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Evaluation of stream sediment data for favourability of uranium mineralization in Tertiary granitic plutons of the Alaska Range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Michael Beyth  and
Carlotta McInteer
Michael Beyth
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
Carlotta McInteer
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Abstract

Favourability of uranium mineralization in six tertiary granitic plutons of the Alaska Range in the Talkeetna and Mt McKinley quadrangles was studied. The uranium concentrations of drainage sediment samples, which were collected and analysed by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory for the National Uranium Resources Evaluation, were statistically evaluated and compared to those of the surrounding area using factor and cluster analyses. The results of this study suggest that five of the six plutons under consideration are likely to contain uranium mineralization. These plutons are probably a potential source rock for uranium in the region.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 46 , Issue 341 , December 1982 , pp. 475 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1982

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