Proposed Title 1: - Queen's University

List of Tables
Table 1.1. Uranium production of the Beaverlodge area………..………………..…………6
Table 1.2. Production for U deposits in the Northern Territory……..…………..…………10
Table 1.3. Amount of U resources and average grades………………………………….…13
Table 1.4. Global U production and resources by deposit type……………………………14
Table 2.1. Analytical data from the U/Pb LA-HR-ICP-MS analysis of various uraninite
occurrences in the Beaverlodge area…………………………..…...………...…….53
Table 2.2. Summary of the U-Pb concordia results of U-rich minerals for various events..55
Table 2.3. Average chemical composition and calculated chemical Pb ages of different U
occurrences in the Beaverlodge area……………………………………..………...63
Table 3.1. Electron microprobe analysis and chemical composition of U and brannerite..100
Table 3.2. Temperatures of formation, and average structural formulas…………………100
Table 3.3. Representative electron microprobe analysis of syn-ore chlorite phases…..….104
Table 3.4. Representative electron microprobe analysis of various chlorites affected by late
low-temperature alteration phases…………………………………....………..….105
Table 3.5. Measured δ 18 O and δ 13 C for calcite and calculated δ 18 O fluid and δ 13 C fluid values
for fluids in equilibrium with carbonate minerals…………………..………….…108
Table 3.6. Measured δ 18 O and δ 2 H for chlorite and calculated δ 18 O and δ 2 H values for
fluids in equilibrium with chlorite minerals…………………………..…………..111
Table 3.7. Characteristic of REE compositions uraninite………………………………...114
Table 3.8. REE contents of uraninite from different generations of U deposits……….…117
Table 3.9. Summary of the paragenetic mineral assemblages and timing of the U
mineralization……….………………………………………...…………..…..…..118
Table 4.1. Results of the electron microprobe analyses for uraninite occurrences in the
Coronation Hill deposit…………………………………………………..……….162
Table 4.2. Representative electron microprobe analyses of various chlorite phases from the
Coronation Hill and El Sherana deposits………………………………….……...163
Table 4.3. Measured δ 18 O and δ 2 H for muscovite and calculated δ 18 O and δ 2 H values for
fluids in equilibrium with minerals……………………………………….………166
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