Topical problems of gold metallogeny

Siberian geologists in general and Academician V.A. Kuznetsov in particular made a considerable contribution to metallogeny. To follow them, we consider regularities of location and formation of gold deposits. Analysis of topical problems of gold metallogeny reflects general problems of state-of-the-art metallogeny. The analysis is based on concepts of geologic-genetic types of gold deposits and metallogenic specialization of geodynamic-geotectonic regimes and settings. The types of endogenic-polygenic gold ore and gold-bearing deposits restricted to certain settings — among which, in addition to traditional ones, intracratonic basins have been established — are characterized by depressions and heterochronous areas of rift and plume tectonomagmatic activity.     

Recent discussion about the North-South bias of the major rift-valleys

The formation of the major rift-valleys is proposed to have been triggered off by the E—W oriented tensional “wave” caused by the slow rotation of the equatorial bulge passing as a stretching hoop through the Earth (Paleozoic—Mesozoic). This ‘wave’ follows the wandering of the polar axis through a great circle (e.g. Creer et al., 1969). The polar wandering is regarded as the readjustment of the Earth's rotational instability caused by the growth of a “weight” fixed on the surface of the Earth and endeavouring to increase its moment of inertia until the weight rotates on the new equator (Gold, 1950). This weight, which must topple the Earth through its fixed spacial axis of rotation, may be slowly developing Pangea. The “wave” of E—W tension is imposed on zones already under E—W tension, e.g., crests of N—S running welts, alias “craton ridges”. The intruding asthenosphere expands the crests and fractures them along tensional rift-valleys. These rifts may develop as spreading centers by gliding of the plates over a lubricating basalt magma.

The idea proposed by R. Schweickert (pers. commun., 1979) that the lithosphere is decoupled from the asthenosphere to an extent that the shell may rotate as a separate unit (as a means to explain how fixed plumes move in unison under the “roll” of the lithosphere) is dismissed. The subducted slabs act as braking flaps and cannot overcome the friction against the asthenosphere. The “roll” would be too young (50 m.y.), because the polar wandering according to Creer is much older.     

甘肃两当湘潭子金矿床地质特征及成因

甘肃两当湘潭子金矿位于西秦岭造山带东段,金矿体主要受北西西向断裂控制,与区内发育的中酸性岩脉空间关系密切。显微观察和电子探针分析表明,Au主要赋存在黄铁矿和毒砂中,矿体中黄铁矿Co/Ni特征显示黄铁矿的成因与岩浆作用有关。通过稀土元素分析发现,矿石的稀土元素特征与岩体的稀土元素特征基本一致,而与地层围岩有明显差异。对矿石中的黄铁矿进行硫同位素测试,硫化物δ³⁴S值介于-5.7‰~2.0‰之间,均值为0.38‰,δ³⁴S值频数分布比较集中,具有以近零为中心的塔式分布特征,表明矿石中硫的来源与岩浆作用有关。通过氢氧同位素分析,湘潭子金矿区矿石的δ¹⁸${{\text{O}}_{{{\text{H}}_{2}}\text{O}}}$值介于3.44‰~9.65‰之间,均值为6.29‰,δD介于-120.10‰~-79.00‰之间,均值为-100.47‰,表明本区成矿流体主要来自岩浆水。铅同位素特征显示湘潭子金矿区铅的演化与岩浆作用和造山运动关系密切。通过对比研究可知湘潭子金矿的主成矿时代为印支晚期。湘潭子金矿是印支晚期含成矿物质和流体的岩浆上侵,受浅部断裂系统控制的脉状矿体。湘潭子金矿的发现及成因研究对西秦岭地区找矿方向具有重要的意义。     

The metallogenic relationship between Birimian and Tarkwaian gold deposits in Ghana

