风化壳离子吸附型稀土矿稀土浸出工业指标的意义

一直以来,风化壳型稀土矿床均以全相品位来圈定矿体,计算全相储量。而矿山实际生产长期以来是用浸出稀土品位及其总量为依据。在用浸出品位作为基本分析项目时,其分析成本仅有原全相分析的四分之一,且分析周期、普查周期亦大大缩短。同时选取合适的组合样求取浸出率可以求出全相储量,为国家提供稀土总量数据。总之,浸出工业指标比全相分析指标更能反映采选工艺的进步,保证充分利用资源,又能提供二种合理的储量。缩短资源评价周期。节约资源评价费用,是一种经济适用的工业指标,具有一定的参考价值。     

三稀元素矿床类型及找矿标志

"三稀"元素是当前乃至今后一段时期地质勘查的热门矿种之一。通过对"三稀"元素组合及矿物组合规律的研究,根据成矿地质作用和成矿方式,将"三稀"元素矿床分为七个成矿系列、十四种成因类型,并重点介绍了与岩浆活动有关稀有稀土矿产特征;在此基础上,从控矿条件和矿化指示两方面总结出稀有稀土元素矿床的找矿标志,供广大地质工作者在地质找矿工作中参考。     

中国内生稀有稀土矿床的时空分布

内生稀有稀土矿床在我国广泛分布，矿床的形成时代从太古宙到喜马拉雅期。矿床类型主要有碱性岩型、花岗岩型及花岗伟晶岩型三大类型。碱性岩型矿床的形成时代从元古宙到喜马拉雅期，主要集中在中元古代及华力西－印支期。这类矿床多分布在地台稳定区的边缘，常沿深断裂或裂谷带延展方向呈群分布。花岗岩型矿床绝大多数形成于燕山期，主要见于南岭及其邻区。成矿花岗岩常是花岗岩复式岩体的晚期侵入体，沿大岩体周边或隐伏岩体上方作定向分布。花岗伟晶岩型矿床主要形成于华力西－印支期，大多数分布在地槽褶皱带内。褶皱带内的复背斜及更次一级背斜的轴部及倾没端常是矿化伟晶岩的赋存场所。以攀西裂谷带内的牦牛坪、茨达等碱性岩型矿床，赣南加里东褶皱带内的西华山、荡坪等花岗岩型矿床，闽西北加里东褶皱带内的溪源头、西坑等花岗伟晶岩型矿床为例具体地描述了三类矿床在空间上的定向分布。西部地区是找寻大型内生稀有稀土矿床极有潜力的地区。     

X射线荧光光谱法测定稀土精矿中的稀土元素分量

氟碳铈矿、独居石、磷钇矿和风化壳淋积型稀土矿四种稀土精矿样品采用化学法预分离富集,X射线荧光光谱法测定样品中稀土元素和伴生的铀、钍元素含量,选择以硼酸盐为主的混合熔剂高温熔融制样,消除矿物间存在的矿物结构影响,通过加大熔剂稀释比降低元素间的基体效应,人工标准样品绘制标准曲线,用数学校正方法校正元素间的谱线重叠效应。对淋积型稀土矿样品重复测定12次,方法检出限为0.9～42.1μg/g,待测组分的相对标准偏差(RSD)均小于10%,测定结果与电感耦合等离子体质谱法的测定值基本吻合。此方法应用于国家一级标准物质稀土标准样品定值工作,检出限和精密度能够满足分析要求,报出数据被采用率达到100%。     

Rare earth elements in tektites

Four moldavites and one sample each of an australite, billitonite, indochinite, philippinite, thailandite, Ivory Coast tektite, bediasite and a georgianite were analyzed using neutron activation analysis for La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb and Lu. The REE abundances resemble those of sedimentary rocks. Most of the tektites display a depletion of Eu, a characteristic feature of mature Phanerozoic continental sedimentary rocks. However, the Ivory Coast tektite and georgianite are relatively enriched in Eu, possibly due to the presence of plagioclase-rich source rocks.     

Rare gas abundances in MORB

Data are presented for He, Ar and Xe in a number of MORB glasses and crystalline rocks. The rare gases in the latter group are characterized by atmospheric Ar and Xe, coupled with loss of trapped mantle He, Ar and Xe. The glass data also show clear signs of an atmospheric-like component for Ar and Xe. A reasonably constant world-wide average trapped mantle gas value of ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ˜15000 ±3000 is suggested. Anomalies are seen in the ¹²⁹Xe/¹³²Xe ratio, but at least part of this might be due to mass fractionation rather than to ¹²⁹I decay. Correlating the data with those from oceanic island basalts in Ar-Xe space indicates that the latter samples are probably also greatly influenced by an atmospheric component rather than (or in addition to) trapping gases from an undepleted mantle source.     

