| Title | Reactivated basement faults and uranium-rich fluid pathways in the Athabasca Basin: new insights from the Patterson Lake corridor, northwestern Saskatchewan |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Tschirhart, V L ;
Potter, E G; Powell, J W; Johnstone, D; Rabiei, M; Bethune, K M; Chi, G; Duffett, C L |
| Source | Targeted Geoscience Initiative: 2017 report of activities, volume 1; by Rogers, N (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8358, 2018 p. 89-93, https://doi.org/10.4095/306434  Open Access |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Targeted Geoscience
Initiative: 2017 report of activities, volume 1 |
| Related | This publication is related to the
following publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| NTS | 74F/11; 74F/14 |
| Area | Forest Lake; Murison Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -109.5000 -109.0000 58.0000 57.5000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; tectonics; structural geology; geophysics; mineral deposits; mineral exploration; mineral potential; unconformity-type deposit; uranium; ore mineral genesis; ore controls; structural
controls; fluid dynamics; formation fluids; tectonic history; alteration; silicification; hydrothermal alteration; mineralization; paragenesis; emplacement; bedrock geology; basement geology; structural features; faults; lithology; igneous rocks;
intrusive rocks; carbonatites; anorthosites; graphite; sulphides; metamorphic rocks; gneisses; phase determination; intrusions; dykes; geophysical surveys; aeromagnetic surveys; magnetic surveys, airborne; total field magnetics; magnetic
susceptibility; structural analyses; drillholes; drill core analyses; modelling; host rocks; Athabasca Basin; Clearwater Domain; Patterson Lake Corridor; Athabasca Group; Locker Lake Formation; Manitou Falls Formation; Lazenby Lake Formation; Taltson
Magmatic Zone; Spitfire Prospect; Arrow Prospect; Triple R Prospect |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; geophysical images; photographs |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-5) Knowledge Management Coordination |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-5) Uranium systems |
| Program | NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada |
| Released | 2018 01 19 |
| Abstract | This report summarizes the 2017 field investigations and on-going research in the Patterson Lake corridor, northwestern Saskatchewan, an area hosting recently discovered, high-grade uranium deposits.
2017 activities included acquisition and release of a new aeromagnetic survey and derivative map products, sampling and structural measurements on industry drill core. Samples will be analyzed for magnetization, petrographic, geochronologic, fluid
inclusion and stable isotopes. Together these analyses will provide information on the ore genesis, alteration and structural reactivation history of the region to inform on-going exploration and challenge existing ore deposit models. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI) is directed towards providing next generation knowledge and methods to facilitate more effective targeting of
buried mineral deposits. The program aims to enhance the effectiveness of exploration for Canada¿s major mineral systems by resolving foundational geoscience problems that constrain the geological processes responsible for the liberation metals from
their source region, transportation of these ore metals and control their eventual deposition. TGI supports projects on gold, Ni-Cr-PGE, porphyry-style mineralization, uranium and volcanic- and sedimentary-hosted base metal mineralization ore
systems, with each project divided into subprojects focused on resolving specific knowledge gaps by integrating data and studies from multiple sites across Canada. Herein, we present interim results and interpretations from a selection of the
research activities currently being conducted under the auspices of TGI. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306434 |
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