EXTECH IV ATHABASCA URANIUM DEPOSIT DATABASE
Geological Survey of Canada, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, and Alberta Geological Survey


Database name: Uranium Deposits, Athabasca Basin
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2007-03-02
   
Deposit name(s): Collette Zone, Shea Creek Prospect (occurrence name); Colette Prospect (occurrence name); Shea Creek Northwest Zone (occurrence name); North Shea Part of Saskatoon Lake Conductor (occurrence name)
Longitude / Latitude: -109.53924 / 58.24485
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan
NTS map data: 074K04 (Larter Creek)
Deposit clan (type): Unconformity-associated
Deposit (sub) types: Unconformity-associated - Proterozoic - clay-bound; located 1.5 km NW of the Main or Anne zone of the Shea Creek trend, and geologically similar to it; Reference: Collier, B., 2002: Detailed Stratigraphy and Facies Analysis of the Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Group along the Shea Creek-Douglas River Transect, Northern Saskatchewan; D, Section EXTECH IV Athabasca Uranium, In Summary of Investigations 2002, Volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey (CD-ROM), Edited by Anonymous, Miscellaneous Report, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2002-4.2, 371 p., 1 disks, p. 259 - 274
Deposit status: showing; Size category: unknown
Geologic province: Churchill - Rae Craton
Geologic subprovince: Taltson-Thelon Magmatic Zone
Geologic district: Western Athabasca Basin / Western Lloyd Domain
Deposit object located: drillhole
Commodities: U; Au; Cu; Pb; Ni; Co; Mo; V
Host rocks: (1) metamorphic; metasedimentary schist
Metallogenic signatures: U-Au
Deposit shape: zone of elongate pods
Deposit dimensions:length: 500 metre
width: 100 metre
thickness: 10 metre
Qualified comments: (Applies to: discovery and development) The Collette Zone was located in 1993 by drilling of the Saskatoon Lake conductor 1.5 km NW of the Main or Anne zone of the Shea Creek area. It is close in character and size to the Anne zone.
References:
Bonhoure, J.; Kister, Ph.; Cuney, M.; Deloule, E., 2005
Ion Microprobe CAMECA IMS-3f: REE and Isotopic U-Pb Analyses of Uranium Oxide
Topic: Uranium Geology & Deposits, In Symposium on Uranium Production and Raw Materials for Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Supply and Demand, Economics, the Environment and Energy Security (IAEA-CN-128): Extended Synopses, Edited by Anonymous, International Atomic Energy Agency Conference (International Symposium), IAEA in co-operation with OECD/NEA, WNA, NEI and UN-ECE, International Atomic Energy Agency, CN-128, 344 p., p. 62 - 66

Card, C., 2002
New Investgations of the Basement to the Western Athabasca Basin
D, Section EXTECH IV Athabasca Uranium, In Summary of Investigations 2002, Volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey (CD-ROM), Edited by Anonymous, Miscellaneous Report, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2002-4.2, 371 p., 1 disks, p. 283 - 299

Carroll, J.; Robbins, J.; Koning, E., 2006
The Shea Creek Deposits, West Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan
In Field Trip 3: Cluff Lake and Shea Creek Deposits; September 13-14; 2006 CIM Field Conference; Uranium: Athabasca Deposits and Analogues, Edited by Koning, E.; Robbins, J.; Carroll, J., Field Trip Guidebook, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, CIM Geogolical Society, Saskatoon Section, 48 p., p. 33 - 48

Collier, B., 2002
Detailed Stratigraphy and Facies Analysis of the Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Group along the Shea Creek-Douglas River Transect, Northern Saskatchewan
D, Section EXTECH IV Athabasca Uranium, In Summary of Investigations 2002, Volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey (CD-ROM), Edited by Anonymous, Miscellaneous Report, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2002-4.2, 371 p., 1 disks, p. 259 - 274

Cuney, M. L.; Chabiron, A.; Kister, P.; Golubev, V.; Deloule, E., 2002
Chemical vs Ion MicroprobeIsotopic Dating (CAMECA IMS 3F) of the Shea Creek Unconformity Type Uranium Deposit (West Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada)
In Program with Abstracts: Saskatoon 2002, Edited by Anonymous, Program and Abstracts' Volume for Annual Meeting, Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, 27

Hecht, L.; Cuney, M., 2003
Tracing the Sources of Unconformity-type Uranium Deposits
In Proceedings of an International Conference on Uranium Geochemistry 2003, Nancy - France, April 13 - 16, 2003: Extended Abstracts (Recueil des Conferences Colloque International Géochimie de l'Uranium 2003), Edited by Cuney, M., Proceedings of International Conference (Extended Abstracts), Unité Mixte de Recherche - Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Enérgetiques, 7566 Nancy, France, 409 p., p. 177 - 180