The traditional concept of the Early Proterozoic gold deposits in Ghana — i.e. gold-bearing shear zones overlain by Tarkwaian paleoplacers containing reworked gold derived from the shear-zones — needs to be reconsidered in the light of recent research in Ghana, the Ivory Coast and French Guiana. This research has revealed a consistent pattern of geostructural and metallogenic evolution in which both the Birimian and the Tarkwaian rocks were deformed by a major Eburnean compression (D2). It has shown that the NE-SW faults controlling the Gold Coast Range shear-zone mineralization (Ashanti-Prestea) were formed during the Eburnean D2 episode of thrusting that was followed by hydrothermal activity with the emplacement of auriferous arsenopyrite and then by the development of quartz veinlets and native gold; thus the shear-zone mineralization could only have appeared during the D2 late-orogenic stage. It has also shown evidence of post-depositional D2 deformation in the gold sites examined in the Tarkwa gold-bearing conglomerate, although the effects are limited and primary lithological controls have been preserved that reveal these deposits to be modified paleo-placers. Thus, the Tarkwaian gold could not be derived from the gold-bearing shear-zones.     

Origin and distribution of gold in the Huronian Supergroup, Canada — the case for Witwatersrand-type paleoplacers

Field observations and experimental results show that gold is mobile under a wide range of natural conditions in the surficial environment. However, the extent to which, and the form(s) in which gold was mobile in ancient placers remains speculative. Rather more convincing is the extent to which diagenetic and metamorphic processes have been active in redistributing the gold.Huronian paleoplacer gold deposits span a critical transition in Earth history, namely, the oxyatmoversion, evidence for which exists in the upper Gowganda Formation dated at 2.288 Ga. Prior to this transition, deposition of gold occurred under reducing atmospheric conditions, with transportation of the more finely-divided material possibly as organic-protected colloids, as has been suggested for the Witwatersrand. Following the oxyatmoversion, gold deposition will have been subject to secondary enrichment, like many Phanerozoic placer gold occurrences. For this reason, and on purely sedimentological grounds, upper Huronian strata ought to have as much potential for hosting economic deposits of gold as the basal units.A total of 121 Au and Au---U occurrences, including several past and presently producing mines from the Huronian Supergroup, are examined. These are classified according to whether mineralization is: in or adjacent to diabase dikes (11 cases); in (quartz, quartz—carbonate) veins (85 cases); stratiform (25 cases). Of the non-diabase-hosted occurrences, 41.3% occur in the Cobalt Group, 15.7% in the Quirke Lake Group, 24.9% in the Hough Lake Group and 9% in the Elliott Lake Group.Frequency of occurrence can be related to transgressive sedimentary cycles, with deposits concentrated in the Matinenda, Mississagi and Gowganda Formations, which immediately overlie the Archean—Huronian unconformity. Most of the deposits occur in the Gowganda Formation, although none of these is stratiform.In terms of Au content, there is a large overlap in class intervals of stratiform vein deposits. Vein deposits are, in general, richer than stratiform by a factor of 10. Selected stratiform deposits in the Matinenda, Mississagi and Serpent Formations are examined in light of available geological and geochemical data. In these deposits, anomalous gold values in dominantly quartzitic metasediments are accompanied by fine-grained pyrite and other heavy minerals, including uranium, which occurs in most, but not all cases. Metamorphic grade ranges from upper greenschist to lower amphibolite facies. A few of the stratiform occurrences are accompanied by accumulations of carbonaceous material, an association reminiscent of the Witwatersrand goldfields.Results of electron-microprobe study indicate that much of the gold in the Huronian metasediments occurs as low level concentrations in pyrite of morphologically different types, in arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, and in pyrrhotite variously altered to marcasite. It is clear that Huronian paleoplacer gold deposits exist, but only in conditions much modified by diagenetic and metamorphic processes.     

