中国区域化探若干基本问题研究：1999—2009

1999—2009年,中国区域化探发生了根本性改变。主导思想是以地球化学理论为指导研究区域化探方法技术问题和进行矿产资源潜力评价。区域化探方法技术研究的基本要求是最大限度保持原生地球化学分布特征,表生地球化学条件下采样物质问题是区域化探方法研究的核心,样品采集应以代表地质找矿信息的基岩物质成分为原则,在全国范围内最大限度地保持采样物质的一致性。基于成矿地球化学理论建立资源潜力地球化学评价方法和实行地质找矿定量预测,使勘查地球化学从单纯方法手段上升到指导地质找矿的理论高度。主要标志是在全国建立完整的区域化探工作方法技术系统和实行样品分析质量全程监控。在区域化探高精度数据基础上绘制与出版精美的地球化学图集,使区域地球化学图精确地反映地质背景分布与异常特征,促进区域化探数据信息深度开发和利用,建立具有从区域、普查到详查进行全过程独立开展资源调查、评价和预测的方法技术体系和工作程序。区域化探长期支撑中国地质找矿工作,是整个地质找矿工作的先导。随着新一代地区和全国地球化学图的形成,将在基础地质和成矿规律研究以及揭示重大地质事件等方面提供新的发现、新的认识和新的观点,对于未来中国勘查地球化学和整个地质工作产生重要影响。     

Till geochemical and indicator mineral methods in mineral exploration

This paper summarizes advances since 1987 in the application of glacial sediment sampling to mineral exploration (drift prospecting) in areas affected by continental or alpine glaciation. In these exploration programs, clastic glacial sediments are tested by geochemical or mineralogical methods to detect dispersal trains of mineral deposit indicators that have been glacially transported from source by mechanical processes. In glaciated terrain the key sampling medium, till, is produced by abrasion, crushing and blending of rock debris and recycled sediment followed by down-ice dispersal ranging from a few metres to many kilometres. As a consequence of the mid-1980s boom in gold exploration, the majority of case studies and regional till geochemical surveys published in the past decade deal with this commodity. Approximately 30% of Canada and virtually all of Fennoscandia have been covered by regional till geochemical surveys that aid mineral exploration and provide baseline data for environmental, agricultural, and landuse planning. The most profound event in drift prospecting in the last decade, however, has been the early-1990s explosion in diamond exploration which has dramatically increased the profile of glacial geology and glacial sediment sampling and stimulated changes in sampling and analytical methods.     

Estimation of weathering rates for critical load calculations in Finland

 The formation of base cations through mineral weathering in forest soils is one of the key parameters in calculating critical loads. Weathering rates in Finland have been estimated using a variety of methods. In the first approach, three weathering rate categories were assigned to soils according to the bedrock type. The second approach was based on an empirical relationship obtained from Swedish field studies. Changes in zirconium content through the soil profile were used to estimate element losses in soil after deglaciation. These calculated losses correlated well with the total calcium and magnesium concentrations in till C-horizons and the effective temperature sum (ETS). Comprehensive geochemical data for the parent till fine fraction (<0.06 mm) was available through the reconnaissance scale till geochemical mapping program of the Geological Survey of Finland (GSF). The equations obtained from Swedish studies were based on the use of the coarse (<2.0 mm) till fraction, and the differences in element concentrations between the fine and coarse size fractions remained a potential source of uncertainty estimating overall weathering rates. In the third approach, new geochemical data from the <2.0 mm till fraction from southern Finland were used to make new weathering rate estimates. The use of soil geochemistry instead of bedrock map classification clearly led to an improvement in the estimates of soil weathering rates in glacied terrains. The use of the fine till fraction (<0.06 mm) in the zirconium approach generally resulted in overestimations of the weathering rate. The new geochemical data for the coarse till fraction (<2 mm) are now consistent with the input requirements of the zirconium method, although the results still require further evaluation. Finnish soil profiles have a shorter weathering history than most of the Swedish ones and the uppermost layer in Finnish podsols has in some cases developed in a different till layer than the C-horizon. Received: 15 October 1995 · Accepted: 8 March 1996     

