湖南芙蓉锡多金属矿床氢、氧、碳同位素地球化学

芙蓉锡多金属矿床是新近发现的具有巨大找矿潜力的超大型锡多金属矿床,矿体主要分布在骑田岭复式岩体南部与地层的接触带上.骑田岭花岗岩并不同于以往的陆壳改造型的含锡花岗岩,而是属于A型花岗岩.近年来许多地质学者对芙蓉锡多金属矿床开展了大量的矿床地质、成矿年代学、成矿物质和成矿流体性质及来源研究并取得重要进展.但是有关成矿流体和成矿物质的来源还存在争议,一种观点认为芙蓉锡矿成矿流体主要来源于骑田岭花岗岩浆作用过程中分异出来的岩浆期后热液流体(Li等,2006);另一种观点则认为成矿流体主要为经过水-岩反应后的大气降水(Zhao等,2005).     

骑田岭A型花岗岩流体包裹体地球化学特征——对芙蓉超大型锡矿成矿流体来源的指示

南岭中段骑田岭A型花岗岩与芙蓉超大型锡矿床具有密切的时间和空间关系。流体包裹体地球化学研究表明,骑田岭A型花岗岩石英斑晶中的流体包裹体类型主要有熔融包裹体、流体-熔融包裹体和流体包裹体。流体-熔融包裹体的显微测温学研究结果显示,骑田岭A花岗岩在岩浆演化过程中可以分异出流体,且岩浆分异出的流体与芙蓉超大型锡矿床流体包裹体所反映的高温和高盐度的CaCl2-NaCl-KCl-H2O流体体系的特征相吻合。综合分析表明,芙蓉超大型锡矿床成矿流体中的高盐度流体应为骑田岭黑云母二长花岗岩结晶过程中分异出的富含Cl等挥发份和成矿物质的高盐度热流体。     

湖南芙蓉锡多金属矿床成矿流体地球化学

湖南芙蓉锡多金属矿床是我国最近发现的与A型花岗岩具有成因联系的超大型锡多金属矿床.本文对该矿床主要的四种矿化类型(矽卡岩型、云英岩型、蚀变花岗岩型、锡石硫化物型)进行了系统的流体包裹体地球化学和稳定同位素地球化学研究.研究结果表明:该矿床中流体包裹体类型复杂,包括富含CO_2包裹体、气液包裹体、含子晶包裹体和气相包裹体.矽卡岩型矿石中流体包裹体均一温度主要集中在400～450℃,云英岩和蚀变花岗岩型矿石的均一温度相对下降,主要分布于250～350℃之间,锡石硫化物型矿石中包裹体温度进一步下降.成矿流体主要由高盐度CaCl_2-NaCl-KCl-H_2O流体(盐度多集中在32.2 wt%～50.6 wt%NaCl.eqv)和富含CO_2的CO_2-CH4-NaCl-H_2O低盐度流体(盐度多集中在32.2 wt%～50.6wt% NaCl.eqv)组成.芙蓉锡矿云英岩型矿石成矿流体中的水主要以岩浆水为主,锡石硫化物型矿石成矿流体中的水具有岩浆水和大气降水混合的特征,成矿流体中的碳为岩浆碳与沉积碳酸盐不同比例混合的结果.芙蓉锡多金属矿床的成矿流体应主要来源于骑田岭黑云母二长花岗岩岩浆结晶期后分异出的岩浆热流体.岩浆热流体沿岩体周围裂隙对围岩和原生矽卡岩进行热液交代,在造成绢云母化、白云母化、绿泥石化等热液蚀变现象的同时,导致了大规模的锡矿化.减压沸腾和低温流体与高温流体混合造成的沸腾作用是导致芙蓉锡矿锡沉淀的主要机制.     

