新疆索尔库都克铜钼矿床稀土元素地球化学特征及成矿作用示踪

索尔库都克矽卡岩型铜钼矿床位于新疆东准噶尔北缘,矿区发育早、晚两期矽卡岩并分别伴有成矿作用。两期矽卡岩在产出特征、矿物组合及成矿过程方面均有明显区别,其中与早期矽卡岩有关的成矿金属元素为Fe-Cu-Mo组合,与晚期矽卡岩有关的成矿金属元素为Cu-Mo-Zn组合。本文对索尔库都克铜钼矿床的矽卡岩单矿物、安山质围岩、矿石及与成矿有关的脉岩进行了稀土元素测试分析。结果表明早期矽卡岩成矿过程与安山质围岩关系密切,成矿环境经历了由进化变质阶段的弱还原-弱氧化条件→氧化物阶段的弱还原环境→退化变质早阶段氧化环境→退化变质中晚阶段弱氧化-还原环境的变化过程,铁质可能主要来自于围岩;晚期矽卡岩成矿过程中成矿环境经历了由进化变质阶段的氧化环境→退化变质阶段的弱氧化-弱还原环境→石英-硫化物阶段的弱还原-还原环境→石英-方解石阶段还原环境的变化过程。虽然在具体的成矿过程方面有明显的区别,但在早、晚两期矽卡岩各自的主成矿阶段均经历了由氧化环境向还原环境转变的过程,这种转变为大量金属硫化物的形成创造了良好的条件,是导致矿质沉淀的重要机制。     

Geology, Ar-Ar Age and Mineral Assemblage of Eocene Skarn Cu-Au±Mo Deposits in the Southeastern Gangdese Arc, Southern Tibet: Implications for Deep Exploration

Abstract. Medium‐ and large‐scaled skarn Cu‐Au±Mo deposits, e.g. Kelu, Liebu, Chongmuda and Chenba among others, are distributed in Shannan area of the Gangdese Cu‐Au metallogenic belt. Intrusions‐related skarn copper mineralization belongs to high K and calc‐alkaline rock series, located in late collision volcano‐magmatic arc and formed between 20 to 30 Ma. Copper mineralization occurs at exocontact zone of the lower Cretaceous Bima Group carbonate and other calcareous‐bearing sedimentary rocks with intrusions. At present, three main mineralization types are identified, including skarn type, hydrothermal vein type and porphyry type. Mineralizing associations are Cu‐Mo, Cu‐Au and Cu. In ore districts, those mineralization types form an entire porphyry‐skarn Cu‐Au±Mo ore‐forming system. Alterations of the exocontact are mainly skarnization and hornfelsization, while the alterations of the endocontact are mainly sericitization, silicification, and chloritization of intrusion. In the study area, the endoskarn is not well developed. Copper mineralization occurs mainly in the exocontact in the form of stratoid, lenticular and pockety ore body. Veined mineralization can be seen in marblized and hornfelsed siltstone, being away from the contact zone. In the endocontact, the mineralization is mainly veinlet‐like and disseminated. In Shannan area, skarnization can be divided into early skarnization stage and late hydrous silicate stage. The early skarnization stage is featured by mainly andradite and grossular skarn, containing minor diopside, hedenbergite, magnetite and some copper minerals; and the late hydrous silicate stage is of replacement of garnet skarn by chlorite, epidote, quartz and calcite together with sulfides precipitation. The latter is the main stage of copper mineralization. Bornite is the dominant ore mineral associated with minor chalcopyrite and pyrite; and gold as well as silver are distributed in bornite and wittichenite. Results of microthermometry study of fluid inclusions in quartz of late hydrous silicate stage from different deposits show intermediate temperature and low to intermediate‐salinity features for all samples. The dominant inclusion type is composed of two phases, being about 4 to 15 % vapor and 85 to 96 % liquid at room temperature. Homogenization temperatures range from 232 to 335d?C. Salinities have been recorded between 4.2 and 15.5 wt% NaCl equivalent. Boiling fluid inclusions are not identified and it indicates that metal deposition mainly resulted from water‐rock reactions. The results of sulfur isotope analysis indicate that the sulfur isotope values (δ³⁴S 1.29–1.68 %o) of the samples collected from skarns are similar with that from the endocontact (δ³⁴S 1–1.75 %o). Both of them have very close sulfur isotope values (near δ³⁴S 0 %o), which indicate the sulfur of both the skarn type and the porphyry type mineralization was from deep sources. Ages determined on biotite from ore‐bearing intermediate porphyries by Ar‐Ar methods range from 23.77±0.29 to 29.88±0.56 Ma, showing that skarn copper mineralization in the study area evidently is older than the porphyry Cu(‐Mo) mineralization in Gangdese, and likely representing another metallogenic event. The Cu‐Au skarn deposits in the Kelu‐Liebu‐Chongmuda belt are interpreted as the shallow level, skarn‐related deposits in a porphyry‐skarn mineralization. Appearance of porphyry copper mineralization in some skarn deposits implies that skarn copper mineralization of the study area resemble to those in northern sub‐metallogenic belt, having uniform porphyry‐skarn ore‐forming system. Therefore, it is presumed there should be potential to find deep level porphyry‐type Cu‐Au mineralization targets.     

