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Pitchblende from
Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:71109
Long-form Identifier:1:3:71109:0
GUID (UUID V4):1598a4a9-ca65-4e2a-82b3-b37d9cf4f25d
Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende
45.5km (28.3 miles) McArthur River Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
48.3km (30.0 miles) McLean Lake deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
50.5km (31.4 miles) Rabbit Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
50.6km (31.5 miles) Dawn Lake Uranium Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basement-hosted unconformity-related U ores of the Athabasca Basin (Canada): late U remobilisation by meteoric fluids...unconformityrelated uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin (Saskatchewan, Canada) were affected by significant uranium...mineralogical zonation related to uranium oxides (pitchblende), sulphides, iron minerals (hematite and goethite)...Ma period during uplift and erosion of the Athabasca Basin when it was near the Equator and to have been...fronts. Keywords Redox . Front . Uranium . Athabasca . Canada . Remobilisation . Meteoric . Kaolinite
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...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) .................................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Sciences,University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,SaskatchewanS7N 0W0, Canada Ansrru,cr Chemical and U...paragenetically well-characterizeduraninite and pitchblende minerals from Proterozoic, high-grade U deposits...northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Ca and Si contents in samplesof pristine uraninite and pitchblende generallyincreasewith...U-Pb and chemical U-Pb agesof the uraninite and pitchblende minerals vary from 142 to 940 and 252 to 1389...contrast, 2o7Pb/2o6Pb ages for the uraninite and pitchblende minerals range between l0l8 and 1428 Ma, which
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
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, Nabarlek...sandstones (Cigar Lake, Key Lake, Collins Bay A, B and D zones, Midwest, McClean, Cluff Lake D in Canada). 2...Sossego in South America; Michelin and Sue-Dianne in Canada. 4. Quartzpebble conglomerate deposits: Detrital
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact uranium prospect, Kiggavik project, Nunavut (Canada): tectonic history, structural constraints and...Contact uranium prospect, Kiggavik project, Nunavut (Canada): tectonic history, structural constraints and...Contact uranium prospect, Kiggavik project, Nunavut (Canada): tectonic history, structural constraints and...France b AREVA Resources Canada Inc. 817-45th St West Saskatoon. SK S7L 5X2. Canada c UMR Geops, Université...area, on the eastern border of the Thelon basin (Nunavut, Canada), hosts significant uranium resources within
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
Book
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 .............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AT THE CENTENNIAL DEPOSIT, ATHABASCA BASIN, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA Paul ALEXANDRE§, Yulia UVAROVA...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract Both uranous and uranyl minerals are...unconformity-type U deposit situated in the SW Athabasca Basin, Canada. At least two generations of uraninite...of the ore) not observed elsewhere in the Athabasca Basin. The multi-stage evolution of the Centennial...Dufferin lake fault. Keywords: Uraninite, uranophane, coffinite, haiweeite, uranium deposits, Athabasca Basin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), Whiteshell Laboratory, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada R0E 1L0 (Received...99Tc and 239Pu were measured in ores from the Cigar Lake uranium deposit, in which U concentrations ranged...that the redistribution processes observed at Cigar Lake are highly localized and in no case result in...99Tc extracted from more than a kilogram of pitchblende. Based upon the 99 Tc/U ratio in the ore, they...their contrasting geochemical environments. The Cigar Lake deposit is an unweathered, unaltered primary
Report (issue)
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada kyser@geol.queensu.ca and Michel Cuney G2R, Nancy-Université...Nancy, France michel.cuney@g2r.uhp-nancy.fr the pitchblende led to the discovery of Po and Ra shortly thereafter...precipitated a yellow compound by dissolving pitchblende in nitric acid and neutralizing the solution...(Becquerel 1896). Realization that U isolated from pitchblende was less radioactive than Short course co-sponsored...engineered. Once an ore deposit is discovered, a mine is developed and U extracted by a variety of mining
