白云鄂博富稀土元素碳酸岩岩墙的地球化学特征及稀土富集机制

本文重点解剖了一条距白云鄂博REE-Nb-Fe矿床东矿NE方向3 km,切割白云鄂博群H1及H2岩性段的细粒方解石碳酸岩岩墙的岩石地球化学特征。结果表明,碳酸岩的稀土元素含量变化大,最高可达20%,已构成稀土富矿石。碳酸岩的轻稀土元素高度富集,轻、重稀土元素之间发生了极度分馏,但无Eu异常的显示。形成这种岩石地球化学特征的可能机制为：碳酸岩浆直接来源于岩石圈富集地幔的低程度部分熔融作用(F<1%),残留地幔矿物组合以富含石榴石为特征;碳酸岩浆在地壳深部岩浆房中的分离结晶作用。碳酸岩的稀土元素和微量元素分布型式均与白云鄂博REE Nb-Fe旷床的赋矿细粒白云石大理岩十分相似。然而,碳酸岩的主要元素以Ca为特征,不同于赋矿细粒白云石大理岩。本文认为造成这种差异的原因在于碳酸岩岩墙没有遭受大规模的白云岩化作用的影响,而赋矿绌粒白云石大理岩则可能是碳酸岩经白云岩化作用的产物。     

白云鄂博矿区周围火成碳酸岩岩墙地质特征

首次填出白云鄂博矿区周围火成碳酸岩岩墙的分布图,深入系统地研究了岩墙的地质产状、主矿物类型、岩石结构、人工重砂矿物组成、稀土元素含量等特征。反映了白云鄂博矿区周围火成碳酸岩岩墙的岩浆演化分异过程存在差异。对于研究白云鄂博矿区铁与稀土的矿化提供了物质来源的证据。     

白云鄂博富稀土元素碳酸岩墙的 碳和氧同位素特征

重点解剖了一条距白云鄂博超大型REE-Nb-Fe矿床东矿北东方向2 k m、切割白云鄂 博群H1及H3岩性段的细粒方解石碳酸岩岩墙的碳和氧同位素地球化学特征。结果表明,碳酸 岩的碳同位素组成变化范围较小(δ13C值为－6.6‰ ～ －4.6‰),与正常地幔碳δ 13C值－5±2‰一致;而氧同位素组成变化范围较大(δ18O值为11.9‰～17.7‰ ),显著高于地幔的δ18O值5.7±1.0‰,表明碳酸岩浆在结晶过程中或之后曾与 低 温热液流体发生了同位素交换。碳酸岩墙中白云石与方解石之间的碳和氧同位素分馏均小于 0‰,处于不平衡状态,说明该碳酸岩墙中的白云石与方解石并非同成因矿物,白云石可能 为次生成因的。     

白云鄂博碳酸岩墙的稀土和微量元素地球化学及对其成因的启示

根据矿物组成白云鄂博矿区的碳酸岩岩可墙可分为白云石型、白云石－方解石共存型和方解石型三种类型。REE和微量元素地球化学表明，这三类碳酸岩岩墙为碳酸岩浆演化不同阶段的产物，白云石型和白云石－方解石共存型对应于早期岩浆阶段，其（La/Nd)n、(La/Yb)n比值随稀土总量的增加而增大，方解石型则对应于碳酸岩浆演化的晚期热液阶段，其稀土总量明显富集，但其（La/Nd)n、(La/Y)n和（La/Yb)n比值随稀土总量的增加却有减小的趋势，热液阶段也是白云鄂博稀土矿化的主要阶段。     

新疆彩霞山铅锌矿床稀土元素地球化学研究

通过对新疆彩霞山铅锌矿床不同类型岩石和矿石的稀土元素地球化学特征的研究,探讨了岩石和矿石中稀土元素地球化学行为。结果显示,矿床中稀土元素的分布是不均匀的。在稀土元素配分模式上,活化的白云石大理岩与矿石是相近的,具有显著的δEu正异常和弱的δCe负异常,表明成矿与白云石大理岩的关系密切。同时,根据稀土元素特征的变化,提出了矿床的形成可能与岩浆活动有关的研究思路。     

