Minerals,exsolution features and geochemistry of Fe-Ti ores of the Suwałki district (North-East Poland)

The Fe-Ti deposits of the Suwaki District (North-East Poland) are magmatic in origin and were formed as a consequence of differentiation of magma melt that served as a parent for mineralization in the host and ore rocks. Ore mineralization in the host rocks is of accessory and segregational type and was formed in conditions characterized by low content of interprecipitable liquid, relatively high oxygen fugacity and slow, continuous cooling. Nearly all Ti was removed from titanomagnetite above the solvus; hence, the true exsolution of ulvöspinel was of minor importance in the host. Ore mineralization is characterized there by low content of impurities and low Fe/Ti ratio. High content of admixtures, extreme mineralogical and compositional variations, lack of geochemical cyclicity patterns in particular sections are typical of ore rocks. Both an increased amount of interprecipitable liquid and higher temperatures, stimulated by intermediate fO₂, controlled the formation of ore rocks. The fO₂ here remained credibly intermediate from early to late stages of mineral evolution. The formation of magma and minerals enriched in Fe-Ti, settling in a bottom part of the magma chamber, governed the formation of large ore bodies. Some other mechanisms such as filterpressing or immiscible segregation may be responsible for the formation of some discordant and concordant smaller ore bodies in the host. The disclosed partitioning pattern of major and minor elements in ore minerals of host and ore rocks suggests that titanum-free magnetite concentrate should be not practicable.     

内蒙古赤峰维拉斯托大型锡多金属矿的地质地球化学特征

2014年发现的维拉斯托锡锌矿是继20世纪末该矿区铜锌矿之后的重要找矿进展,已控制Sn金属资源量10万t。成矿作用与隐伏花岗岩体有关,该岩体侵入于前寒武纪变质岩中。矿化类型包括岩体顶部的花岗岩型锡锌矿、岩体外侧的石英脉型锡锌矿以及外围的铜锌矿。针对花岗岩、各类矿体开展了岩石学、矿床学、主微量元素地球化学、年代学等研究,初步查明岩浆演化机制、矿床成因及三类矿化的关系。细粒斑状碱长花岗岩La-ICPMS锆石UPb年龄(139.5±1.2)Ma(MSWD=3.3)。岩石中发育多级斑晶,结晶(沉淀)顺序为钠长石→石英→钾长石→钠长石→石英、黄玉、锡石、闪锌矿。花岗岩富Si O2贫Al2O3、Ti O2、TFe2O3、Ca O等,高Rb、Cs、Nb、Ta及W、Mo、Bi、Cu、Zn、In等元素,低Sr、Ba等,钠长石An0.3,与锡钨多金属矿成矿花岗岩性质相似。岩浆晚期经历了岩浆-热液过渡阶段(浆液过渡态流体),自硅酸盐相中分离出富Si、富F和富S的流体相,分别形成花岗岩型矿石中的石英、黄玉、锡石-闪锌矿囊状体(珠滴),伴随熔融包裹体和熔流包裹体,晚期逐渐、连续地向热液阶段过渡。岩浆-热液过渡阶段在岩体顶部形成花岗岩型锡锌矿石,热液阶段在岩体外侧和外围形成石英脉型锡锌矿及铜锌矿、铅锌银矿。这些矿体连同成矿花岗岩共同构成岩浆-热液型锡多金属矿床成矿系统。锡林郭勒—赤峰地区,很多脉状铅锌银矿的成矿作用与酸性侵入岩有关,深部可能存在大规模岩浆-热液型锡(钨)多金属矿。     

Chloritization and its bearing on uranium mineralization in Madyalabodu area,Cuddapah district,Andhra Pradesh

Uranium mineralization in Madyalabodu area, Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh, is spatially related to chloritized and brecciated quartzite of the Gulcheru Formation in the immediate vicinity of E-W to ESE-WNW trending basic dyke. Chloritization transgresses the lithological boundaries. Whole-rock geochemical data indicate enrichment of MgO and Al₂O₃ coupled with depletion of SiO₂, Na₂O, K₂O, CaO and TiO₂ in the chlorite-rich zone. Fe₂O₃ and FeO do not vary significantly in the altered and the unaltered zones. Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) data reveal that the chlorites in contact with uranium minerals are enriched in MgO and depleted in FeO than in the others. Considering the petrological evidence, geochemical signature and structural constraints, it appears that chlorite acted more as an adsorbent rather than as a reductant in facilitating uranium mineralization. Uraninite crystallized later from the uranium originally adsorbed on chlorites. Chloritization might also have facilitated mineralization through the generation of nascent hydrogen, H₂S and lowering pH of uranium-bearing solution.     

