| Title | Detailed outcrop measured sections of the St. Mary River and Willow Creek Formations in the foothills of southern Alberta |
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| Author | Hamblin, A P |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6554, 2010, 9 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/263393 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 82G/16; 82J/01; 82J/08; 82J/09 |
| Area | Carroll Canyon; Turner Valley; Langford Creek; Maycroft; 10 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -114.5000 -114.0000 50.7500 49.7500 |
| Subjects | stratigraphy; sedimentology; economic geology; mineral occurrences; mineral potential; uranium; uranium deposits; sedimentary rocks; sandstones; mudstones; siltstones; stratigraphic analyses; lithology;
sedimentary facies; sedimentary structures; St. Mary River Formation; Willow Creek Formations; Cretaceous |
| Illustrations | stratigraphic sections; tables |
| Program | GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and
Minerals, Uranium |
| Released | 2010 04 20 |
| Abstract | Since 2004, renewed interest in uranium exploration, spurred by a supply shortage and large increases in world price, has resulted in land-staking, prospecting, ground and airborne surveys and drilling
in southern Alberta. Preliminary results demonstrated that the St. Mary River and Willow Creek formations have characteristics similar to known sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in the US. Four outcrop measured sections (1 of St. Mary River Formation
and 3 of Willow Creek Formation) are included here, and the facies present are described. The information contained in this Open File adds further sedimentological particulars to our knowledge of those two stratigraphic units, which may harbour some
uranium, shallow gas and groundwater potential. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 263393 |
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