Characteristic Features of REE and Pb–Zn–Ag Mineralizations in the Na Son Deposit,Northeastern Vietnam

The Na Son deposit is a small‐scale Pb–ZnPb–Zn–Ag deposit in northeast Vietnam and consists of biotite–chlorite schist, reddish altered rocks, quartz veins and syenite. The biotite–chlorite schist is intruded by syenite. Reddish altered rocks occur as an alteration halo between the biotite–allanite‐bearing quartz veins and the biotite–chlorite schist. Allanite occurs in the biotite–allanite‐bearing quartz veins and in the proximal reddish altered rocks. Rare earth element (REE) fluorocarbonate minerals occur along fractures or at rim of allanite crystals. The later horizontal aggregates of sulfide veins and veinlets cut the earlier reddish altered rocks. The earlier Pb–Zn veins consist of a large amount of galena and lesser amounts of sphalerite, pyrite and molybdenite. The later Cu veins cutting the Pb–Zn veins include chalcopyrite and lesser amounts of tetrahedrite and pyrite. The occurrences of two‐phase H₂O–CO₂ fluid inclusions in quartz from biotite–allanite‐bearing quartz veins and REE‐bearing fluorocarbonate minerals in allanite suggest the presence of CO₂ and F in the hydrothermal fluid. The oxygen isotopic ratios of the reddish altered rocks, biotite–chlorite schist, and syenite range from +13.9 to +14.9 ‰, +11.5 to +13.3 ‰, and +10.1 to +11.6 ‰, respectively. Assuming an isotopic equilibrium between quartz (+14.6 to +15.8 ‰) and biotite (+8.6 ‰) in the biotite–allanite‐bearing quartz vein, formation temperature was estimated to be 400°C. At 400°C, δ¹⁸O values of the hydrothermal fluid in equilibrium with quartz and biotite range from +10.5 to +11.7 ‰. These δ¹⁸O values are consistent with fluid that is derived from metamorphism. Assuming an isotopic equilibrium between galena (+1.5 to +1.7 ‰) and chalcopyrite (+3.4 ‰), the formation temperature was estimated to be approximately 300°C. The formation temperature of the Na Son deposit decreased with the progress of mineralization. Based on the geological data, occurrence of REE‐bearing minerals and oxygen isotopic ratios, the REE mineralization is thought to result from interaction between biotite–chlorite schist and REE‐, CO₂‐ and F‐bearing metamorphic fluid at 400°C under a rock‐dominant condition.     

REE Mineralization of Weathered Crust and Clay Sediment on Granitic Rocks in the Sanyo Belt,SW Japan and the Southern Jiangxi Province,China

Rare earth element (REE) geochemistry and mineralogy have been studied in the weathered crusts derived from the Early Yanshanian (Jurassic) biotite granites of Dabu and Dingnan, as well as in the Indosinian (Permian) muscovite–biotite granite of Aigao in southern Jiangxi province, China, and the weathered crusts and clay sediments on biotite granites in the Sanyo belt, SW Japan, that is, Okayama, Tanakami, and Naegi areas. In all of the weathered crusts, biotite and plagioclase commonly tend to decrease toward the upper part of the profile, whereas kaolinite and residual quartz and K‐feldspar increase. The weathered crusts of the Dingnan granites and some Naegi granites, which are characterized by the enrichment in light REE (LREE) in C horizons, have higher total REE (ΣREE) content than the parent REE‐enriched granites. Weathering of LREE‐bearing apatite and fluorocarbonates in the Dingnan granites and allanite and apatite in some Naegi granites may account for the leaching of LREE at the B horizons. The leached LREE must result in subsequent enrichment of LREE in the C horizons. The enrichment is probably associated with mainly adsorption onto kaolinite and partly formation of possible secondary LREE‐bearing minerals. In Japan it was found that REE mineralization occurs not in the weathered granitic crusts but in reworked clay sediments, especially kaolinite‐rich layers, derived mainly from the weathering materials of REE‐enriched granitic rocks. The clay sediments are more enriched in LREE, which likely adsorbed onto kaolinite. Concentration of heavy REE within almost all the weathered crusts and clay sediments, however, may reflect mainly residual REE‐bearing minerals such as zircon, which originated in the parent granitic rocks. The findings of the present study support the three processes for fractionation of the REE during weathering: (i) selective leaching of rocks containing both stable and unstable REE‐bearing minerals; (ii) adsorption onto clay minerals; and (iii) presence of possible secondary LREE‐bearing minerals.     

