河北高寺台杂岩体铂、钯地球化学分布和异常特征

在高寺台超镁铁杂岩体发现了2种铂族元素异常:一种异常分布在杂岩体纯橄榄岩或橄榄岩带的镁质超基性岩中,与已知的含铂族铬铁矿有关,与已知的铬、钴、镍等矿化主金属的强异常密切共生。在这种异常中,钯呈甚低的背景分布,w(Pt)/w(Pd)大;另一种铂族元素异常呈带状沿杂岩体透辉岩带及其中的剪切带分布,其异常特征是铂、钯异常密切共生,w(Pt)/w(Pd)近于1,并且,在这种异常中,不伴生铬、镍等元素的强异常。这是一种新的铂、钯等元素的地球化学富集和矿化。研究表明,采用岩石、土壤、水系沉积物铂、钯地球化学勘查技术,可以发现难识别的铂族矿化。     

四川大岩子铂-钯矿床的原生地球化学异常特征及盲矿预测

迄今为止文献中未见有铂矿原生晕研究的报道,通过对大岩子矿区地表和不同中段坑道原生晕的研究,发现在铂-钯矿体周围有清晰的F、Sb、Cd、Hg、As、Ag、Au、Pd、Pt、Cu、Ni元素的原生晕,其中F、Sb、Cd、Hg、As为前缘指示元素,Au、Ag为近矿指示元素,Pt、Pd、Cu、Ni为成矿指示元素.元素的垂直分带序列为(地表至矿体):(F、Sb、Cd、Hg、As)-(Ag、Au)-(Pd、Pt)-(Cu、Ni).地表岩石地球化学测量发现的Ⅲ号Pd、Pt异常带,具有多元素异常组合特征,判断为矿致异常,推测在该异常带下方可望找到隐伏矿体.坑道原生晕研究发现,在PD4中段出现浓集中心醒目、浓度分带清晰的F原生晕,推测在PD4中段下方可能存在新的盲矿体.     

香炉山地区水系沉积物铂·钯地球化学异常特征

香炉山地区采用1个样/km²的水系沉积物测量,在苏家营-则家坪地区圈出1个Pt、Pd、Au异常带,异常带明显受NNW向或近SN向构造控制,从异常规模和强度推测苏家营-则家坪Pt、Pd、Au地球化学异常具有找寻铂钯矿的远景.     

铂-钯区域地球化学勘查

以Pt、Pd作为直接指示元素，利用1：20万全国区域化探扫面水系沉积物测量副样和全国超低密度泛滥平原沉积物测量样品，采用化学光谱法测定Pt、Pd和Au三种元素，进行了中国大陆超低密度Pt、Pd地球化学填图，在川滇等地球化学省开展了1：20万Pt、Pd区域化探，发现中国大陆存在几个重要的Pt、Pd地球化学省和一些区域异常。中国大陆Pt、Pd丰度低：Pt0.42ng/g,Pd0.35ng/g，呈不均匀分布。在活动带Pt、Pd有显著富集。川滇是一个重要的铂族元素成矿省，除镁铁-超镁铁岩及在关的铂族元素矿化外，在黑色岩系以及西南暗色岩系等岩层中Pt、Pd等显著富集，并且发现了非传统类型的铂族矿化。     

混合吸附剂分离富集-电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定地质样品中铂钯金

贵金属分析应用火试金法分离富集时,试金配料复杂、耗时较长,分析成本相对较高,空白较难控制.本文建立了采用过氧化氢-盐酸湿法分解样品,电感耦合等离子体质谱同时测定地质样品中Pt、Pd、Au的分析方法.在10％的盐酸介质中,以LSC-400巯基树脂和活性炭为混合吸附剂,采用动态吸附方式对样品中的Pt、Pd、Au分离富集,用Lu作内标元素,195 Pt、197 Au、108 Pd为待测同位素消除了非谱线干扰和谱线干扰,三元素的回收率均大于96.4％.方法检出限(3σ):Pt为0.06 ng/g,Pd为0.08 ng/g,Au为0.12 ng/g,优于火试金等其他分离富集方法的检出限.应用于测定国家标准物质,Pt、Pd、Au的测定结果与标准值相符,12次测定的相对标准偏差均小于16.1％,满足区域地球化学调查样品的分析要求.该方法操作简便、成本低廉,提高了分析速度,有效地降低了测试过程的空白值.     

