Sandstone hosted uranium deposits of the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming, USA

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 76-83

  Abzalov, M Z ^a   Paulson, O ^a  

^a Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Divide basin; Roll type; Sandstone hosted; Uranium; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

COLORADO PLATEAU; GREAT DIVIDE BASIN; MINERALISATION; PRECAMBRIAN; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; ROLL-TYPE; SANDSTONE HOSTED URANIUM DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SPECIAL CLASS; URANIUM RESOURCES; WYOMING; WYOMING ,USA;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

GRANITE; HOST ROCK; INTERMONTANE BASIN; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SANDSTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UPLIFT; URANIUM;

GREAT DIVIDE BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84871865284     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: 17432758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743275812Y.0000000017     Document Type: Review

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