Rare earths in Precambrian sediments

Thirty-six samples of well-preserved Precambrian sedimentary rocks have been analyzed for rare-earth elements (REE) as one test of the proposition that the present relative REE abundances at the Earth's surface have developed gradually with time. Except for Eu, the average relative abundances of the REE appear to be the same for the Precambrian sediments as in a composite of Paleozoic shales (taken as representative of younger sedimentary rocks). Abundances of Eu relative to the other REE in all except two of the Precambrian sedimente are significantly higher than in the younger sediments. The extent of enrichment of the Precambrian sediments in Eu over the composite of younger sediments ranges from 0.7 to 3.0. The average abundance of Eu relative to the other REE for all the Precambrian sedimente is the same as that in chondritic meteorites. Several of the oldest Precambrian sedimente have relative abundances of Eu that exceed that of chondrites. Large-scale separations of Eu from the other REE as a result of igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary processes are considered. Present information does not convincingly support any of the proposed mechanisms.     

典型稀土矿区周边土壤中稀土元素含量及赋存形态研究

研究不同类型稀土矿区周边土壤中稀土元素(REE)的含量与形态特征,可为矿区周边污染环境治理提供理论支持与科学建议。本文采用欧盟BCR顺序提取法、电感耦合等离子体质谱测定的方法,对内蒙古白云鄂博稀土尾矿区和江西赣南稀土矿区周边6个土壤样品中15种稀土元素进行了含量及形态分析测定。结果表明:矿区周边土壤中稀土元素总量约为264～15955μg/g,明显高于全国土壤背景值(186μg/g),白云鄂博尾矿区周边土壤富集轻稀土元素,稀土元素主要以残渣态富集,占总含量的64.0%～89.4%,生物有效性较低,对环境影响较小;赣南矿区周边土壤富集重稀土元素,稀土元素的主要存在形式是弱酸提取态和可还原态,占总含量的70%以上,易发生迁移转化及对周边环境造成污染。土壤中稀土元素的形态分布与pH值有显著相关性,随着土壤pH值的降低,稀土元素的弱酸提取态含量不断升高,残渣态含量不断降低。     

贵州“三稀”元素矿床特征及找矿前景分析

＂三稀＂元素是现代高精尖科学技术重要的战略资源。本文总结和分析了贵州典型＂三稀＂元素矿床的基本特征,将＂三稀＂元素矿床划分为沉积、热液和岩浆作用3种成因和9个类型,并对不同类型矿床的资源潜力进行了探讨。分析认为,沉积、热液成因＂三稀＂元素矿床是地质找矿重点,黑色岩系型、含煤岩系型、铝铁岩系型、磷块岩系型＂三稀＂元素矿床具有重大资源潜力,铅锌矿型、汞锑金矿型＂三稀＂元素矿床具有富集度高和独立成矿优势。对现有优势矿床及其含矿岩系开展＂三稀＂元素资源潜力的再评价是发现共（伴）生＂三稀＂矿产的有效途径,也是构建资源节约型、环境保护型社会的时代要求。     

我国三稀(稀有稀土稀散)矿产资源调查研究成果综述

三稀资源是稀土、稀有和稀散资源的统称,是新一代尖端武器、信息技术、节能环保、医药和医疗设备、高端装备制造、新材料、新能源汽车等所需要的功能材料、结构材料和关键性原料。在国土资源部和中国地质调查局的统一领导和部署下,中国地质科学院矿产资源研究所自2011年组织全国33个单位220余人开展了我国三稀金属资源战略调查工作。在五年时间里,初步建立了全国三稀调查研究的专业队伍,研究分析了国内外三稀资源的分布、产出特征及其开发现状、选冶技术与市场供需状况,编制了稀土矿产地、价格等多项数据库(涵盖全球);在稀土矿山开采和建设用地压覆资源调查等多方面为矿政管理提供了技术支撑和专业服务;在南方离子吸附型稀土开发监管和储量动态估算等技术方面取得了重要进展;在四川甲基卡、福建永定大坪等多个地区取得了重要找矿突破;在三稀成矿规律和赋存状态研究尤其是离子吸附型稀土成矿规律和勘查技术等方面取得了重要的理论创新和方法创新。该项工作提升了我国三稀矿产资源的理论、技术研究水平,为通过矿产地质供给侧调查研究引导我国新兴产业的发展提供了示范。     

Geochemistry of Rare Earth Metals in the Ore Eudialyte Complex of the Lovozero Rare Earth Deposit

Doklady Earth Sciences - Rare earth elements belong to the category of strategic metals. The largest deposits of these strategic raw materials are associated with alkali-carbonatite formations. The...     