Geochemical exploration in China

Geochemical exploration in China was commenced in the early 1950's. In 1951, the first experimental work was carried out in Yeshan, and a geochemical exploration section was set up in the Ministry of Geology in 1953.Regional geochemical reconnaissance (metallometric surveying) was initiated in 1956 on a nation-wide scale. Soil samples have been collected, and analyzed by semiquantitative spectrography. The results were heavily biased and were not adequately processed and utilized. Renewed efforts have been made to reprocess the vast amount of data accumulated and to utilize them more fully in mineral exploration.Meanwhile, another nation-wide project of regional geochemistry using more refined techniques is in its preparatory stage. It is the Regional Geochemistry-National Reconnaissance Project. In this project stream sediment sampling with a density of one per km² will be used in China Proper, and low-density sampling of various kinds of media in different environments will be used in remote areas. Pilot surveys covering areas of several thousand square kilometers are being undertaken in several provinces.Beside regional reconnaissance, geochemical prospecting has been carried out at virtually all phases of mineral prospecting in China.A brief summary of current research in exploration geochemistry taken by research institutes and universities is given, including studies on the methodology of regional geochemical surveys, primary halos around various types of ore deposits, mercury vapor survey techniques, refinement of analytical methods and instrumentation, and computerized data processing and plotting techniques.Several case histories are described where geochemical exploration techniques have led to successful ore discoveries in China.     

印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛低密度地球化学填图

为了快速获取印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛元素分布的详细情况,根据苏门答腊岛的地形及景观特征,以水系沉积物和土壤为采样介质,实施了覆盖全岛的1：100万低密度地球化学填图。详细介绍了1：100万低密度地球化学填图的野外工作方法、测试的元素及分析技术,根据测试结果制作了苏门答腊岛69种元素地球化学图,计算和分析了苏门答腊岛地球化学背景的特征参数。总结了苏门答腊岛不同成因类型组合元素的分布特征及规律,圈定了16处地球化学综合异常。结合主因子综合异常特征以及区内典型矿床(点)空间分布、规模,对苏门答腊岛主成矿元素综合异常进行了甲、乙、丙分类,包括6个甲级综合异常、4个乙级综合异常和6个丙级综合异常,并优选3处具有较好找矿潜力的甲级综合异常进行异常解释和讨论,认为HS7综合异常具有寻找SEDEX型铅锌矿的潜力,HS8和HS11综合异常具有寻找浅成低温热液型金银矿和矽卡岩型铜铅锌矿床的潜力,为苏门答腊岛深入开展矿产勘查提供参考和依据。     

区域化探样品元素测定几个问题的探讨

化探样品元素测定的要求,因任务的不同而异。区测与普查相比其要求不同。在普查(及详查)阶段,工作限定在较小的范围内,可能发现的矿种有限或可以预测,测定元素的数目也相应较少(约20种元素)．普查的测网较密,主要是圈出含量和衬度较高的异常内带,对灵敏度和准确度要求可以低些。区域化探主要是发现强度低、衬度低而范围大的区域地球化学异常,而且做为地球化学基础资料,是按分幅扫面,最后要拼缩成全国性的地球化学图。由于图幅间的对比拼接,要求较高的灵敏度和准确度。在区测中凡是能形成独立矿产的元素(包括稀有分散元素)以及有指示意义的伴生元素都要测定。区测化探不但用于找矿,目前日益为区域地质、自然区划、环境保护和农林畜牧的研究,提供重要的地球化学资料。目前测定的元素包括成岩特征元素在内已达39种。文中还探讨了在我国目前化验水平和能力的情况下,完成区测化探样品测定的方法和工作步骤。     

Geochemical Atlas of Finland: preliminary aspects

During 1984 and 1985, the Geological Survey of Finland carried out regional geochemical mapping of till, at a scale of 1:2,000,000, as part of a programme to produce data for the first Geochemical Atlas of Finland. The Atlas is designed to give comprehensive background information on the distribution of elements in rocks, soils, and the surficial environment.     

