青海祁连两类火山成因硫化物矿化蚀变带地球化学？…

研究区发育火山成因块状黄铁矿矿床和铅锌铜多金属硫化物矿床及其相应的两类矿化蚀变带,黄铁矿矿化蚀变带以亏损Ｐｂ,Ｚｎ,Ｃｕ,Ａｇ,Ｓｒ,Ｂａ,Ｍｎ及Ｋ,Ｎａ,Ｍｇ等元素,且多为负异常,元素无明显共生组合规律为特点;多金属矿化蚀变带则以富集多金属元素及伴生元素,富Ｋ,Ｍｇ,贫Ｎａdisplay structure     

白银矿田含矿围岩蚀变特征及其意义

对北祁连加里东褶皱带中白银矿田成矿蚀变岩的研究表明,蚀变岩筒具有明显的分带性：中心部位是绿泥石化带,汉发泥石＋石英＋黄铁矿组合为特征;其外是绢云母硅化带,以绢云母＋石英＋黄铁矿组合为特征,最外则是蚀变带或弱蚀变带。岩石化学上,随着蚀变作用增强,ＭｇＯ、Ｋ２Ｏ、ＦｅＯ增加,而Ｎａ２Ｏ降低;白银矿田成矿系列中Ｃｕ－Ｚｎ型到Ｃｕ－Ｐｂ－Ｚｎ型、Ｐｂ－Ｚｎ－Ｃｕ型矿床,绿泥石中ＭｇＯ、Ｓｉ２Ｏ和降低趋势。     

川西南大梁子铅锌矿床矿化蚀变分带规律与元素组合分带模型

川西南大梁子铅锌矿床是川滇黔地区震旦系灯影组碳酸盐岩赋矿的后生热液型铅锌矿床的代表之一。针对该矿床矿化蚀变分带规律不清的现状，基于矿区内1884 m、1944 m、2004 m、2064 m中段1∶200矿化-蚀变岩相学填图，精细解剖了蚀变类型、强度及蚀变岩组构，总结了矿化蚀变的强弱变化、矿物共生组合、元素组合及其空间分带特征，揭示了不同矿化蚀变带特征元素含量的变化规律，构建了从铅锌矿体中心向赋矿围岩的矿化蚀变空间分带模式:中等硅化+白云石化角砾状铅锌矿石相带（Ⅰ带）→中等硅化+白云石化网脉状铅锌矿化相带（Ⅱ带）→强硅化+白云石化+方解石化+细脉至星点状黄铁矿化相带（Ⅲ带）→方解石化+炭质+黄铁矿化相带（Ⅳ带）。基于成矿元素、特征元素组合及其元素比值的变化特征研究，矿化指示元素在不同蚀变带中依次具有Pb-Zn-Cd→Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu（Sb）→Ag-Cu-As-Sb→As-Sb的水平分带规律，总结了矿化指示元素的变化趋势。该研究对该矿床深部找矿勘查和同类矿床矿化蚀变分带研究具有启示意义。      

湘南黄沙坪铜锡多金属矿床与隐伏花岗斑岩有关的矿化-蚀变分带模式

【研究目的】黄沙坪铜锡多金属矿床是湘南地区岩浆热液成矿系统的典型矿床之一。为了深化研究该矿床成岩成矿机制、高效指导深部找矿勘查,需要揭示与隐伏花岗斑岩有关的多金属矿化-蚀变分带规律,构建深部矿化-蚀变空间分带模式。【研究方法】应用热液矿床的大比例尺蚀变岩相定位找矿预测方法,开展矿区内-136 m、-176 m、-256 m中段典型穿脉剖面的矿化蚀变测量和矿物岩石地球化学研究,剖析了矿化-蚀变的强弱变化、矿物共生组合及其空间分带特征,探讨了成矿元素、元素组合及其元素比值变化规律。【研究结果】构建了矿化-蚀变空间分带模式：从花岗斑岩体（内带）→接触带→围岩（外带）,依次为钨钼（黄铁）矿化-硅化-绢云母化花岗斑岩带（Ⅰ）→磁铁（钨锡）矿化石榴石矽卡岩带（Ⅱ-1）→钨钼-磁黄铁矿化石榴石矽卡岩带（Ⅱ-2）→铅锌矿化结晶灰岩带（Ⅲ）→强方解石化灰岩带（Ⅳ）的分带规律,各带对应的主要矿物组合为：石英+（黄铁矿+绢云母）→磁铁矿+透辉石+硅灰石+绿帘石+绿泥石+（白钨矿+锡石+黄铁矿+石榴石）→白钨矿+辉钼矿+磁黄铁矿+（锡石+黄铜矿+黄铁矿+闪锌矿+方铅矿）+石榴石+符山石+透辉石+角闪石+萤石+...     

