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⇱ Uranophane from McArthur River Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada


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Uranophane from
McArthur River Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uranophane
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uranophane data
Locality Data:Click here to view McArthur River Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1207630
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1207630:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Uranophane
32.5km (20.2 miles) Gryphon deposit, Wheeler River Project, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
34.2km (21.2 miles) Phoenix deposit, Wheeler River Project, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
79.1km (49.1 miles) Zimmer Lake area, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
87.5km (54.4 miles) Roughrider deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
92.2km (57.3 miles) Rabbit Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
References
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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
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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...coffinite forming in veins. Uranyl minerals, mostly uranophane with minor haiweeite precipitating in veins and...of the ore) not observed elsewhere in the Athabasca Basin. The multi-stage evolution of the Centennial
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Uranium Deposit in the South-Central Athabasca Basin, Canada P. ALEXANDRE,1,† K. KYSER,1 D. JIRICKA...ON K7L 3N6, Canada 2 Cameco Corporation, 2121–11th St West, Saskatoon, SK S7M 1J3, Canada Abstract The...deposit is situated in the south-central Athabasca Basin (Canada) and straddles the unconformity between...the clastic sediments of the Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Group. Although it has most characteristics of...sandstone-hosted unconformity-type U deposits in the Athabasca Basin. Pre-U illite-related fluids have δ18O of ca
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Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 *Corresponding author: Yulia Uvarova (Permanent...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...fluorapatites from the Paleoproterozoic Thelon Basin in Canada were selected to assess fractionation of uranium
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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...and caused partial oxidation of uraninite to uranophane. The silicified zone at Zone 4 functioned as
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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
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Genesis of the Bong Uranium Deposit, Thelon Basin, Nunavut, Canada Ryan Sharpe,1,† Mostafa Fayek,1 David Quirt...Dysart Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 2 AREVA Resources Canada Inc., P.O. Box 9204, 817 - 45th...Street W., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7K 3X5 3 Geological Survey of Canada, Room 659 - 601 Booth...Booth, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8 Abstract The Thelon basin, Nunavut, shares many similarities with...uranium-producing Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan; however, the uranium deposits associated with the Thelon basin are
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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
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Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada Kyle D. Reid,1,† Kevin Ansdell,1...Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5E2, 2 Cameco Corporation...2121-11th Street West, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7M 1J3 3 Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Ministry of the Economy...Economy, Government of Saskatchewan, 200-2101 Scarth Street, Regina, SK, Canada S4P 2H9 Abstract The...tectonic zone in the south-central part of the Athabasca Basin. The deposit is associated with a steeply WNW-dipping
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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...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) .....................................
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CENTENNIAL URANIUM DEPOSIT AREA, ATHABASCA BASIN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA KYLE D. REID§ AND KEVIN ANSDELL...University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5E2, Canada STEVEN CREIGHTON...CREIGHTON Saskatchewan Research Council, 125-15 Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 2X8, Canada ERIC...POTTER Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8, Canada ABSTRACT Aluminum phosphate...sulfate (APS) minerals associated with the Athabasca Basin are compositionally part of the alunite group
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Western Margin of the Trans-Hudson Orogen (Saskatchewan, Canada): A Uranium Source for Unconformity-Related...Saskatoon, SK S7K 0G6, Canada 3 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place...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
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Mineralization in the MacInnis Lake Area, Nonacho Basin, Northwest Territories: Potential Linkages to Metasomatic...Mineralization in the MacInnis Lake Area, Nonacho Basin, Northwest Territories: Potential Linkages to Metasomatic...University, 923 Robie St., Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada Northwest Territories Geological Survey, 4601-B...4601-B 52 Avenue, Yellowknife, NT X1A 1K3, Canada Correspondence: erin.adlakha@smu.ca Abstract: The intracratonic...intracratonic Paleoproterozoic Nonacho Basin, deposited on the western margin of the Rae craton, contains
