四川米易海塔地区混合岩型铀矿流体包裹体特征

混合岩型铀矿是康滇地轴上最有希望取得找矿突破的铀矿类型,海塔地区的铀矿化即是该类型铀矿的典型代表。本文针对区内的长英质脉矿石、富晶质铀矿石英脉矿石和含矿热液石英脉中的石英流体包裹体进行了研究。结果表明,海塔地区混合岩型铀矿的成矿作用可分为2个阶段:早期混合岩化热液成矿阶段为高温、中低盐度流体,流体包裹体均一温度集中在380~540℃,盐度变化范围为16.15%~23.18%NaCl eqv,是区内铀成矿的主要阶段;晚期热液叠加改造成矿阶段为中低温、低盐度流体,流体包裹体均一温度集中在140~220℃,盐度变化范围为5.56%~23.18%NaCleqv,是区内富铀矿的形成阶段。流体包裹体的气相成分测试表明,长英质脉矿石石英包裹体中以CH4、CO2为主,其次为H2O和N2;而富晶质铀矿石英脉及含矿热液石英脉石英包裹体中以H2为主,部分含有CO2、CH4、H2O。氢、氧同位素研究表明,早期混合岩化成矿阶段的成矿流体可能为岩浆水与变质水的混合,而晚期热液叠加改造成矿阶段成矿流体中可能有大气降水的加入。     

四川阿坝州党坝伟晶岩型锂辉石矿床流体包裹体特征及地质意义

四川省阿坝州党坝伟晶岩型锂辉石矿床是可尔因稀有金属矿集区内的典型矿床。通过对党坝锂辉石矿物流体包裹体研究结果表明:1)锂辉石矿物中富集气液两相水溶液包裹体、含CO2三相包裹体,见少量含子矿物三相包裹体;流体包裹体均一温度为260℃-314℃,盐度为w(NaCl,eqv)=2.96%~9.08%,指示党坝矿床成矿流体具中温、低盐度特征。2)激光拉曼光谱分析气相成分主要为H2O,CO2次之,见少量的CH4、N2;液相成分以H2O为主,含少量CO2、CH4;含子矿物包裹体的子晶矿物为方解石。3)成矿流体应属H2O-NaCl±CO2±CaCl2±CH4±N2体系,流体密度为0.72~0.88g/cm3,认为在成矿流体主要来源于岩浆热液。4)气液两相水溶液包裹体、含CO2三相包裹体以及含子矿物三相包裹体共存于同一视域中,且均一温度相近,表明流体发生沸腾或不混溶作用导致相分离并发生锂辉石聚集沉淀是党坝锂辉石矿床形成的主要原因。     

河北承德黑山铁矿床热液成矿特征及流体包裹体研究

黑山大型钒钛磁铁矿矿床产于大庙斜长岩杂岩体中,是承德地区最重要的"大庙式"岩浆型铁矿床。笔者在矿区野外地质观察过程中发现,穿插于斜长岩中的铁磷矿脉、磁铁矿硫化物矿脉有热液成矿作用的显示,表明黑山铁矿床成因除传统认为的岩浆期结晶、熔离、矿浆贯入成矿作用外,还有热液期的成矿作用发生。本文对热液成矿期铁磷矿石中磷灰石和矿化蚀变石英中的流体包裹体进行了显微测温和激光拉曼光谱分析。结果表明,磷灰石中原生包裹体可以分为气液两相包裹体、含子矿物包裹体、含液态CO2三相包裹体、单液相、单气相包裹体5类,均一温度主要集中于180～420℃,盐度主要集中于6.2%～38.9%NaCleq,流体包裹体气相成分主要为CO2、N2和CH4,液相成分主要为H2O,固相成分主要为方解石、石盐、白云石及铁氧化物子矿物。石英中流体包裹体类型和成分与磷灰石中的类似,但固相成分未发现石盐和不透明金属子矿物,均一温度变化于149～422℃,盐度变化于5.7%～22.9%NaCleq。成矿流体为CaCl2-NaCl-H2O-CO2体系,均一温度和盐度呈现正相关连续渐变的特征。铁磷矿石的磷灰石中原生包裹体为流体包裹体,盐度高,子矿物种类复杂,组成中富含CO2和CH4等,这些特征显示成矿流体以岩浆热液为主;成矿机理可能与大气降水对岩浆热液的稀释有关。     