湖南柿竹园矽卡岩-云英岩型W-Sn-Mo-Bi矿床地质和成矿作用

柿竹园钨多金属矿床由三个阶段不同成矿作用复合叠加而形成。它们分别与似斑状黑云母花岗岩、等粒黑云母花岗岩和花岗斑岩脉有着成因联系。第一阶段矿化包括含矿块状外质矽卡岩和含矿退化蚀变岩；第二阶段为云英岩矿化，在空间上叠加于块状矽卡岩及外部的大理岩；第三阶段为与锰质矽卡岩相伴生的铅锌银矿化。本文详细地描述了前两阶段矿化的地质和成矿地球化学特征，并探讨了其成矿过程。在此基础上，建立了柿竹园矿床的多阶段成矿模     

安徽贵池铜山矽卡岩型铜矿床蚀变矿化分带特征及其成因

铜山矽卡岩型铜矿床产于长江中下游铁铜成矿带中的安庆—贵池矿集区。研究区矽卡岩化与矿化发生于碳酸盐岩地层与花岗闪长斑岩间的接触带中,蚀变及矿化具有水平与垂向分带特征。水平方向上,靠近岩体的矽卡岩中石榴子石含量较高,远离岩体的矽卡岩中透辉石含量较高;靠近大理岩带发育钙铁辉石矽卡岩,远离大理岩带的灰岩硅化较强。垂向上,从上到下依次为角岩带、钙质矽卡岩带和镁质矽卡岩带。矿物成分研究表明,靠近岩体处氧化性较强,石榴子石的钙铁榴石端员含量高;铜多富集于含石英脉的岩体、距岩体略远的矽卡岩、角岩或大理岩中,而锌多富集于硅化灰岩及远离岩体的矽卡岩中。研究表明,该矿床中蚀变矿化经历了进变期和退变期,包括接触热变质阶段、进化交代阶段和早退化蚀变阶段、晚退化蚀变阶段。其中,大规模的黄铜矿化主要发生于早退化蚀变阶段,且在岩浆演化晚期进一步富集于斑岩石英脉中。     

冀东晚古生代煤系中火山碎屑岩研究

通过对冀东蓟玉、车轴山,开平三煤田地层剖面观测、岩矿鉴定、粒度分析、岩石化学、氧同位素组成及K-Ar绝对年龄测定,发现在晚古生代煤系中含3-7层火山碎屑岩,主要为含角砾熔结凝灰岩、含角砾岩屑凝灰岩、晶屑岩屑凝灰岩、晶屑凝灰岩、沉凝灰岩、凝灰质砂岩及凝灰质石灰岩;经纵横向对比,可划分为三期七次喷发,物质搬运方向自西北而东南。这一研究成果,对该区地层和煤层对比及地质灾变事件的研究拓开新的局面。     

Geology and Metallogeny of the Shizhuyuan Skarn-Greisen Deposit,Hunan Province,China

The Shizhuyuan deposit is the largest among the economically important polymetallic tungsten deposits in China. The deposit occurs within the thermal aureole of Yanshanian felsic intrusions that were emplaced into Devonian carbonates and marls. The mineralization can be divided into three phases that are genetically associated with three episodes of granitic emplacement-pseudoporphyritic biotite granite, equigranular biotite granite, and granite porphyry. During the emplacement of pseudoporphyritic biotite granite, thermal metamorphism and subsequent skarnization developed around the stock. The pure limestone was transformed to marble, whereas marls and argillite interlayers were changed to a series of metamorphic rocks such as grossular-diopside hornfels, wollastonite hornfels, diopside hornfels, wollastonite-vesuvianite hornfels, muscovite-K-feldspar-anorthite hornfels, and prehnitevermiculite hornfels. Because of the subsequent strong skarn development, most hornfelses later were transformed into skarns. The skarns distributed around the granite stock are mainly calcic. They are massive in structure, and are composed mainly of garnet, pyroxene, vesuvianite, and wollastonite, with interstitial fluorite, scheelite, and bismuthinite. Although there is no cassiterite in the early skarns, their tin contents average 0.1%. The distribution and compositional and mineralogical relationships of skarn minerals suggest that they formed as a result of progressive reactions of a hydrothermal solution with a limestone of generally constant composition, and that the dominant process was progressive removal of Ca and addition of other constituents to the rocks.

