安徽龙桥铁矿床辉长闪长岩的发现及其岩石学和年代学研究

龙桥铁矿床是长江中下游成矿带内的大型铁矿床,主矿体呈似层状赋存于三叠系东马鞍山组泥灰岩、角砾状灰岩和泥质粉砂岩中,单个矿体铁矿石资源量大于1亿吨,具有鲜明的成矿特色。前人研究认为,矿区内正长岩类侵入岩与成矿关系密切,龙桥矿床是成矿带内唯一与正长岩有关的大型铁矿床。随着生产勘探,在矿床中部井下巷道中发现辉长闪长岩侵入体,为矿床成因以及成矿模式提供了新的线索。文章在详细的野外地质工作基础上,开展了辉长闪长岩的岩石学、地球化学和年代学研究。辉长闪长岩岩体呈岩株状产出,被正长岩体穿切破坏,靠近矿体部位发育透辉石矽卡岩化蚀变。辉长闪长岩主要由拉长石(60%)、钾长石(10%)、普通辉石(10%)和角闪石(5%)组成;与正长岩相比,辉长闪长岩明显具有低硅、低钾、高镁铁特征。锆石LA ICP-MS定年结果表明其成岩时代为(133.5±0.8)Ma。在前人对龙桥矿床研究的基础上,笔者认为龙桥铁矿床辉长闪长岩与铁成矿作用关系更为密切,成岩成矿作用几乎同时发生,而正长岩为成矿期后破矿岩体。通过与庐枞矿集区和长江中下游成矿带内铁矿床对比表明,庐枞矿集区内大型铁矿床与正长岩无成因联系,而闪长质侵入岩则是庐枞矿集区内重要的成矿母岩。龙桥铁矿床与长江中下游成矿带庐枞、宁芜矿集区内玢岩型铁矿床以及鄂东南矿集区内矽卡岩型铁矿床在成岩成矿时代方面相近,属长江中下游第二期成岩成矿作用的产物。闪长质侵入岩是成矿带内矽卡岩型及玢岩型铁矿成矿的必要条件,而正长岩类侵入岩的形成大多晚于闪长岩,与铁成矿作用无直接关系。     

Geology,geochemistry and genesis of the Makou magnetite-apatite deposit in the Luzong volcanic basin,Middle-Lower Yangtze River Valley Metallogenic Belt,Eastern China

The Middle-Lower Yangtze River Valley Metallogenic Belt (MLYB) is located on the northern margin of the Yangtze Plate (Eastern China). Ore deposits in the belt are mainly clustered in seven ore districts, and are closely associated with Mesozoic intermediate-felsic magmatic rock. Among the seven ore districts, the Luzong and Ningwu districts host large-scale iron resources in volcanic basins. The Makou magnetite-apatite deposit in the southern Luzong Basin was previously interpreted to be related to a quartz syenite porphyry. In this study, we conducted field geological studies and determined the age and geochemistry of the Makou intrusive rocks. Petrography and electron probe micro analysis (EPMA) indicated that the Makou ore-hosting rocks have intense albite alteration. The wallrock alteration is spatially restricted, and comprises albite alteration (Stage I), magnetite mineralization (Stage II), quartz-sulfide alteration (Stage III) and carbonate alteration (Stage IV) stages. Fluid inclusions in syn-mineralization apatite homogenized at 252.2–322.6 °C, which slightly lower than is typical for magnetite-apatite deposits in the region. Field study revealed that the quartz syenite porphyry at Makou disrupted the orebodies along clear-cut intrusive contacts, and that the quartz syenite porphyry does not contain iron mineralization, suggesting it has no direct genetic relationship with the iron mineralization. The ore-hosting albitite and ore-forming biotite diorite have LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb ages of 129.6 ± 1.2 Ma and 131.2 ± 3.3 Ma, respectively, and the iron mineralization was dated by mass spectrometer phlogopite ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar at 130.76 ± 0.77 Ma. We propose that the Makou magnetite-apatite deposit is genetically related to the biotite diorite, rather than to the quartz syenite porphyry in the mine pit. The biotite diorite closely resembles intrusions related to magnetite-apatite deposits elsewhere in the region.     

