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ACTINIDE COMPLEXES, CENOZOIC ERA, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, COMPLEXES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, EUROPE, GEOLOGIC AGES, GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, MATERIALS, MATTER, MINERALS, OXIDE MINERALS, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOACTIVE MINERALS, ROCKS, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, SEPARATION PROCESSES, TERTIARY PERIOD, URANIUM MINERALS, WATER
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Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie de l'Uranium (GREGU), 54 - Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (France); Poitiers Univ., 86 (France)1984
Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie de l'Uranium (GREGU), 54 - Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (France); Poitiers Univ., 86 (France)1984
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[en] A braided to meandering fluvial environment has been postulated for this area after a sedimentological study. The mineralization is spatially related with conifer derived organic matter and wood is preserved in these sediments because of the reducing environment of deposition. The degree of maturation of the organic matter has been estimated from chemical analyses. Results show the presence of variable diagenetic oxidation depending on the environment. The organic matter which was least affected by this oxidation have attained a thermal maturation characteristic of the end stage of diagenesis. The high grade ore is situated at the edges of or within the trunks of trees (which remained permeable during diagenesis) and at the boundaries of the carbonaceous beds. Geochemical study shows there to be good correlation between uranium and vanadium. Uranium occurs as pitchblende, coffinite or as impregnations in the vanadiferous clay cement. A detailed study of clays shows an association of chlorite and roscoelite which most probably contain V3+. Fluid inclusion study suggests burying temperatures of >= 1000C and shows the existance of brines before the mineralization. The following genetical model is proposed. Low Eh uraniferous solutions move through a reduced pyritised environment. The low degree of oxidation of the pyrites propagates the destabilization of the clastic iron-titanium oxides which release vanadium and the dissociation of uranylcarbonates. Then, the deposit of pitchblende, coffinite, montroseite and vanadiferous clays took place in association with a secondary pyrite. When the rocks were uplifted to the subsurface, uranium (IV) and vanadium (III) were remobilised in an oxidising environment to form a secondary mineralization essentially represented by tyuyamunite
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L'etude sedimentologique a permis de definir un environnement fluviatile de type en tresse a meandriforme. La mineralisationest liee spatialement a des amas detritiques de matieres organiques vegetales conserves dans les sediments grace au caractere reducteur du milieu. Le degre de maturation de la matiere organique a ete evalue par analyses chimiques; les resultats revelent l'existence de phenomenes d'oxydation diagenetique variables en fonction de l'environnement. Les matieres organiques les mieux protegees de cette oxydation ont subi une maturation thermique atteignant la fin du stade diagenetique. Le minerai de forte teneur est situe en bordure ou dans des amas de troncs, milieu qui est reste permeable lors de la diagenese, pour les lits charbonneux la mineralisation est surtout localisee en bordure. L'etude geochimique montre une bonne correlation entre l'uranium et le vanadium. L'uranium se presente soit sous forme de pechblende ou de coffinite soit en impregnations dans le ciment d'argiles vanadiferes. Une etude detaillee de ces argiles montre l'existence d'une association chlorite-roscoelite contenant probablement du vanadium III. L'etude des inclusions fluides des phases authigenes a permis de determiner une temperature d'enfouissement de l'ordre de 1000C minimum. Un modele genetique sur la mineralisation urano-vanadifere est presente. Les solutions uraniferes a faible potentiel oxydant circulent dans un milieu tres reducteur et pyritise. L'oxydation menagee des pyrites est a l'origine de la destabilisation des mineraux detritiques de fer-titane qui liberent le vanadium et de la dissociation des uranylcarbonates. Associe a une pyritisation secondaire, le depot de l'association pechblende, coffinite, montroseite, argiles vanadiferes se produit. Lors de la remise en subsurface des roches en milieu oxydant, l'uranium IV et le vanadium III ont ete remobilises pour former des produits secondaires essentiellement representes par la tyuyamuniteOriginal Title
Les phenomenes d'oxydo-reduction dans un gisement urano-vanadifere de type tabulaire: les gres du Salt-Wash (Jurassique superieur), district minier de Cottonwood-Wash (Utah, Etats-Unis)
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Feb 1984; 230 p; These (3e Cycle).
