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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 xviii
Table 4.4. Isotopic data of the U-Pb LA-HR-ICP-MS analysis and apparent-ages for uraninite from the Coronation Hill and El Sherana deposits…………………….…168 Table 4.5. Summary of the U-Pb concordia results of U-rich minerals for various events in the Coronation Hill and El Sherana deposits. ………………………………….…..170 Table 4.6. Isotopic analyses data of the Pb-Pb LA-HR-ICP-MS analysis of galena from the Coronation Hill deposit………………………………………………………….….173 Table 4.7. Summary of the major results presented in this Chapter..…………….…..…..175 xix
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Table 4.4. Isotopic data of the U-Pb LA-HR-ICP-MS analysis and apparent-ages for<br />
uraninite from the Coronation Hill and El Sherana deposits…………………….…168<br />
Table 4.5. Summary of the U-Pb concordia results of U-rich minerals for various events in<br />
the Coronation Hill and El Sherana deposits. ………………………………….…..170<br />
Table 4.6. Isotopic analyses data of the Pb-Pb LA-HR-ICP-MS analysis of galena from the<br />
Coronation Hill deposit………………………………………………………….….173<br />
Table 4.7. Summary of the major results presented in this Chapter..…………….…..…..175<br />
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