Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis)
The geology of the McTavish Arm area of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, is reviewed and a geologic map is presented. The geology of the Labine Point region is described in detail. Intrusive feldspar porphyry bodies are haloed by contact metasomatic zones in which the lower Echo Bay c...
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ftdatacite:10.22002/d1.509 2023-05-15T16:04:01+02:00 Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis) Campbell, Douglas Dean 1955 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.22002/d1.509 https://data.caltech.edu/records/509 en eng CaltechDATA http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03062007-135452 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03062007-135452 https://dx.doi.org/10.7907/6bx5-4f69 public-domain http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ PDM McTavish Arm Great Bear Lake feldspar porphyry ferromagnesian minerals ore deposits Northwest Territories gps thesis phd Image graphic ImageObject 1955 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.22002/d1.509 https://doi.org/10.7907/6bx5-4f69 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The geology of the McTavish Arm area of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, is reviewed and a geologic map is presented. The geology of the Labine Point region is described in detail. Intrusive feldspar porphyry bodies are haloed by contact metasomatic zones in which the lower Echo Bay cherty sediments have been enriched in Ca, Al, Mg and Fe by the development of ferromagnesian minerals. The sediments have been locally severely deformed by intrusion of the porphyry bodies. A body of massive crystalline tuff in the mine area is believed to be the remnant of a volcanic vent. The ore deposits occur in a lenticular network of northeast trending shear zones. Differences in wall rock competency have resulted in the development of relatively wide tensional fracture zones at various places along the shear systems. The pitchblende ore bodies occur in these zones of greater than usual dilation. The mineralization of the Port Radium deposits occurred in five stages: I, hematite-quartz; II, pitchblende-quartz; III, quartz-cobalt nickel arsenides; IV, copper sulphides-chlorite; V, carbonate-silver. Deposition of pitchblende at Port Radium took place in dilated portions of the vein zones in the following manner: release of pressure in dilated zones caused loss of CO2; loss of CO2 resulted in drop of bicarbonate ion content and consequent decrease in the solubility of the uranium as a complex with carbonate; the uranium flocculated as the uranium colloid precipitate, pitchblende. Brecciation and some redistribution of the pitchblende by later solutions is illustrated. Comparison is made between the mineralogy of Port Radium and other pitchblende deposits. Possible sources of error in the lead isotope age determination of Port Radium pitchblende are discussed. Ages determined are believed to be too great by a factor of about three. : Cite this record as: Campbell, D. D. (1955). Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis) (Version 1.0). CaltechDATA. https://doi.org/10.22002/D1.509 or choose a different citation style. Download Citation : Unique Views: 3 Unique Downloads: 1 between January 29, 2018 and July 12, 2021 More info on how stats are collected Still Image Echo Bay Great Bear Lake McTavish Arm Northwest Territories DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Northwest Territories Canada Great Bear Lake ENVELOPE(-120.753,-120.753,65.834,65.834) Echo Bay ENVELOPE(-117.887,-117.887,66.034,66.034) LaBine Point ENVELOPE(-118.037,-118.037,66.084,66.084) McTavish Arm ENVELOPE(-119.003,-119.003,66.101,66.101) |
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The geology of the McTavish Arm area of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, is reviewed and a geologic map is presented. The geology of the Labine Point region is described in detail. Intrusive feldspar porphyry bodies are haloed by contact metasomatic zones in which the lower Echo Bay cherty sediments have been enriched in Ca, Al, Mg and Fe by the development of ferromagnesian minerals. The sediments have been locally severely deformed by intrusion of the porphyry bodies. A body of massive crystalline tuff in the mine area is believed to be the remnant of a volcanic vent. The ore deposits occur in a lenticular network of northeast trending shear zones. Differences in wall rock competency have resulted in the development of relatively wide tensional fracture zones at various places along the shear systems. The pitchblende ore bodies occur in these zones of greater than usual dilation. The mineralization of the Port Radium deposits occurred in five stages: I, hematite-quartz; II, pitchblende-quartz; III, quartz-cobalt nickel arsenides; IV, copper sulphides-chlorite; V, carbonate-silver. Deposition of pitchblende at Port Radium took place in dilated portions of the vein zones in the following manner: release of pressure in dilated zones caused loss of CO2; loss of CO2 resulted in drop of bicarbonate ion content and consequent decrease in the solubility of the uranium as a complex with carbonate; the uranium flocculated as the uranium colloid precipitate, pitchblende. Brecciation and some redistribution of the pitchblende by later solutions is illustrated. Comparison is made between the mineralogy of Port Radium and other pitchblende deposits. Possible sources of error in the lead isotope age determination of Port Radium pitchblende are discussed. Ages determined are believed to be too great by a factor of about three. : Cite this record as: Campbell, D. D. (1955). Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis) (Version 1.0). CaltechDATA. https://doi.org/10.22002/D1.509 or choose a different citation style. Download Citation : Unique Views: 3 Unique Downloads: 1 between January 29, 2018 and July 12, 2021 More info on how stats are collected |
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Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis) |
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Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis) |
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Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis) |
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Vertical longitudinal section, no. 5 vein, Port Radium, N.W.T.: Supplement 8 from "Geology of the pitchblende deposits of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T." (Thesis) |
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