莱州纱岭金矿I-2号矿脉赋存特征及富集规律

矿石的共生组合以及近矿围岩蚀变特征表明纱岭金矿I-2号矿脉矿化类型为蚀变岩型金矿,矿床成因类型属混合岩化-重熔岩浆热液型金矿床。焦家成矿断裂带中、深部存在第二矿化富集段。主要找矿标志有北东向压扭性断裂带、黄铁绢英岩化蚀变岩带、低磁场的线状串珠状异常带等指示标志以及特有的指示元素的组合异常;矿化富集规律为构造控矿及岩性控矿。金矿化的强弱依附于主要矿化阶段的发育及迭加程度,即当含有细粒黄铁矿细脉和多金属硫化物石英细脉或其相互迭加时往往形成厚而富的工业矿体,其在空间分布上,服从于矿体南西侧伏规律。     

河南槐树坪金矿成矿物质共生组合规律及成矿期次

槐树坪金矿是豫西熊耳山地区新发现的大型含金石英脉型金矿床,成矿具有多期次性等特点。为确定槐树坪金矿成矿物质共生组合及成矿期次,通过地球化学数据多元统计分析,得出矿床中Au的富集与成矿指示元素Bi、Ag密切相关,其中与Au矿化阶段相一致的3个主要阶段为:As-Ag-Hg组合沉淀作用阶段、Pb-Zn多金属硫化物矿化阶段和Cu-W-Mo组合沉淀作用阶段。通过岩矿鉴定及野外调研确定的矿石矿物共生组合为(黄铁矿、赤铁矿)—白铁矿—闪锌矿—方铅矿—(黄铜矿、斑铜矿)—蓝辉铜矿;围岩蚀变组合为钾长石、石英、黑云母、高岭土、方解石、白云石、绢云母、绿泥石、绿帘石。矿床成矿期次可划分为蚀变期、热液期及表生期,热液期又包括乳白色石英脉阶段、烟灰色石英—多金属硫化物阶段、白色石英脉—黄铁矿细脉状矿化阶段和石英—碳酸盐化阶段。     

广东莲花山斑岩型钨-金矿床蚀变矿化特征及分带模式

莲花山斑岩型钨－金矿床蚀变类型可以分作钾化、云英岩化、绢云母化、绿泥石化和青盘岩化。矿化表现为黑钨矿化、白钨矿－硫化物矿化、多金属硫化物矿化及黄铁矿化。蚀变在水平和垂向上具有分带性。由内向外由钾化向云英岩化、叠加蚀变带、绿泥石化＋绢云母化、青盘岩化转化。由浅向深，钾化增强，云英岩化减弱，被叠加蚀变带和绿泥石化及绢云母化所代替。矿化由内向外表现为由黑钨矿化向白钨矿化、多金属硫化物矿化、黄铁矿化转变，由浅向深由钨矿化转变为金矿化及多金属硫化物矿化。与典型斑岩型矿床蚀变分带对比，莲花山斑岩型矿床不同原岩类型蚀变特征变化较大，矿化则表现出富钨、金贫铜及钨金共同产出的特征。     

滇中郝家河砂岩型铜矿床成岩期和改造期热液蚀变作用——来自组分迁移计算的证据

通过牟定郝家河砂岩型铜矿床两类典型矿化的围岩蚀变类型、空间分布、蚀变矿物组合特征的综合分析,识别出该矿床存在成岩期与改造期两期热液蚀变。成岩期热液蚀变分布于浅紫交互带浅色砂岩一侧,呈现大范围面状硅化、碳酸盐化、黄铁矿化,并具蚀变分带:全浅色砂岩中的强硅化、黄铁矿化亚带;浅紫过渡砂岩中的强碳酸盐化、绢云母化、绿泥石化、弱硅化亚带,并具辉铜矿-斑铜矿-黄铜矿-黄铁矿的金属矿物分带。改造期热液蚀变主要分布于断裂、节理旁侧,表现为带状、网脉状的硅化、碳酸盐化。以1580 m中段实测剖面为研究对象,采集各蚀变亚带的代表样品,以紫色砂岩为原岩,进行主量元素、微量元素及稀土元素的组分迁入、迁出计算,结果显示各亚带组分的迁入、迁出特征与镜下观察的蚀变矿物组合吻合。分析表明,蚀变矿物组合与组分迁移特征还间接指示了不同亚带的形成条件:成岩期紫色砂岩(围岩)呈氧化-碱性条件,浅色砂岩呈还原-酸性条件,浅紫过渡矿化带则处于氧化还原-酸碱转化面上;改造期构造热液属还原-中偏碱性的中温构造流体。在此基础上,探讨了两期成矿流体分别形成层状矿体及脉状富矿体的机理,为深化研究该类矿床的"矿源-构造-流体耦合成矿"机制提供了重要证据。     