新疆彩霞山铅锌矿微量和稀土元素地球化学特征初步研究

彩霞山铅锌矿床是目前中天山地区发现的唯一规模可达大型的铅锌矿床,研究意义较大,但研究资料少.文章通过对矿区不同类型岩石的微量元素、稀土元素地球化学特征研究,探讨了岩石中微量元素的变化规律,建立了岩石的REE配分模式,并与不同类型矿石中微量元素和稀土元素地球化学特征进行对比,结果表明矿区白云石大理岩,尤其是多期活化一千麋岩化一滑石化白云石大理岩,其微量元素分布、稀土元素配分模式与不同类型矿石是趋于一致,显示蚀变白云石大理岩与成矿具有同源性.     

滇东北矿集区茂租铅锌矿床热液白云石稀土元素特征

茂租铅锌矿床位于扬子地台西南缘,是滇东北矿集区内的一个大型矿床,矿体呈似层状产于震旦系灯影组白云岩中。矿石矿物以闪锌矿为主,次为方铅矿。脉石矿物主要为白云石、萤石和方解石。矿床的矿化蚀变分带明显,从围岩到矿体,矿化蚀变分带分别为:斑点状白云石化带、脉状白云石化带、星点状矿化带、细脉浸染状矿化带和矿体。白云石是该矿床的重要脉石矿物,除了震旦系灯影组的微晶-细晶白云石外,与成矿热液活动有关的白云石主要有斑点状白云石、脉状白云石和团块状白云石。文章对茂租铅锌矿床3种热液白云石及围岩灯影组白云岩的稀土元素地球化学特征进行了对比研究。结果表明:3种热液白云石与灯影组白云岩的稀土元素配分模式比较接近,总体上具有稀土元素总量低、轻稀土元素富集和Ce元素负异常的特征,这些相似的稀土元素特征表明3种蚀变白云石与围岩之间存在着成因联系。灯影组白云岩ΣREE含量较低,具有Eu元素负异常,而脉状和团块状热液白云石具有明显的Eu元素正异常,反映了存在较高温度的流体活动,热液蚀变白云岩是由高温热液流体形成。斑点状热液白云石Eu元素异常不太明显,可能是由于蚀变强度较弱,继承了原岩Eu元素负异常的特征。团块状白云石ΣREE和w(Y)、w(Sm)较高,表明有其他REE富集流体的加入。3种热液白云石是由高温流体形成,流体主要来源于地层,并有其他富含REE流体加入。     

延边八家子镇上南沟“大理岩”地质地球化学特征及地质意义

传统观点认为,延边八家子镇上南沟"大理岩"为碳酸盐岩地层经过区域变质作用形成。通过详细的野外和镜下观察,发现该"大理岩"并不发育层理等典型沉积岩的特征,而主要呈岩株和岩墙产出,与围岩新东村岩组片岩、片麻岩呈港湾状侵入式接触;且其中发育大量围岩捕虏体,"大理岩"局部还发育有冷凝边;除上南沟"大理岩"外,在上南沟及周边地区并没有碳酸盐岩地层的发育。分析显示,上南沟"大理岩"具有与火成碳酸岩相似的微量元素和稀土元素组成特征,C、O同位素组成处于火成碳酸岩受低温蚀变的演化趋势之内。因此,初步认为延边八家子上南沟"大理岩"并不是由碳酸盐岩地层经区域变质作用形成,其成因可能存在以下2种解释:一种是上南沟"大理岩"为火成碳酸岩,很可能是华北克拉通破坏事件在北缘的响应;另一种可能是大规模富含CO2流体运移的产物,是大规模流体运移成矿的典型范例。     

