Distribution of trace elements in drilling chip samples around a roll-type uranium deposit, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Open-File Report
83-56
By: H.C. Day, C.S. Spirakis, R. S. Zech, and A. R. Kirk
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Abstract
Chip samples from rotary drilling in the vicinity of a roll-type uranium deposit in the southwestern San Juan Basin were split into a whole-washed fraction, a clay fraction, and a heavy mineral concentrate fraction. Analyses of these fractions determined that cutting samples could be used to identify geochemical halos associated with this ore deposit. In addition to showing a distribution of selenium, uranium, vanadium, and molybdenum similar to that described by Harshman (1974) in uranium roll-type deposits in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Texas, the chemical data indicate a previously unrecognized zinc anomaly in the clay fraction downdip of the uranium ore.
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Day, H., Spirakis, C., Zech, R.S., Kirk, A.R., 1983, Distribution of trace elements in drilling chip samples around a roll-type uranium deposit, San Juan Basin, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-56, 28 p. ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8356.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Distribution of trace elements in drilling chip samples around a roll-type uranium deposit, San Juan Basin, New Mexico |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 83-56 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr8356 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | 28 p. ill., maps ;28 cm. |