Strain rate effect on the compressive strength of frozen sand

Cylindrical specimens of fine Ottawa sand (A.S.T.M. designation C-109), compacted at the optimum moisture content and saturated before unidirectional freezing, have been tested in uniaxial compression at a cold room temperature of —5.5°C and strain rates between 10⁻⁷ and 10⁻² s⁻¹. The results agree with an extrapolation of data obtained by Sayles and Epanchin [1], but are much higher than those obtained by both Goughnour and Andersland [2] and Perkins and Ruedrich [3] at strain rates below 10⁻⁵ s⁻¹. There is evidence that this may be due to variation in total moisture (ice) content, the conditions under which the specimens were frozen (closed system or an open system) and to the end effects at the platen—specimen interface.     

后龙门山造山带辛家咀金矿床地质特征及成因探讨

辛家咀金矿床位于后龙门山造山带北东段,是2020年新发现的一个金矿床(年度金资源量约960 kg),找矿潜力巨大.基于详细的野外露头、探槽、钻孔编录和镜下观察,发现辛家咀金矿床中矿石类型以石英脉型为主,金主要以裂隙金和包裹金的形式赋存于黄铁矿、石英和少量多金属硫化物中.结合脉体穿插关系、矿物共生组合和矿石组构,将辛家咀...     

Fuzzy expert system for economic zonation of an ornamental slate deposit

Investigation of deposits for traditional extraction activities (metals and coal) has generally been based on determining grade, or content, of the required material. In order to apply the grade concept to an ornamental rock such as slate, it is first necessary to define the variables that determine both the geotechnical recovery rate for the rock mass — which conditions the size of the extracted blocks – and the aesthetic features of the slate — which define the quality of the slabs as potential roofing material.

For this research, geotechnical and aesthetic data for a slate deposit were collected from 16 continuous core borehole samples. A fuzzy expert system was then developed using this data, defining the rock mass recovery rate and slab quality in accordance with the criteria of a slate expert, producing as a final output a zonation of the deposit in terms of top quality slate, medium quality slate or waste.

A mathematical model based on fuzzy logic was chosen due to the fact that the boundaries between different quality groups in a deposit are not clearly distinguished. Moreover, quality also depends on a company's infrastructures for transformation of the blocks, and also on its commercial strategies.     

陕西旬阳地区小河金矿硫铅同位素组成及地质意义

小河金矿是近年来在南秦岭中带发现的中型金矿床,矿石类型为微细浸染型,矿床受地层和构造双重控制。在野外工作基础上,根据矿物组合及穿插关系划分了4个成矿阶段:Ⅰ,成矿早期少硫化物石英脉成矿阶段;Ⅱ,石英脉、黄铁矿、毒砂成矿主阶段;Ⅲ,石英脉-多金属硫化物成矿主阶段;Ⅳ,方解石、石英脉成矿晚阶段。其中Ⅱ、Ⅲ阶段是主要金矿化阶段。不同阶段样品的原位硫同位素结果显示:成矿早阶段石英脉期的黄铁矿δ³⁴S值为20.80‰~25.77‰,均值为23.59‰;主成矿期II阶段中黄铁矿、毒砂δ³⁴S值为15.46‰~19.12‰,均值为17.5‰;主成矿期Ⅲ阶段中方铅矿、闪锌矿δ³⁴S值为11.35‰~16.78‰,均值为13.88‰。硫同位素特征指示硫以沉积硫为主,成矿过程可能存在低δ³⁴S值热液的持续加入。金属硫化物Pb同位素测试结果显示²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb为17.882 1~18.367 4,²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb为15.614 0~15.674 1,²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb为38.016 3~38.934 2,指示小河金矿铅主要源于地壳,同时伴随幔源铅的混入。综合矿床地质特征及硫、铅同位素地球化学特征,认为小河金矿成矿过程可能存在流体混合作用。     

