Seafloor bioalteration of sulfide minerals: results from in situ incubation studies

We present results of incubation studies conducted at low temperatures (∼4°C) in the vicinity of a seafloor hydrothermal vent system. We reacted Fe-, S-, Cu-, and Zn-bearing minerals including pyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, elemental sulfur, and a portion of a natural chimney sulfide structure for 2 months at the Main Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. Our study utilizes Fluorescent In Situ Hybridizations (FISH), Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM, TEM), and light microscopic analysis. The surfaces of these minerals are solely colonized by Bacteria and not by Archaea. Colonization densities vary over an order of magnitude with the following sequence: elemental sulfur > chimney sulfide > marcasite > pyrite > sphalerite > chalcopyrite, and correspond well with the abiotic oxidation kinetics of these materials, excepting elemental sulfur, which is both the least reactive to oxidizing species and the most heavily colonized. Colonization densities also correspond with apparent degree of reaction (dissolution pitting + accumulation of secondary alteration products). Heavy accumulations of secondary Fe oxides on Fe-bearing minerals, most notably on the chimney sulfide, form in situ as the result of mineral dissolution and the activity of neutrophilic Fe-oxidizing bacteria. Results suggest that mineral-oxidizing bacteria play a prominent role in weathering of seafloor sulfide deposits, and that microbial utilization of mineral substrates contributes to biomass production in seafloor hydrothermal environments.     

Acid production from sulfide minerals using hydrogen peroxide weathering

Sulfide mineral weathering is a major source of acid generation in mining environments. Oxidation and hydrolysis reactions in soil and geologic material under earth surface conditions causes weathering of reduced sulfide minerals resulting in liberation of weathering products including acid. Pyrite and marcasite are minerals common in mine environments that cause acid generation. Many other sulfide minerals are present in mining environments which may or may not form acid upon weathering. Characterization of complex mineral assemblages containing S compounds is therefore critically important to pre-mine planning and postmine waste characterization. Despite the importance of mineral weathering behavior, little is known about the acid generation characteristics of common sulfide and sulfate minerals. To assess the response of common sulfide and sulfate minerals to oxidizing conditions, 13 minerals were subjected to treatment with 10% H₂O₂. The resulting leachate was analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, S and titratable acidity. The sulfide minerals arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite and sphalerite demonstrated significantly elevated levels of titratable acidity and are acid generating in contrast to galena, chalcocite and all the sulfates. The sulfate minerals barite, anhydrite, gypsum, anglesite and jarosite were included in experimentation and were found not to form acid under strongly oxidizing conditions. Remediation strategies for disturbed lands containing reduced S minerals must therefore consider not only the total quantity of sulfide minerals present, but the specific mineralogy of the S compounds.     

内蒙古拜仁达坝银多金属矿矿床地质及成矿流体特征

内蒙古拜仁达坝矿区位于大兴安岭西坡银多金属成矿带,矿体产于元古宇宝音图组下岩段黑云斜长片麻岩和华力西期石英闪长岩中.根据野外脉体穿插关系和矿石结构构造特征可以将成矿分为3个阶段:石英多金属硫化物阶段、萤石-水白云母阶段、方解石-硫化物阶段.岩矿相、扫描电镜和能谱分析表明,矿区主要金属矿物有黄铁矿、白铁矿、磁黄铁矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿、毒砂、黄铜矿、硫锑铅矿等;脉石矿物以石英、方解石和萤石为主.在野外调研基础上,对主要脉石矿物石英、萤石中流体包裹体进行了包裹体岩相学、显微测温分析和包裹体中气液相成分的LRM分析.结果表明,第1阶段石英中包裹体以富CH4包裹体和纯CH4包裹体为主,第2阶段萤石中以富水包裹体为主,流体包裹体均一温度分别为187～343℃(石英)和152～306℃(萤石),据冰点估算的盐度分别为1.4%～9.34% NaCleq(质量分数,下同)和2.9%～9.2% NaCleq.包裹体气液相成分的LRM分析表明,石英中纯CH4包裹体显示较强的CH4峰(2 913～2 917 cm-1),部分样品中检出含一定量的CO2,富CH4包裹体气泡相中也显示了CH4峰的存在.萤石中富H2O包裹体气液相中均只检出H2O.结合矿床地质、区域矿床分布特征和包裹体显微测温结果,认为该矿床为一与燕山期岩浆活动有关的中低温热液矿床,成矿物质以深源为主.     