白云鄂博碳酸盐矿物的矿物化学成分标型特征

对白云鄂博地区不同产状的碳酸盐矿物进行了系统的电子探针分析,其结果表明白云鄂博ＲＥＥ－Ｎｂ－Ｆｅ矿床的赋矿白云岩中,无论是粗粒结构的,还是细粒结构的白云岩,其主要造岩矿物白云石或者铁白云石均具高锰（ＭｎＯ〉０．５ｗｔ％）和高锶（ＳｒＯ〉１．５ｗｔ％）的特征,与矿床北东方向０￣３．５ｋｍ范围内切割五台群花岗片麻岩－混合岩及白云鄂博群碎屑岩的火成碳酸岩岩墙中的碳酸盐矿物非常相似。它们完全不同于宽沟段裂以北典型沉积石灰岩厦白云质石灰岩中的方解石和白云(MnO<0.1wt％ ,SrO<0.1wt％ )。赋矿白云岩中自云石的锶和锰含量系统变他反映碳酸岩浆发生了分离结晶作用,其结果可以导致其余岩浆中REE高度富集．本文认为碳酸盐矿物的锶和锰含量可以作为识别其成囡的重要标型特征,其氧化物MnO>0.15wt％ 和Sr>0.15wt％为火成碳酸岩的标志。     

滇东北毛坪和会泽超大型铅锌矿床粗—巨晶碳酸盐岩成因及其找矿指示意义

云南毛坪和会泽铅锌矿床是川滇黔碳酸盐岩型铅锌成矿域的重要组成部分,是滇东北铅锌矿集区内两个最具代表性的超大型矿床。靠近铅锌矿体常见透镜状、囊状产出的蚀变围岩,因呈麻点状而被俗称为“麻石”,空间上与断裂、矿化结伴出现,是重要找矿标志。本文以这种麻点状的蚀变围岩为主要研究对象,通过大比例尺坑道剖面精细测量、岩相分析、电子探针分析、X射线微区衍射分析、主量—微量元素分析,研究其物质组成、组构特征及形成过程。根据组构特征将蚀变围岩分为两类,Ⅰ类呈砂糖状,矿物颗粒主要为粗晶结构(0.5~1 mm)的白云石和方解石,被褐色伊利石等黏土矿物胶结;Ⅱ类呈斑点状,矿物颗粒主要为巨晶结构(1~3 mm)的方解石和白云石,重结晶现象明显,被黑色泥质和有机质胶结。通过手标本观察、镜下鉴定和综合分析,将Ⅰ类蚀变围岩定名为弱大理岩化粗晶泥质白云岩,Ⅱ类蚀变围岩定名为去白云石化巨晶灰岩。两类蚀变围岩的主量元素特征相比,Ⅰ类中SiO₂、Al₂O₃、K₂O含量较高。微量元素特征显示两类蚀变围岩中主要矿化元素(Zn、Pb)明显富集。稀土元素特征显示,Ⅰ类中稀土元素含量均高于Ⅱ类,其中Ⅱ类与矿化白云岩稀土元素特征相似。两类蚀变围岩是同一流体系统不同阶段的产物,构建其成岩作用模式:弱大理岩化粗晶泥质白云岩(Ⅰ类)的原岩为钙质泥岩,高盐度卤水下渗,在岩性界面处与泥岩和白云岩反应形成泥质白云岩,沉积稳定后受构造运动影响,热液流体沿断裂上升,在有利地段形成泥质白云岩大理岩化(结构上改变);去白云石化巨晶灰岩(Ⅱ类)比弱大理岩化粗晶泥质白云岩(Ⅰ类)蚀变更强烈,经历矿化、大理岩化作用和去白云石化(结构和成分上改变)而形成。综合分析认为两类蚀变围岩与铅锌矿体在时间、空间、成矿物质和成矿流体等方面都具有密切的成因联系,提出大理岩化、去白云石化作用对该类矿床成矿与找矿均具有重要的指示意义。     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987110000125