胶东前垂柳金矿区花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学和地球化学特征及其地质意义

前垂柳金矿为胶东胶莱盆地东北缘地区新发现的金矿床,推断其金资源量为13.5 t,金矿体主要赋存于厚大的构造-蚀变带内。主控矿构造-蚀变带上盘岩石为牧牛山岩体二长花岗岩和荆山群地层,下盘岩石为鹊山岩体糜棱岩化二长花岗岩。构造-蚀变带上下两种花岗岩在变质程度、矿物组合方面存在明显差异,为深入研究两类花岗岩的成因类型及其与金成矿的关系,选取岩心中的两类花岗岩作为研究对象,进行了详细的锆石U-Pb年代学和岩石地球化学、锆石Hf同位素研究。牧牛山岩体二长花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(1 844.1±4.4) Ma,说明其形成于古元古代造山纪;二长花岗岩具有高的SiO₂、Y、Yb含量,较低的MgO、Sr含量和Sr/Y比值,同时具有明显Eu负异常(δEu=0.30~0.48),表现为钙碱性、强过铝质板内花岗岩特征;锆石ε_Hf(t)大部分为负值(变化范围-9.5~3.0),但两颗锆石ε_Hf(t)为正值(0.2和3.0),对应的两阶段Hf模式年龄介于2 492~3 083 Ma之间,指示二长花岗岩是由古老的加厚下地壳熔融形成。鹊山岩体糜棱岩化二长花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(154.6±1.5) Ma,表明其侵位时代为晚侏罗世,与区域上著名的玲珑岩体、昆嵛山岩体属同期产物。糜棱岩化二长花岗岩全岩地球化学分析显示其具有较高的SiO₂含量,高Sr含量和Sr/Y比值,低MgO、Y和Yb值,以及显著的Eu正异常(δEu=1.61~2.20),属高钾钙碱性、过铝质花岗岩,其地球化学特征与典型的埃达克岩特征类似,具有活动大陆边缘火成岩特点;锆石ε_Hf(t)均为负值(变化范围为-26.6~-14.1),对应的两阶段Hf模式年龄介于2 681~3 860 Ma之间,表明花岗岩可能由古老的多期次加厚下地壳熔融形成,与太平洋板块俯冲导致地壳增厚和地壳重熔有关。上述研究表明两种花岗岩在成岩时代、岩石地球化学特征、构造背景等方面存在显著差异,牧牛山岩体不是鹊山岩体的组成部分。两种花岗岩与主控矿构造空间上关系密切,但时间上与金成矿时间相距较远,因此两种花岗岩与金成矿没有直接成因关系。控矿构造三层结构与鹊山变质核杂岩地质特征一致;前垂柳金矿的发现表明鹊山变质核杂岩周边广泛分布的韧性剪切带和低角度主拆离断层是该区金矿勘查的理想部位,该区找矿潜力十分巨大。     

Structural study of a semiductile strike-slip system in the Central Iberian Zone (Variscan Fold Belt,Spain): structural controls on gold deposits

The Villalcampo shear system is a regional dextral strike-slip fault zone that affects Late Variscan granites and their metamorphic country rocks over an area of about 150 km². The detailed geometry of this subvertical north-west—south-east shear zone is outlined. The system forms an extensional fan to the northwest and extends to the south-east as a broad extensional duplex. Particular attention is focused on the distribution of fault rocks and associated veins in its north-west splay. A structural study of the shear bands (encompassing both geometric and kinematic criteria) and a microscopic study of the fault rocks has led to the interpretation of the system as a brittle—ductile shear zone. Calculations give a shear strain value of = 1.5 and a minimum displacement of s = 3700 m. The localization of gold mineralization in mylonite-filled subvertical extensional veins is a product of the formation of the Villalcampo shear system. The subvertical faults and veins underwent a process of cyclical sealing and reopening. As such they acted as valves controlled by fluid pressure regulating fluid—rock interactions and gold deposition. Conditions favouring these processes occur near the base of the seismogenic zone in the vicinity of the frictional—quasi-plastic transition at mid-greenschist metamorphic conditions (T = 350°C and 10–15 km depth).     

