Uranium ore rolls in the United States
By: E.N. Harshman
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Abstract
About 40% of the uranium ore reserves in the United States, minable at $8 per pound of contained U3O8, are in roll-type deposits in the State of Wyoming. The host rocks are arkosic sandstones, deposited in intermontane basins under fluvial conditions, and derived from the granitic cores of mountain ranges that flank the basins. The host rocks are Eocene and possibly Paleocene in age and are, or were, overlain by a sequence of continental tuffaceous siltstones, sandstones and conglomerates 400 - 700 m thick.
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Harshman, E., 1970, Uranium ore rolls in the United States, in Uranium exploration geology: Proceedings of a panel, Vienna, 13-17 April 1970, p. 219-232.
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| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Uranium ore rolls in the United States |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Publisher location | Vienna, Austria |
| Description | 14 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Uranium exploration geology: Proceedings of a panel, Vienna, 13-17 April 1970 |
| First page | 219 |
| Last page | 232 |
| Country | United States |