Basin evolution, diagenesis and uranium mineralization in the Paleoproterozic Thelon Basin, Nunavut, Canada

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作者
Hiatt, Eric E. [1 ]
Palmer, Sarah E. [3 ]
Kyser, T. Kurt [3 ]
O'Connor, Terrence K. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Geol, Oshkosh, WI 54901 USA
[2] Cameco Corp, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
[3] Queens Univ, Dept Geol Sci & Engn, Kingston, ON, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY; WESTERN CHURCHILL PROVINCE; LAKE-SUPERIOR REGION; PROTEROZOIC THELON; NORTHWEST-TERRITORIES; U-PB; NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; ATHABASCA BASIN;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00415.x
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The Paleoproterozoic (Statherian) Thelon Basin is located in the Churchill Province of the Canadian Shield, formed following the Trans-Hudson Orogeny. Basin formation followed an interval of felsic volcanism and weathering of underlying bedrock. The diagenetic evolution of the Thelon lasted about one billion years and was punctuated by fluid movement influenced by tectonic events. Early quartz cements formed in well-sorted, quartz-rich facies during diagenetic stage 1; fluids in which these overgrowths formed had delta 18O values near 0 parts per thousand (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water). Uranium-rich apatite cement (P1) also formed during diagenetic stage 1 indicating that oxygenated, uranium-bearing pore water was present in the basin early in its diagenetic history. Syntaxial quartz cement (Q1) formed in water with delta 18O from -4 to -0.8 parts per thousand in diagenetic stage 2. Diagenetic stage 3 occurred when the Thelon Formation was at ca. 5 km depth, and was marked by extensive illitization, alteration of detrital grains, and uranium mineralization. Basin-wide, illite crystallized at similar to 200 degrees C by fluids with delta 18O values of 5-9 parts per thousand and delta D values of -60 to -31 parts per thousand, consistent with evolved basinal brines. Tectonism caused by the accretion of Nena at ca. 1600 Ma may have provided the mechanism for brine movement during deep burial. Diagenetic stage 4 is associated with fracturing and emplacement of mafic dikes at ca. 1300 Ma, quartz cement (Q3) in fractures and vugs, further illitization, and recrystallization of uraninite (U2). Q3 cements have fluid inclusions that suggest variable salinities, delta 18O values of 1.5-9 parts per thousand, and delta D values of -97 to -83 parts per thousand for stage 4 brines. K-feldspar and Mg-chlorite formed during diagenetic stage 5 at ca. 1000 Ma in upper stratigraphic sequences, and in the west. These phases precipitated from low-temperature, isotopically distinct fluids. Their distribution indicates that the basin hydrostratigraphy remained partitioned for > 600 Ma.
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