Relative sea-level changes in Baltoscandia in the Cumbrian and early Ordovician: the predominance of tectonic factors and the absence of large scale eustatic fluctuations

Fluctuations in sea depth within a magnitude 20–100 m and a duration of 1–10 m.y. are often explained by rapid eustatic changes — so called ‘third-order eustatic events’. Considerable influence of regional tectonics on relative sea-level changes has been demonstrated by many authors, but because of uncertainties in the timing of short events in widely separated regions, the problem of separating tectonic and eustatic factors still remains unsolved. In this paper, a new and simple approach is used to reveal the presence or absence of eustatic events. We consider the St. Petersburg area and North Estonia in the north-eastern region of the East Baltic. From the late Early Cambrian until the middle of the Tremadoc (early Ordovician), deposition was extremely slow and the sea bed remained for a long time in a well defined peritidal zone in a water depth ≤10 m. Under such environmental conditions, a sea-level rise of ≥10 m would result in marked changes in the character of faunas and sedimentation. In the time interval considered here, significant sea deepening in the north-eastern Baltic region occurred only twice, and its magnitude did not exceed 10–20 m. A fall of sea level by ≥10 m would result in complete regression in the peritidal zone. This situation also occurred in region. However, the preservation of a sequence of unconsolidated sands, which is only a few tens of metres thick and includes all the main stratigraphic subdivisions on a regional scale, indicates that the crustal surface reached a very low altitude ≤10–20 m above sea level. These data show that in the late Late Cambrian to the middle of the Tremadoc, over a period of 40 m.y. long, eustatic sea-level changes did not exceed ±10–20 m. This limits the magnitude of several third-order cycles — eustatic events with duration of a few million years, which have been proposed previously for the epoch of the transition from the Cambrian to the Ordovician. In the late Early Cambrian to the Late Cambrian, transgressions and regressions with a magnitude of 50–150 m took place in southern Sweden and Lithuania. Since these phenomena occurred when there were no comparable eustatic sea-level changes, they must be associated with regional tectonic movements. Some were rapid and could be easily misinterpreted as indications of third-order eustatic changes. It is probable that some of the other eustatic events that have been proposed for the Phanerozoic were actually not of eustatic but of tectonic origin. Such rapid tectonic movements with magnitude of 50–100 m in cratonic areas can be caused by changes in the forces in the lithospheric layer with a laterally variable thickness, and by phase transitions in the mafic lower crust. Depending on the spatial distribution of vertical crustal movements, both these mechanisms could have been operating in the East Baltic and southern Sweden in the Cambrian.     

Effects of Subduction of Pacific Plate on the Great Xing’an Range: Constriants from Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Shaxilate Granite Porphyry

As a widely‐developed mineral in various types of rocks, pyrite features important geological information such as temperature and pressure during its formation and evolution (An et al., 2014; An et al., 2018). It is an important geological formation for studying the origins of rocks, mineralization, and deposits (Xue et al., 2014; An et al., 2016). The study of the genesis of gold deposits is a research hotspot in current geology and mineral deposits not only because of high economic value, but also because of important practical significance (An et al., 2017; Yang et al., 2014). Shandong Zhaoyuan, as the third largest gold production area in the world, has important research significance of the origin and generation of gold‐bearing minerals (Xue et al., 2014; Wen et al., 2014). In this study, pyrite from augen granite (figure 1a), syenite (figure 1b), basite (figure 1c) and gold ore (figure 1d) at Zhaoyuan gold deposit Shandong Province, was selected as the research object. The morphological and structural micro‐fabrics were analysed by polarized light microscopy (PLM) and Raman spectroscopy to reveal the source and process of gold further.     