青海南部曲麻莱县达考岩体地球化学特征及其构造环境

达考序列岩体由查肖叉得英云闪长岩、杂乃玛下黑云母二长花岗岩、抗涌正长花岗岩组成。单颗粒锆石U-Pb同位素年龄值为169±4 Ma,形成于中侏罗世,岩石化学成分表现为岩浆向富硅、富碱、富铝方向演化。稀土元素特征表现为轻稀土元素富集,重稀土元素平坦型。微量元素特征表现为富集大离子亲石元素Rb、K、Ba、Th,而Sr、Nb、Ta略显亏损,εNd（t）变化在-7.6~-8.1之间,（87Sr/86Sr）i值较高,变化于0.70969~0.71104之间。地球化学特征表明达考序列岩体形成构造背景为火山弧花岗岩,为壳幔混合产物。     

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of a peralkaline granite complex from the Midian Mountains, Saudi Arabia

A zoned intrusion with a biotite granodiorite core and arfvedsonite granite rim represents the source magma for an albitised granite plug near its eastern margin and radioactive siliceous veins along its western margin. A study of selected REE and trace elements of samples from this complex reveals that the albitised granite plug has at least a tenfold enrichment in Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Y, Th, U and Sr, and a greatly enhanced heavy/light REE ratio compared with the peralkaline granite. The siliceous veins have even stronger enrichment of these trace elements, but a heavy/light REE ratio and negative eu anomaly similar to the peralkaline granite. It is suggested that the veins were formed from acidic volatile activity and the plug from a combination of highly fractionated magma and co-existing alkaline volatile phase. The granodiorite core intrudes the peralkaline granite and has similar trace element geochemistry. The peralkaline granite is probably derived from the partial melting of the lower crust in the presence of halide-rich volatiles, and the granodiorite from further partial melting under volatile-free conditions.     

江西足洞和关西花岗岩的稀土元素地球化学及矿化特征

足洞和关西岩体分别为花岗岩风化壳离子吸附型重、轻稀土矿床的原岩。足洞岩体的∑REE¹⁾为264ppm,LREE/HREE²⁾值为0.81-024,平均的钇对∑REE占有率为35.8-54.5%。这主要是由于岩浆结晶演化及晚期有交代钠长石化、白云母化和萤石-氟碳钙钇矿化的结果。这些蚀变产生了钇族稀土氟碳酸盐、硅酸盐和砷酸盐等内生矿化作用。     

Petrogenesis of I-type granitoids from the Melrose Stock,east-central Nevada

The Melrose Stock in the Dolly Varden Mountains of east-central Nevada is one of the many Mesozoic intrusion s in the Basin and Range Province. It consists of monzonites, quartz monzonites, granodiorites, and granites sharply intruding Mississippian to Triassic units. Phenocrysts of plagioclase (An₃₈–An₂₄) with oscillatory zoning and albitic rims, hornblende ± diopside, and biotite are common. Coexisting phases include orthoclase, quartz and accessory magnetite, apatite, titanite, ilmenite, and allanite. Mineral compositions suggest that the intrusion was emplaced at ～720 ± 40°C and 1.8–2.3 kbar.