青海治多县多彩铜铅锌矿床蚀变矿化分带性与成因类型

多彩铜铅锌矿床位于"三江"多金属成矿带北段青海省南部的治多县,是目前该地区新发现的唯一一个与古特提斯火山作用有关的大型矿床。矿体产于晚三叠世巴塘群火山岩地层中,直接赋矿围岩为英安质凝灰岩。矿区内主要发育硅化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化、绿泥石化、重晶石化、白云石化、方解石化等蚀变,矿化类型以块状及浸染状铜铅锌矿化和纹层状及星点状铜矿化为主,其次为细脉状铜铅锌矿化等。蚀变矿化在空间上具有明显分带性,以白云石-重晶石固结壳为界,下盘依次出现硅化-重晶石化-块状及细脉状矿化带、硅化-黄铁矿化-稠密浸染状矿化带、黄铁矿化-硅化-绢云母化-稀疏浸染状矿化带、硅化-弱绿泥石化带、绿泥石化带。上盘则多为成矿后中低温蚀变组合,如弱硅化-弱绢云母化-绿泥石化等。成矿演化上,矿床经历了3期主要成矿作用:火山沉积-气液矿化期、海底喷流热液矿化期及表生期。矿床地质特征、蚀变矿化分带及成矿演化等的综合分析表明,多彩铜铅锌矿床与日本黑矿及同一构造带的"三江"中段川西呷村VMS矿床极为相似,属于火山岩容矿的块状硫化物矿床。     

云南腾冲麻栗坝铜铅锌及锡锌铅矿化区岩浆岩及次生晕元素组合特征与复合成矿分析

麻栗坝矿化区位于云南腾冲梁河-古永锡、铜多金属矿集区北部。矿化区中北部出露与闪长玢岩紧密共生的铜多金属矿化及绿泥石化,北部发育与黑云母及二云母花岗岩紧密共生的黄铁夕卡岩蚀变。为了分析矿化区内两类矿化蚀变及岩浆活动与成矿的关系,本文分析了黑云母及二云母花岗岩主量元素组成、闪长玢岩和黑云母花岗岩矿物组成、两矿化蚀变区域次生晕元素组合差异及工程验证其所揭示矿体成矿元素组合。闪长玢岩脉具角闪石-磁铁矿组合,显示氧化岩浆特征;黑云母及二云母花岗岩具高硅(72.93%～76.09%)、富碱(Na2O+K2O7.11%～9.52%,K2O/Na2O1)及过铝质(ANK1.24～1.45)特征;黑云母及二云母花岗岩副矿物含钛铁矿及其锆石Ce4+/Ce3+比值低(5.78～192,平均77),显示还原岩浆特征。中北部铜多金属矿化区次生晕显示Cu、Pb、Zn综合异常,而北部黄铁夕卡岩蚀变区显示Sn、Zn、Ag综合异常。次生晕异常区工程验证发现铜多金属矿化区深部发育与闪长玢岩脉密切共生的铜铅锌矿体,黄铁夕卡岩化深部发育锡锌铅矿体。上述地质地球化学特征表明麻栗坝矿化区内既发生了与氧化岩浆岩热液有关的铜多金属成矿,也发生了与还原岩浆热液有关的锡多金属成矿。梁河-古永矿集区既发育锡多金属矿床,也发育铜多金属矿床,可能与矿集区内经历氧化和还原岩浆作用有关。     

Hydrothermal alteration of felsic volcanic rocks associated with massive sulphide deposition in the northern Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain)

