FROM MAGMAS TO ORE DEPOSITS Uraninite from the Olympic Dam IOCG-U-Ag deposit: Linking textural and compositional...Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia 2 BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia 4 School of Chemical and Physical Sciences...Park, South Australia 5042, Australia 1 Abstract The Olympic Dam IOCG-U-Ag deposit, South Australia, the...least two main uraninite mineralizing events at Olympic Dam and multiple stages of U dissolution and reprecipitation |
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Monteiro, Lena Virgínia Soares, Xavier, Roberto Perez, Hitzman, Murray W., Juliani, Caetano, de Souza Filho, Carlos Roberto, Carvalho, Emerson de R. (2008) Mineral chemistry of ore and hydrothermal alteration at the Sossego iron oxide–copper–gold deposit, Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil. Ore Geology Reviews, 34 (3) 317-336 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.01.003 |
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Cu, 0.3 g/t Au; Rigon et al., 2000). The Sossego mine operated by the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)...magmatic-hydrothermal systems, such as the Cloncurry district, Australia (Rotherham et al., 1998), and the Candelária,...components (e.g., Emmie Bluff, Australia; Gow et al., 1994; Olympic Dam, Australia; Haynes et al., 1995), and...(Pimentel et al., 2003) are also described in the area of the Gameleira deposit. The province was also...deposit (Morais and Alkmim, 2005). In the Sossego area, granite and granophyric granite are crosscut by |
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Cuney, Michel (2009) The extreme diversity of uranium deposits. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (1) 3-9 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0223-1 |
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largest resources are known in Australia, dominated by the huge Olympic Dam deposit. The current world uranium...generally have small resources, except for the Olympic Dam deposit (see below). A genetic classification...ones are hosted by the Dominion Group (3.1 Ga) in South Africa and the latest ones by the Elliott Lake Group...important U deposits of this category, Yeelirrie in Australia and Langer Heinrich in Namibia, are hosted by...Typical examples are the deposits from the Arlit area in Niger (Pagel et al. 2005). The processes controlling |
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Noble, R. J., Just, J., Johnson, J. E. (1983) Catalogue of South Australian Minerals: 1983. Handbook 7. Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia |
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taken from the Library NN GU 1900 TP CATALOGUE SOUTH OF AUSTRALIAN MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble...Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue of South Australian minerals...(Robert John), 1946—supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423 |
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Lauf, Robert (2008) Introduction to Radioactive Minerals. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA. |
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......................................... 23 • South America ................................................................................... 35 Australia ................................................cleaning or trimming, and thoroughly clean the work area afterwards. It is the author's belief that in general...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical |
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Rollog, Mark, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Gilbert, Sarah E. (2020) Rapid, competitive radium uptake in strontium, barium, and lead sulfates during sulfuric acid leaching. Applied Geochemistry, 115. 104549 doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104549 |
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Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia BHP Olympic Dam, 10 Franklin St, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia c Adelaide Microscopy...Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia b A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Editorial...may be found in hydrometallurgical facilities at mine sites, in boiler operations, or in gas and oil production...C. The RaCl2 solution used was provided by the South Australian Environmental Protection Authority (SA...Simple adsorption on a sufficiently high surface area matrix removed significant amounts of Ra2þ from |
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Cook, Robert B. (2004) Connoisseur's Choice: Uraninite: Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connecticut Topsham, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 79 (5) 328-332 doi:10.1080/00357529.2004.9925732 |
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nearly UO,. It forms a solid-solution series with thorianite (Tho,). Published analyses indicate the common...uranophane. The 3-cm specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...octahedral faces have been found at the Deer Park mine in and on coarse brown biotite and associated with...been collected from dumps of the Chestnut Flats mine. Nodular masses of uraninite to 10 cm across, commonly |