安徽铜陵冬瓜山铜矿床成矿流体特征及演化

对安徽铜陵冬瓜山矿床内矽卡岩矿物、石英、方解石中的流体包裹体进行了岩相学和显微测温分析、群体包裹体气液相成分分析、单个包裹体气液相成分激光拉曼探针分析,探讨了成矿流体的特征及演化。研究表明,该矿床与燕山期岩浆热液有关的成矿流体,从早期矽卡岩阶段,经中期石英硫化物阶段,至晚期石英方解石阶段,是从高温、高盐度、富钾流体演化至中高温、中高盐度、富CO2(CH4)流体再至中低温、低盐度流体。成矿流体中的主要挥发分为H2O、CO2、CH4,并含少量C2H6、H2S、N2等,液相成分中的阳离子以Na 、K 为主,有少量Ca2 、Mg2 等,阴离子除Cl-外,SO42-的含量也较高。     

西藏冈底斯成矿带达布矿区色日普金矿流体包裹体研究

色日普金矿位于西藏冈底斯成矿带中段达布斑岩铜钼矿床外围。本文对该矿床矿体中赋存于含矿石英脉中的流体包裹体进行了岩相学、显微测温、激光拉曼探针以及氢氧同位素分析。研究表明:与成矿有关的流体包裹体可以分为3个大类和5个亚类;流体包裹体均一温度变化范围为117~377℃,流体盐度范围为2.57%~45.59%NaCleqv,成矿流体早期为高温、高盐度的H2O-NaCl-CO2体系,成矿期为中高温、中盐度H2O-NaCl-CO2体系,成矿晚期为中低温H2O-NaCl体系;成矿期流体包裹体气相成分除CO2外,还含少量CH4、N2等。据测温结果估算的成矿压力为120~130 MPa。通过对该矿区石英和硅化脉石英流体包裹体研究得出成矿流体主要来源于大气降水和具有显著岩浆贡献的携带金属成矿物质的热液混合的产物。     

Study of Geological Characteristics and Fluid Inclusions of the Kekekard W-Sn Deposit in Ruoqiang County, Xinjiang

地处东、西昆仑与阿尔金构造带结合处的白干湖是近年在我国西北地区勘查发现的一处具超大型远景规模的钨锡矿田,包括柯可卡尔德、白干湖、巴什尔希和阿瓦尔四个矿床.其中,柯可卡尔德钨锡矿勘查程度最高、规模最大,野外调查发现其含矿石英脉体有沿走向扭动、雁列式排列、产状低缓等特征,热液活动则可明显分为成矿前、成矿期和成矿后三期作用.该矿床流体包裹体主要有汽液两相、含子盐汽液三相、单一液相(包括纯水和纯CO2型)、含CO2汽液三相、同时含CO2和子盐汽液四相等5种类型,成矿前石英以前两种包裹体为主,亦有少量含CO2汽液三相型;成矿期可分为早、晚两个阶段,早阶段是钨锡的主成矿阶段,包含五种类型包裹体,晚阶段表现为弱的硫化物矿化,主要为汽液两相型;成矿后石英包裹体主要为汽液两相型.显微测温与激光拉曼探针分析表明成矿流体主要成分为H2O和CO2,气相含少量CH4和N2;氢、氧同位素研究结果显示三期流体分别主要为变质热液、岩浆热液和大气降水.该矿床系中高温、中低盐度的岩浆热液矿床,流体经历了不混溶作用和混合作用,这可能是促使矿质沉淀的主要因素.     

