Influences of the basin brines on extractable bitumen of Kupferschiefer from southwestern Poland

A study of the influences of the basin brines on hydrocarbon generation of the Kupferschiefer in southwestern Poland has been carried out.The samples from the Konrad and Polkowics mines were analyzed by orgainc geochemical,microscopic and FTIR methods.The results indicate that organic matter of Kupferschiefer tends to decrease with the ascending,oxidizing brines,In the Konrad profile,the Kupferschiefer was strongly oxidized.The extract yields were depleted up to 50mg Ext/g Corg.Gas chromatography(GC) and gas chromatography-mass spctrometry(GC/MS) data indicate that the depletion occureed predominantly in saturated hydrocarbon compounds.The identified n-alkanes in smpale KD1 were depleted at least to 5000μg/g Corg.The aromatic compounds show a fidderent trend of variation.The concentrations of phenanthrene alkylphenanthrenes(Ph-PAH) and naphthalene alkylnaphthalenes(Na-PAH) show a decrease,whereas sulfur polyaromatic hydrocarbons(S-PAH)and oxygen polyaromatic hydrocarbons(O-PAH) show an incrase under the influences of oxidizing brines,In the Polkowice profile,organic matter under the influences of oxidizing fluids shows a simlar trend of varation as in the Konrad mine.Analyses of polar compounds shed light on the oxidation processes at the molecule level.The dominant products of oxidation are aliphatic acid.alcohol and ester.FTIR results indicate that the oxidation of organic matter led to a decrease in aliphatic CH3 and an increase in C-O,C=O bands.     

Relationship of polycyclic aromatic sulfur compounds and gold enrichment in the Kupferschiefer from Poland and Germany

1INTRODUCTION ORGANICALLY BOUNDSULFURCOMPOUNDSWEREPREVI OUSLYDETECTEDINTHEKUPFERSCHIEFER(P櫣TTMANNAND GO EL,1990;ROSPONDEKETAL.,1994).P櫣TTMANN ANDGO EL(1990)INVESTIGATEDTHEEXTRACTABLEORGANIC MATTERINTHEKUPFERSCHIEFERFROMTHENORTH SUDETIC SYNCLINEANDPROPOS…     

Accumulation of copper in the Permian Kupferschiefer: A result of post-depositional redox reactions

Within the Central European Zechstein Basin the Permian Kupferschiefer has been deposited under anoxic conditions. In most parts of the basin, the metal content does not exceed values commonly observed in black shales. However, in areas near to the Zechstein sea-shore which are simultaneously related to rift zones a significant base metal enrichment is observed. Organic geochemical analyses of the copper-mineralized sections in the Kupferschiefer from Southwest Poland show that significant changes in the composition of organic matter are associated with the metal enrichment processes. Porphyrins, commonly abundant constituents of the shale, have been decomposed by oxidizing fluids. Additionally, aliphatic hydrocarbons have been largely removed from the bitumen and alkylated aromatic systems were affected by side-chain degradation. This particular type of alteration is explained by ascending oxidizing solutions which transported high amounts of base metals from Lower Permian red beds into the Kupferschiefer horizon acting as a geochemical trap. The metal precipitation is suggested to be a result of thermochemical sulphide production with organic matter acting as hydrogen source. In areas such as the Lower Rhine Basin in the bottom section of the Kupferschiefer the base metals lead and zinc as well as barium have been accumulated from basinal Carboniferous formation waters. Copper enrichment is not observed because potential source rocks are missing in this area. However, the observed compositional changes of the organic matter do not point towards thermochemical redox processes.     

Influences of the Basin Brines on Hydrocarbons of the Anthracosia Shales from Southwestern Poland

Previous studies have shown that the oxidizing brines from the Early Permian Rotliegende sequence have influences on the organic matter of Kupferschiefer. However, inside the Rotliegende sequence there are two other black shales: the Lower and Upper Antracosia shales, which have not been studied as much in detail as in Kupferschiefer. In the present study 12 samples from the Lower and Upper Antracosia shales were analyzed by organic geochemical methods in order to clarify the influences of the oxidizing brines on organic matter. The results indicate that the organic matter of the samples from the Upper Antracosia shale and the bottom of the Lower Antracosia shale was oxidized under the influences of the oxidizing brines. The oxidation resulted in a depletion of saturated hydrocarbons and the alky Is of the aromatic compounds.     

