西藏洞嘎金矿床地质特征、原位硫同位素组成及成因探讨

洞嘎金矿位于西藏雄村矿集区, 是冈底斯成矿带较早发现且投入开采的金矿, 但研究程度低, 矿床成因存在较大争议。本文通过系统的矿床地质特征研究, 开展了硫化物原位硫同位素测试, 分析成矿物质来源, 进而探讨洞嘎金矿的成因。洞嘎金矿体受控于雄村组凝灰岩中的裂隙系统, 矿体呈脉状产出, 已探获金金属资源量9.55 t, 达到中型规模。矿石构造主要为脉状-细脉状构造, 金主要以包裹金和粒间金的形式赋存于黄铁矿和黄铜矿中。根据脉体穿插关系及矿物共生组合特征, 将洞嘎金矿的成矿过程划分为热液成矿期与表生氧化期, 其中热液成矿期为主成矿期, 可进一步划分为3个成矿阶段: 成矿早阶段、成矿主阶段及成矿晚阶段。洞嘎金矿床硫化物的硫同位素δ34S= –1.57‰~+5.26‰, 平均值+1.69‰, 具明显的塔式分布, 表明硫源具岩浆硫的特点。结合前人已发表的数据, 我们认为洞嘎金矿属于斑岩铜金成矿系统外围的热液脉型金矿床, 深部可能存在斑岩型铜金矿床, 找矿潜力极大。洞嘎金矿的成矿物质来源主要为地幔, 有少量的地壳物质(俯冲沉积物)加入。洞嘎金矿床的金与绿泥石密切相关, 该绿泥石主要为溶蚀-迁移-结晶机制形成, 绿泥石形成过程导致含金热液流体成分及物理化学性质发生改变, 使得成矿流体中的金发生卸载, 最终在凝灰岩的裂隙系统中形成洞嘎金矿床。     

柴北缘赛坝沟金矿床硫、铅同位素组成:对成矿物质来源的指示

柴北缘赛坝沟金矿床是青海省赛什腾山-阿尔茨托山成矿带上重要的岩金矿床,成矿地质条件优越。矿体赋存于北西-北北西向韧-脆性断裂构造组内,呈脉状、透镜状,构造控矿作用明显,矿石类型分为石英脉型和蚀变糜棱岩型。热液成矿期可划分为4个阶段:Ⅰ少量黄铁矿-烟灰色石英阶段、Ⅱ金-黄铁矿-乳白色石英阶段、Ⅲ多金属硫化物-金-灰白色-灰褐色石英阶段、Ⅳ灰白色-浅肉红色石英-碳酸盐岩阶段。文章基于各热液成矿阶段硫化物的硫、铅同位素研究,探讨了赛坝沟金矿床成矿物质来源。研究结果表明,赛坝沟金矿床矿石中硫同位素在0.50‰~3.93‰之间,分布集中,通过与区域矿床围岩及成矿后石英脉硫同位素值(3.7‰~4.0‰)进行比较,认为赛坝沟金矿中的硫除来自于围岩外,更多来自于深部的幔源流体;铅同位素组成特征分析表明,赛坝沟金矿床矿石铅主要来源于深部地幔与下地壳铅混合,也有少量上地壳铅的参与,而围岩铅主要来源于上地壳。     

青海锡铁山铅锌矿床硫同位素地球化学研究——深源与海水硫的混合

锡铁山铅锌矿床发育较为完整的喷流沉积系统,包括管道相、近喷口相、远端沉积相及各种喷流沉积岩,并有后期改造作用形成的脉状铅锌矿体。本文通过喷流沉积系统各部位硫化物硫同位素的分析,不同部位硫化物硫同位素组成不同,且规律性变化。以黄铁矿分析结果为例,网脉状石英钠长岩δ34S=+0.8‰,代表供给系统的硫化物脉2.95‰,非层状矿体4.48‰,层状矿体3.25‰,炭质片岩为+6.26‰,后期改造型铅锌矿脉为+2.93‰。代表管道相的网脉状石英钠长岩黄铁矿具有深源(幔源)的硫同位素组成,而矿体或大理岩上盘炭质片岩具有海水硫来源的特点。矿体的硫介于二者之间,更靠近炭质片岩的硫化物同位素组成,其来源可能更多受海水硫酸盐的制约,即锡铁山矿床硫具有混合来源性质,主要是海水硫酸盐的还原,部分来源于深部卤水的供给。硫的还原方式以生物细菌还原为主。层状矿体中硫同位素组成由早至晚δ34S逐渐降低,表明层状矿体成矿作用过程中,发生了生物成因的H2S的大量加入。     