Geochemistry of Apatite from the Apatite-rich Iron Deposits in the Ningwu Region, East Central China

Four types of apatite have been identified in the Ningwu region.The first type of apatite is widely distributed in the middle dark colored zones(i.e.iron ores) of individual deposits.The assemblage includes magnetite,apatite and actinolite(or diopside).The second type occurs within magnetite-apatite veins in the iron ores.The third type is seen in magnetite-apatite veins and (or) nodules in host rocks(i.e.gabbro-diorite porphyry or gabbro-diorite or pyroxene diorite).The fourth type occurs within apatite-pyrite-quartz veins filling fractures in the Xiangshan Group.Rare earth elements (REE) geochemistry of apatite of the four occurrences in porphyry iron deposits is presented.The REE distribution patterns of apatite are generally similar to those of apatites in the Kiruna-type iron ores,nelsonites.They are enriched in light REE,with pronounced negative Eu anomalies.The similarity of REE distribution patterns in apatites from various deposits in different locations in the world indicates a common process of formation for various ore types,e.g. immiscibility.Early magmatic apatites contain 3031.48-12080×10~(-6) REE.Later hydrothermal apatite contains 1958×10~(-6) REE,indicating that the later hydrothermal ore-forming solution contains lower REE.Although gabbro-diorite porphyry and apatite show similar REE patterns,gabbro-diorite porphyries have no europium anomalies or feeble positive or feeble negative europium anomalies, caused both by reduction environment of mantle source region and by fractionation and crystallization(immiscibility) under a high oxygen fugacity condition.Negative Eu anomalies of apatites were formed possibly due to acquisition of Eu~(2+) by earlier diopsite during ore magma cooling. The apatites in the Aoshan and Taishan iron deposits yield a narrow variation range of ~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr values from 0.7071 to 0.7073,similar to those of the volcanic and subvolcanic rocks,indicating that apatites were formed by liquid immiscibility and differentiation of intermediate and basic magmas.     

Formation of albitite-hosted uranium within IOCG systems: the Southern Breccia,Great Bear magmatic zone,Northwest Territories,Canada

Uranium and polymetallic U mineralization hosted within brecciated albitites occurs one kilometer south of the magnetite-rich Au–Co–Bi–Cu NICO deposit in the southern Great Bear magmatic zone (GBMZ), Canada. Concentrations up to 1 wt% U are distributed throughout a 3 by 0.5 km albitization corridor defined as the Southern Breccia zone. Two distinct U mineralization events are observed. Primary uraninite precipitated with or without pyrite–chalcopyrite?±?molybdenite within magnetite–ilmenite–biotite–K-feldspar-altered breccias during high-temperature potassic–iron alteration. Subsequently, pitchblende precipitated in earthy hematite–specular hematite–chlorite veins associated with a low-temperature iron–magnesium alteration. The uraninite-bearing mineralization postdates sodic (albite) and more localized high-temperature potassic–iron (biotite–magnetite ± K-feldspar) alteration yet predates potassic (K-feldspar), boron (tourmaline) and potassic–iron–magnesium (hematite ± K-feldspar ± chlorite) alteration. The Southern Breccia zone shares attributes of the Valhalla (Australia) and Lagoa Real (Brazil) albitite-hosted U deposits but contains greater iron oxide contents and lower contents of riebeckite and carbonates. Potassium, Ni, and Th are also enriched whereas Zr and Sr are depleted with respect to the aforementioned albitite-hosted U deposits. Field relationships, geochemical signatures and available U–Pb dates on pre-, syn- and post-mineralization intrusions place the development of the Southern Breccia and the NICO deposit as part of a single iron oxide alkali-altered (IOAA) system. In addition, this case example illustrates that albitite-hosted U deposits can form in albitization zones that predate base and precious metal ore zones in a single IOAA system and become traps for U and multiple metals once the tectonic regime favors fluid mixing and oxidation-reduction reactions.     

