Open AccessApplication of Source-to-Sink System in the Prospect Analysis in Early Stage of Sandstone Uranium Exploration
Author(s) -
He Feng,
Zilong Zhang,
Hongxu Liu,
Cui Jia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/514/2/022060
Subject(s) - uranium , radon , sink (geography) , geology , mining engineering , geochemistry , earth science , environmental science , physics , materials science , cartography , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , geography
In-situ leaching sandstone uranium deposit has the advantages of low mining cost and environmentally friendly. The research ideas from “source” to “sink” are applied to the study of the mineralization of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits. Prospect areas are predicted by studying the source-sink system of sandstone uranium deposits. Soil radon survey is carried out in prospect areas to delineate the abnormal range of soil radon and to reduce the scope of the favorable exploration area. Accurately determining the exploration area is conducive to reduce the damage to vegetation and environment in the exploration area, and to achieve the goal of green exploration.