLORATION OF URANIUM...Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 5E2 AND GARY YEO Denison Mines...Mines Corp., 200 230 22nd Street, Saskatoon, Canada S7K 6E2 Abstract Room-temperature powder electron paramagnetic...paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of drusy quartz (i.e., euhedral quartz crystals as coatings on or infillings...mineralized areas in the eastern Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, reveal a suite of radiation-induced |  | 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) | | the Dufferin Lake Zone, south-central Athabasca Basin, Canada: implications for graphite loss and uranium...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...inclusions were examined in different generations of quartz veins, using microthermometry and Raman spectroscopy...fluids are interpreted to be derived from the Athabasca Basin. The circulation of carbonic fluids and brines |  | 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...composition of fluid inclusions from hydrothermal quartz and carbonate veins spatially and temporally associated...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 |  | Richard, Antonin, Cathelineau, Michel, Boiron, Marie-Christine, Mercadier, Julien, Banks, David A., Cuney, Michel (2016) Metal-rich fluid inclusions provide new insights into unconformity-related U deposits (Athabasca Basin and Basement, Canada) Mineralium Deposita, 51 (2) 249-270 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0601-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unconformity-related U deposits (Athabasca Basin and Basement, Canada) Antonin Richard 1 & Michel Cathelineau...Heidelberg 2015 Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Basin (Canada) hosts numerous giant unconformity-related...brines that circulated at the base of the Athabasca Basin and in its crystalline basement before, during...brines are commonly sampled as fluid inclusions in quartz- and dolomite-cementing veins and breccias associated...complement previously published data for the McArthur River deposit. In all of the deposits investigated |  | Li, Zenghua, Chi, Guoxiang, Bethune, Kathryn M., Thomas, David, Zaluski, Gerard (2017) Structural Controls on Fluid Flow During Compressional Reactivation of Basement Faults: Insights from Numerical Modeling for the Formation of Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada. Economic Geology, 112 (2) 451-466 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.2.451 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada Zenghua Li,1,† Guoxiang Chi,1 Kathryn M...Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada 2 Cameco Corporation, 11th Street West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7M...1J3, Canada Abstract The unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca basin, Canada, are generally...with reactivated basement faults crosscutting the basin-basement unconformity. Two-dimensional (2-D) numerical...along the fault zone into the sandstone in the basin, whereas at a relatively high bulk shortening stage |  | 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 |  | 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) | | Isotopic and trace element study of quartz–dolomite veins in the Athabasca system Antonin Richard a,b,⇑, Philippe...and trace element analyses have been applied to quartz–dolomite veins and their uranium(U)-bearing fluid...unconformity-related UO2 (uraninite) ores in the Athabasca Basin (Canada) in order to trace the evolution of pristine...basement rocks. Fluid inclusion data show that quartz and dolomite have precipitated from brines of comparable...dolomite-hosted fluid inclusions). However, d18O values of quartz veins (d18O = 11& to 18&) and dolomite veins (d18O |  | | 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 |  | Mercadier, J., Annesley, I. R., McKechnie, C. L., Bogdan, T. S., Creighton, S. (2013) Magmatic and Metamorphic Uraninite Mineralization in the Western Margin of the Trans-Hudson Orogen (Saskatchewan, Canada): A Uranium Source for Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits?. Economic Geology, 108 (5) 1037-1065 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.5.1037 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Margin of the Trans-Hudson Orogen (Saskatchewan, Canada): A Uranium Source for Unconformity-Related...Saskatoon, SK S7K 0G6, Canada of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon...5E2, Canada 4 Saskatchewan Research Council, 125 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N...S7N 2X8, Canada Abstract The genetic model for the giant unconformity-related uranium deposits of the...the Athabasca Basin is still being debated, with one of the main issues being the source of the uranium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CLAY MINERALS IN THE ATHABASCA BASIN, SASKATCHEWAN: APPLICATION OF SHORTWAVE INFRARED REFLECTANCE...Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada ABSTRACT The application...characterization of clay minerals in the Athabasca Basin, in Saskatchewan, has been evaluated by detailed examination...of magnesiofoitite). Clay minerals in the Athabasca Basin are widespread in the sandstones and are particularly...for structural and compositional analysis of Athabasca illite and sudoite were complicated by the common |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin. Saskatche~.m. Canada. Since the formation of the U depostts...rocks and the o\ l:rl\ trig .Athabasca sandstones at - I700 Ma. the .Athabasca Bastn has experienced eptsodic...to influx of late-stage meteoric water in the Athabasca Bastn. Recent proposals that radurtion damage...wtth CII!IC’I- the data from the McArthur RI~CI- arca in Saskatchewan where kaolintte havmg low iiD-values...ofrcmobilized 1: at s 40 Ma, or from data throughout the basin where clay minerals de\ old of I; mineraltratt~‘n |  | Gigon, Joséphine, Skirrow, Roger G., Harlaux, Matthieu, Richard, Antonin, Mercadier, Julien, Annesley, Irvine R., Villeneuve, Johan (2019) Insights into B-Mg-Metasomatism at the Ranger U Deposit (NT, Australia) and Comparison with Canadian Unconformity-Related U Deposits. Minerals, 9 (7) 432 doi:10.3390/min9070432 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Proterozoic Athabasca and Thelon basins (Saskatchewan and Nunavut, Canada) and the McArthur Basin (Northern...in the vicinity of the intersection between the basin/basement unconformity and multiply-reactivated basement-rooted...vicinity of the ore zones [4,25–29]. In the Athabasca Basin, another proximal indicator for U mineralisation...in Australian deposits when compared to the Athabasca Basin [4,25,30]. Based on lithogeochemical, trace...uranium deposits in the ARUF are hosted by pre-McArthur Basin metasedimentary basement rocks (Figure 1). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 *Corresponding author: Yulia Uvarova (Permanent...18‰ for calcrete, 0.18‰ for volcanic, 0.29‰ for quartz-pebble conglomerate, 0.29‰ for sandstonehosted...their igneous sources, whereas uranium minerals in basin-hosted deposits have higher and more variable values...lower grade unconformity-type deposits in the Athabasca, Kombolgie and Otish basins have higher δ238U...well as U-bearing phosphates from the Thelon Basin, Canada, and peraluminous rhyolites from Macusani Meseta |
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