Following the primary skarn formation, some of the assemblages were retrograded to new assemblages such as fluorite-magnetite-salite rock, magnetite-fluorite-amphibole rock, and magnetite-fluorite-chlorite rock. The retrograde alteration of the skarns is characterized by a progressive addition of fluorine, alkali components, silica, tin, tungsten, and bismuth. A zonation from garnet-pyroxene skarn or garnet skarn, through fluorite-magnetite-salite rock, to magnetite-fluorite-chlorite rock frequently can be recognized in the deposit. All retrograde-altered rocks contain scheelite, cassiterite, molybdenite, and bismuthinite.

During the emplacement of equigranular biotite granite, skarn veins several tens of centimeters wide were developed; they contain large crystals of garnet and vesuvianite, and interstitial scheelite, wolframite, cassiterite, and molybdenite. This second stage of mineralization occurs predominantly as coarse and fine stockwork greisens, which were superimposed on the massive skarns and surrounding marble. Such W-Sn-Mo-Bi-bearing greisens can be divided into topaz greisen, protolithionite greisen, muscovite greisen, and margarite greisen. Besides calcic skarn veins and greisens, manganese skarn veinlets also were developed; they consist of rhodonite, spessartine-almandine solid solution, spessartine, and helvite. The distribution of greisens is responsible for a metal zonation—i.e., W-Sn-Mo-Bi and Sn-Be-Cu-F zones from the contact boundary between the granite stock and skarns outward in the deposit. A third stage of mineralization is represented by lead-zinc veins, which also are accompanied by manganese skarns consisting of spessartine, rhodonite, manganese-rich pyroxene, helvite, tephroite, fluorite, tourmaline, and manganese-rich phlogopite.     

The origin of skarn beds, Ryllshyttan Zn�CPb�CAg + magnetite deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden

Thin- to medium-bedded, stratiform calc-silicate deposits (banded skarns) are a peculiar, but important, component of the supracrustal successions in the Palaeoproterozoic Bergslagen mining district of central Sweden. They are referred to as ??skarn-banded leptites?? in the literature and are common in areas and at stratigraphic levels that contain iron oxide and base metal sulphide deposits. The stratigraphic hanging wall of the stratabound Ryllshyttan Zn?CPb?CAg + magnetite deposit at Garpenberg, contains approximately 100?C150?m of interbedded aluminous skarn beds and rhyolitic ash-siltstones. The skarn beds are mineralogically variable and dominantly composed of grandite, spessartine, epidote, actinolite, quartz, clinopyroxene, and locally magnetite. Integrated field-mapping, and whole-rock lithogeochemical, microscopic and mineral chemical analyses suggest that the stratiform skarn beds are the products of at least two discrete hydrothermal events and subsequent metamorphism. The first event comprised accumulation in a quiescent subaqueous environment, below wave base, of calcareous and ferruginous sediments rich in Fe, Mn, Ca, and Mg. These chemical sediments were deposited concurrently with rhyolitic ash-silt sedimentation, thus forming a (now metamorphosed) laminated calcareous Fe formation with both a detrital rhyolitic component and rhyolitic siltstone interbeds. Positive Eu-anomalies and negative Ce-anomalies for normalized rare earth element analyses of skarn beds suggest that the iron may have been derived from exhalation of hot and reduced hydrothermal fluids, which upon mixing with more oxidized seawater, precipitated Fe oxides and/or carbonates that settled from suspension to the seafloor. The size of the positive Eu-anomalies of the chemical sediments are modified by the content of rhyolitic volcaniclastic material, which has a negative Eu anomaly, such that positive Eu-anomalies are only observed in skarn beds that possess a minor volcaniclastic component. Subsequently, the calcareous Fe formations were subjected to post-depositional alteration by hydrothermal fluids, locally yielding more manganoan and magnesian assemblages. The Mn-alteration is manifested by lateral gradations from epidote-grandite-clinopyroxene±magnetite rocks into significantly more Mn-rich quartz-spessartine rocks and massive andradite rocks over distances of less than 10?cm within individual skarn beds. Magnesian alteration is manifested by the development of discordant zones of pargasite para-amphibolites and formation of stratiform pargasite rocks texturally similar to the interlaminated grandite-epidote-ferroan diopside rocks. The latter increase in abundance towards the Ryllshyttan deposit and are associated with pre-metamorphic/pre-tectonic K?CMg?CFe±Si alteration (now biotite-phlogopite-garnet-cordierite-pargasite rocks) that is related to base metal mineralization. The zone of Mn- and Mg-altered skarn beds extends beyond the zone of pervasive K?CMg?CFe±Si alteration around Ryllshyttan. This suggests that the skarn bed progenitors, or their sedimentary contacts against rhyolitic ash-siltstones, acted as conduits to outflowing hydrothermal fluids. The chemical and mineralogical imprint, imposed on affected beds by alteration, may serve as indicators of proximity to intense K?CMg?CFe±Si alteration envelopes around other base metal sulphide deposits in Bergslagen. The last recorded event comprised syn-tectonic veining of competent massive andradite skarn beds. The veins contain quartz-albite-epidote-ferroan diopside-actinolite assemblages.     

