湖南香花岭地区花岗岩中锂对成岩成矿的制约

锂（Li）是一种战略关键金属,岩浆阶段主要在花岗质岩石中得到富集和结晶。由于具有不相容和富挥发性等性质,锂对花岗岩的成岩成矿具有重要的制约。文章利用电子探针、LA-ICP-MS 等分析手段,对湖南香花岭地区癞子岭和尖峰岭花岗岩进行系统岩相学、主微量和矿物学研究,结果表明：（1）花岗质岩浆结晶分异过程中,Li 含量逐渐升高,大幅度降低了熔体粘度,增大了结晶温度区间,花岗质岩浆得到充分结晶分异,导致花岗岩的垂直分带;（2）花岗岩中Li 与稀有金属含量呈正相关关系,Li 与Ta、Nb、Sn 等稀有金属具有协同成矿作用;（3）花岗岩中云母类矿物具有向富Li 演化的趋势,以铁锂云母为主,随着铁锂云母的结晶,Nb、Ta、Sn 等稀有金属相继析出,导致晚期云母中Ta、Nb 等含量降低。熔体中H2O、F 等对花岗质岩浆的性质和结晶分异有较大影响,但不足以致使花岗岩呈垂直分带。     

WALL ROCK ALTERATIONS OF HYDROTHERMAL PNEUMATOLYTIC DEPOSITS OF RARE ELEMENTS

The geochemical features of hydrothermal-pneumatolytic rare element deposits are discussed on the basis of a natural connection between high temperature metasomatism phenomena and concentration processes of some rare elements. Two kinds of metasomatic processes are most interesting from the view-point of rare elements (albitization and greisenization). Li and Rb are concentrated in zinnwaldite-bearingalbitized granites and greisens. Nb, Ta (in columbite, pyrochlore, microlite, hatchettolite), Zr (in malacone zyrtolite), Be (beryl) are concentrated in albitized and greisenized granites. The beryllium deposits are closely connected with greisens of different composition, and quartz-greisen veins. The fluorite-bearing metasomatic rocks among carbonate rocks are characterizedby accumulations of Be (chrysoberyl, phenacite, taateite, sianhualite), Li (Li - margarite), Sn (cassiterite). The character of postmagmatic alterations of intrusive and wall rocks is a valuable indicator of the possibility of concentration of different rare elements.—Auth. English Summary.     

Geochemistry of mineralized granitic rocks of northeast Queensland

Tin-bearing granitic rocks of northeast Queensland range in age from Precambrian to Permian. They are high-level granites or adamellites enriched in volatile elements, such as Li, Be, B, and F. Tin contents are significantly higher than those of non-stanniferous granites, but lower than values reported for many tin granites elsewhere. A distribution of tin in which a high proportion of samples have tin contents significantly higher than background values, appears to be a useful criterion of potential tin mineralization. An uneven distribution of tin in the crust (or possibly the upper mantle) would explain the difference in tin contents of granites associated with tin mineralization, compared with granites from areas which do not contain tin deposits.No correlation of granite geochemistry with lead/zinc or copper mineralization was found. In particular, granites associated with such mineralization do not show anomalous abundances of Pb, Zn, or Cu. If mineralization is regarded as an independent by-product of magma generation rather than the result of differentiation processes, then this lack of correlation is explicable.     

Geochemistry of lepidolitic granitoids from the Mungutiyn Tsagaan Durulj occurrence (central Mongolia)

We studied the geologic position, geodynamic setting, petrology, and geochemistry of veined lepidolitic granitoids from the Mungutiyn Tsagaan Durulj (MTD) occurrence (central Mongolia), found within the area of Mesozoic intraplate rare-metal magmatism. It has been established that their trace-element enrichment resulted from the intense effect of fluids rich in F, K, Li, Rb, Cs, Sn, Be, and W, which arrived from a deep magma chamber of rare-metal granitic melts, on leucogranites with originally weak rare-metal mineralization. Very high contents of F, rare alkali metals, Sn, Be, and W, characteristic of MTD granitoids, are close only to those in greisens of rare-metal granites and topaz-lepidolite-albitic pegmatites. The difference from the greisens in each case might be due to the features of the original rocks. The difference between the greisenized MTD leucogranites and the topaz-lepidolite-albitic pegmatites is more radical: Along with evident petrographic distinctions, it includes an evolution trend toward the albite norm decrease, not typical of Li–F igneous rocks; rock shearing and gneissosity, which must have contributed to their chemical transformation according to this trend; and stably lower contents of Nb and Ta (trace elements which usually accumulate during crystallization fractionation of F–Li granitic melts and are poorly soluble in magmatic fluids). The greisenized MTD granitoids are not only high-grade rare-metal ores of Li, Rb, F, and Sn but are also regarded as an indicator of a deep concealed pluton of rare-metal granites.     

