扫描电子显微镜对花岗岩中主要矿物裂隙作用的研究(英文)

微裂隙对于岩石的物理性质有重要影响.通过光学显微镜对显微裂隙进行的观察,难以将薄片的制作过程中产生的裂隙同自然裂隙区分;其次,观测的裂隙大小限制在0.1mm或以上数量级,一些重要细节观察不到.扫描电镜的高放大倍数和三维分辨率使其成为适合于裂隙研究的理想工具.利用扫描电镜观测了浙江花岗岩在室温下由51.6MPa压力产生的裂隙的发育过程.观察花岗岩的表面以研究其微裂隙和矿物的解理、晶形及破裂作用.微裂隙分为3种类型:晶体内裂隙(完全发育在颗粒内部),晶体间裂隙(穿过颗粒边界进入其他颗粒中),颗粒边界裂隙(沿颗粒边界发育或与边界重合).本研究中的花岗岩为中—粗粒(1～6mm),经过蚀变,约含40%斜长石,25%钾长石,25%石英,10%镁铁矿物(主要为黑云母和白云母).(1)石英裂隙表面的石英颗粒具有边界破裂和贯穿颗粒破裂.贯穿石英颗粒的破裂常呈贝壳状断口.变形集中带与滑动面相伴,其上发育有擦痕和沟槽,这是石英典型的脆性破裂类型.石英矿物的贝壳状破裂产状指示其变形作用早期的碎裂作用,在变形作用中发生交代作用.一些平滑的破裂面上没有石英颗粒的微裂隙构造,但在石英表面却有明显的擦痕面,可指示应力的方向.由于石英的各向异性,这些面也是由贯穿颗粒破裂所形成.一些开放的裂隙集中于石英晶体之中或沿     

南岭地区中生代两种成矿花岗质岩的岩石学和矿物学特征探讨

南岭地区是我国重要的有色金属矿产资源集中区,中生代多金属成矿与本区广泛分布的花岗质岩石具有密切的成因关系.本文在总结南岭地区与花岗质岩石有关的钨锡钼铋和铜(钼)铅锌金银两类多金属矿床时空分布规律、岩体特征的基础上,探讨并对比了这两种成矿花岗质岩的岩石学和矿物学特征,指出:①与钨锡钼铋成矿有关的岩浆岩以壳源物质重熔形成的黑云母花岗岩为主,但不少岩体也带有幔源物质信息.造岩矿物组合为石英+钾长石+斜长石+黑云母+白云母±角闪石,石英、长石、黑云母包含结构十分发育.斜长石以钠长石为主,An平均值为8;黑云母为富铁黑云母—铁叶云母—铝铁叶云母,MF值为0.001～0.5311;个别岩体中含角闪石,Mg# =0.21～0.53.②与铜(钼)铅锌金银成矿有关的岩浆岩以壳幔混源的花岗闪长岩为主.造岩矿物组合为石英+斜长石+钾长石+黑云母+角闪石±白云母,包含结构不发育.斜长石以更长石为主,An平均值为22;黑云母为富镁黑云母,MF值为0.5120～0.7216;普遍见有角闪石,Mg# =0.48～1.00.两类成矿岩浆岩的岩石学和矿物学差异可以为南岭花岗质岩石地区找矿提供初步的指示意义.     

对云龙铁广锡矿含矿岩石的一些认识

本文指出云龙铁厂锡矿的含矿岩石(围岩)为一套变晶碎裂岩,其原岩应是岩浆花岗岩。岩石具有较强的碎裂变形。主要矿物钾长石、斜长石在岩石中呈碎裂斑晶;石英少数为压碎残留,多数重结晶,形成微粒状的结合体,充填于碎斑的裂隙和粒间。黑云母、白云母及多硅白云母的鳞片集合体在岩石中成条纹及条带,与重结晶的石英集合体和长石碎斑相间分布,形成条纹或条带状变晶碎裂岩;在条纹条带不发育的部位,成为角砾状变晶碎裂岩。以岩石碎斑中较多的残留结构及矿物成分、岩化特点、硫同位素、稀土元素的特征等作为恢复原岩的依据,认为原岩是岩浆花岗岩;它在特定的构造环境中,经断裂变质作用形成变晶碎裂岩,也可称变晶花岗碎裂岩。     