Alteration,mineralization, and genesis of the zoned Tongshan skarn-type copper deposit,Anhui, China

The Tongshan skarn-type copper deposit is located in the Anqing–Guichi ore cluster of the iron–copper metallogenic belt which occurs along the Middle–Lower Yangtze River Valley, China. In the study area, skarnization and mineralization took place along the contact zone between carbonates and granodiorite porphyries. The contact zone shows significant horizontal and vertical variations in alteration and mineralization. In the horizontal direction, the garnet content is high in the skarns near the intrusive body (proximal skarns), the diopside content is high farther from the intrusive body (distal skarns), and hedenbergite is concentrated in the skarns adjacent to the marble zone. Limestones located far from the marble zone experienced a strong silicification. In the vertical direction (from higher to lower levels), the rocks change from hornfels to calcareous skarn to magnesian skarn. Mineralogical studies show that the skarns near the intrusion are relatively oxidized, and the garnet in the skarns is relatively andradite rich. High concentrations of Cu are found in the porphyries with quartz veins, as well as in the calcic skarns, magnesian skarns, hornfelses, and marbles, which are located at distances of 13, 10, 43 and 25 m from the porphyries, respectively. High concentrations of Zn are found in silicified limestones and skarns located even farther from the porphyries. The present findings suggest that the Tongshan deposit was subjected to prograde alteration and mineralization, followed by retrogression. The alteration can be divided into a sequence of stages: contact metamorphism, prograde metasomatism, early retrogression, and late retrogression. The copper mineralization occurred mainly during the early retrogression, and the copper was further enriched in quartz veins within the porphyries during the late stages of magma evolution.     

青海省兴海县赛什塘铜矿床矽卡岩矿物学特征及地质意义

赛什塘铜矿位于东昆仑造山带东端的鄂拉山地区,是中国西部重要的矽卡岩型铜矿之一。矽卡岩形成于印支期石英闪长岩与中—下三叠统地层Tb2 1-2岩性段的接触带,矿体主要呈似层状、透镜状产于外接触带矽卡岩中。Tb2 1-2岩性段由中性火山岩、大理岩及变质粉砂岩构成,其中变安山质凝灰岩及安山岩与铜矿化有着密切的空间关系。岩相学研究表明,含铜矽卡岩的形成经历了矽卡岩阶段、退化蚀变阶段、石英-硫化物阶段及石英-碳酸盐阶段。矽卡岩阶段形成石榴子石、辉石及硅灰石,退化蚀变阶段则形成绿帘石、角闪石及磁铁矿,石英-硫化物阶段大量金属硫化物发生沉淀。电子探针分析表明,石榴子石与辉石矿物组分分别为Gro0.00~91.00And7.02~100.00(Pyr+Alm+Spe)0.00~4.27与Di12.80~98.08Hd2.41~79.80(Jo+Jd+Opx)0.00~13.47,表明其属于典型的钙矽卡岩类。空间上,靠近石英闪长岩与安山岩接触带处,钙铝榴石和绿帘石更富集,而向大理岩的一侧以钙铁榴石为主,并常见硅灰石及含Mn的钙铁辉石。矿物学特征及矿物成分的变化显示:从矽卡岩阶段到石英-硫化物阶段,流体性质呈幕式的变化,成矿流体至少经历了2次氧化还原性质的转变,这种变化可能与成矿流体中大气降水的不断加入有关。赛什塘铜矿属于矽卡岩型矿床,以石英闪长岩为主的岩浆活动携带了大量的热量及流体,侵入到中—下三叠统地层中,与围岩地层发生物质交换的同时,引起了大理岩、变质粉砂岩与中性火山岩之间的双交代作用,是导致矽卡岩和矿体形成的重要机制。     