All rocks are metaluminous to slightly peraluminous, defining a calcalkalic trend in which the monzonites and syenites are shoshonitic. Rare earth element patterns indicate that all studied rock types are comagmatic. Harker plots show curvilinear trends with some kinks consistent with fractionation, and mixing/assimilation. Major-element modelling and petrographic evidence suggest three stages of fractionation/mixing: Stage 1 marked by the fractionation of diopside and plagioclase; Stage 2 by fractionation of plagioclase, hornblende ± orthoclase ± biotite, accompanied by mixing through convection; and Stage 3 by fractionation of biotite, hornblende, plagioclase, and orthoclase.

Mineralogic, petrographic, and major- and trace-element data demonstrate that all rocks are I-type granitoids, suggesting a significant mantle contribution. Spider diagrams show troughs for Ti, P, and Nb, indicating magma genesis in a subduction-zone setting. Discrimination diagrams classify all rocks as late orogenic. Magma was therefore generated from mantle metasomatized by subduction, differentiated to a monzonitic magma, and emplaced in the thinned continental crust during a period of extension late in the cycle of Elko orogeny.     

Petrogenesis and evolution of the Dineibit El-Qulieb hyperaluminous leucogranite,Southeastern Desert,Egypt: petrological and geochemical constraints

The Dineibit El-Qulieb Leucogranite exhibits most features of l-type granitoids (calc-alkaline affinity, relatively high Na₂O, moderate values of Rb, Ba, LREE, Rb/Sr and low Rb/Ba with the presence of magnetite and titanite as the main accessories). On the other hand, they possess hyperaluminous (molar A/CNK = 1.22−1.43) and high normative corundum (∼ 5%), which are in contrast to typical l-type granitoids. The REE patterns are characterised by fractionated LREE and relatively flat HREE with pronounced negative Eu anomalies. The investigated rocks have low K/Rb and high Zr/Y ratios reflecting a typical mature continentalarc environment.The absence of recrystallised phases and the undepleted and flat HREE of the Dineibit El-Qulieb Leucogranite pattern argue against its formation by partial melting of crustal materials. Based on the petrological and geochemical features, the Dineibit El-Qulieb Leucogranite can be generated by fractional crystallisation of mafic magma. The Qulieb leucogranites are characterised by LILE enrichment, normative corundum-rich, strongly peraluminous compositions and associated with miarolitic cavities and pegmatitic patches suggesting the role of the aqueous fluids released from the downgoing slab during subduction. The main fractionating phases were hornblende, biotite, plagioclase and alkali feldspars. Based on the modelling of major elements, the least differentiated adamellite sample requires 91% crystal fractionation, mainly of hornblende, plagioclase, K-feldspar and biotite, from dioritic liquid. On the other hand, the most felsic investigated adamellite sample can be generated by 29% fractional crystallisation of plagioclase, K-feldspar and biotite from the most basic adamellite sample.     

Implication of Apatite and Anhydrite for Formation of an Iron‐Oxide‐Apatite (IOA) Rare Earth Element Prospect,Benjamin River,Canada

