THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGION
The paper reports on the results of studies of ore-bearing rocks of the Ugakhan gold deposit (Bodaybo district): metasandstones, metasiltstones and carbonaceous shales. The rocks consist of quartz, feldspar (albite, orthoclase), Fe-Mg chlorite, mica (muscovite, sericite) and carbonates (calcite, dol...
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| author | E.V. Shepel N.R. Ayupova M.A. Rassomakhin P.V. Khvorov |
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| description | The paper reports on the results of studies of ore-bearing rocks of the Ugakhan gold deposit (Bodaybo district): metasandstones, metasiltstones and carbonaceous shales. The rocks consist of quartz, feldspar (albite, orthoclase), Fe-Mg chlorite, mica (muscovite, sericite) and carbonates (calcite, dolomite, ankerite) and accessory titanite, rutile, tourmaline, zircon and apatite. All rocks contain fragments of microfossils exhibiting striking concentric zonation with alternated dark (carbonaceous matter) and light (carbonate-mica material) layers. In a range from metasandstones to carbonaceous shales, the rocks exhibit an increase in mica amount and the content (up to 3%) of carbonaceous matter, as well as the formation of regeneration rims around relict tourmaline and zircon. The REE mineralization includes silicates (REE-bearing epidote, thorite), fluorocarbonates (bastnesite) and phosphates (monazite, xenotime, ankylite), which are closely related to U minerals (uraninite, coffinite). Bastnesite, ankylite and thorite formed due to the decomposition of earlier REE-bearing epidote, whereas monazite and xenotime are the products of decomposition of apatite. Uraninite formed during lithification of matrix of carbon-bearing rocks and is replaced by coffinite. The thermal analysis of carbonaceous matter and the formation temperature of chlorite calculated using chlorite geothermometer (296–371 °С) indicate the transformation of rocks under conditions of sericite-chlorite subfacies of greenschist facies of metamorphism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d57ffaf002a14be5bcf7ff55e273a6e32025-02-12T08:36:59ZengSouth Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RASМинералогия2313-545X2782-20442021-09-0173789310.35597/2313-545X-2021-7-3-5THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGIONE.V. Shepel0N.R. Ayupova1M.A. Rassomakhin2P.V. Khvorov3South Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RASSouth Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RASSouth Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RASSouth Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RASThe paper reports on the results of studies of ore-bearing rocks of the Ugakhan gold deposit (Bodaybo district): metasandstones, metasiltstones and carbonaceous shales. The rocks consist of quartz, feldspar (albite, orthoclase), Fe-Mg chlorite, mica (muscovite, sericite) and carbonates (calcite, dolomite, ankerite) and accessory titanite, rutile, tourmaline, zircon and apatite. All rocks contain fragments of microfossils exhibiting striking concentric zonation with alternated dark (carbonaceous matter) and light (carbonate-mica material) layers. In a range from metasandstones to carbonaceous shales, the rocks exhibit an increase in mica amount and the content (up to 3%) of carbonaceous matter, as well as the formation of regeneration rims around relict tourmaline and zircon. The REE mineralization includes silicates (REE-bearing epidote, thorite), fluorocarbonates (bastnesite) and phosphates (monazite, xenotime, ankylite), which are closely related to U minerals (uraninite, coffinite). Bastnesite, ankylite and thorite formed due to the decomposition of earlier REE-bearing epidote, whereas monazite and xenotime are the products of decomposition of apatite. Uraninite formed during lithification of matrix of carbon-bearing rocks and is replaced by coffinite. The thermal analysis of carbonaceous matter and the formation temperature of chlorite calculated using chlorite geothermometer (296–371 °С) indicate the transformation of rocks under conditions of sericite-chlorite subfacies of greenschist facies of metamorphism.https://journal.mineralogy.ru/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021_7_3_5.pdfreeth and u mineralsmicrofossilsdta analysismetasedimentary rocksgold depositbodaybo region |
| spellingShingle | E.V. Shepel N.R. Ayupova M.A. Rassomakhin P.V. Khvorov THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGION Минералогия ree th and u minerals microfossils dta analysis metasedimentary rocks gold deposit bodaybo region |
| title | THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGION |
| title_full | THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGION |
| title_fullStr | THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGION |
| title_full_unstemmed | THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGION |
| title_short | THORIUM, URANIUM AND RARE EARTH MINERALIZATION IN ROCKS OF THE UGAKHAN GOLD DEPOSIT, BODAIBO ORE REGION |
| title_sort | thorium uranium and rare earth mineralization in rocks of the ugakhan gold deposit bodaibo ore region |
| topic | ree th and u minerals microfossils dta analysis metasedimentary rocks gold deposit bodaybo region |
| url | https://journal.mineralogy.ru/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021_7_3_5.pdf |
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