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General Aspects and Resource Potential of Uranium Deposits in China
Author(s) -
LI Ziying,
ZHANG Jindai,
CAI Yuqi,
GUO Q. Y.,
ZHU P. F.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.12381_17
Subject(s) - beijing , china , chinese academy of sciences , uranium , library science , geology , geologist , mining engineering , archaeology , geography , computer science , physics , paleontology , nuclear physics
Classification of uranium deposits is a basis for the resource potential evaluation. At present, the category of uranium deposits is based on their origins, and can be classified into magmatic, hydrothermal, continental and marine facies sedimentary ones. Furthermore, based on host rocks and metallogenic environments, uranium deposits can be traditionally classified into 4 categories, 9 types and 21 subtypes (see table 1). Among those types, granite (vein) type, volcanic (vein) type, sandstone type, carbonaceous – siliceous – pelitic rock (black shale) type are four main types of uranium deposits in China, which make up more than 90% of the whole uranium resources discovered in China.