Uranium Transport in F-Cl-Bearing Fluids and Hydrothermal Upgrading of U-Cu Ores in IOCG Deposits

Table 5

Ore mineralogy after different waves.

Mineralogy in wt.%, gold in ppm
Steps	Description	Uraninite	Fluorite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcocite	Bornite	Hematite	Magnetite
F/R = 10	Wave 500
Step 13	Fully reacted	0	0.0008	0	0	0	99.990	0
Step 24	Reaction front	0.599	0	0	2.004	0.912	96.474	0
Step 30	Reaction front	0.037	0.069	0.309	0	0	76.233	20.379
Step 35	Weakly reacted	0	0	0.300	0	0	0	99.399
F/R = 15	Wave 750
Step 27	Fully reacted	0	0.0017	0	0	0	99.988	0
Step 35	Reaction front	0.920	0.002	0	0.237	3.456	98.830	0
Step 36	Reaction front	0.000	0.000	0	0	4.796	93.957	0
Step 44	Reaction front	0	0.057	0	0	0	95.927	0
Step 45	Reaction front	0	0.033	0.302	0	0	18.555	80.154