基于SAMCF法的攀西地区水系沉积物铂族元素异常提取

攀西地区是我国重要的铂族元素地球化学省,具良好的铂族元素(PGE)成矿地质条件;攀枝花-西昌一带有一个与峨眉山玄武岩分布范围基本吻合的Pt、Pd区域地球化学异常。本文根据不同地层单元水系沉积物中Pt、Pd元素地球化学特征,用子区中位数衬值滤波(SAMCF)法提取铂族元素异常,圈出多处Pt、Pd衬值异常区。结合有关铂族元素矿床地球化学特征,通过水系沉积物中Pt、Pd综合异常的筛选,初步优选出8个铂族元素异常找矿远景区和19个Ⅱ类异常区,为进一步开展铂族矿床找矿提供依据。     

富钴结壳中贵金属元素的特征

对太平洋CL、CM海山调查时获取9个富钴结壳样品,采用化学处理及ICP-MS法进行分析。对贵金属元素含量分布特征、富集因子、标准化模式以及来源进行探讨和研究。结果表明：海山结壳中贵金属元素Ag、Au、Ru、Rh、Pd、Pt等的平均含量分别为： 1.05×10^-6、2.3×10^-6、15.6×10^-9、22.3×10^-9、2.39×10^-9和432×10^-9。与结核、洋壳及陆地矿石的Pd/（Pt+Pd）、Pt/（Pt+Pd）和Pd/Pt等贵金属元素的比值相比,大洋富钴结壳的 Pd/（Pt+Pd） 比值最低,为0.006;其次是结核,为0.06;洋壳为0.08;陆地矿石的Pd/（Pt+Pd）比值较大,为0.35～0.65。结壳的Pt/（Pt+Pd）比值最高,为0.99;其次是结核,为0.95;洋壳为0.93;陆地矿石的Pt/（Pt+Pd）比值相对较低,为0.33～0.65。统计分析显示了不同区域、不同环境中贵金属元素的特征参数变化,并且说明富钴结壳中富铂、金、钌、铑,而贫钯。贵金属元素标准化显示,海山富钴结壳均存在着Pt、Au正异常和Pd的负异常,其中Au异常幅度与结核的Au异常一致。     

丰山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床中铂、钯的富集特征研究

文章以湖北丰山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床为研究对象,利用ICP-MS分析了Pt、Pd含量,发现丰山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床矿石中Pt、Pd发生了富集现象.其中,Pt含量范围在0.037×10-9～1.765×10-9,Pd含量范围在0.165×10-9～17.979×10-9,Pd含量普遍较Pt含量高出1个数量级,表明丰山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床中Pd较Pt易富集.测试结果表明,斑岩体中Pt、Pd含量很低,说明岩体发生了分异,且Pt、Pd来源与中酸性岩体关系密切.研究发现,Au与Pt、Pd表现出明显的镜像关系,成为丰山宽岩型铜(钼)矿床Pt、Pd富集的特征表现.     

贵州西部红岩地区水系沉积物中Pt、Pd地球化学异常的识别及推断解释

与基性-超基性岩相比,我国的峨 眉山玄武岩具有高含量的Pt、Pd地球化学背景。从峨眉山玄武岩分布区分辨出与基性、超基性侵入岩有关的Pt、Pd地球化学异常,是我国Pt、Pd找矿获得重大突破的关键技术。在贵州西部开展的1∶5万 水系沉积物测量显示,采用岩石背景衬值法可有效区分岩性和矿致Pt、Pd异常。在红岩村附近茅口组灰岩与玄武岩接触带及北东向断层的复合部位圈出了浓度分度清晰的As、Sb、Hg、Pb、Cr、Ni、Pt、 Pd组合异常,推测在该组合异常下方可能存在一个赋存有Pt、Pd矿的隐伏基性-超基性含矿岩体(脉)。     

四川大岩子Pt-Cu矿床水系沉积物中的地球化学异常特征及外围找矿预测

大岩子-清水河地区的 1∶5万 Pt- Pd水系沉积物测量表明,大岩子 Pt- Cu矿床的指示元素有 Pd、Pt、Au、Cu、Ni、As、Ag、Cd、F、Hg、Pb、Zn、S和 Se,地球化学异常具有水平分带的特征,即从矿床向外的异常元素依次为 Pd、Pt、Au- Cu、Ni- As、Ag- Cd、F、Hg- Pb和 Zn.试验研究表明, 1∶5万水系沉积物测量是找寻 Pt、Pd矿床的有效方法.推测西王庙周围有 Pt、Pd矿的找矿远景.     

