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): |
Caribou Zone (occurrence name); Caribou Lake Zone (occurrence name) |
Longitude / Latitude: |
-103.82269 / 58.26402 |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan; Nearest community: La Ronge (350 km North) |
NTS map data: |
064L05 (Cunning Bay) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Unconformity-associated |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Unconformity-associated - Proterozoic - clay-bound; proximal to other McClean Lake deposits and in similar geological setting; hosted by the favourable metasedimentary strata of the area; Reference: Farmer, E. P.; Kerr, W. C., 2002: Encouraging Uranium Drilling Results at McClean; www.denisonmines.com, News Release, Internet |
Deposit status: |
advanced prospect; Size category: small; Status comments: resources are outlined by drilling since 2002 |
Geologic province: |
Churchill - Hearne Craton |
Geologic subprovince: |
Wollaston Domain (Fold Belt) |
Geologic district: |
Eastern Athabasca Basin |
Deposit object located: |
drill hole |
Commodities: |
U |
Metallogenic signatures: |
U-Ni-Co-As |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: discovery and development) Discovered in 2002. |
References: |
Farmer, E. P.; Kerr, W. C., 2002 |
Encouraging Uranium Drilling Results at McClean |
www.denisonmines.com, News Release, Internet |
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. |
Wheatley, K.; Williamson, A.; Tourigny, G.; Wilson, S.; Breton, G., 2006 |
Geology of the McClean Lake/Sue Deposits |
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 - 16 |
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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: 2006; 39,939 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: noGrade-commodity information: | U: 2.6 percent | weight-commodity information: | U: 1,038 metric ton | Reference: Wheatley, K.; Williamson, A.; Tourigny, G.; Wilson, S.; Breton, G., 2006: Geology of the McClean Lake/Sue Deposits; 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 - 16 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Generated 2007-03-02 2:39:56 PM with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19/3.20/3.21 -- 2006-02-24) GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
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