金矿自然重砂矿物组合规律及其找矿指示意义

对云南、海南、江西、湖北、河南、新疆、浙江、山东、辽宁等27个省185个典型金矿床的自然重砂矿物进行统计分析,发现自然重砂矿物对金矿具有良好的响应,自然金、黄铁矿、方铅矿、黄铜矿、白铅矿、辰砂等对寻找金矿具有指示意义。不同成因类型的金矿床反映出的自然重砂矿物组合不同,斑岩型金矿床的标型指示矿物组合为自然金+黄铁矿+方铅矿+重晶石+闪锌矿+白铅矿+金红石,卡林型—类卡林型金矿床的标型指示矿物组合为自然金+黄铁矿+方铅矿+辉锑矿+毒砂+雄(雌)黄,而造山型+矽卡岩型+热液型+构造蚀变岩型金矿床的标型指示矿物组合为自然金+黄铁矿+方铅矿+辰砂。不同区域的金矿床反映出的自然重砂矿物组合也各有差异,闪锌矿为南方各省金矿床的特征矿物,辰砂和白钨矿为北方地区金矿床的特征矿物,重晶石和白铅矿为西部地区金矿的特征矿物。综合研究认为,自然重砂具有直接找矿和指导找矿的作用,按照特定成因类型和区域金矿床所建立的自然重砂矿物组合对建立矿床找矿模型具有重要的意义。     

铜陵包村金(铜)矿床中胶状黄铁矿矿物学及成因解析

黄铁矿是安徽铜陵包村金(铜)矿床中主要硫化物,对热液成因的显晶质黄铁矿已有大量研究,而胶状黄铁矿研究较少且成因存在争议.本文以粉晶X射线衍射、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)以及拉曼光谱(RS)为主要研究方法和手段,对包村金(铜)矿床中胶状黄铁矿的矿物组成和微结构进行研究.包村胶状黄铁矿主要由黄铁矿组成,含有白铁矿、菱铁矿、石英、含铁白云石、高岭石和有机质.黄铁矿主要以纳米-亚微米粒径的自形、半自形的立方体为主,少量微米级他形颗粒,显著不同于胶体或非晶态的无定型黄铁矿.由黄铁矿、白铁矿和有机质组成的胶状结构中,白铁矿和有机质富集在暗色环带,黄铁矿相对富集在浅色环带,浅色和暗色交替变化主要由三者含量变化所致,与矿物粒径无关.结合铜陵地区胶状黄铁矿研究成果,我们认为铜陵地区乃至长江中下游成矿带内铜-金-铁多金属硫化物矿床相关研究文献中记载的胶状黄铁矿为铁硫化物、碳酸盐矿物、黏土矿物、石英和有机质组成的矿物集合体,是在陆源物质输入受限的半封闭海盆环境下经生物化学作用直接沉淀的纳米-亚微米黄铁矿为主的矿物集合体.虽然胶状黄铁矿经历沉积成岩作用和中生代岩浆热液叠加改造作用,但是沉积微结构、矿物成因信息仍然被有效保存.     

Mineralogical and microtextural parameters in metals ores traceability studies

The demand in mineral resources is increasing rapidly, but there is a lack of transparency in the trade of concentrated raw mineral materials because of speculation and involvement in the finance of armed conflicts. Because of the distance between primary extraction and the final production sites it is difficult to check the origin of these products. An identity card is required for mineral commodities, so that trading in the industry can be verified and the traceability of concentrates ensured. This problem may be considered as an inversion process: studying the products sold to identify the original ore. The discriminant parameters are mineralogical composition, identification of textural microfacies of the target minerals, “pseudo-paragenetic sequence”, and the contents and distribution of minor elements of target minerals. For base metal, the selected target minerals are pyrite, for its ubiquity, sphalerite for its ability to host numerous discriminant and potentially valuable minor elements in its lattice and chalcopyrite for its proximity with the two other minerals. The Kolmogorov–Smirnov distance and the Colin–White test are used to compare the chemical composition of the three target minerals. The application to Volcanic Massive Sulfide ore deposits shows that it is possible to distinguish pyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite between two ore deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt province and seven ore deposits from the Urals province using the selected characteristics. Ore deposits from different provinces may be discriminated using the identity cards, as well as different deposits in the same province.     

