Contrasting patterns of alteration at the wheeler river area, Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, Canada: Insights into the apparently uranium-barren zone k alteration system

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-324

  Jonathan, Cloutier ^a   Kurt, Kyser ^a   Olivo, Gema R ^a   Paul, Alexandre ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA BASIN; COPPER SULFIDES; CRITICAL FACTORS; DIAGENETICS; DICKITE; GOYAZITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; LOW PROBABILITY; METEORIC WATERS; MINERALIZATION PROCESS; PORE SPACE; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; URANIUM MINERALIZATION; URANIUM PRECIPITATION;

DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; LEAD DEPOSITS; MICA; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RIVERS; URANIUM;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

DICKITE; GOYAZITE; HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; KAOLINITE; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; RUTILE; SIDERITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA;

EID: 78149302494     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.2.303     Document Type: Article

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