X射线粉晶衍射仪在千枚岩鉴定与分类中的应用

以往千枚岩是依据显微镜下观察岩石结构构造及矿物成分进行分类定名.实际上千枚岩中鳞片状绿泥石和黑云母以及微粒石英、钾长石和斜长石在岩石薄片中区分十分困难.为了准确鉴定千枚岩中鳞片状和微粒状造岩矿物种类及其相对含量,利用X射线粉晶衍射半定量技术对19件千枚岩岩石进行分析测试.研究结果显示：利用云母、绿泥石、石英、钾长石和斜长石等造岩矿物X射线衍射峰的明显差异,结合X射线衍射全谱拟合半定量分析测试技术,能快速检测云母、绿泥石、石英、钾长石和斜长石等造岩矿物种类与含量.实践证明,将千枚岩岩石野外观察、岩石薄片鉴定和X射线粉晶衍射技术紧密结合起来,才能准确定出千枚岩岩石的名称.     

灵山花岗岩的长石特征及其成因意义

灵山花岗岩为一复式岩体,由四期岩石组成。文中分别提出了四种花岗岩中长石的光学性质、化学成分、X光衍射分析的数据。这些数据说明四种岩石间存在分异演化关系。花岗岩中长石具有清楚的交代特征,晚期岩体中的钾长石的An和Ab组份十分低,斜长石中的An和O?组份也很低,说明钠长石化黑鳞云母花岗岩和钠长石化铁锂云母花岗岩为交代蚀变花岗岩。稀有元素花岗岩是岩浆分异和岩浆期后交代作用综合作用的结果。     

花岗质超糜棱岩的微观构造与变形机制

花岗质岩石的变形方式和过程决定大陆地壳的流变学特性。本文聚焦藏南拆离系超糜棱岩化的花岗质岩石，借助传统显微构造分析方法和扫描电镜、阴极发光、矿相自动分析系统和电子背散射衍射等新技术手段，开展微观组分、结构、组构定量化观测和分析。超糜棱岩主要造岩矿物为钾长石、斜长石、石英、黑云母等，显微构造呈现为单矿物相域与多相矿物混合域交织结构。相平衡模拟与斜长石钙含量等值线变形温度估算结果为390～410℃。单相域的矿物集合体条带主要分为钾长石条带与石英条带，其中钾长石条带内变形颗粒呈现典型的核 幔构造。组构分析表明钾长石颗粒具有强烈的晶格优选定向，残斑与动态重结晶的钾长石颗粒具有相似的晶格优选方位(CPOs)特征。施密特因子法分析揭示钾长石残斑变形过程中主要活动的滑移系为(100)\[010\]、(010)\[001\]和(001)\[100\]，基质钾长石颗粒形成机制主要为位错蠕变驱动的亚颗粒旋转重结晶。在混合相域，矿物颗粒发生强烈细粒化而只含有少量残斑，基质颗粒主要为斜长石，斜长石颗粒间广泛分布微米级黑云母颗粒。斜长石无组构或弱组构，主导变形机制为颗粒边界滑动。在单相域条带与混合相域基质内，石英颗粒均发生强烈细粒化，颗粒表面发育溶蚀结构以及细小的新晶晶核，石英＜c＞轴晶格优选定向及形态学长轴优选定向皆平行于线理X方向，变形机制为溶解 沉淀蠕变。这显示在由单相域向混合相域的演化过程中，流体作用至关重要，流体与单相域钾长石进行交代使其分解为细粒的斜长石与石英，并导致花岗质岩石变形机制由位错蠕变向非位错蠕变转换，并诱发岩石的流变弱化。     

