长江中下游马头斑岩型钼铜矿床常量元素、稀土元素特征及迁移规律研究

安徽马头钼铜矿是长江中下游成矿带中斑岩型矿床的典型代表,矿床在空间上划分出了3个不同的蚀变分带,即钾长石化带、石英-绢云母化带和青磐岩化带.本文对该矿床不同蚀变带内的常量元素迁移规律和稀土元素特征进行了探讨:①常量元素的迁移规律明显,从钾长石化带和石英-绢云母化带到青磐岩化带,均为带入的主要成分有K2O、CaO、Fe2O3、SiO2、H2O+,说明引起蚀变的流体中富含K2O、CaO等;而Na2O、FeO、MnO等成分的明显带出,说明矿化蚀变作用导致Na2O、FeO等成分向矿体迁移方向流失,其中Na2O的贫化最明显,与成矿元素Mo、Cu呈显著的负相关.②马头钼铜矿床花岗闪长斑岩的稀土配分模式图表现为左高右低的较平滑曲线,轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损.稀土元素的质量迁移计算结果同样证明了稀土元素在矿化蚀变过程中发生了分馏,且从钾长石化带到青磐岩化带,稀土元素带出量呈递增趋势.③该矿床样品的稀土元素配分特征表明,较新鲜花岗闪长斑岩与蚀变围岩的曲线基本相同,表明成矿物质主要来自花岗闪长岩熔体,并且可能有海水的混入.由δEu、δCe值及Fe2O3与FeO带出带入的关系可知,斑岩流体晚期氧逸度逐渐升高,表明成矿环境可能由相对还原过渡到氧化环境.④除Al2O3、TiO2保持惰性外,常量元素、稀土元素在矿化蚀变过程中都发生不同程度的带入带出,富集贫化特征和迁移规律不完全相同.     

玲珑金矿田破头青断裂带稀土和矿化元素特征分析

破头青断裂为玲珑金矿田一级控矿构造带,是重要的导矿、容矿构造;其构造蚀变分带从下盘到上盘为:钾长石化带、绢云母化带和硅化黄铁矿化带。绢英岩及其附近的钾化花岗岩、正常花岗岩的矿化元素、稀土元素分析结果表明,破头青断裂带REE配分模式表现为LREE富集型,轻、重稀土分异明显,La/Lu=8.37-65.03,具有Eu异常,δEu=0.67～1.46,Ce无明显异常;Au与Ag、As、Cu、Mo等矿化元素具有相对较高的相关性,是同一成矿作用的结果。     

滇西南澜沧江带红豆山铜矿床蚀变分带及其找矿意义

红豆山铜矿床是南澜沧江带新发现的矿床之一。通过野外地质工作和系统构造—|蚀变岩相填图,发现该矿床蚀变类型主要以钾长石化、硅化、绿泥石化、绿帘石化为主,其次为碳酸盐化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化等,且在空间上呈现一定规律,各蚀变带具有明显的叠加现象。依据区内岩石蚀变矿物组合等特点,自断裂带→上盘围岩,共出现4个典型蚀变带,依次为碎裂岩化带→长英岩化—碳酸盐化—绢云母化带→硅化—绿泥石化—绿帘石化带→弱长英岩化安山岩带。矿（化）体主要分布在长英岩化、碳酸盐化、绢云母化带和硅化、绿泥石化、绿帘石化带。由斑岩脉中心至边缘发育钾化带→硅化带→青磐岩化带→绢云母化带,斑岩旁侧围岩中发育放射状石英—方解石—黄铜矿脉。     

