地球科学进展 doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2026.051   cstr: 32269.14.adearth.CN62-1091/P.2026.051

   

铀元素在还原环境中的赋存形态及可迁移性
许秀权,刘超*,彭虎,王启林,李磊   
  1. (东北石油大学 地球科学学院,黑龙江 大庆 163318)
  • 基金资助:
    国家科技重大专项(编号:2025ZD1006803-2)资助

Speciation and Mobility of Uranium in Reducing Environments

Xu Xiuquan, Liu Chao*, Peng Hu, Wang Qilin, Li Lei   

  1. (College of Earth Sciences, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing Heilongjiang 163318, China)
  • About author:Xu Xiuquan, research areas include uranium metallogenic conditions and metallogenic models. E-mail: 1832441752@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2025ZD1006803-2).
深部流体活动与业内新提出的“渗出”成矿模型均与还原环境密切相关,有必要深化此类环境中铀地球化学行为的认识。基于此,系统梳理了富有机配体、富硅、富硫、富卤素及富碳酸根等典型还原体系中铀的主要赋存形态、可迁移性特征及其控制因素。结果表明,还原环境中的铀并非总是以难溶矿物态存在,在酸性环境中可以U(IV)-SO24-络合物、U(IV)-F-络合物、U(IV)-Cl-络合物及U(IV)-有机配体络合物的形态赋存;在中性至碱性环境中则倾向以碳酸铀酰、Ca2+-U(VI)-CO32-络合物、U(IV)-Si胶体、UO2胶体及吸附于有机质相关载体表面的形态赋存。常温地质条件下碳酸铀酰、Ca2+-U(VI)-CO32-络合物、UF3+、UF22+、UF40(aq)、U(IV)-Cit3-络合物及U(IV)-Si胶体可具有较强的可迁移性,高温地质条件下UCl40(aq)具有较强的可迁移性。配体浓度是控制络合态铀物种及U(IV)-Si 胶体可迁移性的重要因素,带正电矿物胶体可能通过胶体间相互作用制约U(IV)-Si 胶体迁移,温度的影响目前仅在少数体系中有所体现。总体来看,现有研究多以室温、常压或单高温实验为基础,对中低温—中高压及中高温—中高压耦合下铀物种的地球化学行为仍缺乏系统研究。未来有必要围绕“中低温—中高压”还原环境开展实验室模拟研究,并逐步拓展至中高温—中高压体系,以进一步约束深部还原成矿环境中铀的赋存形态及可迁移性演化规律。

AbstractDeep-seated fluid activity and the recently proposed exudative metallogenic model for sandstone-type uranium deposits are closely associated with reducing geological environments. Therefore, a systematic understanding of uranium speciation, mobility, and controlling mechanisms under reducing conditions is essential for clarifying uranium transport in deep fluids and for improving genetic interpretations of uranium mineralization. In this study, the occurrence forms and migration potential of uranium in several representative reducing systems enriched in organic ligands, silica, sulfur, halogens, and carbonate are comprehensively reviewed. The results indicate that uranium in reducing environments does not necessarily occur exclusively as insoluble mineral phases. Instead, its speciation is strongly controlled by pH, redox conditions, ligand composition, ligand concentration, temperature, and colloidal interactions. Under acidic reducing conditions, uranium may occur as U(IV) -SO42- complexes, U(IV) -F- complexes, U(IV) -Cl- complexes, and U(IV) -organic ligand complexes. In contrast, under neutral to alkaline reducing conditions, uranium is more likely to exist as uranyl carbonate complexes, Ca2+-U(VI) -CO32- complexes, U(IV) -Si colloids, UO2 colloids, or as uranium adsorbed onto organic matter-related carriers. The mobility of these uranium species varies markedly among different geochemical systems. Under ambient geological conditions, uranyl carbonate complexes, Ca2+-U(VI) - CO32- complexes, UF3+, UF32+ , UF40 (aq), U(IV)-Cit33- complexes, and U(IV)-Si colloids may exhibit relatively strong mobility. Among them, carbonate and calcium-uranyl-carbonate complexes can significantly enhance uranium solubility under weakly alkaline conditions, whereas U(IV)-Si colloids may remain dispersed and mobile owing to their nanoscale particle size and favorable surface charge characteristics. Under high-temperature geological conditions, UCl04 (aq) may become an important mobile uranium species, particularly in acidic, high-salinity reducing fluids. Ligand concentration is a key factor governing the stability and migration capacity of complexed uranium species, and it also influences the formation and persistence of U(IV)-Si colloids. Meanwhile, positively charged mineral colloids may restrict the migration of U(IV) -Si colloids through colloid-colloid interactions, thereby reducing uranium mobility. The effect of temperature on uranium speciation and mobility has been investigated only in a limited number of systems, and its role remains insufficiently constrained. Overall, previous studies have mainly focused on room-temperature and atmospheric-pressure systems, or on single hightemperature experimental conditions. However, the geochemical behavior of uranium species under coupled lowto medium-temperature and medium- to high-pressure conditions, as well as under medium- to high-temperature and medium- to high-pressure conditions, remains poorly understood. Future research should therefore emphasize laboratory simulations of reducing environments under low- to medium-temperature and medium- to highpressure conditions, and progressively extend such investigations to medium- to high-temperature and mediumto high-pressure systems. These efforts will provide important constraints on the occurrence forms, migration mechanisms, and evolutionary behavior of uranium species in deep reducing ore-forming environments.

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