Kister, P.; Cuney, M.; Royer, J. J., 2002
Geochemical Modelling of Unconformity-type Uranium Deposits: Application to the Shea Creek Deposit, Western Athabasca Basin (Saskatchewan, Canada)
In Program with Abstracts: Saskatoon 2002, Edited by Anonymous, Program and Abstracts' Volume for Annual Meeting, Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, 27

Kister, P.; Laverret, E.; Cuney, M.; Vieillard, P.; Quirt, D., 2003
3D Distribution of Alteration Minerals Associated with Unconformity-type Uranium Mineralization: Anne Zone, Shea Creek Deposit (Saskatchewan, Canada)
In Proceedings of an International Conference on Uranium Geochemistry 2003, Nancy - France, April 13 - 16, 2003: Extended Abstracts (Recueil des Conferences Colloque International Géochimie de l'Uranium 2003), Edited by Cuney, M., Proceedings of International Conference (Extended Abstracts), Unité Mixte de Recherche - Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Enérgetiques, 7566 Nancy, France, 409 p., p. 197 - 200

Koch, R. R.; Dalidowicz, F., 1996
Shea Creek - A Deep Geophysical Exploration Discovery
C, Section Uranium Deposit Studies and Exploration Techniques, In Advances in Saskatchewan Geology and Mineral Exploration: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Saskatoon, November 21 and 22, 1996 (MinExpo '96 Symposium), Edited by Ashton, K. E.; Harper, C. T., Special Publication, Saskatchewan Geological Society, Saskatchewan Geological Society, 14, 163 p., p. 96 - 108

Laverret, E.; Patrier, P.; Clauer, N.; Bruneton, P.; Mondy, J.; Beaufort, D., 2003
Time-Space Evolution of Alterations in Unconformity Type Uranium Deposit of the Shea Creek Prospect (Athabasca Basin, Canada)
In Proceedings of an International Conference on Uranium Geochemistry 2003, Nancy - France, April 13 - 16, 2003: Extended Abstracts (Recueil des Conferences Colloque International Géochimie de l'Uranium 2003), Edited by Cuney, M., Proceedings of International Conference (Extended Abstracts), Unité Mixte de Recherche - Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Enérgetiques, 7566 Nancy, France, 409 p., p. 211 - 214

Le Carlier de Veslud, C.; Royer, J.-J.; Cuney, M.; Kister, P.; Lorilleux, G., 2003
Understanding Uranium Deposits through 3D Geological Modelling
In Proceedings of an International Conference on Uranium Geochemistry 2003, Nancy - France, April 13 - 16, 2003: Extended Abstracts (Recueil des Conferences Colloque International Géochimie de l'Uranium 2003), Edited by Cuney, M., Proceedings of International Conference (Extended Abstracts), Unité Mixte de Recherche - Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Enérgetiques, 7566 Nancy, France, 409 p., p. 215 - 218

Robbins, J.; Koning, E., 2006
Shea Creek Deposits, West Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada
C, Section Athabasca Basin Uranium Deposits, In Abstracts Volume for the 2006 CIM Uranium Field Conference, September 11-12, Saskatoon; Uranium: Athabasca Deposits & Analogues, Edited by Quirt, D., Abstracts Volume, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Saskatoon Section, CIM Geological Society, 164 p., p. 1 - 9

Sangely, L.; Michels, R.; Chaussidon, M.; Brouand, M.; Cuney, M.; Richard, L.; Huault, V., 2003
Origin of Carbonaceous Matter in Unconformity-type Uranium Ore-deposit of Saskatchewan (Canada): Clues to an Abiogenic Synthesis
In Proceedings of an International Conference on Uranium Geochemistry 2003, Nancy - France, April 13 - 16, 2003: Extended Abstracts (Recueil des Conferences Colloque International Géochimie de l'Uranium 2003), Edited by Cuney, M., Proceedings of International Conference (Extended Abstracts), Unité Mixte de Recherche - Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Enérgetiques, 7566 Nancy, France, 409 p., p. 323 - 326

Saskatchewan Geological Survey, 2003
Geology, and Mineral and Petroleum Resources of Saskatchewan
Miscellaneous Report, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, Publication code 2003-7, 173 p., 4 maps.

Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2001
Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index
Government of Saskatchewan, Geological Atlas of Saskatchewan, Internet


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