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Jaireth, S. | Bastrakov, E.N. | Skirrow, R.G. | Mernagh, T.P.
Abstract
Diagenetic processes in sedimentary basins are capable of generating a spectrum of closely-related mineral systems such as unconformity-related uranium, Westmoreland-style uranium, sediment-hosted stratiform copper (Kupfersheifer), and stratiform zinc-lead-silver deposits. A close spatial association between uranium and copper deposits has been observed in many regions. Examples include: Rum Jungle uranium field where four deposits (Dyson U, Whites U-Cu-Co-Ni, Intermediate U-Cu and Browns Pb-Zn-Cu-Co-Ni) occur within ~ 2 kms of each other (McCready et al., 2004); Paterson Orogen which contains unconformity-related uranium mineralisation (such as Kintyre) and many copper deposits (such as Nifty) and lead-zinc prospects; Westmoreland uranium field hosting copper and uranium deposits; Athabasca Basin in Canada where both polymetallic and monometallic ores contain anomalous concentrations of base metals (Jefferson et al, 2007). At the other end of the spectrum the Kupfersheifer-style copper system, contain uranium-enriched zones. The richest known uranium deposit of this type is Shinkolobwe (~ 30000 t of U3O8) in the Katanga Province, Zambian Copper Belt.
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