The differential enrichment mechanism of thallium in the Huodehong MVT deposit,NE Yunnan Province,China: Evidence from EBSD,LA-ICPMS and TEMSCIEI北大核心CSCD

铊(Tl)是一种战略性关键金属,在高科技领域具有重要用途。作为“稀散元素”之一,Tl主要富集于低温贱金属硫化物矿床中,黄铁矿和白铁矿是其主要载体矿物。滇东北火德红MVT铅锌矿床中黄铁矿和白铁矿显示Tl的富集,其中白铁矿中Tl含量显著高于黄铁矿,为探究Tl在不同矿物之间的差异性富集机制提供了理想对象。本文对火德红矿床共生黄铁矿-白铁矿开展系统的结晶学、矿物学和地球化学研究。电子背散射衍射(EBSD)结果表明,热液黄铁矿、白铁矿晶粒组构具有一定继承性,与闪锌矿紧密共生,暗示为同一成矿事件的产物。激光剥蚀耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICPMS)原位微量元素含量分析结果显示,黄铁矿和白铁矿中的Tl含量分别为127×10^(-6)~516×10^(-6)和356×10^(-6)~1046×10^(-6),不同含量测点Tl的激光剥蚀时间分辨元素信号曲线均较为平滑,暗示Tl主要以类质同象形式进入黄铁矿和白铁矿晶格。透射电镜(TEM)进一步证实Tl类质同象直接替换Fe为主,即2Tl^(+)←→□(空位)+Fe^(2+)。结合黄铁矿和白铁矿中Tl与Zn含量的正相关关系,本文认为白铁矿中Tl的超常富集可能与偏酸性条件下富Tl、Zn和Fe等金属成矿流体有关。综合研究表明,火德红矿床黄铁矿与白铁矿中Tl的差异性富集与晶体结构、Tl赋存状态无关,而是流体成分、物化条件共同制约的结果,受到矿物和矿床等不同尺度苛刻成矿条件的影响。与闪锌矿共生的白铁矿是未来寻找铊资源的重要方向。     

Copper–Gold Skarn Mineralization at the Karavansalija Ore Zone,Rogozna Mountain,Southwestern Serbia

Karavansalija ore zone is situated in the Serbian part of the Serbo‐Macedonian magmatic and metallogenic belt. The Cu–Au mineralization is hosted mainly by garnet–pyroxene–epidote skarns and shifts to lesser presence towards the nearby quartz–epidotized rocks and the overlying volcanic tuffs. Within the epidosites the sulfide mineralogy is represented by disseminated cobalt‐nickel sulfides from the gersdorfite‐krutovite mineral series and cobaltite, and pyrite–marcasite–chalcopyrite–base metal aggregates. The skarn sulfide mineralization is characterized by chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, bismuth‐phases (bismuthinite and cosalite), arsenopyrite, gersdorffite, and sphalerite. The sulfides can be observed in several types of massive aggregates, depending on the predominant sulfide phases: pyrrhotite‐chalcopyrite aggregates with lesser amount of arsenopyrite and traces of sphalerite, arsenopyrite–bismuthinite–cosalite aggregates with subordinate sphalerite and sphalerite veins with bismuthinite, pyrite and arsenopyrite. In the overlying volcanoclastics, the studied sulfide mineralization is represented mainly by arsenopyrite aggregates with subordinate amounts of pyrite and chalcopyrite. Gold is present rarely as visible aggregate of native gold and also as invisible element included in arsenopyrite. The fluid inclusion microthermometry data suggest homogenization temperature in the range of roughly 150–400°C. Salinities vary in the ranges of 0.5–8.5 wt% NaCl eq for two‐phase low density fluid inclusions and 15–41 wt% NaCl eq for two‐phase high‐salinity and three‐phase high‐salinity fluid inclusions. The broad range of salinity values and the different types of fluid inclusions co‐existing in the same crystals suggest that at least two fluids with different salinities contributed to the formation of the Cu–Au mineralization. Geothermometry, based on EPMA data of arsenopyrite co‐existing with pyrite and pyrrhotite, suggests a temperature range of 240–360°C for the formation of the arsenopyrite, which overlaps well with the data for the formation temperature obtained through fluid inclusion microthermometry. The sulfur isotope data on arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and marcasite from the different sulfide assemblages (ranging from 0.4‰ to +3.9‰ δ³⁴S_CDT with average of 2.29 δ³⁴S_CDT and standard deviation of 1.34 δ³⁴S_CDT) indicates a magmatic source of sulfur for all of the investigated phases. The narrow range of the data points to a common source for all of the investigated sulfides, regardless of the host rock and the paragenesis. The sulfur isotope data shows good overlap with that from nearby base‐metal deposits; therefore the Cu–Au mineralization and the emblematic base‐metal sulfide mineralization from this metallogenic belt likely share same fluid source.     