Volty?ov gold deposit: Case history from the Bohemian Massif, Czechoslovakia

The Voltýov gold deposit in Central Bohemia is situated in the contact zone of granitic rocks of Variscan age and the Upper Proterozoic and Lower Paleozoic metasediments of the Krásná Hora Metamorphic Islet — the relict of an original sedimentary cover. Goldbearing quartz mineralization of vein and stockwork types is developed in rocks of both geological units, its form depending upon lithology. While ore shoots in metasediments and orthogneiss form generally regular bodies several tens of meters thick, those developed in granodiorite are rather irregular, without any indication of the tectonic control of the mineralization. The mineralized zone peters out extremely rapidly downwards, with a marked decrease both in extent and in gold contents. The gold-bearing mineralization is formed by two generations of gold, both of high fineness (over 900) and very fine-grained (5–20 m). The gold is accompanied by accessory arsenopyrite, maldonite and other Bi-Te minerals, scheelite, and exceptionally chalcopyrite, pyrite, and sulphosalts. Gold contents are 2–3 g/t on average. In addition, late quartz-carbonate mineralization, with U and Se minerals and remobilized gold, is also present. Detailed soil prospecting (25 × 50 m grid) of the deposit detected a large and constrasting gold halo with gold contents exceeding 2 ppm (–200 mesh fraction), accompanied by higher concentrations of characteristic pathfinders — above all As and Bi. The halo extent exceeds the area of the ore outcrop by several times. The origin of gold mineralization in the deposit is explained by remobilization of gold from orthogneiss by the intrusion of the Central Bohemian Pluton.     

陕西商南三官庙金矿床流体包裹体及C-H-O-S稳定同位素研究

三官庙金矿床位于秦岭造山带南秦岭北部逆冲推覆构造带内,为断裂构造控矿的热液型矿床。热液成矿期划分为成矿早阶段(S1)、主阶段(S2)和晚阶段(S3)。成矿主阶段流体包裹体的完全均一温度T_h为150~420 ℃,盐度为2.1%~24.1%;成矿晚阶段T_h为81~190 ℃,盐度为5.6%~22.2%。包裹体研究显示,在成矿主阶段温度>250 ℃时,以流体混合作用为主而导致矿物沉淀;在成矿主阶段温度<250 ℃及成矿晚阶段,以流体沸腾作用为主而导致矿物沉淀。成矿主阶段成矿流体的δD_V-SMOW为-84.4‰~-77.0‰,δ¹⁸${{\text{O}}_{{{\text{H}}_{2}}\text{O}}}$为5.0‰~5.7‰,成矿流体来源以岩浆水为主,同时混入了外来流体。成矿流体的δ¹³C_ΣC为-13.5‰~-5.2‰,反映碳为岩浆来源并受到低温蚀变的影响。黄铁矿单矿物δ³⁴S_CDT为-2.73‰~-1.31‰;毒砂单矿物δ³⁴S_CDT为-3.36‰~0.03‰,反映成矿物质硫为典型的单一岩浆来源。综上分析,认为三官庙金矿床为岩浆热液成因,其成矿机制为:印支期末,在钠长(角砾)岩形成过程中,含金热液流体沿断裂构造运移,在距离钠长(角砾)岩较远地段的层间破碎带内,成矿流体发生混合及沸腾作用,促使成矿物质发生沉淀,最终形成三官庙金矿床。     

Magnetite compositions and oxygen fugacities of the Khibina magmatic system

Most titanomagnetite in the Khibina alkaline igneous complex, sampled through 500 m of a vertical cross-section, is represented by Ti-rich varieties. The ulvöspinel component is most commonly around 55 mol%, rarely reaching up to 80 mol%.

We calculated an f_O2–T diagram for magnetite + ilmenite + titanite + clinopyroxene + nepheline + alkali feldspar and magnetite + titanite+ clinopyroxene + nepheline + alkali feldspar phase assemblages at a hedenbergite activity of 0.2. The diagram shows that magnetites with 55 mol% of ulvöspinel crystallized at oxygen fugacities just slightly below the quartz–fayalite–magnetite buffer. More Ti-rich varieties crystallized at higher temperatures and slightly lower ΔQMF values, whereas more Ti-poor magnetites crystallized at or below about 650 °C.