Uranium (-nickel-cobalt-molybdenum) mineralization along the Singhbhum copper belt,India, and the problem of ore genesis

Uranium mineralization is present at many places along the 200 km long Singhbhum copper belt, but the mineralization is relatively concentrated at the central part of it. The belt is characterized by many shear zone features, such as mylonites, phyllonites, and L-S type of structures and of course, copious metasomatism. Country rocks are basic schists, metapelites, quartzose rocks and albite schist/gneiss (Soda Granite). Orebodies are sheet-like, conformable with the pervasive planar structures in the host rocks. No pronounced wall rock alteration accompanied the mineralization. Grade of the ore is low (<0.1% U₃O₈). The principal uraniferous mineral uraninite occurs as dissemination. Other uranium-bearing minerals include pitchblende, allanite, xenotime, davidite, clarkeite, autunite (-metaautunite), torbernite, schoepite (-metaschoepite) and uranophane. Uranium is also present in a number of refractory phases either as inclusion of uraninite or in the crystal structure. Additionally, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum are present at Jaduguda-Bhatin in the form of millerite, gersdorffite, melonite, nickel-bearing pyrite, molybdenite etc. Dominance of uraninite over pitchblende and the larger cell-edge of uraninite, development of hematite-bearing quartz and Na-oligoclase at places in the ore zone, association of uranium mineralization with Ni-Co-Mo(-S-As) mineralization at Jaduguda-Bhatin and continuation of the orebodies to considerable depths, suggest that the uranium mineralization along the Singhbhum belt belongs to moderate to high temperature vein type. The age obtained by Pb²⁰⁷/Pb²⁰⁶ ratio and the concordia method suggest that the uranium mineralization in Singhbhum took place 1500–1600 Ma ago and this age is not far different from the age of formation of uranium-vein deposits in many other Precambrian shields of the world. The following two mechanisms of the formation of the deposits are discussed: 1) uranium precipitated in the Dhanjori basal sediments was mobilized during deformation and metamorphism into ore deposits, 2) the hydrodynamic system that leached out copper from the metabasic rocks to form the copper deposits at an earlier stage, could, in one of the oxidised pulses leach out uranium from the basal sediments and precipitate it in the favourable situations. Subsequent small-scale redistribution is possible. Constituents of the Ni-Co-(-S-As) mineralization appear to have been contributed by the volcanic-sedimentary pile.     

Metallogenesis of a B-F-metasomatic skarn tin deposit,Gejiu, Yunnan Province

Recently, a new type of skarn tin ore formed by B-F-metasomatism has been found in the central part of the Malage ore field at Gejiu, Yunnan Province, which contains 1–7% Sn. The principal tin minerals are nordenskiöl dine, schoenfliesite, varlamoffite, etc., accounting for about 4%. Cassiterite is rarely seen (less than 0.2%). Outward from endoskarns are distinguished four alteration zones, ore fluids were rich in Al and Si in the early stage of skarnization, and became enriched in Fe, Mg, Sn, B, F, H₂O, etc. in the later stages. Two episodes of hydrothermal metasomatism of B and F took place during post-skarnization, and the different alteration zones may be due to reaction between B-and F-bearing hydrothermal solutions and country rocks (calcareous carbonates). The stability of tin minerals is controlled by μB₂O₃, μCO₂,μF₂O_-1 and μF(OH)_-1. It has been concluded from the discussion in terms of the system CaO-SnO₂-SiO₂-H₂O-B₂O₃-CO₂-F₂O_-1 proposed by Burt (1978) and the topological diagrams constructed by the author that nordenskiöldine was formed in the depletion of Si at about 400°C in the skarn environment, where metallogenetic conditions are characterized by rich oxygen but poor sulfur, and high boron but low fluorine, while schoenfliesite and varlamoffite were formed at the lower temperature (about 150°C) in response to hydrothermal metasomatism of fluorine. In comparison with the metallogenetic conditions for adjacent endoskarn tin ores and other tin ore deposits at Gejiu, the role of the characteristic elemental association Sn-B-F is emphasized in this paper.     