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ACTIVITY LEVELS, BISMUTH 214, CLAYS, EOCENE EPOCH, FRANCE, GEOCHEMISTRY, ISOTOPE RATIO, MAGNESIUM 28 DECAY RADIOISOTOP, ORGANIC MATTER, PROTACTINIUM 234, RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL, RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION, SANDSTONES, SEDIMENTS, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO, THORIUM 230, URANIUM 234, URANIUM 238, URANIUM COMPLEXES, URANIUM DEPOSITS
ACTINIDE COMPLEXES, ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BISMUTH ISOTOPES, CENOZOIC ERA, COMPLEXES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT, EUROPE, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, GEOLOGIC AGES, GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS, HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, HEAVY NUCLEI, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MANAGEMENT, MASS TRANSFER, MATTER, MINERALS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, PROTACTINIUM ISOTOPES, RADIOISOTOPES, ROCKS, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, SILICATE MINERALS, TERTIARY PERIOD, THORIUM ISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTE MANAGEMENT, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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[en] In order to better understand the diagenetic history of the U-V mineralization in the Morrison Formation of the Colorado Plateau, fluid inclusions trapped in authigenic calcites have been investigated. In the Cottonwood Wash district, Lisbon Valley area, Slick Rock district and Grants uranium region, fluid inclusion data indicate that temperatures near 100 deg. C have been reached. These temperatures correspond to maximum diagenesis of the host rocks. In the Lisbon Valley fault, fluid inclusions in calcite co-genetic with copper deposits contain solutions of variable salinities. Similar solutions were also present in the Slick Rock district. These solutions may have precipitated the vanadium chlorite, or influenced chlorite formation by recrystalization. In the Grants uranium region, fluid inclusion data support the model of Hansley on the alteration of primary ore deposits during maximum diagenesis and formation of altered ore. (author). 20 refs, 5 figs, 1 tab
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International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); 529 p; Mar 1989; p. 227-238; Technical committee meeting on uranium resources and geology of North America; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada); 1-3 Sep 1987
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[en] The Cottonwood Wash U-V tabular deposits are hosted by the Salt-Wash Member of the Jurassic Morrisson Formation. Petrological study of ore and barren host-rocks and analysis of organic matter were conducted to test redox genetic models. Barren sandstones are mainly cemented by quartz, calcite and kaolinite. Tabular ore is cemented by U-bearing vanadiferous clays. Pitchblende and coffinite are present in some coalified logs. U and V mineralization occurred during diagenesis after interpenetration of detrital quartz grains. Two different generations of pyrite are observed. Accumulation and preservation of organic matter composed of conifers fragments were possible because of favourable paleogeographical and paleoclimatological conditions. Chemical composition of organic matter is interpreted as an oxidation event that occurred during diagenesis. This oxidation was related to the circulation of uranium-bearing, oxidizing solutions during burial. The fact that diagenetic oxidation is not strong enough to destroy organic matter supports the slow-rate oxidation identified in the genesis of secondary pyrite and suggests that the oxidizing capacity of the mineralizing fluid was lower than the reducing capacity of the hosted rocks. When these solutions encountered reduced organic-rich zones, U and V precipitated. The results indicate that Colorado Plateau tabular deposits formed from low oxygen waters compared to the solutions which formed typical roll front deposits
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International meeting on concentration mechanisms of uranium in geological environments; Nancy (France); 2-5 Oct 1985
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[en] The Coutras uranium deposit is located in the north of the Bassin d'Aquitaine, in Lutetian (Middle Eocene) arenaceous sediments. A delta-plain palaeovenvironment favoured the growth of a ligneous vegetation. Whole-rock data indicate that uranium and organic carbon are well correlated (r = 0.85). Uranium occurs as organo-uranium compounds and as U(IV) minerals (coffinite and pitchblende). Rapid burial and preservation of organic matter have created a reducing environment capable of concentrating uranium. The Coutras deposit is a good reference for the understanding of older tabular-type deposits
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Le gisement d'uranium de Coutras est situe au nord du bassin d'Aquitaine, dans des formations sablo-argileuses lutetiennes (Eocene moyen). Un paleoenvironnement de type deltaique a favorise le developpement des vegetaux superieurs. Les teneurs en uranium et en carbone organique sont tres bien correlees (r = 0,85) quelle que soit la nature du sediment. L'uranium se trouve a la fois sous forme de composes organo-uraniferes et sous forme de mineraux a U(IV), coffinite et pechblende. L'enfouissement rapide des sediments et la preservation des matieres organiques ont permis la creation d'un environnement reducteur qui constitue le lieu privilegie pour les accumulations d'uranium. Le gisement de Coutras est de type tabulaire et represente une bonne reference pour la comprehension des gisements tabulaires plus anciensOriginal Title
Relations entre l'uranium et la matiere organique dans le gisement de Coutras (Gironde, France)
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Colloquium on Applications of organic Petrology to Geology; Orleans (France); 14 Jun 1988
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[en] Recent mobility of U was investigated in the Coutras U deposit (Gironde, France) located in Lutetian sediments near the surface. The immobility of Th is supported by whole-rock Th contents which do not vary significantly with U content. The present hydrological regime in the Jean Vincent area is characterized by oxidising waters flowing toward the Dronne River. Activity ratios (AR) of 230Th/234U in rocks, which range from 0.55 to 12, demonstrate recent U accumulation and leaching. The 234U/238U AR range from 0.94 to 1.52 in the rocks and from 0.94 to 1.61 in the waters. Recent accumulation of U is favored along redox barriers where Mo, V, Se and As are also mobilized. Waters in the Le Fieu area are nearly stagnant; they are reduced and exhibit a different chemical composition than waters in the Jean Vincent area, and lower U content. The Le Fieu rock samples do not show any isotopic evidence of recent leaching of U, but both relative excesses and deficits of 234U are observed. Preferential mobility of 234U in the reduced Le Fieu area is interpreted according to the recoil model. The results place new constraints on the model of Cowart and Osmond and should be useful in prospecting for tabular U deposits in reduced environments. (Author)
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[en] During its evolution, organic matter may undergo different types of alterations which modify its chemical composition and which can be superimposed on the transformations normally induced by thermal maturation. These alterations are linked to the modification of the oxido-reduction conditions and/or the action of host-rock extraneous solutions. Such effects are for instance observed in the case of several geologically well-known uraniferous deposits where some chemical disequilibrium between the apparent diagenetic state of the organic matter and the diagenesis undergone by the host-rocks can be pointed out. Examples presented herein concern U deposits associated with various types of organic matter. These chemical transformations are connected with three major phenomena: oxidation, biodegradation and aromatization. 97 refs.; 12 figs.; 2 tabs
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International colloquium on 'Concentration mechanisms of uranium in geological environments'; Nancy (France); 2-5 Oct 1985
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