宁芜盆地陶村铁矿床磷灰石的LA-ICP-MS研究

宁芜盆地是长江中下游成矿带中的重要矿集区,磷灰石是该区各矿床中的标志性矿物.本文以宁芜玢岩铁矿典型代表的陶村铁矿床为研究对象,利用激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)微区分析新技术和电子探针分析对该矿床中辉石闪长玢岩中的磷灰石(Ap-I)、浸染状磁铁矿矿石中的磷灰石(Ap-D)和脉状磁铁矿矿石中的磷灰石(...     

A new genetic model for the Triassic Yangyang iron-oxide–apatite deposit,South Korea: Constraints from in situ U–Pb and trace element analyses of accessory minerals

The Yangyang iron-oxide–apatite deposit in South Korea has undergone multiple episodes of igneous activity, deformation, hydrothermal alteration, and iron-oxide–apatite (IOA) mineralization. The iron orebodies occur as concordant- to discordant-layered lenticular or massive magnetite and/or magnetite–pyrite ores. The iron mineralization occurs along a N–S-trending shear zone within the Yangyang syenite, which experienced both early ductile and later brittle deformations. Alteration was caused mainly by the injection of hydrothermal fluid through the shear zone, leading to Fe–P mineralization. We recognize multiple stages of alteration in the Yangyang deposit, based on a paragenesis that is defined by distinct mineral assemblages including Na–Ca–K alteration phases (e.g., albite, diopside, actinolite, and biotite) and accessory minerals containing high field strength elements (e.g., apatite, sphene, allanite, and monazite). The alteration around the magnetite ore body shows an evolutionary trend from Ca (–Na) alteration, through K to phyllic alterations. The Fe–P mineralization is associated with the Ca–K and K alteration products. The iron orebodies are hosted by deformed and altered syenite, which intruded the Paleoproterozoic gneiss complexes at 233 ± 1 Ma (SHRIMP U–Pb zircon age) in a post-collisional tectonic setting. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating of REE-rich sphene and apatite from the iron ores and alteration products yields Fe mineralization ages of 216 ± 3 Ma (sphene) and 212 ± 13 Ma (apatite). This is the first time, which IOA-type mineralization in the Korean Peninsula was dated as Triassic age related to post-collisional magmatism within the Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea. The U–Pb system was subsequently reset (208 ± 3 Ma–sphene and 151 ± 13 Ma–apatite) by Jurassic and Cretaceous magmatism. This unique geological evolution was responsible for Mesozoic metal enrichment and remobilization into suitable structural traps in the Yangyang district.     

智利科皮亚波GV地区侵入岩地球化学及年代学研究

智利北中部科皮亚波GV地区位于中生代铁氧化物铜金(IOCG)矿床与斑岩铜矿过渡带。侵入岩体主要为辉长闪长岩、闪长岩、闪长斑岩、黑云母花岗岩、斑状花岗岩和二长岩。岩石地球化学特征说明该侵入岩体属于钙碱性、I型或磁铁矿系列,来源于深部上地幔。推测这些岩浆岩岩石组合形成于洋壳俯冲带,局部扩张与挤压转换导致弧后盆地萎缩封闭并快速抬升。岩浆侵入具有多期次活动,形成了多期次热液活动中心,并发育面型与脉带型蚀变矿化分带,地表具有寻找大型IOCG矿床前景。地表泥化-绿泥石-多孔状硅化网脉和含金银多金属铁锰碳酸盐化网脉发育,含金银多金属网脉状-带状和面型蚀变区揭示地表有浅成低温热液型金银多金属矿床;深部具有寻找隐伏斑岩型铜金矿床前景。今后需在该区加强蚀变矿化分带规律研究,进行深部找矿预测。     