The Benjamin River apatite prospect in northern New Brunswick, Canada, is hosted by the Late Silurian Dickie Brook plutonic complex, which is made up of intrusive units represented by monzogranite, diorite and gabbro. The IOA ores, composed mainly of apatite, augite, and magnetite at Benjamin River form pegmatitic pods and lenses in the host igneous rocks, the largest of which is 100 m long and 10–20 m wide in the diorite and gabbro units. In this study, 28 IOA ore and rock samples were collected from the diorite and gabbro units. Mineralogical observations show that the apatite–augite–magnetite ores are variable in the amounts of apatite, augite, and magnetite and are associated with minor amounts of epidote‐group minerals (allanite, REE‐rich epidote and epidte) and trace amounts of albite, titanite, ilmenite, titanomagnetite, pyrite, chlorite, calcite, and quartz. Apatite and augite grains contain small anhydrite inclusions. This suggests that the magma that crystallized apatite and augite had high oxygen fugacity. In back scattered electron (BSE) images, apatite grains in the ores have two zones of different appearance: (i) primary REE‐rich zone; and (ii) porous REE‐poor zone. The porous REE‐poor zones mainly appear in rims and/or inside of the apatite grains, in addition to the presence of apatite grains which totally consist of a porous REE‐poor apatite. This porous REE‐poor apatite is characterized by low REE (<0.84 wt%), Si (<0.28 wt%), and Cl (<0.17 wt%) contents. Epidote‐group minerals mainly occur in grain boundary between the porous REE‐poor apatite and augite. These indicate that REE leached from primary REE‐rich apatite crystallized as allanite and REE‐rich epidote. Magnetite in the ores often occurs as veinlets that cut apatite grains or as anhedral grains that replace a part of augite. These textures suggest that magnetite crystallized in the late stage. Pyrite veins occur in the ores, including a large amount of quartz and calcite veins. Pyrite veins mainly occur with quartz veins in augite. These textures indicate pyrite veins are the latest phase. Apatite–augite–magnetite ore, gabbro–quartz diorite and feldspar dike collected from the Benjamin River prospect contain dirty pure albite (Ab₉₈Or₂–Ab₁₀₀) under the microscope. The feldspar dikes mainly consist of dirty pure albite. Occurrences of the dirty pure albite suggest remarkable albitization (sodic alteration) of original plagioclase (An_25.3–An₆₀ in Pilote et al., 2012) associating with intrusion of monzogranite into gabbro and diorite. SO₄^2? bearing magma crystallized primary REE‐rich apatite, augite and anhydrite reacted with Fe in the sodic fluids, which result in oxidation of Fe²⁺ and release of S^2? into the sodic fluids. REE, Ca and Fe from primary REE‐rich apatite, augite and plagioclase altered by the sodic fluids were released into the fluids. Then Fe³⁺ in the sodic fluids precipitated as Fe oxides and epidote‐group minerals in apatite–augite–magnetite ores. Finally, residual S^2? in sodic fluids crystallized as latest pyrite veins. In conclusion, mineralization in Benjamin River IOA prospect are divided into four stages: (1) oxidized magmatic stage that crystallized apatite, augite and anhydrite; (2) sodic metasomatic stage accompanying alteration of magmatic minerals; (3) oxidized fluid stage (magnetite–epidote group minerals mineralization); and (4) reduced fluid stage (pyrite mineralization).     

Ages and compositions of primary and secondary allanite from the Lala Fe–Cu deposit,SW China: implications for multiple episodes of hydrothermal events

Numerous Fe–Cu deposits in southwestern China form the Kangdian Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) metallogenic Province. These deposits have a close association of Fe-oxides and Cu-sulfides formed at different stages, which are possibly related to multiple hydrothermal events. In this paper, U–Pb dating and chemical analyses on allanite from different stages of the Lala deposit were used to constrain timing and origin of such events. Allanite occurs as disseminated grains or patches in Fe–Cu ores and is closely associated with chalcopyrite, molybdenite, calcite and minor titanite, postdating magnetite and apatite. High-resolution backscattered electronic (BSE) imaging, electron microprobe compositions and X-ray scanning profiles demonstrate that REE-rich primary allanite was replaced by later, relatively porous and REE-poor secondary allanite. Such a replacement was promoted by interaction between primary allanite and fluid fluxes infiltrating the minerals, following an exchange scheme of REE³⁺ + Fe²⁺ → Ca²⁺ + Al³⁺. The secondary allanite has higher Fe³⁺/(Fe³⁺+Fe²⁺) ratios and U contents, indicating involvement of relatively oxidized fluids during alteration. The alteration has also produced unidentified secondary REE minerals in fractures, indicating re-deposition of some of the removed REEs. The primary and secondary allanites are dated by in situ LA-ICP-MS technique and have U–Pb ages of 1,067 ± 41 Ma and 880–850 Ma, respectively. The ~1.07 Ga primary allanite was contemporaneous with the main Mo–Cu–LREE mineralization with a molybdenite Re–Os age of ~1.08 Ga. The 880–850 Ma secondary allanite is comparable with the Ar–Ar ages (890–830 Ma) of biotite from hosting schists and undeformed sulfide veins occurring throughout the Kangdian Province, suggesting that such an event was possibly syn-deformational and represents a younger hydrothermal event. Occurrences of both primary and secondary allanites suggest that the mineralization may have involved multiple tectonothermal events including the ~1.05–1.1 Ga intra-plate and subsequent 960–740 Ma arc magmatism in the Kangdian region.     

