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Anomalous Uranium Concentrations in Artesian Springs and Stream Sediments in the Mount Prindle Area, Alaska.

PB271878

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Barker, J. C.; Clautice, K. H.
Page Count	24
Abstract	A half-mile long series of radioactive artesian springs were found by Bureau of Mines personnel during a mineral resource study of the proposed Beaver Creek National Wild River in the Tanana Uplands. The springs are near the headwaters of Little Champion Creek along the contact of the Mount Prindle granite pluton and the Birch Creek schist. Geochemical analyses of stream sediments in this drainage and that of Champion Creek show anomalously high amounts of uranium. Up to 400 parts per million (ppm) were detected in stream sediments and analyses of spring sediments ranged from 47 to 570 ppm. No visible uranium minerals were identified but the sample results indicate that the area has a potential for uranium enrichment.
Keywords	Uranium Geochemical prospecting Mount Prindle Streams Sediments Aquifers Natural radioactivity Trace elements Sampling Geological maps Chemical analysis Granite Alaska
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Field Operation Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197724

Anomalous Uranium Concentrations in Artesian Springs and Stream Sediments in the Mount Prindle Area, Alaska.

Anomalous Uranium Concentrations in Artesian Springs and Stream Sediments in the Mount Prindle Area, Alaska.
PB271878

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Barker, J. C.; Clautice, K. H.
Page Count	24
Abstract	A half-mile long series of radioactive artesian springs were found by Bureau of Mines personnel during a mineral resource study of the proposed Beaver Creek National Wild River in the Tanana Uplands. The springs are near the headwaters of Little Champion Creek along the contact of the Mount Prindle granite pluton and the Birch Creek schist. Geochemical analyses of stream sediments in this drainage and that of Champion Creek show anomalously high amounts of uranium. Up to 400 parts per million (ppm) were detected in stream sediments and analyses of spring sediments ranged from 47 to 570 ppm. No visible uranium minerals were identified but the sample results indicate that the area has a potential for uranium enrichment.
Keywords	Uranium Geochemical prospecting Mount Prindle Streams Sediments Aquifers Natural radioactivity Trace elements Sampling Geological maps Chemical analysis Granite Alaska
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Field Operation Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197724