Surface geochemical anomalies of concealed volcanic hydrothermal uranium deposit in northern Hebei
ZHANG Yang-Yang1,2(), CHEN Yue-Long1(), LI Da-Peng1, KANG Huan3, FANG Ming-Liang4, XU Yun-Liang5
1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China 2. Petroleum Technology Research Institute, PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, Xi'an 710018, China 3. State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China 4. Jinchuan Group Company Limited, Jinchuan 737100, China 5. China-Explo TianCheng (Beijing) Technology Company Limited, Beijing 100089, China
The Daguanchang uranium deposit, a typical concealed volcanic hydrothermal uranium deposit, was selected to investigate the relationship between surface geochemical characteristics and deep uranium ore bodies of volcanic hydrothermal uranium deposits in North China. The samples for soil survey were collected in the Daguanchang mining area. They were taken from the soil in the upper part of boreholes revealing deposits and mineralization for the analyses of the instantaneous radon (Rn) concentration, mobile-state uranium, and 210Po of soil. Then, this study explored the relationships between these geochemical characteristics and deep uranium ore bodies. The results are as follows. The soil in the upper part of boreholes revealing high-grade deposits (also referred to as high-grade boreholes) had significantly higher instantaneous Rn concentration than that in the upper part of boreholes revealing mineralization (also referred to as mineralization boreholes). The high instantaneous Rn concentration in the soil samples collected from a large area corresponded well to the deep uranium ore bodies. The high-grade boreholes had slightly high 210Po. However, the 210Po in the surface soil samples showed small dispersion and relatively uniform distribution and did not exhibit differences between the barren and mining areas. Mobile-state uranium in high-grade boreholes did not exhibit significant anomalies. The maximum anomaly value of mobile-state uranium in soil samples collected from a large area occurred in the known barren areas. Therefore, it can be preliminarily concluded that, for the exploration of deeply buried uranium ore bodies on a large scale, the anomalies of instantaneous Rn concentration in the soil can indicate the anomalies of deeply buried uranium ore bodies, while the mobile-state uranium and 210Po in soil are less sensitive than instantaneous Rn.
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