Under the redox conditions estimated for the apatite-bearing intrusion of the Khibina complex (close to the QFM buffer), substantial quantities of methane may only form during cooling below 400 °C in equilibrium with magma. However, even at higher orthomagmatic temperatures and redox conditions corresponding to ΔQMF = 0, the hydrogen content in the early magmatic stage is not negligible. This hydrogen present in the gas phase at magmatic temperatures may migrate to colder parts of a solidifying magma chamber and trigger Fischer-Tropsch-type reactions there. We propose therefore, that methane in peralkaline systems may form in three distinct stages: orthomagmatic and late-magmatic in equilibrium with a melt and — due to Fischer-Tropsch-type reactions — post-magmatic in equilibrium with a local mineral assemblage.     

New seismic images of the crust in the central Trans-Hudson Orogen of Saskatchewan

A reprocessing program to enhance the correlation between the surface geology and the seismic data has been completed for seismic line 9 (eastern 100 km) and line 10 in the central region of the Trans-Hudson Orogen of Saskatchewan, Canada. The new seismic images through lateral continuity of reflectivity provide sufficient detail to resolve the discrepancy between the low-dipping, layer-parallel and dextral-reverse nature of the Sturgeon-Weir shear zone (line 9) observed in the field and its steeply dipping (apparent) normal displacement character interpreted on the basis of the initial processing. Furthermore, the new interpretation provides a strong confirmation of the role of Pelican Thrust as a major detachment zone — the main `sole thrust' — along which juvenile allochthons have been carried across the Archaean microcontinental block. The images are also refined enough to suggest: (a) a boundary within the Pelican Thrust between its internal and external suites; (b) a possible boundary separating a lower (older?) Archaean basement from its upper (younger?) counterpart; and (c) sub-Moho events (M2) which reveal possible involvement of the upper mantle in the collisional tectonic process in addition to the well defined Moho (M1) which probably represents the youngest of the post-collisional detachments.     

Géochimie de l'or exogène

Résumé Les auteurs ont étudié la stabilité des suspensions colloïdales d'or, leur transport, leur floculation, ainsi que la synthèse des pépites à partir des gels d'or, dans des conditions géologiques de surface. — Les mesures des paramètres tels que le pH, le Eh, et la concentration des ions or, démontrent que la possibilité de transport de l'or dans la nature sous forme ionique a été surestimée. Sous forme ionique ou même métallique l'or peut donner des suspensions colloïdales stables. Il peut être fluculé facilement et par compaction donner naissance à des pépites d'or similaires aux pépites naturelles. — Par diffusion des solutions auriques dans du gel de silice nous avons obtenu la formation directe des films d'or et reproduit des structures très fréquentes dans de nombreux gisements d'or.

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The stability of colloidal suspensions of gold, their transport and flocculation have been investigated; in addition, the experimental formation of gold nuggets under natural conditions was studied. — The measurements of pH, Eh and the concentration of ionic gold, proved that the possibility of transportation of ionic gold in nature was overestimated. Ionic or even metallic gold may give stable colloidal suspensions. It may be easily flocculated and give by compaction gold nuts similar to natural gold nuts. — By diffusion of gold solutions in silica gel we obtained direct gold films and also some textures frequently present in gold deposits.