琼西南晚白垩世千家岩体矿物学特征及其对岩石成因的约束

千家岩体为海南岛典型的晚白垩世早期花岗质杂岩体,岩石类型主要有花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩及正长花岗岩,常见造岩矿物有黑云母、角闪石、斜长石、碱性长石、石英等。为进一步揭示岩石形成过程及源区性质,反演壳幔相互作用,本文选取千家岩体,利用电子探针技术对不同岩石类型中的主要矿物进行了矿物化学分析。结果显示,角闪石、黑云母均属于壳幔混源成因,斜长石发育正反环带及振荡环带,记录了岩浆混合作用的影响。镜下观察发现,千家岩体各类岩石中存在大量的岩浆不平衡结构,如斜长石和角闪石的环带结构,针状产出的磷灰石,以及斜长石、钾长石和石英的嵌晶结构等,结合暗色微粒包体的分布组合及形态特征,认为千家岩体形成中经历了岩浆混合作用。综合来说,岩石及矿物化学证据均表明,岩浆混合作用是研究区岩石形成的主因,矿物学证据表明,千家岩体岩石类型为I型花岗岩,其源区属钙碱性岩浆,黑云母矿物化学数据表明岩石形成环境为相对较低的氧逸度。     

内蒙古兴安盟杜尔基地区花岗岩矿物学特征和Hf同位素研究

杜尔基花岗岩基位于大兴安岭中南段,且处在大兴安岭一个大型多金属矿集区(Au-Ag-Cu-Zn-Sn-Fe)中。区内岩浆活动复杂,成矿元素多样,其中,杜尔基花岗岩是本地区出露面积较大(约190 km2)的岩体之一。为厘清区内不同花岗质岩石的源区特征及其与成矿的关系,文章对杜尔基地区花岗岩的主要岩性单元二长花岗岩和正长花岗岩进行了系统的矿物学和Hf同位素组成研究。结果表明:二长花岗岩的主要矿物为斜长石(32%)、钾长石(45%)、石英(20%),次要矿物为黑云母、角闪石和辉石等暗色矿物(3%);正长花岗岩的主要组成矿物为石英(10%~15%)、钾长石(60%~70%)和斜长石(30%),次要矿物为黑云母(5%),在这两种花岗岩中均广泛发育条纹长石。黑云母主要为铁质黑云母和铁叶云母,角闪石为韭闪石和普通角闪石,辉石为普通辉石。矿物学特征均指示杜尔基花岗岩主要为I型花岗岩。二长花岗岩εHf为-1.6~17.6,正长花岗岩εHf为-3.3~12.2。杜尔基花岗岩Hf同位素特征指示其源区为新生的地壳物质,可能是来自地幔的底侵玄武质岩浆发生重熔的结果。     

扫描电子显微镜对花岗岩中主要矿物裂隙作用的研究

微裂隙对于岩石的物理性质有重要影响.通过光学显微镜对显微裂隙进行的观察,难以将薄片的制作过程中产生的裂隙同自然裂隙区分;其次,观测的裂隙大小限制在0.1mm或以上数量级,一些重要细节观察不到.扫描电镜的高放大倍数和三维分辨率使其成为适合于裂隙研究的理想工具.利用扫描电镜观测了浙江花岗岩在室温下由51.6MPa压力产生的裂隙的发育过程.观察花岗岩的表面以研究其微裂隙和矿物的解理、晶形及破裂作用.微裂隙分为3种类型:晶体内裂隙(完全发育在颗粒内部),晶体间裂隙(穿过颗粒边界进入其他颗粒中),颗粒边界裂隙(沿颗粒边界发育或与边界重合).本研究中的花岗岩为中-粗粒(1~6mm),经过蚀变,约含40%斜长石,25%钾长石,25%石英,10%镁铁矿物(主要为黑云母和白云母).     