安徽铜陵桂花冲斑岩铜矿围岩蚀变与矿化作用

桂花冲铜矿为安徽铜陵地区新发现的斑岩型铜矿,斑岩体为准铝质高钾钙碱性的花岗闪长斑岩。围岩蚀变与矿化作用是斑岩型矿床成矿过程研究的一项重要内容,对蚀变带岩石开展元素地球化学成分的迁移研究,是分析热液交代蚀变过程的基础。桂花冲铜矿区内围岩蚀变作用比较强烈,蚀变类型主要有钾化、绢云母化、硅化、绿泥石化和碳酸盐化等。蚀变分带比较明显,由内向外依次为钾化带、绢英岩化带和青磐岩化带,矿体主要产于绢英岩化带内。矿化蚀变自早至晚划分为钾长石、石英-绢云母、石英多金属硫化物和碳酸盐4个阶段。蚀变带物质组分迁移结果表明,在蚀变过程中,岩石的主量元素除TiO₂、MnO、MgO外,其他元素迁移量发生了明显改变;微量元素除Sr和Cu外,迁移量变化较小,稀土元素在矿化强的部位亏损,在矿化弱的地带富集。岩体及蚀变带岩石稀土元素球粒陨石标准化配分模式一致,说明岩体与蚀变岩石经历了相同来源流体的交代蚀变,是岩浆流体连续作用的结果。     

东天山玉峰金矿热液蚀变作用与元素迁移规律

玉峰金矿位于中亚造山带东天山东缘,是近年来新发现的含银高品位金矿床。该矿床目前已探明6个金矿体,均赋存在石英斑岩中。矿区热液蚀变作用发育,与成矿关系最密切的为黄铁绢英岩化和硅化,显示明显的蚀变分带:以石英硫化物脉为中心,黄铁绢英岩化带在其两侧大致对称分布。本文选取矿体上盘和下盘的石英斑岩、黄铁绢英岩进行了全岩的主、微量元素及成矿元素测试,并对其中的长石和绢云母进行电子探针成分分析。测试结果表明,黄铁绢英岩中的Au含量较蚀变前呈指数级增长,Ag、Cu、As等成矿元素大量增加,CaO、Na_2O、P_2O_5、P_2O_5、Sr、Pb、Th、U、Sb等元素显著迁出,而SiO_2、Al_2O_3、TiO_2含量和稀土元素含量变化较小,表现稳定。热液蚀变过程中,石英斑岩中71%～76%的正长石发生绢云母化,导致K_2O大量迁出;而钠长石几乎全部蚀变为绢云母,造成Na_2O大量迁出。热液流体的贡献使得蚀变岩中MgO、Fe_2O_3~T含量成倍增加,并主要富集在绢云母和/或黄铁矿晶格中。综合分析认为,绢英岩化蚀变带,Au、Cu、As和Bi等元素的综合化探异常,低电阻率、高激化率的地球物理特征可以作为玉峰矿区深部和外围找矿的标志。研究区内的石炭纪石英斑岩带,尤其是在构造叠加部位,热液活动使其更有利于矿化富集,是找矿勘探的有利部位。     

治岭头金矿围岩蚀变特征及其意义

治岭头金矿位于浙江省遂昌县,是我国东南沿海的一座大型金矿床。该矿床围岩蚀变发育,类型有硅化、绢云母化、绿泥石化、黄铁矿化、方解石化和菱锰矿化。从矿体到围岩可以划分为4个蚀变带:强硅化带、弱硅化-黄铁绢英岩化带、绢云母化带和绿泥石化带。沿矿体走向,蚀变强度整体上呈波动性变化,与矿体呈透镜状产出特征一致。硅化、黄铁矿化、菱锰矿化与金矿化关系最密切,而且这些蚀变具有相似的变化趋势。绢云母化和绿泥石化与硅化的变化趋势不同,且与矿化关系不密切。另外,矿区还发育方解石化,且强度较弱。金矿化及围岩蚀变均发育在古元古界八都群变质岩中,未进入上覆中生代火山岩盖层,证明治岭头金矿成矿作用与中生代火山活动无关。定量计算结果显示:蚀变过程中Al_2O_3、TiO_2、P_2O_5为惰性组分;SiO_2、CaO、MnO、Au、Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn等为明显带入组分;Fe_2O_3、FeO、MgO、K_2O、Na_2O、Ba、Sr等为明显带出组分。根据围岩蚀变和稳定同位素分析,推断治岭头金矿原始成矿热液流体应是富含Si、Ca、Mn、Au、Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn等组分的岩浆热液,后期有大气降水的加入。     

