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Athabasca Basin Overview - McArthur River, Key Lake, Cigar Lake, Cluff Lake, Dawn Lake, Carswell, Amok, Rabbit Lake, Eagle Point, Collins Bay
Saskatchewan, Canada
Main commodities: U Ni Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2005.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Alexandre P, Kyser K and Jiricka D,  2009 - Critical Geochemical and Mineralogical Factors for the Formation of Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits: Comparison between Barren and Mineralized Systems in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v104 pp 413-435
Alexandre P, Kyser K, Polito P and Thomas D  2005 - Alteration Mineralogy and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic Basement-Hosted Unconformity-Type Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 1547-1563
Alexandre P, Kyser K, Thomas D, Polito P and Marlat J,  2009 - Geochronology of unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada and their integration in the evolution of the basin: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.44 pp. 41-59
Baudemont D, Fedorowich J  1996 - Structural control of Uranium mineralization at the Dominique-Peter deposit, Saskatchewan, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v91 pp 855-874
Chen, S., Hattori, K. and Grunsky, E.C.,  2018 - Multielement statistical evidence for uraniferous hydrothermal activity in sandstones overlying the Phoenix uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, Canada: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.53, pp. 493-508.
Chi, G., Li, Z., Chu, H., Bethune, K.M., Quirt, D.H., Ledru, P., Normand, C., Card, C., Bosman, S., Davis, W.J. and Potter, E.G.,  2018 - A shallow-burial mineralization model for the unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 1209-1217.
Gaboreau S, Cuney M, Quirt D, Beaufort D, Patrier P and Mathieu R,  2007 - Significance of aluminum phosphate-sulfate minerals associated with U unconformity-type deposits: The Athabasca basin, Canada : in    American Mineralogist   v92 pp 267-280
Hoeve J and Sibbald I T,  1978 - On the genesis of Rabbit Lake and other unconformity-type uranium deposits in northern Saskatchewan, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v73 pp 1450-1473
Leventhal J S, Grauch R I, Threlkeld, Lichte F E  1987 - Unusual organic matter associated with Uranium from the Claude deposit, Cluff Lake, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v82 pp 1169-1176
Li, Z, Chi, G., Bethune, K.M., Thomas, D. and Zaluski, G.,  2017 - Structural Controls on Fluid Flow During Compressional Reactivation of Basement Faults: Insights from Numerical Modeling for the Formation of Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v.112, pp. 451-466.
Lorilleux G, Cuney M, Jebrak M, Rippert J C, Portella P  2003 - Chemical brecciation processes in the Sue unconformity-type uranium deposits, Eastern Athabasca Basin (Canada): in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v80 pp 241-258
Ng R, Alexandre P and Kyser K,  2013 - Mineralogical and Geochemical Evolution of the Unconformity-Related McArthur River Zone 4 Orebody in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: Implications of a Silicified Zone : in    Econ. Geol.   v.108 pp. 1657-1689
Pascal, M., Boiron, M.-C., Ansdell, K., Annesley, I.R., Kotzer, T., Jiricka, D. and Cuney, M.,  2016 - Fluids preserved in variably altered graphitic pelitic schists in Dufferin Lake Zone, south-central Athabasca Basin, Canada: implications for graphite loss and uranium deposition: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.51, pp. 619-636.
Rabiei, M., Chi, G., Potter, E.G., Petts, D.C., Wang, F. and Feng, R.,  2023 - Spatial variations in fluid composition along structures hosting unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: implications for ore-controlling factors: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.58, pp. 1075-1099.
Richard, A., Cathelineau, M., Boiron, M.C., Mercadier, J., Banks, D.A. and Cuney, M.,  2016 - Metal-rich fluid inclusions provide new insights into unconformity-related U deposits (Athabasca Basin and Basement, Canada): in    Mineralium Deposita   v.51 pp. 249-270
Trocki L K  1984 - Ages of major Uranium mineralization and Lead loss in the Key Lake Uranium deposit, northern Saskatchewan, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v79 pp 1378-1386
Wilson M R, Kyser T K  1987 - Stable isotope geochemistry of alteration associated with the Key Lake Uranium deposit, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v82 pp 1540-1557


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