Geochemistry of Mariano lake-lake valley cores, McKinley County, New Mexico
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Description
The primary goal of the U.S. Geological Survey-Bureau of Indian Affairs drilling project in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in McKinley County, New Mexico, was to better understand the relationship between host-rock stratigraphy and uranium mineralization. As part of this project, geochemical studies of approximately 280 samples from 8 cores and 1 outcrop were undertaken; samples from 4 cores show uranium enrichment. Geochemical relationships between samples of weathered outcrop, oxidized core, reduced (unmineralized) core, and ore-bearing core were contrasted by comparison of element abundances. Special comparative studies of sandstone and clay chemistry were made using results from x-ray diffraction, optical petrography, and chemical analysis. Results of these studies are discussed
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U.S. Geological Survey, 604 S Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 (USA).Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey.
- Imprint Place
- Alexandria, VA (USA)
- Imprint Pagination
- 53 p.
- Series
- List 983.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22008131
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NEW MEXICO; SANDSTONES; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM DEPOSITS; US BUREAU OF MINES; US ORGANIZATIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
- Descriptors DEC
- COHERENT SCATTERING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFRACTION; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKS; SCATTERING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; USA
Optional Information
- Notes
- USGS Bulletin B1808I.