内蒙古北山小狐狸山钼多金属矿区志留纪安山玢岩的发现及其地质意义

小狐狸山钼多金属矿床位于内蒙古北山地区的东北部,矿区内出露的地层主要为奥陶系咸水湖组火山岩。本次工作显示,小狐狸山矿床赋矿火山岩地层存在安山玢岩呈岩株状侵位于奥陶系咸水湖组安山岩中,测得该安山玢岩(XHLS-01)的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素年龄为(419±5) Ma,对应晚志留世,晚于奥陶纪安山岩的成岩年代(489±11) Ma,研究成果更正了对矿区仅发育奥陶纪火山岩的传统认识。小狐狸山矿区晚志留世安山玢岩w(SiO₂)为57.18%~58.19%,w(K₂O+Na₂O)为5.78%~6.97%,w(TiO₂)为0.57%~0.90%,为富钾贫钠、准铝质岩石,与奥陶纪低钾钙碱性的安山岩不同;微量元素显示安山岩和安山玢岩均呈大离子亲石元素富集、高场强元素亏损特征,安山玢岩稀土总量(∑REE含量)为71.9×10^-6~72.24×10^-6,低于安山岩96.89×10^-6,Eu呈较弱负异常。以上显示小狐狸山矿区晚志留世安山玢岩的母岩浆来自俯冲洋壳板片交代的亏损地幔源区,上升过程中经历了较弱的分离结晶和同化混染作用。小狐狸山志留纪安山玢岩和奥陶纪安山岩均形成于岛弧环境。综合区域地质、年代学和地球化学研究显示,内蒙古北山地区早古生代具有相似的构造演化过程,同属西伯利亚板块与塔里木板块之间的岛弧增生带。     

新疆西天山查岗诺尔铁矿床矿物学特征及其地质意义

查岗诺尔大型磁铁矿床位于西天山阿吾拉勒东段,矿体赋存于下石炭统大哈拉军山组安山质火山碎屑岩或凝灰岩中,主要呈层状、似层状、透镜状,受NW、NWW、NE断裂及环形断裂构造控制。矿区发育石榴石、透辉石、方柱石、阳起石、钾长石、绿帘石、绿泥石、方解石等蚀变矿物,矿石矿物主要为磁铁矿和赤铁矿,伴生的金属矿物以黄铁矿和黄铜矿为主。电子探针分析结果表明,石榴石和辉石分别为钙铁榴石-钙铝榴石系列和透辉石-钙铁辉石系列,其化学组成可表示为Adr37.97~97.89Grs0.19~57.21(Alm+Sps)0.84~4.38和Di28.68~87.46Hd10.46~70.13Jo0.24~5.53,与典型的矽卡岩型铁矿中石榴石和辉石的端员组分相似。在磁铁矿和赤铁矿的Ca+Al+Mn-Ti+V图解中,多数样品落入矽卡岩型铁矿的区域;在磁铁矿的TiO2-Al2O3-MgO图解中,多数样品落入或趋近于沉积变质-接触交代磁铁矿区域。结合矿床地质特征和矿物学研究,认为该矿床的形成与矽卡岩化紧密相关,矽卡岩化对铁成矿有重要的贡献。     

秦岭山阳-柞水矿集区150~140Ma斑岩-矽卡岩型CuMoFe(Au)矿床成矿作用研究

秦岭造山带内的山阳-柞水古生代弧前盆地中出露有池沟、小河口、冷水沟、园子街、下官坊及双元沟等CuMo、CuFe(Au)矿床,与这些矿床具有成因联系的岩体为形成于150~140Ma的高钾钙碱性和钾玄岩系列花岗岩,为华北和扬子大陆碰撞后伸展阶段壳、幔混合岩浆的产物。矿化主要发生在岩体与泥盆、石炭纪地层中碳酸盐岩的接触带附近,主要类型为矽卡岩型,少量为斑岩型,部分矿床具有统一的矽卡岩-斑岩型成矿系统,矿化组合主要为CuMo、CuFe(Au)和Cu矿化。外接触带主要发育有矽卡岩和角岩化蚀变,内接触带主要为岩体内部的硅化、钾化、绢云母化、绿泥石化及粘土化,内矽卡岩不发育。矽卡岩矿物主要有石榴石、透辉石、绿帘石、透闪石,阳起石等,其中石榴子石主要为钙铁榴石和钙铝榴石,透辉石是辉石的主体,早期形成的石榴石和透辉石等无水矿物组合常被后期的绿帘石、透闪石和阳起石等含水矿物及石英、方解石等所交代。金属矿物比较简单,最主要的含铜矿物为黄铜矿和斑铜矿,铁矿化主要为磁铁矿和镜铁矿。尽管这些矿床以矽卡岩型矿化为主,但部分矿床中已发现有斑岩型矿化和蚀变特征,这可能暗示了该区可能具有统一的矽卡岩-斑岩型成矿系统,进而表明山阳-柞水矿集区深部具有寻找斑岩型矿床的巨大潜力。     

