The Contact uranium prospect, Kiggavik project, Nunavut (Canada): Tectonic history, structural constraints and timing of mineralization

• Published in: Ore Geology Reviews
• Main Authors: Grare, Alexis, Benedicto, Antonio, Lacombe, Olivier, Trave, Anna, Ledru, Patrick, Blain, Mario, Robbins, John
• Other Authors: Déformations, sismotectonique, imagerie, relief (DéSIR), Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (iSTeP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Uranium deposit; alteration; structural control; fracture; Thelon Basin; Kiggavik; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Nunavut; Canada; Alf; Wharton; The Baker; Baker Lake
• Online Access: https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01675254; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01675254/document; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01675254/file/Grare%20et%20al.%20%282017%29%20The%20Contact%20prospect%20-%20Vers%20comb%20manuscr3.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.12.015

International audience Uranium mineralization in the Kiggavik area, on the eastern border of the Thelon basin (Nunavut, Canada), hosts significant uranium resources within the basement and its understanding is critical to comprehending the genesis of unconformity-related deposits' structural co...