Structural setting and genesis of ore bodies in carbonate rocks in the M.te Atzei-M.te Ega mining area (Sulcis,SW Sardinia)

At least seven different types of ore bodies, with an ore stock of Ba, F, Fe, Pb, Zn, Cu and Sb occur in Paleozoic rocks (Lower-Middle Cambrian and Ordovician) in an ?15 km² area north of the Narcao village (SW Sardinia, Italy). The ore bodies are related both to syngenetic accumulations, and later epigenetic recirculation of the primary ores. In the Lower Cambrian the area studied shows evidence of synsedimentary tectonic instability, probably related to carbonate shelf margin features. The Upper Cambrian is lacking and the transgressive Ordovician sediments cover large areas of the previously gently folded Cambrian rocks (Sardic phase of Caledonian orogenesis). The main Hercynian tectonic phases had a much stronger compressive folding that is mirrored in a sequence of tight folds and upthrusts. The geometric setting resulting from the tectonic frame of the Cambrian and Ordovician sediments must be taken into account to understand the distribution and the genesis of most of the ore bodies.     

On the conditions of formation of Gushan iron ore deposit

On the basis of its geological characteristics, the Gushan iron deposit should be assigned to volcano-hydrothermal type with hematite-quartz as its principal mineral assemblage. Iron concentration of the ore solution has been estimated from the ratio of hematite to quartz in the ore. By using experimental and thermodynamic data, the solubility of ferro-minerals at elevated temperatures and pressures have been calculated in the system FeO?Fe₂O₃?NaCl?HCl?H₂O. The effects ofT, P, pH,f _{O 2} and total Cl concentration on the solubility of ferrominerals are discussed. Thermodynamic calculations based on presumed physico-chemical conditions for the ore solution are in good agreement with geological observations. The calculation shows that ferro-minerals were deposited at logf _{O 2}=?21～?25, log(m_HCl+m_H+)=?2.5～?3,P=1?0.75 (or 0.5) kb, andT=400°?350°C. It is believed that the original solution was an acid NaCl-bearing solution of magmatic derivation. However, iron in the solution was enriched with falling temperatures by dissolving pre-existing ferro-minerals in consolidated rocks rather than extracting directly from the magma. Either temperature (below 400°C) or pressure decrease may result in the precipitation of ferro-minerals from the solution, but the Fe/Si ratio in the ore is dependent mainly upon pH. The widespread siliceous veins of later stages are a reflection of decreasing acidity of the solution. An increase inf _{O 2} will also favor the deposition of ferro-minerals. The hypabyssal occurrence and the existence of the Huangmaqing sandy shale have contributed greatly to the formation of hematite.     

Development of rodingite in basaltic rocks in serpentinites,East Liguria,Italy

Hydrogrossular replacement of plagioclase in basaltic rocks enclosed in serpentinite, and relationships between hydrogrossular, pumpellyite, vesuvianite are described. Rogingitic rocks are dominated by mixed layer chlorite-smectite, chlorite, pumpellyite, hydrogrossular and vesuvianite. In these rocks pumpellyite attains maximal Mg contents, and chemical analysis shows extreme removal of Na₂O, K₂O, TiO₂ and SiO₂ from the basalts, and increase in the Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ ratio. Leaching during serpentinization by extremely alkaline solutions dominated by Ca-Mg(OH) may explain removal of components, but the oxidation may suggest that at an earlier stage dykes may have acted as input aquifers.     