新疆若羌县柯可•卡尔德钨锡矿床地质特征与流体包裹体研究

地处东、西昆仑与阿尔金构造带结合处的白干湖是近年在我国西北地区勘查发现的一处具超大型远景规模的钨锡矿田,包括柯可卡尔德、白干湖、巴什尔希和阿瓦尔四个矿床。其中,柯可卡尔德钨锡矿勘查程度最高、规模最大,野外调查发现其含矿石英脉体有沿走向扭动、雁列式排列、产状低缓等特征,热液活动则可明显分为成矿前、成矿期和成矿后三期作用。该矿床流体包裹体主要有汽液两相、含子盐汽液三相、单一液相(包括纯水和纯 CO2型)、含 CO2汽液三相、同时含CO2和子盐汽液四相等5种类型,成矿前石英以前两种包裹体为主,亦有少量含 CO2汽液三相型;成矿期可分为早、晚两个阶段,早阶段是钨锡的主成矿阶段,包含五种类型包裹体,晚阶段表现为弱的硫化物矿化,主要为汽液两相型;成矿后石英包裹体主要为汽液两相型。显微测温与激光拉曼探针分析表明成矿流体主要成分为 H2O和 CO2,气相含少量 CH4和 N2;氢、氧同位素研究结果显示三期流体分别主要为变质热液、岩浆热液和大气降水。该矿床系中高温、中低盐度的岩浆热液矿床,流体经历了不混溶作用和混合作用,这可能是促使矿质沉淀的主要因素。     

江西九瑞地区东雷湾矽卡岩型铜多金属矿床流体包裹体特征及稳定同位素地球化学研究

对位于江西九瑞地区的东雷湾矽卡岩型铜钼金多金属矿床主成矿阶段(石英金属硫化物阶段)石英中的流体包裹体进行了岩相学和显微测温研究。结果表明,与成矿有关的包裹体类型主要有4类,成矿流体的均一温度和盐度主要集中于210~350℃和1%~9%,总体属于高中温、中低盐度流体体系。包裹体的气相成分以H2O和CO2为主,其次有N2、CO、O2,有少量CH4、C2H2;液相成分中,阳离子以Ca2+、K+、Na+为主,含少量Mg2+,阴离子以Cl-、SO2-4为主,含少量NO-3、NO-2,流体属于CO2-H2O-Na Cl-Ca Cl2(KCl)体系,计算所得离子浓度为3.1%~34.5%。氢、氧同位素特征显示,主成矿阶段成矿流体δ18OH2O值为0.93‰~5.20‰,δDV-SMOW值为-81‰~-64‰,表明成矿流体主要为岩浆水,有极少量大气降水混入。矿石硫化物的δ34SV-CDT‰值为-2.2‰~3.4‰,结合铅、铼同位素特征表明,东雷湾矿床的成矿物质主要来源于上地幔,同时有一定量的壳源物质混入。东雷湾矿床为热液交代矽卡岩型矿床,区域褶皱和断裂为成矿岩浆提供运移通道,岩浆侵位发育矽卡岩型岩浆流体系统,并伴随有Cu(Mo、Au等)矿化,最终形成矿床。     

云南南秧田钨矿床流体包裹体特征及其意义

对南秧田矽卡岩型钨矿床的石英和石榴石流体包裹体的岩相学特征研究表明,与成矿有关的包裹体主要有3类:富液相、富气相和含子晶的多相包裹体。石英包裹体均一温度范围为232～337℃,盐度w(NaCl)=0.53%～9.98%;石榴石包裹体的均一温度范围为228～306℃,盐度w(NaCl)=6.45%～14.04%。激光拉曼探针分析表明,南秧田白钨矿的成矿流体中气相成分以H2O为主,含少量CO2、CH4、H2S和N2等气体,液相成分以H2O为主,属NaCl-H2O流体体系。成矿溶液的密度为0.72～0.87g/cm3,表明形成这种矽卡岩型矿床的成矿流体均属于中温、低盐度、低密度的流体。成矿压力为18～32MPa,成矿深度约为0.6～1.2km。石英包裹体水的δD为-72.16‰～-65.10‰,δ18O为7.98‰～8.45‰,钨矿床中硫化物δ34S为6.6‰。成矿流体主要来自燕山晚期的岩浆热液作用。     