Alteration mineralogy of eocene volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks from Sivas basin in Turkey

The study area covers volcanic-volcanosedimentary units of Eocene age in the Sivas-Ula? area from Turkey. The pyroclastic (tuffaceous claystone/siltsone/sandstone, crystal ash tuff) and volcanic (basalt, basaltic andesite, andesite) rocks of the Karacalar member from the Kaleköy Formation include volcanogenic (plagioclase, augite, hornblende, biotite), diagenetic (K-feldspar, mixed-layered chlorite-smectite/C-S, chlorite, analcime) and post-volcanic (calcite, dolomite, quartz) minerals. The volcanogenic (plagioclase), diagenetic (K-feldspar, C-S, chlorite), postvolcanic (quartz, calcite, dolomite) and detrital (illite) minerals were observed in the epiclastic (shale, siltstone, calcareous siltstone, sandstone, calcareous sandstone) and chemical (limestone, gypsum) rocks of the Yapali member from this formation. C-S + K-feldspar zoning is widely developed by due to the interaction between sea-water and volcanic glass in basic-intermediate composition, on the basis of optic and electron microscopes and also X-rays data. This zone corresponds to the deeper parts of the Sivas basin in the Eocene period and show vertically a transition into zeolite zone in approximately northern parts of the basin (Yavu area).     

The Vorontsovskoe Au-Hg-As ore deposit (Northern Urals,Russia): Geological setting,ore mineralogy,geochemistry, geochronology and genetic model

The large Vorontsovskoe Au-Hg-As deposit in the Urals is located in the exocontact of the Early Devonian Auerbah gabbro-diorite-granodiorite massif, which intrudes volcano-sedimentary rocks. The orebodies are confined to a tectonic contact of calcareous and tuffaceous rocks. They are composed of 6 types of disseminated ores, but the main reserves of gold are associated with the following ore types: gold-pyrite-arsenopyrite in altered tuffaceous rocks, pyrite-realgar ores in limestone breccia with a carbonate-volcanogenic cement, and gold-oxide-clay from regolith with residual gold. Early ore associations have been formed at 450–300 °C, whereas the late ores have been formed at lower temperature of 260–110 °C. We propose a model for the genesis of the Vorontsovskoe deposit based on synchronicity of mineralization with the formation of the Auerbah volcano-plutonic complex. The Ar-Ar age of hydromica from the gold-arsenopyrite association is 391.1 ± 4.9 Ma, which coincides with the age of igneous rocks of the Auerbah complex. The main sources of water and carbon dioxide were composed of the fluid derived from the magma chamber and the metamorphic water equilibrated with carbonate sedimentary rocks. Magmatic fluid dominated during the development of skarns, jasperoids and quartz veins, whereas metamorphic water was dominant during quartz-sericite alteration of volcano-sedimentary rocks and calcareous breccias. The bulk of the sulfur was supplied by a deep magma reservoir, however this source prevailed only during skarn ore formation. The mixing between deep-sourced sulfur and sedimentary or biogenic sulfur was established for other ore types. Gold and other ore components were possibly introduced during the volcanic and intrusive activity and also extracted from host sedimentary rocks.     

A Preliminary Study on Exhalative Mineralization in Permian Basins, the Southern Segment of the Da Hinggan Mountains, China – Case Studies of the Huanggang and Dajing Deposits–