Contributions to the mineral chemistry of Hawaiian rocks

Phenocryst and groundmass pyroxenes in 24 rocks of the tholeiitic, alkalic, and nephelinic suites from Haleakala and West Maui volcanoes, Maui, Hawaii, were analyzed quantitatively by electron microprobe. Results and conclusions: i) Tholeiites contain augite, pigeonite, and bronzite; alkalic rocks contain salite, augite, and ferroaugite; and nephelinic rocks have salite, sometimes of Wo>50 mole %. ii) The three suites can be distinguished by Ca contents of pyroxenes: High-Ca pyroxenes of tholeiitic rocks have Wo_30–40; those of alkalic rocks have Wo_38–48; and those of the nephelinic rocks have Wo_47–51; i.e. Wo in clinopyroxene increases from tholeiitic, to alkalic, to nephelinic suites, iii). In the alkalic suite, rock types can be distinguished on the basis of clinopyroxene composition: Alkalic olivine and alkalic basalts have Wo_38–45, hawaiites and mugearites have Wo_45–48. Trachytes can be distinguished from both groups by higher Fe (Fs_22–30) and Ca contents (Wo_43–47). iv) Pyroxenes in tholeiitic rocks show higher intrarock variability (e.g. Fs₁₂Wo₄₀-Fs₃₇Wo₃₀) than those of the alkalic and nephelinic suites, v) Na₂O bulk-rock content affects Na₂O content of the precipitating high-Ca pyroxene; e.g. Na₂O in groundmass pyroxene increases from tholeiitic, to alkalic (mafic members only), to nephelinic suites; a similar relationship is present within the differentiated alkalic suite, vi) In tholeiites, changes in groundmass high-Ca pyroxene compositions are related to changes in bulk rock compositions, e.g. FeO/FeO+MgO+CaO in clinopyroxene increases as this ratio increases in the bulk rock; this is not true for alkalic and nephelinic rocks, vii) In groundmass high-Ca pyroxene, Al₂O₃, Na₂0, and TiO₂ contents increase and MnO content decreases with increasing Wo content from tholeiitic, to alkalic (mafic members only), to nephelinic suites, viii) Groundmass high-Ca pyroxenes are richer in MnO and Na₂O and poorer in Cr₂O₃ compared to coexisting phenocrysts. High-Ca pyroxene phenocrysts in nephelinic rocks and in one mugearite are depleted in SiO₂ and enriched in Al₂O₃ relative to coexisting groundmass clinopyroxene, indicating increased SiO₂ activity during crystallization. Some tholeiites show the reverse; this Si—Al relationship is not clear in other samples.     

Sulfur isotope studies of the felbertal scheelite deposit,eastern alps

The Felbertal scheelite deposit is the largest known strata-bound tungsten concentration. It lies in an up to 400 m thick rock pile in the lowermost part of the volcanic rock sequence, probably of the Early Paleozoic Habach Formation. Both ore fields (eastern and western) have been affected by Variscan and Alpine metamorphism and tectonism, resulting in a remobilization of the ore mineralization. This ore deposit and the neighboring rocks show a strikingly low sulfur content. The eastern field with one major orebody has very little sulfide mineralization. The western field, with 8 orebodies (K1–K8) and two remobilized vein zones (S1 and S2), reveals somewhat more minor sulfide enrichments that are mainly within and around the K1 and K2 orebodies and in some parts of the interlayered schist sequence. Sulfur isotope compositions of 90 sulfide minerals (37 pyrrhotite, 20 chalcopyrite, 19 pyrite and 11 molybdenite and/or WS₂-MoS₂ solid solutions and 3 Pb-Bi sulfosalts, including 7 sulfides within scheelite grains) from 60 ore and host rock samples have been determined with a standard error of less than ±0.2 per mil. All data range from –3.6 to +4.3 ³⁴S. There are small differences in the sulfur isotope values from place to place and in time from the first and second to the third generation. In the western field, the K1 orebody differs from other orebodies (K2, K4, K7) due to isotopically heavier ³⁴S values. The three scheelite generations show differences in the ³⁴S values of the sulfide microphases within scheelite grains, from +1.0 to +4.3 per mil for the first and the second, and from –1.8 to –3.3 per mil for the third generation. Sulfide phases within molybdoscheelites may have crystallized under the same conditions as the other coeval sulfide minerals in the same orebody. They commonly formed later than scheelite. These changes may be explained using data from Ohmoto and Rye (1979): Small changes in temperature, pH, and/or may result in large changes in the ³⁴S values with the precipitation of isotopically heavier sulfides under more reducing conditions. Only four samples with sulfide mineral pairs show isotopic equilibrium. All others display some disequilibrium. We suggest that the sulfides in the ores and surrounding volcanogenic host rocks formed contemporaneously from the same hydrothermal ore fluids, and that the sulfur species in these fluids may have been dominantly H₂S.     

