Characterization of an uranium deposit by 3D borehole seismic techniques

Borehole Geophysics Workshop: Emphasis on 3D VSP

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Enescu, N ^a   Wood, G ^b   Cosma, C ^c   O'Dowd, C ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Vibrometric   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DEPOSITS; MINE SHAFTS; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; SHAFT SINKING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS; WELL LOGGING;

ATHABASCA BASIN; COMPLEX GEOLOGY; MINE DEVELOPMENT; PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDIES; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SEISMIC METHODS; SEISMIC TECHNIQUE; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 85088345807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20145290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Cosma, C. and Enescu, N., 2002. Multi-azimuth VSP methods for fractured rock characterization. ISRM 5th Workshop, Toronto, Canada.
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4. Jefferson, C.W., Thomas, D.J., Gandhi, S.S., Ramaekers, P., Delaney, G., Brisbin, D., Cutts, C., Portella, P., and Olson, R.A. 2007, Unconformity- associated uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta, in Jefferson, C.W., and Delaney, G., eds., EXTECH IV: Geologyand Uranium EXploration TECHnology of the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta: Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 588, (also Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication 4; Saskatchewan Geological Society, Special Publication 18), p. 23-68.
5. Juhojuntti, N., Wood, G., Juhlin, C., O'Dowd, C., Dueck, P., and Cosma, C., 2010. 3D seismic survey at the Millennium uranium deposit, Saskatchewan, Canada: Mapping depth to basement and imagingpost-Athabasca structure near the ore body. Internal communication - to be submitted to Near Surface Geophysics.