The occurrences of the rare earth elements and the platinum group elements in relation to base metal zoning in the vicinity of Rote Fäule in the Kupferschiefer of Poland

The concentrations of the lanthanide rare earth elements (REE) and Pt group elements (PGE) were measured in the Kupferschiefer from the Polish Zechstein Basin at, and in proximity to, the Rote Fäule near the Lubin Mining District. The Rote Fäule is a zone of post-depositional oxidation characterized by the presence of extensive amounts of Fe(III) oxides replacing syn-sedimentary framboidal pyrite. Outward from the Rote Fäule, the remainder of the Kupferschiefer is composed of Cu- and Pb/Zn-mineralized shale surrounding the Rote Fäule and a non-mineralized pyritic black shale in the central basin.The leading hypothesis explaining the high concentrations of PGE, and REE in the Kupferschiefer states that PGE, REE and the associated base metals were mobilized by oxidizing Cl⁻ brines which migrated outward from the Rote Fäule into the reduced Kupferschiefer. According to available thermodynamic data, PGE were in all likelihood present as chloro-complexes in these oxidizing brines, as geologically realistic concentrations of Pt, Pd and Au could be transported as chloro-complexes. The Eh of these brines decreased as they migrated further from the Rote Fäule and into the Kupferschiefer. Base metals and PGE were precipitated in the order of their decreased solubility in these brines. As a result, the concentrations of least soluble PGE (Pt) are highest in the Rote Fäule and in the transition zone adjacent to the Rote Fäule (e.g. [Pt]=202–537 ppb) while the concentrations of the more soluble metals in these brines (Ag, Cu, Pb, and Re) are highest in the reduced-mineralized Kupferschiefer. The sources of the PGE and REE are enigmatic. It is likely that the metals were derived either from the underlying Rotliegendes sandstones and volcanics, the Variscan basement rocks, or the Kupferschiefer shale whose metals were mobilized by saline, oxidizing fluids released during intra-continental rifting in the Triassic period.     

Influences of ore formation on biomarkers in the Kupferschiefer from the Lubin mine, Poland

Molecular biomarkers are the important maturity parameters for sedimentary organic matter.They have also been widely used for determining the maturity of organic matter in ore deposits. However,during the study of organic matter in the Kupferschiefer from the Lubin mine, it had been found that the biomarkers were influenced by sulfide formation. In order to probe into the degree of influence on biomarkers, seven samples collected from a Kupferschiefer section from the Lubin mine were analyzed by various geochemical methods. The results indicated that in the samples with higher copper contents, the values of biomarkers are lower than in the samples with lower copper contents. In highly mineralized samples, hydrogen donation for thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) occurred in alkylated phenanthrenes and naphthalenes, leading to the decrease of 12 biomarker parameters during the Kupferschiefer mineralization.     

Geochemical and isotopic composition of organic matter in the Kupferschiefer of the Polish Zechstein basin: relation to maturity and base metal mineralization