Rare-metal pegmatites of Wamba,central Nigeria - their formation in relationship to late Pan-African granites

he Sn-(Nb, Ta) mineralization of the Wamba field (central Nigeria) occurs in muscovite-quartz-microcline pegmatites, which are related to the late-orogenic Pan-African (f 550 Ma) "Older Granites". The emplacement of granites and pegmatites was controlled by late Pan-African shear tectonics. The granitoid magmatism was multiphase and has produced peraluminous biotite granite, biotite-muscovite granite, and muscovite granite plutons. Sodic metasomatism has altered highly evolved granite cupolas and many of the pegmatite dikes. The pegmatitic mineralization of predominantly cassiterite is closely associated with albitization. Chemical data of granites and granitic and pegmatitic muscovites show that Rb, Cs, Sn, Nb, and Ta are enriched during both magmatic and postmagmatic evolution, with highest contents of these elements in early muscovites of the albitized and mineralized pegmatites. Trace-element chemistry of the pegmatitic muscovites reveals a chemical zonation of the pegmatite field related to the late-orogenic shear system.     

Evolution in accessory mineral paragenesis,during metasomatic alteration of granites in eastern Transbaykalia massifs

This study is concerned with formation of minerals containing Li, Be, Cb, Ta, W, Bi, and other elements. The distribution of 35 accessory minerals was examined in biotite granite massifs occupying an area of 10 km² . These minerals formed during the late magmatic stage and mainly during the subsequent metasomatic processes, such as rnuscovitization, early albitization, greisenization, late albitization, and microclinization. Tantalum and columbium mineralization is associated with rocks intensely altered by the processes of alkaline metasomatism and reflects differentiation of rare earth's mineralization in marginal granite massifs. Minerals containing Be, W, Bi, Sn, and Mo were deposited during the acidic stage of metasomatism. The subsequent alkaline stage of metasomatism resulted in leaching of these elements and their redeposition outside the massif. The paper is of interest as a guide in prospecting for tantalum and columbium in granitic intrusions.--E. A. Alexandrov.     

华南幕阜山花岗伟晶岩的矿物化学特征及指示意义

华南晚中生代幕阜山花岗复式岩基内部及周缘广泛发育花岗伟晶岩脉,部分岩脉富含Li-Nb-Ta等元素,形成大型－超大型稀有金属矿床.本文以幕阜山北缘断峰山地区贫锂伟晶岩类和南缘仁里地区新发现的富锂伟晶岩为主要研究对象,通过详细的岩相学和主要及特征矿物（长石、云母、电气石、石榴子石、绿柱石、铌钽铁矿）的微区原位EPMA和LA-ICP-MS主微量元素地球化学的对比分析,深入探讨了伟晶岩的分类、成因演化及成矿潜力.按照特征矿物组合将伟晶岩划分为断峰山地区电气石伟晶岩、电气石－绿柱石伟晶岩、绿柱石伟晶岩、铌钽铁矿－绿柱石伟晶岩和仁里地区的锂电气石－锂云母伟晶岩5类.5类岩脉中的长石、云母、电气石和/或石榴子石的化学成分记录了不同程度花岗伟晶岩脉的演化阶段,按岩浆演化程度由低至高依次为电气石伟晶岩→电气石－绿柱石伟晶岩→绿柱石伟晶岩→铌钽铁矿－绿柱石伟晶岩→锂电气石－锂云母伟晶岩,并分别对应伟晶岩稀有金属富集程度分类中的无矿→（含Be）→富Be→富Be、Nb、Ta→富Li、Be、Nb、Ta阶段.这一结果表明仁里地区伟晶岩已演化至晚期富集多种稀有金属元素阶段,具有Li-Nb-Ta多金属成矿潜力,而断峰山地区的伟晶岩演化程度相对较低.断峰山电气石－绿柱石伟晶岩中的色带电气石晶体发育强烈成分环带,由内向外可明显分为5环,自核部至边部,Li、Zn、Ga、Ge、Nb、Ta、Sn、Pb等不相容元素和金属元素含量逐渐升高,清晰记录了正常岩浆演化序列及稀有金属富集过程.结合前人有关幕阜山花岗岩类的研究资料,本文认为幕阜山伟晶岩为该地区晚中生代巨量花岗质岩浆经历长期结晶分异作用晚期的分异产物.      