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Monteiro, Lena V. S., Xavier, Roberto P., de Carvalho, Emerson R., Hitzman, Murray W., Johnson, Craig A., de Souza Filho, Carlos Roberto, Torresi, Ignácio (2008) Spatial and temporal zoning of hydrothermal alteration and mineralization in the Sossego iron oxide–copper–gold deposit, Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil: paragenesis and stable isotope constraints. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (2) 129-159 doi:10.1007/s00126-006-0121-3 |
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Introduction The Sossego iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) mine, operated by the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)...Sossego deposit was carried out using mapping at the mine site and the surrounding areas, detailed drill core...Fig. 2 a Simplified geologic map of the Sossego area and location of the Sequeirinho, Pista, Curral,...(Machado et al. 1991) (Fig. 1). In the Sossego deposit area, this shearing is represented by meter- to centimeter-wide...N- and NW-striking faults. In the Sossego deposit area, the shear zone is also cut by a dextral system |
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Grainger, Christian J., Groves, David I., Tallarico, Fernando H.B., Fletcher, Ian R. (2008) Metallogenesis of the Carajás Mineral Province, Southern Amazon Craton, Brazil: Varying styles of Archean through Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic base- and precious-metal mineralisation. Ore Geology Reviews, 33 (3) 451-489 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.10.010 |
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University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia c Instituto de Geociências...as shown at Palabora, South Africa, and implied at Olympic Dam, South Australia. The smaller Paleoproterozoic...Basin (Pinheiro and Holdsworth, 1997), and to the south, it is in contact with the Rio Maria granitoid–greenstone...Cristalino Cu–Au deposit is located in the Rabo Ridge area in the southwestern part of the Itacaiúnas Belt...(Lindenmayer, 1990) is located within the northwestern area of the Itacaiúnas Belt and is hosted by the Salobo– |
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(2018) Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and Description of Selected Examples. IAEA TECDOC 1842. International Atomic Energy Agency |
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ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH...SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND...Description of a selected deposit: Olympic Dam deposit (Australia) ............. 97 Volcanic-related... Description of a selected deposit: The Denison mine deposit (Canada) ....... 304 Surficial deposits...(c) Veins in various rock types (Radium Hill (Australia); Port Radium, Ace–Fay–Verna, Gunnar (Canada); |
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Cuney, Michel, Kyser, Kurt - Eds. (2008) Recent and not-so-recent developments in uranium deposits. Short Course Series 39. Mineralogical Association of Canada |
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engineered. Once an ore deposit is discovered, a mine is developed and U extracted by a variety of mining...Basin in Canada and the Alligator River region of Australia and these deposits average 0.8% U, with the largest...(Velichkin et al. 2005), the Paterson Basin in Western Australia (McKay & Miezitis 2001) and the Thelon Basin in...Randstat (Sweden) Arizona Strip (USA) Yeelirrie (Australia), Langer Heinrich (Namibia) Witswatersrand (S...Africa) Olympic Dam (Australia) Pervomayskoye (Ukraine), Lagoa Real (Brazil), Valhalla (Australia) Pribram |
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Slack, J. F. (2012) Strata-Bound Fe-Co-Cu-Au-Bi-Y-REE Deposits of the Idaho Cobalt Belt: Multistage Hydrothermal Mineralization in a Magmatic-Related Iron Oxide Copper-Gold System. Economic Geology, 107 (6) 1089-1113 doi:10.2113/econgeo.107.6.1089 |
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strata-bound magnetite-rich lenses in the Iron Creek area, which contain cobaltiferous pyrite and locally...presumed Proterozoic age occur locally in the study area and are especially prominent in the Blackbird district...varies from lower greenschist in the Iron Creek area in the southeast, to Mesoproterozoic 45o10'N ...district, to upper amphibolite in the Salmon Canyon area to the northwest (Nold, 1990; Lund and Tysdal, 2007)...the northwest end, and deposits of the Iron Creek area at the southeast end (U.S. Geological Survey, 2010) |
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Singh, Yamuna (2020) Rare Earth Element Resources: Indian Context. Springer International Publishing. |