辽宁青城子铅锌多金属矿田晚三叠世岩浆岩年代学、地球化学及地质意义

辽宁青城子铅锌矿田产出在辽东裂谷凹陷带,是中国北方重要的铅锌金银多金属矿田。研究表明,矿区内发育的以双顶沟黑云母二长花岗岩和新岭花岗岩为代表的晚三叠世花岗质岩浆事件,应与本区的矿化作用密切相关。LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示双顶沟岩体侵位时间为224.2±1.2Ma。双顶沟岩体岩石化学组成呈现 SiO₂ 69.07%~71.31%,K₂O 3.53%~5.22%, Na₂O 3.87%~4.14%,属于钙碱性岩石系列。Al₂O₃为12.46%~14.48%,A/CNK<1,具有准铝质特征。微量元素数据显示稀土总量较高,轻重稀土元素之间强烈分馏, , Eu负异常不明显(δEu=0.68~0.97)。富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、K、Pb等,而亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、P、Ti等。具有高Sr,Ba含量,低的Y,Yb含量特征,属于具有类似埃达克质亲和性的I型花岗岩,具有高Nb/Ta(18.4~21.2),上述岩石地球化学特征,表明其岩浆源区残留固相矿物组合中包含可观的石榴子石和金红石,可能起源于加厚下地壳的部分熔融,并可能存在与幔源基性岩浆混合作用。推测扬子和华北板块深俯冲过程中板片断离可能是诱发与成矿有关岩浆的地球动力学原因。     

Geochemistry and Genesis of Iron-apatite Ore in the Khanlogh Deposit, Eastern Cenozoic Quchan-Sabzevar Magmatic Arc, NE Iran

The Khanlogh deposit in the Cenozoic Quchan-Sabzevar magmatic belt, NE Iran, is hosted by Oligocene granodioritic rock. The Khanlogh intrusive body is I-type granitoid of the calc-alkaline series. The orebodies are vein, veinlet, massive, and breccia in shape and occur along the fault zones and fractures within the host rock. Ore minerals dominantly comprise magnetite and apatite associated with epidote, clinopyroxene, calcite, quartz, and chlorite. Apatites of the Khanlogh deposit have a high concentration of REE, and show a strong LREE/HREE ratio with a pronounced negative Eu anomaly. Magnetites have a high concentration of REE and show weak to moderate LREE/HREE fractionation. They are comparable to the REE patterns in Kiruna-type iron ores and show an affinity to calc-alkaline magmas. The Khanlogh deposit is similar in the aspects of host rock lithology, alteration, mineralogy, and mineral chemistry to the Kiruna-type deposits. Field observations, hydrothermal alteration halos, style of mineralization, and the geochemical characteristics of apatite, magnetite, and host rock indicate that these magnetite veins have hydrothermal origin similar to Cenozoic Kiruna-type deposits within the Tarom subzone, NW Iran, and are not related to silica-iron oxide immiscibility, as are the major Precambrian magnetite deposits in central Iran.     

