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Can Illite Be Used as a Pathfinder in Uranium Exploration

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Can Illite Be Used as a Pathfinder in Uranium Exploration

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During exploration for unconformity-type uranium deposits like those in the Athabascan basin, illite can be a reasonable pathfinder mineral. In sandstone and basementhosted deposits, alteration halos that include clay mineral alteration features can contain illite, sudoitic chlorite, dravite, dickite, and kaolinite. Illite types can be diagenetic (coarse grained and platy) or hydrothermal (hairy/wispy). There is a small increase in aluminum (Al) content in hydrothermal illite relative to diagenetic illite.

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