Mineralogical and Genetical Aspects of the Doyashiki Kuroko Deposits, Hokuroku Basin, Japan

Abstract. A detail investigation of ore and gangue minerals was performed on the Doyashiki Kuroko deposits, Hokuroku basin, Japan for the first time. Main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite-tennantite and digen-ite. Small amounts of enargite, wittichenite, electrum, covellite, bornite, marcasite and hematite are also observed. Quartz, barite and gypsum are common gangue minerals. Homogenization temperatures and salinities of fluid inclusions in quartz, sphalerite and barite range from 190 to 240C and 3.0 to 5.5 wt% NaCl equivalent, respectively. The FeS contents of sphalerite and Ag contents of electrum were 0.12 to 0.18 mol %, 39.0 to 39.6 atom %, respectively. The chemical composition of digenite as a primary mineral shows high sulfur contents.
These data indicate that ore fluid responsible for digenite and associated ore minerals was characterized by a range of high sulfur fugacity with a moderate formation temperature. This is concordant with the mineral assemblage of bornite-pyrite and chalcopyrite, which shows high sulfur fugacity conditions. It seems that the mineralization closely associated with acidic volcanism has occurred around 13 Ma of Middle Miocene on the seafloor at the depth of about 1500 m.     

内蒙古维拉斯托-拜仁达坝矿床矿石特征及成矿机理

维拉斯托-拜仁达坝锌铜多金属矿床为近几年大兴安岭中南段西坡发现的较大的2个银多金属矿床,主要对2个矿床矿石矿物组合分析和对比,对主要的矿石矿物组合进行扫描电子显微镜-能谱分析和电子探针分析显示:从早期到晚期,矿物组合从高温钨酸盐和氧化物-复硫化物-硫化物-低温含锑硫盐矿物(锑化物);银的赋存状态主要为可见银矿物,其次为晶格银(类质同象)和次显微包裹银,其中生成顺序依次为含银黝铜矿+银锑黝铜矿+黝锑银矿-辉锑铅银矿+柱硫锑铅银矿+深红银矿+锑银矿.根据不同成矿阶段的矿物组合和流体包裹体特征得出:成矿早期在氧化偏酸性环境下,W、Sn等以钨酸、钨酸盐等形式迁移,Zn2+、Pb2+、Cu+等金属离子以氯络合物形式迁移;随着黑钨矿气化沉淀及成矿流体物理化学条件的变化,成矿中-晚期成矿环境变为弱碱性还原条件,成矿流体中金属离子以硫氢络合物迁移为主,伴着温度降低和围岩的水-岩作用,硫氢络合物分解,导致磁黄铁矿等硫化物、硫锑银矿物、硫锑铅矿等依次沉淀.      

青海省格尔木市那陵郭勒河西地区铁多金属矿工艺矿物学研究

青海省格尔木市那陵郭勒河西地区铁多金属矿规模大,具有铁铜金等多金属矿化,属于接触交代型铁多金属矿床。本文采用工艺矿物学研究方法,查明了矿石工艺矿物学特性。研究结果表明,矿石的组成矿物种类较为简单,金属硫化物主要是黄铜矿、磁黄铁矿、黄铁矿、闪锌矿;铁矿物主要是磁铁矿、赤铁矿。脉石矿物主要是石英、方解石、透闪石、透辉石;其次为石榴子石、白云母、蛇纹石。矿石中铁、铜锌矿物均具均匀细粒—微细粒嵌布特征;通过选矿可获得铜精矿、锌精矿、铁精矿。     

Petrology,Geochemistry, and Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry of Sphalerite from the Laloki and Federal Flag Strata‐Bound Massive Sulfide Deposits,Papua New Guinea: Implications for Gold Mineralization