河北兴隆M111稀有金属花岗岩体地球化学和矿化特征研究

本文研究河北兴隆一个复式小花岗岩体的岩石地球化学和矿化特征.常量氧化物、Rb-Sr同位素、稀土元素和稀有微量元素的地球化学特点综合表明,该岩体是起源较深的花岗岩浆经过较充分地分异演化的晚阶段产物.岩浆成分向着富钠富钠碱元素富挥发分的方向有规律的分异演化导致Nb,Ta,Li,Be,Rb,Cs等稀有元素富集和矿化.最晚形成的空间上位于岩体较高部位的白色似斑状铁锂云母-钠长石花岗岩,是矿化的有利地段,可作为稀有金属矿床找矿的岩石学标志     

芙蓉矿田白腊水锡矿矿化特征及找矿意义

白腊水锡矿床是在新一轮地质大调查中发现,并进行了初步评价的大型矿床.该区断裂构造发育,构造线以NNE-NE向为主,并控制着锡矿带的分布.通过该矿床矿化特征的研究认为:①白腊水矿区到处发育的石英脉可能是锡矿化作用的同期产物;②矿脉内的锡矿化可能极不均匀,高品位的地段一般在构造破碎强烈地方;③该区不同岩体的成矿元素含量明显高于地壳花岗岩类岩石的平均值,有些高出数十倍,具良好的含矿性;④该地区的岩浆岩的稀土元素组成特征极为相似,岩(矿)石稀土元素球粒陨石标准化曲线具有相同的变化特点,显示出岩(矿)石可能为同一岩浆房演化的产物;同时反映出矿化可能与细粒花岗岩关系更密切.     

广西栗木锡-铌-钽矿床中氟的作用及地表找矿评价标志

广西栗木多金属矿从上到下除有长石石英脉型锡-钨矿床、花岗伟晶岩脉型锡-钽-铌矿床外,还有含锡、铌、钽花岗岩原生矿床。本次对矿区内的地层、岩体、矿体中氟含量进行了研究并结合实验资料,认为燕山早期复式花岗岩体中富含的氟是成矿元素W、Sn、Nb、Ta的重要携带剂,对W、Sn、Nb、Ta从岩浆熔体中分出、迁移、富集及矿化分带起了重要作用,氟虽是寻找盲矿体的重要远程指示元素之一,但氟不是成矿元素,含矿岩体地表岩石中通常除有F、Be强异常外,W、Sn、Cu、Li等元素还会形成强异常组合;含矿岩体地表萤石-云母细脉带中硼（F）-般〉30000×10^-5,W（Be）〉1000×10^-6,W（Sn）〉300×10^-6,ω（W＋Sn）〉400×10^-6,F／（W＋Sn）和F／Sn〈110;含矿岩体地表长石石英脉带中W（F）〉10000×10^-6,ω（W）〉80×10^-6,W（Sn）〉500×10^-6,F／（W＋Sn）和F／Sn〈50;不合矿岩体的地表岩石及细脉带中各指标含量则与之相反。     

The geochemistry of the Bushveld granites in the Potgietersrus tin-field

An area of 324 km² was selected for a pilot-study of the geochemical characteristics of the Bushveld granites in the Potgietersrus tin-field. Two hundred and sixty nine samples were collected from a regular grid of stations. Additional samples collected from selected sample stations provide data on “about station” variance to test the validity of conclusions based on regional variation. The samples were analysed for Ba, Ce, Co, La, Li, Nb, Ni, Rb, Sc, Sn, Sr, Ti, Y, Zn and Zr together with the major elements Ca, Na and K.The stratiform Bushveld granites have mean concentrations for these elements that compare closely with those in low Ca-granites. Ce, La, Rb, Y, Zn and Zr are enriched relative to low Ca-granites while Sr is markedly impoverished. The stanniferous Bobbejaankop granite stock is distinguished from the stratiform granites with respect to Ba, Sr, Ti and Zn. The median tin concentration in the stratiform granites is 6.5 ppm and in the Bobbejaankop granite it is 9 ppm. Economically viable deposits of tin disseminated through the upper 120 m of the Bobbejaankop granite stock have been exploited for over 70 years.It is concluded that the Bobbejaankop granite crystallized at low temperatures from a hydrous residual melt that had collected beneath a roof of felsite and early crystallization products of the original granitic magma. The presence of this concentration of volatile-rich, hydrous liquid depressed the melting temperatures of the quasi-solid, granitic crystal much below the ambient temperature initiating re-mobilization. The enrichment in Sn of the stratiform granites in the Potgietersrus area is compared with the “normal” (i.e., ± 3 ppm) Sn-content of the Bushveld stratiform granites building the Sekukuni Plateau in the eastern lobe of the Bushveld Complex where no tin mineralization has been reported.     

