Database name: |
Uranium Deposits, Athabasca Basin |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2007-03-02 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Raven Uranium Deposit (occurrence name) |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan; Nearest community: Rabbit Lake mine-mill complex (6.5 km SSW) |
NTS map data: |
064L04 (Hidden Bay) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Unconformity-associated |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Unconformity-associated - Proterozoic - fracture-bound; structure controlled deposit apparently linked to Horseshoe deposit 800 m NE along strike; some low grade zones in between; Reference: Tremblay, L. P., 1982: Geology of the Uranium Deposits Related to the Sub-Athabasca Unconformity; Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 81-20, 56 p.. |
Deposit status: |
advanced prospect; Size category: medium; Status comments: 3.042 Mt ore |
Geologic province: |
Churchill - Hearne Craton |
Geologic subprovince: |
Wollaston Domain (Fold Belt) |
Geologic district: |
Eastern Athabasca Basin |
Deposit object located: |
outcrop |
Commodities: |
U |
Mineralization styles: |
fracture-filling and dissemination |
Geological ages: |
Late Paleoproterozoic (host rocks) Middle Mesoproterozoic (mineralization) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental marginal deformation zone-fold belt; convergent; Formal name: Wollaston Fold Belt (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) metamorphic; metasedimentary schist (quartzitic unit with graphitic beds); Depositional setting: platform-shelf; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite (upper) - granulite; Component: mineralization zoneExternal host rock forms: | gneissic | Host rock protoliths: | arkosic sandstone, pelite, carbonate (stratigraphically 1000 m above the host strata of the Rabbit Lake deposit to the west); Host rock protolith name: upper unit of Wollaston Supergroup pelite; Host rock protolith name: upper unit of Wollaston Supergroup carbonate; Host rock protolith name: upper unit of Wollaston Supergroup | Internal host rock structures: | thin to thick bedded | Individual lithologies: | meta-arkose (includes amphibolite, graphitic metapelite, phosphates and sillimanite quartzite) metapelite (includes graphitic metapelite) calc-silicate amphibolite sillimanite schist (meta-quartzite) |
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Country rocks: |
(1) metasedimentary rocks; (folded and metamorphosed); Country rock name: upper unit of Wollaston Group; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite (upper) - granuliteCountry rock protoliths: | quartz arenite, arkose, pelites, carbonates (stratigraphically 1000 m above the host strata of the Rabbit Lake deposit to the west); Country rock protolith name: upper unit of Wollaston Group | Individual lithologies: | mainly quartzites, interbedded with (includes amphibolite, graphitic metapelite, phosphates and sillimanite quartzite) |
(2) conglomerate-sandstone; (flat-lying, undeformed); Country rock name: Manitou Falls Fm. / Athabasca Group; Metamorphic grade: unmetamorphosedCountry rock protoliths: | sandstone-pebbly sandstone-conglomerate (eroded at the deposit; present eastern edge of Athabasca Group 3.5 km west of the deposit); Country rock protolith name: Manitou Falls Fm. of Athabasca Group | Individual lithologies: | conglomerate and pebbly sandstone (covered the deposit during the middle Mesoproterozoic time when initial minralization most likely occurred) |
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Alteration signatures: |
sericitization: sericite; What was altered: feldspar chlorite alteration: green coloration due to chlorite; What was altered: mafic minerals argillic alteration: illite and/or kaolinite; soft, white, porous aggre; What was altered: host metasediments hematization: disseminated fine hematite; red colouration; What was altered: host metasediments |
Mineralogy: |
(veins and disseminations): pitchblende - massive, pitchblende - sooty, uranophane, pyrite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, bornite, copper |
Radiometric ages: |
Object dated: Mineralogy(1); Age - Ma: 275; +25; -25; Dating method: U-Pb; Concentrate: pitchblende; Source rock: vein; Event dated: mineralization, remobilized; Interpretive comment: sample depth 180 m; Raven or Horseshoe deposit; age indicates Pb loss after erosion of cover strata; Reference: Ruzicka, V., 1986: Uranium Deposits in the Rabbit Lake - Collins Bay Area, Saskatchewan; Chapter 4, Section Saskatchewan Unconformity-associated and Sedimentary-hosted Deposits of Helikian Age, In Uranium Deposits of Canada, Edited by Evans, E. L., Special Volume, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 33, 323 p., p. 144 - 154 |
Deposit shape: |
cigar-shapedDeposit dimensions: | length: 900 metre width: 120 metre thickness: 150 metre |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: reserve/resource assays) Located 120 to 300 m below surface; resources indicated by 80 drill holes, reported in 1989, are 3650 t U in 3.042 Mt of ore averaging 0.12 % U; deposit deep-seated and low grade, hence not developed.
