Sandstone-type uranium deposits at Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico; an interim report

Understanding Mineral Deposits

“…The tabular orebodies are coextensive with structureless diagenetic or epigenetic organic matter, which is believed to be the main control of uranium localization (Granger et al 1961, Moench & Schlee 1967. This is consistent with a positive correlation between the organic carbon and uranium contents of the ore horizons (Fishman & Reynolds, 1986).…”

Sorption of Trace Constituents from Aqueous Solutions Onto Secondary Minerals. II. Radium

“…Titayeva and Veksler (1977) reported that lack of experimental data on the causes regulating Ra sorptiondesorption processes necessitated the use of suppositions concerning them. Granger et al (1961) and Granger (1963) showed that Ra had migrated from the Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico, ore bodies into surrounding sandstones for distances of up to a few meters. Barite, cryptomelane, and mudstone lenses adjacent to the ore bodies were enriched in Ra 2+ which substituted for Ba 2. in the barite and for Mn z+ in the cryptomelane.…”

Journal of Research of the U. S. Geological Survey, 1975, volume 3, issue 3

“…Plots of U and eU pairs of analyses illustrating the characteristic pattern were published by Granger, Santos, Dean, and Moore (1961, p. 1206), Finnell, Franks, and Hubbard (1963, p. 35), and Harshman (1972. By plotting U and-eU pairs of analyses from published and unpublished data, the author found the same pattern in uranium deposits of Texas, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota.…”