A regional 3D GOCAD model of the eastern sub-Athabasca crystalline basement complex : Implications for new exploration targets 3D GOCAD methodology

Irvine R Annesley and Nicolas Goffaux and Gautier Laurent and Zoltan Hajnal and Bhaskar Pandit and Daouda Diallo. ( 2017 )
in: 2017 RING Meeting, ASGA

Abstract

In this study, a 3D geological model of the eastern sub-Athabasca basement of northern Saskatchewan (i.e. the eastern and western Wollaston domains, the Wollaston-Mudjatik Transition Zone (WMTZ), and the Mudjatik Domain) was developed using the SKUA-GOCAD environment and the GOCAD{\textregistered} Mining Suite. The model is constrained by topographic, geophysical potential field, outcrop, drill hole, petrophysical, and petrological data, along with high-resolution regional seismic lines, in order to better understand the uranium mineral system(s) operating pre-, syn-, and post-Athabasca deposition on a regional to mine scale. This knowledge is utilized to identify key metallogenic parameters and exploration vectoring indices for pre-Athabasca magmatic and metamorphic/metasomatic uranium deposits, and most importantly for basement-hosted unconformity-type (U/C-type) uranium deposits. The ultimate goal is to delineate new exploration targets within the eastern part of the basin.

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@inproceedings{Annesley2017,
 abstract = { In this study, a 3D geological model of the eastern sub-Athabasca basement of northern Saskatchewan (i.e. the eastern and western Wollaston domains, the Wollaston-Mudjatik Transition Zone (WMTZ), and the Mudjatik Domain) was developed using the SKUA-GOCAD environment and the GOCAD{\textregistered} Mining Suite. The model is constrained by topographic, geophysical potential field, outcrop, drill hole, petrophysical, and petrological data, along with high-resolution regional seismic lines, in order to better understand the uranium mineral system(s) operating pre-, syn-, and post-Athabasca deposition on a regional to mine scale. This knowledge is utilized to identify key metallogenic parameters and exploration vectoring indices for pre-Athabasca magmatic and metamorphic/metasomatic uranium deposits, and most importantly for basement-hosted unconformity-type (U/C-type) uranium deposits. The ultimate goal is to delineate new exploration targets within the eastern part of the basin. },
 author = { Annesley, Irvine R AND Goffaux, Nicolas AND Laurent, Gautier AND Hajnal, Zoltan AND Pandit, Bhaskar AND Diallo, Daouda },
 booktitle = { 2017 RING Meeting },
 publisher = { ASGA },
 title = { A regional 3D GOCAD model of the eastern sub-Athabasca crystalline basement complex : Implications for new exploration targets 3D GOCAD methodology },
 year = { 2017 }
}