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A geogas prospecting technology suitable for the exploration of concealed sandstone-type uranium deposits in desert areas |
ZHOU Si-Chun1( ), LIU Xiao-Hui1, QIN Ming-Kuan2, LIU Guo-An1, GUO Qiang2, XU Qiang2, HU Bo1, WANG Guang-Xi1 |
1. Applied Nuclear Technology in Geosciences Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province,Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China 2. Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing 100029, China |
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Abstract This study developed a geogas prospecting technology suitable for concealed sandstone-type uranium deposits in desert areas. This prospecting technology consisted primarily of three parts: A geogas information collection device and sampling method tailored to desert, a method for geogas information preprocessing using the detector and material composition tests, and a method for data processing and anomaly inference and interpretation. This technology was developed based on the mechanisms behind geogas material migration and utilized a desert-specific, dust pollution-resistant geogas material sampling device equipped with a detector made of low-background polyurethane foam. Through cumulative sampling for around 45 d, this technology can effectively capture the content of U, rare earths, and associated (paragenetic) elements in concealed sandstone-type uranium deposits within desert-covered exploration areas and delineate deep uranium enrichment zones, thus achieving the goal of ore prospecting. The world's first geogas exploration section for sandstone-type uranium deposits in a desert area has been completed in an exploration area in Xinjiang, demonstrating the effectiveness of the geogas prospecting technology developed in this study.
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Received: 23 May 2024
Published: 22 July 2025
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Structure of a special geogas sampling device for desert
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Schematic diagram of the effect of geogas sampling device
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Idealized geogas prospecting sign of the hidden tabular ore body
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The comprehensive profile of the main indicator elements on the A survey line in a sandstone uranium mining area in the northern margin of the Tarim Basin 1—Quatemay; 2—the fifth lithologic member of the Lower Cretaceous Kyzylsu Group; 3—the fourth lithologic member of the Lower Cretaceous Kizilsu Group; 4—the third lithological member of the Lower Cretaceous Kyzylsu Group; 5—the second lithologic member of the Lower Cretaceous Kyzylsu Group; 6—the first lithologic member of the Lower Cretaceous Kyzylsu Group; 7—Mesoproterozoic Aksu Group; 8—the integrate boundaries, angular unconformity boundaries; 9—oxide bands; 10—industrial ore bodies; 11—U background value+2×standard deviation (0.084 μg/L); 12—U background value+1×standard deviation (0.067 μg/L); 13—U background value (0.05 μg/L); 14—elemental curve of geogas measurement
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Geological and geogas engineering deployment map of a uranium mine exploration area in Tarim 1—the wind-blown sand of Quaternary; 2—fracture location and number; 3—survey line location and number; 4—drill hole location and number; 5—easy roads
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Structural diagram of double trap series dynamic geogas sampling device with adjustable efficiency
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异常区位置 | 测区U背景值( ) | 标准差(σ) | 高值下限( +2σ) | 异常下限( +3σ) | 异常区U均值 | 异常峰U均值 | GB线3500~4200 m | 0.043 | 0.017 | 0.077 | 0.094 | 0.088 | 0.129 | SA线2800~5000 m | 0.055 | 0.025 | 0.105 | 0.130 | 0.082 | 0.137 | 塔里木盆地北缘某铀矿 | 0.050 | 0.017 | 0.084 | 0.101 | 0.080 | 0.168 |
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Statistics of U element content parameters in unknown geogas anomalies and known mineral-induced anomalies in the exploration area
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Comprehensive profile of the main indicator elements on SA survey line by geogas measurement 1—sewage treatment tank; 2—Quaternary aeolian sand; 3—fracture and numbering; 4—drill hole location and number;5—elemental curve of geogas measurement; 6—U content high value peaks and numbers; 7—U content anomaly peaks and numbers
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Comprehensive profile of the main indicator elements on GB survey line by geogas measurement 1—Quaternary aeolian sand; 2—elemental curve of geogas measurement; 3—U content anomaly peaks and numbers
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Plane profile of U in the survey area by geogas measurement 1—Quaternary aeolian sand; 2—fracture and numbering; 3—survey line location and number; 4—drill hole location and number; 5—location and numbers of anomaly peaks; 6—curve of geogas measurement
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Interpretation of geogas inference in the survey area 1—U anomalous peak location and number; 2—U prospecting sign area(the other legends have the same meaning as Fig.9)
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