| Title | Alteration assemblages and geochemical signatures associated with the Phoenix unconformity-related uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Dann, J; Hattori, K; Potter, E G; Sorba, C |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7366, 2013, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/292564 (Open Access) |
| Image |  |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | 2013 PDAC-SEG Canadian Student Chapter Mineral Colloquium; Toronto; CA; March 3-5, 2013 |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| NTS | 74H |
| Area | Key Lake; McArthur River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -106.0000 -104.0000 58.0000 57.0000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; geochemistry; geochemical anomalies; uranium; uranium deposits; mineralization; mineral deposits; geochemical analyses; sedimentary rocks; sandstones; unconformities; unconformity-type
deposit; paragenesis; alteration; whole rock geochemistry; whole rock analyses; Athabasca Basin; Phoenix Deposit; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; photomicrographs; spectra; ternary diagrams |
| Program | Targeted
Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4), Uranium Ore Systems |
| Released | 2013 05 09 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Currently, all of Canada's uranium production comes from the Athabasca Basin. One of the premier recent discoveries is termed the Phoenix deposit, in
which high-grade ore is bound by two regional fault systems. This study is the first to outline the geochemical and mineralogical alteration patterns associated with the deposit and is examining the potential for significant remobilization of
'pathfinder elements' along these reactivated faults. While a suite of pathfinder elements has been identified in past studies, analytical advances leading to lower detection limits and acquisition of a regional dataset establishing background
values permit refinement to the current state of knowledge. The goal is to characterize any subtle mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic signatures that could facilitate deep exploration and link these to a parallel study examining similar
expressions in surficial media. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 292564 |
|
|