铜陵冬瓜山层控矽卡岩型铜金矿床的成因机制:硫同位素制约

冬瓜山铜金矿床是铜陵矿集区乃至长江中下游成矿带中的一个重要矿床。矿床上部受石炭系层位控制,发育层状、似层状层控矽卡岩型矿体;下部受岩体及其接触带控制,在岩体及其接触带围岩中发育脉状、细脉浸染状矿体。上部层控矽卡岩型矿体中的矿石类型以含铜(金)石英硫化物为主,矿石硫化物矿物的硫同位素组成显示主要成矿阶段的硫同位素基本达到了平衡。矿石矿物中的硫化物和硫酸盐的硫同位素组成对比表明,冬瓜山矿床与斑岩型矿床相似,而与Sedex型和VHMS型矿床不同。结合矿床成矿物理化学条件和矿石矿物共生组合关系,根据硫同位素储库效应,认为冬瓜山矿床硫化物阶段成矿热液中的含硫物种以H2S为主(XH2S0.99),硫化物的结晶沉淀对成矿热液的δ34S值影响不大。应用大本模式,高温岩浆来源的热液与熔体之间的硫同位素分馏Δ34S为0‰～+5‰,依据岩浆岩全岩硫同位素组成可以确定岩浆来源热液的硫同位素组成为+0.3‰～+12.0‰。在高温(600～350℃)硅酸盐阶段和氧化物阶段,硬石膏与成矿热液之间的硫同位素分馏Δ34S为+5.0‰～+19.0‰,而在高温(450～350℃)氧化物阶段后期及低温(350～200℃)硫化物阶段,黄铁矿与成矿热液之间的硫同位素分馏Δ34S分别为-1.0‰～0‰和0‰～+1.5‰。据此计算的含硫矿物硫同位素组成理论值与冬瓜山矿床实测值基本一致,显示成矿热液流体中的硫源为岩浆来源。综合前人对区域及冬瓜山矿床的研究,本文认为冬瓜山矿床为与燕山期岩浆作用密切相关的层控矽卡岩型铜金矿床。岩浆及其平衡热液中较高的总硫同位素组成暗示岩浆混染了区域沉积地层中广泛发育的膏盐成分。虽然硫同位素组成特征显示区域沉积岩成岩过程中经历了明显的海水沉积作用和细菌硫酸盐还原作用,但冬瓜山矿床矿石没有保存海西期沉积成矿的硫同位素证据。     

冀东铧尖金矿金属矿物矿物学特征及成矿作用研究

铧尖金矿位于冀东地区,该地区有丰富的铁矿、金矿资源。研究铧尖金矿床中金属矿物的矿物学特征及其成分的变化,可以深入了解该矿床的形成机制并指导后续找矿。通过野外地质观察、室内光学显微镜观察以及电子探针测试、氢氧同位素和硫同位素测试分析,研究表明:铧尖金矿的载金矿物为黄铁矿和石英,金矿物以含银自然金为主,主要存在于黄铁矿裂隙中或被黄铁矿包裹;黄铁矿中硫的含量平均为52.11%,与硫的理论值相比,黄铁矿普遍亏硫,显示出黄铁矿的形成与热液有关;氢氧同位素δD变化范围为-77.9‰～-68.1‰,δ18O变化范围为9.9‰～15.7‰,硫同位素δ34S变化范围为3.2‰～6‰,表明铧尖金矿的热液来源主要为岩浆水,硫源来自深部岩浆源。综上认为铧尖金矿应为岩浆热液型金矿床。     

滇东南底圩金矿床矿物学与地球化学研究

位于右江盆地南部的滇东南底圩金矿床是近年来新发现的一处金矿床,为理清其成因,对不同类型矿石和赋矿围岩进行了主、微量元素及硫化物的硫同位素分析。结果表明,相较于赋矿围岩,矿石中明显富集Au、As、Sb、Hg、Tl、S、K、C元素,应为热液带入;而Si、Mg、Fe、Zr和Th在矿石和围岩中变化不大,Fe主要来源于赋矿围岩。对矿床中的主要金属硫化物黄铁矿和毒砂进行的矿物学和硫同位素分析表明,载金矿物主要为含砷黄铁矿和毒砂,金可能主要以Au+的形式赋存在含砷黄铁矿和毒砂之中;含金硫化物具有较高的硫同位素组成(5.93‰~11.99‰),表明成矿所需的S主要为地壳来源。结合前人对于右江盆地南部相似金矿的研究,认为印支期造山作用使沉积物脱水形成的变质流体交代玄武岩,容矿岩石的硫化物化作用是底圩金矿床形成最重要的成矿作用之一。     

