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Reng-an Yu, Shan-bo Wang, Qiang Zhu, Qing-hong Si, Xue-ming Teng, Xiao-xue Liu, Hou-ning Liu, Yong-xiang Tang, 2021. Zircon U-Pb ages and provenance characteristics of the Zhiluo Formation sandstones and the formation background of the uranium deposit in Huangling area, Ordos Basin, China, China Geology, 4, 600-615. doi: 10.31035/cg2021006
Citation: Reng-an Yu, Shan-bo Wang, Qiang Zhu, Qing-hong Si, Xue-ming Teng, Xiao-xue Liu, Hou-ning Liu, Yong-xiang Tang, 2021. Zircon U-Pb ages and provenance characteristics of the Zhiluo Formation sandstones and the formation background of the uranium deposit in Huangling area, Ordos Basin, China, China Geology, 4, 600-615. doi: 10.31035/cg2021006
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Zircon U-Pb ages and provenance characteristics of the Zhiluo Formation sandstones and the formation background of the uranium deposit in Huangling area, Ordos Basin, China

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    Tianjin Center, China Geological Survey, Ministry of Natural Resources, Tianjin 300170, China

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    Key Laboratory of Uranium Geology, China Geological Survey, Tianjin 300170, China

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    Sino Shaanxi Nuclear Industry Group Geological Survey Institute Co., Ltd, Xi’an 750021, China

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    Tianjin Geothermal Exploration Institute, Tianjin 300250, China

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Received Date:  02 April 2020
Revised Date:  01 June 2020
Accepted Date:  07 August 2020
Available Online:  07 February 2021
Publish Date:  25 December 2021
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  • The newly discovered medium-scale Huangling uranium deposit is located in the Shuanlong area of the southeast Ordos Basin. This paper presents the systematic geochemical and zircon U-Pb studies on the Zhiluo Formation sandstones in the Huanling area. The data obtained play an important role in deducing the provenance and tectonic setting of the source rocks. The results show that the lower part of the Zhiluo Formation is mainly composed of felsic sedimentary rocks. The source rocks originated from a continental island arc environment in terms of tectonic setting. U-Pb ages of detrital zircons obtained can be roughly divided into three groups: 170‒500 Ma, 1600‒2050 Ma, and 2100‒2650 Ma. Based on the characteristics of trace elements and rare earth elements (REE) and the zircon U-Pb dating results, it is considered that the Cryptozoic Edo provenance of the Zhiluo Formation mainly includes magmatic rocks (such as granodioritic intrusions) and metamorphic rocks (such as gneiss and granulite) in the orogenic belts on the northern margin of the North China Plate and in the Alxa Block. Based on sedimentological and petrological results, it can be concluded that the provenance of clastic sediments in the Zhiluo Formation was in north-south direction. The preconcentration of uranium is relatively low in the Lower Zhiluo Formation in the Huangling area. Meanwhile, the paleocurrent system in the sedimentary period is inconsistent with the ore-bearing flow field in the mineralization period, which restricts the formation of large-scale and super-large-scale uranium deposits and ore zones in the southeast Ordos Basin. The understanding of provenance directions will provide crucial references for the Jurassic prototype recovery and paleo-geomorphology of the Ordos Basin and the prediction of potential uranium reservoirs of the basin.

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