Inclusões fluidas nos minerais associados a mineralização uranífera da jazida do Engenho (anomalia 09), Província Uranífea de Lagoa Real, Bahia / Fluid Inclusions in minerals associated to uranium mineralization in Engenho Deposit (anomaly 09) Lagoa Real Uranium Province Bahia

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The Engenho deposit (anomaly 09) is south-eastern from Cachoeira Mine (anomaly 13), in the northern part of the Province. The uranium mineralization is associated to albitites (over 70% of albite/oligoclase). Epidosites with uranium may also occur. The albitite main minerals are pyroxene, garnet, albite/oligoclase feldspar, amphibole and biotite. Pyroxene, garnet, plagioclase, titanite and epidote are the minerals associated to the uranium mineralization. The fluids related to pyroxene, garnet and epidote are aqueous-saline, primary and with no carbonic phases and are constant, with small variations. They all present medium to high salinity (14 to 18wt% NaCl eq.), the higher values being related to pyroxene and the lower ones related to garnet and epidote. The fluids associated to albite/oligoclase, although aquo-saline and with no carbonic phases, show salinities much lower than in pyroxene, garnet and epidote, suggesting a intense dilution process indicating dilution toward the later minerals phases. The data suggest the pyroxene formation process occurring under a 3,5 kbar pressure condition which corresponds to approximately 10km depth. The dispersion on Th in albites, due probably to the overheating and non elastic increase in volume, precluded a reliable pressure calculation. The IFs microscopy in plagioclase gneiss (albitites host-rocks) suggests the probability of primary carbonic fluids associated to these minerals. The fluids with CO2 showed in the gneiss maybe also be present in the albitites, probably as late or intergranular fluids. This assumption is based on the fact that signs of carbonic gases were shown during crushing tests. These tendencies suggest the occurrence of two albitization phases in this Lagoa Real area: one associated to a fluid composed by H2O + CO2 + salts (in the gneiss host) and another (in the albitite) formed by an aqueous-saline phase. The data indicate the Brasiliano event as a thermal event without a predominant fluid associated, at least in this Lagoa Real area. Otherwise, the presence of this fluid should be present in the mineral paragenesis. Finally, the data from the Engenho deposit indicate the occurrence of fluids showing compositional variations in, at least, three different stages: magmatic pyroxene → metamorphic pyroxene associated to uranium → albite (recristalized) associated to uranium. The place of the aqueous-carbonic fluid associated to previous albite is still unknown.

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lagoa real deposit uranium deposits mineralogia mineralogy inclusões fluidas lagoa real bahia fluid inclusions depósito de lagoa real mineralogia depósitos de urânio

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