Chemical characterization and timing of uranium occurrences in the Nonacho Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada

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dc.contributor.advisor Adlakha, Erin
dc.coverage.spatial Northwest Territories
dc.creator Landry, Kerstin
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-28T12:54:35Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-28T12:54:35Z
dc.date.issued 2022-04-28
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/31064
dc.description 1 online resource (197 pages) : colour illustrations, maps (chiefly colour), charts (some colour), graphs (some colour)
dc.description Includes abstract and appendices.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-70, 131-152, 157, 180-182, 197).
dc.description.abstract The intracratonic Paleoproterozoic Nonacho Basin, deposited on the western margin of the Rae craton, Northwest Territories, Canada, contains numerous historic uranium, polymetallic and critical metal (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Au, Th, Pt, Ta and Sn) occurrences near its unconformable contact with crystalline basement rocks. The integration of multiple bulk and microanalytical techniques, including petrography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA), U-Pb in uraninite geochronology using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), in addition to Re-Os in molybdenite and Ar-Ar in biotite geochronology, and inductively coupled mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) has allowed for characterization of uranium occurrences within the Nonacho Basin. Developing constraints on timing, and chemical characterization of two styles of uranium mineralization: primary detrital uraninite (Hope occurrence) and a hydrothermal, remobilized mixture of uranophane±uraninite (MacInnis Lake study area) aids in understanding the metallogenic evolution of the Nonacho Basin and the western Rae craton. en_CA
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dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcsh Uranium -- Evolution -- Northwest Territories
dc.subject.lcsh Mineralogy -- Classification -- Northwest Territories
dc.subject.lcsh Metallogeny -- Northwest Territories
dc.subject.lcsh Geochemistry -- Northwest Territories
dc.title Chemical characterization and timing of uranium occurrences in the Nonacho Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Master of Science in Applied Science
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Geology
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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