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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
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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...Major deposits occur in the Athabasca Basin in Canada and the Alligator River region of Australia and these... 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
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Barren and Mineralized Systems in the Athabasca Basin, Canada PAUL ALEXANDRE,1,† KURT KYSER,1 AND DAN...Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 2 Cameco Corporation, 2121–11th Street West Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7M 1J3...situated on the northwest rim of the Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, are hosted by the sandstones and...conglomerates of the Fair Point Formation of the Athabasca Group. Macroscopic observations indicate two different...unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada, account for about one-third of the global
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the Carswell structure on the Athabasca Plateau (Northern Saskatchewan) - Comparison with other deposits... M. Moreau, F. Tona The Pandanus Creek uranium mine, Northern Territory, Australia ......... 77 B...Geology and genesis of uranium deposits at the Pitch Mine, Saguache County, Colorado .......................th- Carswell structure on the Athabasca Plateau (Northern Saskatchewan) - Comparison with other deposits...clarkeite, autunite, torbernite, schoepite and uranophane Ni(-Co)-Mo-S(-As-Se)-mineralization occurs close
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............................. Athabasca Basin Uranium Province, Canada ...................................................... Blind River–Elliot Lake Uranium Province, Canada.............................................................................. Basin and Range Uranium Province, United States and Mexico...Plateau, Rocky Mountain and Intermontane Basins, and Basin and Range Uranium Provinces. III IV CONTENTS...Maps showing: 1. Details of the Athabasca Basin Uranium Province, Canada .............................
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journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev Basin-related uranium mineral systems in Australia: A...r a c t This paper reviews critical features of basin-related uranium mineral systems in Australia. These...and geochemical datasets. The review of fertile basin-related systems shows that these systems require...Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Basin-related uranium mineral systems, which include uranium...uranium deposits formed during various stages of basin evolution (sedimentation, diagenesis and post-sedimentation
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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...basement hosted (McArthur River, Rabbit Lake, Eagle Point, McClean Lake, Dominique-Peter in Canada; Jabiluka...and D zones, Midwest, McClean, Cluff Lake D in Canada). 2. Sandstone deposits: Sandstone uranium deposits...Sossego in South America; Michelin and Sue-Dianne in Canada. 4. Quartzpebble conglomerate deposits: Detrital
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unconformity- and vein-type U deposits (Australia and Canada) and the unique Oklo natural nuclear reactors in...Emsley (1991); Chen and Wasserburg (1986) Average river water ~10–4 ~2.5 × 10–4 Bertine et al. (1970); Moore...unconformity- and vein-type U deposits (Australia and Canada) and the unique Oklo natural nuclear reactors in...crystal (1 cm in length) with feldspar from the Swamp Mine, Maine. Uraninite crystals precipitated from magmaticrelated...Group, and in the Paleoproterozoic Canadian Blind River deposits (2.4 to 2.2 Ga). Ore deposits of detrital
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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 in...(Australia); Port Radium, Ace–Fay–Verna, Gunnar (Canada); Shinkolobwe (former Zaire); Jachymov (former...quartz-pebble conglomerates) (Blind River district (Canada); Witwatersrand Basin (South Africa)); (iii) Deposits
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........................................... 19 Canada .................................................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...600 384,600 530,500 United States 102,000 345,000 Canada 297,300 333,800 333,800 South Africa 119,200 231...America represented about 35% of world production. Canada was the world's largest producer, at around 11
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............................................ . Canada ........ ....... ...... .. ................. ....Australja 0 961,500 l, 158,000 1.180, l 00 Canada 237,900 292,500 319.700 -121,900 Kazakhstan...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...An1erica represented about 21% of the worldwide total. Canada was the world's second-largest producer, at around...The MacArthur River 1nine, Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from
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Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Center for NanoBioEarth, Department of Geosciences...collected from a U mill and mine tailings at Key Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. The tailings material contains...have been most likely formed in the sedimentary basin of the U-ore deposit and contain low amounts of...waste barrier systems such as in constructed Uranium mine and mill tailings facilities (Bouazza et al., 2002;...Hanford site (Catalano et al., 2006) and Savannah River (Bertsch et al., 1994; Dong et al., 2012). Clay
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