     

黑龙江省嫩江—黑河构造混杂岩带科洛金矿床成因:来自黄铁矿化学成分及He-Ar、S、Pb同位素证据

科洛金矿床位于黑龙江省嫩江—黑河构造混杂岩带中,为一正在勘查的中型金矿床。前人研究认为该矿床为一中温、富水、低盐度的韧性剪切带型金矿床。但随着勘查工作的持续开展,新发现了大量含多金属硫化物的石英脉型矿石。为进一步明确该矿床成因,对科洛金矿床内韧性变形和浸染状-团块状两种不同产状黄铁矿进行了系统的成分标型及稳定同位素特征研究。结果表明:韧性变形黄铁矿较浸染-团块状黄铁矿的S/Fe值低,Au、Ag、Co含量高,As含量低,总体显示韧性变形黄铁矿相对贫硫;黄铁矿微量元素显示两类黄铁矿REE具有相似的地球化学特征,整体呈轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损的“右倾”式稀土配分模式。稀土元素总量为17.00×10^-6~66.95×10^-6,韧性变形黄铁矿含量明显偏低,LREE/HREE值为5.25~12.50,相对较稳定。Y/Ho值与地幔和地壳重合范围较多,Zr/Hf值、Nb/Ta值变化范围较大,显示成矿环境不稳定;黄铁矿³He含量为2.405×10^-13~10.811×10^-13,⁴He含量为3.35×10^-7~4.99×10^-7,³He-⁴He图和R/R_a-⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar图显示成矿流体有以地幔为主的壳幔混源特征,成矿过程应有大气降水的参与;黄铁矿δ³⁴S变化范围小,集中在+2.3‰~+7.6‰(韧性变形黄铁矿δ³⁴S平均值偏低),稍正向偏离陨石硫特征;黄铁矿的²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=18.157~18.211;²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=15.542~15.594;²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=38.032~38.218(韧性变形黄铁矿的²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb、²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb、²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb平均值偏低),均显示与造山作用关系密切。利用黄铁矿化学成分特征元素Co/Ni值及Co-Ni成因判别图解认为科洛金矿有热液成因矿床特征;利用w(Fe+S)-w(As)图解和Co-Ni-As含量图解显示石英脉型矿石反映浅成低温热液型金矿特征。综合区域变质变形事件、典型矿床特征及矿区内已取得的年龄、流体包裹体等相关数据认为,科洛金矿床应存在两期矿化:三叠纪形成的韧性剪切带型金矿床和白垩纪形成的浅成低温热液型金矿床。建议在今后的矿产勘查中注意寻找真正的韧性剪切带型金矿。     

Structure of the lithosphere along the deep seismic sounding profile: Tien Shan—Pamirs—Karakorum—Himalayas

During 1973–1977, as part of the International Geodynamic Project, some seismic investigations of the Earth's crust have been carried out by geotraverses of the Tien Shan—Pamirs—Karakorum—Himalayas. The seismic data obtained together with other geophysical information, allow the construction and interpretation of the lithospheric section through the Pamirs-Himalayas structure. This section includes thick crust with complex layering, supra-asthenospheric and asthenospheric layers of the upper mantle. The thickness of the Earth's crust increases from 50–55 km in the north, in the Ferghana depression (Tien Shan), to 70–75 km in the south, near the Karakul Lake (Northern Pamir). It varies within 60–65 km for the Central and Southern Pamir, Karakorum and the Inner Himalayas. Its thickness is least (35–37 km) in the south, under the outer margin of the Himalayan foredeep. Extreme gravity minima and depressions on the geoid surface correspond to the regions with maximum thickness of the Earth's crust. The centers of the disturbing masses on the geoid surface are located in the vicinity of the asthenosphere's upper layer; this determines the effect of the whole lithospheric layer, including its asthenospheric layer, at intense changes of gravity anomalies. The asthenospheric upper layer is recorded at a depth of about 120 km, its base at a depth of 200 km, in the northern and southern regions, and 300 km in its central part (Southern Pamir, Karakorum). In the middle asthenospheric layer, wave velocities decrease to 7.5 km/sec, under the base they increase to 8.4 km/sec and reach 9.4 km/sec at a depth of about 400 km. In the supra-asthenospheric layer of the upper mantle, longitudinal and shear wave-velocities slightly increase (by less than 0.1 km/sec) towards its base.