Petro-mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of Shahaba Limestone from Gogi-Kanchankayi sector, Bhima Basin, Karnataka with reference to Uranium mineralisation

Debasish Roy; Dheeraj Pande; Sikta Patnaik; S K Varughese; A K Pradhan; B Saravanan; A K Bhatt

doi:10.51710/jias.v38i1.139

Authors

Debasish Roy Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Bengaluru
Dheeraj Pande
Sikta Patnaik
S K Varughese
A K Pradhan
B Saravanan
A K Bhatt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51710/jias.v38i1.139

Keywords:

Gogi-Kanchankayi, Shahabad limestone, Bhima Basin and Uranium Mineralisation

Abstract

The Shahabad Limestone Formation of Bhima Basin from Gogi-Kanchankayi area occurs in heterogeneous forms like massive/blocky limestone, argillaceous/ siliceous limestone and laminated/ flaggy limestone. These limestones are primarily composed of micrite, which often alters into sparry calcite on diagenesis with associated impurities of quartz, feldspar, barite, chlorite, glauconite, sulphides and carbonaceous matter. Geochemically, these limestones comprises of variable CaO with low MgO and P₂O₅content. Trace elements concentration shows elevated Ba, Rb and depleted Sr. The current study classified these limestones as non-dolomitic and non-phosphatic types deposited in shallow marine carbonate platform setting with low energy conditions. Post-sedimentation, basin tectonics has resulted in reactivation of the basin margin fault causing intense fracturing of limestone. Subsequent hydrothermal movement along those fractures has resulted in re-mobilisation and re-precipitation of sulphides and carbonaceous matter, and along with alteration has facilitated the precipitation of the uranium bearing minerals.

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