新疆阿尔泰南缘克因布拉克铜锌矿区黑云母二长花岗岩地球化学特征及意义

新疆阿尔泰南缘克因布拉克铜锌矿区出露大面积花岗岩,岩性主要为二长花岗岩、钾长花岗岩、黑云母花岗岩和英云闪长岩,矿体赋存于二长花岗岩与上志留统-下泥盆统康布铁堡组外接触带中。室内显微镜下鉴定二长花岗岩发育二云母二长花岗岩和黑云母二长花岗岩2种岩相。黑云母二长花岗岩具有高硅、高碱、贫钠富钾、准铝质-过铝质的特点;微量元素特征表现为Rb、Th、K、Ce、Nd、Tb富集,Ba、Nb、Sr、Ti强烈亏损;稀土元素配分模式为轻稀土相对富集的右倾型,具有稀土总量中等及中等负铕异常的特点。这些特征表明该花岗岩属于高钾钙碱性准铝质-过铝质S型。岩石的I_Sr(t)值为0.703 039~0.705 729,ε_Nd(t)值相对较低,多数为近于0的负值,T_2DM两阶段模式年龄集中在1.145~1.194 Ga。岩石可能由中元古界富含黑云母的变质砂岩或正变质岩和少量幔源物质在较低压力条件下熔融形成,源区有斜长石的残留。地球化学特征表明该区花岗岩具有良好的含矿性,其矿床形成于后碰撞的伸展环境,成矿作用与二长花岗岩的岩浆期后热液有关。     

辽宁弓长岭铁矿二矿区条带状铁建造地球化学特征及成因探讨

本文以弓长岭铁矿二矿区磁铁石英岩、磁铁富矿和蚀变围岩样品为研究对象,进行了主量元素、微量元素、稀土元素和Fe同位素的测试。结果表明:磁铁石英岩主要由TFe2O3和SiO2组成,Al2O3和TiO2质量分数较低,微量元素质量分数和稀土元素质量分数均较低;经澳大利亚后太古界平均页岩(PAAS)标准化的稀土配分模式呈现出轻稀土亏损和重稀土富集,La、Eu和Y的正异常明显,Ce的异常不明显,Y/Ho值较高;富集Fe的重同位素,且与海底喷发热液经过氧化沉淀后的Fe同位素特征一致。磁铁富矿与磁铁石英岩的地球化学特征有很好的一致性和继承性,但磁铁富矿的REE和Eu质量分数较高,且较磁铁石英岩富集Fe的轻同位素,范围更大,与蚀变岩的Fe同位素组成相近。弓长岭铁矿的磁铁石英岩是陆源物质加入很少的古海洋化学沉积岩,为喷出的海底热液与海水的混合条件下氧化沉淀形成的。磁铁富矿推测为富Fe的轻同位素热液对磁铁石英岩进行改造,经过去硅富铁作用形成的。     

Light Rare Earth Elements enrichment in an acidic mine lake (Lusatia,Germany)

The distribution of Rare Earth Elements (REE) was investigated in the acidic waters (lake and groundwater) of a lignite mining district (Germany). The Fe- and SO₄-rich lake water (pH 2.7) displays high REE contents (e.g. La∼70 μg/l, Ce∼160 μg/l) and an enrichment of light REE (LREE) in the NASC normalised pattern. Considering the hydrodynamic model and geochemical data, the lake water composition may be calculated as a mixture of inflowing Quaternary and mining dump groundwaters. The groundwater of the dump aquifer is LREE enriched. Nevertheless, the leachates of dump sediments generally have low REE contents and display flat NASC normalised patterns. However, geochemical differences and REE pattern in undisturbed lignite (LREE enriched pattern and low water soluble REE contents) and the weathered lignite of the dumps (flat REE pattern and high water soluble REE contents) suggest that lignite is probably the main REE source rock for the lake water.     