<正>Carbonatites are commonly related to the accumulation of economically valuable substances such as REE.Cu,and P.The debate over the origin of carbonatites and their relationship to associated silicate rocks has been ongoing for about 45 years.Worldwide,the rocks characteristically display more geochemical enrichments in Ba,Sr and REE than sedimentary carbonate rocks.However,carbonatite's geochemical features are disputed because of secondary mineral effects.Rock-forming carbonates from carbonatites at Qinling.Panxi region,and Bayan Obo in China show REE distribution patterns ranging from LREE enrichment to flat patterns.They are characterized by a Sr content more than 10 times higher than that of secondary carbonates.The coarse- and fine-grained dolomites from Bayan Obo H8 dolomite marbles also show similar high Sr abundance,indicating that they are of igneous origin.Some carbonates in Chinese carbonatites show REE(especially HREE) contents and distribution patterns similar to those of the whole rocks.These intrusive carbonatites display lower platinum group elements and stronger fractionation between Pt and Ir relative to high-Si extrusive carbonatite.This indicates that most intrusive carbonatites may be carbonate cumulates.Maoniuping and Daluxiang in Panxi region are large REE deposits.Hydrothermal fluorite ore veins occur outside of the carbonatite bodies and are emplaced in wallrock syenite.The fiuorite in Maoniuping has Sr and Nd isotopes similar to carbonatite.The Daluxiang fiuorite shows Sr and REE compositions different from those in Maoniuping.The difference is reflected by both the carbonatites and rock-forming carbonates,indicating that REE mineralization is related to carbonatites.The cumulate processes of carbonate minerals make fractionated fluids rich in volatiles and LREE as a result of low partition coefficients for REE between carbonate and carbonatite melt and an increase from LREE to HREE.The carbonatite-derived fluid has interacted with wallrock to form REE ore veins.The amount of carbonatite dykes occurring near the Bayan Obo orebodies may support the same mineralization model,i.e.that fluids evolved from the carbonatite dykes reacted with H8 dolomite marble,and thus the different REE and isotope compositions of coarse- and fine-grained dolomite may be related to reaction processes.     

Geochemical constraints on the genesis of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE deposit in Inner Mongolia, China

Trace element and isotopic compositions of carbonate from ore bodies, country rock which hosts the ore bodies (H8 dolomite), a carbonatite dyke exposed in Dulahala near Bayan Obo, and rare earth element (REE)-rich dolomite in Bayan Obo have been determined to understand the genesis of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE ore deposit, the world’s largest resource of REE. The REE and trace element distribution patterns of samples from the REE-rich carbonatite dykes are identical to those of mineralized carbonate rocks, indicating a genetic linkage between the REE-rich carbonatite and mineralization in this region. By contrast, carbon and oxygen isotopes in the mineralized carbonate varied significantly, δ¹³C = −7.98‰ to −1.12‰, δ¹⁸O = 8.60-25.69‰, which are distinctively different from those in mantle-derived carbonatite. Abnormal isotopic fractionations between dolomite and calcite suggest that these two minerals are in disequilibrium in the carbonatite dyke, ore bodies, and H8 marble from Bayan Obo. This isotopic characteristic is also found in mineralized sedimentary marine micrite from Heinaobao, ∼25 km southeast of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE ore deposit. These facts imply that the carbonate minerals in the Bayan Obo deposit have resulted from sedimentary carbonate rocks being metasomatised by mantle-derived fluids, likely derived from a REE-enriched carbonatitic magma. The initial Nd isotope values of ore bodies and carbonatite dykes are identical, indicating that ore bodies, carbonatite dykes and veins may have a similar REE source.     

白云鄂博地区碳酸岩脉侵位序列与稀土元素富集机制

白云鄂博地区发育大量的火成碳酸岩脉。按照矿物组成,碳酸岩脉可分为白云石型、白云石-方解石共存型和方解石型。野外穿插关系表明,白云石型碳酸岩脉形成得早,而方解石型碳酸岩脉形成得晚。白云鄂博地区的碳酸岩浆存在由白云石型到共存型再到方解石型的先后结晶顺序和演化趋势。碳酸岩脉的主量、稀土和微量元素组成特征表明,随着碳酸岩脉中方解石矿物组分的增加,轻稀土元素的含量呈明显富集趋势,而长期的结晶分异作用正是稀土元素,尤其是轻稀土元素在晚期岩浆中强烈富集的内在机制。     

