Geophysical interpretation of the gneiss terrane of northern Washington and southern British Columbia, and its implications for uranium exploration

Cady, John W.; Fox, Kenneth F.

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The Omineca crystalline belt of northeastern Washington and southern British Columbia has a regional Bouguer gravity high, and individual gneiss domes within the terrane are marked by local gravity highs. Models of crustal structure that satisfy the limited available seismic-refraction data and explain the gravity high over the gneiss terrane permit the hypothesis that the core metamorphic complexes are the surface expression of a zone of dense infrastructure that makes up the upper 20 km (kilometers) of the crust within the crystalline belt. The Omineca crystalline belt is characterized regionally by low aeromagnetic relief. The gneiss domes and biotite- and biotite-muscovite granites are generally marked by low magnetic relief, whereas hornblende-biotite granites often cause magnetic highs. Exceptional magnetic highs mark zones of magnetic rock within the biotite- and biotite-muscovite granites and the gneiss domes; these areas are worthy of study, both to determine the origin and disposition of the magnetite and to explore the possible existence of uraniferous magnetite deposits.

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Cady, John W.; Fox, Kenneth F.

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29 p.; 1 plate in pocket

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U.S. G.P.O.,

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Geophysical interpretation of the gneiss terrane of northern Washington and southern British Columbia, and its implications for uranium exploration; 1984; PP; 1260; Cady, John W.; Fox, Kenneth F.

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1984

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Geophysical interpretation of the gneiss terrane of northern Washington and southern British Columbia, and its implications for uranium exploration; 1984; PP; 1260; Cady, John W.; Fox, Kenneth F.