The Jiashan Syenite in northern Hebei: A record of lithospheric thinning in the Yanshan Intracontinental Orogenic Belt

The Early Cretaceous Jiashan Syenite is located in a region of late Jurassic crustal thickening. The Jiashan Syenite can be divided into three concentrically arranged units, the Jiangjiawan, Longtangou and Longtannangou units, which were intruded sequentially. Geochemically, the Jiashan Syenite has a high Ga/Al ratio (>3), is enriched in silica, alkalis, Fe, REE, Th, Ga, Nb, Zr and Hf, is depleted in Mg, Ba, Sr and Ti and in transition elements such as Cr, Co, Ni and V. The three units of the Jiashan Syenite have Ce/Pb ratios ranging from 6.12 to 13.41 and are enriched in light REE (LREE) with a moderate Eu negative anomaly. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr initial ratios range from 0.701409 to 0.707405, with a mean of 0.70379. The ε_Nd (t) values of −2.27 to −5.58 indicate that the magma was probably derived from enriched mantle. The Jiashan Syenite is a post-orogenic intrusion, and can be considered to be an A-type granite. It was emplaced in an environment of lithospheric extension during asthenospheric mantle upwelling. This suggests that the regional compressional shortening and crustal thickening tectonic regime in the Yanshan Orogenic Belt during the Late Jurassic (ca. 135 Ma) changed to lithospheric extension and thinning in the Early Cretaceous.     

Rare Earth Element Behaviour During Evolution and Alteration of the Dartmoor Granite, SW England

The distribution of rare earth elements (REE) within the compositionallyzoned Dartmoor pluton is used to constrain models of graniteevolution and to assess the effects of pervasive hydrothermalalteration on REE mobility. The main process of magma evolutionwas crystal fractionation of early plagioclase, biotite, andaccessory minerals (apatite, monazite, zircon, and xenotime).Concentrations of REE (particularly LREE and Eu) and other elements(Fe₂O₃t, MgO, CaO, TiO₂, Zr, Ba, and Sr) decrease strongly withevolution of the pluton from 71 to 74% SiO2. These trends, andthe inward zoning of the pluton, are compatible with differentiationby crystal fractionation at the level of emplacement, a processthat gave rise to a marginal cumulate granite (CGM) modifiedby country rock assimilation, a body of inner granite (PM),and a late-stage evolved granite (FG) that intruded the earliertypes. REE modelling of the Dartmoor granite types by fractionalcrystallization of REE-enriched accessory minerals from a parentPM-granite shows that the FG-granite cannot have formed froma residual liquid left by crystallization of the CGM-granite.Two discrete stages of crystallization occurred; side-wall cumulateCGM-granite crystallization dominated by LREE-en-riched monazitefractionation followed by a late-stage mobile residual FG-granitein which fractionation was dominated by HREE-enriched apatiteand zircon. Modelling supports the idea that large-scale assimilationof country rock was not the dominant process during Dartmoorgranite evolution. Pervasive hydrothermal alteration locally affected all Dartmoorgranite types, altering primary plagioclase, biotite, apatite,monazite, and, to a lesser extent, zircon and xenotime. Duringpervasive sericitization, chloritization, and tourmalinization,REE were mobilized over distances of centimetres only and redistributedinto the secondary alteration products seridte, chlorite, tourmaline,allanite, and sphene. Whole-rock REE abundances were not affected     

北京延庆大庄科花岗杂岩地球化学特征

元素之间的相关特征一直是地球化学过程的重要判据。但通常只有少数几个元素的相关特征为人们所采用。本文通过对大庄科花岗杂岩系列研究表明,许多元素相互之间都存在着显著的线性相关特征,它们是协同共变的——协变特征;另一些元素包括成矿元素,挥发份等,不呈协变特征。前者可能反映岩浆的状态、结构等内部特征和岩浆过程;后者反映了岩浆的成矿专属性特征。     