湘西合仁坪金矿床硫、铅同位素地球化学

湘西柳林汊一带广泛分布钠长石_石英脉型金矿,合仁坪金矿床是其典型代表。文章对合仁坪金矿床的硫、铅同位素进行了研究,并与区域石英脉型金矿床进行对比,探讨了该矿的成矿物质来源,并初步确定了其矿床成因。研究表明,合仁坪金矿床硫化物的δ34S值范围较窄(-4.8‰~4.4‰),平均为-0.6‰,该矿床的硫为深源硫,由深部变质流体带入;铅的同位素组成较均一,并表现出明显的造山带铅的特点。结合区域成矿作用,进一步研究揭示,合仁坪金矿床为一典型的造山型金矿,其成矿可能与湘西雪峰山地区加里东期的造山作用有关。     

内蒙狼山成矿带东升庙多金属硫化物矿床硫的来源及矿化过程

东升庙多金属硫化物矿床是狼山成矿带最大和最典型的铅锌多金属硫化物矿床,目前该矿床硫的来源及成矿过程仍存在争议。本文对矿区常见硫化物矿石和最重要的赋矿围岩——绢云石墨片岩中的硫化物分别进行硫同位素分析。结果显示东升庙矿床的硫化物普遍富集硫的重同位素,且矿石与围岩中的硫化物的硫同位素分布范围均较为集中。绢云石墨片岩中的黄铁矿的δ~(34)S值在+19.4‰~+23.4‰之间,具有和当时海水硫酸盐相似的硫同位素组成,指示围岩中的不规则黄铁矿是孔隙水(海水)中的硫酸盐被完全还原后形成的。矿石硫化物的δ~(34)S值在+28.3‰~+31.3‰之间,相比围岩中的黄铁矿明显富集硫的重同位素,指示两者具有不同的硫源。矿石中的硫可能源自基底地层中蒸发岩的溶解,由此形成的硫酸盐占主导的热液流体可萃取大量铅、锌等金属,当遇到狼山群地层中富含有机质的沉积岩时发生热化学还原反应,从而造成硫化物的大量卸载,形成金属硫化物矿床。     

湘东北正冲金矿床成矿物质来源的S-Pb同位素示踪

长沙-平江(长-平)成矿带位于江南造山带中段,金资源储量达250余吨。该区金矿床是典型的沉积变质岩容矿的热液脉状金矿床,构造控矿特征清晰,然而巨量金来源与矿床成因尚不明确。正冲金矿床主体赋存于新元古代变质沉积岩中,矿区内同时发育少量花岗岩体,是识别不同地质体对成矿贡献的理想选择。因此,本文选取正冲金矿床,在野外宏观地质工作基础上,系统开展了成矿阶段划分与载金硫化物同位素地球化学测试等工作。正冲金矿床严格受控于NNE-NE向的长-平断裂及其次级断裂系统,矿体呈脉状,走向NW或NNE,蚀变分带不明显。正冲金矿床矿物组合简单:早阶段发育有乳白色贫矿石英与白云母;成矿主阶段为石英细脉与自然金黄铁矿毒砂-多金属硫化物-少量绿泥石;成矿晚阶段发育有石英-方解石脉。其中,黄铁矿与毒砂是矿床内自然金与不可见金重要的载体。为弱化毒砂和黄铁矿裂隙中细粒多金属硫化物对同位素地球化学结果的干扰,本次研究挑选自形、未变形的毒砂、黄铁矿颗粒测试研究。实验结果表明载金毒砂铅同位素组成~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb、~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb与~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb分别为37.867～38.285、15.555～15.663与17.743-18.073,略高于黄铁矿铅同位素组成37.774～38.268、15.547～15.660与17.670～18.021;毒砂δ~(34)S变化幅度较小(-4.7‰～-0.9‰,均值为-3.0%),略高于黄铁矿δ~(34)S值(-9.1‰～-1.1‰,均值为-4.4‰),成矿流体氧逸度约为10~(-30.7)。正冲金矿床硫、铅同位素组成与赋矿围岩、区域内岩体和斑岩型矿床同位素特征具有较大差异,说明区内岩体与赋矿地层并不是正冲金矿床成矿物质的主要来源。金矿床成矿物质具有深源特征,可能来源于比冷家溪群地层变质程度更高、沉积位置更深的变质沉积岩。结合区域地质背景、金矿床地质-地球化学特征与成矿年代学资料,推断正冲金矿床为造山型金矿床。     