湖南芙蓉锡矿田流体包裹体的He同位素组成及成矿流体来源示踪

芙蓉锡矿田位于湖南省骑田岭花岗岩体的南部, 是一个新近发现的超大型锡矿田.与以往所研究的与S型花岗岩有关的锡矿床明显不同, 这个矿田在时空上都与骑田岭A型花岗岩密切相关.该矿田矿石硫化物流体包裹体的3He/4He测定值为0.14-2.95 Ra, 低于地幔的3He/4He值(6-7 Ra), 且高于地壳的3He/4He值(0.01-0.05 Ra).这表明芙蓉锡矿田成矿流体中的He具壳幔两端元混合的特点.该区一致的硫、锶及其他证据也都表明, 深部地幔物质确实参与了该区锡的成矿.骑田岭岩体属造山期后张性环境下形成的A型花岗岩类.芙蓉锡矿田就产在骑田岭岩体的内外接触带或岩体中, 其主成矿期与骑田岭岩体的形成时间相当吻合, 且两者均具壳幔两端元混合成因的特征, 所以其形成地球动力学背景可能均与中生代华南岩石圈的拉张、伸展作用密切相关.      

骑田岭花岗岩浆演化与锡成矿关系

芙蓉超大型锡多金属矿床位于南岭W-Sn多金属成矿带中部,是近几年来发现的具有巨大找矿潜力的锡矿田(黄革非等,2003),与骑田岭A型花岗岩有密切时空关系,但锡成矿与骑田岭花岗岩成岩间是否具有成因联系尚存在分歧.本文从研究骑田岭花岗岩岩浆演化特征和岩浆演化过程中的成矿流体人手,探讨成矿与骑田岭花岗岩成岩之间的本质联系.     

个旧西凹铜-锡多金属矿床地球化学特征及地质意义

西凹铜-锡多金属矿床位于个旧东区老卡岩体内侧边缘的蚀变带中,矿化与钾长石化、萤石化和黄铁矿化等蚀变密切相关。成矿作用可分为矽卡岩阶段、锡石-石英阶段、石英-硫化物阶段和碳酸盐岩阶段。对该矿床未蚀变花岗岩、绿帘石-绿泥石化花岗岩及钾化花岗岩矿石的主量、微量及稀土元素,矿化期黄铁矿的硫、铅同位素特征进行了分析。研究发现,元素W、Bi、Sn、Cu、Zn、Ag具有共同成矿的特征。钾化花岗岩矿石及绿帘石-绿泥石化花岗岩的稀土元素特征与未蚀变花岗岩相似,表明成矿与花岗岩关系密切。硫同位素特征暗示玄武岩可能为Cu的成矿提供了物源;铅同位素表明成矿物质具有混合源的特征,表明花岗岩也为成矿提供了部分来源。Eu异常、较高的Y/Ho比值和Y、Ho发生分馏的特征表明早期成矿流体温度较高且富含氟,结合钾长石化、萤石化等围岩蚀变以及流体包裹体研究,认为该矿床成矿流体具有高温、富CO2、富氟富钾的特征,具典型的岩浆热液矿床特征,可能形成于后碰撞的伸展构造背景中。     

骑田岭芙蓉锡矿的成岩和成矿物质来源： 锆石Lu Hf 同位素和矿物包裹体He Ar同位素证据

本文分析测试了骑田岭花岗岩芙蓉锡矿的各类花岗岩的锆石U-Pb同位素年龄和Lu-Hf同位素组成。本区有两期花岗岩,早期角闪石黑云母花岗岩锆石U-Pb谐和年龄为160.02.7 Ma,晚期黑云母花岗岩的锆石U-Pb谐和年龄为156.5±1.8 Ma。在晚期矿化的黑云母花岗岩中出现了蜕晶化锆石,蜕晶化锆石强烈富集LREE和U、Th,是典型热液锆石的特征。四个花岗岩锆石的Lu-Hf同位素组成说明骑田岭花岗岩的成岩物质主要来源于下地壳,它们的原始岩浆源于中元古代(1.3~1.5Ga)下地壳物质的部分熔融,并有部分地幔物质的参与。还分析测定了骑田岭芙蓉锡矿黄铁矿、石榴子石流体包裹体的He-Ar同位素组成,其3 He/4 He比值较低(0.059~0.432),介于地壳和地幔流体3 He/4 He比值之间,表明芙蓉锡矿的成矿流体主要来源于地壳,同时有部分地幔流体的参与成矿。     

