The oft-com:office:smarttags" />Ordos Basin is one of the top oil, gas and coal producers in China and is increasingly recognized as an important uranium mineralization province. Uranium deposits occur near the margin of the basin and are mainly hosted in sandstones of the Jurassic Zhiluo Formation. The authors hold that the location of uranium mineralization is associated with the mixing of the two fluid flow systems:Uranium was leached from the Cretaceous and Jurassic strata and carried by the descending meteoric fluids, and was reduced from U6+ to U4+ by hydrocarbons carried by the ascending basinal fluids and precipitated at the interface of the two fluid systems. The location of the interface between the two flow systems is dependent on the magnitude of the topographic relief. oft-com:office:office" />