Uranium in alkaline rocks

• Main Authors: Murphy, M., Wollenberg, H., Strisower, B., Bowman, H., Flexser, S., Carmichael, I.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1978
• Subjects: Uranium Deposits; Rocks 050200* > Nuclear Fuels > Exploration > (-1987); Document Types; 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials; Exploration; Igneous Rocks; Bibliographies; Resources; Geologic Deposits; Mineralization; Greenland; Ilimaussaq
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1444135/

Geologic and geochemical criteria were developed for the occurrence of economic uranium deposits in alkaline igneous rocks. A literature search, a limited chemical analytical program, and visits to three prominent alkaline-rock localities (Ilimaussaq, Greenland; Pocos de Caldas, Brazil; and Powderho...