稀土发展概况

对稀土的应用、资料分布、研究现状进行了综述,展望了稀土的前景及发展中存在的问题和解决办法的设想。     

Rare earth elements in granitic rocks

The younger granites in Finland contain more REE than the older ones. In the youngest, postorogenic rapakivi granites, the total REE concentration is highest, the light REE are more enriched, and the negative Eu anomaly is more pronounced than in the older granites. The enrichment of the light REE, the anomalous behavior of the extreme elements (La, Ce, and Lu) in normalized graphs, and the depletion of Eu indicate the degree of differentiation the rock has undergone. These features are usually more pronounced in large, homogeneous granites than in metamorphic or volcanogenic rocks. Silicic vein rocks usually contain less REE than the granites proper; the distribution pattern in many is as in granites, but in some the heavy elements are more enriched. The positive Eu anomaly in Precambrian metamorphic rocks is tentatively attributed to metamorphic differentiation and to the secretion of silicic material from the host rock.     

Rare Earth Deposits of North America

Rare earth elements (REE) have been mined in North America since 1885, when placer monazite was produced in the southeast USA. Since the 1960s, however, most North American REE have come from a carbonatite deposit at Mountain Pass, California, and most of the world’s REE came from this source between 1965 and 1995. After 1998, Mountain Pass REE sales declined substantially due to competition from China and to environmental constraints. REE are presently not mined at Mountain Pass, and shipments were made from stockpiles in recent years. Chevron Mining, however, restarted extraction of selected REE at Mountain Pass in 2007. In 1987, Mountain Pass reserves were calculated at 29 Mt of ore with 8.9% rare earth oxide based on a 5% cut‐off grade. Current reserves are in excess of 20 Mt at similar grade. The ore mineral is bastnasite, and the ore has high light REE/heavy REE (LREE/HREE). The carbonatite is a moderately dipping, tabular 1.4‐Ga intrusive body associated with ultrapotassic alkaline plutons of similar age. The chemistry and ultrapotassic alkaline association of the Mountain Pass deposit suggest a different source than that of most other carbonatites. Elsewhere in the western USA, carbonatites have been proposed as possible REE sources. Large but low‐grade LREE resources are in carbonatite in Colorado and Wyoming. Carbonatite complexes in Canada contain only minor REE resources. Other types of hard‐rock REE deposits in the USA include small iron‐REE deposits in Missouri and New York, and vein deposits in Idaho. Phosphorite and fluorite deposits in the USA also contain minor REE resources. The most recently discovered REE deposit in North America is the Hoidas Lake vein deposit, Saskatchewan, a small but incompletely evaluated resource. Neogene North American placer monazite resources, both marine and continental, are small or in environmentally sensitive areas, and thus unlikely to be mined. Paleoplacer deposits also contain minor resources. Possible future uranium mining of Precambrian conglomerates in the Elliott Lake–Blind River district, Canada, could yield by‐product HREE and Y. REE deposits occur in peralkaline syenitic and granitic rocks in several places in North America. These deposits are typically enriched in HREE, Y, and Zr. Some also have associated Be, Nb, and Ta. The largest such deposits are at Thor Lake and Strange Lake in Canada. A eudialyte syenite deposit at Pajarito Mountain in New Mexico is also probably large, but of lower grade. Similar deposits occur at Kipawa Lake and Lackner Lake in Canada. Future uses of some REE commodities are expected to increase, and growth is likely for REE in new technologies. World reserves, however, are probably sufficient to meet international demand for most REE commodities well into the 21st century. Recent experience shows that Chinese producers are capable of large amounts of REE production, keeping prices low. Most refined REE prices are now at approximately 50% of the 1980s price levels, but there has been recent upward price movement for some REE compounds following Chinese restriction of exports. Because of its grade, size, and relatively simple metallurgy, the Mountain Pass deposit remains North America’s best source of LREE. The future of REE production at Mountain Pass is mostly dependent on REE price levels and on domestic REE marketing potential. The development of new REE deposits in North America is unlikely in the near future. Undeveloped deposits with the most potential are probably large, low‐grade deposits in peralkaline igneous rocks. Competition with established Chinese HREE and Y sources and a developing Australian deposit will be a factor.     

一种罕见的铍矿物—红磷锰铍石

红磷锰铍石是一种很罕见的铍磷酸盐矿物,在国外,目前仅知发现于芬兰等几个国家,其量也极少。我国是1984年首次发现于福建南平花岗伟晶岩田中的白云母—钠长石—锂辉石型伟晶岩中,沿粗粒原生绿柱石中的微裂隙分布,是伟晶岩形成晚期热液蚀变作用的产物。本文较系统地研究了南平伟晶岩中红磷锰铍石的矿物学特征,包括产状及共生组合、物性及光性、化学成分、X射线衍射特征和红外吸收光谱分析等,最后概述了该矿物的鉴定特征。     

