An interpretation of surface and borehole seismic surveys for mine planning at the Millennium uranium deposit, northern Saskatchewan, Canada

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wood, Garnet ^a   O'Dowd, Clare ^a   Cosma, Calin ^b   Enescu, Nicoleta ^b  

^a CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^b Vibrometric Canada Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D; Borehole geophysics; Engineering; Mining; Vertical seismic profiling

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CLAY ALTERATION; DEPOSITS; ENGINEERING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINE SURVEYS; MINING; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; MINE DEVELOPMENT; PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDIES; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; STRUCTURAL SETTING; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GNEISS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINING; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCONFORMITY; URANIUM; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84866446194     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0488.1     Document Type: Article

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