长江中下游成矿带庐枞盆地小包庄铁矿床地质特征研究

罗河铁矿床位于长江中下游成矿带内庐枞火山岩盆地的西北部,是成矿带内已发现规模最大的铁矿床。2013年在罗河铁矿床深部又勘探新发现了小包庄大型铁矿床,这是长江中下游成矿带内近年来重大找矿突破之一,具有重要的理论研究意义和勘探应用价值。本文在前人工作基础上,基于详细的钻孔观察和系统的岩相学、矿相学工作并结合电子探针测试分析,研究了小包庄铁矿床的矿化蚀变特征,厘定了矿床的成矿阶段,分析了成矿作用过程,并初步探讨了矿床成因。研究表明,罗河铁矿床和小包庄铁矿床为同一成矿系统在不同深度成矿作用的产物。小包庄铁矿床主矿体矿呈厚大的透镜状、似层状产于砖桥组地层中,位于罗河铁矿床主矿体之下约800~1000m,主要由浸染状矿体组成。矿床中金属矿物主要为磁铁矿和黄铁矿,非金属矿物主要为硬石膏、透辉石和碳酸盐,矿石的代表性矿物组合为磁铁矿-硬石膏-透辉石。矿石的结构构造主要有浸染状构造、脉状构造、块状构造、自形-半自形粒状结构、他形粒状结构和筛状结构等。矿床围岩蚀变强烈,主要蚀变类型有碱性长石化、透辉石化、绿泥石化、绿帘石化、碳酸盐化和硬石膏化。小包庄铁矿床形成经历了热液期的四个阶段,即碱性长石阶段、透辉石-硬石膏-磁铁矿阶段、绿泥石-绿帘石-碳酸盐阶段和硬石膏-黄铁矿-碳酸盐-石英阶段,其中,铁矿化主要发育于透辉石-硬石膏-磁铁矿阶段。通过矿床地质特征的分析以及与宁芜地区铁矿床的对比研究,本文认为小包庄铁矿床成矿物质和成矿流体来源于深部的闪长质侵入岩(?),而矿化发育在远离侵入岩或次火山岩之上的火山岩中,明显有别于宁芜地区玢岩铁矿床,类似于智利安第斯成矿带中部分产于安山质火山岩中的磁铁矿-磷灰石型矿床,是长江中下游成矿带中产于火山岩中的一类特殊类型的玢岩型铁矿。     

安徽省当涂县九连山铁矿地质特征与找矿标志

多年来在宁芜地区发现了大量的玢岩型铁矿床。九连山铁矿位于和睦山铁矿与钟山铁矿之间,铁矿体主要产于三叠系黄马青组粉砂岩与闪长岩体的接触带,以及黄马青组的层间破碎带;矿区共有10个铁矿体,矿体呈似层状、透镜状,大部分为磁铁矿体,少量的赤铁矿体,矿石多为块状构造和浸染状构造。研究认为,九连山深部成矿的闪长岩体与和睦山的成矿岩体为同一岩体,九连山铁矿可作为和睦山式铁矿埋深较大的矿床实例,矿床类型属于玢岩铁矿中的接触交代型+热液充填型铁矿床。文章还对九连山铁矿的找矿标志进行了归纳。     

新疆恰尔墩巴斯希铁-铜-金矿矿床地质研究

新疆恰尔墩巴斯希铁-铜-金矿床中磁铁矿化和铜矿化与中基性侵入岩体密切相关。磁铁矿化在辉长岩体与中基性火山岩的内外接触带发育,由内带的磁铁矿+透辉石组合变化到外带的磁铁矿+石英+钙铁榴石+方解石组合。辉长岩和闪长岩的轻、重稀土元素分异明显〔(La/Yb)N为3.19～7.81〕,富集大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta,具岛弧岩浆岩特征。辉长岩氧逸度较高,明显富钾。铜矿化主要集中于闪长岩体的外接触带,大部分铜矿化充填在热液角砾岩中。可划分出4个铜矿化阶段:①钠长石-石英阶段;②黄铜矿-黄铁矿-自然金-绢云母-石英阶段;③黄铜矿-黄铁矿-绿帘石-葡萄石阶段;④闪锌矿-方铅矿-石英-方解石阶段。自然金主要出现在糜棱岩化之后的黄铁矿-石英脉中。     