Nature and origin of Palaeozoic volcanic rocks of the Seeberg area (Karawanken/Austria)

In the Seeberg area (Karawanken/Austria) intermediate to acidic pyroclastic rocks of Palaeozoic age are found. These rocks are partly of upper Ordovician age and partly as yet undated. 12 complete chemical analyses of these tuffs and their corresponding modal mineral content are presented. The tuffs differ chemically from the average composition of intermediate to acidic volcanic rocks by their lower alkali and higher H₂O and CO₂ values. It is assumed that the originally glassy parts of the tuffs took up H₂O and CO₂ and lost alkalies and possibly also SiO₂ during diagenesis and tectonic stress. In addition, two other complete chemical analyses of a basic dyke which cuts across Devonian limestones are given. The dyke has a spilitic mineral content which is of secondary origin. The petrographic character of the analysed tuffs is discussed in comparison with Palaeozoic and Tertiary to recent trachytes, alkali rhyolites and rhyolites.     

Stratabound lead-zinc pyrite ore deposits in upper precambrian carbonate rocks,Rodna Mountains,Romania

The Blazna-Guset mining area is located in the Rodna Mountains, Eastern Carpathians, North Romania. It is mostly covered by the metamorphic rocks of the Rebra Series (Upper Precambrian; K/Ar dating gave 800 m.y.). The middle part of this series — called the Carbonate Formation — contains lead-zinc pyrite ores hosted by prevailingly carbonate rocks. The ores form flat and thin lenses occurring together with fine intercalations of silicate-, graphite- and quartz-bearing rocks within the calcite-dominated limestones. Pyrite, ironpoor sphalerite and galena are the main ore minerals. Chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and magnetite also occur in small amounts. Within the highly deformed and partly recrystallized parts of the ore bodies bournonite, arsenopyrite and pearceitepolybasite were locally encountered. Ba, Ti and Mn are the most significant ore-accompanying elements.     

Geochemistry of cumulus peridotites and gabbros from the Marum ophiolite complex,northern Papua New Guinea

The layered cumulus rocks of the Marum ophiolite complex in northern Papua New Guinea range from highly magnesian dunite, wehrlite, and lherzolite through pyroxenite to norite-gabbro with minor anorthosite and ferronorite-gabbro near the top of the sequence. Most of the cumulates, particularly the gabbroic rocks, are characterised by recrystallised adcumulus textures and all intercumulus melt (mesostasis) has been expelled. Trends in the cumulate sequence from Mg-rich to more Fe-, Ca- and Al-rich compositions are consistent with the formation of the layered sequence by magmatic accumulation from mafic tholeiitic magmas with varying degrees of differentiation. The cumulates are characterised by extremely low levels of ‘incompatible’ elements (K, Ba, Rb, P, Zr, Nb, Hf, Y and REE) at all levels of differentiation. REE patterns are strongly depleted in LREE; HREE abundances range from ≦0.3 chondrites in peridotite to 3 x chondrites in the norite-gabbros. The Marum cumulates resemble low-Ti peridotites and gabbros found in other orthopyroxene-bearing ophiolite sequences. The parent magmas of the Marum cumulates are inferred to have been strongly depleted in ‘incompatible’ trace elements (～ 2,000 ppm Ti, ～20 ppm Zr, 6–9 x chondrites HREE with La_N/Sm_N～0.5). These abundances are lower than found in typical MORB and back-arc basin basalts or their picritic parents. The dissimilarity of trace element abundances of the inferred Marum parent magmas with MORB-type high-alumina olivine tholeiites supports the conclusion drawn previously from the petrology of the cumulates that the parent magmas to the Marum ophiolite were not of MORB composition but resembled the strongly depleted, Ni-rich magnesian olivine-poor tholeiites and quartz tholeiites of the Upper Pillow Lavas of the Troodos ophiolite. The Marum parent magmas are believed to have been formed by shallow melting of refractory peridotite, and are chemically and genetically distinct from the LREE-enriched high-Ti lavas (Tumu River basalts) which occur in faulted contact. The geochemical data do not permit unequivocal assignment of a tectonic environment for the formation of either the Tumu River basalts or the plutonic suite; their juxtaposition results from thrust emplacement.     

