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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (05): 902-912.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.05.04

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Characteristics of Ore-forming Fluids of the Changpai Uranium Deposit in Guangdong Province

XU Hao1,2(), ZHANG Chuang3, PANG Yaqing3, CAO Haojie4, LIU Jialin3, LIU Wenquan4   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Bureau of Geology, CNNC, Beijing 100013, China
    3. Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, CNNC,Beijing 100029,China
    4. Research Institute No.290 of Nuclear Industry, CNNC, Shaoguan, Guangdong 512026,China
  • Received:2018-04-03 Revised:2018-06-30 Online:2018-10-10 Published:2018-11-04

Abstract:

The Changpai uranium deposit is located in the Changjiang ore field in northern Guangdong Pro-vince. The uranium orebodies are controlled by the NNW trending silicified fracture zones and hosted within both the fracture zones and adjacent altered granites. Microthermometric measurements and Laser Raman Spectrum analysis indicate that the ore-forming fluids of the Changpai uranium deposit are of medium-low temperature, medium-low salinity and contain volatiles including CO2, CH4 and H2. The homogenization temperatures of the ore-forming fluids range from 120 to 250 ℃ while the salinities range from 0.4% to 10.2%. Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic systems of quartz indicate that the ore-forming fluids are mainly derived from magmatic water in the early stage but mixed with meteoric water in the late stage. The δ13C values of calcite from the mineralization stage are mostly from -9.1‰ to -8.2‰,signifying deep-sourced carbon in this deposit. On the basis of the aforementioned analyses, it is suggested that the Changpai uranium deposit is a medium-low temperature hydrothermal vein type uranium deposit. Fluid boiling of the ore-forming fluids and consequent escape of the volatile (e.g., CO2) components resulted in the precipitation of pitchblende and other uranium minerals.

Key words: fluid inclusion, ore-forming fluid, stable isotope, Changpai uranium deposit, Guangdong

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