The uranium mineralization potential of the Paleoproterozoic Sioux Basin and its relationship to other basins in the southern Lake Superior region

Precambrian Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 125-144

  Hanly, Adrienne J ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^a   Hiatt, Eric E ^b   Marlatt, Jim ^c   Foster, Sandra ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Mazatzal Orogeny; Paleoproterozoic basins; Pb isotopes; Sioux Basin; Uranium deposits

Indexed keywords

ARENITE; BASIN ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; MUSCOVITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; SIOUX BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745277134     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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