宁芜地区梅山铁矿床矿物的电子探针分析和稀土元素地球化学特征

梅山铁矿床位于长江中下游成矿带宁芜盆地北段,矿体赋存于辉长闪长玢岩和下白垩统大王山组辉石安山岩的接触带。研究表明,梅山铁矿的石榴石以钙铁榴石为主,为钙铁-钙铝榴石系列,与传统意义矽卡岩矿床的石榴石组成相似;磁铁矿和赤铁矿具有斑岩铜矿和Kiruna型矿床的双重特征;赤铁矿和菱铁矿显示热液交代成因特征,但赤铁矿至少有2个成矿世代。成矿母岩辉长闪长玢岩、磁铁矿及磷灰石具有相似的稀土配分模式,暗示三者具有同源性。辉长闪长玢岩无Eu异常,代表了高氧逸度下岩浆的分离结晶作用;磁铁矿和磷灰石均具有中度负Eu异常,可能是在辉长闪长玢岩发生钠长石化的过程中,Eu以Eu2+形式在钠长石内富集,造成流体Eu亏损,后来生成的磷灰石和磁铁矿继承了流体的Eu含量特征,辉长闪长玢岩的钠长石化导致富Fe2+硅酸盐矿物淋滤铁元素进入流体,为矿床提供了铁物质。     

宁芜型铁矿床成因和成矿模式的探讨

文章以充分事实和大量资料探讨宁芜型铁矿的形成及其与气化-热液交代蚀变的关系,系统地论述了上升的成矿溶液在水/岩反应过程中所造成的交代蚀变分带和成矿及其有关元素活化转移和富集的规律,进一步强调热液-交代蚀变成矿模式的重要意义,并着重指出内生成矿作用与外生物质在宁芜型矿床形成过程中的密切联系。     

Grain Coarsening of Hematite in the Gushan Iron Deposit,Anhui Province,China

The iron ores of the Gushan mine occur in the contact zone of a Mesozoic diorite intrusion and are composed primarily of hematite microcrystallites and chalcedony,The hematite microcrystallites have undergone post-mineralization recrystallization and coarsening with resultant formation of lath-shaped hematite porphyroblasts.Microscopic investigation reveals that recrystallization and coarsening of the hematite ores of the Gushan mine took place without the formation of new nuclei,due to the coalescence of the microcrystallites.The whole process could have begun with the mutual approach of the microcrystallites,followed by grain rotation to realize paralleism and ending by the welding of these grains to form optically homogeneous porphyroblastic hematite.     

宁芜盆地凹山铁矿床辉长闪长玢岩和花岗闪长斑岩的锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

宁芜盆地是长江中下游多金属成矿带的重要矿集区之一,是玢岩型铁矿成矿模式建模的基地.玢岩型铁矿床成矿时代的约束对区域成岩成矿作用及成矿动力学背景研究具有重要的意义.凹山铁矿床是宁芜盆地玢岩型铁矿床的典型代表之一,本文选择矿区发育的两种与成矿作用关系密切的岩浆岩为研究对象,进行锆石LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学研...     

长江中下游地区庐(江)-枞(阳)和宁(南京)-芜(湖)盆地内与成矿有关潜火山岩体的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄

庐-枞和宁-芜火山岩盆地是长江中下游地区在中生代发育的一系列断陷型火山岩盆地中规模最大的两个,以发育一套别具特色的橄榄玄粗岩系列火山岩/潜火山岩,并产有丰富的铁矿、硫铁矿及非金属等矿产资源为特征,其中又以玢岩型铁矿最著名。两个盆地内主要的成矿作用(玢岩型铁矿)都与第二旋回(分别为庐-枞盆地的砖桥旋回和宁-芜盆地的大王山旋回)的潜火山岩关系密切,其岩性在庐-枞盆地为正长斑岩,而在宁-芜盆地为辉石闪长玢岩。本文应用SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年方法分别对庐-枞盆地内的巴家滩正长斑岩和焦冲正长斑岩以及宁-芜盆地内的阴山辉石闪长玢岩进行了精确的定年。结果表明,巴家滩正长斑岩和焦冲正长斑岩中锆石的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄分别为131.0±1.1Ma和131.5±1.6Ma,阴山辉石闪长玢岩中锆石的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为127.8±1.8Ma。庐-枞和宁-芜盆地(乃至整个长江中下游地区)的火山岩-潜火山岩是在很短的时间内形成的,意味着"突发性的"岩石圈减薄可能是区内岩浆作用和大规模成矿的主要机制。     

