Sedimentary Facies Feature of Early-Middle Jurassic and Implication for Uranium Mineralization in the North Monocline of Western Kuche Depression
XU Qiang , QIN Mingkuan , HUANG Shaohua , YANG Ye , LI Juan , LIU Zhangyue ,#br# HE Zhongbo , GUO Qiang , SONG Jiye
Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology , CNNC Key Laboratory of Uranium Resources Exploration and Evaluation Technology , Beijing 100029 , China
Abstract: The North monocline in the west of Kuche depression is a southern dripping slope which
deposited alluvial-lacustrine lithosomic bodies of Early Jurassic Taliqike , Ahe , Yangxia formations and
greycoal-bearing series of Middle Jurassic Kezilenuer Formation , which are favorable for sandstone type
uranium mineralization. Braided stream , raided stream delta , meandering stream delta , swamp and
lacustrine were identified by measured section and drillanalysis. Braided stream delta and meandering stream
delta are favorable for sandstone type uranium mineralization because of well developed sandbodies ,
sustained water division layer and composition of mudstone-sandstone-mudstone. Braided stream sediments
is not favorable for sandstone type uranium mineralization because of poor in confining bed and composition
of mudstone-sandstone-mudstone. Swamp and lacustrine sediments are not favorable for sandstone type
uranium mineralization because of less sandbodies.