World Geological Environments of Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits- 1985

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Exploration, Mining, Marketing, & Acquisitions

PART I - GENERAL GEOLOGY .................................................................................................. 9

Sandstone-type uranium deposits — An introduction ................................................................. 11
W.I. Finch, J.F. Davis

Tectonic settings of the world's sandstone-type uranium deposits ............................................ 21
D.L. Everhart

PART II - REGIONAL DESCRIPTIONS .....................................................................................47
EUROPE
Map and index list for sandstone-type uranium deposits in Europe ............................................ 48
W.I. Finch, F. Barthel

Sedimentary uranium occurrences in Eastern Europe with special reference to sandstone
formations .................................................................................................................................... 51
F. Barthel, L. Hahn

Geological environment of the uranium deposits in the Permian of Lodève Basin, France ........ 69
D. Comte, H. Blachère, M. Varlet

Geologic environments of uranium deposits in Quaternary volcano-sedimentary basins in
Central Italy .................................................................................................................................. 83
E. Locardi

Genetic characteristics of the uranium deposit Zirovski vrh, Yugoslavia .................................... 99
T. Dolenec, E. Lukacs, J. Pezdic

ASIA
Map and index list for sandstone-type uranium deposits in Asia .............................................. 118
W.I. Finch

Uranium mineralisation in some Phanerozoic sandstones of India ........................................... 121
A. V. Phadke, T.M. Mahadevan, G.R. Narayan Das, A.C. Saraswat

Geologic environments of Ningyo-toge and Tono uranium deposits, Japan ............................. 135
Y. Sakamaki

SOUTH AMERICA
Map and index list for sandstone-type uranium deposits in South America ............................. 156
W.I. Finch

The sedimentary controlled uranium deposits in Argentina and their relation to the geostructural development ............. 159

A. Belluco, E. Rodriguez, S. Gorustovich, H. Olsen, A. Valdiviezo
Sedimentary and tectonic environments for uranium mineralization on the Parana Basin, Brazil ... 173
P.M.C. Barretto

NORTH AMERICA
Map and index list for sandstone-type uranium deposits in North America ..................................... 196
W.I. Finch

Geology and application of geologic concepts, Morrison Formation, Grants uranium region,
New Mexico, USA ............................................................................................................................ 199
R.A. Crawley, H.K. Holen, W. L. Chenoweth

The depositional and hydrogeologic environment of tertiary uranium deposits, South Texas
uranium province ............................................................................................................................... 215
W.E. Galloway

Geologic environment of uranium in lacustrine host rocks in the western United States ................. 229
J.K. Otton

AFRICA
Map and index list for sandstone-type uranium deposits in Africa ................................................... 244
W.I. Finch

Geologic environment of the uranium deposits in the Carboniferous and Jurassic sandstones of
the western margin of the Air Mountains in the Republic of Niger .................................................. 247
M. Cazoulat

Geological environment of uranium deposits in the Beaufort Group, South Africa ........................ 265
D.I. Cole, L.S. Labuschagne

Tectonic and sedimentological environments of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits, with special
reference to the Karoo Basin of South Africa ................................................................................... 279
J.P. Le Roux

Uranium occurrences at Al Awaynat, Serdles, Libya ....................................................................... 291
H.S. Assaf, H.S. Ageli, K. Hangari, B.O. Mehdi

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Map and index list for sandstone-type uranium deposits in Australia and New Zealand ................ 294
W.I. Finch

Origin of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits, Frome Embayment, South Australia ...................... 297
R.F. Sanford

PART ffl - GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL ASPECTS ................................................. 315
Hydrogeochemical and stream sediment sampling for uranium in the sandstone environment...... 317
K.J. Wenrich

Gaseous emanations associated with sandstone-type uranium deposits ........................................ 335
G.M. Reimer

Induced polarization and electromagnetic field surveys of sedimentary uranium deposits ........... 347
D.L. Campbell, B.D. Smith

PART IV - SUMMARY MODELS ................................................................................................ 361
Geologic environments for basal-type uranium deposits in sedimentary host rocks ..................... 363
D.R. Boyle

Data-process-criteria model for roll-type uranium deposits .......................................................... 383
S.S. Adams, R. T. Cramer

Sandstone-type uranium deposits — Summary and conclusions .................................................. 401
W.I. Finch