Conditions de genèse des gisements d'uranium associés aux discordances protérozoïques et localisés dans les socles. Exemple du socle du bassin d'Athabasca (Saskatchewan, Canada)

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New basement-hosted uranium deposits in Athabasca Basin (Saskatchewan, Canada) were recently discovered. This ore type is now a new exploration target. The formation processes of basement-hosted ores are discussed and their discovery is not obvious. To better understand this deposit type, a multidisciplinary study has been focussed on three deposits: Eagle Point, Millennium and P-Patch. The basement-hosted uranium oxides have variable chemical characteristics function of their crystallisation and posterior alteration conditions. U-Pb isotopic ages are in accordance with uranium oxides localized at the unconformity. The same tendency is observed too for Rare Earth Elements (REE) concentrations. Physico-chemical conditions and fluid circulations are thus close to for the two types of deposit. The brines associated to deposit formation circulate in the basement, for a part, thanks to metamorphic structures and microstructures reopenings under the same stress field than those occurring dur

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