钻孔岩心磁化率及PXRF 测量在智利 月亮山铁铜矿区应用与找矿预测

[摘 要]以智利月亮山铁氧化物铜金型矿床为例,利用磁化率K 对铁磁性矿物及蚀变岩的现场识别能力和X 射线荧光分析仪(PXRF)快速分析元素含量功能,结合矿床地质以闪长岩(5.5×10^-3SI< K <17.9×10-3 SI)、角砾岩(0.35×10^-3SI< K <0.7×10^-3SI)、磁铁矿(K>753. 4×10^-3SI)、磁赤铁矿(313.3×10^-3SI < K <753.4×10^-3SI)、赤铁矿(0.78×10^-3SI< K <1.62×10^-3SI)、镜铁矿(0.67×10^-3SI< K <0.78×10^-3SI)等划分闪长岩亚相、角砾岩亚相、磁铁矿微相、磁赤铁矿微相、赤铁矿微相、镜铁矿微相;以PXRF现场测量铁含量>30%,铜含量>0.5%为含矿(化)界限,确定磁化率-铁铜含量对应关系:高磁化率-高铁含量-磁铁矿型、低磁化率-高铁含量-赤铁矿型(镜铁矿)、低磁化率-低铁含量-蚀变岩型,及岩相学找矿标志-矿物标志、构造标志、闪长岩标志、蚀变分带标志和矿物蚀变标志等,对月亮山矿区进行深部找矿预测。     

