Stress-time context of fault permeability at the Krasnokamensk Area SE Transbaikalia

The main aim of the contribution is to combine data on the consecutive stages of deformation, inflow and migration of palaeofluids and accumulation of mineral filling with uranium traces within the faulted-fractured environment at the Krasnokamensk Area, SE Transbaikalia, Russia. Object of examination is a framework of fault zones transecting the Proterozoic-Paleozoic granitic unit to the extent of northwestern part of uranium-bearing Streltsovskaya caldera of Mesozoic age. Considerations of stress- and permeability-time relationships in faulted-fractured zones were taken with account of stress and strain dependencies within fluid saturated rock massifs at crustal seismogenic level. Stress-time consecution of fault zone permeability was developed using set of fieldwork and lab tests including structural-geological survey, fault slip data analysis, mineral-chemical diagnostics, microstructural observations, and radiographic studies. Practical applications of obtained data for solving uranium mining and environmental issues are indicated in conclusion.