陕西八卦庙金矿床NE向黄铁矿-石英成矿期成矿物质来源和成矿机制探讨:原位硫同位素证据

八卦庙金矿床位于秦岭造山带凤太铅锌多金属矿田北部,是陕西省规模较大的金矿床之一,已探明金储量约106 t.赋矿围岩是上泥盆统星红铺组浅变质泥质碎屑岩和碳酸盐岩,其成矿过程可划分为3期,分别是①顺层磁黄铁矿-石英成矿期;②NE向黄铁矿-石英成矿期;③裂隙硫化物-方解石成矿期.目前关于NE向黄铁矿-石英成矿期成矿物质来源和成矿机制仍存在争议.本文通过矿相学观察,将NE向黄铁矿-石英成矿期划分为自形磁黄铁矿-黄铁矿-粗粒石英阶段(Ⅰ)、他形黄铁矿-银金矿-细粒石英阶段(Ⅱ)、他形磁黄铁矿-自然金-方解石阶段(Ⅲ)和黑云母阶段(IV),并在此基础上采用激光剥蚀-多接收等离子体质谱(LA-MC-ICP-MS)分析方法对千枚岩围岩中以及不同阶段形成的硫化物进行了原位S同位素测试,结果显示围岩中原生磁黄铁矿的δ34 S值集中于11.6‰～13.0‰之间,介于前人报道的原生黄铁矿δ34 S值变化范围(3.3‰～16.0‰);阶段I形成的黄铁矿的δ34 S值为8.4‰～10.1‰,磁黄铁矿为7.6‰～8.0‰;阶段II黄铁矿的δ34 S值相对较高,为14.0‰～15.9‰;阶段Ⅲ磁黄铁矿的δ34 S值介于6.4‰～8.3‰之间.八卦庙金矿NE向黄铁矿-石英成矿期总体相对富集重硫同位素、离散程度较大,各阶段硫化物的硫同位素值介于矿集区花岗岩和围岩硫之间,显示其具有岩浆硫与地层硫混合的特征.结合阶段I到阶段Ⅲ矿物组合的变化(黄铁矿+磁黄铁矿→黄铁矿→磁黄铁矿),推断阶段IIδ34 S值增高是水岩反应引起的硫化作用所致,而阶段Ⅲ硫同位素值降低可能与岩浆水的加入密切相关.结合成矿物理化学条件,推断该成矿期成矿热液中金主要以Au(HS)2-的形式迁移,阶段I到阶段Ⅱ由水岩反应引起的硫化作用是导致他形黄铁矿-银金矿-细粒石英阶段(Ⅱ)金矿化的主要原因,而岩浆水的混入可能是导致他形磁黄铁矿-自然金-方解石阶段(Ⅲ)金沉淀的主要机理.     

Vorticity analysis in the Zagros orogen,Shiraz area,Iran

International Journal of Earth Sciences - Quantitative vorticity analyses in orogenic belts are essential for studying the kinematics of deformation and can be performed using a range of methods....     

Breakthroughs in the biodiversity, biogeography, biostratigraphy, and basin analysis of the Beaufort group

Over the past decade researchers working on the rocks of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo Basin of South Africa have vastly increased our understanding of this important Permo-Triassic sequence. Many new fossil forms have been discovered, allowing for breakthroughs into the biodiversity, biogeography and biostratigraphy of the group. Taxonomic and phylogenetic advances are many and varied, and cover most of the vertebrate taxa, but with emphasis placed on the temnospondyl amphibians, archosauriforms and non-mammalian synapsids, in particular the anomodontia. Biostratigraphic breakthroughs have centered on the Middle Permian Eodicynodon and Tapinocephalus assemblage zones, the Late Permian Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, and the Triassic Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus assemblage zones. Correlation of these biozones with better dated sequences in Europe, Russia and China has allowed for many chronostratigraphic refinements, which are in turn vital for sequence stratigraphical analysis of the basin fill. Based on fossil data, both the lower (Ecca–Beaufort) and upper (Beaufort–Molteno) contacts of the group have been proved to be highly diachronous. The refined chronostratigraphic framework has also allowed for a better analysis of the basin evolution through time, particularly in terms of the correlation of external stimuli that affect basin sedimentation patterns.     

Isocon analysis of migmatization in the Front Range, Colorado, USA

Isocon analysis has been applied to five sets of leucosome, mafic selvages and immediately adjacent mesosome in the migmatites from a 15-m outcrop in the Colorado Front Range. The results show: (i) mafic selvages formed from the adjacent mesosome by loss of felsic components and therefore the mesosomes are indeed palaeosomes or protoliths; (ii) the leucosomes did not form in a closed system from the palaeosome (in which case the material lost from the palaeosome during selvage formation would become the leucosome). The observed volumes and compositions of leucosomes require that the present leucosome must contain some material in addition to the felsic components lost from the selvages. The materials that must be added are leucotonalitic to granitic in composition, varying greatly in K/(Na + Ca) ratio. The trend in leucosome composition can be reproduced by assuming that a metasomatic exchange, KNa + Ca, modified originally leucotonalitic leucosomes to more K-rich compositions. These leucosomes most likely formed by injection of silicate melts accompanied, or followed, by metasomatism. The trend of leucosome compositions in this study reflects the general trend in the leucosome compositions which have been published from other areas, indicating that the proposed mechanism can be applicable to other regional migmatites.     