豫西前河金矿热液蚀变地球化学研究

含矿热液在迁移过程中与围岩发生了广泛的流体-岩石反应而引起热液蚀变.前河金矿区内主要的热液蚀变有钾长石化、青磐岩化、绢云母化、硅化、黄铁矿化、碳酸盐化和萤石化等7种类型;划分了6个蚀变-成矿阶段,即黑云母-钾长石阶段→青磐岩阶段→绢英岩阶段→黄铁矿-石英阶段→石英-黄铁矿阶段→碳酸盐-卤化物阶段,以及外、中、内3个蚀变带.5种典型蚀变岩的常量和微量元素分析表明,绢英岩化蚀变中,Si、K大量迁入,Pb含量大大增加,在∑REE有所降低的情况下HREE有所富集:δ Eu和δ Ce在各蚀变阶段均呈现负异常:这些现象可能是导致金沉淀的元素地球化学响应.各阶段成矿流体-岩石的交代特点在绿泥石单矿物的矿物化学成分变化上也有所反映.     

西秦岭阳山金矿带安坝矿床热液蚀变作用

安坝金矿床是阳山金矿带内已探明金资源储量最大的金矿床,矿体受NEE向的区域性安昌河-观音坝断裂带及其次级断裂-裂隙系统控制,主要赋存于紧邻断裂带的千枚岩和斜长花岗斑岩中。围绕断裂-裂隙系统的赋矿围岩硫化、硅化、绢云母化、碳酸盐化、绿泥石化、绿帘石化和粘土化蚀变发育,其中前三种蚀变与金成矿作用关系最为密切。论文在厘定安坝金矿床热液蚀变类型、矿物组合特征、以及断裂变形与蚀变空间变化关系的基础上,通过对蚀变岩及其原岩的地球化学分析,剖析了热液蚀变作用过程与机理。研究结果表明,硅化蚀变贯穿发育于成矿前、成矿期和成矿后,绢云母化蚀变为成矿前和成矿期的产物,碳酸盐化蚀变主要发育于成矿晚阶段和成矿后,而粘土化蚀变为成矿后的产物。在长石蚀变为绢云母的过程中,有少量Al2O3带出,而TiO 2在蚀变过程中相对稳定,为此选取TiO 2作为不活动组分,开展质量平衡计算得出:在硅化过程中,明显带入的组分有SiO 2、Fe2O3、FeO、MgO、CaO、C、S、Au、As、Hg、Pb和Zn,而被带出的元素为Rb和Ba;在绢云母化过程中,明显带入的组分为SiO 2、Fe2O3、CaO、C、S、Au、As、Hg、Pb、Zn、Rb和Ba,带出组分为Na2O。稀土元素地球化学特征显示千枚岩原岩稀土元素含量比硅化和绢云母化千枚岩的稀土元素含量高,表明在蚀变过程中有稀土元素的流失。此外,千枚岩原岩的δEu=0.70,δCe=0.95;硅化千枚岩的δEu=0.72,δCe=1.00;绢云母化千枚岩的δEu=0.76,δCe=0.95。硅化、绢云母化千枚岩与千枚岩原岩的REE球粒陨石标准化配分模式曲线变化趋势相似,表现为明显的Eu负异常、无Ce异常的富轻稀土的右倾型曲线。含矿流体沿断裂带运移并与围岩反应,形成了石英和绢云母等蚀变矿物。硅化过程中,含矿流体中还原硫活度降低导致金沉淀;而绢云母化过程中,含矿流体的pH增大及K+和H+含量的减少和CO2含量的增加,致使载金黄铁矿、毒砂和金的沉淀。     