碱交代形成奥长花岗岩的实例——阿拉巴玛州阿巴拉契亚Rockford花岗岩

文中提出了奥长花岗岩成因的一种模式—通过富Na变质流体的渗透使花岗岩转化成奥长花岗岩。Alabama Piedmont北部Rockford花岗岩作为这个过程的一个实例,它以同变质的过铝奥长花岗岩—花岗岩组合为特征。从花岗岩到奥长花岗岩转化的主要作用是通过挥发性流体介质使长石和云母相中的K阳离子被Na阳离子置换。奥长花岗岩全岩δ~(18)O值和K/Na比值负相关,这一关系表示被改造的花岗质岩石与富Na和~(18)O变质成因的流体之间局部的处于再平衡。黑云母分解成富Al绿帘石—钠云母一次生石英集合体的过程也与Na交代作用有关,同时Al绿帘石和次生锆石取代了磷灰石。在奥长花岗中罕见原生岩浆成因斜长石的钠长石化,并且见到岩浆成因石榴石外缘生长的钙铝榴石反应边。上述现象表明了碱交代过程中钙的活动性。交代相代替岩浆相显不出在渗流交代过程中所发生的化学变化。与花岗岩相比,奥长花岗岩在这个过程中P_2O_5、Th、U、Rb、K_2O、V、Sn、F、MgO、Pb、TiO_2、FcO~*和Li发生了亏损,而CaO、Na_2O、Zr、Sr富集。其它元素如Cr、MnO、Cu、Zn、Co、Ba、SiO_2、Ni、Al_2O_2在交代过程中表现为相对稳定。这种渗流交代作用大概出现在递增区域变质作用期间,是在角闪岩相变质沉积岩中产生的不连续流体相的影响下发生的。很明显花岗岩中片理作为流体流动的通道,加强了反应的渗透性,在长石中Na对K的置换使其摩尔体积降低8％。变质流体中Na和Sr可能来源于变质沉积岩围岩中的钠云母。Rb和K可能保留于变沉积岩的黑云母之中。Ontario东南SilenfLake侵入体可能发生与Rockford花岗岩类似的碱交代作用。     

九华山花岗岩体钠交代特征与成矿作用的初步探讨

本文分析和归纳了花岗岩、钠交代岩的产出条件、蚀变特征,论述了岩体中热液活动阶段划分及蚀变流体的演化。探讨了钠交代作用及其蚀变岩石对铍铀成矿所起的控制作用。     

福建马坑铁（钼）矿床矽卡岩矿物学特征及分带研究

马坑大型铁(钼)矿赋存于莒舟-大洋花岗岩体外接触带黄龙组(C2h)灰岩和林地组(C1l)碎屑岩层间构造破碎带中,铁矿与矽卡岩密切共生,但矿床成因尚存在争议。本文就马坑铁矿矽卡岩进行了矿物学特征研究。电子探针分析结果表明:该矿矽卡岩矿物组合主要为辉石、石榴子石和钙蔷薇辉石,退化蚀变岩矿物组合为角闪石、绿帘石、绿泥石、石英等。单斜辉石以透辉石和钙铁辉石为主,仅存在少量锰钙辉石;似辉石为钙蔷薇辉石和蔷薇辉石;石榴子石端元成分以钙铁榴石为主,钙铝榴石少量;角闪石属于钙角闪石,矿物学特征表明它们形成于相对较氧化的条件下。马坑铁矿的矽卡岩是由热流体沿灰岩与碎屑岩之间层间构造破碎带交代形成的,铁矿石大部分产于矽卡岩内,磁铁矿多稍晚于矽卡岩,不仅广泛交代矽卡岩,而且还直接交代灰岩、砂岩等围岩,呈交代结构;主矿体下盘常出现厚层石英岩,碎屑岩也出现了明显的交代,矽卡岩分带现象普遍,与典型矽卡岩矿床特征一致。结合矿床地质特征,马坑铁矿矿床类型应为层控矽卡岩型矿床。     