Abstract: The southern segment of the Da Hinggan Mountains is a well‐known tin–polymetallic metallogenic belt of North China with Jurassic‐Cretaceous volcanic–plutonic rocks widespread. Principally because of this, most of the deposits are regarded as epigenetic hydrothermal deposits in genetic connection with the Mesozoic magmatism. But nearly 90 % of the deposits occur in Permian strata, and show concordant stratiform mineralization with a spatial distribution constrained by sedimentary facies of the Permian strata. A close association between mineralization and Permian strata is recognizable. The Huanggang Fe‐Sn deposit was regarded as a standard skarn‐type deposit formed by magmatic hydrothermal solutions in connection with Mesozoic granites. But there are abundant fabrics indicating submarine hydrothermal exhalation both in magnetite ores and in skarns, including bedding/lamination, soft–deformation, synsedimentary brecciation, and collo‐form fabrics. The magnetite orebodies and skarn‐bodies are predominantly concordant stratiform, and extend nearly 20 km along certain stratigraphic horizon, that is, the upper section of the Lower‐Permian submarine volcanic rocks. The Mesozoic granitic rocks crosscut the magnetite and skarn zone. Instead of skarnization, they show strong greisenization associated with cassiterite‐quartz veins, distinct from the magnetite skarn‐ore with disseminated tin in the Permian rocks. The Dajing Sn‐polymetallic deposit is generally regarded as subvolcanic‐hydrothermal origin, principally because of the close spatial association between ores and some of the Mesozoic subvolcanic dikes (called rhyolitic porphyry). Detailed geological, fabric, petrographical and mineralogical study demonstrates that this very kind of subvolcanic rocks is actually a new type of exhalites (called ‘siderite‐sericite chert’ according to its mineral assemblage), formed by hydrothermal sedimentation during the evolution of the Later‐Permian lacustrine basin. There are, however, indeed some rhyolitic porphyry dikes that crosscut orebod–ies. The orebodies and their associated exhalite predate, and thus have no genetic relation, to the Mesozoic magmatic process. We thus conclude that subaqueous exhalative mineralization did occur during the basin evolution at the Permian time in the southern segment of the Da Hinggan Mountains, which is ignored and poorly understood, but might be as important as the hydrothermal mineralization connected with the Mesozoic magmatism.     

江西永平铜矿床蚀变矿化分带、矿石组构及成矿过程

江西永平铜矿床位于江山-绍兴断裂带南缘、北武夷山燕山早期岩浆岩与海西期-印支期信江断裂坳陷带接合带,是一个伴生S-W-Pb-Zn多矿种的层状铜矿床。逆冲推覆构造控制着矿区内晚古生代地层、燕山期岩浆岩及矿体的空间分布,即基底周潭群逆冲推覆到晚古生界地层上,燕山早期黑云母花岗岩-花岗闪长岩、石英斑岩、花岗斑岩等沿逆冲推覆断面侵入,矿体呈层状产在矽卡岩化石炭系叶家湾组中。矿体围岩主要是石榴石矽卡岩、千枚状页岩及矽卡岩化大理岩。本文从矽卡岩分带、矿石组构等方面来刻画永平铜矿成矿精细过程。永平铜矿矿区的探采工程揭示,以火烧岗岩体为中心向外,蚀变矿物组合、石榴石颜色及矽卡岩的含矿性等表现出明显的分带规律,即从岩体到围岩有:石榴石→透辉石→硅灰石矽卡岩矿物分带;红色→棕色→绿色的石榴石颜色分带;矽卡岩含矿性先增加后降低,其中矿体主要在(红)棕色石榴石矽卡岩呈条带状或网脉状产出。矽卡岩型和变质砂页岩型矿石的矿石矿物组成均与硫化物-石英大脉(～10m)中矿石矿物组成相同或相似,均为黄铁矿-白钨矿-(方铅矿)-闪锌矿-黄铜矿,且生成顺序一致,说明矿区内不同类型的矿石是同一成矿热液体系在不同围岩类型及控矿构造中的产物。永平铜矿成矿过程可划分为石榴石、(磁)赤铁矿阶段、白钨矿阶段、铁铜硫化物阶段、铅锌硫化物阶段和碳酸盐阶段等六个阶段,其中石榴石阶段形成矽卡岩分带,在该阶段晚期形成磁黄铁矿-铁闪石-(黄铜矿)-石英块状矿石;(磁)赤铁矿阶段发育磁铁矿、赤铁矿;白钨矿阶段形成白钨矿及少量黑钨矿;铁铜硫化物阶段是铜硫矿主要矿化阶段,形成块状及脉状黄铜矿矿石;铅锌硫化物阶段是成矿晚期阶段;碳酸盐阶段代表原生成矿过程结束。     

Dissolution of altered tuffaceous rocks under conditions relevant for CO2 storage

We conducted CO₂–water–rock interaction experiments to elucidate the dissolution characteristics and geochemical trapping potential of three different altered andesitic to rhyolitic tuffaceous rocks (Tsugawa, Ushikiri and Daijima tuffaceous rock) relative to fresh mid-ocean ridge basalt. The experiments were performed under 1 MPa CO₂ pressure to reproduce the water–rock–CO₂ interactions in CO₂ storage situations. Basalt showed high acid neutralization potential and rapid dissolution of silicate minerals. Two of the tuffaceous rocks (Ushikiri and Daijima) showed relatively high solubility trapping potential, mainly due to the dissolution of carbonate minerals in the andesitic Ushikiri tuffaceous rock and the ion-exchange reaction with zeolite minerals in the rhyolitic Daijima tuffaceous rock. The mineral trapping potential of the Ushikiri tuffaceous rock was found to be relatively high, due to the rapid dissolution of Mg- and Ca-bearing silicate minerals. Our experimental results suggest that regions of porous and andesitic tuffaceous rock hold global promise as CO₂ storage sites.     