(Applies to: discovery and development) A poorly defined train of mineralized boulders, derived from small lenses at surface under 15 m of overburden, led to discovery of the deposit in 1972; most of the delineation drilling done by 1975. |
Links to other databases: |
SMDI; Key value: 1721 GSC U-Th File (Prasad); Key value: 2658 |
References: |
Bennett, R. W., 2002 |
Geological Atlas of Saskatchewan, Version 5 (2002) |
Government of Saskatchewan, CD-ROM |
Prasad, N., 2002 |
Uranium File: Canmindex |
Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Mineral Occurrence Index (Canmindex), CD-ROM |
Rhys, D. A., 2002 |
Geological Report on the Hidden Bay Property, Wollaston Lake Area, Northern Saskatchewan |
Report to UEX Corporation, Vancouver, B. C., Panterra Geoservices Inc., Surrey, B. C., Canadian Securities Commission website (www.sedar.com), 89 p.. |
Ruzicka, V., 1984 |
Unconformity-related Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin Region, Saskatchewan |
Section Unconformity-related Types, In Proterozoic Unconformity and Stratabound Uranium Deposits, Edited by Ferguson, J., TECDOC, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 315, 338 p., p. 217 - 267 |
Ruzicka, V., 1986 |
Uranium Deposits in the Rabbit Lake - Collins Bay Area, Saskatchewan |
Chapter 4, Section Saskatchewan Unconformity-associated and Sedimentary-hosted Deposits of Helikian Age, In Uranium Deposits of Canada, Edited by Evans, E. L., Special Volume, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 33, 323 p., p. 144 - 154 |
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 |
Sibbald, T. I. I., 1983 |
Geology of the Crystalline Basement, NEA/IAEA Athabasca Test Area |
Section Introductory Papers, In Uranium Exploration in Athabasca Basin, Edited by Cameron, E. M., Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 82-11, 310 p., 8 maps, p. 1 - 14 |
Thomas, D. J.; Mathews, R. B.; Sopuck, V., 2000 |
Athabasca Basin (Canada) - Unconformity-type Uranium Deposits: Exploration Model, Current Mine Development and Exploration Directions |
In Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: the Great Basin and Beyond; May 15 - 18, 2000 Symposium Proceedings (CD-ROM), Edited by Cluer, J. K.; Price, J. G.; Struhsacker, E. M.; Hardyman, R. F.; Morris, C. L., Symposium Proceedings, Geological Society of Nevada, Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 647 p., p. 103 - 126 |
Thomas, D. J.; Jefferson, C. W.; Card, C.; Yeo, G.; Sopuck, V., 2002 |
Introduction: the Eastern Athabasca Basin and its Uranium Deposits |
Chapter 1, In Field Trip A1: the Eastern Athabasca Basin and its Uranium Deposits, May 24-26, 2002, GAC-MAC Saskatoon 2002, Edited by Andrade, N; Breton, G.; Jefferson, C. W.; Thomas, D. J.; Tourigny, G.; Wilson, S.; Yeo, G. M., Field Guide Book, Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Associationof Canada, Geological Association of Canada, 102 p., p. 1 - 22 |
Tremblay, L. P., 1982 |
Geology of the Uranium Deposits Related to the Sub-Athabasca Unconformity |
Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 81-20, 56 p.. |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. | Estimate date: 2002; 3.063 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: indicated resourceGrade-commodity information: | U: 0.1119 percent | Cutoff grade-commodity: | U: 0.03 percent | weight-commodity information: | U: 3,427 metric ton | Reference: Rhys, D. A., 2002: Geological Report on the Hidden Bay Property, Wollaston Lake Area, Northern Saskatchewan; Report to UEX Corporation, Vancouver, B. C., Panterra Geoservices Inc., Surrey, B. C., Canadian Securities Commission website (www.sedar.com), 89 p.. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
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