白云鄂博矿区碱性基性岩—碳酸岩岩墙岩石学研究

白云鄂博地区广泛发育碳酸岩墙 -碱性基性岩墙,通过对其岩石学、矿物学、岩石化学、稀土元素、微量元素的系统研究表明,碳酸岩墙为火成碳酸岩,部分碳酸岩墙的REE含量高达14 6 75 %,与赋矿白云石碳酸岩体的REE含量(最高达 10 % )相近,两者均为富稀土矿石。矿区基性岩墙的K2 O +Na2 O含量( >5 % )高于普通基性岩石(4 % ),表明它们属于碱性岩类,是碱性基性岩墙。碳酸岩墙 -碱性基性岩墙的REE与微量元素的分配型式近似,Sr、Nd、Pb同位素特征亦相近,表明它们形成于一个比较特殊的、近似的源区,两者有一定的成因关系。     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987115001310

Bayan Obo ore deposit is the largest rare-earth element(REE) resource,and the second largest niobium(Nb) resource in the world.Due to the complicated element/mineral compositions and involving several geological events,the REE enrichment mechanism and genesis of this giant deposit still remains intense debated.The deposit is hosted in the massive dolomite,and nearly one hundred carbonatite dykes occur in the vicinity of the deposit.The carbonatite dykes can be divided into three types from early to late:dolomite,co-existing dolomite-calcite and calcite type,corresponding to different evolutionary stages of carbonatite magmatism based on the REE and trace element data.The latter always has higher REE content.The origin of the ore-hosting dolomite at Bayan Obo has been addressed in various models,ranging from a normal sedimentary carbonate rocks to volcano-sedimentary sequence,and a large carbonatitic intrusion.More geochemical evidences show that the coarse-grained dolomite represents a Mesoproterozoic carbonatite pluton and the fine-grained dolomite resulted from the extensive REE mineralization and modification of the coarse-grained variety.The ore bodies,distributed along an E-W striking belt,occur as large lenses and underwent more intense fluoritization and fenitization.The first episode mineralization is characterized by disseminated mineralization in the dolomite.The second or main-episode is banded and/or massive mineralization,cut by the third episode consisting of aegirinerich veins.Various dating methods gave different mineralization ages at Bayan Obo,resulting in long and hot debates.Compilation of available data suggests that the mineralization is rather variable with two peaks at~1400 and 440 Ma.The early mineralization peak closes in time to the intrusion of the carbonatite dykes.A significant thermal event at ca.440 Ma resulted in the formation of late-stage veins with coarse crystals of REE minerals.Fluids involving in the REE-Nb-Fe mineralization at Bayan Obo might be REE-F-C02-NaCI-H20 system.The presence of REE-carbonates as an abundant solid in the ores shows that the original ore-forming fluids are very rich in REE,and therefore,have the potential to produce economic REE ores at Bayan Obo.the Bayan Obo deposit is a product of mantle-derived carbonatitic magmatism at ca.1400 Ma,which was likely related to the breakup of Columbia.Some remobilization of REE occurred due to subduction of the Palaeo-Asian oceanic plate during the Silurian,forming weak vein-like mineralization.     

New evidence from a calcite-dolomite carbonatite dyke for the magmatic origin of the massive Bayan Obo ore-bearing dolomite marble, Inner Mongolia, China

