Geologic Synthesis and Genetic Models for Uranium Mineralization in the Morrison Formation, Grants Uranium Region, New Mexico

Abstract

A synthesis of current geologic knowledge of the Morrison Formation in the Grants uranium region, incorporating results of the multidisciplinary studies presented in this volume, permits genetic modeling of uranium mineralization in the broad context of basin analysis. The result is that primary uranium mineralization can be viewed as a product of a unique series of tectonic, depositional, hydrologic, and diagenetic processes that acted in concert at a specific, critical time during basin evolution.