A stream sediment geochemical re-investigation of the discovery of the platiniferous Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex

The platiniferous Merensky Reef was discovered on the farm Maandagshoek in the Bushveld Complex in August 1924. A historical review of these events is presented, based partly on an unpublished report and a map by Dr Hans Merensky. It has been supposed that Merensky first traced the platinum to discordant ultramafic pipes. However, a re-examination of the topography and river systems in the area shows that this was not possible. A stream sediment study from this area has been undertaken to determine the source of the platinum originally panned at the discovery site. Determination of the Pt:Pd:Au ratio in these samples indicates a strong similarity with ratios in the Merensky Reef, and is completely different from the ratio found in the pipes, which are deficient in Pd and Au. These ratios also suggest that weathering and transportation has occurred predominantly due to physical rather than chemical processes. Two platinum-group element anomalies in the stream sediments are found upstream from the Merensky Reef outcrops. This results from a change in the fluvial system due to Pliocene to recent up warping with a reversal in flow direction.     

Platinum-group element distribution in base-metal sulfides of the Merensky Reef from the eastern and western Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Base-metal sulfides in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits are important carriers of platinum-group elements (PGE). The distribution and concentrations of PGE in pentlandite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite were determined in samples from the mineralized portion of four Merensky Reef intersections from the eastern and western Bushveld Complex. Electron microprobe analysis was used for major elements, and in situ laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for trace elements (PGE, Ag, and Au). Whole rock trace element analyses were performed on representative samples to obtain mineralogical balances. In Merensky Reef samples from the western Bushveld, both Pt and Pd are mainly concentrated in the upper chromitite stringer and its immediate vicinity. Samples from the eastern Bushveld reveal more complex distribution patterns. In situ LA-ICP-MS analyses of PGE in sulfides reveal that pentlandite carries distinctly elevated PGE contents, whereas pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite only contain very low PGE concentrations. Pentlandite is the principal host of Pd and Rh in the ores. Palladium and Rh concentrations in pentlandite reach up to 700 and 130 ppm, respectively, in the samples from the eastern Bushveld, and up to 1,750 ppm Pd and up to 1,000 ppm Rh in samples from the western Bushveld. Only traces of Pt are present in the base-metal sulfides (BMS). Pyrrhotite contains significant though generally low amounts of Ru, Os, and Ir, but hardly any Pd or Rh. Chalcopyrite contains most of the Ag but carries only extremely low PGE concentrations. Mass balance calculations performed on the Merensky Reef samples reveal that in general, pentlandite in the feldspathic pyroxenite and the pegmatoidal feldspathic pyroxenite hosts up to 100 % of the Pd and Rh and smaller amounts (10–40 %) of the Os, Ir, and Ru. Chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite usually contain less than 10 % of the whole rock PGE. The remaining PGE concentrations, and especially most of the Pt (up to 100 %), are present in the form of discrete platinum-group minerals such as cooperite/braggite, sperrylite, moncheite, and isoferroplatinum. Distribution patterns of whole rock Cu, Ni, and S versus whole rock Pd and Pt show commonly distinct offsets. The general sequence of “offset patterns” of PGE and BMS maxima, in the order from bottom to top, is Pd in pentlandite?→?Pd in whole rock?→?(Cu, Ni, and S). The relationship is not that straightforward in general; some of the reef sequences studied only partially show similar trends or are more complex. In general, however, the highest Pd concentrations in pentlandite appear to be related to the earliest, volumetrically rather small sulfide liquids at the base of the Merensky Reef sequence. A possible explanation for the offset patterns may be Rayleigh fractionation.     

Noble Metal Enrichment Processes in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex

We have analysed sulphides, silicates, and chromites of theMerensky Reef for platinum-group elements (PGEs), Re and Auusing laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryand synthetic pyrrhotite standards annealed with known quantitiesof noble metals. Os, Ir and Ru reside in solid solution in pyrrhotiteand pentlandite, Rh and part of the Reef’s Pd in pentlandite,whereas Pt, Au, Re and some Pd form discrete phases. Olivineand chromite, often suspected to carry Os, Ir and Ru, are PGEfree. All phases analysed contain noble metals as discrete micro-inclusionswith diameters typically <100 nm. Inclusions in sulphidescommonly have the element combinations Os–Ir–Ptand Pt–Pd–Au. Inclusions in olivine and chromiteare dominated by Pt ± Au–Pd. Few inclusion spectracan be related to discrete noble metal phases, and few inclusionshave formed by sub-solidus exsolution. Rather, some PGE inclusions,notably those in olivine and chromite, are early-magmatic nuggetstrapped when their host phases crystallized. We suggest thatthe silicate melt layer that preceded the Merensky Reef wasPGE oversaturated at early cumulus times. Experiments combinedwith available sulphide–silicate partition coefficientssuggest that a silicate melt in equilibrium with a sulphidemelt containing the PGE spectrum of the Merensky ore would indeedbe oversaturated with respect to the least soluble noble metals.Sulphide melt apparently played little role in enriching thenoble metals in the Merensky Reef; rather, its role was to immobilizea pre-existing in situ stratiform PGE anomaly in the liquid-stratifiedmagma chamber. KEY WORDS: Bushveld Complex; Merensky Reef; laser-ablation ICP-MS; platinum-group mineralization     

