| Title | Fe and Mg isotope coupled with Fe oxidation state investigations at the Bong uranium deposit, Thelon Basin, Canada |
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| Author | Potter, E G; Sharpe, R; Girard, I; Fayek, M; Gammon, P; Quirt, D; Robbins, J |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7662, 2015, 25 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/295494 (Open Access) |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 66A/05; 66A/06 |
| Area | Kiggavik |
| Lat/Long WENS | -98.0000 -97.0000 64.5000 64.2500 |
| Subjects | economic geology; geochronology; isotope ratios; isotopes; iron; magnesium; uranium; uranium deposits; sample preparation; oxidation; alteration; Thelon Basin; Bong uranium deposit |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; plots; profiles |
| Program | Uranium Ore Systems, Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) |
| Released | 2015 01 23 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) is a collaborative federal geoscience program that provides industry with the next generation of geoscience
knowledge and innovative techniques to better detect buried mineral deposits, thereby reducing some of the risks of exploration. This open file report summarizes a new potential exploration vector that also provides insights on the ore deposit model
through iron and magnesium isotope signatures and shifts in iron oxidation states (Fe2+ vs. Fe3+) at the Bong uranium deposit. The preliminary results of this study successfully delineate the ore zones through significant isotopic shifts coupled
with changes Fe2+/Fe3+ ratios in the ore zones. The signatures reflect processes that mobilized Fe2+ while enriching the fluids in the lighter isotopes of iron and magnesium. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 295494 |
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