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sands of the western and eastern coastal tracts of South Indian peninsular shield. Monazite is rich in light...notably the xenotime concentrations in the Kanyaluka area along the eastern end of the SSZ. Chapter 7 provides... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.1 Ranchi-Purulia Area, Jharkhand and West Bengal . . 3.3.2 Simdega District.... . . . . . . . . . . 4.6.6 Syenites, Dancherla Area, Anantpur District, Andhra Pradesh . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4.5 Granites, Sudasna Area, Mehsana District, Gujarat . 5.4.6 Sodoari, Gir |
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Hedenquist, Jeffrey W. (2012) Geology and genesis of major copper deposits and districts of the world : a tribute to Richard H. Sillitoe. |
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label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Mineralogical Zonation of the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag Deposit, South Australia Geology of the Tenke-Fungurume...spring sinter in the Drummond Basin, Queensland, Australia: Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 135–142. Sillitoe...Mount Morgan goldcopper deposit, Queensland, Australia: Evidence for an intrusion-related replacement...Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area, southern Ecuador: Society of Economic Geologists |
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Stosch, Heinz-Günter, Romer, Rolf L., Daliran, Farahnaz, Rhede, Dieter (2011) Uranium–lead ages of apatite from iron oxide ores of the Bafq District, East-Central Iran. Mineralium Deposita, 46 (1) 9-21 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0309-4 |
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associated with deposits of Cu±Au [e.g., Olympic Dam/Australia (Skirrow 2010), Great Bear Magmatic Zone/Canada...Zone/Canada (Mumin et al. 2010), Kiruna– Gällivare area (Williams 2010b)], whereas in other areas, such...from Robat-Posht-Badam in the north to Bafq in the south. The iron oxide ores commonly contain abundant REE-rich...528±1 Ma (Ramezani and Tucker 2003). In the Zarigan area, the rhyolites are intruded by 525±7 and 529±16...Precambrian metamorphic rocks Faults restricting the area of the volcanic rocks Faults controlling the distribution |
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Yu, Zhi-Qiang, Ling, Hong-Fei, Mavrogenes, John, Chen, Pei-Rong, Chen, Wei-Feng, Fang, Qi-Chun (2019) Metallogeny of the Zoujiashan uranium deposit in the Mesozoic Xiangshan volcanic-intrusive complex, southeast China: Insights from chemical compositions of hydrothermal apatite and metal elements of individual fluid inclusions. Ore Geology Reviews, 113. 103085 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103085 |
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Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Research Institute No. 270, China National Nuclear...middle-late Mesozoic granites and volcanic rocks in South China (A) and the simplified geology of the Gan-Hang...episodically _south_-eastward at a rate of 150–200 km in 20 Ma to form igneous rocks over a vast area (Zhou and...26 km from east to west and 16 km from north to south (Fig. 2). The basement of the caldera mainly consists... whose area ranges from 100 to 500 km2 (Fig. 1b). The Xiangshan volcanic basin covers an area of 316 |
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(2019) World Thorium Occurrences, Deposits and Resources. IAEA TECDOC 1877. International Atomic Energy Agency |
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ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH...SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND...CARIBBEAN ISLANDS .................................. 36 SOUTH AMERICA ................................................................. 47 6.4.10. Summary for South America ............................................................................. 55 6.5.19. South Africa ........................................ |
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Robb, Laurence (2005) Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. |
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550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of Laurence Robb to be identified as...Billiton in London and the Geological Society of South Africa Trust. My colleagues at Wits were extremely...the PGEbearing Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. This unit and the ores within it can be...U-bearing conglomerate from the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa. Quartz veins cutting this unit attest to...of ore deposits as defined by the Australian and South African Institutes of Mining and Metallurgy. now |
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Dahlkamp, Franz J. (1993) Uranium Ore Deposits. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02892-6 |
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(general), Bernik J. (Yugoslavia), Brynard S.A. (South Africa, Namibia), Chenoweth W. (Colorado Plateau... (France), Ewers G. (Pine Creek Geosyncline, Australia), Fritsche R (mineralogy), Fohse H. (general)...Saucier A.E. (Grants Region, N.M., USA), Smith RB. (South Texas, USA), Tan H.B. (Canada), Thamm J. (Colorado...Wallace A.R (Schwartzwalder, USA), Wutzler B. (Australia). The numerous manuscripts were repeatedly typed...Metasediments: Alligator River Uranium Field, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Alexandre, Paul, Kyser, Kurt, Layton-Matthews, Daniel, Joy, Brian, Uvarova, Yulia (2015) Chemical Compositions of Natural Uraninite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (4) 595-622 doi:10.3749/canmin.1500017 |