Massive sulphide deposits of the northern Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) are mainly hosted by felsic volcanic rocks of rhyolitic to dacitic composition. Beneath most of the massive ores of this area (e.g., Concepción, San Miguel, Aguas Teñidas Este or San Telmo deposits) there is usually a wide hydrothermal alteration halo associated with stockwork-type mineralization. Within these alteration envelopes there are two principal rock types: (1) chlorite-rich rocks, linked to the inner and more intensely altered zones and dominantly comprising chlorite+pyrite+quartz+sericite (+carbonate+rutile+zircon+chalcopyrite), and (2) sericite-rich rocks, more common in the peripheral zones and showing a dominant paragenesis of sericite+quartz+pyrite+chlorite (+carbonate+rutile+zircon+sphalerite). Mass-balance calculations comparing altered and least-altered felsic volcanic rocks suggest that sericitization was accompanied by moderate enrichment in Mg, Fe and H₂O, with depletion in Si, Na and K, and a slight net mass loss of about 3%. Chloritization shows an overall pattern which is similar to that of the sericitic alteration, but with large gains in Fe, Mg and H₂O (and minor enrichment in Si, S and Mn), and a significant loss of Na and K and a minor loss of Ca and Rb. However, chloritization has involved a much larger net mass change (mass gain of about 28%). Only a few elements such as Nb, Y, Zr, Ti, P and LREE appear to have remained inert during hydrothermal alteration, whilst Ti and Al have undergone very minor mobilization. The results point to the severity of the physico-chemical conditions that prevailed during the waxing stage of the ore-forming hydrothermal systems. Further, mineralogical and geochemical studies of the altered footwall rocks in the studied deposits indicate that hydrothermal ore-bearing fluids reacted with host rocks in a multi-stage process which produced a succession of mineralogical and chemical changes as the temperature increased.     

Alteration zoning and primary geochemical dispersion at the Bronzewing lode-gold deposit, Western Australia

The Late Archaean Bronzewing lode-gold deposit is in the Yandal greenstone belt, Western Australia. It is located in a 500-m-wide, N–S trending, structural corridor consisting of an anastomosing set of brittle–ductile shear zones and is chiefly hosted by tholeiitic basalts, which are metamorphosed at mid- to upper-greenschist facies. Syn-peak metamorphic alteration surround all ore bodies, and alteration extends laterally for ≤80 m from individual mineralised structures. Individual alteration haloes partially overlap and form a >1.5-km-long and ≤300-m-wide domain. The alteration sequence, studied here at 140 m below the present undisturbed surface, comprises distal calcite–chlorite–albite–quartz, intermediate calcite–dolomite–chlorite–muscovite–albite–quartz and proximal ankerite–dolomite–muscovite–albite–quartz–pyrite zones. Mass transfer calculations indicate that chemical changes during alteration include enrichment of Ag, Au, Ba, Bi, CO₂, K, Rb, S, Sb, Te and W, and depletion of Na, Sr and Y. The elements Al, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, P, Ti, V, Zn and Zr are immobile. The degree of chemical change increases with proximity to gold ore zones. In addition, abundant quartz veins indicate substantial silica mobility during the hydrothermal event, although there is no large relative silica loss or gain in the host rock. The broadest anomaly surrounding the Bronzewing gold deposit is defined by tellurium (>10 ppb) which, if it is a hydrothermal anomaly, extends beyond the 400 × 600 m study area. Anomalous values for CO₂, K, Rb and Sb also define wider zones than does anomalous gold (>4 ppb), although even the lithogeochemical gold anomaly extends across strike for as much as 80 m away from ore and >600 m along the N–S strike of the shear zone corridor. Also carbonation and sericitisation indices outline large exploration targets at the Bronzewing deposit. Sericitisation indices define anomalies that extend for tens of metres beyond visible potassic alteration, whereas the anomalies defined by the carbonation indices do not extend beyond visible carbonation. None of the individual alteration indices or pathfinder elements are able to define consistent gradients towards ore. However, the respective dimensions of individual geochemical anomalies can be used as an extensive, although stepwise, vector towards ore. This sequence is, from species with broadest dispersion first, as follows: Te > CO₂/Ca ≥ Sb, 3K/Al, Rb/Ti ≥ Au, W > Y/Ti (depletion) > Ag ≥ Bronzewing ore. Received: 25 October 1999 / Accepted: 11 May 2000     

