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The uranium deposits of Bulgaria related to the Late Alpine tectonomagmatic reactivation are subdivided into two groups: exogenic–epigenetic paleovalley deposits related to the basins filled with upper Eocene–lower Oligocene volcanic–sedimentary rocks and the hydrothermal deposits hosted in the coeval depressions. The geological and lithofacies conditions of their localization, the epigenetic alteration of rocks, mineralogy and geochemistry of uranium ore are exemplified in thoroughly studied paleovalley deposits of the Maritsa ore district. Argumentation of the genetic concepts providing insights into both sedimentation–diagenetic and exogenic–epigenetic mineralization with development of stratal oxidation zones is discussed. A new exfiltration model has been proposed to explain the origin of the aforementioned deposits on the basis of additional analysis with consideration of archival factual data and possible causes of specific ningyoite uranium ore composition.
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Original Russian Text © S.F. Vinokurov, E.A. Strelkova, 2016, published in Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 2016, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 171–188.
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Vinokurov, S.F., Strelkova, E.A. Formation conditions of paleovalley uranium deposits hosted in upper Eocene–lower Oligocene rocks of Bulgaria. Geol. Ore Deposits 58, 149–165 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701516020069
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