Method for exploring and discovering uranium deposits within a petrofluid system. [Patent Application]

Patent · Thu Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6206737

Gentry, R V; Thomas, I L; Hann, R L

This invention relates to a method for exploring and discovering a uranium ore deposit located within a petrofluid system, comprising assaying the fluids and solids at a multiplicity of sites throughout the system with respect to at least four uranium daughter products, polonium-210, lead-210, bismuth-214, and radon-222 and thereby determining distances from the ore deposit to the assay point.

• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US A 936459
• OSTI ID: 6206737
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
URANIUM DEPOSITS
EXPLORATION
BISMUTH 214
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DAUGHTER PRODUCTS
LEAD 210
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
OIL FIELDS
PARTICLES
PETROLEUM
POLONIUM 210
PROSPECTING
RADON 222
WATER
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BISMUTH ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPES
LEAD ISOTOPES
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
POLONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADON ISOTOPES
RESOURCES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
050200* - Nuclear Fuels- Exploration- (-1987)