BIF-hosted iron mineral system: A review

The BIF-hosted iron ore system represents the world's largest and highest grade iron ore districts and deposits. BIF, the precursor to low- and high-grade BIF hosted iron ore, consists of Archean and Paleoproterozoic Algoma-type BIF (e.g., Serra Norte iron ore district in the Carajás Mineral Province), Proterozoic Lake Superior-type BIF (e.g., deposits in the Hamersley Province and craton), and Neoproterozoic Rapitan-type BIF (e.g., the Urucum iron ore district).The BIF-hosted iron ore system is structurally controlled, mostly via km-scale normal and strike-slips fault systems, which allow large volumes of ascending and descending hydrothermal fluids to circulate during Archean or Proterozoic deformation or early extensional events. Structures are also (passively) accessed via downward flowing supergene fluids during Cenozoic times.At the depositional site the transformation of BIF to low- and high-grade iron ore is controlled by: (1) structural permeability, (2) hypogene alteration caused by ascending deep fluids (largely magmatic or basinal brines), and descending ancient meteoric water, and (3) supergene enrichment via weathering processes. Hematite- and magnetite-based iron ores include a combination of microplaty hematite–martite, microplaty hematite with little or no goethite, martite–goethite, granoblastic hematite, specular hematite and magnetite, magnetite–martite, magnetite-specular hematite and magnetite–amphibole, respectively. Goethite ores with variable amounts of hematite and magnetite are mainly encountered in the weathering zone.In most large deposits, three major hypogene and one supergene ore stages are observed: (1) silica leaching and formation of magnetite and locally carbonate, (2) oxidation of magnetite to hematite (martitisation), further dissolution of quartz and formation of carbonate, (3) further martitisation, replacement of Fe silicates by hematite, new microplaty hematite and specular hematite formation and dissolution of carbonates, and (4) replacement of magnetite and any remaining carbonate by goethite and magnetite and formation of fibrous quartz and clay minerals.Hypogene alteration of BIF and surrounding country rocks is characterised by: (1) changes in the oxide mineralogy and textures, (2) development of distinct vertical and lateral distal, intermediate and proximal alteration zones defined by distinct oxide–silicate–carbonate assemblages, and (3) mass negative reactions such as de-silicification and de-carbonatisation, which significantly increase the porosity of high-grade iron ore, or lead to volume reduction by textural collapse or layer-compaction. Supergene alteration, up to depths of 200 m, is characterised by leaching of hypogene silica and carbonates, and dissolution precipitation of the iron oxyhydroxides.Carbonates in ore stages 2 and 3 are sourced from external fluids with respect to BIF. In the case of basin-related deposits, carbon is interpreted to be derived from deposits underlying carbonate sequences, whereas in the case of greenstone belt deposits carbonate is interpreted to be of magmatic origin. There is only limited mass balance analyses conducted, but those provide evidence for variable mobilization of Fe and depletion of SiO₂. In the high-grade ore zone a volume reduction of up to 25% is observed.Mass balance calculations for proximal alteration zones in mafic wall rocks relative to least altered examples at Beebyn display enrichment in LOI, F, MgO, Ni, Fe₂O_3total, C, Zn, Cr and P₂O₅ and depletions of CaO, S, K₂O, Rb, Ba, Sr and Na₂O. The Y/Ho and Sm/Yb ratios of mineralised BIF at Windarling and Koolyanobbing reflect distinct carbonate generations derived from substantial fluid–rock reactions between hydrothermal fluids and igneous country rocks, and a chemical carbonate-inheritance preserved in supergene goethite.Hypogene and supergene fluids are paramount for the formation of high-grade BIF-hosted iron ore because of the enormous amount of: (1) warm (100–200 °C) silica-undersaturated alkaline fluids necessary to dissolve quartz in BIF, (2) oxidized fluids that cause the oxidation of magnetite to hematite, (3) weakly acid (with moderate CO₂ content) to alkaline fluids that are necessary to form widespread metasomatic carbonate, (4) carbonate-undersaturated fluids that dissolve the diagenetic and metasomatic carbonates, and (5) oxidized fluids to form hematite species in the hypogene- and supergene-enriched zone and hydroxides in the supergene zone.Four discrete end-member models for Archean and Proterozoic hypogene and supergene-only BIF hosted iron ore are proposed: (1) granite–greenstone belt hosted, strike-slip fault zone controlled Carajás-type model, sourced by early magmatic (± metamorphic) fluids and ancient “warm” meteoric water; (2) sedimentary basin, normal fault zone controlled Hamersley-type model, sourced by early basinal (± evaporitic) brines and ancient “warm” meteoric water. A variation of the latter is the metamorphosed basin model, where BIF (ore) is significantly metamorphosed and deformed during distinct orogenic events (e.g., deposits in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero and Simandou Range). It is during the orogenic event that the upgrade of BIF to medium- and high-grade hypogene iron took place; (3) sedimentary basin hosted, early graben structure controlled Urucum-type model, where glaciomarine BIF and subsequent diagenesis to very low-grade metamorphism is responsible for variable gangue leaching and hematite mineralisation. All of these hypogene iron ore models do not preclude a stage of supergene modification, including iron hydroxide mineralisation, phosphorous, and additional gangue leaching during substantial weathering in ancient or Recent times; and (4) supergene enriched BIF Capanema-type model, which comprises goethitic iron ore deposits with no evidence for deep hypogene roots. A variation of this model is ancient supergene iron ores of the Sishen-type, where blocks of BIF slumped into underlying karstic carbonate units and subsequently experienced Fe upgrade during deep lateritic weathering.     

宁芜陶村磁铁矿矿床成矿流体及成矿作用

陶村磁铁矿矿床位于长江中下游成矿带宁芜盆地中段,矿床地质特征及岩浆构造背景与Kiruna型磷灰石-铁氧化物矿床相似。本文在野外工作基础上,通过流体包裹体测温和氢氧硫同位素研究,探讨该矿床成矿流体性质、来源及成矿作用。陶村主要矿石类型为浸染状和脉状磁铁矿,脉状矿石形成稍晚。通过包裹体显微测温获得:磷灰石中包裹体的均一温度集中在210~390℃,盐度集中在15%~23%NaCl_(eqv);石英中包裹体的均一温度集中在330~390℃,盐度主要集中在9%~13%NaCl_(eqv),此外还存在部分高盐度原生包裹体。石英的δD为-96‰~-54‰,δ~(18)O_(H2O)除了一个为8.3‰,其余为1.9‰~4.0‰,指示原始成矿流体为岩浆来源,后期有地表水加入。黄铁矿δ~(34)S为4.8‰~9.3‰,平均值为7.4‰,综合中段地区硫同位素资料,认为成矿流体中的硫来自三叠纪膏盐层与岩浆硫的混合。结合矿床地质特征,陶村成矿作用过程可概括为:岩浆出溶形成的高温含矿气液同化三叠纪膏盐层,带入SO_4~(2-)、Cl~-、Na~+等矿化剂;这种高温气液在岩体内以钠质交代形式富集Fe后,于岩体上部形成浸染状磁铁矿,岩体顶部和边部断裂部位形成(网)脉状磁铁矿。     