西藏甲玛铜多金属矿床成因研究——来自流体包裹体的证据

甲玛铜多金属矿床位于西藏冈底斯斑岩铜矿带东段,是近年来勘探发现的超大型斑岩-矽卡岩型铜多金属矿床。通过冷热台显微观察与测温、扫描电镜、激光拉曼探针测试,对甲玛矿床各成矿阶段典型矿物的流体包裹体研究表明,成矿流体富含挥发分,临界相均一的流体来自岩浆超临界流体出溶,主成矿阶段具有沸腾包裹体组合特征,有机质包裹体荧光效应显著。显微测温结果显示,岩浆-热液阶段斑岩中石英斑晶的流体包裹体均一温度范围为250～540℃,含石盐子晶高盐度包裹体盐度范围为35～61(wt%)NaCl.eq,中等盐度的临界均一的气液包裹体盐度范围为3～29(wt%)NaCl.eq,岩浆期后热液阶段斑岩、角岩中石英脉的流体包裹体均一温度范围为210～410℃,盐度范围为33～41(wt%)NaCl.eq,与其不混溶共生的中低盐度气液两相流体包裹体盐度范围为5～25(wt%)NaCl.eq。矽卡岩阶段矿物均一温度范围为130～360℃,盐度范围为3～41(wt%)NaCl.eq,从岩浆热液过渡阶段到石英-硫化物阶段均一温度与盐度呈阶梯式降低趋势。斑岩体石英的流体包裹体中含有较多黄铜矿子矿物,岩浆结晶分异过程中已经具成矿元素的富集。激光拉曼探针测试结果显示,成矿早期至主成矿期矿物流体包裹体气相成分主要为CO2、CH4和N2,各阶段矿物流体包裹体气相成分具有继承性。成矿流体为高温度高盐度,富含CO2、CH4的流体。成矿流体主要源于岩浆,后期混有大气降水。当岩浆热液上升时因压力的突然释放造成高温含矿热流体发生减压沸腾,CO2和CH4等气体大量逃逸,导致成矿物质快速沉淀。矿床在成因上与岩浆-热液成矿作用密切相关。     

相山居隆庵矿床铀成矿流体特征及其来源探讨

通过居隆庵矿床流体包裹体岩相学、显微测温学、单个流体包裹体激光拉曼成分及群体包裹体成分的对比研究,查明了成矿流体的基本性质(温度、盐度及成分等);根据成矿流体的碳、氢、氧等稳定同位素特征,并结合矿床的地质-构造特征,探讨了成矿流体的来源。研究表明,居隆庵矿床铀成矿流体为富含成矿物质及挥发分(CO2、H2、CH4等)的中-高温、中-高盐度流体,其成分以C、H、O、N等为主,并溶有多种碱金属、P及卤素(F、Cl)等微量组分的C-H-O流体,成矿流体具有深源(幔源)性的特点。     

Geological and geochemical characteristics of the Baogudi Carlin-type gold district (Southwest Guizhou,China) and their geological implications

The newly discovered Baogudi gold district is located in the southwestern Guizhou Province, China, where there are numerous Carlin-type gold deposits. To better understand the geological and geochemical characteristics of the Baogudi gold district, we carried out petrographic observations, elemental analyses, and fluid inclusion and isotopic composition studies. We also compared the results with those of typical Carlin-type gold deposits in southwestern Guizhou. Three mineralization stages, namely, the sedimentation diagenesis, hydrothermal (main-ore and late-ore substages), and supergene stages, were identified based on field and petrographic observations. The main-ore and late-ore stages correspond to Au and Sb mineralization, respectively, which are similar to typical Carlin-type mineralization. The mass transfer associated with alteration and mineralization shows that a significant amount of Au, As, Sb, Hg, Tl, Mo, and S were added to mineralized rocks during the main-ore stage. Remarkably, arsenic, Sb, and S were added to the mineralized rocks during the late-ore stage. Element migration indicates that the sulfidation process was responsible for ore formation. Four types of fluid inclusions were identified in ore-related quartz and fluorite. The main-ore stage fluids are characterized by an H₂O–NaCl–CO₂–CH₄ ± N₂ system, with medium to low temperatures (180–260 °C) and low salinity (0–9.08% NaCl equivalent). The late-ore stage fluids featured H₂O–NaCl ± CO₂ ± CH₄, with low temperature (120–200 °C) and low salinity (0–7.48% NaCl equivalent). The temperature, salinity, and CO₂ and CH₄ concentrations of ore-forming fluids decreased from the main-ore stage to the late-ore stage. The calculated δ¹³C, δD, and δ¹⁸O values of the ore-forming fluids range from − 14.3 to − 7.0‰, −76 to −55.7‰, and 4.5–15.0‰, respectively. Late-ore-stage stibnite had δ³⁴S values ranging from − 0.6 to 1.9‰. These stable isotopic compositions indicate that the ore-forming fluids originated mainly from deep magmatic hydrothermal fluids, with minor contributions from strata. Collectively, the Baogudi metallogenic district has geological and geochemical characteristics that are typical of Carlin-type gold deposits in southwest Guizhou. It is likely that the Baogudi gold district, together with other Carlin-type gold deposits in southwestern Guizhou, was formed in response to a single widespread metallogenic event.

