 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals Article Geochronology of Uraninite Revisited Loretta Corcoran * and Antonio Simonetti Department... Abstract: Identification of uraninite provenance for the purpose of nuclear forensics...help identify and limit the potential sources of uraninite based on the geological setting of the uranium...provenance consideration. Determining a robust age for uraninite formation is somewhat difficult, due to well known...Here, a suite of pristine and altered samples of uraninite was examined for their Pb isotope compositions |  | | Book (edition) | | gangue mineral may be considered as waste in one deposit and as ore mineral in another (e.g., hedenbergite)...particular sample derives from the stockwork of such a deposit, it will normally contain amorphous silica/opal...in modern hydrothermal equivalents (e.g., JADE deposit, Okinawa Trough, Japan). Thus, metasomatic/metamorphic...mineral inventory available elsewhere. Further deposit descriptions originated from: binn.strahlen.org...chalcopyrite (yellow) from a fossil Kuroko-type deposit, as seen on the left; colloform amorphous silica |  | Castillo-Oliver, Montgarri, Melgarejo, Joan Carles, TorrĂł, Lisard, Villanova-de-Benavent, Cristina, Campeny, Marc, DĂaz-Acha, Yael, Amores-Casals, Sandra, Xu, Jingyao, Proenza, Joaquin, Tauler, Esperança (2019) Sandstone-Hosted Uranium Deposits as a Possible Source for Critical Elements: The Eureka Mine Case, Castell-EstaĂł, Catalonia. Minerals, 10 (1) 34 doi:10.3390/min10010034 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Abstract: The Eureka deposit in Castell-estaĂł in the Catalan Pyrenees is a Cu–U–V deposit, hosted by Triassic...low-temperature, sandstone-hosted stratabound metamorphite U deposit. The main mineralisation is stratabound, related...sulphosalts and uraninite. The black shales of the Silurian sediments underlying the deposit and the nearby...Introduction The Eureka deposit has been historically classified as a sandstone-type uranium deposit hosted in a... Despite the low economic value of the Eureka deposit, its extremely wide mineralogical diversity soon |  | | Book | | Containing Essential U or Th .......... 123 • Minerals Frequently Containing U or Th as Impurities ....reactor exploits the overall reaction: 232Th + 1n âž” 233 U in which 232Th absorbs a thermal neutron to become...decays to an isotope of protactinium and then to 233 U, a fissile isotope that can be sepa rated and fed...containing at least 500 metric tons of U (tU) and an average grade of 0.03% U or greater. A biennial joint report...with all mineral resources, a particular uranium deposit may or may not be economical to develop or operate |  | Alexandre, P., Peterson, R. C., Kyser, K., Layton-Matthews, D., Joy, B. (2014) High-Cr Minerals from the Matoush Uranium Deposit in the Otish Basin, Quebec, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 52 (1) 61-75 doi:10.3749/canmin.52.1.61 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 61 HIGH-Cr MINERALS FROM THE MATOUSH URANIUM DEPOSIT IN THE OTISH BASIN, QUEBEC, CANADA Paul ALEXANDRE§...assemblage is observed in the unusual Matoush uranium deposit (Quebec, Canada), which is associated with the...intruding Otish Basin sandstones. In addition to uraninite, both silicate (chromium-dravite and chromphyllite)...c-axis dimension. Introduction The Matoush uranium deposit is situated in the southwestern part of the Paleoproterozoic...predominantly mafic Matoush dike. Furthermore, uraninite formed in association with a Cr-rich assemblage |  | Corcoran, Loretta, Simonetti, Antonio, Spano, Tyler L., Lewis, Stefanie R., Dorais, Corinne, Simonetti, Stefanie, Burns, Peter C. (2019) Multivariate Analysis Based on Geochemical, Isotopic, and Mineralogical Compositions of Uranium-Rich Samples. Minerals, 9 (9) 537 doi:10.3390/min9090537 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | isotopic (U, Pb, Sr) signatures for a suite (n = 23) of pristine (>80 wt. % UO2 ) and altered uraninite samples...forensic analysis. The characterization of the uraninite samples included determination of major, minor...minor and trace element contents, Sr, Pb, and U isotopic compositions, and secondary mineral assemblages...intrusive, granite and unconformity) of pristine uraninite can be readily identified utilizing various combinations...compositions. Keywords: uraninite; principal component analysis; nuclear forensics; uraninite