Triggers for the formation of porphyry ore deposits in magmatic arcs

JJ Wilkinson - Nature Geoscience, 2013 - nature.com
Porphyry ore deposits are the source of much of the copper, molybdenum, gold and silver
used by humans. Porphyry ore typically forms in magmatic arcs above subduction zones …

A review of the coordination chemistry of hydrothermal systems, or do coordination changes make ore deposits?

J Brugger, W Liu, B Etschmann, Y Mei, DM Sherman… - Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
The hydration and complexation of metals in hydrothermal fluids are key processes
controlling the mobility of elements in the Earth's crust, leading to the formation of ore …

Felsic magmatism and uranium deposits

M Cuney - Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The strongly incompatible behaviour of uranium in silicate magmas results in its
concentration in the most felsic melts and a prevalence of granites and rhyolites as primary …

Uranium transport in acidic brines under reducing conditions

A Timofeev, AA Migdisov, AE Williams-Jones… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The behavior of uranium in environments, ranging from those of natural systems responsible
for the formation of uranium deposits to those of nuclear reactors providing 11% of the …

Classification of sandstone-related uranium deposits

M Cuney, J Mercadier, C Bonnetti - Journal of Earth Science, 2022 - Springer
Sandstone type deposits are the most common type of uranium deposits in the world. A
large variety of sub-types have been defined, based either on the morphology of the …

Metal-rich fluid inclusions provide new insights into unconformity-related U deposits (Athabasca Basin and Basement, Canada)

A Richard, M Cathelineau, MC Boiron, J Mercadier… - Mineralium …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Basin (Canada) hosts numerous giant
unconformity-related uranium deposits. The scope of this study is to establish the pressure …

Fluid mixing forms basement-hosted Pb-Zn deposits: insight from metal and halogen geochemistry of individual fluid inclusions

T Fusswinkel, T Wagner, M Wälle, T Wenzel… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fluid mixing across unconformities between crystalline basement and overlying sedimentary
basins is commonly invoked as an efficient chemical mechanism for ore deposition, but the …

A shallow-burial mineralization model for the unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin

G Chi, Z Li, H Chu, KM Bethune… - Economic …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The unconformity-related U deposits associated with the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin are
among the largest and richest U deposits in the world. The conventional genetic model …

Petrography, fluid inclusion analysis, and geochronology of the End uranium deposit, Kiggavik, Nunavut, Canada

G Chi, T Haid, D Quirt, M Fayek, N Blamey, H Chu - Mineralium Deposita, 2017 - Springer
The End deposit is one of several uranium deposits in the Kiggavik area near the
Proterozoic Thelon Basin, which is geologically similar to the Athabasca Basin known for its …

Magmatic and metamorphic uraninite mineralization in the western margin of the Trans-Hudson orogen (Saskatchewan, Canada): A uranium source for unconformity …

J Mercadier, IR Annesley… - Economic …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The genetic model for the giant unconformity-related uranium deposits of the Athabasca
Basin is still being debated, with one of the main issues being the source of the uranium …