德兴铜厂斑岩铜(钼金)矿床蚀变-矿化系统流体演化:H-O同位素制约

江西铜厂斑岩铜(钼金)矿床是德兴斑岩矿集区最大的矿床.文章根据铜厂矿床发育的钾硅酸盐化、绢英岩化、青磐岩化蚀变组合特征,和已厘定的铜厂矿床脉体类型,选取代表不同蚀变矿化阶段的石英、黑云母、绢云母及绿泥石等,进行单矿物的H、O同位素测试.石英和黑云母单矿物O同位素,与石英、黑云母平衡流体的δ 18O 值和δD值联合示踪结果显示,铜厂矿床早期A脉(不规则疙瘩状A1脉、石英-黑云母A2脉和石英-磁铁矿A4脉)和中期B脉(矿物组合为石英-黄铁矿+黄铜矿±辉钼矿±斑铜矿)形成时,成矿热液均为岩浆流体来源,但B脉可能混入了少量大气降水;晚期低温D脉和碳酸岩脉(180～200℃)的成矿热液全部为大气降水来源.斑晶黑云母平衡水的δ 18O和δD值变化范围较大表明,黑云母形成时的热液系统主要为岩浆水,局部受区域变质水和大气降水的混染,也可能与少量黑云母斑晶受到后期绿泥石化、水云母化蚀变有关.绿泥石蚀变主要由岩浆流体作用形成,但混入了一些大气降水,导致其δ 18O值少量降低.绢云母平衡的水的δ18O值和δD值(4.6‰和-19.4‰)表明,绢云母是大气降水与千枚岩共同作用的结果.总体来说,铜厂矿床钾硅酸盐化、绿泥石化蚀变,以及钾硅酸盐化阶段形成的A脉和B脉,均由岩浆流体作用引起,大气降水在绿泥石化阶段进入蚀变-矿化系统,而绢云母化、晚期低温D脉和碳酸盐脉均是大气降水作用的产物.     

新疆东准噶尔松喀尔苏铜金矿区斑岩型矿床成因研究

松喀尔苏铜金矿区位于卡拉麦里石炭纪陆相火山岩带。文章通过矿床地质、围岩蚀变、含矿斑岩、流体包裹体和同位素研究,探讨了矿床成因类型。研究表明,松喀尔苏矿床具斑岩型矿床的特征,铜金矿化体产于岩体接触带,围岩蚀变具有分带性,从岩体向围岩依次发育绢英岩化带、高岭石化带和青磐岩化带,绢英岩化带与成矿相关。含矿斑岩复式岩体系同期陆相火山活动产物,成矿作用在时间、空间和成因上与复式岩体中晚期花岗斑岩有关。花岗斑岩具有富水、富挥发性组分和岩浆爆破作用的氧化性岩浆特点,具有后碰撞花岗岩类的地球化学亲缘性,其岩浆起源于后碰撞挤压-伸展转换期的壳-幔岩浆过渡带。幔源岩浆注入、软流圈地幔底侵作用和壳-幔岩浆混合作用是形成含矿斑岩岩浆的主导因素。流体包裹体包括液相包裹体、气相包裹体和含子晶多相包裹体,激光拉曼探针分析表明,气相成分以CO₂和CH₄为主。成矿流体具有从高温、高盐度岩浆体系向低温、低盐度与大气降水混合的演化过程,流体沸腾或不混溶作用及温度、盐度降低是导致流体中成矿物质沉淀的主要因素。氢、氧同位素组成表明成矿流体以岩浆水为主,在成矿晚期混有大气降水。硫同位素具幔源硫的特征。铅同位素组成显示成矿作用起源于下地壳-上地幔过渡带的岩浆作用。综上所述,该矿床属于与陆相火山-侵入岩有关的斑岩型铜金矿床。     