Magmatism and formation conditions of the Urma helvite-bertrandite deposit,West Transbaikal berillium province

The relationships between mineralization and magmatism during the formation of the Early Mesozoic West Transbaikal beryllium province are exemplified in the Urma helvite-bertrandite deposit. The deposit is drawn toward granitoids of elevated alkalinity, which belong to the Tashir Complex. Mineralization is related to leucogranite and characterized by patched distribution controlled by localization of metasomatic alteration. The latter is identified owing to replacement of feldspar with microcline and albite followed by silicification related to fracture zones. Helvite and bertrandite are the major Be minerals at the deposit. The Be grade of the ore is nonuniform and varies from 740 to 25000 ppm. Zircon, malacon, monazite, allanite, bastnaesite, columbite, and xenotime occur in metasomatic rocks together with Be minerals. Geochemical characteristics of alkali granites and metasomatic rocks are similar in a wide range of incompatible elements. Both are characterized by lowered Ba, Sr, P, and Eu contents and enriched in Th, U, Pb, Zr, and Hf. The degree of enrichment is the highest in the ore. The Be content in the ore correlates with concentrations of a number of other rare metals typical of host granite, which form their own mineralization against the background of metasomatic alteration, including Zr and REE minerals. Similarity in geochemistry of granitic rocks and Be ore indicates that the Urma deposit was related to the evolution of magmatic melt. Regional correlation shows that the ore-magmatic system of the Urma deposit is close to that of the Orot deposit, one of the largest in the central segment of the West Transbaikal metallogenic province. Both deposits are characterized by a similar composition of granitoids and comparable localization of ore zones in the structure of plutons. This similarity supports the high ore resource potential of Early Mesozoic alkali granites in the western Transbaikal region. Taking into account that these granitoids are widespread in the West Transbaikal Rift Zone that controls the metallogenic province, one can expect the discovery of new deposits therein.     

新疆拜城波孜果尔东矿区侵入岩矿物学特征

新疆拜城县波孜果尔东矿区侵入岩为富含铌、钽、铀、钍、稀土、锆、铷、铯、锂等有用元素的含矿岩体.通过偏光显微镜、电子探针(EPMA)分析, 对拜城波孜果尔东矿区侵入岩的矿物学特征进行了详细的研究, 并对岩浆形成的构造背景进行了初步探讨, 这对成岩、成矿作用研究有一定参考意义.研究结果表明, 波孜果尔东矿区侵入岩为黑云母碱性花岗岩, 主要造岩矿物包括石英、钠长石、钾长石、钠铁闪石、锂云母和黑云母等.其中, 黑云母为锂铁叶云母, 以富Si富Fe、低Al贫Mg为特征; 锂云母以富Si、高Li低Al为特征, 它们为黑云母-锂铁云母系列的不同成员, 均属三八面体型.钠铁闪石以富含Fe2+为特征.副矿物包括烧绿石、星叶石、氟铈矿、独居石、钍石、萤石、锆石、铌铁矿等.岩石形成于非造山的板内构造环境, 且具高温、无水、低氧逸度的成岩特点.      