十年来物探、化探、遥感工作的进展与今后工作的展望

十年来物探、化探、遥感工作取得了长足的进步:开辟和扩大了新的应用领域,覆盖了地质工作中区域调查、矿产普查和水文、工程、环境地质三大方面,取得了一批好的地质效果,方法技术有了较大进步,有的达到了国际先进水平。“八五”期间和今后十年物探、化探、遥感要为提高地质调查程度和加深矿产地质背景的认识,提高找矿命中率,加大探测深度,扩大服务领域等方面发挥特殊的作用。区域性工作要有计划地提高覆盖率,开展综合编图,深化地质解释,为解决某些基础地质问题和矿产普查指明方向。矿产勘查工作要系统开展成矿远景区的物探、化探普查,加强异常查证,提高寻找隐伏矿和难识别矿的能力。水文、工程、环境调查方面要拓宽遥感、物探、化探的服务领域,充分发挥它们的作用。技术进步取决于方法、技术、设备等方面的进步和方法、技术的优化组合。为使技术水平有较大提高,要组织某些重大的技术课题进行研究和攻关,还要适时制订修订技术标准、规范、规程。     

固体矿产地球化学勘查进展与成果

为庆祝第三十届国际地质大会在北京召开,让世界各国地质同行们了解中国地矿部门固体矿产地球化学勘查工作的进展,本文主要介绍我国地球化学勘查的成果。近十五年来已完成区域化探覆盖面积517万km2,中比例尺化探普查面积约90万km2,发现各类化探异常约4.3万处,通过检查化探异常和工程验证发现具工业价值的大、中、小型矿床569处,找矿效果非常显着,特别是化探找金、银矿方面取得突破性成果,化探方法技术不断提高和广泛推广。特殊景观区的野外工作方法、化探样品微量、痕量元素测试方法技术、化探异常的查证方法及化探数据处理与成图等方面均接近或达到国际水平。回顾过去,地球化学勘查进展迅速,成果丰硕,技术水平不断提高。展望未来,地球化学勘查目标明确,任务繁重,地质找矿潜力巨大。     

Considerations regarding the definition of a geochemical baseline of elements in the surficial materials in areas differing in basic geology

The problem of a geochemical baseline in areas differing in basic geology was studied by comparing the results of regional geochemical mapping programmes undertaken in Finland and Lithuania using different sample media and a variety of analytical methods. The authors discuss issues relevant to the definition of a geochemical baseline.Most of the differences in geochemical baselines between Lithuania and Finland are due to the dissimilarities in basic geology, which in Lithuania is controlled by Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, but in Finland by Archaean and Proterozoic metamorphic and intrusive rocks. Other important factors are the geological processes that after the last glaciation created the present surficial materials. In Finland, for instance, the abundances of potentially harmful elements derived from crystalline bedrock tend to be higher than in Lithuania. However, in both countries element concentrations are higher in finely-grained marine and lacustrine sediments than in glacial till, and they are also higher in the finer grain size fractions than in the coarser fractions of till samples. Only a small proportion of the total heavy metal concentrations is bioavailable. Thus the baseline concentrations depend not only on the basic geology, but also on sample material collected, its grain size and the extraction method.     

The problem of defining geochemical baselines. A case study of selected elements and geological materials in Finland

Although the term ‘geochemical baseline’ appears in the international geochemical mapping programmes IGCP 259 and 360, it has never been well defined. Several considerations relevant to such a definition are discussed. A geochemical baseline for an element refers to its natural variations in concentration in the surficial environment. Geochemical baselines were studied in Finland by comparing results from regional geochemical mapping programmes based on samples of till, clay and organic stream sediment. The geochemical background changes regionally with the basic geology and locally with the type and genesis of the overburden. Baseline concentrations depend on sample material collected, grain size and extraction method. In Finland, concentrations of potentially harmful elements tend to be higher in fine-grained marine and lacustrine sediments than in glacial till. Concentrations are also systematically higher in the < 0.06 mm fraction than in the < 2 mm size fraction of till samples. Only small proportions of the total heavy metal concentrations in Finnish marine clays are bioavailable. Geochemical baselines are needed for environmental legislation and political decision-making, especially in the assessment of contaminated soil. In many areas of Finland, natural concentrations of several heavy metals exceed the guide or limit values designated for contaminated soils. Thus baselines must always be verified in any assessment of sites for contamination.     

