Uranium Deposit Report
Deposit : |
Kitts |
Country : |
Canada |
General Information |
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Geological District |
Central Mineral Belt | ||
Geological Region |
Eastern Canada | ||
Political/Geographical Province |
Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
Last Data Update |
2009-01-01 | ||
Owner(s) |
20 %, Idemitsu | ||
Operator |
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Synonym Name(s) |
Kitts Main Zone,Kitts A and B Zones | ||
Technical Information |
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Tonnage Range (t U)
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1,000 - 2,500 | ||
Grade Range (% U)
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0.20 - 0.50 | ||
Deposit Status
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Dormant | ||
Current Processing Plant
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Cumulative Production (t U)
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0 | ||
Production Period
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Produced Grade (% U)
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0 | ||
General Remarks |
Listed in GSC Canadian U-Th Deposits and Occurrences Database number 422 | ||
Geological Information |
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Deposit Type |
Volcanic | ||
Geological Setting |
Regional - Kitts - Post Hill fold and thrust belt (Kitts deposit is at north end of 30 km long southwest-trending belt thrust over by basement from southeast and cut by Long Island pluton to the north). Host rocks - Post Hill Gp argillite (argillite and associated cherts, quartzites, and tuffs form an interflow sequence in predominantly mafic volcanic rocks). | ||
Age of Mineralization |
1777 +/- 9 Ma (ICP-MS) | ||
Mineralization |
Disseminated pitchblende grains and aggregates in en echelon lenses along argillite. Strata-bound (pitchblende is concentrated along a 20 m thick argillite overlying and in part interbedded with a chert bed up to 15 m thick, between two pillow lavas | ||
MetallogenicAspects |
disseminated stratabound (A and B Zones); aggregates along bedding (A and B Zones); aggregates at minor fold crests (A and B Zones); veinlets (A and B Zones); fracture fillings (A and B Zones) | ||
Age of Mineralization |
1777 +/- 9 Ma (ICP-MS) | ||
DepositShape |
multiple lenses | ||
DepositDimensions |
A zone 250 m long x 100 m wide x 5 m thick. B zone 200 m long x 200 m deep x 10 m thick | ||
GeologicalRemarks |
U-Mo-Cu-Ag with hematization, calcite | ||
Metallogenic Aspects |
disseminated stratabound (A and B Zones); aggregates along bedding (A and B Zones); aggregates at minor fold crests (A and B Zones); veinlets (A and B Zones); fracture fillings (A and B Zones) | ||