Rare earth elements in supergene phosphorites

An analysis of rare earth elements in various types of supergene phosphorites established the following sequence of increasing average total contents (ppm): phosphorite from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, 3.89; spelean coprolitic phosphorite, 21.98; phosphorite from the weathering zone of sedimentary rocks, 27.41; phosphorite from the weathering zone of endogenous rocks, 372.32; and lacustrine coprolitic phosphorite, 461.59. Supergene phosphorites, especially the most common among them from the weathering zone of sedimentary rocks, are significantly depleted relative to marine phosphorites both in average and maximum REE contents. The REE contents of supergene phosphorites are controlled by several factors, including the REE contents in the primary rocks affected by weathering, the physicochemical conditions of phosphorite formation, the presence of a biogenic component in the phosphatogenetic system, and the structural type of the phosphorites. There is a strong positive correlation within the group of light and, in part, middle REEs (La, Ce, Nd, Sm, and Eu) and between the heavy REEs Yb and Lu, whereas the correlation between these two groups is weaker or insignificant. Gd and Tb are well correlated with the elements of both groups.     

Rare Earth Elements in Egyptian Phosphorites

Egyptian phosphorites from Abu Tartur(Western Desert),El Mahamide mine(Nile Valley) and Rabah mne(Eastern Desert)show variable degrees of relative REE enrichment.Black plateau phosphorites of Abu Tartur are substantially enriched in REE as compared to the Red Sea and Nile Valley phosphorites.P-rich organic matter from the Abu Tartur and Rabah mines recorded negative Ce and positive Eu anomalies.Positive Eu anomaly reveals an anoxic event prior to the phase of Late Cretaceous phosphate formation.Ce is a redox indicator.Mixing of sea water and upwelling during the Late Cretaceous was responsible for the recording of positive Eu and negative Ce anomalies in the Egyptian phosphorites.     

Rare earth elements in alpine peridotites

The samples from alpine peridotite massifs (Beni Bouchera, Lherz and the Alps) have been analyzed for rare earth elements. The peridotites as a whole are characterized by various degrees of light REE depletion (Ce varies from 1.2 to 0.02 times chondrite) and a small variation in heavy REE (Yb varies about a factor of 2, from 1.3 to 2.2 times chondrite). They show a restricted and regular distribution in a Ce-Yb diagram, giving two types of linear trends for individual massifs (trend A for the Alps and Lizard; trend B for Beni Bouchera and Lherz, branching from trend A). The model calculations of partial melting based on the partition relations of REE among silicate minerals and melts suggest that trend A could represent a series of residua left after partial melting of garnet peridotite despite the fact that there is no garnet observed in the peridotites studied here. It is suggested that trend A would represent a melting event which predated the emplacement of the massifs and occurred at higher pressure (in the presence of garnet) than expected from the present mineralogy. The calculations also suggest that trend B could represent a partial melting event at lower pressures than trend A after the massifs uplifted into spinel peridotite field. It is also suggested that the REE concentrations of the mantle could be estimated as 2–2.5 times chondrite.     

华北古风化壳型稀有稀土矿床的发现及意义

1995年山西国土资源局陈平和山西地质研究所柴东浩对山西中部、西部、东部约 2 0个铝土矿床进行了观察 ,取样和研究[1] 。所采铝土矿样品经作者在南京大学现代分析中心用同位素质谱稀释法发现钐 (Ｓｍ)和钕 (Ｎｄ)含量异常。后又通过多种现代分析手段在山西沁源大峪铝土矿及平陆曹川黑灰色粘土岩和铝土岩中发现锂 (Ｌｉ)、铌 (Ｎｂ)及稀土元素异常 ,其含量达到工业指标。类似样品又经国土资源部权威检测中心进行验证 ,与上述分析结果完全一致。这些稀有稀土矿床与华北Ｇ层铝 (粘 )土矿为同一层位 ,后者已被确认是“堆积沉积在长期风化古陆上…     

世界稀土产业格局变化与中国稀土产业面临的问题

稀土元素在永磁材料等新材料领域有着广泛的应用,被世界各主要国家列为战略资源.从资源、生产格局上看,近年来随着世界范围内稀土探矿热潮的出现以及中国稀土资源的大量开发,中国稀土资源优势地位正逐渐降低;美国等西方国家大力推动中国之外稀土矿山和冶炼分离项目的建设,全球稀土生产格局或将发生变化.从消费方面看,稀土消费可被归为永磁材料、催化剂等8种最终用途;永磁材料和催化剂占稀土消费量的60％,永磁材料占稀土消费价值的91％;中国、日本是全球最大的稀土消费国,美国和欧洲国家次之.稀土产业经过多年的发展,中国成为了全球唯一具有稀土全产业链的国家,但在在发展的过程中也面临缺乏稀土产品定价权、资源快速消耗、高端材料和应用技术受制于人等方面的问题.针对中国稀土产业面临的问题,提出了加强稀土产品研发和应用研究、构建稀土产业矿业航母等建议.