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Lacustrine-humate model for primary uranium ore deposits, Grants uranium region, New Mexico
Christine E. Turner-Peterson
Lacustrine-humate model for primary uranium ore deposits, Grants uranium region, New Mexico
AAPG Bulletin (November 1985) 69 (11): 1999-2020
Lacustrine-humate model for primary uranium ore deposits, Grants uranium region, New Mexico
AAPG Bulletin (November 1985) 69 (11): 1999-2020
Index Terms/Descriptors
- bibliography
- clastic rocks
- diagenesis
- economic geology
- Eh
- genesis
- geochemical controls
- geochemistry
- Grants mining district
- humates
- Jurassic
- lacustrine environment
- McKinley County New Mexico
- Mesozoic
- metal ores
- mineral deposits, genesis
- Morrison Formation
- New Mexico
- ore transport
- organic compounds
- organic materials
- precipitation
- processes
- San Juan Basin
- sandstone
- sedimentary rocks
- United States
- Upper Jurassic
- uranium ores
- Valencia County New Mexico
- northwestern New Mexico
- primary ores
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
It is concluded that the primary ore formation in the Morrison formation of the San Juan basin, formed during late Jurassic and early Cretaceous, was related to humic-rich pore fluids. The fluids were derived from lacustrine mud-flat facies of the Brushy basin and 'K' shales. The fluids moved into the Westwater Canyon member and the Jackpile sandstone.
ISSN: 0149-1423
EISSN: 1558-9153
Coden: AABUD2
Serial Title: AAPG Bulletin
Serial Volume: 69
Serial Issue: 11
Title: Lacustrine-humate model for primary uranium ore deposits, Grants uranium region, New Mexico
Author(s): Turner-Peterson, Christine E.
Affiliation: U. S. Geol. Surv.,
Denver, CO,
United States
Pages: 1999-2020
Published: 198511
Text Language: English
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
References: 121
Accession Number: 1986-030597
Categories: Economic geology, geology of ore deposits
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. sketch maps
N34°25'00" - N34°58'00", W107°15'00" - W106°25'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Mineralogical Abstracts, United KingdomTwickenhamUKUnited Kingdom
Update Code: 1986
Program Name: USGSOPNon-USGS publications with USGS authors