max vs the present depth of the Kupferschiefer, soluble organic matter (SOM) yields, and relative proportions of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons of the SOM provide evidence for an oxidative alteration of organic matter in highly mineralized Kupferschiefer samples near the Rote F?ule zones. This is confirmed by differences in the composition of the saturated and aromatic hydrocarbon fractions of the soluble organic matter: Saturated hydrocarbons from Rote F?ule samples are dominated by short-chain n-alkanes and higher abundances of pristane and phytane relative to heptadecane (n-C17) and octadecane (n-C18), respectively, compared with samples more distant to the Rote F?ule zone. Compositional changes of the aromatic hydrocarbon fractions with decreasing distance to that zone are characterized by the occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and elevated ratios of phenanthrene to methylphenanthrenes that are attributed to demethylation reactions and resulted in a decrease of the methylphenanthrene index (MPI 1). Kupferschiefer samples from the barren zone of the Polish Basin do not show these alteration patterns. The observed variations in organic matter composition with burial depth are consistent with changes due to increasing thermal maturation. Maturity assessment is achieved from MPI 1 and the methyldibenzothiophene ratio (MDR). From the relationship between the maturity of organic matter in terms of vitrinite reflectance values and depth of the Kupferschiefer strata, a continuous increase in reflectance of vitrinite is obtained within the Polish Basin. The alteration pattern of organic matter related to base metal mineralization of the Kupferschiefer corresponds to changes in the isotopic composition of organic carbon and calcite. Kerogen within, or close to, Rote F?ule zone is enriched in ¹³C caused by the preferential release of isotopically light organic compounds through progressive degradation of organic matter. The opposite tendency towards lower δ ¹³C and δ ¹⁸O values of calcite provides evidence for isotopic exchange between carbonate and the oxidizing, ore-bearing solutions and for organic matter remineralization. In contrast, organic matter and calcite from the Kupferschiefer do not show regular trends in δ ¹³C with increasing thermal maturation. Received: 25 June 1999 / Accepted: 1 December 1999     

Metal accumulation during and after deposition of the Kupferschiefer from the Sangerhausen Basin,Germany

A densely sampled profile (58 cm in thickness) composed of 13 samples of the Kupferschiefer and overlying Zechstein carbonates from the Sangerhausen Basin, Germany has been analysed by various geochemical and microscopic methods in order to clarify the mechanism of base metal accumulation. In this location, the Kupferschiefer is only slightly influenced by the hematite-bearing, oxidized fluids calledRote Fäule.The determination of facies-dependent parameters along the profile indicates that Kupferschiefer from the Sangerhausen Basin was largely deposited in a marine environment; only at the beginning of Kupferschiefer sedimentation did euxinic conditions prevail. The bottom part of the profile is significantly enriched in trace elements such as Cu, Ph, Zn, As, Co, Ag and U. The Cu concentration amounts to 19.88 wt.%. Post-depositional oxidation of the organic matter is observed only in the transition zone between the Kupferschiefer and the Zechstein conglomerate indicating the influence of ascending, oxidizing brines. Microscopic analyses show that only Fe sulfides form framboidal textures; Cu minerals are present along the total profile preferentially in fractures and as patchy structures composed of chalcocite, chalcopyrite and bornite. In the highly mineralized bottom section, Cu sulfides are associated with pyrobitumen, sparry calcite and arsenopyrite. Results from maturation studies of organic matter suggest that the maximum temperature affecting the Kupferschiefer was approximately 130°C.A 3-step-process of metal accumulation is proposed. During deposition of the sediment, framboidal pyrite and pyrite precursors were precipitated by bacterial SO₄²⁻ reduction (BSR). During diagenesis the pyrite and pyrite precursors were largely replaced by mixed Cu/Fe minerals and by chalcocite (PR). In the section with very high Cu contents (> 8%) reduced sulfur from Fe-sulfides was not sufficient for precipitation of Cu and other trace metals from ascending solutions. In this part of the profile, thermochemical SO₄²⁻ reduction (TSR) occurred after pyrite replacement as indicated by the presence of pyrobitumen and sparry calcite.     

The Role of Organic Matter During Metal Enrichment in Permian Kupferschiefer of the Rudna Mine,Southwest Poland

The bulk composition of organic matter and saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons extracted from 16 samples collected from two Kuperschiefer profiles in the Rudna mine,Southwest Poland has been analyzed to study the role of organic matter during base metal enrichment in the Kupferschiefer shale.The results indicated that the extract yields and saturated hydrocarbon yields decreased with increasing base metal contents.GC and GC/MS analyses indicated that n -alkanes and alkylated aromatic compounds were depleted and may have served as hydrogen donators for thermochemical sulfate reduction.The enrichment of base metal is closely connected with the destruction of hydrocarbons.     