黑龙江省大兴安岭岔路口钼多金属矿床围岩蚀变特征

斑岩型钼矿床围岩蚀变分带特征,是重要的找矿标志。在前人研究的基础上,总结了黑龙江省大兴安岭岔路口钼多金属矿床的围岩蚀变分带特征。围绕主成矿岩体——含斑细粒花岗岩和花岗斑岩体由内向外划分为4个蚀变带:(石英-)钾长石化带(Q-Kf)、石英-绢云母-水白云母化带(Q-S-H)、泥化带(伊利石-水白云母-黏土-弱硅化带)(Q-I-H)、青磐岩化带(C-E-Cc)。探讨了蚀变与矿化的关系。强硅化与早期交代的石英-钾长石化带叠加部位,赋存高品位钼矿体;中期交代的石英-绢云母化带叠加石英-钾长石化带部位,赋存层状钼矿体;强硅化叠加晚期交代的青磐岩化带-泥化带部位,赋存独立脉状铅锌矿脉(化)。正确划分蚀变带对区域上寻找斑岩型钼(铜)矿床具有参考价值。     

柴北缘赛坝沟金矿深部热液蚀变作用北大核心CSCD

赛坝沟金矿是青海省柴北缘构造带东段重要的金矿床,矿体受NW-NNW向韧-脆性断裂构造组控制,主要赋存于奥陶系英云闪长岩中,矿化蚀变主要有硅化、黄铁矿化、绢英岩化、绿泥石化、绿帘石化和碳酸盐化等。本文在厘定赛坝沟金矿热液蚀变类型、矿物组合特征以及蚀变空间变化关系的基础上,选取Ⅳ-4主矿体在AZK3901钻孔深部见矿岩心及底板蚀变围岩进行研究,通过对蚀变岩及其原岩的地球化学分析,剖析热液蚀变作用过程与机理。研究结果表明,赛坝沟金矿床钻孔深部蚀变中,绿泥石化绿帘石化及强糜棱岩化岩石表现为主量元素K_(2)O、CaO的明显带入和Na_(2)O的带出,大离子亲石元素Pb、Ba、Sr的带出以及过渡族金属元素Bi、Co、Cr的带入;黄铁矿绢英岩化、硅化岩石中,主量元素K_(2)O、SiO_(2),大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、Cs、Pb以及过渡族金属元素均表现出不同程度的带入;各蚀变岩石中稀土元素以及高场强元素并未表现变化,仅在近矿体处出现了轻重稀土的解耦以及高场强元素Zr元素的带入。综合研究认为,赛坝沟金矿强糜棱岩化绿泥石化英云闪长岩为强烈的韧性剪切和脆性断裂叠加改造作用的产物,对流体成矿物质的运移形成了一定的屏障,使得成矿物质大部分沉淀在硅化、绢英岩化带内,局部发育的方解石细脉与成矿晚期碳酸盐化作用相关。金的沉淀主要是由于含矿流体温度、压力的下降和氧逸度的升高,使得含矿流体与围岩强烈反应形成硅化、绢云母化,同时伴随成矿流体pH值的增大和H^(+)的减少,热液中含硫组分与Fe元素发生反应形成黄铁矿等硫化物,破坏了含金络合物的稳定性,导致金的大量沉淀。     

Geology and Hydrothermal Alteration of the Milyang Pyrophyllite Deposit, Southeast Korea