稀土元素七组分图解类型划分及地质意义

根据轻稀土与重稀土含量的比例关系以及Sm/Gd与Dy/Er比值的变化关系,将稀土七组分曲线划分为H型（重稀土富集型）和L型（轻稀土富集型）两大类型,包括Ha,Hb,Hc和La,Lb,Lc6个基本类型。通过实例,论述了稀土七组分图解在地质研究,特别是在侵入序列划分、岩浆成因及演化特点分析、不同类型及不同时代花岗岩的对比以及变质原岩恢复、混合岩化作用过程分析中的作用和意义。     

Origin and timing of the post-Variscan gabbro–granite complex of Porto (Western Corsica)

The post-Variscan complex of Porto consists of metaluminous to slightly peraluminous A-type biotite granites mingled with gabbro-dioritic rocks, and late dykes with basaltic to trachyandesitic composition. U-Pb zircon dating by LA-ICP-MS on two mafic intrusive samples constrains the time of the gabbro–granite crystallisation at 281 ± 3 Ma and 283 ± 2 Ma. Hornblende ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages from a late trachyandesite dyke date the dyking event at 280 ± 2 Ma, which is within error the U-Pb zircon ages of the intrusives. Biotite granites show variable major and trace element compositions and similar initial ε_Nd (−0.3 to +0.9). Whole rock chemistry variations and trace element compositions of plagioclase and allanite indicate that the granites are genetically linked, essentially through fractional crystallisation of feldspars and minor allanite. On the basis of whole-rock chemistry e.g. initial ε_Nd +4.9 to +1.7 and trace element clinopyroxene compositions, we have ascertained that the mafic intrusives and basic dykes formed from isotopically depleted mantle source-derived melts with similar trace element signature. These basic melts experienced slightly different evolutionary histories, controlled by fractional crystallisation and crustal contamination, mainly by the acid magma that gave rise to the associated biotite granites, but also by the enclosing older Variscan granitoids. U-Pb zircon data suggest that the Porto complex was affected by hydrothermal fluid circulation at 259 ± 9 Ma.     

Mineral chemistry and geochemical aspects of Gebel Filat granites, South Eastern Desert, Egypt

Gebel Filat granites form one of Egyptian younger granite intrusions in Wadi Allaqi region, South Eastern Desert of Egypt. They are perthitic monzogranites composed mainly of K-feldspars, plagioclase, and quartz with minor biotite. Plagioclase feldspars are Na-rich and have low anorthite content (An_2–3). Potash feldspars are mainly perthitic microcline and have chemical formula as (Or_96–96.6 Ab_3.4–4 An₀). Biotite is Mg-rich and seems to be derived from calc-alkaline magma. Chlorite is pycnochlorite with high Mg content, revealing its secondary derivation from biotite. The estimated formation temperatures of biotite and chlorite are (689–711°C) and (602–622°C), respectively. Gebel Filat monzogranites are metaluminous, high-K calc-alkaline, I-type granites. They are late orogenic granites related to subduction-related volcanic arc magmatism. They are enriched in LILE and depleted in HSFE indicating highly differentiation character. The REE patterns display an enrichment in LREE due to presence of zircon and allanite as accessories and depletion in HREE with slight negative Eu anomaly $ \left( {{\text{Eu}}/{\text{Eu}} * = 0.51 - 0.97} \right) $ . The parent magma of Gebel Filat monzogranites were emplaced at moderate depths (20–30 km) under moderate conditions of water-vapor pressure (1–5 kbar) and crystallization temperature [700–750°C]. The source magma of these granites seems to be derived from partial melting of lower crust material rather than upper mantle. The geochemical characteristics of pegmatites revealed that they are related to post orogenic within plate magmatism and not genetically related to the parent magma of Gebel Filat monzogranites. Distribution of radioactive elements (U and Th) in the studied rocks indicates normal U–Th contents for Filat monzogranites and U–Th bearing pegmatites. The positive correlations of each of Zr and Y versus U and Th are attributed to presence of zircon and allanite as accessories which incorporate U and Th in their crystal lattice.