诸广南部产铀花岗岩长江岩体中的绿泥石和铀源矿物研究

长江岩体是诸广南部地区重要的产铀花岗岩体之一,此次研究运用电子探针和扫描电镜对长江岩体新鲜花岗岩和 蚀变花岗岩中的绿泥石和有关含铀矿物进行了精细对比,揭示花岗岩中铀的活化与成矿前期或早期致使花岗岩发生绿泥 石化的还原性热液蚀变作用关系密切,黑云母等的绿泥石化蚀变,使其中包裹的一些含铀副矿物也发生蚀变,导致原来 以类质同象形式存在于副矿物中的惰性铀转变成活性铀,并在绿泥石附近沉淀成铀石等铀含量高且在成矿期低度氧化性 热液作用下容易释放铀的矿物。长江岩体中的副矿物有锆石、磷灰石、褐帘石、铀石-钍石、晶质铀矿、独居石等,其 中,晶质铀矿、铀石、铀钍石中铀含量高且铀容易释放,是长江岩体的主要铀源矿物;独居石中铀含量较高,当其周围 矿物绿泥石化时,独居石蚀变形成直氟碳钙铈矿并释放铀,因而也是长江岩体的潜在铀源矿物;锆石中铀含量虽高,但 因其结构稳定,铀难以释放,因此它不是长江岩体中重要的铀源矿物;磷灰石、褐帘石中铀含量均低于检测限,作为铀 源矿物的可能性很小。     

内蒙古科右前旗保隆南沟—老敖沟银矿化带岩石特征及其指示意义

内蒙古科右前旗保隆南沟—老敖沟一带银矿受断裂构造控制,矿体多呈脉状,赋存于上侏罗统玛尼吐组和侏罗纪花岗岩体的蚀变岩中.矿化岩石的主要蚀变有钾化、电气石化、绢云母化、硅化、绿泥石化、绿帘石化等.矿石矿物主要有辉银矿、方铅矿、闪锌矿、毒砂、辉钼矿、辉铋矿、黄铁矿、黄铜矿、磁铁矿、褐铁矿等.通过对矿体地质特征、矿化蚀变、矿化...     

The genesis of Zr–Nb–REE mineralisation at Khalzan Buregte (Western Mongolia) reconsidered

The sources and formation conditions of unconventional Zr–Nb–REE mineralisation (REE = rare earth elements) presently found in increasing number worldwide are still poorly constrained. One particular problem is the specific role of magmatic and hydrothermal processes active in various geological settings. Investigation of Zr–Nb–REE mineralisation at Khalzan Buregte and Tsakhir, Western Mongolia, enables to evaluate magmatic processes preceding economic mineralisation and, in a second step, to compare similar ore-forming processes developing in host rocks of contrasting rock composition (low- vs. high-silica rocks). The genesis of the Zr–Nb–REE mineralisation is re-assessed using field observations, whole rock analysis (chemical composition, quantitative modal analysis by X-ray diffraction) and by the application of various transmitted light and electron microscopic techniques. Coarse-grained intrusive bodies, dikes and volcanic rocks of alkaline, silica-saturated composition were found to be contemporarily emplaced at subvolcanic to volcanic levels forming four alkaline massifs within the Khalzan Buregte area. The whole rock composition of weakly altered magmatic rocks ranges from syenite to quartz monzonite and alkaline granite (alkali feldspar syenite to alkali feldspar granite according to their modal composition). Magmatic and at least two subsequent hydrothermal processes contributed significantly to the formation of economic concentrations of high field strength elements (HFSE) such as Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, REE and Y in the Khalzan Buregte deposit and in the nearby Tsakhir prospect. Mixing of magma from at least three sources and the formation of potassium feldspar cumulates resulted in local enrichment of Zr, Nb and light rare earth elements (LREE) in the rocks up to sub-economic levels. There was no significant increase in Y and heavy rare earth elements (HREE) during magmatism.Multistage metasomatic alteration resulted in a pronounced chemical and mineralogical heterogeneity of associated alteration assemblages. The main hosts of Zr and Hf in the ores are zircon and other zirconium silicates (gittinsite, catapleiite-(Ca) and elpidite). The rare metals Nb and Ta are mainly contained in various types of pyrochlore (Khalzan Buregte) and, to a lesser extent, in fergusonite and other minerals (Tsakhir). A large variety of REE- and Y-bearing minerals have been identified, including oxides, fluorocarbonates and silicates. Early hydrothermal alteration by silica- and carbonate-rich fluids yielded extreme concentrations of Zr, Nb and LREE. Later alteration resulted in enrichment of Y and HREE. In the latter case, fluids were very rich in fluorine. Our preliminary genetic model assumes a carbonatite-related fluid system responsible for the early alteration that occurred late during or postdating the intrusion/extrusion of the silica-saturated magmas. A “Li-F granite-type” fluid system was active during the late alteration. The interplay of all these processes resulted in the formation of a complex, economic Zr–Nb–REE mineralisation at Khalzan Buregte.     