Crustal thinning beneath the Rwenzori region, Albertine rift, Uganda, from receiver-function analysis

The Rwenzori mountains in western Uganda, with a maximum elevation of more than 5,000 m, are located within the Albertine rift valley. We have deployed a temporary seismic network on the Ugandan side of the mountain range to study the seismic velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath this section of the rift. We present results from a receiver-function study revealing a simple crustal structure along the eastern rift flank with a more or less uniform crustal thickness of about 30 km. The complexity of inner-crustal structures increases drastically within the Rwenzori block. We apply different inversion techniques to obtain reliable results for the thickness of the crust. The observations expose a significantly thinner crust beneath the Rwenzori range with thickness values ranging from about 20–28 km beneath northern and central parts of the mountains. Our study therefore indicates the absence of a crustal root beneath the Rwenzori block. Beneath the Lake Edward and Lake George basins we detect the top of a layer of significantly reduced S-wave velocity at 15 km depth. This low-velocity layer may be attributed to the presence of partial melt beneath a region of recent volcanic activity.     

珠江口盆地惠州凹陷古近系物源分析

利用砂岩碎屑颗粒类型、砂岩组分阴极发光、重矿物组合、砂体百分含量变化,以及岩相古地理格局等物源分析的方法,对珠江口盆地惠州凹陷古近纪沉积期进行了物源分析。结果表明,恩平组发育了一套沼泽、三角洲-浅湖沉积体系,物源来自于盆地北部和中部隆起带;珠海组发育了一套三角洲-浅海沉积体系,物源来源于北部隆起带。     

临江迎门岔一带铜钼成矿潜力分析

迎门岔铜矿(化)区以铜矿体为主,分布在花岗斑岩株与珍珠门组白云石大理岩接触带附近,赋存于弧形断裂带和北东向断裂带内。据槽探、钻探见矿情况和物化探资料分析,推测该区具有极好的找矿前景。     

An analysis of the gravity field over north Singhbhum, Bihar, India

About seven hundred gravity stations were established 2–3 miles apart over the Precambrian terrain of Singhbhum that lies between latitude 22° 15′ to 23°°15′N and longitude 85° to 87°E. Bouguer anomalies ranging from +4 to −62 mGal are found in the area. The observed Bouguer anomaly map was analyzed into regional and residual components. The residual anomaly map shows an excellent correlation with geology. The Singhbhum granite batholith is associated with several gravity lows. The residual anomaly map outlines nine plutonic granitic masses within the Singhbhum batholith. Negative residuals are also observed over some intrusive granites outside the batholith. Residual gravity highs are noted over the Dalma hill as well as over the Dhanjori lava complex on the eastern part of the Singhbhum batholith.Two-dimensional models suggestive of subsurface configuration of several major geologic units in the area are presented. These indicate that some of the plutonic granites within the Singhbhum batholith are of relatively large dimensions. The basin containing the Iron Ore Group of rocks to the west of the batholith, as well as the basin containing Singhbhum Group of rocks outside the Copper Belt thrust, may have sedimentary thicknesses of the order of 6–7 km. The Dalma lavas attain their maximum thickness of about 2.5 km in the form of a syncline, underneath which the Singhbhum Group of rocks is also found to be the thickest. The Copper Belt thrust, a major Precambrian fracture around the Singhbhum batholith, is moderately north-dipping near the surface but possibly attains a steeper slope at depth. The thrust appears to be quite deep seated. A threedimensional computer-based model for the Dhanjori lava—gabbro complex on the eastern part of the Singhbhum batholith has been deduced. Maximum thickness of these basic rocks is found to exist underneath a thin cap of granophyre. The geological implication of these results is discussed.Variation in the regional anomalies seems to be attributable to a mass deficiency under the Singhbhum batholith. The batholith may extend subsurfacially towards the north across the Copper Belt thrust. The northern tip of the batholith probably became dissected along the line of intersection of the two orogenic trends in the area and subsided. Over this subsided part, the Singhbhum Group of rocks was deposited at a later stage. Gravity data suggest a fairly large amount of subsidence in the area.