Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa:
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CONTENTS
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ABSTRACT 1
1. INTRODUCTION 2
2. GEOLOGY 3
2.1 STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BEAUFORT GROUP IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE MAIN
KAROO BASIN 3
2.1.1 SANDSTONE PACKAGES 3
2.1.2 WATERFORD FORMATION 4
2.1.3 BEAUFORT GROUP 6
2.1.3.1 NORTHEASTERLY FLUVIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM 6
2.1.3.2 EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY FLUVIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM 9
2.1.3.3 NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY FLUVIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM 10
2.1.4 DISCUSSION 14
2.2 STRUCTURE OF THE MAIN KAROO BASIN 14
2.3 DOLERITE INTRUSIONS AND DIATREMES 16
3. TECHNIQUES AND DATA CAPTURE 17
3.1 RECONNAISSANCE STUDY 17
3.1.1 METHODS 17
3.1.1.1 MOLYBDENUM DATA FROM ROCK SAMPLES 17
3.1.1.2 METAL TOXICITY IN PLANTS 17
3.1.1.3 STREAM SEDIMENT ANALYSIS 18
3.1.2 RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 19
3.2 METHODS OF INVESTIGATION IN THE REGIONAL TARGET AREA 19 3.2.1 FIELD
INVESTIGATION 19
3.2.2 SAMPLING 20
3.2.3 FIELD INSTRUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS 20
3.2.4 CALIBRATION OF PORTABLE XRF SPECTROMETER 21
3.2.5 DETAILED LABORATORY ANALYSIS 21
3.2.5.1 LABORATORY XRF ANALYSIS 21
3.2.5.2 PETROGRAPHY 22
3.2.5.2.1 AUTORADIOGRAPHY 22
3.2.5.2.2 MICROSCOPY 23
4. SEDIMENTOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS 24
4.1 RESUME OF PREVIOUS STUDIES 24
4.2 SANDSTONE BODIES 27
4.2.1 LITHOFACIES 27
4.2.1.1 INTRODUCTION 27
4.2.1.2 METHODS AND DESCRIPTION 28
4.2.1.2.1 CONGLOMERATE (G) 28
4.2.1.2.2 SANDSTONE (S) 30
4.2.1.2.3 MUDROCK (F) *..R 35
4.2.1.3 LITHOFACIES ASSOCIATIONS 36
4.2.1.3.1 STATISTICAL METHODS 36
4.2.1.3.2 INTERPRETATION 38
4.2.2 SANDSTONE GEOMETRY 43
4.2.3 SELECTED SITES 48
4.2.3.1 RIET KUIL 48
4.2.3.2 BLOMFONTEIN 57
4.2.3.3 VREDELUS 60
4.2.3.3.1 LOWER SANDSTONE UNIT 63
4.2.3.3.2 INTERBEDDED MUDROCK UNIT 69
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4.2.3.3.3 UPPER SANDSTONE UNIT 70
4.2.3.4 PAULS SYFER 71
4.2.3.4.1 BEDFORM AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT INTERPRETATION .72
4.2.3.4.2 DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY 75
4.3 PALAEOCURRENTS 79
4.3.1 METHODS AND STATISTICS 80
4.3.2 PALAEOCURRENT SYSTEM OF THE KAROO BASIN 81
4.3.3 FLUVIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND SANDSTONE PACKAGES IN THE WESTERN
PART OF THE KAROO BASIN 83
4.4 FLUVIAL MODEL 84
4.4.1 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND HYDRODYNAMICS OF CHANNEL SANDSTONES
84 4.4.2 BASIN DYNAMICS AND SEDIMENTATION 87
4.4.3 PROVENANCES 87
4.4.3.1 ADELAIDE SUBGROUP 87
4.4.3.2 TARKASTAD SUBGROUP 91
4.4.4 DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE BEAUFORT GROUP IN THE WESTERN PART OF
THE KAROO BASIN 92
5. MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY 94
DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED ORE SITES 98
SITES CONTAINING THE LAMINATED SANDSTONE-TYPE MINERALISATION 98
PAULS SYFER 98
VREDELUS 98
BLOMFONTEIN 102
SITES CONTAINING THE CARBONATE-CEMENTED SANDSTONE-TYPE MINERALISATION
103
KAREE POORT 103
RIET KUIL 108
BASAL MINERALISED ZONE 108
MAIN MINERALISED ZONE 110
UPPER MINERALISED ZONE 113
BOREHOLE DATA 114
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DATA 120
MINERALISATION TYPE 120
LITHOFACIES 120
ORGANIC MATTER 123
ELEVATION 123
GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS 125
TOTAL DATA 125
LAMINATED SANDSTONE-TYPE MINERALISATION .127
CARBONATE-CEMENTED SANDSTONE-TYPE MINERALISATION 127
ORGANIC MATTER 127
CLUSTER ANALYSIS 128
METALLOGENESIS 135
SOURCE OF MOLYBDENUM, URANIUM AND OTHER METALS 135 NATURE AND TRANSPORT
OF MINERALISING SOLUTIONS 136 PRECIPITATION OF METALS 138
REMOBILISATION OF PRIMARY ORE 142
9. MOLYBDENUM POTENTIAL 144
IV
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6.1
6.1. 6.1. 6.1. 6.2
6.2. 6.2.
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6.2.2.1 6.2.2.2 6.2.2.3
6.2.2.4
7. 7.1 7.2
7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5,
7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
8. 8.1 8.2 8.3
8.4
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10. ECONOMIC VIABILITY 148
11. CONCLUDING REMARKS 148
12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 149
13. REFERENCES 150
14. INDEX 160
APPENDIX 1. URANIUM AND MOLYBDENUM CONCENTRATIONS AT RECONNAISSANCE
SITES 186
APPENDIX 2. POSITION OF SITES INVESTIGATED IN THE REGIONAL
TARGET AREA AND THEIR LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY 187
APPENDIX 3. RESULTS OF GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES 191
APPENDIX 4. LIST OF REFERENCES USED FOR RETRIEVING PALAEOCURRENT DATA
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| spelling | Cole, D. I. Verfasser aut Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa by D. I. Cole and P. E. Wipplinger Pretoria Council for Geoscience 2001 V, 225 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Geological Survey of South Africa: Memoir 80 Molybdenum ores South Africa Karoo Rocks, Sedimentary South Africa Karoo Südafrika (Staat) Beaufort Group (South Africa) Wipplinger, P. E. Verfasser aut Geological Survey of South Africa: Memoir 80 (DE-604)BV000898960 80 SWB Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=009605041&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa |
| title_auth | Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa |
| title_exact_search | Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa |
| title_full | Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa by D. I. Cole and P. E. Wipplinger |
| title_fullStr | Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa by D. I. Cole and P. E. Wipplinger |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa by D. I. Cole and P. E. Wipplinger |
| title_short | Sedimentology and molybdenum potential of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo basin, South Africa |
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