The composition of brines in the early diagenetic mineralization of the Permian Kupferschiefer in Germany

The Kupferschiefer is an approximately 0.5 m thick black marly shale of Lower Zechstein age in Germany. If one includes some of its footwall and hanging wall, it contains 300 Mt Cu, 800 Mt Zn and 300 Mt Pb. The regional pattern of metal distribution demonstrates its relationship to Variscan and Permian tectonic structures. Faults and the topographic relief of the basement apparently controlled the uprise and lateral migration of reducing and slightly acid hot brines from deeper crustal levels to supply the metals for the mineralization of the Proto-Kupferschiefer. Deep fluids are mainly richer in Zn than Pb and richer in Pb than Cu. Mixing of such slightly acid fluids with slightly alkaline formation waters (seawater) caused a gradient in pH from about three to eight and in sulfide concentration. Most of the sulfide came from dissolved pyrite which was very light in sulfur isotopes. This gradient controlled the sequential precipitation of bornite, chalcopyrite, (chalcocite), galena and sphalerite, which is observed in a lateral and vertical zoning of these sulfides. The fluids experienced a fractionation of the metals during migration over meter to kilometer distances from the tectonically controlled vents within the unconsolidated Proto-Kupferschiefer. Close to the vents the sulfide deposits attained concentrations up to 2% Zn + Pb + Cu. The migration of the metals over large distances took place in unconsolidated sediment. Thus the major mineralization of the Kupferschiefer has to be classed as an early diagenetic process.     

Oil shales,evaporites and ore deposits

The relationships between oil shales, evaporites and sedimentary ore deposits can be classified in terms of stratigraphic and geochemical coherence. Oil shale and black shale deposition commonly follows continental red beds and is in turn followed by evaporite deposition. This transgressive-regressive sequence represents an orderly succession of depositional environments in space and time and results in stratigraphic coherence. The amount of organic carbon of a sediment depends on productivity and preservation, both of which are enhanced by saline environments. Work on Great Salt Lake. Utah, allows us to estimate that only 5% of TOC originally deposited is preserved. Inorganic carbonate production is similar to TOC production, but preservation is much higher.Oil shales and black shales commonly are enriched in heavy metals through scavenging by biogenic particles and complexation by organic matter. Ore deposits are formed from such rocks through secondary enrichment processes, establishing a geochemical coherence between oil shales and ore deposits. The Permian Kupferschiefer of N. Europe is used as an example to define a Kupferschiefer type (KST) deposit. Here oxygenated brines in contact with red beds become acidified through mineral precipitation and acquire metals by dissolving oxide coatings. Oxidation of the black shale leads to further acid production and metal acquisition and eventually to sulfide deposition along a reducing front. In order to form ore bodies, the stratigraphic coherence of the red bed-black shale-evaporite succession must be joined by the geochemical coherence of the ore body-evaporite-black shale association. The Cretaceous Cu-Zn deposits of Angola, the Zambian Copperbelt as well as the Creta, Oklahoma, deposits are other KST examples. In the Zambian Copperbelt, evaporites are indicated by the carbonate lenticles thought to be pseudomorphs after gypsum-anhydrite nodules. MVT deposits are also deposited by acid brines, but at more elevated temperatures and with carbonates as principal host rocks. The Pine Point deposits are cited for their close association with evaporites.Alkaline, metal-rich brines are postulated for the HYC deposit of McArthur River, Australia. Such brines are known from the Green River Formation and deposits formed from such brines constitute the GRT class. They can be recognized by the presence of Magadi-type cherts and zeolite-analcime-K-spar tuffs. The Cu-Co ore bodies of Outokumpu, Finland, might also belong to this type. A new classification of sedimentary ore deposits is proposed, based on their geochemical environment. KST and MVT are formed from acid ore fluids, while GRT and CT (Creede type) are derived from basic ore fluids. pH of the fluids is best evaluated not from the ores themselves, but from their effect on the host-rocks.     