Mineralization of pegmatites in parts of the Oban Massif, Southeastern Nigeria： A preliminary analysis

The Oban Basement Massif of southeastern Nigeria is composed of metamorphosed rocks including phyllites, schists, gneisses and amphibolites cut by pegmatitic dykes of varying length and thickness, which intruded the metamorphic rocks. Preliminary geochemical study and analysis of these pegmatites from western Oban Massif at Uyanga, Akwa Ibami, Iwuru I, Iwuru Ⅱ and Igbofia showed that the pegmatites are highly albitized. This is incon-sistent with earlier postulations that the pegmatites in this part of Nige...     

Age, composition of rocks, and geological setting of the Snezhnoe beryllium deposit: Substantiation of the Late Paleozoic East Sayan rare-metal zone, Russia

The Snezhnoe phenakite-beryl deposit is one of the highest-grade deposits in the Altai-Sayan beryllium province. This deposit is spatially associated with the alkali granite of the Ognit Complex and localized in the apical part of the granitic pluton. The trace element composition of granite, as well as of Be and Ta-Nb ores was studied. The Rb-Sr age of Be mineralization estimated at 305 Ma is consistent with the time of formation of numerous rare-metal alkali granitic plutons in the Eastern Sayan and the eastern Tuva. The region of these granitic plutons is outlined as the Late Paleozoic East Sayan rare-metal metallogenic zone specialized for Nb, Ta, Be, Li, Zr, Th, and REE mineralization. The East Sayan zone is localized in the marginal part of the Barguzin igneous province and is similar to the marginal zone of this province in composition of igneous associations and metallogenic specialization. The formation of the Barguzin igneous province and the East Sayan metallogenic zone is related to the evolution of the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian mantle plume.     

川西可尔因地区伟晶岩型锂矿地球化学指标定位矿体的方法

可尔因地区是松潘?甘孜成矿带的大型稀有金属矿集区之一,围绕可尔因岩体分布了大量花岗伟晶岩脉,如何在数百平方千米伟晶岩田中定位稀有金属矿脉一直是该区伟晶岩型锂稀有金属矿找矿难点之一。通过对可尔因岩体二云母花岗岩、伟晶相微斜钠长花岗岩、不同类型伟晶岩及典型矿床开展系统的岩石地球化学分析,总结了可尔因地区伟晶岩地球化学元素空间分布和变化规律,提出了寻找锂矿的特征元素指标、指示指标和品位指标等地球化学指标。特征元素指标包括Li、B、Sn、Rb、Be、Nb、Ta等元素;平面指示指标包括Cs、Tl、F、Zr、Y、ΣREE等元素及TiO₂/Ta、Zr/Hf、Ta/Zr、Nb/Ta、K/Na等值;垂向指示指标包括B、U、Zr、Be、Sn、Rb、Sr、Ba、Tl、In等元素。通过特征元素指标及指示指标的值和变化规律,可辅助定位稀有金属矿化伟晶岩位置,指示矿体深部延伸情况。品位指标主要包括铝饱和指数（A/CNK、A/NK）、里特曼指数（σ）、K+Na和K/Na值等,Li品位与铝饱和度呈正相关、与碱度呈负相关,品位指标的变化趋势指示了矿体中锂的富集部位。      

Influence of surface geology and mineral deposits on the spatial distributions of elemental concentrations in the stream sediments of Hokkaido,Japan