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BOOMERANG LAKE PROSPECT, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA* GORDON I. DAVIDSON** Urangesellschaft Canada,Ltd....CanadaM4W 1A8 AND SUNIL S. GANDHI GeologicalSurveyof Canada, 601 BoothStreet,Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaKiA OE8...by Wright (1967) at a scaleof similarAthabasca basin(Knipping,1974). Intensity 1:1,000,000, whereasportionsof...prohibitedsince1930 similarities with the better known Athabasca basin (Fig. 1). This is also reflected in the discoveriesto...(Bundrock,1981; Clark et 360,000 metric tons U (Saskatchewan Geological al., 1982; Miller and LeCheminant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth’s crust: Evidence from the Cigar Lake uranium deposit, Athabasca Laurent Truche a,b,∗ , Gilles Joubert...France e Orano Canada Inc., P.O. Box 9204, 810 - 45th Street West, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X5, Canada b a r t i...kaolinite from the Cigar Lake uranium ore deposit (northern Saskatchewan, Canada). Thermal desorption...water radiolysis over the 1.4-Ga-lifetime of the Cigar Lake uranium ore deposit has been trapped in the surrounding...and in the clay alteration halo surrounding the Cigar Lake uranium orebody. The massive and focused presence
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)
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)
URANIFEROUS BITUMEN IN THE SOUTHWEST ATHABASCA BASIN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA P. ALEXANDRE† AND T. K. KYSER Department...Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 Abstract The sediment-hosted unconformity-type Southwest Athabasca uranium mineralization...northern Saskatchewan, Canada, contains uraniferous bitumen, as observed elsewhere in the Athabasca basin...in the Athabasca basin, indicating that the bitumen was formed early in the history of the basin. Nitrogen...uranium deposits in the Paleoproterozoic Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan (Sibbald and Quirt, 1987; Kribek et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals by ion microprobe and U–Pb ages from the Cigar Lake deposit Mostafa Fayek a,*, T. Mark Harrison a...analyes of uraninite from the unconformity-type Cigar Lake uranium deposit. Secondary uranium minerals intergrown...events at 1600 – 1450 and 900 Ma from the Athabasca Basin, and the Grenvillian Orogeny at f 1100 Ma....100 Am unaltered portions of uraninites from Cigar Lake. The range of d18O values (  33.9 to  20.4x)...Keywords: Uraninite; SIMS; U – Pb; Oxygen; Isotopes; Cigar Lake 1. Introduction * Corresponding author. Current
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...deposits at Rabbit Lake, Dawn Lake, and McArthur River, in the Athabasca basin of Canada, which are hosted...uranium from the overlying sandstones of the Athabasca Formation and transported it into the basement
Report (issue)
BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA...Description of a selected deposit: The Denison mine deposit (Canada) ....... 304 Surficial deposits ..........Charlebois Lake, Canada); (b) Disseminations in migmatitic rocks (Nipissing Lake, Canada); (c) Veins...(Australia); Port Radium, Ace–Fay–Verna, Gunnar (Canada); Shinkolobwe (former Zaire); Jachymov (former...conglomerates) (Blind River district (Canada); Witwatersrand Basin (South Africa)); (iii) Deposits located
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
France b Orano Canada Inc., 817 45th Street West, S7K 3X5 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada c Centre de Recherches...from the Cigar Lake unconformity-related uranium deposit (Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada). The studied...extensively applied to unconformity-related U deposits (Canada and Australia) and has led to the highly controversial...uraninites from the Cigar Lake unconformity-related deposit (Saskatchewan, Canada) have been selected...(ESM-1)) from the high-grade U ore body of the Cigar Lake uranium deposit were selected. These two samples
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
U-Pb GEOCIIRONOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF TIIE CIGAR LAKE U ORE DEPOSIT, SASKATCIIEWAN. S. PIIILIPPE arld...Montpeilier Cedex France. Tile northern p a r t o f Saskatchewan i s known as one o f the w o r l d ' s major...(Northern T e r r i t o r i e s , Australia), tile Athabasca basin is charncterized b y 11 u n c o n f o r m i...zone of the basement was reactived after the Athabasca sandston~E deposition givin R rise to NE-EW faults...unconformity type U o r e deposits of the Athabasca basin : i°/ uraninite crystallized at 1341 -+ 2:6
 
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