The Laloki and Federal Flag deposits are two of the many (over 45) polymetallic massive sulfide deposits that occur in the Astrolabe Mineral Field, Papua New Guinea. New data of the mineralogical compositions, mineral textures, and fluid inclusion studies on sphalerite from Laloki and Federal Flag deposits were investigated to clarify physiochemical conditions of the mineralization at both deposits. The two deposits are located about 2 km apart and they are stratigraphically hosted by siliceous to carbonaceous claystone and rare gray chert of Paleocene–Eocene age. Massive sulfide ore and host rock samples were collected from each deposit for mineralogical, geochemical, and fluid inclusion studies. Mineralization at the Laloki deposit consists of early‐stage massive sulfide mineralization (sphalerite‐barite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite–marcasite) and late‐stage brecciation and remobilization of early‐stage massive sulfides that was accompanied by late‐stage sphalerite mineralization. Occurrence of native gold blebs in early‐stage massive pyrite–marcasite‐chalcopyrite ore with the association of pyrrhotite‐hematite and abundant planktonic foraminifera remnants was due to reduction of hydrothermal fluids by the reaction with organic‐rich sediments and seawater mixing. Precipitation of fine‐grained gold blebs in late‐stage Fe‐rich sphalerite resulted from low temperature and higher salinity ore fluids in sulfur reducing conditions. In contrast, the massive sulfide ores from the Federal Flag deposit contain Fe‐rich sphalerite and subordinate sulfarsenides. Native gold blebs occur as inclusions in Fe‐rich sphalerite, along sphalerite grain boundaries, and in the siliceous‐hematitic matrix. Such occurrences of native gold suggest that gold was initially precipitated from high‐temperature, moderate to highly reduced, low‐sulfur ore fluids. Concentrations of Au and Ag from both Laloki and Federal Flag deposits were within the range (<10 ppm Au and <100 ppm Ag) of massive sulfides at a mid‐ocean ridge setting rather than typical arc‐type massive sulfides. The complex relationship between FeS contents in sphalerite and gold grades of both deposits is probably due to the initial deposition of gold on the seafloor that may have been controlled by factors such as Au complexes, pH, and fO₂ in combination with temperature and sulfur fugacity.     

Mineral Components, Texture, and Forming Conditions of Hydrothermal Chimney on the East Pacific Rise at 9°-10°N

To characterize the hydrothermal processes of East Pacific rise at 9o-10oN, sulfide mineral compositions, textural, and geochemical features of chimney ores were studied using ore microscope, scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction analysis, and electron microprobe techniques. Results show that there are three mineral assemblages for the hydrothermal chimney ores, namely: (i) anhydrite marcasite pyrite, (ii) pyrite sphalerite chalcopyrite, and (iii) chalcopyrite bornite digenite covellite. Mineral assemblages, zonational features, and geochemical characteristics of the ore minerals indicate that ore fluid temperature changed from low to high then to low with a maximum temperature up to 400 ℃. The chimney is a typical black smoker. The initial structure of the chimney was formed by the precipitation of anhydrites, and later the sulfides began to precipitate in the inner wall.     

A laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry study of the distribution of chalcophile elements among sulfide phases in sedimentary and magmatic rocks of the Duluth Complex,Minnesota, USA