Ammonium geochemistry of some Mexican silver deposits

Lithogeochemical sampling in the Guanajuato, Pachuca and Tayoltita silver mining districts of Mexico has revealed the presence of significant ammonium anomalies related to mineralized veins. The anomalies can be recognised in surface as well as in mine crosscut and drill core samples and persist over depths of several hundreds of metres. Ammonium haloes are best developed in the hanging walls of major veins but anomalous concentrations are also found in footwall regions. In all three areas ammonium is an effective pathfinder for epithermal precious-metal vein-style mineralization. Comparison with data for major and trace elements (Ca, K, Mg, Na, As, Ba, Cu, P, Rb, S, Sb, Sr, Zn) shows that ammonium often forms broader haloes with a more consistent relationship to the veins than other lithogeochemical indicators. Variations in ammonium geochemistry between deposits can be related to the availability of ammonium in the epithermal system, wall-rock lithology and the nature of the vein network.The results of this study suggest that ammonium geochemistry has considerable potential as an exploration tool for precious-metal vein deposits.     

Hydrothermal Alteration of the Saplica Volcanic Rocks,Sebinkarahisar, Turkey

A widespread, intense hydrothermal alteration zone has developed in the Cretaceous Saplica volcanics as a result of the intrusion of Late Cretaceous-Paleocene granitoids. The propylitic, phyllitic (sericitic), and argillic alteration along with hematite, silica polymorphs, and two types of tourmaline mineralization developed under a wide range of Eh and pH conditions.

Alunite, kaolinite, and silica are abundant in the argillic alteration, whereas sericite dominates in the phyllic alteration. Most of the major alunite deposits are located along the periphery of the Saplica volcanic rocks and in addition contain alunite, kaolinite + quartz ± opal ± cristobalite. Illite and pyrite, barite, and gypsum also occur in small amounts.

Major and trace elements are concentrated in, or were leached from, the volcanic rocks, depending upon the alteration types. In general, Al + K and Mg + Ca + Fe were enriched in the alunitic + sericitic and propylitic alteration types, respectively. On the other hand, Ca, Mg, and Fe were leached during argillic alteration, and Fe was concentrated in hematite formation. Strong leaching of Na was determined for alteration types. Silica generally decreased in argillitic (kaolinitic and alunitic) alteration zones. Most trace elements were mobile during hydrothermal alteration. Y, Sc, Mo, Cr, Co, Ni, and Zn tend to be mobile in acid aqueous systems, and thus are nearly absent in these alunitic alteration zones. In the surrounding kaolinitic envelope, these elements are present at background (average) or slightly higher concentrations. Rb and Sr contents are high in the alunitic and kaolinitic zones. Barium is highest near the alunite zone because of the relative insolubility of barite in acidic solutions. Pb and Cu contents increase in the propylitic zone. Such hydrothermal alteration zones can be used effectively in the exploration and evaluation of mineral resources of the eastern Black Sea region.     

陕西省铧厂沟金矿围岩蚀变和元素迁移特征

陕西省铧厂沟金矿床位于勉略缝合带以南,矿体受控于近东西向逆冲断层和韧脆性剪切带。本文以细碧岩矿带为例,系统研究了围岩蚀变分带及蚀变矿物组合,总结了矿床的蚀变分带模式。围岩蚀变以穿切细碧岩透镜体的剪切带为中心向外依次可划分为黄铁绢英岩化带、绢云碳酸盐化带和绿泥赤铁矿化带。蚀变矿物组合分别为黄铁矿＋铁白云石＋铬云母＋绢云母＋钠长石＋石英＋方解石、铁白云石＋绢云母＋钠长石＋石英±黄铁矿、（铁）绿泥石＋钠长石＋铁白云石＋赤铁矿＋钛铁氧化物＋石英±绿帘石。蚀变岩石组分迁移分析表明,在围岩蚀变过程中, SiO2、Na2O、Fe2O3T、MgO与Y等组分发生不同程度的迁出, K2O、CaO、Ba、Rb、Sr、Cr、Cu、Pb和挥发组分等迁入,并以黄铁绢英岩化带最为显著。金在成矿流体中以Au（HS）–2络合物迁移,成矿流体与富铁细碧岩之间的反应是金沉淀重要机制。     

Geochemical alteration halos around the Mount Morgan gold-copper deposit, Queensland, Australia