阴离子树脂-活性炭分离富集等离子体发射光谱法测定富钴锰结壳中的痕量金银铂钯

采用717阴离子树脂活性炭联合交换分离富集技术,电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法同时测定富钴锰结壳中痕量金、银、铂、钯。方法检出限四元素分别为:Au1. 3、Ag0. 4、Pd0. 6、Pt4. 8ng/g。样品加标回收率在89. 0% ~110. 3%,相对标准偏差3. 5% ~7. 8% (n=4)。方法已用于富钴锰结壳中痕量金银铂钯的测定。     

Platinum group element distribution in the lower and middle group chromitites in the western Bushveld Complex

Summary All analysed massive chromitite layers of the Critical Zone of the Bushveld Complex are enriched in PGE's over their silicate host rocks. The concentration factor has been found to increase with stratigraphic height. The PGE-distribution of the Lower Group and Middle Group chromitites shows a systematic relationship to the chromite mineralogy of the chromitites. The LG1- to LG4-chromitite layers are characterized by the dominance of the Ru-group elements (Ru, Os, Ir). The LG5- to LG7-chromitite layers contain almost equal amounts of the two PGE-groups and in the MG-chromitites the elements of the Pt-group (Pt, Pd, Rh) are the most abundant. The chromite mineralogy subdivides the chromitites in a similar way.

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PGE-Verteilung in den Lower und Middle Group Chromititen des westlichen Bushveld Complexes

Zusammenfassung Alle untersuchten massiven Chromitite der Critical Zone des Bushveld Complexes sind im Hangenden ihrer silikatischen Nebengesteine an PGE's angereichert. Es stellte sich heraus, dass der Konzentrationsfaktor innerhalb der stratigraphischen Abfolge zum Hangenden hin zunimmt.Die PGE Verteilung in den Lower und Middle Group Chromititen ändert sich systematisch mit der Mineralogie der Chromite in den Chromititen. Die LG 1 bis LG 4 Chromititlagen sind durch ein Vorherrschen der Elemente der Ru-Gruppe (Ru, Os, Ir) gekennzeichnet.Die LG 5 bis LG 7 Chromititlagen enthalten beinahe die gleichen Gehalte an Elementen beider PGE-Gruppen. In den MG-Chromititen sind die Elemente der Pt Gruppe (Pt, Pd, Rh) am weitesten verbreitet. Mit Hilfe der Mineralogie der Chromite können die Chromitite auf ähnliche Weise untergliedert werden.

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Crustal contamination and PGE mineralization in the Platreef,Bushveld Complex,South Africa: evidence for multiple contamination events and transport of magmatic sulfides

