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Genesis and Prospecting of the Uranium and Thorium Mineralization Indicated from Deep Drilling ZK01, Luzong Basin
Author(s) -
XIONG Xin,
YANG Zhusen,
XU Wenyi,
JIA Liqiong,
LI Jun
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_31
Subject(s) - metallogeny , beijing , prospecting , china , geology , chinese academy of sciences , geochemistry , uranium , mineral resource classification , mining engineering , archaeology , geography , sphalerite , pyrite , materials science , metallurgy
The SinoProbe, a deep exploration and multidisciplinary earth science research program in China, has successfully conducted scientific deep (2012m length) drilling, named ZK01 in the Zhuanqiao district of the Luzong Basin (holes point coordinate: 117° 28′ 45.47′′ E, 31° 0′ 4.09′′ N). Scientific deep drilling named ZK01 of Zhuanqiao lies in the centre of Luzong Basin, 15 km eastof Huangmeijian Pluton. Thorium and uranium mineralizaiton is found in the first place in syenitemonzonite at 1.5~1.9 Km depth of ZK01. Recently, a large amount of geophysical and geological work has referred to the presence of large syenitemonzonite intrusions at depth of Luzong basin (Lu et al. 2013), which Zhang et al. (2010) proposed are related to iron mineralization. The Luzong OCA has attracted geologists' and mineralogists' attention again in regard to the petrogenesis and mineralization associated wtih widely existed syenites. However, syenites and related mineralization are still poorly understood.