Paleoproterozoic U Mineralization in Huayangchuan Deposit, Xiaoqinling Area: Evidence from the U-Rich Granitic Pegmatite

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中文题名小秦岭华阳川矿床古元古代铀成矿作用:来自富铀花岗伟晶岩的证据
作者Li, Putao
作者单位Changan Univ
刊名MINERALS
2023
13
07
摘要
The Huayangchuan uranium deposit, located in the west of the Xiaoqinling belt on the southern margin of the North China Craton, is a large U-Nb-Pb deposit accompanied with rare-earth elements. The Huayangchuan uranium deposit, discovered in the 1950s, has long been known as a carbonatite-type uranium deposit. Recently, new geological work has found uranium mineralization in many granitic pegmatite veins in the Huayangchuan deposit and adjacent areas. Here, we report a systematic investigation of the petrography, whole-rock geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages, and in situ Lu-Hf isotopic characteristics of newly discovered U-rich granitic pegmatite veins in the west of Huayangchuan deposit. The petrological results showed that the lithology of the samples is granite pegmatite. The U-Pb ages of zircon were 1826.3 & PLUSMN; 7.9 and 1829 & PLUSMN; 11 Ma. Microscopically, the paragenetic characteristics of zircon, betafite, and uraninite exist in the intergranular fissures of K-feldspar and quartz, reflecting metallogenic phenomena in the rock formation process. Almost all whole-rock samples were rich in SiO2 (64.37-70.69 wt.%), total alkalis (K2O + Na2O = 8.50-10.30 wt.%), and Al2O3 (12.20-14.41 wt.%) but poor in TiO2 (0.23-0.73 wt.%), MgO (0.38-0.90 wt.%), CaO (1.23-2.22 wt.%), P2O5 (0.14-0.83 wt.%), and MnO (0.04-0.57 wt.%). Additionally, they showed enrichment of LILEs (such as Rb, Ba, Th, U, and K), depletion of HFSEs (such as Ta, P, Ti, and Hf), and no alkaline dark minerals, and the characteristics are intraplate A1-type granite. The A1-type granite displayed low zircon & epsilon;Hf(t) values (-19.42--15.02) with zircon two-stage Hf model aged 3.10-2.76 Ga, indicating that the U-rich granitic pegmatite was derived predominantly from partial melting of the ancient continental crust (such as the early Taihua group formed in Archean-Neoarchean). Combined with the above results and regional geological data, the U-rich granitic pegmatite discovered in the Huayangchuan deposit was formed in a post-collisional regime after the Luliang movement in the late Paleoproterozoic. This study suggests that future uranium prospecting work in this area should focus on late Paleoproterozoic U-rich granitic pegmatites.

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