Gushan magnetite–apatite deposit in the Ningwu basin, Lower Yangtze River Valley, SE China: Hydrothermal or Kiruna-type?

The Gushan deposit is one of the typical magnetite–apatite deposits associated with dioritic porphyries in the Lower Yangtze River Valley belt of the eastern Yangtze craton. The origin of this deposit is still uncertain and remains a controversial issue. Divergent opinions are centered on whether the iron deposits are magmatic or hydrothermal in origin. However, our field observations and mineralogical studies, combined with previous published petrological and geochemical features strongly suggest that the main ore bodies in the Gushan magnetite–apatite deposit are magmatic. Specific evidence includes the existence of gas bubbles, tubes, and miarolitic and amygdaloidal structures, melt flow banding structure and the presence of “ore breccia”. New electron microprobe analyses of the pyroxene phenocrysts of the dioritic porphyry genetically associated with the Gushan magnetite–apatite deposit show that the Fe contents in the evolving magma dramatically decrease, and then gradually increase. Because there is no evidence of mafic magma recharge, this scenario (decreasing Fe) could be plausibly interpreted by Fe-rich melts separated from Fe-poor silicate melts, i.e., liquid immiscibility was triggered by minor addition of phosphorus by crustal contamination. The occurrence of massive iron ore bodies can be satisfactorily explained by the immiscible Fe-rich melt with enormous volatile contents was driven to the top of the magma chamber due to the low density. The hot and volatile-rich iron ore magma was injected along fractures and spaces between the dioritic intrusions and wall-rocks, and led to an explosion near the surface, resulting in the immediate fragmentation of the roof of the intrusion and wall-rocks, forming brecciated ores. Moreover, other types of ores can be considered as a result of post-magmatic hydrothermal activities. Our proposed metallogenic model involving the Kiruna-type mineralization is consistent with the observed phenomenon in the Gushan deposit.     

Geology,alteration, age,and origin of iron oxide–apatite deposits in Upper Eocene quartz monzonite,Zanjan district,NW Iran

Iron oxide–apatite deposits are present in Upper Eocene pyroxene-quartz monzonitic rocks of the Zanjan district, northwestern Iran. Mineralization occurred in five stages: (1) deposition of disseminated magnetite and apatite in the host rock; (2) mineralization of massive and banded magnetite ores in veins and stockwork associated with minor brecciation and calcic alteration of host rocks; (3) deposition of sulfide ores together with potassic alteration; (4) formation of quartz and carbonate veins and sericite, chlorite, epidote, silica, carbonate, and tourmaline alteration; and (5) supergene alteration and weathering. U–Pb dating of monazite inclusions in the apatite indicates an age of 39.99?±?0.24 Ma, which is nearly coeval with the time of emplacement of the host quartz monzonite, supporting the genetic connection. Fluid inclusions in the apatite have homogenization temperatures of about 300 °C and oxygen isotopic compositions of the magnetite support precipitation from magmatic fluids. Late-stage quartz resulted from the introduction of a cooler, less saline, and isotopically depleted fluid. The iron oxide–apatite deposits in the Tarom area of the Zanjan district are typical of a magmatic–hydrothermal origin and are similar to the Kiruna-type deposits with respect to mineral assemblages, fabric and structure of the iron ores, occurrence of the ore bodies, and wall rock alteration.