     

Study on the evolution of ore-formation fluids for Au-Sb ore deposits and the mechanism of Au-Sb paragenesis and differentiation in the southwestern part of Guizhou Province, China

Ore deposits (occurrences) of Au, As, Sb, Hg, etc. distributed in Southwest Guizhou constitute the important portion of the low-temperature metallogenic domain covering a large area in Southwest China, with the Carlin-type Au and Sb deposits being the most typical ones. In this paper the Au and Sb ore deposits are taken as the objects of study. Through the petrographic analysis, microthermomitric measurement and Raman spectrophic analysis of fluid inclusions in gangue minerals and research on the S and C isotopic compositions in the gold ore deposits we can reveal the sources of ore-forming materials and ore-forming fluids and the rules of ore fluid evolution. Ore deposits of Au, Sb, etc. are regionally classified as the products of ore fluid evolution, and their ore-forming materials and ore fluids were probably derived mainly from the deep interior of the Earth. Fluid inclusion studies have shown that the temperatures of Au mineralization are within the range of 170-361℃,the salinities are 0.35 wt%-8 wt% NaCl eq.; the temperatures of Sb mineralization are 129.4-214℃ and the salinities are 0.18 wt%- 3.23 wt% NaCl eq.; the ore-forming fluid temperatures and salinities tend to decrease progressively. In the early stage (Au metallogenic stage) the ore-forming fluids contained large amounts of volatile components such as CO2, CH4, N2 and H2S, belonging to the H2O-CO2-NaCl fluid system; in the late stage (Sb metallogenic stage) the ore-forming fluids belong to the Sb-bearing H2O-NaCl system. The primitive ore-forming fluids may have experienced at least two processes of immiscibility: (1) when early ore-bearing hydrothermal solutions passed through rock strata of larger porosity or fault broken zones, CO2, CH4, N2 would escape from them, followed by the release of pressure, resulting in pressure release and boiling of primitive homogenous fluids, thereafter giving rise to their phase separation, thus leading to Au unloading and mineralization; and (2) in the late stage (Sb metallogenic stage ) a large volume of meteoric water was involved in the ore-forming fluids, leading to fluid boiling as a result of their encounter, followed by the drop of fluid temperature. As a result, the dissolubility of Sb decreased so greatly that Sb was enriched and precipitated as ores. Due to differences in physic-chemical conditions between Au and Sb precipitates, Au and Sb were respectively precipitated in different structural positions, thus creating such a phenomenon of Au/Sb paragenesis and differentiation in space.     

Ore-forming process of the Huijiabao gold district,southwestern Guizhou Province,China: Evidence from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

The Huijiabao gold district is one of the major producers for Carlin-type gold deposits in southwestern Guizhou Province, China, including Taipingdong, Zimudang, Shuiyindong, Bojitian and other gold deposits/occurrences. Petrographic observation, microthermometric study and Laser Raman spectroscopy were carried out on the fluid inclusions within representative minerals in various mineralization stages from these four gold deposits. Five types of fluid inclusions have been recognized in hydrothermal minerals of different ore-forming stages: aqueous inclusions, CO₂ inclusions, CO₂–H₂O inclusions, hydrocarbon inclusions, and hydrocarbon–H₂O inclusions. The ore-forming fluids are characterized by a H₂O + CO₂ + CH₄ ± N₂ system with medium to low temperature and low salinity. From early mineralization stage to later ones, the compositions of the ore-forming fluids experienced an evolution of H₂O + NaCl → H₂O + NaCl + CO₂ + CH₄ ± N₂ → H₂O + NaCl ± CH₄ ± CO₂ with a slight decrease in homogenization temperature and salinity. The δ¹⁸O values of the main-stage quartz vary from 15.2‰ to 24.1‰, while the δD_H2O and calculated δ¹⁸O_H2O values of the ore-forming fluids range from −56.9 to −116.3‰ and from 2.12‰ to 12.7‰, respectively. The δ¹³C_PDB and δ¹⁸O_SMOW values of hydrothermal calcite change in the range of −9.1‰ to −0.5‰ and 11.1–23.2‰, respectively. Stable isotopic characteristics indicate that the ore-forming fluid was mainly composed of ore- and hydrocarbon-bearing basinal fluid. The dynamic fractionation of the sulfur in the diagenetic pyrite is controlled by bacterial reduction of marine sulfates. The hydrothermal sulfides and the diagenetic pyrite from the host rocks are very similar in their sulfur isotopic composition, suggesting that the sulfur in the ore-forming fluids was mainly derived from dissolution of diagenetic pyrite. The study of fluid inclusions indicates that immiscibility of H₂O–NaCl–CO₂ fluids took place during the main mineralization stage and caused the precipitation and enrichment of gold.     

