Radiolysis evidenced by H2-O2 and H2-bearing fluid inclusions in three uranium deposits

1988 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1155-1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Dubessy ◽  
Maurice Pagel ◽  
Jean-Michel Beny ◽  
Hilbert Christensen ◽  
Bernard Hickel ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 2792-2810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonin Richard ◽  
David A. Banks ◽  
Julien Mercadier ◽  
Marie-Christine Boiron ◽  
Michel Cuney ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucilia Aparecida Ramos de Oliveira ◽  
Aurélio da Silva de Souza ◽  
Francisco Javier Rios ◽  
Alexandre de Oliveira Chaves ◽  
Lucas Eustaquio Dias Amorim ◽  
...  

Inclusões fluidas presentes nos principais minerais associados a corpos albitíticos mineralizados foram estudadas em trêsimportantes depósitos da Província Uranífera de Lagoa Real, Bahia, Brasil: Cachoeira; Engenho; e Rabicha. Fluidos associados a um primeiroestágio evolutivo, provavelmente magmático, foram encontrados em piroxênios de raras porções preservadas da jazida Cachoeira. Essassoluções são formadas por um fluido aquoso de salinidade intermediária (sem CO2), de temperatura eutética (Te) muito baixa e contêm Na,Rb e Ba. O segundo estágio, metamórfico, é o predominante nos albititos, e apresenta dois diferentes fluidos. Um deles é encontrado emcristais de piroxênio e granada (associados à uraninita), representado por uma fase aquosa de salinidade intermediária, sem CO2 econtendo Na, Mg, U, Rb, Ba, Sr, Pb, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, Li, Mn, As e Sb. Outro, associado ao plagioclásio, menos salino, e contendo Na, K, Mg,Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Sr, Ba e Pb. Um estágio de remobilização e precipitação de urânio deve estar associado a esta última fase. Foi verificada adiluição dos fluidos em piroxênios e granadas, no sentido N→S da Província. Considerando as diferentes propostas existentes para explicara origem da mineralização uranífera, os dados apresentados contribuem para um melhor entendimento da metalogênese da ProvínciaUranífera de Lagoa Real, utilizando como ferramenta de pesquisa a evolução composicional dos fluidos encontrados em albititosuraníferos, e nas rochas gnáissicas hospedeiras associadas. Estes dados indicam que a evolução geológica de Lagoa Real foi muitocomplexa, e não pode ser restrita a um único modelo.Palavras chaves: Inclusões Fluidas, Metalogênese do Urânio, Lagoa Real.Abstract. ABSTRACTFLUID INCLUSIONS STUDIES IN MINERALS RELATED TO THREE URANIUM DEPOSITS FROM THE LAGOA REAL URANIUM PROVINCE,BAHIA - BRAZIL - Fluid inclusions trapped in minerals associated with uranium mineralized albitites have been studied in three importantdeposits from the Lagoa Real Uranium Province, Bahia, Brazil: Cachoeira; Engenho; and Rabicha. Fluids associated with a first stage,probably magmatic, have been found in rare preserved portions of pyroxenes from the Cachoeira Deposit. These solutions are comprisedof an aqueous fluid, with an intermediate salinity, without CO2, very low eutectic temperature (Te) and containing Na, Rb and Ba. Thesecond stage, metamorphic, is predominant in albitites and is represented by two different fluids. One is found in the pyroxene and garnetassociated with uraninite and consists of an aqueous phase with an intermediate salinity, without CO2, and containing Na, Mg, U, Rb, Ba, Sr,Pb, K, Ca, Fe, Cu , Zn, Li, Mn, As and Sb. The second one is associated with plagioclase and is a less saline fluid containing Na, K, Mg, Ca, Fe,Cu, Zn, Sr, Ba and Pb. A uranium remobilization and precipitation stage would be associated with this last phase. The dilution of fluids inpyroxenes and garnets was observed from N towards S of the Province. Considering the different proposals for the origin of the uraniummineralization, the data presented contribute to improve the knowledge of the Lagoa Real Uranium Province metallogenesis, using thecompositional evolution of fluids found in uranium rich albitites and their gneissic host rocks. These data indicate that the geologicaldevelopment of Lagoa Real was extremely complex, and cannot be restricted to a single model.Keywords: Fluid Inclusions, Uranium Metallogenesis, Lagoa Real.