Abstract: The Milyang pyrophyllite deposit, which is embedded in the Late Cretaceous Yuchon Group of the Kyongsang Supergroup, is one of the largest hydrothermal clay deposits in the Kyongsang basin, southeast Korea. Host rocks of the deposit are porphyritic andesite lava and minor andesitic lapilli tuff. In the Milyang district, a hydrothermally altered zone is about 2 × 3 km in extent; we can recognize the concentric arrangement of advanced argillic, propylitic, and sericitic alteration zones from the central to peripheral parts of the zone. The Milyang pyrophyllite deposit forms a part of the advanced argillic alteration zone. The Milyang pyrophyllite deposit is subdivided into the following four zones based on mineral assemblages: the pyrophyllite zones 1, 2, 3, and the silicified zone. The pyrophyllite zone 1, which occupies the central part of the deposit, comprises mainly pyrophyllite, kaolinite, and diaspore without quartz. Diaspore nodules often concentrate in beds 40–50 cm thick. Andalusite, dumortierite, and tourmaline locally occur as network veins, crack‐filler, or small spherulitic spots. The Al₂O₃ content of the ore ranges from 27 to 36 wt%. The pyrophyllite zone 2, which constitutes a major part of the deposit, comprises mainly pyrophyllite, kaolinite, and quartz. The Al₂O₃ content of the ore ranges from 15 to 24 wt%. The pyro‐phyllite zone 3 is the hematite‐rich marginal facies of the deposit. The silicified zone, which occurs as beds and septa, is mostly composed of quartz with minor pyrophyllite and kaolinite; the SiO₂ contents range from 79 to 90 wt%. Comparing chemical compositions of the high‐Al ores with those of unaltered host andesite, the Fe, Ca, alkalis, HFSE, and HREE contents are significantly depleted, whereas S, B, As, Sr, and LREE are enriched. The hydrothermal alteration of the Milyang pyrophyllite deposit can be classified into the following four stages: 1) extensive sericitic and propylitic alteration, 2) medium‐temperature (200–250°C) advanced argillic alteration, 3) high‐temperature (250–350°C or more) advanced argillic alteration, and 4) retrograde low‐temperature alteration. The heat and some volatile components such as B and S would be derived from the Pulguksa Granite intruded underneath the deposit.     

LA-ICP-MS mineral chemistry of titanite and the geological implications for exploration of porphyry Cu deposits in the Jinshajiang – Red River alkaline igneous belt,SW China

The Jinshajiang–Red River alkaline igneous belt in the eastern Indian–Asian collision zone, of southwestern China, hosts abundant, economically important Cu–Mo–Au mineralization of Cenozoic age. Major- and trace-element compositions of titanites from representative Cu-mineralized intrusions determined by LA-ICP-MS show higher values for Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃, ΣREE?+?Y, LREE/HREE, Ce/Ce*, (Ce/Ce*)/(Eu/Eu*), U, Th, Ta, Nb and Ga, and lower values for Al₂O₃, CaO, Eu/Eu*, Zr/Hf, Nb/Ta and Sr than those for titanites from barren intrusions. Different ΣREE?+?Y, LREE/HREE, U, Th, Ta and Nb values of titanites between Cu-mineralized and barren intrusions were controlled mainly by the coexisting melt compositions. However, different Sr concentrations and negative Eu anomalies of titanites between Cu-mineralized and barren intrusions were most probably caused by different degrees of crystallization of feldspar from melts. In addition, different Ga concentrations and positive Ce anomalies of titanites between Cu-mineralized and barren intrusions were most likely caused by different magmatic fO₂ conditions. Pronounced compositional differences of titanites between Cu-mineralized and barren intrusions can provide a useful tool to help discriminate between ore-bearing and barren intrusions at an early stage of exploration, and, thus, have a potential application in exploration for porphyry Cu deposits in the Jinshajiang – Red River alkaline igneous belt, and to other areas.     

东秦岭杨斜金矿区石英闪长玢岩锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

杨斜中型金矿床是东秦岭杨斜-丰北河地区典型的石英脉型金矿床,成矿与区内石英闪长玢岩密切相关,具中高温蚀变特征及矿物组成。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果表明,石英闪长玢岩锆石²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄为149.5±2.7 Ma,谐和年龄为149.5±2.1 Ma,属晚侏罗世。岩石地球化学研究显示,石英闪长玢岩具有高SiO₂(65.53%~65.76%)、高Al₂O₃(15.65%~15.87%)、富碱(N₂O+K₂O=8.07%~8.30%)及贫MgO(1.37%~1.40%)特征,属于高钾钙碱性准铝质系列岩石;相对富集Rb、Ba、K、Pb、Sr等大离子亲石元素和LREE,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素和HREE;其高Sr、高Sr/Y、低Y和低Yb值及正Eu异常等特征参数,与典型埃达克质岩一致,岩浆应起源于加厚下地壳的部分熔融。综合研究认为,杨斜金矿属岩浆期后热液型金矿床,成岩成矿时代一致,形成于秦岭造山带晚侏罗世-早白垩世陆内俯冲向伸展转换的构造环境。     

