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The extreme diversity of uranium deposits

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Most available classifications of uranium deposits are based on the characteristics of the host rocks or on the morphology of the ore deposits. The aim of the present paper is to propose the basis for a genetic classification of these deposits. After a short introduction on the geochemical behavior of uranium in fluids and silicate melts and on the main uranium fractionation mechanisms operating in uranium-rich peraluminous, metaluminous, and peralkaline melts, the most recent metallogenic models of the main types of uranium deposits are shortly reviewed.

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Cuney, M. The extreme diversity of uranium deposits. Miner Deposita 44, 3–9 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-008-0223-1

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