Application of scanning X-ray analytical microscope to the petrographic characterization of a ductile shear zone: an alternative method to image microstructures

A ductile shear zone within a metasomatic biotite band in the Ryoke granite, Teshima, SW Japan, has been studied using the scanning X-ray analytical microscope (SXAM). This enabled the quantitative distributions of major elements, such as Si, K, Fe, Al and Ca, to be determined within the shear zone. These element maps were processed to transform them into images showing the distribution of minerals such as quartz, biotite, plagioclase and K-feldspar, which form the major minerals within the biotite band and the granite protolith. Mineral profiles based on these mineral maps compared with the simple shear strain profile reveal that the shear zone is most intense where quartz and biotite have been substituted for the primary mineral assemblage of the granite protolith, suggesting that the stresses imposed on the granite caused the shear strain to localize along the biotite band to produce the observed shear zone. It appears that the rheological behavior changed around 50–60% of quartz modal composition.     

大岗山坝区辉绿岩脉蚀变泥化特征及机理研究

针对大岗山水电站坝区辉绿岩脉蚀变泥化问题,在系统调研和室内试验基础上探讨了蚀变泥化带的空间分布特征、结构构造、矿物学特征及物理力学性质,并结合区域地质环境分析了蚀变泥化岩形成的主要原因。研究表明,坝区SN向辉绿岩脉劈理化强烈,蚀变泥化带发育,且主要集中发育于岩脉与花岗岩接触面及内部强烈劈理化部位。蚀变泥化岩松散易碎,具有塑性高、含水量高、重度低及中等压缩性等物性特征。X衍射和扫描电镜显示蚀变生成了大量的黏土矿物,且具有多孔隙空洞的微观结构特征。富含辉石等暗色矿物和热液交代、多期次的构造挤压错动及浅表生风化作用构成岩脉蚀变泥化的主要原因。     

Geology and mineralogy of the Alakha spodumene granite porphyry deposit,Gorny Altai,Russia

The Alakha lithium–tantalum deposit in the southern Altai, Russia, is represented by a stock of spodumene-bearing granite porphyry localized in the Kalba–Narym–Koktogai lithium–tantalum rare-metal granitic belt, unique in extent (more than 1000 km). This belt is a part of the Altai accretionary–collisional system. Judging from forecasting, the Alakha deposit can be regarded as an uneroded proxy of a pegmatite body both in dimensions and mean Li₂O and Ta₂O₅ contents (0.98 wt % and 114 ppm, respectively); however, the oregenerating potential of this deposit remains insufficiently studied and had not yet been claimed. In this paper, we attempt to fill this gap with a detailed mineralogical study, which allows us to provide insights into the crystallization of Li-bearing high-silicic magma and redistribution of components during magmatic and postmagmatic processes. Accessory mineral assemblages in muscovite–spodumene–K-feldspar granite porphyry and muscovite albitite—the main petrographic rock varieties of the Alakha stock—turned out to be almost identical. A significant similarity in the chemistry of major rock-forming minerals is established for spodumene granite porphyry of the Alakha stock and spodumene pegmatites from large deposits, which makes it possible to suggest that they are close in the petrogenetic mechanism of their formation. The mineral assemblages of muscovite albitite in the apical portion of the Alakha stock are connected by gradual transition with those of spodumene granite porphyry. Such a transition is caused by postmagmatic metasomatic alteration of the latter.