湖南常宁县康家湾铅锌金矿硅化角砾岩岩石地球化学特征

湖南常宁县康家湾铅锌金矿床硅化角砾岩带由未硅化角砾岩—极弱硅化角砾岩—硅化角砾岩—强硅化角砾岩(似硅质岩)组成,产于侏罗系与下伏二叠系间的不整合面附近,角砾成份复杂,充填物和胶结物类型多样。随着硅化程度的加强,硅化角砾岩带SiO₂含量变化大,最高可达95.34%,而Al₂O₃、MgO、FeO、K₂O、Na₂O、CaO、CO₂和P₂O₅含量特别是MgO、CaO、CO₂和P₂O₅含量明显降低,且K₂O>Na₂O,TiO₂的含量显著偏低。硅化角砾岩带LREE/HREE比值为1.95～4.93,Ce(δCe=0.44～0.81)和Eu(δEu=0.58～0.89)均为弱负异常,属轻稀土富集型,但随硅化程度增高稀土元素含量显著减少:未硅化和弱硅化角砾岩稀土元素总量较高,为(176.82～318.93)×10^-10,与当冲组泥质岩配分曲线相似;硅化强烈的角砾岩稀土元素总量低,为(7.71～65.95)×10^-10,与下伏栖霞组灰岩稀土元素配分曲线极为相似。结合微量元素F、Ba、Cl、Cr、Ni、Sr、V研究结果及硅化角砾岩带自底部至顶部特有的下粗上细的韵律性层理构造,认为康家湾铅锌金矿床硅化角砾岩带是在地台体制向地洼体制转变期的大地构造环境下,由于地壳快速隆升,二叠纪灰岩、泥质岩、石英砂岩等岩石剥蚀,在古河流环境下搬运、沉积形成的。此     

新疆东天山卡拉塔格地区中泥盆世玉带斑岩铜(金)矿发现的地质找矿意义

新疆东天山玉带斑岩铜(金)矿床产于卡拉塔格西段,其含矿围岩是一套火山岩-火山碎屑岩和大南湖组(D1d)含生物碎屑灰岩的碎屑沉积岩,矿体产于石英闪长玢岩体内及与围岩接触带,以石英-硫化物细网脉状矿化为主,矿石矿物以黄铁矿和黄铜矿为主,及少量磁铁矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿、辉钼矿等,矿区发育Cu-Au-Ag-Mo-Pb-Zn-As-Sb-Hg-Ba元素异常。矿床蚀变(5km2)包括钠长石化、钾长石化、硅化、绿泥石化、绢云母化、水白云母化、高龄土化等蚀变类型,以含矿斑岩为中心向外可划分出钾(钠)化-绢云母化-硅化带、硅化-绢云母化(水云母+高岭土)-黄铁矿带和青磐岩化带(绿泥石-绿帘石化-碳酸盐化带)。围岩接触关系和同位素年代学研究显示玉带斑岩铜矿成矿时代为中泥盆世(391Ma),有别于土屋斑岩铜矿带,扩大了卡拉塔格地区及区域找矿空间。     

Mineral chemistry of hydrothermal biotite from the Kahang porphyry copper deposit (NE Isfahan), Central Province of Iran