滇东南老君山锡-钨-锌-铟多金属矿集区含矿矽卡岩成因研究

滇东南老君山矿集区广泛分布的矽卡岩是本区锡-钨-锌-铟多金属矿床的主要赋存围岩。长期以来,该区含矿矽卡岩的成因争议较大,由此也制约了对该区锡钨多金属成矿规律的认识。本文以区内代表性的都龙和南秧田矿区含矿矽卡岩为研究对象,在对其地质特征详细研究的基础上,运用电子探针和ICP-MS分别测定了上述两个矿区含矿矽卡岩的矿物成分、微量和稀土元素组成,探讨了它们和多金属矿床的成岩成矿机制的关系。结果表明,区内同时存在与地层产状一致的"层状"含矿矽卡岩和明显切割层理的穿层含矿矽卡岩。都龙矿区含矿矽卡岩富Fe、贫Al,主要矿物端元成分为钙铁榴石(And_(52-69)Gro_(28-45)Spe_(1-4))、钙铁辉石(Di_(11-41)Hd_(51-73)Jo_(0-28))和铁阳起石等,从干矽卡岩到退化蚀变阶段,形成环境由酸性的弱还原环境向偏碱性的相对氧化环境变化。南秧田矿区含矿矽卡岩富Mg、Al,贫Fe,主要矿物端元成分为钙铝榴石(Gro_(82-89)Alm_(7-13)And_(2-5))、透辉石(Di_(55-81)Hd_(18-42)Jo_(0-5))和透闪石(阳起石)等,形成于相对还原的环境。都龙和南秧田矿区含矿矽卡岩与花岗岩都显示出相似的、LREE相对富集的右倾型稀土配分模式,多具有中等-弱Eu负异常,与典型的热液交代成因矽卡岩特征相似。综合分析认为,该区含矿矽卡岩主要形成于燕山晚期花岗岩浆热液与围岩的交代作用,"层状"矽卡岩可能是热液沿层间构造、岩相突变带等有利位置进行交代的结果。     

Slake durability and mineralogical properties of some pyroclastic and sedimentary rocks

Slake durability of rocks is an important property of rock-mass and rock-materials in geotechnical practice. The slake durability of rocks is closely related to their mineralogical composition. In this paper, mineralogical examinations and slake durability tests for argillaceous clastic rocks, especially pyroclastic rocks, sandstones and mudstones of Neogene Tertiary age from Japan, were performed in order to assess the slake durability and rock alteration process of these rocks as well as to understand the relationship between mineralogy and durability.The mineral composition and textural features of the rocks were studied by means of optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), electron microprobe analysis (EPMA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In addition, the slake durability test was carried out by using the standard testing method of ISRM [Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. 16 (1979) 148] in distilled water and in the aqueous solutions with dissolved electrolytes of NaCl and CaCl₂.The pyroclastic rocks and tuffaceous sandstone, rich in di-octahedral and tri-octahedral Fe smectite, respectively, show distinctively different slaking behaviors. The pyroclastic rocks show relatively high slaking (Id₂=55.5% and Id₁₀=10.5%) than the tuffaceous sandstone (Id₂=94.1% and Id₁₀=87.8%, refer to text for Id₂ and Id₁₀). This difference in the slake durability observed in these rocks is due to the microscopic occurrences of smectite present in the interspaces between the particles (pyroclastic rocks) and zeolite cementing the interspaces (tuffaceous sandstone) as alteration minerals. In addition, the durability results of tuffaceous sandstone show that the slake durability decreases as the degree of weathering increases (weathered material Id₂=88.7% and Id₁₀=65.3%). Furthermore, two mudstones of Miocene and Pliocene ages, having different clay mineral compositions (smectite vs. illite+chlorite), show the lowest and the highest slake durability among the tested clastic rocks. Hard mudstone shows the highest (Id₂=98.1% and Id₁₀=95.5%) while the soft mudstone shows the lowest (Id₂=33.9% and Id₆=0.4%.) slake durability. Thus, the slake durability of pyroclastic and sedimentary rocks is greatly affected by their mineral composition and texture, and is closely related to their alteration history. Slake durability is also affected by the kind of dissolved electrolyte and its concentration in the aqueous solution, providing some useful information for geotechnical practice.