| Titre | Fe and Mg signatures of the Bong Uranium Deposit, Thelon Basin, Nunavut |
| Télécharger | Téléchargement (publication entière) |
| Auteur | Potter, E G; Sharpe, R; Girard, I; Fayek, M; Gammon, P; Quirt, D; Robbins, J |
| Source | Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4: unconformity-related uranium systems; par Potter, E G (éd.); Wright, D M (éd.); Commission géologique du Canada, Dossier public 7791, 2015 p. 52-60, https://doi.org/10.4095/295783 (Accès ouvert) |
| Année | 2015 |
| Éditeur | Ressources naturelles Canada |
| Document | dossier public |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.4095/295783 |
| Media | en ligne; numérique |
| Référence reliée | Cette publication est contenue dans Potter, E G;
Wright, D M; (2015). Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4: unconformity-related uranium systems, Commission géologique du Canada, Dossier public 7791 |
| Formats | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| SNRC | 66A; 66B |
| Lat/Long OENS | -99.0000 -97.0000 64.7500 64.2500 |
| Sujets | gîte de type discordance; discordances; gisements d'uranium; uranium; gisements minéraux; gîtes minéralogiques; minéralisation; géochimie du fer; géochimie du magnesium; caractéristiques structurales;
failles; altération; altération hydrothermale; illite; Bassin d'Athabasca ; Dépôt de Kiggavik ; Groupe de Woodburn Lake ; géologie structurale; minéraux radioactifs; géochimie |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; cross-sections; profiles |
| Programme | Étude des gîtes d'uranium, Initiative géoscientifique ciblée (IGC-4) |
| Diffusé | 2015 03 02 (08:30) |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
The Bong deposit is one of several uranium occurrences located ca. 5 km southeast of the faulted margin of the Proterozoic Thelon sub-basin, within altered
metasedimentary rocks of the Woodburn Lake group. The deposit exhibits features in common with unconformity-related deposits of the Athabasca Basin, in particular a spatial association with the regional unconformity, alteration and ore mineralogy and
structural context. Primary uranium enrichment is associated with a broad hydrothermal alteration halo characterized by an inner illite-rich zone and an outer chlorite-rich zone. Whole rock and clay-sized fraction ?57FeIRMM-014 and ?26MgDSM-3 values
of the least-altered host rocks cluster near 0 ‰, within range of average values of crustal materials. Zones characterized by intense illite alteration have high ?57Fe and ?26Mg values, with average whole-rock values of ?57Fe = 0.87 }0.23‰ and ?26Mg
= 0.61 }0.29‰, and clay-size fraction values of ?57Fe = 0.77 }0.29‰ and ?26Mg = 0.82 }0.09‰. These isotopic values correlate with reductions in Fe2+ concentrations (average of 0.47 mol. % versus average of 2.30 mol. % Fe2+ in least-altered hosts).
The high ?57Fe values support leaching of Fe2+ (aq) with low ?57Fe compositions from the system, causing precipitation of iron-bearing minerals with ?57Fe values higher than the host rocks. The ?57Fe values may have been locally influenced by the
formation of hematite and Fe-oxyhydroxide minerals in secondary miniature roll-front mineralization due to redox reactions. The high ?26Mg values coincide with formation of illite, which preferentially incorporated heavier magnesium isotopes during
the intense hydrothermal alteration observed in both the ore zone and an upper hematitic horizon. Despite the significant shifts in isotopic compositions, the net iron depletion in the ore zone via selective leaching of Fe2+ without Fe3+ enrichment
implies that redox reactions were not the dominant mechanism of primary uranium mineralization at the Bong deposit. Mineralogical and geochemical data support primary uranium precipitation through reduction and neutralization of an oxidized, acidic
fluid. As Fe2+ was leached from the system in solution, enrichment of Fe-oxides and low whole-rock ?57Fe values may be a distal signature of these systems. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 295783 |
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