江西会昌锡坑迳斑岩型锡矿床成矿系统发育特征与找矿模型

锡坑迳矿田位于南岭成矿带东段与武夷山成矿带交会部位,以早白垩世连续的岩浆喷发-侵入活动与多类型锡多金属成矿作用为特色。矿田内围绕似斑状花岗岩和花岗斑岩发育了岩背斑岩型、淘锡坝和矿背隐爆层间裂隙带型、苦竹岽和凤凰岽云英岩-破碎带蚀变岩型等大中型锡矿床。这些矿床的矿化-蚀变特征可与玻利维亚锡矿带、银岩、维拉斯托和洋滨等国内外斑岩型锡矿床类比,又独具特色,是研究斑岩型锡成矿系统发育特征与找矿模型的理想区域。文章在详细的野外地质调查基础上,系统总结了锡坑迳矿田内各类锡多金属矿化组合特征和蚀变结构,并对岩背矿床和淘锡坝矿床锡石开展了电子探针和LA-ICP-MS原位微区分析。研究结果显示,所有锡石样品均具有La、Pr、Gd和Tb的正异常、Ce与Eu的负异常、明显的Zr/Hf分馏和不规则的稀土元素配分模式,指示成矿热液早期阶段及锡石沉淀阶段经历了流体不相容。岩背锡石较淘锡坝锡石具有高的Ti/Zr和Ti/Sc比值,指示其更为靠近矿化中心。笔者研究认为,锡坑迳斑岩型锡成矿系统矿化类型包括细脉状、浸染状和细网脉状,围岩蚀变由早到晚、由成矿中心向外依次发育黄玉石英带、绿泥石-黄玉石英岩化带、绿泥石-绢云母化带和黏土化-碳酸盐化带。与斑岩型铜钼成矿系统相比,其成矿岩浆岩不仅有花岗斑岩,还有似斑状黑云母花岗岩,矿体在斑岩、花岗岩及上覆火山岩中均有赋存。相较于玻利维亚斑岩型锡成矿带发育的大面积石英-电气石化,锡坑迳斑岩成矿系统更富F,蚀变矿物中出现了大量黄玉、萤石和白云母等。对比国内外典型锡矿床的矿化-蚀变结构和锡石矿物学特征,文章建立了锡坑迳式斑岩型锡成矿系统的找矿模型。     

The first discovery of axinite in the Furong tin deposit,southern Hunan: An important boron -bearing mineral and its implications for tin mineralizationSCIEI北大核心CSCD

世界上绝大部分锡矿床均与富F、Cl、Li、B等挥发份的高分异花岗岩有关,前人对F、Cl、Li等组份在花岗质岩浆演化及锡成矿过程中的作用已有较为深入的认识,但对挥发份B关注较少。南岭中段的芙蓉超大型锡矿床是我国重要锡矿产地,我们首次在该矿床发现了硼硅酸盐矿物中罕见的斧石,为研究挥发份B对锡成矿的作用提供了机会。通过详细的岩石学、矿物学和地球化学研究,揭示了斧石的产出特征、晶体结构和化学成分特征,进而探讨了挥发份B与该区花岗岩成岩成矿的关系。芙蓉锡矿床新发现的斧石为丁香褐色、块状构造、硬度较大,显微镜下呈无色、浅黄色等,主要为自形尖劈状的楔形、长条状等自形结构、正高突起、干涉色较低,与符山石、萤石、石榴子石、榍石等矿物共生。电子探针分析表明,芙蓉矿床的斧石属铁斧石,其平均化学式为Ca_(2.22)(Fe_(0.52),Mn_(0.41),Mg_(0.13))1.06Al_(2.11)B_(0.72)Si_(3.98)O_(15.5)。结合前人研究成果,芙蓉矿床斧石、电气石、硼镁铁矿等富B矿物的广泛产出,指示了骑田岭花岗岩富含挥发份B;硅酸盐熔体中挥发份B的存在,能降低岩浆粘度,增加岩浆的结晶分异程度,延长岩浆寿命,进而有利于Sn等不相容元素在岩浆演化过程中向残余熔体富集。B与锡成矿的关系密切,岩浆中的B能提高源区Sn的萃取效率,增加原始岩浆中Sn的含量;B能形成锡的络合物,有利于锡的长距离运移;B与Sn具有相似的地球化学行为,在岩浆演化过程中,富集于残余熔体中,进一步演化后富集于成矿流体中。此外,在芙蓉锡矿床,随着含B矿物的不断被发现,表明该矿床可能具有寻找伴生硼矿的潜力。     