Diamond drill core traverses across the Platreef were carried out at Tweefontein, Sandsloot, and Overysel in order to establish the relationship between crustal contamination and platinum group element (PGE) mineralization. The footwall rocks are significantly different at each of these sites and consist of banded iron formation and sulfidic shales at Tweefontein, of carbonates at Sandsloot, and of granites and granite gneisses at Overysel. As demonstrated in this study, Platreef rocks are characterized by two stages of crustal contamination. The first contamination event occurred prior to emplacement of the magma and is present in Platreef rocks at all three sites, as well as in the Merensky Reef. This event is readily identified on trace element spidergrams and trace element ratio scattergrams. The second contamination event was induced by interaction of the Platreef magma with the local footwall rocks. It is most easily identified at Tweefontein, where there is a large increase in the FeO content of the Platreef rocks, and at Sandsloot, where there is a large increase in their CaO and MgO contents, relative to Bushveld rocks that are uncontaminated by the local footwall rocks. At Overysel, the second contamination event did not result in pronounced changes in the major element composition of the Platreef rocks, but can be detected in their trace element chemistry. A strong inverse relationship between PGE tenors and S/Se ratios is interpreted to suggest that the PGE-rich sulfides were formed prior to emplacement of the Platreef magmas through assimilation of crustal S and became progressively enriched in the PGE during transport. Rather than promoting S-saturation, interaction of the Platreef magma with the footwall rocks diluted the metal tenors of the sulfides. Although both the Platreef and the Merensky Reef magmas were contaminated by the same crustal contaminant and were probably PGE-rich, they have radically different Pd/Pt ratios. Their Pd/Pt ratios suggest that whereas the Merensky Reef magma became PGE-rich due to dissolution of PGE-rich sulfides segregated from a pre-Merensky magma that had undergone relatively little fractionation prior to reaching S-saturation, the pre-Platreef magma had undergone greater fractionation prior to the sulfide saturation event, thereby increasing its Pd/Pt ratio. We suggest that the magmas that formed the Platreef and Merensky Reef may have simply been carrier magmas for sulfides that had formed elsewhere in the plumbing system of the Bushveld Complex by the interaction of earlier generations of magmas with the crustal rocks that underlie the Complex.     

A mineralogical perspective on the recovery of platinum group elements from Merensky Reef and UG2 at the Two Rivers mine on the Eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa

Mineralogy and Petrology - Published studies dealing with the process mineralogy of Pt mines on the Bushveld Complex is generally limited to the Western Bushveld. The recognition by mine management...     

New mineralogical and isotopic constraints on Main Zone-hosted PGE mineralisation at Moorddrift, northern Bushveld Complex

The northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa contains a number of occurrences of platinum-group element (PGE) mineralisation within Main Zone rocks, whereas the rest of the complex has PGE-depleted Main Zone units. On the farm Moorddrift, Cu–Ni–PGE sulphide mineralisation is hosted within the Upper Main Zone in a layered package of gabbronorites, mottled anorthosites and thin pyroxenites. Our observations indicate that a 10-m-thick, ‘reef-style’ package of mineralisation has been extensively ‘disturbed’, forming a mega breccia which in some localities may distribute mineralised rocks over intersections of over 300 m. The sulphides are made up of pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite, heavily altered around their margins and overprinted by secondary pyrite. Platinum-group mineral assemblages typical of primary magmatic deposits, with Pt and Pd tellurides and sperrylite, are present in the ‘reef-style’ package, whereas there is a decrease in tellurides and an increase in antimonides in the ‘disturbed’ package, interpreted to be related to hydrothermal recrystallization during veining and brecciation. Sulphur isotopes show that all sulphides within the mineralised package on Moorddrift have a crustal signature consistent with local country rock sediments of the Transvaal Supergroup. We interpret the mineralisation at Moorddrift as a primary sulphide reef, likely produced as a result of the mixing of crustally contaminated magmas in the Upper Main Zone, which has been locally disrupted post-crystallisation. At present, there are no firm links between Moorddrift and the other known PGE occurrences in the Main Zone at the Aurora and Waterberg projects, although the stratigraphic position of all may be similar and thus intriguing. Nonetheless, they do demonstrate that the Main Zone of the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, unlike the eastern and western limbs, can be considered a fertile unit for potential PGE mineralisation.     

Correlation between chromite composition and PGE mineralization in the Critical Zone of the western Bushveld Complex

Detailed mineralogical investigations of chromite in the Lower and Critical Zones in the northwestern sector of the Bushveld Complex have revealed significant compositional variations with regard to modal proportions, host-rock lithology, and stratigraphic height. Superimposed on these variations are long-range systematic trends in the composition of chromite in the massive layers. These long-range trends are closely linked with the evolution of the silicate cumulates. The massive chromitite layers are divided into two types. Type 1 comprises the chromitites hosted entirely within ultramafic cumulates, while Type 2 chromitites are within cyclic units in which plagioclase cumulates occur. The types are also distinguishable by their respective contents of platinum-group elements (PGEs) and distribution patterns thereof, viz. the ratios between Ru + Os + Ir and Pt + Pd + Rh, or relative element proportions, both of which display a systematic change with height in accordance with chromite composition. The relation between silicate geochemistry, chromite composition, and PGE tenor, leads to the development of a model explaining the formation of PGE-mineralized, sulphide-poor chromitite layers in the Critical Zone of the Bushveld Complex. Presented at the International Conference for Applied Mineralogy, Pretoria, September 1991