Two-brine model of the genesis of strata-bound Zechstein deposits (Kupferschiefer type), Poland

These Kupferschiefer deposits were probably formed as a result of a mixing of two brines. The upper cold brine (UCB) is an unmineralized brine rich in Na, Ca, Cl and SO₄, with a pH>7 and originating from evaporites overlying the metal-bearing Zechstein rocks. The lower hot brine (LHB) rich in Mg, K, Cl, SO₄ and CO₃ with a pH<=7 formed in sediments in the central part of the Zechstein basin at a depth of 7,000 m. This brine was subjected to heating and upward convection toward the Fore-Sudetic monocline along the bottom of the Z₁ carbonates. During its migration, it caused albitization, serpentinization and leaching of the primary metal deposits in rocks underlying the Zechstein becoming enriched in heavy metals. The mineralization process, being a result of the mixing of the two brines (UCB and LHB), and catalytic oxidation of the organic matter of the black shale were initiated at shallow depths in the area of the Fore-Sudetic monocline. The boundary of the two brines generally overlapped the strike of the black shale.Parts of the deposit with shale-free host rock suggest that the action of two brines alone was capable of producing economic concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn. Where the boundary of the two brines overlaps the autooxidation zone (the black shale bottom) and also coincides with radiation of thucholite, concentrations of noble metals result.The characteristic vertical distribution of the triplet CuPbZn from the bottom upward is universal in the Kupferschiefer environment.     

巴音戈壁盆地砂岩型铀矿找矿新发现与意义

砂岩型铀矿是全球最重要的铀矿类型之一,一般以表生流体的氧化还原成矿作用为主。虽然在勘查中发现部分砂岩型铀矿中存在热液流体活动的痕迹,但热液流体与铀成矿之间的关系仍不明确。本研究以巴音戈壁盆地下白垩统巴音戈壁组下段底部砂质砾岩中新发现的铀矿化为研究对象,通过镜下鉴定、电子探针(EPMA)、铀含量、铀价态和微量元素分析等手段,研究了铀矿石的岩石学、矿物学和地球化学特征。结果显示,铀矿化产出于巴音戈壁组下段的紫红色砂岩中,与不整合界面及次级断层有关;铀呈分散状态分布在胶磷矿中,并伴生有方铅矿、闪锌矿等金属硫化物;微量元素分析显示矿石中Sr、Y、Mo、W和REE等显著富集,指示其形成与深部流体密切相关。研究认为,苏红图组玄武岩喷发形成的火山热液在上升过程中与地表大气降水混合形成弱酸性氧化流体,流体沿不整合和断层向上运移并不断萃取地层中的U和P,当其遇到上覆巴音戈壁组砂砾岩中的菱铁矿等还原物质时,形成酸碱度和氧化还原接触界面,进而诱发铀、磷的沉淀。本次在新层位发现的铀矿化拓宽了巴音戈壁盆地铀矿勘查的找矿空间和方向。     

The potential source of lead in the Permian Kupferschiefer bed of Europe and some selected Paleozoic mineral deposits in the Federal Republic of Germany

New lead isotopic compositions have been measured for Paleozoic bedded and vein ore deposits of Europe by the high precision thermal emission (triple filament) technique. Eleven samples have been analyzed from the Upper Permian Kupferschiefer bed with representatives from Poland to England, three samples from the Middle Devonian Rammelsberg deposit and one from the Middle Devonian Meggen deposit, both of which are conformable ore lenses and are in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG); and also two vein deposits from the FRG were analyzed, from Ramsbeck in Devonian host rocks and from Grund in Carboniferous host rocks. For Kupferschiefer bed samples from Germany, the mineralization is of variable lead isotopic composition and appears to have been derived about 250 m.y. ago from 1700 m.y. old sources, or detritus of this age, in Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Samples from England, Holland, and Poland have different isotopic characteristics from the German samples, indicative of significantly different source material (perhaps older). The isotopic variability of the samples from the Kupferschiefer bed in Germany probably favors the lead containing waters coming from shoreward (where poor mixing is to be expected) rather than basinward (where better mixing is likely) directions. The data thus support the interpretation of the metal source already given by Wedepohl in 1964. Data on samples from Rammelsberg and Meggen tend to be slightly less radiogenic than for the Kupferschiefer, about the amount expected if the leads were all derived from the same source material but 100 to 150 m.y. apart in time. The vein galena from Ramsbeck is similar to that from Rammelsberg conformable ore lenses, both in rocks of Devonian age; vein galena from Grund in Upper Carboniferous country rocks is similar to some bedded Kupferschiefer mineralization in Permian rocks, as if the lead composition was formed at about the same time and from similar source material as the bedded deposits. Although heat has played a more significant role in the formation of some of these deposits (veins and Rammelsberg-Meggen) than in others (Kupferschiefer), there is no indication of radically different sources for the lead, all apparently coming from sedimentary source material containing Precambrian detritus. One feldspar lead sample from the Brocken-Oker Granite is not the same in isotopic composition as any of the ores analyzed.Publication authorized by the Director, U.S. Geological Survey     