2021 ◽  
pp. geochem2020-029
Author(s):  
M. Rabiei ◽  
G. Chi ◽  
E.G. Potter ◽  
V. Tschirhart ◽  
C. MacKay ◽  
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The Patterson Lake corridor (PLC) in the southwestern margin of the Athabasca Basin hosts several high-grade uranium deposits. These deposits are located in the basement up to 900 m below the unconformity surface, raising questions about their affiliation with typical unconformity-related uranium (URU) deposits elsewhere in the basin. Based on cross-cutting relationships four pre- and three syn- to post-mineralization quartz generations were identified. Fluid inclusion analyses indicate that pre-mineralization fluids have salinities ranging from 0.2 to 27.2 Wt% NaCl equiv. (avg. 9.0 Wt%), whereas syn-mineralization fluids have salinities ranging from 8.8 to 33.8 Wt% NaCl + CaCl2 (avg. 25.4 Wt%), with NaCl- and CaCl2-rich varieties. The homogenization temperatures (Th) of fluid inclusions from pre-mineralization quartz range from 80 ° to 244 ℃ (avg. 147 ℃), and from syn-mineralization quartz range from 64 ° to 248 ℃ (avg. 128 ℃). Fluid boiling is indicated by the co-development of liquid-dominated and vapor-dominated fluid inclusions within individual fluid inclusion assemblages (FIA) from the syn-mineralization quartz and is related to episodic fluid pressure drops caused by reactivation of basement faults. Our results indicate that composition and P-T conditions of the ore fluids in the PLC are comparable to those of typical URU deposits in the Athabasca Basin, indicating that the uranium deposits in the PLC formed under similar hydrothermal conditions. Episodic reactivation of basement faults was an important driving force to draw uraniferous fluids from the basin and reducing fluids from the basement to the mineralization sites, forming deep basement-hosted deposits.Thematic collection: This article is part of the Uranium Fluid Pathways collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/cc/uranium-fluid-pathwaysSupplementary material:https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5510179


1988 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. POTY ◽  
M. PAGEL

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 422-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyong Yang ◽  
Mingxing Ling ◽  
Weidong Sun ◽  
Xiandong Luo ◽  
Xiaodong Lai ◽  
...  

Geofluids ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Richard ◽  
J. Cauzid ◽  
M. Cathelineau ◽  
M.-C. Boiron ◽  
J. Mercadier ◽  
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Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Ming-Kuan Qin ◽  
Shao-Hua Huang ◽  
Jia-Lin Liu ◽  
Zhang-Yue Liu ◽  
Qiang Guo ◽  
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The evolution characteristics of hydrothermal activity and superimposed uranium mineralization in the Qianjiadian ore field in southwestern Songliao Basin are still controversial and lack direct evidence. In this comprehensive study, a detailed identification of dolerite and hydrothermally altered un-mineralized sandstone and sandstone-hosted ore in the Yaojia Formation have been performed through the use of scanning electron microscopy observation, electron probe, carbon-oxygen-sulfur isotope, and fluid inclusion analyses. The results show that the hydrothermal fluid derived from the intermediate-basic magma intrusion is a low-temperature reducing alkaline fluid and rich in CO2, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Mn, and Ca, producing different types of altered mineral assemblages in the rocks, including carbonation, pyritization, sphalerite mineralization, clausthalite mineralization, silicification, and biotitization. Specifically, the carbonate minerals in sandstone are mixed products of deep hydrothermal fluid and meteoric water, with carbon and oxygen isotopes ranging from −5.2‰ to −1.7‰ and −20.4‰ to −11.1‰, respectively. Carbon source of the carbonate minerals in dolerite is mainly inorganic carbon produced at the late stage of intermediate-basic magma evolution, with carbon and oxygen isotopes from −16.1‰ to −7.2‰ and −18.2‰ to −14.5‰, respectively. Various carbonate minerals in the rocks may have been precipitated by the hydrothermal fluid after the magmatic stage, due to the change of its CO2 fugacity, temperature, and cation concentration during the long-term evolution stage. A series of carbonate minerals were generated as calcite, dolomite, ankerite, ferromanganese dolomite, and dawsonite. The precipitation processes and different types of carbonate mineral mixtures identified in this study mainly occur as parallel, gradual transition, interlacing, or inclusion metasomatism in the same vein body, without obvious mineralogical and petrologic characteristics of penetrating relationship. Homogenization temperature of fluid inclusions in calcite is high, in the range of 203–234 °C, with a low salinity of 0.71–4.34% NaCl, and the data range is relatively concentrated. Homogenization temperature of fluid inclusions in ankerite is usually low, ranging from 100 °C to 232 °C, with a high salinity of 4.18–9.98% NaCl. The precipitation processes of carbonate minerals and the results of this study are basically in consistent. Overall, the sandstone-type uranium deposits have a temporal and genetic relationship with hydrothermal activities during Paleogene. (1) Hydrothermal activity was directly involved in uranium mineralization, result in dissolution and reprecipitation of earlier uranium minerals, forming uranium-bearing ankerite and complexes containing uranium, zirconium, silicon, and titanium. (2) Hydrothermal fluid activity provided reducing agent to promote hydrocarbon generation from pyrolysis of carbonaceous fragments and accelerate uranium precipitation rate. (3) Regional water stagnation prolongs reaction time, contributing to huge uranium enrichment. This study provides new petrologic, mineralogical, and geochemical evidence for multi-fluid coupled and superimposed mineralization of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in the sedimentary basin.


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