Summary New data on Sr and Nd isotope composition and major and trace element distribution in dolomite-calcite carbonatite dykes at Bayan Obo are provided, and a Mid-Proterozoic age is deduced. The dykes and the neighbouring massive dolomite (H8) body have similar geochemical characteristics, interpreted to indicate a carbonatitic magmatic origin. The occurrence of riebeckite-bearing fenitized quartzites marginal to both dykes and H8 dolomite body, and the presence of xenoliths in the latter, supports this conclusion. Taken together with previously published stable isotope data, these data confirm a mantle-derived origin for the H8 body. The oxygen isotope composition of the dolomite and magnetite in the dykes is lower than that in the fine-grained dolomite. Oxygen data from samples of the coarse-grained dolomite host are either similar to the dykes or to the fine-grained type in agreement with their other geochemical characteristics. The carbonate-magnetite thermometric pairs of the fine-grained dolomite indicate a range of 350–540 °C, which is probably lower than that of the original main magmatic emplacement. This supports the distinction made between the original coarse-grained dolomite marble and dyke composition from the later fine-grained dolomite. Thus the large H8 dolomite is interpreted as a carbonatite intrusion that contains wall-rock xenoliths and caused fenitization of the hanging wall, foot wall and the xenoliths, and that the coarse-grained portions of the H8 marble are those portions that, in the Late Proterozoic to Palaeozoic, escaped recrystallization to fine-grained dolomite and subsequent REE-Fe mineralization. Currently at National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK An erratum to this article is available at .     

A rare earth element-rich carbonatite dyke at Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, North China

Summary ?A carbonatite dyke, extremely enriched in rare earth elements (REE), is reported from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, North China. The REE content in the dyke varies from 1 wt% to up to 20 wt%. The light REEs are enriched and highly fractionated relative to the heavy REEs, and there is no Eu anomaly. Although carbon isotope δ¹³C (PDB) values of the carbonatites (−7.3 to −4.7‰) are within the range of normal mantle (−5±2‰), oxygen isotope δ¹⁸O (SMOW) (11.9 to 17.7‰) ratios apparently are higher than those of the mantle (5.7±1.0‰), indicating varying degrees of exchange with hydrothermal fluids during or after magmatic crystallization. The carbonatite is the result of partial melting followed by fractional crystallization. Primary carbonatite melt was formed by less than 1% partial melting of enriched mantle, leaving a garnet-bearing residue. The melt then rose to a crustal magma chamber and underwent fractional crystallization, producing further REE enrichment. The REE and trace element distribution patterns of the carbonatites are similar to those of fine-grained dolomite marble, the ore-host rock of the Bayan Obo REE–Nb–Fe giant mineral deposit. This fact may indicate a petrogenetic link between the dykes described here and the Bayan Obo mineral deposit. Received November 1, 2001; revised version accepted June 16, 2002     

REE mineralization in the carbonatites of the sung valley ultramafic-alkaline-carbonatite complex,Meghalaya, India

The Early Cretaceous Sung Valley Ultramafic-Alkaline-Carbonatite (SUAC) complex intruded the Proterozoic Shillong Group of rocks and located in the East Khasi Hills and West Jaintia Hills districts of Meghalaya. The SUAC complex is a bowl-shaped depression covering an area of about 26 km² and is comprised serpentinised peridotite forming the core of the complex with pyroxenite rim. Alkaline rocks are dominantly ijolite and nepheline syenite, occur as ring-shaped bodies as well as dykes. Carbonatites are, the youngest intrusive phase in the complex, where they form oval-shaped bodies, small dykes and veins. During the course of large scale mapping in parts of the Sung Valley complex, eleven carbonatite bodies were delineated. These isolated carbonatite bodies have a general NW-SE and E-W trend and vary from 20–125 m long and 10–40 m wide. Calcite carbonatite is the dominant variety and comprises minor dolomite and apatite and accessory olivine, magnetite, pyrochlore and phlogopite. The REE-bearing minerals identified in the Sung Valley carbonatites are bastnäsite-(Ce), ancylite-(Ce), belovite-(Ce), britholite-(Ce) and pyrochlore that are associated with calcite and apatite. The presence of REE carbonates and phosphates associated with REE-Nb bearing pyrochlore enhances the economic potential of the Sung Valley carbonatites. Trace-element geochemistry also reveals an enrichment of LREEs in the carbonatites and average ΣREE value of 0.102% in 26 bed rock samples. Channel samples shows average ΣREE values of 0.103 wt%. Moreover, few samples from carbonatite bodies has indicated relatively higher values for Sn, Hf, Ta and U. Since the present study focuses surface evaluation of REE, therefore, detailed subsurface exploration will be of immense help to determine the REE and other associated mineralization of the Sung Valley carbonatite prospect.