A reconnaissance study of the uranium and thorium contents of plutonic rocks of the southeastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska
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Abstract
Large granitic Cretaceous plutons are exposed along and adjacent to an arcuate belt of igneous and high-grade raetamorphic rocks in the southeastern Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Reconnaissance studies of these plutons have shown that the Darby pluton has well above average amounts of uranium and thorium (11.2 ppm and 58.7 ppm, respectively), the Kachauik pluton contains average to above average uranium and thorium (5.7 ppm and 22.5 ppm, respectively), and the Bendeleben pluton contains average amounts of uranium and thorium (3.4 ppm and 16.7 ppm, respectively). The three plutons show compositional and textural differences indicative of different source materials that may have controlled the distribution of uranium and thorium.
The high uranium and thorium contents of the Darby pluton, similar to those of the Conway Granite of New Hampshire which has been mentioned as a possible low-grade thorium resource, suggest that this pluton may be a favorable area for economic concentrations of uranium and thorium.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A reconnaissance study of the uranium and thorium contents of plutonic rocks of the southeastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
| Series title | Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1976 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 367 |
| Last page | 377 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Seward Peninsula |
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