西藏曲水县达布斑岩型铜钼矿床金属沉淀机制探讨

西藏曲水县达布斑岩型铜钼矿床位于冈底斯成矿带中东段,其矿化体主要产于含矿斑岩体与围岩的内外接触带中。文章以矿石内Cu、Mo矿化石英脉中的流体包裹体为研究对象,探讨了成矿金属沉淀的机制。通过详细的显微镜下鉴定,发现Cu、Mo矿化阶段的流体包裹体类型均以L型为主,但Cu矿化阶段的V型包裹体明显较Mo矿化阶段多,而S型包裹体较少。Cu、Mo矿化石英脉中,常见L型、V型、S型流体包裹体共存的现象,且它们的均一温度范围非常接近,说明成矿流体经历了不混溶作用,使得高盐度流体与低密度气相流体发生分离。单个流体包裹体激光拉曼光谱测试显示,在Cu、Mo矿化阶段的气相包裹体中均检测到CO2的特征峰和H2O峰,而在Mo矿化阶段的气相包裹体仅检测到CH4特征峰,说明Mo矿化阶段的流体的相对还原性更强;同时,检测到硬石膏、赤铁矿、磁铁矿、黄铜矿、黄铁矿等子矿物,但硬石膏、赤铁矿、磁铁矿主要分布于Cu矿化阶段,说明Cu矿化阶段的流体氧化性相对较强。对单个流体包裹体进行同步辐射X射线荧光分析(SR-RXF)显示,Cu、Au等金属主要富集于流体包裹体气相中,表明Cu、Au元素可能是气相运移。对Cu、Mo硫化物沉淀的一系列化学反应研究表明,呈氧化态以及酸度低(HCl浓度低,即偏中性)的流体会促进黄铜矿饱和;活性较高的H2S和略呈还原性的流体有利于辉钼矿的沉淀。综合分析认为,铜矿化与偏中性、结晶分异程度相对较低的花岗闪长斑岩关系密切,而钼矿化与酸性、结晶分异程度相对较高的花岗斑岩关系密切。     

黔东南石英脉型金矿床中铁白云石流体包裹体研究

铁白云石是黔东南石英脉型金矿主成矿阶段的主要脉石矿物之一,与金的矿化关系十分密切,在金的运移、沉淀等方面起着重要作用,其流体包裹体特征可以反映成矿流体性质。通过对铁白云石开展系统的流体包裹体岩相学观察、均一法测温和冰点测定,计算出包裹体盐度和密度等数据。结果表明: 铁白云石包裹体较为发育,以含CO₂的包裹体为主; 均一温度集中在240~300 ℃范围内,平均均一温度为267.21 ℃; 成矿流体的盐度为7.31%~21.40%(NaCl),平均为15.31%(NaCl); 成矿流体的密度介于0.72~0.97 g/cm³之间,平均为0.89 g/cm³。认为黔东南石英脉型金矿床属于低盐度、高密度的中温热液矿床。     

Genesis of the Zhaxikang epithermal Pb-Zn-Sb deposit in southern Tibet,China: Evidence for a magmatic link

