Determination of uranium in source rocks by using radium in Crystal Springs, Great Salt Lake area, Utah

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6528524

Felmlee, J K; Cadigan, R A

Measurements of radium in 15 mineral springs in the Great Salt Lake area show that Crystal Springs, located on a fault bordering the west edge of the Wasatch Range north of Brigham City, has the highest radium content, 220 ..mu mu..g/1. Other springs within 20 km west of the Wasatch Range have radium contents of 20 to 140 ..mu mu..g/1. The areal distribution of radium and other elements such as barium, iron, manganese, and copper, in water and chemical precipitates combined with the known geology indicates that these springs are associated with faults and possibly with hydrothermal mineral deposits in the fault systems. In this paper, the amount of U in source rock that would be required to produce the Ra in the water at Crystal Springs was calculated in order to determine whether the source rock may have a potential for U concentrations of economic interest.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6528524
• Report Number(s): USGS-OFR-78-102
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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