南岭地区钨锡花岗岩的成矿矿物学：概念与实例

南岭地区的钨锡成矿作用与花岗岩岩浆活动有十分密切的关系。花岗岩的物源与成矿元素的初始富集、花岗岩的分异程度和花岗岩中流体性质与活动性集中体现了花岗岩对成矿的控制能力,即花岗岩的成矿能力。初步建立了南岭地区钨锡花岗岩的成矿矿物学研究体系。黑云母、榍石、锆石、锡石、金红石、黑钨矿、白钨矿和钨铁铌矿等是讨论的重点矿物,它们可用于判别花岗岩的成矿能力。首先以矿物晶体化学为基础,介绍了上述矿物在钨锡花岗岩中的岩相学特征、内部构造和矿物化学及其变化,并分别论证了花岗岩原始含矿性、花岗岩结晶演化和花岗岩中成矿元素活动性的矿物学标志;其次,系统对比了南岭地区三类钨锡花岗岩（准铝质含锡花岗岩、过铝质含锡花岗岩和过铝质含钨花岗岩）的成矿矿物学特征。以湖南骑田岭花岗岩复式岩体为实例,进行了芙蓉- 菜岭含锡花岗岩和新田岭含钨花岗岩的成矿矿物学对比研究。前者以黑云母、榍石为典型含锡矿物,它们在流体富集阶段,经热液蚀变作用,导致锡的淋滤和结晶富集作用;后者则以出现岩浆白钨矿和黑钨矿为特征。提出的钨锡花岗岩成矿矿物学研究体系有助于深化矿床学研究和矿床勘探工作,并将在今后工作中进一步完善。     

Tin partition behavior and implications for the Furong tin ore formation associated with peralkaline intrusive granite in Hunan Province,China

Tin deposits are often closely associated with granitic intrusions. In this study, we analyzed tin partition coefficients between different fluids and melts (\({\text{D}}_{Sn}^{aq.fl./melt}\)) as well as various crystals and melts \({\text{D}}_{Sn}^{aq.fl./melt}\)(\({\text{D}}_{Sn}^{crystal/melt}\)) from the Furong tin deposit associated with the Qitianling A-type granite. Our experimental results indicate that tin partition behavior is affected by the chemical compositions of fluids, melts, and minerals. Tin is prone to partitioning into the residual magma in fractional crystallization or other differential magmatic processes if the magma originated from crustal sources with high alkali content, high volatile content, and low oxygen fugacity. Highly evolved residual peralkaline granitic magma enriched in tin can lead to tin mineralization in a later stage. Furthermore, the volatiles F and Cl in the magma play important roles in tin partitioning behavior. Low F contents in the melt phase and high Cl content in the aqueous fluid phase are favorable factors for tin partitioning in the aqueous fluid phase. High Cl content in the aqueous fluid catalyzes water–rock interaction and leads to the extraction of tin from tin-bearing minerals. All these findings support a hydrothermal origin for the tin deposits. In light of the geotectonic setting, petrochemical characteristics, and mineralizing physicochemical conditions of the Furong tin deposit, it is inferred that the ore-forming fluid of the Furong tin ore deposit could have derived from the Qitianling peralkaline intrusion.     