The Zhaxikang Pb-Zn-Sb deposit is one of the most important deposits in the Southern Tibet metallogenic belt. Based on field geology, petrography, melt- and fluid inclusions and C-H-O isotopes, we describe and discuss the mineralization, alteration, and their possible link with magmatic fluids. Our results show that the Zhaxikang deposit shares many geological and geochemical similarities with typical intermediate-sulfidation (IS) epithermal deposits. The Pb-Zn-Sb mineralization is closely related to Fe-Mn carbonate- and silicic alterations, which formed the outer rim around the greisen in the Cuonadong Dome. Orebodies occur mainly as structurally-controlled veins and breccia dikes, with major minerals include sphalerite, galena, pyrite, arsenopyrite, and Fe-Mn carbonates. Main stage ore-forming fluids were of medium temperature (214–292 °C), low salinity (2.6–5.3 wt.% NaCl eqv.) and CO₂-bearing.Melt/fluid inclusions in beryl and quartz from the pegmatite indicate that the primary magmatic fluids were derived from the melt-fluid immiscibility. The magmatic fluids were of low salinity (0.2–7.9 wt.% NaCl eqv.), high temperature (298–457 °C) and CO₂-rich, and contained minor CH₄, N₂, C₂H₆, C₃H₈ and C₆H₆. The presence of Mn-Fe carbonates and daughter gahnite minerals in the beryl-hosted inclusions indicates high Mn, Fe and Zn contents in the parental magma and related magmatic fluids. This implies a genetic link between magmatic fluids and the Pb-Zn-Sb mineralization, as also supported by Ar-Ar dating and H-O-C isotopic evidence. We suggest that the Zhaxikang is best classified as an IS epithermal deposit, and the ore-forming fluids are likely to be magma-derived. Boiling of the magmatic fluids led to high-salinity fluids and metal enrichment. High regional geothermal gradient caused by the thermal doming event may have facilitated long distance transportation of magmatic fluids, and led to the formation of a wide alteration zone and distal Pb-Zn-Sb mineralization. The temperature drop and meteoric water involvement may have precipitated the Pb-Zn-Sn minerals in the distal fault systems.     

Mesothermal Gold Vein Mineralization of the Seolhwa Mine,Asan Mining District,Korea

Gold mineralization of the Seolhwa mine occurs in a single stage of massive quartz veins which filled the north‐east‐trending fault shear zones in the Jurassic granitoid of 161 Ma within the Gyeonggi Massif. The vein quartz contains three main types of fluid inclusions at 25°C: (i) aqueous type I inclusions (0–15 wt.% NaCl) containing small amounts of CO₂; (ii) gas‐rich (more than 70 vol. %), vapor‐homogenizing, aqueous type II inclusions; and (iii) low‐salinity (less than 5 wt.% NaCl), liquid CO₂‐bearing, type III inclusions. The H₂O‐CO₂‐CH₄‐N₂‐NaCl inclusions represent immiscible fluids trapped earlier along the solvus curve in the temperature range 250–430°C at pressures of ～1 kb. Detailed fluid inclusion chronologies suggest a progressive decrease in pressure during the mineralization. Aqueous inclusion fluids represent either later fluids evolved through extensive fluid unmixing from a homogeneous H₂O‐CO₂‐CH₄‐N₂‐NaCl fluid due to decreases in temperature and pressure, or the influence of deep circulated meteoric waters. Initial fluids were homogeneous H₂O‐CO₂‐CH₄‐N₂‐NaCl fluids as follows: 250° to 430°C, 16–62 mol% CO₂, 5–14 mol% CH₄, 0.06–0.31 mol% N₂ and salinities of 0.4–4.9 wt.% NaCl. The T‐X data for the Seolhwa mine suggest that the hydrothermal system has been probably located nearer to the granitic melt, which facilitated the CH₄ formation and resulted in a reduced fluid state indicated by the predominance of pyrrhotite. Measured and calculated isotopic compositions of the hydrothermal fluids [δ¹⁸O = 5.3–6.5‰; δD =?69 to ?84‰] provide evidence of the CH₄‐H₂O equilibria and further indicate that the auriferous fluids were magmatically derived. Both the dominance of δ³⁴S values of sulfides close to the meteoric reference (?0.6–1.4‰; δ³⁴S_ΣS values of 0.3–1.1‰) and the available δ¹³C data (?4‰) are consistent with their deep igneous source. The Seolhwa mine was probably formed by extensive fracturing and veining due to the thermal expansion of water derived from the Jurassic granitoid melt.     

