Distribution of elements in Colorado Plateau uranium deposits - a preliminary report

Abstract

Regional variation and geochemical coherence of elements in uranium deposits in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation as clues to their sources________________________________________________ Composition of the Frenchy Incline deposit and its bearing on the problem of source.________________________________________________ Description and geologic setting of the Frenchy Incline uranium deposit ______._______________-_-____-__-_-_-__.-Collection of samples________________________________________ Composition of the uranium ore________________________.________ Composition of the unmineralized host rocks______________________ Quantities of extrinsic elements________________________________ Significance of volume relationships between uranium ore and altered sandstone______________________________________________ Mechanisms of transportation of the elements.____________________ Solution flow_____________________________________ Solute diffusion__________________________________________ 37 Bearing of the data on the origin of uranium deposits in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation______________________-_______. Studies of uranium deposits in the Chinle Formation and other formations on the Colorado Plateau_______________________________________ Summary and conclusions__________-________________-_-__-_-_-____-51 Literature cited.__________________________________________________