Tin-bearing minerals at the Furong tin deposit,South China: Implications for tin mineralization

It remains poorly constrained whether remobilization of Sn from granites and prograde skarns plays an essential role in forming economic (skarn-type) tin mineralization. Using both electron probe microanalysis and laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry methods, in-situ Sn contents, as well as major elements, were analyzed for numerous silicates and magnetite from fresh granite, altered granite, and skarn at the large Furong Sn deposit (530,000 t Sn @ 0.8% Sn) in the Nanling Range, South China. Hornblende and biotite in fresh granite are the main Sn-bearing phases (Sn = 44–321 ppm), while plagioclase and K-feldspar are poor in Sn (< 5 ppm). In altered granite, tin is hosted mainly by hydrothermal muscovite (299–583 ppm) replacing plagioclase, but rarely by chlorite (mostly <10 ppm) replacing hornblende and biotite. In contrast, most silicates (garnet, diopside, vesuvianite, pargasite and epidote) and magnetite from tin skarn are Sn-rich (47–44,241 ppm), except for Sn-poor phlogopite and scapolite (< 10 ppm). In particular, garnet, pargasite, and epidote reach tin concentrations in the percent range. Tin generally enters the stannous silicates and magnetite through substitutions for octahedral Al^vi and Fe³⁺. Comparisons of Sn contents between magmatic and hydrothermal minerals in granite, prograde and retrograde minerals related to tin skarn indicate that remobilization of Sn from granite and prograde skarn is not a pre-requisite to form tin mineralization.     

Helium Isotope Geochemistry of Ore-forming Fluids from Furong Tin Orefield in Hunan Province, China

Abstract. The Furong tin orefield, located in southern Hunan, China, is a newly-discovered super-large tin orefield. In contrast to most other tin deposits associated with S-type granites, the Furong tin deposit is closely associated with the Qitianling A-type granite. The ³He/⁴He ratios of fluid inclusions in pyrite and arsenopyrite from this orefield range from 0.13 to 2.95 Ra. The influence of various post-mineralization processes on the helium isotopic composition of ore-forming fluid inclusions are estimated negligible. Thus, the analytical values of helium isotopic composition basically represent the original values of ore-forming fluids at the time they were trapped.
The ³He/⁴He ratios of ore-forming fluids from the Furong orefield indicate the existence of mantle-source components. It supports the idea that both the Furong tin orefield and Qitianling granite formed under the geodynamic background of mantle upwelling and crustal extension.     

十杭带湘南—桂北段中生代A型花岗岩带成岩成矿特征及成因讨论

十杭带是华南内陆一条重要的北北东向、具有高εNd (t )值和低t DM值的花岗岩带,该带在湘南—桂北段的花岗质岩体（千里山、骑田岭、西山、金鸡岭、花山和姑婆山等）均形成于151~163 Ma间。但从西南往东北方向,形成时代有逐渐变年轻的趋势。这些岩体在地球化学组成上显示出较为相似的特征,岩石均富碱、高钾,富含Rb,Th,U等大离子亲石元素（LILE）和REE,Nb,Ta,Zr,Hf等高场强元素（HFSE）。在地球化学图解上均落入A型花岗岩区域,因此该花岗岩带应属于一条A型花岗岩带。进一步划分,这些花岗岩应该属于A2亚类。这些花岗岩均具有较低的（87Sr/86Sr）i 值、较高的εNd (t )值和相对低的Nd模式年龄值,但从西南往东北方向,εNd (t )值具有逐渐降低的趋势。在这些花岗质岩体中暗色包体非常发育,岩石学和地球化学,特别是锆石的Hf同位素组成,指示这些花岗质岩石是通过壳-幔岩浆混合作用形成的,幔源岩浆端元来自亏损地幔,可能是软流圈地幔物质的直接参与。该A型花岗岩带可能形成于古太平洋板块俯冲引起的弧后或弧内拉张构造环境,软流圈地幔上涌及诱发的幔源岩浆沿超壳深断裂底侵,导致了强烈的壳幔岩浆混合作用,形成了该花岗岩带。该拉张事件从西南往东北方向进行,拉张强度由强变弱,混入花岗岩中的地幔物质也由多变少。该花岗岩带也是我国 一条重要的W-Sn多金属成矿带。研究表明,这些花岗岩均属于富Sn花岗岩,但Sn在这些花岗岩中的富集机制与传统的结晶分异富集的方式不同。该区锡矿化类型十分丰富,除了存在传统的岩浆热液演化成矿外,还存在新类型的绿泥石化花岗岩锡矿化,丰富了A型花岗岩的成矿理论。     