The Mount Morgan Au-Cu pyritic massive sulphide deposit occurs in a north-trending belt of Middle Paleozoic volcanic rocks located in south-central Queensland. The host rocks for the deposit are a normal sequence of rhyolitic tuff that have a north-northwest regional strike and easterly dips of 20° to 30°. The tuff contains thin units of chert, jasperoid and carbonate.The Mount Morgan deposit was represented by a zone of sulphide mineralization 600 m long, 100–200 m wide and 300 m deep that transects stratigraphy and can be divided into: (1) an oxidized zone, characterized by a hematitic, Au-enriched gossan with minor stratiform sphalerite-argillite; and (2) a primary zone which can be subdivided into an upper zone of greater than 50% sulphide minerals (Main Pipe orebody), and a lower siliceous stockwork zone with approximately 20% sulphide minerals (Sugarloaf orebody). Pyrite is the most abundant sulphide mineral in both the upper and lower primary zones with lesser pyrrhotite and accessory chalcopyrite, sphalerite and gold. A zone of silicification forms an envelope around the orebody and extends stratigraphically downwards in a pipe-like zone for greater than 750 m. The orebody contained 67 Mt of 4.87 g/t Au and 0.70% Cu.The distribution and variation of between 7 and 29 elements and specific conductance were examined in 1252 samples of the host rocks taken from diamond drill core and surface outcrop. The host rocks in the immediate vicinity of the deposit are marked by the development of three distinct but overlapping chemical and mineralogical zones representing an outward progression from the most intensive to a less intensive alteration. A 50-m-thick siliceous inner zone of intensely altered rocks, depleted in all investigated elements except Si, surrounds the orebody. This zone passes outward into a 100-m-thick middle zone of dominantly sericite-pyrite characterized by high concentrations of K, Fe, Cu and Co. The sericite-pyrite zone, in turn, passes into an outer 100-m-thick chlorite zone with high Fe, Mg, Mn and Zn concentrations. High concentrations of H₂O⁺ are associated with the sericite-pyrite zone and the chlorite zone. The alteration pipe underlying the Mount Morgan orebody is characterized by depletions in Na, Ca and K and enrichments in Fe and Mg. A non-economic pyrite body contained within the alteration pipe has spatially restricted enrichment halos of Fe, Mg, Zn, Cu and Co.     

Mineralogy, Lithogeochemistry and Elemental Mass Balance of the Hydrothermal Alteration Associated with the Gold-rich Batu Hijau Porphyry Copper Deposit, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

This paper discusses the mineralogy, whole-rock geochemistry and elemental mass balance of the hydrothermal alteration zones within the Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. The hydrothermal alteration and mineralisation developed in four stages, namely (i) the early stage consisting of a central copper-gold-bearing biotite (potassic), proximal actinolite (inner propylitic) and the distal chlorite-epidote (outer propylitic) zones; (ii) the transitional stage represented by the chlorite-sericite (intermediate argillic) zone; (iii) the late stages distinguished into the sericite-paragonite (argillic) and pyrophyllite-andalusite (advanced argillic) zones; and (iv) the very late stage typified by the illite-sericite zone. In general, major elements (particularly Ca, Mg, Na and K) and some minor and rare earth elements decrease from the least altered rocks towards the late alteration zones as a consequence of the breakdown of Ca-bearing hornblende, biotite and plagioclase. Chemical discrimination by means of millicationic R₁-R₂ diagram indicates that R1 [4Si − 11(Na + K) − 2(Fe + Ti)] increases while R₂[6Ca + 2Mg + Al] decreases with increasing alteration intensity, from least-altered, through early, transitional, to late alteration zones. Rare earth elements-chondrite (C₁) normalised patterns also exhibit the depletion of the elements through the subsequent alteration zones. These results are consistent with the elemental mass balance calculation using the isocon method which shows that the degree of mass and volume depletion systematically increases during alteration. A decrease of the elements as well as mass and volume from early, through transitional to late alteration stages may imply a general decrease of the element activities in hydrothermal fluids during the formation of the alteration zones.     

Surface lithogeochemical studies about a distal volcanogenic massive sulphide occurrence at Limerick,New South Wales

The results of a surface rock chip sampling study over a small distal volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit at Limerick, N.S.W., Australia are presented and compared with drill core and soil geochemical patterns. Major element halos are narrow in comparison to the pervasive patterns reported from major proximal deposits. Narrow zones of Mg and K enhancement are associated with sulphide mineralization. High levels of Na occur in these rocks in contrast to the regularly described pattern of Na depletion. Weathering, particularly in the presence of sulphides, has resulted in the leaching of Ca, Na and, to a lesser extent, K from surface rock chip samples, whereas Fe, Pb and Zn contents are enhanced compared to those in fresh rocks. Despite the problems of sample heterogeneity, variable weathering and the limited extent of alteration halos which exist in this environment, surface lithogeochemical methods in comparable situations may be useful in the confirmation and interpretation of soil geochemical anomalies.     