Nickel-copper sulfide deposits occur in the basal unit of the Partridge River Intrusion, Duluth Complex (Minnesota, USA). Many lines of evidence suggest that these sulfides are formed after assimilation of the proterozoic S-rich black shales, known as the Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit. In addition to S, black shales are enriched in Te, As, Bi, Sb and Sn (TABS) and the basaltic magma of the intrusion is contaminated by the partial melt of the black shales. The TABS are chalcophile and together with the platinum-group elements, Ni and Cu partitioned into the magmatic sulfide liquid that segregated from the Duluth magma. The TABS are important for the formation of platinum-group minerals (PGM) thus their role during crystallization of the base metal sulfide minerals could affect the distribution of the PGE. However, the concentrations of TABS in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits and their distribution among base metal sulfide minerals are poorly documented. In order to investigate whether the base metal sulfide minerals host TABS in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, a petrographic and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) study has been carried out on base metal sulfide and silicate phases of the Partridge River Intrusion, Duluth Complex.Petrographic observations showed that the proportions of the base metal sulfide minerals vary with rock type. The sulfide assemblage of the least metamorphosed Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit from outside the contact metamorphic aureole consists of pyrite with minor pyrrhotite plus chalcopyrite (<5%), whereas within the contact aureole the sulfide assemblage of the Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit rocks consists dominantly of pyrrhotite (>95%) with small amount of chalcopyrite (<2%). The sulfide mineral assemblage in the xenoliths of the Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit and in the mafic rocks of the basal unit contains two additional sulfides, pentlandite and cubanite.Our LA-ICP-MS study shows that sulfides of the Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit are rich in TABS; consistent with these S-rich black shales being the source of TABS that contaminated the mafic magma. Most of the TABS are associated with sulfides and platinum-group minerals in the rocks of the Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit from the contact aureole, the Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit xenoliths and the mafic rocks of the Duluth Complex. In addition to these phases the laser maps show that silicate phases, i.e., orthopyroxene and plagioclase contain Sn and Pb respectively. In contrast, in the least metamorphosed samples of the Bedded Pyrrhotite Unit from outside the contact aureole although the pyrite contains some TABS mass balance calculations indicates that most the TABS are contained in other phases. In these rocks, galena hosts significant amounts of Te, Bi, Sb, Sn and Ag and few very small grains of Sb-rich phases were also observed. The host phases for As were not established but possibly organic compounds may have contributed.     

The Arinem Te‐Bearing Gold‐Silver‐Base Metal Deposit,West Java,Indonesia

The vein system in the Arinem area is a gold‐silver‐base metal deposit of Late Miocene (8.8–9.4 Ma) age located in the southwestern part of Java Island, Indonesia. The mineralization in the area is represented by the Arinem vein with a total length of about 5900 m, with a vertical extent up to 575 m, with other associated veins such as Bantarhuni and Halimun. The Arinem vein is hosted by andesitic tuff, breccia, and lava of the Oligocene–Middle Miocene Jampang Formation (23–11.6 Ma) and overlain unconformably by Pliocene–Pleistocene volcanic rocks composed of andesitic‐basaltic tuff, tuff breccia and lavas. The inferred reserve is approximately 2 million tons at 5.7 g t^?1 gold and 41.5 g t^?1 silver at a cut‐off of 4 g t^?1 Au, which equates to approximately 12.5t of Au and 91.4t of Ag. The ore mineral assemblage of the Arinem vein consists of sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, and arsenopyrite with small amounts of pyrrhotite, argentite, electrum, bornite, hessite, tetradymite, altaite, petzite, stutzite, hematite, enargite, tennantite, chalcocite, and covellite. These ore minerals occur in quartz with colloform, crustiform, comb, vuggy, massive, brecciated, bladed and calcedonic textures and sulfide veins. A pervasive quartz–illite–pyrite alteration zone encloses the quartz and sulfide veins and is associated with veinlets of quartz–calcite–pyrite. This alteration zone is enveloped by smectite–illite–kaolinite–quartz–pyrite alteration, which grades into a chlorite–smectite–kaolinite–calcite–pyrite zone. Early stage mineralization (stage I) of vuggy–massive–banded crystalline quartz‐sulfide was followed by middle stage (stage II) of banded–brecciated–massive sulfide‐quartz and then by last stage (stage III) of massive‐crystalline barren quartz. The temperature of the mineralization, estimated from fluid inclusion microthermometry in quartz ranges from 157 to 325°C, whereas the temperatures indicated by fluid inclusions from sphalerite and calcite range from 153 to 218 and 140 to 217°C, respectively. The mineralizing fluid is dilute, with a salinity <4.3 wt% NaCl equiv. The ore‐mineral assemblage and paragenesis of the Arinem vein is characteristically of a low sulfidation epithermal system with indication of high sulfidation overprinted at stage II. Boiling is probably the main control for the gold solubility and precipitation of gold occurred during cooling in stage I mineralization.     