西秦岭凤太矿集区丝毛岭金矿床地质地球化学特征

西秦岭凤太矿集区丝毛岭金矿床位于八卦庙造山型金矿床西侧5km左右,是一个新探明的剪切带型金矿。其成矿作用过程可分为早期石英-绢云母-硫化物阶段、中期多金属-硫化物阶段和晚期碳酸盐阶段。对早、中期的石英流体包裹体测试结果表明,丝毛岭金矿床成矿流体以富CO2、中温、低盐度为特征,总体上属于中温低盐度CO2-H2O体系,流体包裹体类型的多样性是流体不混溶性的产物。从早阶段到主成矿阶段成矿流体的温度、压力和盐度均有降低,硫逸度增高,有利于金的沉淀富集。H、O、S、C同位素研究结果,以及与八卦庙金矿床的对比分析表明,二者的成矿流体具有相似性和同源性,都是以深部来源为主的多源流体。由于丝毛岭金矿床产出的层位高于八卦庙金矿床,其成矿环境相对开放。     

Gold ore-forming fluids of the Tanami region, Northern Australia

Fluid inclusion studies have been carried out on major gold deposits and prospects in the Tanami region to determine the compositions of the associated fluids and the processes responsible for gold mineralization. Pre-ore, milky quartz veins contain only two-phase aqueous inclusions with salinities ≤19 wt% NaCl eq. and homogenization temperatures that range from 110 to 410°C. In contrast, the ore-bearing veins typically contain low to moderate salinity (<14 wt% NaCl eq.), H₂O + CO₂ ± CH₄ ± N₂-bearing fluids. The CO₂-bearing inclusions coexist with two-phase aqueous inclusions that exhibit a wider range of salinities (≤21 wt% NaCl eq.). Post-ore quartz and carbonate veins contain mainly two-phase aqueous inclusions, with a last generation of aqueous inclusions being very CaCl₂-rich. Salinities range from 7 to 33 wt% NaCl eq. and homogenization temperatures vary from 62 to 312°C. Gold deposits in the Tanami region are hosted by carbonaceous or iron-rich sedimentary rocks and/or mafic rocks. They formed over a range of depths at temperatures from 200 to 430°C. The Groundrush deposit formed at the greatest temperatures and depths (260–430°C and ≤11 km), whereas deposits in the Tanami goldfield formed at the lowest temperatures (≥200°C) and at the shallowest depths (1.5–5.6 km). There is also evidence in the Tanami goldfield for late-stage isothermal mixing with higher salinity (≤21 wt% NaCl eq.) fluids at temperatures between 100 and 200°C. Other deposits (e.g., The Granites, Callie, and Coyote) formed at intermediate depths and at temperatures ranging from 240 to 360°C. All ore fluids contained CO₂ ± N₂ ± CH₄, with the more deeply formed deposits being enriched in CH₄ and higher level deposits being enriched in CO₂. Fluids from deposits hosted mainly by sedimentary rocks generally contained appreciable quantities of N₂. The one exception is the Tanami goldfield, where the quartz veins were dominated by aqueous inclusions with rare CO₂-bearing inclusions. Calculated δ ¹⁸O values for the ore fluids range from 3.8 to 8.5‰ and the corresponding δD values range from −89 to −37‰. Measured δ ¹³C values from CO₂ extracted from fluid inclusions ranged from −5.1 to −8.4‰. These data indicate a magmatic or mixed magmatic/metamorphic source for the ore fluids in the Tanami region. Interpretation of the fluid inclusion, alteration, and structural data suggests that mineralization may have occurred via a number of processes. Gold occurs in veins associated with brittle fracturing and other dilational structures, but in the larger deposits, there is also an association with iron-rich rocks or carbonaceous sediments, suggesting that both structural and chemical controls are important. The major mineralization process appears to be boiling/effervescence of a gas-rich fluid, which leads to partitioning of H₂S into the vapor phase resulting in gold precipitation. However, some deposits also show evidence of desulfidation by fluid–rock interaction and/or reduction of the ore-fluid by fluid mixing. These latter processes are generally more prevalent in the higher crustal-level deposits.