Datação química U-Th-Pb de minerais dos albitidos uraniferos da região de Lagoa Real (BA) por microssonda eletrônica

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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Different works in literature have used U-Th-Pb electron microprobe analyses for the chemical dating of U-Th-Pb system closing episodes in minerals. These episodes could have either metamorphic, thermal, and weathering nature or could be related to natural fission processes. Different thorium and uranium-bearing minerals which contain radiogenic lead have been analyzed for this purpose. At the region of Lagoa Real (BA) is located the only active uranium mine in Latin America, controlled by INB (Nuclear Industries of Brazil). The albitites, uraniferous rocks explored in this mine, preserve a lot of thorium and/or uraniumbearing minerals like uraninite, titanite, zircon, epidote, allanite-Ce, uranophane, and autunite. Different geologic episodes should have affected these minerals along time. At this dissertation, zircon and titanite with different uranium and lead contents have been examined by U-Th-Pb electron microprobe dating. The data acquired for zircon had not been conclusive. The data obtained for titanite indicated some ages: 2052 80 Ma, interpreted as the magmatic crystallization apparent age as well as 1701 57 Ma, 1488 64 Ma, 1298 69 Ma, 1108 78 Ma and the 978 58 Ma, interpreted as response to hydrothermal events. In addition to these minerals, Fe and Pb rich uranophanes had been dated, which shown five different ages, close to the ones mentioned for titanite. These uranophanes are the record of multiple lead and uranium mobilizations during Proterozoic, which took place throughout hydrothermal events. Allanite-Ce presented five ages which are older than earths age. They suggest that the Pb mobilized during the hydrothermal events (in number of five, indicated by the titanite) was successively incorporated in the allanite-Ce structure and that this mineral already would exist, at least in part, concomitantly with titanite. The epidote data had shown only one very old anomalous age, which may indicate lead incorporation in only one event, probably the Brasiliano. Uraninites, mainly those related to epidotes, indicated na apparent age of 489.3 7.0 Ma, which shows the Brasiliano event action over Lagoa Real region. The geochronological scenario presented questions previous metasomatic models for Lagoa Real albitites and uranium mineralization. Along with recent LA-ICP-MS U-Pb data from literature, the apparent mineral ages suggest an uraniferous sodic syenitic protolith cristallization 2.0 Ga ago. A 1.9 Ga subsequent metamorphism took place during final moments of the orosirian orogenesis, when a first uraninite group was generated. Uranium and lead multiple mobilizations yielded by five hydrothermal events (ca 1.7 Ga, 1.5 Ga, 1.3 Ga, 1.1 Ga, and 1.0 Ga) were detected in albitites. As metioned, another uraninite group and/or reset of older uraninite U-Pb system during Brasiliano event also took place. Ordinary uranophane and autunite had presented 26,7 Ma and 10,9 Ma ages respectively, indicative of recent weathering.

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geologia datação depósito de urânio geology age estimation brazil análises química brazil chemical analyisis lagoa real (ba) geoquimica lagoa real (ba) albititos feldspar uranium deposits

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