Chromite from the Bela Arc-Basin Ophiolite,Pakistan

The Bela arc-basin ophiolite (BABO) is a complex of ophiolite and melange outcrops that formed in the tectonic setting of an oceanic volcanic arc and its adjoining forearc basin. The BABO contains typically podiform segregations of chromite, whose microprobe compositions display a variation trend separate from that of the chromian spinel from surrounding peridotites, but similar to that in the latter igneous differentiates (pyroxenites and an andesite). The podiform chromitite and associated dunite were derived by mantle-melt reaction and cumulate-melt crystallization. Both exhibit conformable relations and are cogenetic. Chromite characteristics conform to the suprasubductionzone setting of the BABO, with two components distinguished from the whole-rock geochemistry, field relations, and chromite chemistry—a remnant forearc basin toward the southwest and an adjacent arc-trench gap toward the northeast. Individual ophiolite massifs within the BABO display differences in degree of partial melting and may have originated from different depths within the mantle.     

Millerite-Maucherite-Pentlandite-Heazlewoodite in the Sartohay Chromite Deposit, West Junggar, Xinjiang, China

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Genesis of Podiform Chromite Deposits——Evidence from the Luobosa Chromite Deposits, Tibet

Taking for example the Luobosa chromite deposit in Tibet combined with other deposits of the same type in the world, the paper discusses the genetic mechanism of podiform chromite deposits. The study indicates that chromite and dunite-harzburgite are both the products of different degrees of partial melting of the same primary pyrolite(spinel lherzolite) and that chromite and dunite are the end product of higher degree of partial melting.The melting mechanism lies in the convcrsion of the two subgroups of pyroxenes(Cpx and Opx) into olivine and spinel respectively as a result of their incongruent melting, accompanied by regulation and reformation of accessory chrome spinel and such rock-forming minerals as Ol, Opx and Cpx, thus resulting in the close association of chromite deposits and dunite. The results of this study are of general significance for understanding the genesis of chromite deposits of the same type in the world.     

新疆萨尔托海铬铁矿造矿铬尖晶石蚀变特征及指示意义

本文通过对萨尔托海矿区25矿群矿体边部、接近围岩造矿铬尖晶石的镜下观察发现: 造矿铬尖晶石由三部分组成, 自核部至边部依次是未蚀变的核部(灰色)、早期蚀变的中间带(灰白色)和晚期蚀变的边部(浅灰色)。探针分析上述三部分的成分, 得出早期蚀变中Al大量流失, 而Fe发生富集, 晚期蚀变Al、Cr、Mg相对于早期蚀变发生富集, 而Fe大量流失。通过研究区造矿铬尖晶石与国外变质超基性岩副矿物铬尖晶石对比, 认为早期蚀变对应的低角闪岩相变质, 温度为550℃~600℃, 晚期蚀变对应的是绿片岩相变质, 温度为350℃~500℃, 核部对应蚀变环境介于低角闪岩相和高角闪岩相之间, 稳定温度高于600℃, 故未发生蚀变。通过分析区域变质特征并结合造矿铬尖晶石所处的空间部位, 认为晚期蚀变是达拉布特蛇绿岩定位后期区域构造作用的结果, 推测早期蚀变可能与蛇绿岩构造侵位有关。     

西藏西南部达巴—休古嘎布绿岩带铬铁矿的找矿前景

雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩带长1500km以上,分为东段(曲水—墨脱)、中段(昂仁—仁布)和西段(萨嘎以西至中印边境)3部分。西段又进一步分为北亚带(达机翁—萨嘎蛇绿岩带)和南亚带(达巴—休古嘎布蛇绿岩带),以往的研究程度很低。达巴—休古嘎布蛇绿岩带的蛇绿岩体(块)由地幔橄榄岩组成,主要岩石类型是方辉橄榄岩和纯橄榄岩,极少量二辉橄榄岩,缺少典型蛇绿岩剖面中的洋壳单元。带内岩体规模大,岩相分带明显,出现较大面积的纯橄榄岩相。拉昂错、东坡、当穷岩体和休古嘎布岩体群发现有较多的铬铁矿化点,矿体呈透镜状(豆荚状)、短脉状、不规则状,矿石以致密块状为主,少部分为浸染状,Cr2O3含量一般达40%以上。矿化类型属于豆荚状铬铁矿。对比研究显示,该岩带的岩体在构造环境,蛇绿岩的类型,岩体规模,岩石组成,保存部位,部分熔融程度,岩石、矿物地球化学特征,铬铁矿化特征等许多方面与国内外大型豆荚状铬铁矿床的含矿岩体相似,成矿条件好,找矿前景较大。提出区内找矿前景最好的地段是拉昂错岩体西北部的纯橄榄岩相,其次是东坡岩体的纯橄榄岩相、纯橄榄岩-方辉橄榄岩相,以及当穷岩体的方辉橄榄岩-纯橄榄岩相。     

