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Identification of Alkali-metasomatism Type Alteration Associated with Uranium Mineralization Using Airborne Hyperspectral in Jiling Uranium Deposit in Longshoushan Area, Gansu Province
Received date: 2018-09-14
Request revised date: 2018-11-27
Online published: 2019-01-30
Supported by
China National Nuclear Corporation Longteng Project II, No.Yao-LTY1604
National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41772354
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The Longshoushan uranium metallogenic belt in Gansu Province is an important uranium metallogenic belt in China. Jiling uranium deposit is a representative alkali-metasomatism type uranium deposit in Longshoushan metallogenic belt. There are a wide variety of alterations in Jiling deposit. And these alterations have close relation to the uranium mineralization. The airborne hyperspectral technique can be used to obtain the surface alteration, structure and lithology distribution information of Jiling uranium deposit from a macroscopic perspective, which provides a basis for the uranium and polymetallic mineral exploration in Jiling deposit and its adjacent area. In this article, CASI/SASI/TASI airborne hyperspectral remote sensing techniques have been applied to the identification of hydrothermal alterations in Jiling alkali-metasomatism type uranium deposit as well as its adjacent district in Longshoushan area, Gansu Province. A variety of alteration minerals have been identified including alkali-feldspar, hematite, tremolite, medium-Al sericite, kaolinite, quartz and so on. These minerals are closely related to the alkali-metasomatism hydrothermal action in Jiling deposit. Besides, comprehensive analysis on alteration mineral, structure and lithology information in Jiling uranium deposit has been made. Study shows that the alteration minerals such as alkali-feldspar, tremolite, medium-Al sericite and quartz separately represent the different stages of hydrothermal alteration process in Jiling uranium deposit and its adjacent area, namely the early alkali-metasomatism stage, the middle neutral-metasomatism stage and the late acid-metasomatism stage. The main channel for alkali-metasomatism hydrothermal action is the composite of regional unconformity surface, deep and large faults, and contact zones of different lithologic units. The uranium mineralization zone in Jiling deposit is controlled by Malugou fault. In the uranium mineralization zone, tremolite, medium-Al sericite, and silicification are evident. And these alteration minerals have close relation to alkali-metasomatism in Jiling deposit. According to the airborne hyperspectral remote sensing charateristics in Jiling deposit, the main prediction criteria for the prospecting of alkali-metasomastism type uranium deposits in the Longshoushan Mountain are proposed. These criteria are of great significance for the prediction of new favorable uranium exploration areas and the new evaluation of old uranium mineralization stations and anomalies in the Longshoushan area.
YE Fawang , MENG Shu , ZHANG Chuan , QIU Junting , WANG Jiangang , LIU Hongcheng , WU Ding . Identification of Alkali-metasomatism Type Alteration Associated with Uranium Mineralization Using Airborne Hyperspectral in Jiling Uranium Deposit in Longshoushan Area, Gansu Province[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2019 , 21(2) : 279 -292 . DOI: 10.12082/dqxxkx.2019.180465
Fig. 1 Distribution map for tectonic unit in Longshoushan mountain and geological map of Jiling uranium deposit图1 龙首山构造单元分布(a)及芨岭铀矿床地质图(b)(据文献[2]、[21]修改) 1-全新统;2-中新统;3-新元古界海母山岩群;4-古元古界龙首山岩群;5-加里东期花岗岩;6-钠交代型铀矿床;7-断层及运动方向;8-逆断层 |
Fig. 2 The CASI/SASI/TASI airborne hyperspectral mineral mapping in Jingling uranium deposit and its adjecent area图2 芨岭碱交代铀矿区及周围CASI/SASI/TASI航空高光谱遥感矿物填图结果 |
Fig. 3 Comparision between the spectral curves in AUS spectral library and TASI airborne thermal infrared curves for various alkaline feldspar and quartz图3 各种碱性长石和石英ASU光谱库曲线与TASI航空热红外曲线比较 |
Fig. 4 Comparision between the spectral curves of amphibole species in USGS spectral library and SASI endmember图4 各种闪石类矿物USGS光谱库曲线与SASI航空高光谱端员曲线比较 |
Fig. 5 Comprehensive map of alteration and structure and lithology identified from airborne hypersepctral in Jingli uranium district图5 芨岭铀矿区航空高光谱蚀变-构造-岩性综合分析 |
Fig. 6 Field photo for the alkali-feldspar identified by airborne hyperspectral in diorite图6 航空高光谱识别的闪长岩中的碱性长石野外照片 注:图(b)为图(a)B区放大图;图(c)为图(a)C区放大图。 |
Fig. 7 Field photo for amphibole species and medium-Al sericite alteration identified by airborne hyperspectral图7 航空高光谱识别的闪石类矿物和中铝绢云母蚀变野外照片 |
Fig. 8 Field photo for strong hematite alteration in granite图8 花岗岩内强烈赤铁矿化蚀变野外照片 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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