Sandstone-Hosted Uranium Deposits as a Possible Source for Critical Elements: The Eureka Mine Case, Castell-Estaó, Catalonia

Sandstone-Hosted Uranium Deposits as a Possible Source for Critical Elements: The Eureka Mine Case, Castell-Estaó, Catalonia

The Eureka deposit in Castell-estaó in the Catalan Pyrenees is a Cu−U−V deposit, hosted by Triassic red-bed sandstones, and classified here as a low-temperature, sandstone-hosted stratabound metamorphite U deposit. The main mineralisation is stratabound, related to coal-...

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Main Authors: Montgarri Castillo-Oliver, Joan Carles Melgarejo, Lisard Torró, Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent, Marc Campeny, Yael Díaz-Acha, Sandra Amores-Casals, Jingyao Xu, Joaquin Proenza, Esperança Tauler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-12-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
critical metals
redox-sensitive elements
red bed
metamorphite
vanadium
uranium
copper
rare earth elements
cobalt
nickel
selenium
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/1/34

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