铬铁矿中亚铁的测定方法

采用硫-磷混合酸微波消解对难溶的钒钛磁铁矿进行前处理,用5-溴-PADAP-过氧化氢分光光度法测定矿样中的钒,优化了微波消解的实验条件。加入浓磷酸和40 g/L氟化钠溶液分别消除了共存常量元素铁和钛的干扰。方法检出限为0.004μg/mL,线性范围为0.01~1.0μg/mL。应用于实际钒钛磁铁矿样品中钒的测定,重现性好,检出限较低,灵敏度较高,能够满足简单、快速、批量分析的要求。     

Origin of Listwanite in the Luobusa Ophiolite, Tibet, Implications for Chromite Stability in Hydrothermal Systems

Listwanite from the Luobusa ophiolite,Tibet,forms a narrow,discontinuous band along the eastern part of the southern boundary fault. We undertook a detailed petrographic and geochemical study to understand the mineral transformation processes and the behaviour of major and trace elements during listwanite formation. Three alteration zones characterized by distinct mineral components and texture are recognized and,in order of increasing degree of alteration,these are: zoneIII is rich in serpentine minerals; zoneII is rich in talc and carbonates; and zoneI is mainly composed of carbonates and quartz. Geochemical data for the three alteration zones show significant modification of some major and trace elements in the protolith,although some oxides show linear correlations with Mg O. Gold mineralization is recognized in the Luobusa listwanite and may signify an important target for future mineral exploration. Gold enrichment occurs in both zoneI and zoneIIand is up to 0.91 g/t in one sample from zoneI. We show that CO2-rich hydrothermal fluids can modify both the occurrence and composition of chromite grains,indicating some degree of chromite mobility. Low-Cr anhedral grains are more easily altered than high-Cr varieties. The compositions of chromite and olivine grains in the listwanite suggest a dunite protolith.     

Occurrence and Emplacement of Chromite Ores in Sindhudurg District,Maharashtra, India

<正>In the present study,we present the occurrence and emplacement of chromite ore deposits from two abandoned mines(Kankavali[Janoli]and Wagda) in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra,India.These ores,that occurred as lenses and are associated with metamorphic and ultrabasic rocks,consist of octahedral grains of chromite,while clinochlore is present between the interstices of these grains.The Kankavali(Janoli) and Wagda ores revealed a dominance of Cr_2O_3 followed by FeO and variable proportions of A1_2O_3,MgO,and SiO_2.The former deposits have a slightly higher Cr_2O_3(average 52 wt%) and FeO(～18 wt%) than those from Wagda(Cr_2O_3～50 wt%,FeO～25 wt%).The similar Cr~# values(0.73 for Kankavali[Janoli],0.74 for Wagda) correspond to those reported for typical podiform-type chromite deposits.We suggest that the ores were emplaced as phacoliths in folded outcrops with a steep easterly dip and a northwest-southeast trend.We postulate the continuation of the fold structure from Janoli to Wagda(～4.5 km apart) and the probable (sporadic) occurrence of chromite along this stretch.The possibility of the contribution of chromite grains from these areas to the coastal placer deposits cannot be ruled out.     

Chromite deposits in the ophiolite complex of Northern Oman

In the ophiolite series of N. Oman numerous small and large elongated podiform chromite deposits occur within the peridotite complex at a certain level of 100–200 meters below the layered zone, which grades into the overlying gabbro complex. The chromite grains were corroded after their deposition; their composition shows a large variation in Cr/Al ratio and a small variation in Cr/Fe ratio. The chromium is thought to have been liberated from clino-pyroxenes during partial melting of lherzolitic upper mantle material. Precipitation of large quantities of chromite at the specific level below the gabbro complex is related to the plagioclase- /spinel-lherzolite transition, but the influence of a change in oxygen fugacity is also considered.     