The Kahang porphyry Cu deposit, located northeast of Isfahan city in central of Iran, is associated with a composite Miocene stock and ranges in composition from diorite through granodiorite to quartz-monzonite. Field observations and petrographic studies show that the emplacement of the Kahang stock occurred in several pulses, each associated with its related hydrothermal activity. Early hydrothermal alteration started with a potassic style in the central part of the system and produced a secondary biotite–K-feldspar–magnetite assemblage accompanied by chalcopyrite and pyrite mineralization. Propylitic alteration that took place at the same time as the potassic alteration occurred in the peripheral portions of the stock. Subsequent phyllic alteration overprinted earlier potassic and propylitic alterations. Biotite grains from the potassic and phyllic zones show distinct chemical compositions. The FeO, TiO₂, MnO, K₂O, and Na₂O concentrations in biotite from the phyllic alteration zone are lower than those from the potassic alteration zone. The F and Cl contents of biotite from the potassic alteration zone display relatively high positive correlation with the X_Mg. The fluorine intercept values [IV(F)] from the potassic and phyllic alteration zones are strongly correlated with the fluorine/chlorine intercept values [IV(F/Cl)]. Biotite geothermometry for the potassic and phyllic alteration zones, based on the biotite geothermometer of Beane (1974), yields a temperature range of 422° to 437 °C (mean = 430 °C) and 329° to 336 °C (mean = 333 °C), respectively. The position of data in log (X_F/X_OH) ratio vs. X_Mg and X_Fe diagram suggests that biotite formed under dissimilar composition and temperature conditions in the potassic and phyllic alteration zones. Calculated log fugacity ratios of (fH₂O/fHF), (fH₂O/fHCl), and (fHF/fHCl) show that hydrothermal fluids associated with the potassic alteration were distinctively different from those fluids associated with the phyllic alteration zone at Kahang porphyry Cu deposit. The results of this research indicate that the chemistry of biotite is related to the chemical composition of the magma and the prevailing physical conditions during crystallization.     

Mineralogy and Mineral Chemistry of the Cretaceous Duolong Gold‐Rich Porphyry Copper Deposit in the Bangongco Arc,Northern Tibet

The Early Cretaceous Duolong gold‐rich porphyry copper deposit is a newly discovered deposit with proven 5.38 Mt Cu resources of 0.72% Cu and 41 t gold of 0.23 g t^?1 in northern Tibet. Granodiorite porphyry and quartz diorite porphyrite are the main ore‐bearing porphyries. A wide range of hydrothermal alteration associated with these porphyries is divided into potassic, argillic and propylitic zones from the ore‐bearing porphyry center outward and upward. In the hydrothermal alteration zones, secondary albite (91.5–99.7% Ab) occurs along the rim of plagioclase phenocryst and fissures. Secondary K‐feldspar (75.1–96.9% Or) replaces plagioclase phenocryst and matrix or occurs in veinlets. Biotite occurs mainly as matrix and veinlet in addition to phenocryst in the potassic zone. The biotite are Mg‐rich and formed under a highly oxidized condition at temperatures ranging from 400°C to 430°C. All the biotites are absent in F, and have high Cl content (0.19–0.26%), with log (X_Cl/X_OH) values of ?2.74 to ?2.88 and IV (Cl) values of ?3.48 to ?3.35, suggesting a significant role of chloride complexes (CuCl₂^‐ and AuCl₂^‐) in transporting and precipitating copper and gold. Chlorites are present in all alteration zones and correspond mainly to pycnochlorite. They have similar Fe/(Fe+Mg), Mn/(Mn+Mg) ratios, and a formation temperature range of 280–360°C. However, the formation temperature of chlorite in the quartz‐gypsum‐carbonate‐chlorite vein is between 190°C and 220°C, indicating that it may have resulted from a later stage of hydrothermal activity. Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ ratios of chlorites have negative correlation with Al^IV, suggesting oxygen fugacity of fluids increases with decreasing temperature. Apatite mineral inclusions in the biotite phenocrysts show high SO₃ content (0.44–0.82%) and high Cl content (1–1.37%), indicating the host magma had a high oxidation state and was enriched in S and Cl. The highest Cl content of apatite in the propylitic zone may have resulted from pressure decrease, and the lowest Cl content of apatite in the argillic zone may have been caused by a low Cl content in the fluids. The low concentration of SO₃ content in the hydrothermal apatite compared to the magmatic one may have resulted from the decrease of oxygen fugacity and S content in the hydrothermal fluid, which are caused by the abundant precipitation of magnetite.     