provenance 1. Introduction |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | history of coffinite and uraninite from the Liueryiqi granite-hosted uranium deposit, SE China Maozhong Mina...Earth Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Mineral Deposit Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s...Coffinite and uraninite banded aggregates from the Liueryiqi granite-hosted uranium deposit, SE China, form...These aggregates consist of concentric bands of uraninite and coffinite that range in thickness from 1 to...indicate that coffinite and uraninite contain Ca and Al impurities. Altered uraninite, feldspar, quartz or pyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Important past or current U production also comes from a variety of additional deposit types: quartz– pebble...(unconventional resources of the IAEA) with more than 7.6 Mt U (IAEA 2008), such as sedimentary phosphates and black...in Australia, dominated by the huge Olympic Dam deposit. The current world uranium resource (reasonably...estimated at 5.5 Mt U (Table 1), of which 873 deposits with estimated resources over 500 t U are listed in...geochemistry is mainly governed by oxidation state. U is highly mobile as hexavalent uranyle ion (UO22+) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization in the PrĚŚĂbram Uranium and Base-Metal District (Czech Republic) Pavel Ĺ kácha 1,2, *, JirĚŚĂ Sejkora...uranium and base-metal district (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) bound to uraninite occurrences in calcite...the PrĚŚĂbram uranium district is bound to the border of the carbonate-uraninite and subsequent carbonate-sulphidic...recognized by Johan [1] at the CĚŚernĂ˝ DuĚŠl uranium deposit in the Krkonoše Mountains. Later, large accumulations...deposits [2–4] and at the PrĚŚedborĚŚice uranium deposit in Central Bohemia [5–7]. Additional and important |  | | Report (issue) | | bombarding U with neutrons produces the emission of beta rays, and lead to the discovery of fission of U. On...element that occurs everywhere; the concentration of U is normally low, averaging only 3 ppm in the upper...radioactive isotopes, 234 U, 235U and 238U. The most abundant isotopes of U, 235U and 238U, along with...geochronometer as well, makes up only 0.0055% of natural U because its half-life of 246,000 years is only about...from nuclear power (EIA 2007). Energy generated from U has a minimal “carbon footprint” and substitution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria Present address: Geoscience Center, Georg-August-University...5020 Salzburg, Austria 4 Department of Hard Rock Geology, Geological Survey of Austria, Neulinggasse 38...Vienna, Austria 5 NAWI Graz Geocenter, University of Graz, HeinrichstraĂźe 26, 8010 Graz, Austria e-mail:...inclusions in grt1. Generally, monazite has Y- and U-rich core domains that were overgrown by Th enriched...older monazite generation (654 ± 17 Ma) enriched in U and Y appears as inclusions in grt1 and can be interpreted |  | Guo, Guolin, Bonnetti, Christophe, Zhang, Zhanshi, Li, Guanglai, Yan, Zhaobin, Wu, Jianhua, Wu, Yong, Liu, Xiaodong, Wu, Bin (2021) SIMS U-Pb Dating of Uraninite from the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the Paleozoic Pegmatite-Type Uranium Mineralization in North Qinling Orogen, China. Minerals, 11 (4) 402 doi:10.3390/min11040402 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals Article SIMS U-Pb Dating of Uraninite from the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the...Liu, X.; Wu, B. SIMS U-Pb Dating of Uraninite from the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the...province. The Guangshigou deposit is the largest U deposit of the district. Within the North Qinling...the Guangshigou deposit, the U mineralization mainly occurs as uraninite disseminated in U-rich granitic...showed evidence for coeval crystallization of uraninite and other rock-forming minerals of the host pegmatite |  | Chernonozhkin, Stepan M., Mercadier, Julien, Reisberg, Laurie, Luais, BĂ©atrice, Zimmermann, Catherine, Morlot, Christophe, Salsi, Lise, Lecomte, AndreĂŻ, Rouer, Olivier, Brouand, Marc, Doney, Amber, Ledru, Patrick (2020) Evaluation of rammelsbergite (NiAs2) as a novel mineral for 187Re-187Os dating and implications for unconformity-related U deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 280. 85-101 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.04.