Geology, Geochemistry and Chromite Mineralization Potential of the Amnay Ophiolitic Complex, Mindoro, Philippines

The Amnay Ophiolitic Complex in Mindoro, the Philippines, is considered an emplaced Cenozoic South China Sea oceanic lithosphere as a result of the collision between the Palawan microcontinental block and the Philippine mobile belt. Middle Oligocene sedimentary rocks intercalated with dominantly MORB-like pillow lavas and volcanic flows suggest the generation of this ophiolite complex in an intermediate spreading ridge within a back-arc basin setting. The volcanic rock suite geochemistry also manifests a slab component suggesting that it is a supra-subduction zone ophiolite. Petrography of the gabbros shows a plagioclase-clinopyroxene crystallization order consistent with a back-arc basin setting. Spinel and pyroxene geochemistry shows that the lherzolites and aluminous-spinel harzburgites are products of low degrees of partial melting. The chromitites hosted by the harzburgites could have not been associated with the MORB-like volcanic suites, gabbros, lherzolites and aluminous-spinel harzburgites. The chromitites are products of mantle sources that have undergone higher degrees of partial melting that would have involved the presence of water. The study of this ophiolitic complex gives us a glimpse of the characteristics of the South China Sea.     

Chromite deposits in China and their origin

The major chromite resources of China occur in ophiolites and continental intrusions. Podiform chromite deposits are mainly developed in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic ophiolitic mantle sequences. They occur as tabular, lenticular, or irregular masses hosted by dunite lithologies, or dunite lenses, or harzburgite associated with dunite lenses. Main stratiform deposits occur within the Archean Northern China craton and are named as the Gaosi-type deposits, which are contained in intrusions similar to their Alaskan-type counterparts and are characterised by their ring-shaped ores. Stratiform deposits are also found in Phanerozoic ophiolites. Chromites in the ophiolites are chemically divided into high-A1 and high-Cr types, both of which plot in the alpine type field. Chromites from the Gaosi-type deposits belong to high-Fe type, possessing uniform Al contents. The podiform chromitites were generated from magmatic pockets in the mantle sequences, whereas those deposits (such as the Dadao deposit) in cumulate sequences had a similar origin but crystallized at shallower depths. Stratiform Gaosi-type deposits should have formed by accumulation of chromites which were in equilibrium with an ultramafic magma with a uniform Al content.     

铬铁矿矿物包裹体的聚焦离子束-透射电镜研究

铬铁矿矿物包裹体可以记录其成岩成矿时物理化学条件（温度、压力等）、化学成分演化、熔/流体富集活动规律等关键信息.然而传统的二维分析方法无法全面获取形态微小、成分复杂的包裹体信息.通过聚焦离子束-透射电镜（FIB-TEM）联用对华北克拉通遵化豆荚状铬铁矿中矿物包裹体进行观察测试,在三维空间上发现包裹体的矿物种类丰富（硅酸盐、铂族、碳酸盐等）,矿物形态复杂多变,且包裹体矿物中发育位错、部分开放晶界/相界、熔流体痕迹等显微-超显微结构.因此综合矿物种类、形态、显微结构等信息推断遵化铬铁矿具有复杂的形成条件和演化过程.      

Chromite deposits in the northern Oman ophiolite: Mineralogical constraints

Chromite deposits in the northern Oman ophiolitic complex occur in three structural contexts, i.e., (1) at the base of the cumulate series, (2) in the top kilometer of the mantle sequence, and (3) in the deeper parts of the mantle. Types 1 and 2 are characterized by the diversity of interstitial silicates where in decreasing order of abundance olivine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, plagioclase, and amphibole occur, as opposed to type 3 which contains only olivine. They differ however in ore texture. Similar silicates also occur as euhedral inclusions in chromite crystals, but their proportions are reversed. The composition of the interstitial silicates is comparable to that found in early cumulates. Type-1 and type-2 chromite deposits crystallized from a magma similar to that from which the basal cumulates formed (Al₂O₃, 15.1–16.1 wt%; FeO/MgO, 0.55–0.60). The type-3 chromites were derived from a magma of much lower Al₂O₃ content (12.5 wt%). It is considered that they belong to an older episode in the magmatic evolution of the complex.     

Morpho-structural Features and Structural Classification of Chromite Pods in the Tropoje-Has Ophiolite Massif,Albania

正Tropoje-Has ophiolitic massif of eastern Mirdita(Albania)ophiolitic belt,is a major source for metallurgical chromite ore in Albania.Massif consists of a thick mantle section of SSZ type,8-10 km thick and     

Pressure Increases, the Formation of Chromite Seams, and the Development of the Ultramafic Series in the Stillwater Complex, Montana