三维化探数据处理圈定地球化学异常原理及其意义

以往传统的化探异常圈定,均采用二维化探数据计算方法,这种数据处理方法在勘查地球化学行业已应用多年,到目前为止也仍然是生产中勘查地球化学规范执行标准。但在采样和景观差异较大的前提下,这种数据处理方法在找矿方面尚有不足之处。为弥补这些不足,我们提出了一种新的化探数据处理方法,即增加高程要素的三维数据处理成图方法。通过试验证明该方法对综合异常的圈定效果较好,异常物质流向更为清楚。三维数据处理法圈定的范围小、浓集中心明显,有利于准确布置地表探矿工程,并可以节约勘查成本,提高找矿命中率。在地球化学环境分析和地球化学找矿评价方面具有重要的现实意义。     

Mineralogical investigations in the interpretation of heavy-mineral geochemical results from till

Heavy-mineral geochemistry and its use in prospecting are based on the fact that some ore minerals (e.g. cassiterite, scheelite, wolframite, chromite, pyrochlore and columbite-tantalite) have a higher specific gravity than the common rock-forming silicates and are highly resistant to weathering in the secondary environment. Till, the most common type of surficial deposit in Finland, is relatively homogeneous and thus constitutes an appropriate sampling material for heavy-mineral geochemical studies. This is especially true in reconnaissance prospecting.The present work concentrates on the interpretation of heavy-mineral anomalies by reference to mineralogical and mineral chemistry data. Tetrabromoethane and a Frantz Isodynamic Separator were used to divide the heavy-mineral samples into subfractions, after which the minerals present were identified by light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, electron microprobe techniques and X-ray diffraction.Applications of the methods at three tin anomaly sites in southern Finland are described. The results successfully predicted the presence of a greisen in one area and a pegmatite in another. Those for the third area were somewhat contradictory, the mineralogical composition of the samples suggesting a greisen source for the tin while the composition of the cassiterite pointed to a pegmatite or granite source.     

内蒙古地质地球化学分区及地球化学成矿预测

通过内蒙古表生环境中元素相容性排序检验,认为1∶20区域化探普查成果能提供原生环境中各类地质信息,尤其是普查找矿信息。区域化探元素测试结果存在系统误差,通过数据调平处理,保证了化探数据的质量。ln(wCr×wNi×wCo)等图件提供的信息,可作为划分地质地球化学分区的主要依据之一,对基础地质研究有参考价值。在此基础上初步圈定了元素地球化学成矿预测区,为内蒙古自治区提供了有价值的普查找矿信息。     

地球化学填图的国际研究现状及建议

以环境调查、矿产勘探、土地合理利用和绿色农业生产为目的的区域地球化学综合调查工作正在世界各国开展。研究领域有：①制定土地合理使用和区域发展规划;②进行环境污染程度和环境本底值调查;③对研究区成矿潜力进行预测;④进行原生地球化学环境调查,为地方病的防治和动植物的健康服务;⑤对土壤肥力进行评估,为合理施肥和绿色农业服务。结合国内外研究动态,对我国今后开展的多目标地球化学填图提出了一些建议。     

Dispersal of tungsten in glacial drift and humus in Bergslagen, southern central Sweden

Since the late part of the 19th century prospecting for W in the western world has been based mainly on the mechanical concentration of heavy minerals in sediments (panning), followed by visual and chemical analyses of the heavy-mineral fraction. Since the early 1970's, W prospecting in Sweden has been based on the use of heavy-mineral concentrates from till.In tests performed in a scheelite-mineralized area in the Bergslagen area of central Sweden, samples from the A- and C-horizon of the podzolic profile have been collected along grid lines across the ore as well as down-ice along the direction of final glacial transport from the ore. The purpose of the study was to test which sample types should be used in geochemical prospecting for W in the region.The results show that all the sample types studied can be used in geochemical prospecting for W in southern central Sweden. The heavy-mineral concentrate of till is primarily recommended for use at a regional and local scale. Humus is given the lowest priority of the sample types studied because of the poor analytical reproducibility for some samples with high values of W.     