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CESRE, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington WA 6151, Australia ABSTRACT The chemical compositions of uraninites...the only U-producing example of which is Olympic Dam, Australia), volcanic-associated, and the quartz pebble...Nun Lake, Lake Athabasca, Port Radium, Hab Mine, Ace Mine (Saskatchewan, Canada); 4: Eagle Point, McArthur...Bay, Camray Mine, Ranwick Mine (Ontario, Canada); 7: Camie River (Quebec, Canada); 8: Ike Mine, Happy Jack...Jack Mine (Utah, USA); 9: Gilpin, Central City, Wood Lode, German Mine, Black Hawk Mine, Marshall Pass |
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Pirajno, Franco (2009) Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8613-7 |
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Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword by Peter A. Cawood 13 Geological...Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100 Plain St. East...East Perth WA 6004 Australia franco.pirajno@doir.wa.gov.au ISBN: 978-1-4020-8612-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8613-7...Corporation of South Africa, the Chair of Economic Geology at Rhodes University, South Africa, and since...since 1993, the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships at vii viii |
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du Bray, Edward A. (1995) Preliminary compilation of descriptive geoenvironmental mineral deposit models. Open-File Report Vol. 1995 (95-831) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr95831 |
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exploration, and assessment of abandoned mine lands and _mine_-site remediation. This compilation presents...smelting. For example, the environmental signature of a mine site may include metal contents and suites in minedrainage...readily soluble secondary salts associated with mine waste. The "environmental effects" of mineral deposits...including, for example, the environmental effects of a mine drainage on a river into which the drainage flows...release of metals into the environment from solid mine or mineral processing wastes. Although the relative |
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Lauf, Robert J. (2016) Mineralogy of Uranium and Thorium. Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA. |
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........................................... 82 South Africa ...... ... ................................tri1nn1ing a san1ple. and thoroughly clean the \\'Ork area afterv.rards. Avoid displaying specimens on an open...Russian Federation 0 11,800 172,900 218,300 South Africa 0 96...J.00 I -l-L600 192,900 Brazil...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated |
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Huston, David L., Maas, Roland, Cross, Andrew, Hussey, Kelvin J., Mernagh, Terrence P., Fraser, Geoff, Champion, David C. (2016) The Nolans Bore rare-earth element-phosphorus-uranium mineral system: geology, origin and post-depositional modifications. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (6) 797-822 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0631-y |
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in the Aileron Province, Northern Territory, Australia. The fluorapatite veins are complex, with two...Bore began with north-dipping subduction along the south margin of the Aileron Province at 1820–1750 Ma,...huston@ga.gov.au 1 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 2 School of Earth Sciences...Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia 3 Arafura Resources, PO Box 37220, Winnellie, NT 0821, Australia 4 Research...Mills Road Acton, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Nolans Bore, in _south_-central Northern Territory, is one |
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Anenburg, Michael, Burnham, Antony D., Mavrogenes, John A. (2018) REE Redistribution Textures in Altered Fluorapatite: Symplectites, Veins, and Phosphate-Silicate-Carbonate Assemblages from the Nolans Bore P-REE-Th Deposit, Northern Territory, Australia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (3) 331-354 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700038 |
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NOLANS BORE P-REE-Th DEPOSIT, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA MICHAEL ANENBURG§, ANTONY D. BURNHAM, AND JOHN...Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia ABSTRACT The geochemical behavior and genesis...a P-REE-Th deposit in the Northern Territory, Australia, hosting REE mineralization in fluorapatite and...P-REE-Th-U ore deposit in the Northern Territory, Australia, which is composed of centimeter- to meter-wide...REECa(CO3)2(OH)H2O CaREE2(CO3)4H2O Oxides Thorianite ThO2 Secondary altered fluorapatite. This type |
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