The problem of rock assimilation by Somma-Vesuvius magma

New chemical and modal analyses are presented of magmatic rocks and pyroxenes nodules from the Somma-Vesuvius volcano and of trachytes from the surrounding area. Geochemical evidence is employed in checking the generally accepted suggestion that magma composition develops from that of trachyte into phonolitic tephrite and finally into tephritic leucitite (vesuvite) by assimilation of dolomite. At the Somma stage of the volcano, phonolitic tephrites (tephritic phonolites) alone have been produced. Vesuvius lavas (tephritic leucitites) are comparatively high in K₂O, CaO, F, Cl, Mn, Cu, Sr and Ba and low in SiO₂ and Nb. The formation of vesuvites by assimilation of dolomitic sedimentary rocks, combined with gravity-separation of early-formed pyroxenes from a trachytic or tephritic magma, is improbable as shown by chemical balances between the respective igneous and sedimentary rocks.     

Experimental study of the physico-chemical conditions of skarn formation

Experimental results show that skarns can—800°C and 500–1,000 bars. Starting materials include intermediate-acidic igneous rocks, volcanic rocks, metamorphic rocks, carbonates of various purities and chemical reagents of analytical purity-grade. Experimental media are: NaCl, NaCl+CaCl₂, NaCl+CaCl₂+MgCl₂, Na₂CO₃ and Na₂SiO₃ solutions. Experimental results show that skarns can be formed under wide physico-chemical conditions:T=400°–800°C,P=500–1,000 bars,pH=4–11, and \(f_{O_2 } = 10^{ - 23} - 10^{ - 11} \) bar. The mineralogy of skarns and the chemical compositions of skarn minerals are generally controlled by the combined factors: the chemical composition of the original rocks, pH values, redox conditions, temperatures and pressures. Isomorphous substitution may have agreat effect on the temperature of formation andfo ₂ of some major skarn minerals. It is found that skarnization occurs preferentially in NaCl and NaCl+CaCl₂ solutions and subortinately in MaCO₃ and Na₂SiO₃ soiutions.     

Stratabound ore deposits related to synsedimentary tectonics: South-West Sardinia (Italy) and Sierra de Aracena (Spain); a comparison

Deposition of stratabound Zn-Pb-Ba ores in the Lower Cambrian carbonates in South-west Sardinia show a distinct relation with the prominent tensional tectonics in the area. A part of the mineral deposits are syngenetic (sedimentary-exhalative), other massive sulfides and/or barite are early diagenetic. Other occurrences (MVT) are from early to late-diagenetic. They are mostly confined to matrix- and cementbreccias which might be dependent on the Cambrian tectonics. The Precambrian-Lower Cambrian (?) carbonates occupying the core of the Aracena anticline, at the boundary between the provinces of Huelva and Badajoz (South-west Spain), are also an important metallotect for Zn-Pb-Ag-Ba mineralization. The ores at Aracena are stratabound (to stratiform) (Sedex) and occur as disseminations or layers in a volcano-sedimentary sequence with carbonate intercalations. Both the carbonate intervals and the ores show evidence of synsedimentary tectonics, like slumpings, slump breccias and neptunian dykes. Their deposition most likely occurred in a subtidal environment controlled by faults. Apparently, in South-west Sardinia and in the Sierra de Aracena, both sedimentary evolution and ore deposition were strictly related, and conditioned by several pulses of tensional tectonics.     

Geochemistry of the Osnitsk-Mikashevichy volcanoplutonic complex of the Ukrainian shield

This paper addresses the geochemistry of intrusive (Osinitsk complex) and volcanic (Klesov Group) rocks of the Osnitsk-Mikashevichy volcanoplutonic belt (OMVPB) of the Ukrainian shield, which is an active continental margin existing approximately 1980–2000 Ma ago. The Osnitsk complex comprises a wide range of rocks, from ultrabasics to granitoids, and the Klesov Group is dominated by extrusive rocks of basaltic and rhyolitic compositions metamorphosed under epidote-amphibolite facies conditions. The Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic systematics (?Sr₁₉₉₀ from ?4 to +10, ?Nd₁₉₉₀ from ?0.6 to +2.3, and ?Hf1990 from 0.1 to 1.4) indicates a juvenile source for the OMVPB rocks. Geochemical data suggest independent origin of the rocks of gabbroid (SiO₂ < 60 wt %) and granitoid (SiO₂ > 60 wt %) series. The gabbroids are subdivided into pre- and post-granite groups on the basis of the higher contents of incompatible trace elements and lower contents of compatible elements in the post-granite rocks. The geochemical characteristics of the two groups of basic rocks indicate their formation in a convergent tectonic setting. The origin of the granitoid melts is attributed to the low-degree (eutectoid) melting of basic rocks at relatively low temperatures.     