极性矿物对纳米金的吸附实验

纳米金通常带有负电荷,遇带正电荷的矿物,它将被吸附而沉淀。黄铁矿、黄铜矿、闪锌矿和α－石英是金矿中常见矿物,是载金矿物,也是极性矿物（半导体矿物,热电矿物）。实验结果表明,在动态温度条件下矿物表面有正负电荷,因此同种矿物能够相互吸附,纳米金被带正电荷的矿物吸附。     

贵州省从江县地虎铜多金属矿床矿石矿物特征及主要有用组分赋存状态研究

通过野外调查、样品采集、镜下鉴定和电子探针分析,发现地虎铜多金属矿床矿石矿物组成比较复杂,金属硫化物主要有黄铁矿(Py)、黄铜矿(Cp)、闪锌矿(Sp)、方铅矿(Gn)、黝铜矿(Te)、辉铜矿(Cc)和斑铜矿(Bn),主要为一套中-低温热液成因的矿物组合,这些矿物多数呈半自形、星状、交代溶蚀等结构,具浸染状、块状构造。有用组分为Cu、Pb、Zn,主要以独立矿物的形式存在;经电子探针分析,发现部分Cu、Pb、Zn以细小颗粒矿物存在,此外,Zn还以类质同像的形式赋存在黝铜矿(Te)中。     

An occurrence of secondary sulfides from Leg 37 basalts

Two types of secondary sulfides occur on the walls of a vesicle in slightly altered basalt recovered from site 332A of DSDP Leg 37. The first consists of euhedral crystals of pure pyrite, with occasional small partial overgrowths of fibrous chalcopyrite, embedded within smectite (altered glass) which lines the vesicle. The second type occurs as small composite sulfide spherules lightly attached to the surface of the smectite. The spherules are composed of pyrite crystallites arranged in approximate pyritohedral symmetry, with marcasite crystallites decorating the pyritohedron edges. Precession camera photographs and optical studies suggest the marcasite and pyrite grew simultaneously from a pyrite nucleus, with marcasite adopting the pyrite growth habit. These spherules differ sharply from the magmatic sulfide spherules previously described.     

金窝子金矿金的赋存状态和金矿物特征

金窝子金矿属于岩浆热液型金矿床,金矿化类型有石英脉型和蚀变糜棱岩型.金多呈独立金矿物形式出现,少许呈分散状,以银金矿为主,次为自然金,平均成色782.金矿物以粒间金、裂隙金、连生金和包体金等形式嵌布于黄铁矿、石英、方铅矿及闪锌矿等主要载金矿物中,且黄铁矿、石英较金属硫化物中占优势,黄铜矿中未见金矿物.金矿物形态各样,粒度以中细粒为主.金矿物特征反映出本区金矿床的成矿物质主要来源于变质岩,成矿作用与华力西、燕山期中酸性侵入岩有关.这与地质地球化学研究所获得的矿床成因认识相一致.     

Ag-Cu-Pb-Bi-S Minerals Newly Discovered from the Ohori Base Metal Deposit, Yamagata Prefecture, NE Japan: Implications for Bi-metallogenesis in the Green-Tuff Region

The Ohori deposit, one of the base metal deposits in the Green-Tuff region, NE Japan, is composed of two types of mineralization; a skarn-type (Kaninomata orebody) made by the replacement of the Miocene calcareous layer, and a vein-type (Nakanomata orebody). While the ore mineral assemblage of the deposit (chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galena) has been known for being rather simple, some Pb-Bi-S minerals have been discovered for the first time in the present study. The minerals mainly occur in the chalcopyrite-rich ores of both orebodies. They essentially belong to the Pb-Bi-S system and contain Cu and Ag in minor amounts, which correspond to the lillianite–gustavite solid solution series (phases Z and X), cosalite, neyite, felbertalite, krupkaite and Bi-bearing galena. The chalcopyrite-rich (Bi-bearing) ores from both orebodies are richer in chalcopyrite, pyrite and chlorite, and have higher homogenization temperatures (>300°C) of fluid inclusions, and higher FeS contents in sphalerite compared to the Bi-free ores. In the Green-Tuff region, Bi-minerals have been reported from many base metal deposits. Most of these Bi-bearing ore deposits are referred to as xenothermal-type deposits, and are characterized by the following common features; composite mineralization of high- and low-temperatures in the shallower environments, and close relationships with the Tertiary granitic rocks. The whole mineralization at the Ohori deposit also has a similar xenothermal character because of the coexistence of high-temperature chalcopyrite-rich ores with Pb-Bi-S minerals, which were formed by the influence of the Tertiary granitic rocks at a shallow depth.