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Geoscience ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (04): 1039-1058.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2025.020

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Petrogenesis and Uranium Mineralization Potential of Granites Hosting the Xiaoshan Deposit in the Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Jiangxi Province

LI Furong1,2,3(), PAN Jiayong1,*(), ZHONG Fujun1, ZENG Renyu1, YAN Jie1, Huang Di4, DANG Feipeng4   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China
    2. Inner Mongolia Engineering Research Center of Geological Technology and Geotechnical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, Inner Mongolia, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Geological Hazards and Geotechnical Engineering Defense in Sandy and Drought Regions at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, Inner Mongolia, China
    4. No.270 Research Institute of China National Nuclear Corporation, Nanchang 330200, Jiangxi, China
  • Online:2025-08-10 Published:2025-08-27
  • Contact: PAN Jiayong

Abstract:

The South China Block is a significant region for granite-type uranium deposits in China. The Lujing uranium ore field, located on the southwest side of the Taoshan-Zhuguang uranium metallogenic belt, is one of the most important granite-type uranium ore fields in South China. In recent years, the Xiaoshan deposit, a medium-sized uranium deposit, has been newly discovered in the central part of the Lujing uranium ore field. Uranium mineralization in the Xiaoshan deposit is closely related to alkaline metasomatism, with ore bodies hosted in granite. The study of ore-hosting granites in the Xiaoshan deposit, Jiangxi Province, provides key geological evidence for understanding the genesis of Indosinian granites and their uranium metallogenic specialization in South China. For this purpose, this study focuses on the ore-hosting granites of the Xiaoshan uranium deposit. By conducting detailed petrographic observations and geochemical analyses, it explores the genesis, tectonic setting of the granites, and their constraints on uranium mineralization. The research reveals that the ore-hosting granites in the Xiaoshan deposit mainly consist of medium-coarse-grained porphyritic biotite granite and fine-grained two-mica granite, with zircon U-Pb ages of 237.3±1.5 Ma and 236.8±1.6 Ma, respectively, indicating that they are the products of early Indosinian magmatism. Petrographic, geochemical, and zircon Hf isotopic characteristics show that the ore-hosting granites have features of S-type granites, formed in a tectonic setting transitioning from compression to extension. Their source area is mainly Paleoproterozoic metamudstone, resulting from partial melting of crustal materials. Both types of granites in the Xiaoshan deposit are uranium-rich and serve as important uranium source rocks for uranium mineralization in the region.

Key words: Granite-type uranium deposit, zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotope, petrogenesis, Lujing uranium ore field, Xiaoshan deposit

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