Vanadium chlorite from a sandstone-hosted vanadium-uranium deposit, Henry basin, Utah
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Abstract
An unusual vanadium chlorite precipitated during the formation of a vanadium-uranium ore deposit in the Henry Basin, southeastern Utah. The ore deposit formed by reduction and precipitation of U and V in the presence of organic matter at the interface between a stagnant brine and overlying, circulating meteoric water. Some samples of the vanadium chlorite (heated before analysis) contain > 10% V2O5. In fresh samples, most of the vanadium is in the trivalent oxidation state. X-ray powder diffraction data suggest that Fe and V are concentrated preferentially in the interlayer hydroxide sheets of the chlorite. A d(060) value of 1.52 Å indicates that the chlorite probably has a dioctahedral structure which is distended by the presence of octahedral Fe and V. The vanadium ore zone is flanked by peripheral zones containing perfectly ordered chlorite/smectite. This chlorite/smectite contains much less V than the pure chlorite. This chlorite may have formed by the progressive precipitation of vanadium-rich interlayer hydroxide sheets in the mixed-layer chlorite/smectite in the most reducing portion of the ore zone. The pure chlorite is a IIb polytype, which, for nonvanadiferous analogs, is ordinarily found in high-temperature environments; however, no evidence exists to show that these rocks have ever been exposed to elevated temperatures. In fact, the presence of unreacted smectite in a potassium-rich setting and the low vitrinite reflectance of coalified plant debris indicate a low-temperature history for these sediments.
Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | Vanadium chlorite from a sandstone-hosted vanadium-uranium deposit, Henry basin, Utah |
Series title | Clays and Clay Minerals |
DOI | 10.1346/CCMN.1986.0340416 |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 4 |
Year Published | 1986 |
Language | English |
Publisher | The Clay Minerals Society |
Description | 8 p. |
First page | 488 |
Last page | 495 |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
Other Geospatial | Henry Basin |
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