0RNL/EIS-121/VI GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF URANIM DEPOSITS A Selected Aiwtated Biklief raphy- Vol. 1 Sponsored by GRAND JUNCTION OFFICE/DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ORNL/E1S-121/V1 GJBX1S(7t) Contract No. W-740Veng-26 GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF URANIUM DEPOSITS A SELECTED, ANNOTATED 0BLIOGRAPHY VOL.1 ComNed and Edtted by M. B. White P. A. Garland National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program Ecological Sciences Information Center Information Center Complex MASTL1 Manuscript Completed—October 1977 Date Published— June 1978 Soomorad bv tha Grand Junction Office of the Department of Energy Mr ,m fmtfmmM Prepared by the OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 operated by UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION for the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS U CONTENTS ABSTRACT v PREFACE vii SAMPLE REFERENCE xi BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES Geology and Mineralogy I Mapping, Surveying, and Location of Deposits 61 Chemical Analysis and Geochemistry (OS Prospecting 145 Remote Sensing 173 Environmental Effects 175 Uranium Industry 177 Bibliographies and Indices 181 Resource Utilization and Reserves 185 Research Programs 191 INDEXES Author 193 Keyword ". 205 Geographic Location 227 Quadrangle Name 255 Geoformational Feature 267 Taxonomic Name 307 DISTRIBUTION 309 iii ABSTRACT This bibliography was compiled by selecting 580 references from die Bibliographic Information Dau Base of die Department of Energy's (DOE) National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Program. This dau base and five others have been created by the Ecological Sciences Information Center to provide technical computer-retrievable dau on various aspects of the nation's uranium resources. All fields of uranium geology are within the defined scope of the project, as are aerial surveying procedures, uranium reserves and resources, and universally applied uranium research. References used by DOE-NURE contractors in completing their aerial reconnaissance survey reports have been included at the request of the Grand Junction Office, DOE. The following indexes are provided to aid the user in locating reference of interest: author, keyword, geographic location, quadrangle name, geoformational index, and Uxonomic name. PREFACE The National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Program of the Department of Energy (DOE) consisu of two key dements: (I) the search for and evaluation cf uraniumdeposits in the United States and (2) the development of improved assessment, exploration, and production meihods. The Ecological Sciences Information Center (ESIC). Information Center Complex, Information Division. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides information support to the NURE project and is part of a large-scale computer-oriented system called the Grand Junction Office Information System. The purpose of the system is to facilitate the storage, compilation, synthesis, and extraction of NURE data. ESIC has the responsibility of building six data bases for NURE; each contains unique information, but all have a cross-referencinf capability which allows for thorough data extraction. A brief description of the six files is presented below: 1. Bibliographic Information File—Includes documents on the geology of uranium deposits and aerial reconnaissance methods; reference-- from the bibliographic file have been compiled in this bibliography. 2. Quadrangle File -Describes geographic, aerial reconnaissance, and planning data of the 621 quadrangles being surveyed in the United States. 3. Contractor Report File—Gives t-sc radiometric data obtained from the aerial reconnaissance missions and summarizes the techniques utilized by the NURE contractors. 4. Uranium Mines File—Denotes the geographic location and mine property number ol over 5000 uranium mines in the United States. 5. Ceounits File -Summarizes lithology of all fcnia'son* encountered in quadrangles surveyed by NURE contractors 6. Numeric /7/r—Catalogs references to existing Js.ri» of geographically indexed information pertaining to geology, spectrography, and other M'.iE-related interests. This bibliography represents the first of a series o' lublications to be compiled by ESIC for the NURE program. It consists of 580 abstracted reference*. atingfrom 1905 to 1977. Major emphasis has been placed on uranium geology, encompassing dev nation, origin of ore deposits, ore controls, lithology, petrology, and prospecting. Other subi. < areas included are aerial reconnaissance techniques; uranium reserves and resources of the t'- Jd States, Brazil, and Australia; and laboratory research or universally applied studies involving the ..eochemistry and chemical analyses of uranium. Although most of the literature is related to urani'irv; onedocuments