碰撞造山型斑岩铜矿蚀变分带模式--以西藏冈底斯斑岩铜矿带为例

岛弧环境斑岩铜矿蚀变分带模式已为人们所熟知 ,但碰撞造山环境的斑岩铜矿蚀变分带特征尚不清楚。对此 ,文中以西藏冈底斯斑岩铜矿带为例 ,选择驱龙、冲江、厅宫 3个典型斑岩铜矿 ,对其蚀变系统进行了系统研究。依据蚀变矿物组合可分为 3个蚀变带 ,呈环带状分布。从中心向外依次为钾硅酸盐化带、石英绢云母化带、青磐岩化带。泥化带不太发育 ,通常叠加在其它蚀变带之上。钾硅酸盐化带主要蚀变矿物为钾长石、黑云母、石英、硬石膏 ,伴有大量的黄铜矿与辉钼矿 ,是成矿物质的主要堆积区。石英绢云母化带与钾硅酸盐化带渐变过渡或叠加其上 ,是次于钾硅酸盐化带的储矿部位。蚀变矿物组合为绢云母 +石英 +钾长石 ,金属硫化物有黄铁矿、黄铜矿、辉钼矿、斑铜矿 ,少量的方铅矿、闪锌矿。主要的辉钼矿以石英 +辉钼矿脉的形式出现于本矿带。青磐岩化在斑岩体内不发育 ,矿化极微弱。蚀变岩石组分分析表明 ,岩石蚀变及其分带是岩浆流体 /岩石反应时K ,Na ,Ca ,Mg等组分迁移的结果 ,矿化伴随着蚀变发生。钾硅酸盐化带、石英绢云母化带和青磐岩化带的蚀变岩石与未 (弱 )蚀变斑岩具有一致的稀土配分模式 ,REE含量有规律地变化 ,说明蚀变岩石均经历了源于岩浆的流体的交代 ,不同的蚀变形成于岩浆流体演化的不同阶段。蚀?     

Geochemical dispersion about the Western Tharsis Cu–Au deposit, Mt Lyell, Tasmania

The Western Tharsis disseminated Cu–Au orebody, which occurs within the Cambrian Mt Read Volcanics of Western Tasmania, is surrounded by a pyritic halo that extends 100–200 m stratigraphically above and below the ore zone. Although this halo extends laterally along the same stratigraphic position to the south, it probably closes off to the north based on limited surface and drill hole data. The ore zone is characterized by extreme enrichment (the enrichments and depletions referred to herein are relative to background; these have not been established using mass balance techniques) in As, Bi, Ce, Cu, Mo, Ni, S and Se; with the exception of Mo, these elements are also enriched, but at a much lower level, in the pyrite halo.Pronounced depletion in K, Cs and Mg occurs in 20–30 m wide stratiform zones that flank the orebody on both sides within the pyritic halo. These anomalies and depletions in Be, Ga, Rb, Y, MREE and HREE are associated with a pyrophyllite-bearing alteration zone that wraps around the main pyrite–chalcopyrite-bearing ore zone. This zone is also characterized by positive Eu anomalies which persist up to 150 m both into the hanging wall and footwall of the orebody. The depletion of these elements is consistent with the advanced argillic alteration assemblage developed about acid-sulfate Cu–Au deposits.The pyrite halo is surrounded by a peripheral carbonate halo which is highly enriched in C, CaO and MnO, and weakly enriched in Zn and Tl. Zinc and Tl are most enriched in the upper 100–150 m of the stratigraphically lower halo. In the stratigraphically upper halo, Zn and Tl values are anomalously high but erratic.Barium and Sr enrichment, although mainly restricted to the pyrite halo, extends into the stratigraphically lower carbonate halo by up to 100 m. A Na depletion anomaly extends from 150 m below the orebody and to at least the Owen contact (i.e. ≥400 m)in the hanging wall.The dispersion patterns observed at Western Tharsis are quite unlike those of Zn–Pb-rich volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposits in western Tasmania. Rather, the dispersion patterns observed at Western Tharsis are more akin to those surrounding porphyry Cu deposits and related acid-sulfate Cu–Au deposits.