Behaviour of rare earth elements in geothermal systems of New Zealand

Rare earth element (REE) patterns of hydrothermally altered rhyolite from geothermal systems located in the Taupo Volcanic Zone in the North Island of New Zealand provide evidence of REE mobility. REE trends of unaltered rhyolites are characterised by moderate LREE enrichment ((La/Lu)_cn = 3.84 to 5.62) and pronounced negative Eu anomalies. In contrast, REE patterns of hydrothermally altered rhyolites commonly exhibit different signatures and may be placed into four chemically and petrographically distinct categories. Rocks with clay + quartz + feldspar + calcite (±zeolites, epidote, sphene, chlorite, opaque minerals) assemblages typically display patterns subparallel to fresh rock, whereas, samples which contain quartz + chlorite, or quartz + clay + zeolite assemblages have flat patterns without Eu anomalies, and highly silicified samples are characterised by depleted, bowed REE trends. These patterns may be produced by interaction with alkaline or acid fluids. A fourth group of very intensely altered samples, affected by interaction with acid fluids, exhibits unusual REE trends with highly enriched HREE and depleted LREE, or depleted HREE.These results indicate that some of the REE released by the breakdown of primary phases during alteration are transported away in the fluid. In addition, the degree of depletion is positively correlated with alteration intensity and the fluid/rock ratio. The similarity of REE patterns resulting from alteration by alkaline and acid fluids suggests that the shape of the REE trends is controlled principally by fluid/rock ratios and secondarily by mineralogy. The REE are retained in rocks with a diverse alteration mineralogy, whereas in samples with only one dominant alteration phase (e.g. quartz) it is more probable that not all REE liberated during alteration can be accommodated in the altered rock. Eu commonly behaves differently from the other REE, possibly due to the dominance of Eu²⁺.     

云南铜厂沟斑岩型铜钼矿矿化蚀变过程中成矿元素迁移特征

铜厂沟斑岩型铜钼矿是格咱岛弧燕山晚期Mo多金属成矿作用的典型代表,矿床中与Cu-Mo矿化相关的蚀变作用广泛发育。文章在对该矿床岩相学研究的基础上,选择TiO₂作为蚀变过程中惰性组分、运用Gresens方程对元素迁移进行定量分析。主量元素迁移特征显示在钾硅酸盐化蚀变阶段和石英—绢云母化蚀变阶段中Al₂O₃、K₂O、Na₂O、P₂O₅、SiO₂持续迁入,青磐岩化阶段Fe₂O₃、MgO、CaO迁入富集;微量元素在钾硅酸盐化阶段显示为Mo、Ba、W、Ra、Nb、Ta、LREE元素明显迁入,且Ba、W与Mo的富集有明显的相关性,石英—绢云母化蚀变阶段Pb、Zn富集成矿,青磐岩化阶段Cu富集成矿,铜厂沟斑岩型铜钼矿矿化蚀变与成矿元素迁移特征研究对该区深部地球化学勘查指标制定、成矿信息及矿体边界确定等具有重要的参考意义。     

北祁连走廊南山西水地区加里东期大野口埃达克质闪长玢岩的成因及其地质意义

北祁连走廊南山北坡西水地区的加里东期大野口岩体中闪长玢岩地球化学的研究表明,该套岩石的SiO_256%,Al_2O_315%,Na_2OK_2O,富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素,具正Eu异常,富集Sr元素、亏损重稀土元素Yb和Y,具有较高的Sr/Y值,表现出明显的埃达克岩的地球化学性质。结合岩体产出的时空位置,认为大野口岩体形成于奥陶纪与板块俯冲作用相关的俯冲洋壳部分熔融和壳幔岩浆混合作用。