pertaining to the general geology of important regions have beer, included. Whenever possible, geographic information o.i :hc areas studied is presented. The statr, wunty, section, township, range, and 15- or 7'/2-minutequa4ranglc are generally designated. The study areas are then categorized into one-degree by two-degree National Topographic Map Series (NT MS) quadrangles and assigned a four-digit number {designated by the Bendix Field Engineering Corporation). This combination enables the user to obtein all data on a particular geographic location. Geologic formations, mines, claims, rivers, and regional rtructures located near a specific research site arc named if they are applicable to the resea'sh. vii > N BLANK PAGE k, *_ : : c References cited in the Grand Junction Office contractor reports on aerial radiometric reconnaissance surveys have also been abstracted and included when possible. The literature is sorted by subject category as lifted in the Contcntsand isananged alphabetically by author. Indexes are provided for the purpose of simplifying sea rch techniques and reducing the time for obtaining material on a select subject. The following indexes begin on page 193: author, keyword, geographic location, quadrangle name, gcoformatiooal index, and taxonomk name. Because of certain computer-printing limitations, various methods are utilized to indicate subscripts and superscripts: 1. HK.E+3) or IOXE-3) stands for 10' or 10 ' respectively 2. UKB designates UJO, 3. U 235 means 2,5U 4. X2 indicates X2 AD the published literature references are coatainedm trie NX R£P.l>uogmpluc Data BKSC and are available for searching upon submission of specific requests. Tire services of ES1C are free to all DOE- funded researchers. AH inquiries for information services should be addressed to: Satumal Uranium Resource Evaluation Program Ecological Sciences Information Center Oak Ridge National laboratory P.O. Box X, Building J02H Oak Ridge. TN J7KMI Phone: (615) 4X3-X6II, Ext. 3-6524 or 3-6173 ETS H5(h6524 or XSO-6173 viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS F. M. Eckerson of the Grand Junction Office of the Department of Ervrgy has guided the Ecological Sciences Infonnation Center in the esublishment of the NURE data bases. H. A. Pfuderer and J. T. Ensmingcr of ESIC and A. A. Brooks of the Computer Sciences Division. UCC-ND, have provided assistance, guidance, and expertise in the compilation of the NURE data bases. Julia A. Watts of the Environmental Sciences Division, UCC-ND. was responsible for manipulating the NURE oata files into a format compatible with the AM-748 phototypesetter at ORNL. Evelyn Daniel ordered, catalogued, and filed all literatureand created a system to maintain and update all manual files. Opal Russell of the Central Research Library, ORNL, located the difficult-to-find documents. Susan Richardson and the staff of the Information Sciences and Operations Section of the Infonnation Center Complex were responsible for the computer production of this document. Cathy Fore and members of the ESIC staff offered constructive suggestions to aid in the development of a more inclusive, concise, and useful bibliographic data base of which this publication is a part. ix SAMPLE REFERENCE A - Subject Category F - Publication Description B - Record Number (of reference) G - Publication Date C - Author H - Abstract D - Corporate Author I - Abstractor's Initials E - Title J - Comments (A) MAPPING, SURVEYING, AND LOCATION OF DEPOSITS (B) (149) (Q (D) Oben, J. C, USGS, Lakcwood, Co. (E) (F) (G) Uranium Deposits in the Cochetopm District, Colorado, in Relation to the Otitoceae Erosion Surface. USGS Open File Report 76-222, 13 pp. (1976) (H) The principal uranium deposit in the Cochetopa district, at the Los Ochos mine, is in Junction Creek Sandstone, Morrison Formation, and Precambrian rocks. The deposit is localized just beneath the restored position of the old land surface that was buried by Oligocene volcanic rocks and has since been eroded away near the mine. Contours drawn on this ancient surface show the position of the paleov alley of the ancestral Cochetopa Creek, which flowed northward through the district slightly east of its present position. The Los Ochos uranium deposit is in the Los Ochos fault zone near the point where it is crossed by the pre-volcanism Cochetopa paleovalley. This localization suggests the possibility that the fault zone provided the conditions favorable for deposition of uranium from ground waters moving through overlying volcanic rocks and down the ancient (I) paleovalley on the pre-Oligoctne unconformity. (Auth) (J) This report is based on a ulk given at the USCS 'Jranium and Thorium Research and Resource Conference held December 8-10, 1975, at Golden, Colorado. XI I GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY Devonian Clastic Rocks, North-Central Petmsytvana. AT-3982. 12 pp. (1972) Local