An elucidation of the background levels of heavy metals, including certain toxic elements, is very essential to accomplish an important environmental assessment. A regional geochemical mapping in Hokkaido, Japan was undertaken by the Geological Survey of Japan, AIST as part of a nationwide geochemical mapping for this purpose. There were 692 stream sediments collected from the active channel (1 sample) / (100 km²) in Hokkaido and the fine fraction sieved through a 180 μm screen was analyzed using the AAS, ICP-AES, and ICP-MS techniques. The regional geochemical maps for 51 elements were created as a 2000 m mesh map using the geographic information system software. Spatial distribution patterns of elemental concentrations in stream sediments, particularly Neogene–Quaternary volcanic and pyroclastic rocks, are primarily determined by surface geology. The correspondence of elemental concentrations in stream sediments to parent lithology is clearly indicated by ANOVA and a multiple comparison. Sediment samples supplied from mafic volcanic and felsic–mafic pyroclastic rocks are significantly rich in MgO, Al₂O₃, P₂O₅, CaO, Sc, TiO₂, V, MnO, Total (T)-Fe₂O₃, Co, Zn, Sr, and heavy rare earth elements (REEs) (Y and Eu–Lu), but significantly lacking in alkali elements, Be, Nb, light REEs (La–Nd), Ta, Tl, Th, and U. Accretionary complexes with sedimentary rocks derived from sediments are in stark contrast to volcanic and pyroclastic rocks. Accretionary complexes with mafic–ultramafic rock have significantly elevated Nb, Ta, and Th abundances in sediments besides MgO, Cr, Ni, Co, and Cu. This inexplicable result is caused by the mixed distributions of granite and ultramafic–mafic rocks.The watersheds with mineral deposits relate to the high concentrations of certain elements such as Zn, As, and Hg. The geochemically anomalous pattern, which is a map of the regional anomalies, and a scatter diagram were applied to examine the contribution of mineral deposits to MnO, T-Fe₂O₃, Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Sb, Hg, Pb, and Bi concentrations. Consequently, they were grouped into four types: 1) Mineral deposits with no outliers resulting from mineralization (MnO, T-Fe₂O₃, and Cr), 2) sediments supplied from watersheds without metal deposits conceal high metal inputs from known mineral deposits (Cu), 3) deposits from a geochemically anomalous area that closely relates to the presence of mineral deposits (As, Sb, and Hg), and 4) deposits from the widely altered zone associated with the Kuroko as well as hydrothermal deposits corresponding to geochemically anomalous patterns (Zn, Cd, and Pb). This study provides an important regional geochemical database for a young island-arc setting and interpretational problems, such as complicated geology and active erosion, that are unique to Japan.     

云南个旧锡矿床花岗岩接触带的交代现象

我国个旧锡矿是闻名中外最大的锡矿床之一,矿床中除含锡外,还伴生铜、钴、锌、钨、铋、铍及稀有元素。矿化主要产于燕山期花岗岩接触带及其附近的三叠纪碳酸盐围岩中的交代岩。本文着重讨论含锡花岗岩接触带交代岩的类型。矿物组合、分带性、岩石化学特征及其与矿化的关系,把各类含矿交代建造作为一个有成团联系的统一体——交代系列来考虑。     

赣南于都万田花岗岩锆石铀-铅定年及启示

南岭是国内外著名的钨、锡及稀土成矿带,以往的研究成果大多认为其成矿作用与中生代的岩浆活动关系密切。相对地,关于加里东期花岗岩与成矿作用关系的研究较少,而实际上加里东期花岗岩的出露面积在该区域仅次于中生代花岗岩,与钨、锡及稀土成矿作用是否存在一定的联系。本文在野外调研的基础上,利用激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)技术对位于赣南于都万田花岗岩进行了锆石U-Pb定年,同时结合该区域已有的地层和花岗岩成矿元素钨、锡进行了对比分析。结果表明,万田花岗岩体成岩确定年龄为464.9 Ma,由加里东期到燕山期,花岗岩对成矿元素钨、锡富集程度呈逐渐增强的趋势,可能暗示该区的成矿作用具有一定的继承性。     

Geochemistry and fluid evolution of the peralkaline rare-metal granite, Gabal Gharib, Eastern Desert of Egypt