Manganese deposits in northeastern European Russia and the Urals: Isotope geochemistry,genesis, and evolution of ore formation

Based on new data on the lithology, mineralogy, chemistry, and isotopic composition of manganese carbonate ores and rocks at the deposits and occurrences in the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, the Pai-Khoi, and the Urals, as well as using data from the literature, the main Phanerozoic basins of manganese deposition have been established in the geological history of Laurasia, Pangea, and Siberian paleocontinents. The formation conditions of manganese ore gradually changed from hydrothermal-sedimentary in the Middle Paleozoic to sedimentary-diagenetic in Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The ore was also formed under catagenetic conditions. Carbon of oxidized organic matter plays a substantial role in the formation of manganese carbonates.     

Tholeiitic Aleutian arc plutonism: The Finger Bay pluton,Adak, Alaska

The earliest representatives in the sequence of Tertiary to Recent magmatic rocks on Adak island in the central Aleutians, are the Finger Bay Volcanics and associated small shallow-level gabbroic intrusives. The tholeiitic Finger Bay pluton (gabbro to quartz monzodiorite) is among the least altered representatives of this earliest period. The field relations, mineralogy, and geochemistry of the Finger Bay pluton contrast with the more recent calcalkaline plutons in the arc (e.g. on Adak, Hidden Bay pluton: 33 m.y. and on Kagalaska, Kagalaska pluton: 15 m.y.). Compared with the Hidden Bay pluton, the Finger Bay pluton is smaller (8 km² versus 100 km²), has a greater proportion of gabbro (84% versus 5%), has a somewhat different mineralogy, and has higher whole rock and mafic mineral FeO/MgO ratios, higher K₂O, and higher concentrations of incompatable elements in rocks of equivalent SiO₂ (particularly for the more siliceous units). Magmatic amphibole occurs only in the most siliceous units in the Finger Bay pluton, whereas it is common in the calc-alkaline plutons. Except for the size, these differences parallel those between tholeiitic and calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from the active Aleutian volcanic centers. Textural, miner-alogical, and trace element analyses indicate that mixing of magmas and gabbros generated some of the rocks of intermediate (monzodiorite) composition in the Finger Bay pluton. Most of the differences in magmatic trends between the calc-alkaline and tholeiitic plutons are attributed to the physical conditions of magmatic evolution in the crust, rather than to differences in initial magmatic types. This conclusion rests on the similarity of fractionation-independent isotope ratios and trace element ratios in Aleutian magmas of all ages. In particular, compared to magmas of the north Pacific ocean basin (MORB, oceanic islands), Aleutian magmas show excess enrichment of Ba, K, Rb, and U relative to REE and high ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios for a given ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratio. Recognition of tholeiitic series plutons in the arc provides direct evidence for magmatic conditions accompanying fractionation, and serves to emphasize the diversity of magmatic trends that are found over time and space at convergent plate margins.     

Boninite primary magmas: Evidence from the Cape Vogel Peninsula,PNG

Boninites from Cape Vogel, PNG, are dominantly pyroxene-glass rocks, but many contain olivine, sometimes as refractory as Fo₉₄. We derive a parental magma for this suite (in equilibrium with Fo₉₄) which contains 20 wt.% MgO and is quartz-normative. This liquid is hydrous, and from petrographie evidence and whole rock H₂O⁺ values, we estimate it to contain 2–3 wt.% H₂O. These data suggest olivine fractionation and primary magmatic water are important in boninite genesis, but both are often obscured by later alteration. The derived parental magma has probably formed at 1,250–1,300° C and low pressures (< ?10kB) and is similar to those which gave rise to olivine-clinoenstatite phyric boninites from New Caledonia and from Howqua, Australia, and possibly to a proposed parental magma for the Bushveld Complex.