Uranium and thorium in the Kupferschiefer formation,Lower Zechstein,Poland

The Kupferschiefer in Poland has an increased U content. The facies high in organic matter are significantly enriched in U. The maximum values of U are mostly in the lower part of the Kupferschiefer sequence. The mean (x) U content in the Kupferschiefer from the Lubin-Sieroszowice district is 61.5 ppm and from the rest of the Polish Zechstein basin is about 26 ppm. Thorium occurs only in small quantities (x) = 1.5 and 5 ppm respectively). The high variance of U and Th in the Kupferschiefer is due to multistage diagenetic processes. The main U carrier is thucholite. The investigated thucholite showed a Th-content below 0.36 ppm. Thucholite with uraninite exolutions showed small (up to 1.0 wt.%) admixtures of U and thucholite without microscopically visible exsolutions (up to 37.85 wt.% U). The phosphates showed significant amounts of U (up to 0.24 wt.). The U content in the Kupferschiefer is significantly lower than in black shales from other part of the world. Uranium in the Lubin district is not economic.     

Alkaline granites and Be (Phenakite-bertrandite) mineralization: An example of the Orot and Ermakovka deposits

The Orot (Or) and Ermakovka (Er) intrusions of aegirine granites with various resources of accompanying Be mineralization in Transbaikalia were studied to reproduce Be behavior during the crystallization and degassing of alkaline granite magma. Data on the petrography and geochemistry of the rocks and the microthermomety and microprobe analysis of fluid and melt inclusions in them indicate that the intrusions were formed by discrete magma portions derived from a single magmatic source during successive stages of its differentiation. The intrusions crystallized at temperatures higher than 1030–1070°C (Or) and 840–640°C (Er), and the melts contained elevated concentrations of H₂O and F: from 2.1 to 3.5% F and from <1 to 1% H₂O for the former intrusion and from 3.9 to 6.7% F and from <2.6 to 4.1% H₂O for the latter. Fluids were released from the magma during a late crystallization stage for the Orot intrusion and an intermediate stage for the Ermakovka intrusion. Early in the course of this process, the fluids were halide-sulfate brines with the Cl: F ratio higher for the Orot intrusion and lower for the Ermakovka intrusion. A temperature decrease resulted in the exsolution of the fluids into two immiscible phases, one of which contained low and the other high concentrations of salts. The magmatic brines and low-salinity solutions of both intrusions were enriched in Be (up to 1.1 g/kg), which is comparable with the concentration of this element in the emanations of Be-bearing pegmatites in the Pamirs and is manyfold higher than C _Be in magmatic fluids related to granite intrusions with W-Sn mineralization. The Be ore mineralization of the Orot and Ermakovka deposits was produced by solutions whose composition and Be concentrations were analogous to those in the low-salinity phase of the corresponding magmatic fluids. The brines of the Ermakovka intrusion were enriched in Mo (up to 17 g/kg) and, to a lesser extent, Mn, Ce, and La and produced uneconomic monazite-molybdenite ore mineralization. Based on available data and results of our calculations, we arrived at the conclusion that the very high alkali concentrations in the melts of both intrusions (ASI < 1), their high F concentrations (up to 4.1%), and the absence of magmatic Be-bearing minerals facilitated Be selective extraction by the separated fluids in the form of its most soluble F-complexes. The high oxidation of the melt predetermined the predominance of hexavalent S and Mo compounds, which could be efficiently extracted by the fluid phase in the form of sulfates and molybdates of alkali metals. The differences in the ore potentials of the Orot and Ermakovka intrusions were caused by the different H₂O, F, and perhaps, also Be concentrations in the parental melts, which was, in turn, caused by their different degrees of differentiation during the preintrusive stages of their magmatic evolution.     