The Neoproterozoic pluton of Gabal Gharib granite Eastern Desert of Egypt is intruded in subduction-related calc-alkaline granitic rocks of granodiorite to adamellite composition. A zone of metasomatized granite was developed along the contacts at the expense of the calc-alkaline granite. The granite of Gabal Gharib is hypersolvus, composed mainly of orthoclase-microperthite, quartz, and interstitial arfvedsonite. Fluorite, zircon, ilmenite, allanite, and astrophyllite are the main accessories. Pegmatite pods as well as miarolitic cavities (mineral-lined cavities) are common and ranging in size from a few millimeters to 50?cm. Rare-metal minerals such as columbite, cassiterite, and fluorite have been identified from the miarolitic cavities. Geochemical studies revealed that Gabal Gharib granite is a highly fractionated granite, homogeneous in composition, with high contents of SiO₂, and alkalis, high Ga/Al, and Fe/Mg ratios, and low concentrations of Al, Mg, and CaO relative to granodiorite?Cadamellite country rocks. Gabal Gharib granite is metaluminous to peralkaline with ASI (0.94?C1.07). Trace element characteristics of Gabal Gharib granite include abundances of Rb, Nb, Ta, Sn, Th, U, Y, Ga, Zn, rare earth elements (REEs, except Eu), and F, and depletion in Sr, and Ba relative to granodiorite?Cadamellite country rocks. It has the geochemical characteristic of anorogenic A-type granite. The uniform trends of differentiation, normal REE distribution patterns, and low calculated tetrad effects of REE (<0.2) indicate that the effect of post-magmatic subsolidus processes were minimal in the studied granite. Fluid inclusions were studied in quartz crystals from Gabal Gharib granite, quartz pods, and metasomatized granite. The study revealed the presence of high-temperature (480?C550°C), high-salinity (19.45?C39.13?wt.% NaCl eq.) primary inclusions in both metasomatized and rare-metal granites coexisting with melt inclusions and medium-temperature (350?C450°C), medium-salinity (10?C16?wt.% NaCl esq.) aqueous inclusions coexisting hydrocarbon-bearing inclusions. Hydrocarbon is represented by magmatic CH4 in Gabal Gharib granite, while heavier aliphatic compounds may be present in quartz pods. Melt inclusions with temperatures of homogenization >600°C were also reported. Petrographic, geochemical, and fluid inclusion studies constrain that the peralkaline anorogenic granite of Gabal Gharib was derived from highly evolved magma probably originated by fractional crystallization of mantle source.     

Geochronology of the Limu W–Sn–Nb–Ta‐Bearing Granite Pluton in South China

Limu W–Sn–Nb–Ta mining district is located in the Nanling Range W–Sn poly‐metallic mineralization belt in south China. The district includes a number of Sn–Nb–Ta and W–Sn ore occurrences; all of them are spatially associated with granite stocks of a largely‐unexposed pluton, the Limu granitic pluton. A granite sample collected from the Sn–Nb–Ta‐bearing Jinzhuyuan granite stock yields a zircon SHRIMP U–Pb age of 218.3 ± 2.4 Ma, a muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau age of 212.4 ± 1.4 Ma, and a muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar isochron age of 213.2 ± 2.2 Ma. Another granite sample collected from the W–Sn‐bearing Sangehuangniu granite stock yields a zircon SHRIMP U–Pb age of 214 ± 5 Ma. The geochronological data provide new constraints on the age of the Limu granite pluton and the timing of the associated W–Sn–Nb–Ta mineralization—at least it sets a reasonable upper age limit for the mineralization of the W–Sn–Nb–Ta ores. The reported ages suggest an active Late Triassic granitic magmatism in Limu area which is part of a regional magmatic event near the end of the Indosinian orogeny in south China.     

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Groundwater Quality of Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration in Precambrian Terrain,Eastern India

This paper reports petrography, geochemistry and Rb-Sr age data on the rare metal bearing Neoarchean fertile (Nb-Ta) granite at Allapatna and elucidates its petrogenesis and role in Nb-Ta-Li-Be mineralization. The Allapatna granite (AG) intrudes the Tonalitic-Trondhjemitic - Granodioritic (TTG) Peninsular Gneiss and analysed SiO₂ (72.3-75.6 wt%), K₂O (4.0-5.7wt%), Na2O (3.0-4.4wt%), CaO (0.7-1wt%), MgO (0.13-0.25wt%) and K₂O/Na₂O (>1) indicating evolved nature. The presence of muscovite, biotite and garnet in the mode, peraluminous nature and high initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio (0.7284±0.0083) attest to their S-type characteristics. Varying Nb/Ta ratio and high Li with moderate abundance of Cs further indicate affinity to Li-Cs-Ta (LCT) type granite-pegmatite system. TheAG showing whole rock Rb-Sr isochron age of 2803± 68 Ma, is the oldest reported fertile granite in India parental to rare metal pegmatites hosting Nb-Ta, Be, and Li resources. Partial melting of a mixed source consisting of both basement TTG rocks and metapelites has generated such type of granitic magma. Fractionation of such granitic magma possibly has given rise to the rare metal (Ta-Nb-Li-Be) bearing pegmatites intruding the nearby schist belt.