TITLE:
C-H-O Stable Isotope, Elements and Fluid Geochemistry of Uraniferous Leucogranites in Gaudeanmus Area, Southern Central Zone, Damara Orogen, Namibia
AUTHORS:
Jinyong Chen, Honghai Fan, Shengyun Wang, Dazhao Gu
KEYWORDS:
Geochemistry, C-H-O Stable Isotope, Uranium Mineralization, Leucogranites, Gaudeanmus, Damara Belt
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
14,
2017
ABSTRACT:
This paper focuses on the effect of the later hydrotherm on uraniferous leucogranites and the stages of uranium mineralization. Here, we review C-H-O stable isotope, elements and fluid geochemistry of uraniferous leucogranites in Gaudeanmus, Namibia. The results show that there is significant increasing amount of rare earth element from non-mineralized to uraniferous leucogra-nites, indicating the synchronization of REE enrichment and uranium mineralization. Uranium enrichment may have close relations with Pb, Th, Co, Ni, REE in this region, so REE and U evidently exist homology. There are at least two stages of uranium mineralization by later hydrothermal alteration: firstly, due to magnatic residual high temperature and low salinity fluid, the temperature of main metallogenetic epoch ranges from 470°C to 530°C, salinity ranges from 3.55% to 9.60% NaCleq, and C, H, O stable isotope is -23‰ - -13.6‰, -53.3‰ - -46.4‰, 7.71‰ - 8.81‰, respectively. Secondly, due to superim-posed hydrothermal fluid, the temperature, salinity, and C, H, O stable isotope is 150°C - 220°C, 4.65% - 19.05% NaCleq, -20.3‰ --3.7‰, -64.7‰ - -53.6‰, 1.49‰ - 1.99‰, respectively. The fluid for reformation is derived from postmagmatic fluid, mixed with a number of meteoric water.