Tin-carrier minerals in metaluminous granites of the western Nanling Range (southern China): Constraints on processes of tin mineralization in oxidized granites

Huashan, Guposhan and Qitianling are three similar and representative metaluminous A-type tin granites in the western Nanling Range, China. They all have a high oxidization state with magnetite as the dominant Fe–Ti oxide. This study presents an understanding of systematic mineralogy of Sn-bearing minerals (biotite, titanite, magnetite and cassiterite) in the three granites. Biotite has an annite composition and both electron-microprobe and LA-ICP-MS analyses indicate trace amounts of tin in biotite (approximately 100–20 ppm). Chloritization of biotite is accompanied by formation of Sn-rich rutile and cassiterite. Titanite has a long history of crystallization from the early-magmatic stage through the late-magmatic stage to the hydrothermal stage. Owing to its solid-solution relationship with malayaite (CaSnSiO₅), titanite always contains tin to various extents. Early-magmatic titanite contains about 0.5 wt.% SnO₂, while the late-magmatic titanite is markedly enriched in tin (on average 14.8 and 3.4 SnO₂ in titanite from the Qitianling and Huashan granites, respectively). Magnetite grains typically display a trellis structure with ilmenite lamellae, where microinclusions of cassiterite (<1 μm in size) are present. This is likely consistent with features of the “oxy-exsolution” process of Sn-bearing titanomagnetite precursor. Cassiterite may be observed as late-magmatic phase, but most commonly appears as an alteration product of other primary minerals. All tin-bearing minerals in the three granites record a complete process of tin mineralization in granite. The features of tin in primary biotite, titanite and magnetite reflect an initial enrichment during the early stage of magmatic crystallization of the Huashan, Guposhan and Qitianling granites. Association of interstitial Sn-titanite and cassiterite suggests further tin enrichment related to fractional crystallization of granitic magmas. Fluids and alteration of primary minerals play an important role in the leaching, concentration and transportation of Sn during hydrothermal processes, which favors vein-type Sn mineralization.     

四川会理岔河元古宙锡矿床的地质特征及成因探讨

岔河锡矿床产于元古宙裂谷环境中,其形成与晋宁期的花岗质岩浆活动有关。矿化及有关的矽卡岩化蚀变为含矿热液对大理岩等围岩交代的产物,皆围绕岩体接触带分布,并呈现良好的分带。含矿热液主要来自花岗岩,它提供了主要的流体和锡。锡的迁移、富集主要经历了岩浆结晶分异及围岩蚀变两个过程,分异作用是锡在热液中逐渐富集的主要原田,而云英岩化等蚀变中“脱载”出来的锡难以造成锡矿化。     

In situ LA-MC-ICP-MS and ID-TIMS U–Pb geochronology of cassiterite in the giant Furong tin deposit, Hunan Province, South China: New constraints on the timing of tin–polymetallic mineralization

The Furong deposit, located in southern Hunan Province, China, is a newly-discovered giant tin deposit spatially associated with the A-type Qitianling granite. The petrogenetic link between the giant Furong tin deposit and the Qitianling granite batholith remains controversial because of the lack of precise dating for the tin–polymetallic mineralization. Here we report for the first time in-situ U–Pb data on cassiterite obtained by LA-MC-ICP-MS and the results are compared to ID-TIMS data. The in-situ LA-MC-ICP-MS analyses of the cassiterites provide a reliable age constraint for tin–polymetallic mineralization in the Furong deposit, yielding an isochron age of 159.9 ± 1.9 Ma (at 95% confidence level, MSWD = 18), which is indistinguishable from the ID-TIMS ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U weighted mean age of 158.2 ± 0.4 Ma. The in situ U–Pb ages corroborate the Ar–Ar dates published for the Furong tin deposit, which indicate that the mineralization is coeval with the emplacement of the Qitianling granite batholith. These results provide further evidence of a close temporal link between the pluton's emplacement and tin mineralization in the Furong area. The data obtained clearly demonstrate that in-situ LA-MC-ICP-MS U–Pb dating of cassiterite is a robust geochronometer for direct dating of tin–polymetallic mineralization.