Genetic implications of rare uraninite and pyrite in quartz-pebble conglomerates from Sundargarh district of Orissa,Eastern India |
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Authors: | Ajay Kumar A S Venkatesh P V Ramesh Babu S Nayak |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Atomic Energy,Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research,Jamshedpur,India;2.Department of Applied Geology,Indian School of Mines,Dhanbad,India;3.Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research,Hyderabad,India |
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Abstract: | Petrographic and EPMA studies reveal the presence of discrete grains of uraninite and pyrite are being reported for the first
time in quartz-pebble conglomerates from western margin of Bonai granite pluton, Sundargarh district, Orissa. Uraninite grains
(2–3 μ in size) are subrounded to muffin shaped which show variation in UO2 (63.86 to 71.73 wt %), ThO2 (5.48 to 6.42 wt %) and RE2O3 (1.57 to 2.23 wt %). Pegmatitic source of uraninite is revealed by comparing UO2, ThO2, PbO, CaO content and ratios of UO2/ThO2 and CaO/ThO2 in uraninites from pegmatite and other environments and areas. Subrounded to muffin shape of uraninite, their association
with subrounded pyrite and heavies like zircon, tourmaline, chromite, monazite, magnetite and their comparable chemistry with
well established quartzpebble conglomerates of India and world are indicative of their detrital origin. Pyrite, minor chalcopyrite
and rare galena are observed as sulphide phases in conglomerate. Variable shapes of pyrite, their low Co (up to 0.16 wt %)
and Ni contents (up to 0.09 wt %) and Co/Ni ratio less than 1.0 (mean= 0.63) favours sedimentary/diagenetic origin. |
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