用AutoCAD二次开发系统绘制化探图

将地球化学测量的分析数据按照每条测线上的测点位置以一定的顺序依次输入Microsoft Excel、Microsoft Word或其他数据库软件编制的多元素分析数据表，并对各元素分别建立成纯文本数据文件。根据制图比例尺、测线数目和间距、测线上测点数目和点距、测区的某一角点坐标等已知参数，分别计算出各测点在图纸上的坐标值，将纯文本数据文件中各元素的分析结果标注在图纸上对应的测点位置，以绘制原始数据图并根据如上的参数以及化验数据计算编绘平面剖面图，最后再根据测线方位角使整个图形旋转，从而完成图件的制作。按照上述方法，以VisualLISP为工具，利用AutoCAD2000二次开发技术编制相应的处理程序，从而实现地球化学原始数据图和平面剖面图的微机制图。     

Multipurpose geochemical maps produced by integration of geochemical exploration data sets in The Paraná Shield, Brazil

Old geochemical datasets from the Paraná Shield of southern Brazil have been integrated into a new geochemical database and the results are presented as a series of multipurpose geochemical maps. Although the 24 datasets retrieved were analysed by three different laboratories, the maps produced correlate surprisingly well with bedrock geological features.The retrieval of old geochemical exploration data sets for the purpose of generating maps showing element depletions and enrichments is a powerful tool with a wide range of applications: trace elements such as Zn, Cu and Mo can significantly affect crop productivity; areas with high abundances of harmful elements such as As and F can be delineated in order to identify public health hazards; heavy metals such as Cd, Pb and Hg can be measured in order to better constrain knowledge of chemical background levels for environmental monitoring. The integration and manipulation of different data sets can however be complicated by the heterogeneity in sampling and analytical procedures.     

山阳-柞水矿集区斑岩-矽卡岩型多金属矿床找矿方法组合研究

山阳-柞水矿集区构造-岩浆活动强烈,成矿作用显著,以发育新元古代、晚三叠世、晚侏罗世-早白垩世三期岩浆作用及其相关的斑岩-矽卡岩型铜钼-金-铁多金属矿床为特征。这些不同类型矿床的找矿方法在不同找矿阶段完全不同。其中预查选区阶段在综合研究基础上,采用以1∶50000水系沉积物测量为主,结合1∶100000航磁解译或1∶50000高精度磁测,地质地球化学剖面与激电/磁法剖面相互验证,以快速圈定靶区或矿化带;普查评价阶段在1∶10000~1∶2000地质填图、大比例尺遥感解译及蚀变信息提取基础上,通过1∶10000或1∶5000土壤正规网测量、高精度磁测或激电扫面、可控源音频大地电磁测深、高光谱蚀变矿物填图、地物化综合剖面等方法综合确定含矿地段,依据工程验证控制进一步有效追索、圈连矿(化)体。通过这些找矿方法组合,目前已在山阳-柞水矿集区内发现池沟铜钼矿床、冷水沟铜矿床和白沙沟金矿点等。     

地矿部化探发展四十年

本文简要回顾地矿部建立四十年以来的地球化学勘查工作的发展。自1952年地质部成立化探室以来,化探经过早期创业阶段;到60年代化探方法技术水平不断提高,技术队伍逐年发展壮大;1978年以后,化探开始全面迅速的发展。主要在区域化探、金矿化探、岩石地球化学测量、汞量测量以及化探样品分析方法和技术等方面的发展最为显著。近10年来,区域化探在全国覆盖面积达401万平方公里,化探在寻找贵金属和有色金属矿产等方面取得了突出的找矿效果,化探方法技术水平比以往上了一个新台阶,在化探工作方法方面,特别是特殊景观区化探工作方法研究,样品分析技术和质量监控,标准样的制备,计算机技术在化探中的应用,以及化探仪器的研制等均达到国内外较高水平。我部的化探工作展望未来,目标明确,任务艰巨,在今后地质找矿以及环境、农业等领域中的应用,必将发挥更大的作用。