Paleomagnetism of the Cu�CZn�CPb-bearing Kupferschiefer black shale (Upper Permian) at Sangerhausen, Germany

Syngenetic, diagenetic and epigenetic models have been proposed for the Cu?CZn?CPb Kupferschiefer mineralization at Sangerhausen, Germany. Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements have been made on 205 specimens from mine workings on the margin of the Sangerhausen Syncline. The mineralization is richest in the ??0.5-m-thick Upper Permian (258?±?2?Ma) Kupferschiefer black marly shale (nine sites) and dies out over ??0.2?m in the underlying Weisliegend sandstones (three sites) and overlying Zechstein carbonates (two sites). Except for one site of fault zone gypsum, characteristic remanent magnetization directions were isolated for all 14 sites using alternating field and thermal step demagnetization. These directions provide a negative fold test, indicating that the remanence postdates Jurassic fault block tilting. Rock magnetic measurements show that the Kupferschiefer shale marks a redox front between the oxidized Weissliegend sandstones and non-oxidized Zechstein carbonates. The 14 site directions give a Late Jurassic paleopole at 149?±?3?Ma. It is significantly different from the paleopole reported by E.C. Jowett and others for primary or early diagenetic Rote F?ule alteration that gives an age of 254?±?6?Ma on the current apparent polar wander path and is associated with Kupferschiefer mineralization. We suggest that the Late Jurassic extensional tectonic event that formed the nearby North German Basin also reactivated Variscan basement faults and extended them up through the overlying strata, thereby allowing hydrothermal basement fluids to ascend and epigenetically mineralize the Kupferschiefer shale. The possibility of a 53?±?3?Ma mineralization age is also considered.     

北天山冰草沟铀磷矿床元素地球化学特征及其指示意义

北天山冰草沟铀磷矿床严格受玄武安山岩与砂岩的接触界面控制,属于典型的热液铀磷矿床。本文利用显微镜、X荧光光谱仪、电感耦合等离子质谱仪等手段,对该矿床典型剖面展开了元素地球化学研究。成矿过程中,铀与磷同步富集。在剖面上,与新鲜砂岩相比,原岩为砂岩的矿石除富集U和P外,还高度富集Ca、Sr、Zr、HREE和Y,同时亏损Rb等元素。表明成矿过程中,成矿流体带来了大量的Ca、P、U、Sr、Zr、HREE和Y,同时,Rb等元素活化迁出。与新鲜玄武安山岩相比,蚀变玄武安山岩明显亏损Rb、Ba和Sr。矿石OX值(Fe2O3/Fe O)介于16. 92～26. 46之间,远高于赋矿围岩OX值。新鲜玄武安山岩具有相对较高的Fe O含量(4. 74%)和较低的OX值(0. 9),蚀变后玄武安山岩则具有相对较低的Fe O含量(0. 86%)和较高的OX值(7. 18),显示成矿流体具有强氧化性,新鲜玄武安山岩表现出较强的还原能力,可能为铀矿体的空间定位提供了还原障。     

八卦庙金矿床石英脉的控矿作用初探

八卦庙金矿床的矿石品位与其石英脉发育程度和破碎程度、共生硫化物的含量成正比,与脉体的厚度、共生硫化物的粒度成反比;节理脉的含金量比顺层脉的含金量高;石英细脉的含金量高于脉旁围岩的含金量数倍至十多倍,但含金石英脉不能单独构成工业矿体.据此,作者首次提出金矿化类型属于细脉浸染型金矿,揉皱石英细(网)脉破碎带是此类金矿的一种重要而直观的找矿标志.     

粤东丰顺县尖笔岽铅锌矿床矿化特征及形成机理

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