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dating and implications for unconformity-related U deposits 187 Stepan M. Chernonozhkin a,b, Julien...rammelsbergite. Using the example of the Cigar Lake uranium deposit (Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada), our results...agreement of the Re-Os age of the rammelsbergite with the U-Pb age of the uranium oxide grains found inside one...rammelsbergite samples from the Cigar Lake uranium deposit yield a 187Re-187Os isochron age of 1239 +33/ 20...petrogenetic model which postulates contemporaneous U oxide and Ni-Co-arsenide deposition in unconformity-related |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Remobilization of U and REE and the formation of secondary minerals in oxidized U deposits†Susanne Göb...magmatic uraninite I from the host granite of Menzenschwand, primary hydrothermal uraninite II and secondary...LA-ICP-MS together with uraninite II samples from other known Schwarzwald uraninite II occurrences for comparison...element composition including U and REE. The REE patterns of uraninite show significant Eu anomaly variations:...precipitation and the degree of remobilization of U. Cerium anomalies (or their absence) imply that uranyl |  | Polito, Paul A., Kyser, T. Kurt, Stanley, Cliff (2009) The Proterozoic, albitite-hosted, Valhalla uranium deposit, Queensland, Australia: a description of the alteration assemblage associated with uranium mineralisation in diamond drill hole V39. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (1) 11-40 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0162-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Proterozoic, albitite-hosted, Valhalla uranium deposit, Queensland, Australia: a description of the alteration...Springer-Verlag 2007 Abstract The Valhalla uranium deposit, located 40 km north of Mount Isa, Queensland,...Australia, is an albitite-hosted, Mesoproterozoic U deposit similar to albitite-hosted uranium deposits in...of the Mount Isa basin. Alteration associated with U mineralisation can be divided into an early, main...cemented by brannerite, apatite, (uranoan)-zircon, uraninite, anatase, albite, reibeckite, calcite and hematite |  | | Book | | • • Othl'r Srhiffe r Books by the Author: ( ·u/lector .,· c;uide 10 the A,nphibole Group, 978-0-7643-4870-9...ESSENTIAL U OR TH ................ .......................... 281 MINERALS FREQUENTLY CONTAINING U OR TH...presents here a highly authoritative for production of U-based nuclear weapons, and for reactorbased creation...Czech Republic) and elsewhere in the Erzgebirge district. Those n1ines had been \VOrked for silver and...reactor exploits the overall reaction: 232Th + 1n ~ 233 U in which 232Tb absorbs a thennal neutron to becon1e |  | | Report (issue) | | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS...Vienna International Centre PO Box 100 1400 Vienna, Austria fax: +43 1 26007 22529 tel.: +43 1 2600 22417 email:...1400 Vienna, Austria Email: Official.Mail@iaea.org © IAEA, 2020 Printed by the IAEA in Austria November 2020...geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of each deposit. Such information will be helpful in guiding further...Environmental Issues (URAM-2018) held in Vienna, Austria, 25–29 June 2018 (see Appendix 1). 1 Argentina |  | | Book | | Hruby (Czech Republic), E. Kirchner (Austria), B. Kirchner (Austria), J. KomĂnek (Czech Republic), I. Bojkov...of other geoscientists who worked on any given deposit, in order to stimulate and encourage further research.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Bukhovo District .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 3.1.1 Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal) District, Northwest Bohemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | Yu, Chi-Da, Wang, Kai-Xing, Liu, Xiao-Dong, Cuney, Michel, Pan, Jia-Yong, Wang, Gang, Zhang, Lin, Zhang, Jian (2020) Uranium Mineralogical and Chemical Features of the Na-Metasomatic Type Uranium Deposit in the Longshoushan Metallogenic Belt, Northwestern China. Minerals, 10 (4) 335 doi:10.3390/min10040335 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chemical Features of the Na-Metasomatic Type Uranium Deposit in the Longshoushan Metallogenic Belt, Northwestern...sulfide (Pt) deposit and is also an important uranium metallogenic belt. The Jiling uranium deposit in this...uranium deposit, which rarely occurs in China. Mineralization in the Jiling uranium deposit is hosted...minerals, including uraninite, pitchblende, and coffinite in the Jiling uranium deposit. Pitchblende is the... and in situ electron microprobe analyzer (EMPA) U-Th-Pb chemical dating, we aimed to unravel the age |  | | Report (issue) | | Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO) with Uranium Deposit Classification 2009 Edition IAEA-TECDOC-1629...Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO) with Uranium Deposit Classification 2009 Edition The originating Section...1400 Vienna, Austria WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS (UDEPO) WITH URANIUM DEPOSIT CLASSIFICATION...1011-4289 © IAEA, 2009 Printed by the IAEA in Austria October 2009 FOREWORD Having comprehensive information....................................... 4 1.3.2. Deposit types: ....................................... |  | Levresse, Gilles, Villarreal-Fuentes, Janet, Nieto-Samaniego, Angel F., Alexandre, Paul, Corona-Esquivel, Rodolfo, SolĂ© Viñas, Jesus (2017) New metallogenic model of telescoped Eocene-Miocene Au-U epithermal mineral deposit in the Placer de Guadalupe district, Chihuahua, Mexico. Ore Geology Reviews, 91. 133-152 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.10.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Eocene-Miocene Au-U epithermal mineral deposit in the Placer de Guadalupe district, Chihuahua, Mexico...Eocene-Miocene Au-U epithermal mineral deposit in the Placer de Guadalupe district, Chihuahua, Mexico...Eocene-Miocene Au-U epithermal mineral deposit in the Placer de Guadalupe district, Chihuahua, Mexico...Guadalupe Au-U district contain a unique association of metals with high variations in their U/Au ratios...ratios that are not common worldwide. The uraninite population dated by Wells (1930) yielded an age of ca. |  | Gigon, JosĂ©phine, 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) | | the Ranger U Deposit (NT, Australia) and Comparison with Canadian Unconformity-Related U Deposits JosĂ©phine...2019 Abstract: The Ranger deposit (Northern Territory, Australia) is one of the largest...composition and chlorite chemistry between the Ranger deposit and some of the Canadian unconformity-related uranium...Ranger 1. Introduction Unconformity-related uranium (U) deposits occur mainly in or close to the unmetamorphosed...and are currently accounting for ~25% of the world U production [1–3]. Multiple mineralisation/remobilisation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HydrothermalModel for the North CanningUranium Deposit,Owl Creek Mountains,Wyoming TRACY SHRIER* AND...heat-generating capacityof thisgranite,usingthe back-calculated U valueand averagesof 28 ppmTh and4.5 percentK20 is...sedimentin the North Canning uranium deuranophane, and uraninite occurred as intergranular posit.Yellichet al....the Bendix Field Engifrom Rocky Mountain uranium district on the southeastmargin neeringCorporationreceivedpermission...ivedpermission Mountain Energy to study the deposit as part of the of the Owl Creek Mountainsof central |  | Sharpe, Ryan, Fayek, Mostafa, Quirt, David, Jefferson, Charlie W. (2015) Geochronology and Genesis of the Bong Uranium Deposit, Thelon Basin, Nunavut, Canada. Economic Geology, 110 (7) 1759-1777 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.7.1759 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geochronology and Genesis of the Bong Uranium Deposit, Thelon Basin, Nunavut, Canada Ryan Sharpe,1,†...hosted exclusively in basement rocks. The Bong deposit is hosted dominantly by Neoarchean metagraywacke...model is proposed for the Bong deposit, with three stages of uraninite identified. The premineralization...is separated into three main stages. Stage 1 uraninite (U1; ca. 1500 Ma) is preserved in highly fractured...that are overgrown by later stages of uraninite. Stage 2 uraninite (U2; ca. 1100 Ma) forms veinlets parallel |  | | Report (issue) | | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS...Vienna International Centre PO Box 100 1400 Vienna, Austria fax: +43 1 26007 22529 tel.: +43 1 2600 22417 email:...1400 Vienna, Austria Email: Official.Mail@iaea.org © IAEA, 2018 Printed by the IAEA in Austria November 2018...classification................... 31 2.2.4. Cigar Lake deposit...................................................................... 33 2.2.5. McArthur River deposit .............................................. |
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