This paper explores the hypothesis that chromite seams in theStillwater Complex formed in response to periodic increasesin total pressure in the chamber. Total pressure increased becauseof the positive V of nucleation of CO₂ bubbles in the melt andtheir subsequent rise through the magma chamber, during whichthe bubbles increased in volume by a factor of 4–6. Byanalogy with the pressure changes in the summit chambers ofKilauea and Krafla volcanoes, the maximum variation was 0•2–0•25kbar, or 5–10% of the total pressure in the Stillwaterchamber. An evaluation of the likelihood of fountaining andmixing of a new, primitive liquid that entered the chamber withthe somewhat more evolved liquid already in the chamber is basedupon calculations using observed and inferred velocities andflow rates of basaltic magmas moving through volcanic fissures.The calculations indicate that hot, dense magma would have oozed,rather than fountained into the chamber, and early mixing ofthe new and residual magmas that could have resulted in chromitecrystallizing alone did not take place. Mixing was an important process in the Stillwater magma chamber,however. After the new magma in the chamber underwent {smalltilde}5% fractional crystallization, its composition, temperature,and density approached those of the overlying liquid in thechamber and the liquids then mixed. If this process occurredmany times over the course of the development of the Ultramaficseries, a thick column of magma with orthopyroxene on its liquiduswould have been the result. Thus, the sequence of multiple injections,fractionation, and mixing with previously fractionated magmacould have been the mechanism that produced the thick bronzitecumulate layer (the Bronzitite zone) above the cyclic units.     

西藏普兰县姜叶马豆荚状铬铁矿地质特征及找矿前景

姜叶马铬铁矿产于雅鲁藏布江超镁铁质岩带的西段拉昂错岩体之中,为富铬型豆荚状铬铁矿.本文主要讨论姜叶马豆荚状铬铁矿的地质特征及找矿前景.根据对拉昂错岩体岩相特征分析、姜叶马铬铁矿区已发现的豆荚状铬铁矿带和矿点的研究、以及与西藏罗布莎和东巧铬铁矿床的对比,总结了矿体分布和赋存规律,指出该地区具有形成大型豆荚状铬铁矿床的成矿地质条件,呈示出良好的找矿前景.     

Chromite in Komatiites, II. Modification during Greenschist to Mid-Amphibolite Facies Metamorphism

Chromite compositions in komatiites are influenced by metamorphicprocesses, particularly above 500°C. Metamorphosed chromiteis substantially more iron rich than igneous precursors, asa result of Mg–Fe exchange with silicates and carbonates.Chromite metamorphosed to amphibolite facies is enriched inZn and Fe, and depleted in Ni, relative to lower metamorphicgrades. Relative proportions of the trivalent ions Cr³⁺, Al³⁺and Fe³⁺ are not greatly modified by metamorphism up to loweramphibolite facies, although minor Fe³⁺ depletion occurs duringtalc–carbonate alteration at low temperature. SignificantAl is lost from chromite cores above 550°C, as a resultof equilibration with fluids in equilibrium with chlorite. ElevatedZn content in chromite is restricted to rocks with low (metamorphic)Mg/Fe ratios, and is the result of introduction of Zn duringlow-temperature alteration, with further concentration and homogenizationduring prograde metamorphism. Cobalt and Mn also behave similarly,except where carbonate minerals are predominant in the metamorphicassemblage. Chromite at amphibolite facies is typically extensivelyreplaced by magnetite. This is the result of incomplete metamorphicreaction between chromite and chlorite-bearing silicate assemblages.Magnetite compositions at the inner chromite–magnetiteboundary are indicators of metamorphic grade. KEY WORDS: chromite; komatiite; spinel; metamorphism; Zn     

新疆北山坡一基性-超基性岩体铬铁矿矿物学特征及其指示意义

坡一含铜镍基性-超基性岩体是新疆北山西段早二叠世幔源岩浆活动产物之一。本文主要对该岩体中铬铁矿及内部固体包裹物进行了电子探针分析。坡一岩体铬铁矿主要成分呈线性变化并具低Zn、Ti和Fe3+的特征。铬铁矿内部固体包裹物由橄榄石、辉石等无水单矿物相包裹物,角闪石、金云母等含水多矿物相包裹物以及硫化物三类组成,硅酸盐包裹物化学成分上表现出富镁高铬的特点,其中云母具有富碱高镁的特征。估算得到铬铁矿结晶温度在1340~1411℃之间,结晶压力在2.56~3.33 GPa之间,坡一岩体原始岩浆Al2O3含量约为14.13%,Ti O2含量约为1.57%。结合已有研究成果,认为坡一岩体原始岩浆早期属于低钛苦橄质岩浆,可能是软流圈地幔环境下经历了15.5%~18.9%程度的部分熔融产物。原始岩浆早期存在含水富挥发份流(熔)体相且达到了硫饱和,铬铁矿结晶可能是导致硫饱和的重要原因。