Geology and Genesis of the Ta'ergou Skarn - Quartz Vein Tungsten Deposit in the North Qilian Caledonian Orogenic Belt, Northwest China

Abstract. The Ta'ergou tungsten deposit in Gansu province, northwestern China, is located in the western part of the North Qilian Caledonian orogen, and consists of scheelite skarn bodies and wolframite quartz veins. The tungsten‐bearing skarn developed by the replacement of carbonate layers intercalated in the Precambrian schist and amphibolite whereas wolframite‐quartz ore veins developed along a group of fractures that cut through horizontal skarns. The Ta'ergou tungsten deposit is genetically related to the Caledonian Yeniutan granodiorite intrusion and occurs ca. 500 m wide in the exo‐contact zone 300 ～ 500 m apart from the intrusion. The granodiorite displays a lower grade of differentiation, low content of SiO₂ and high contents of mafic components. There are three types of fluid inclusions in the wolframite‐quartz vein systems, i. e. aqueous, CO₂‐H₂O and CO₂‐rich. The homogenization temperature of aqueous inclusion ranges from 140 to 380d?C and their salinities from 6.4 to 17.4 equivalent wt% NaCl. Laser Raman spectroscopy shows that the inclusions contain a relatively high content of CO₂. The δ³⁴S values of skarn type sulfides range from +8.1 to +12.7 per mil and those of quartz vein sulfides from +9.3 to +14.9 per mil, similar to sulfides of the granodiorite with from +6.0 to +11.7 per mil. The δ¹⁸O values of quartz are between +10.5 and +13.3 per mil and those of wolframite between +3.4 and +5.1 per mil. The δ¹⁸O water values of ore forming fluids range from +0.6 to +6.4 per mil and suggest the mixture of magmatic fluids with meteoric water formed the ore‐forming fluids. It has been proved that Precambrian strata in the west sector of North Qilian region are enriched in tungsten. We propose the strata were remelted to be tungsten‐granitoid during subduction. The polymetallic tungsten was gradually accumulated into the roof pendants of the granite intrusion by fractional crystallization and then was deposited by hydrothermal fluids during metasomatism and infilling along fractures. On the other hand, the granite intrusion also acted as “heating machine” to make hydrothermal fluids leach out the metals from Precambrian strata and these metals joined the ore‐forming hydrothermal system.     

Effects of geology and human activity on the dynamics of salt-water intrusion in three coastal aquifers in southern Spain

 Mathematical modelling of salt-water intrusion processes in three aquifers on the southern coast of Spain (Río Verde, Río Vélez and Castell de Ferro) reveals that, although all three systems are subject to the same climate and seasonal over-exploitation, geological and human factors have very different effects on the dynamics of contamination. In the Río Verde aquifer, the most important influence is the high volume of extractions occurring during the dry season; in Río Vélez, the intrusion is strongly controlled by infiltration of water from the river to the aquifer, and, in the Castell de Ferro system, an intensely karstified carbonate massif lying in contact with both the sea water and the detrital aquifer represents the main entrance point for influx of sea water and subsequent washing of the aquifer. We have undertaken a mathematical simulation of various possible measures to counteract intrusion, according to the specific characteristics of the process in each aquifer. These measures include artificial recharge, use of natural recharge from the river as a hydraulic barrier, and the construction of a low-permeability barrier. Received: 5 December 1995 · Accepted: 12 April 1996     

冀西北东坪金矿床含金石英脉石英流体包裹体Rb-Sr等时线及其地质意义

用石英流体包裹体Ｒｂ－Ｓｒ等时线法测得产于碱性岩体中具有超大型潜力的东坪金矿床含金石英脉的年龄为（１０３±８）Ｍａ，远晚于赋矿岩体的就位时间（元古宙），显示了成岩与成矿是两期不同构造运动的产物，两者之间没有直接的成因联系。８７Ｓｒ／８６Ｓｒ示踪结果显示成矿物质主要来源于赋矿碱性岩体。研究结果认为，东坪金矿是后期与大气降水热液有关的改造成矿作用的产物。     

关于侵入岩体中金矿床成因研究若干问题的讨论

各时代、不同类型侵入岩中的金矿床是金矿的主要类型。关于金矿床与岩体的成因关系目前尚存在不同的看法，但传统的岩浆热液成因观点仍居统治地位，其原因往往在于不少研究者把岩液热液成因当成了固定模式应用于具体矿床的研究，而不是建立在综合研究的基础之上。本文结合近年来金矿的研究进展，强调侵入岩中金矿床的研究的研究要综合考虑成岩成矿的时代与时差，成矿流体和成矿物质的来源等各方面因素。金矿床定年的进展研究表明，矿     

岩浆岩侵入地层的富水性及找水方法的探讨

本文分析了岩浆岩侵入中岩脉、岩盘对围岩富水性的影响及富水层的电法辨认,提出了在不同侵入的围岩地层内用电法寻找地下水的方法.     

开滦林南仓井田岩浆岩侵入规律及找煤方向探讨

通 过地 面钻孔 、井下 开采和 磁法 勘探,发现 井 田内 赋存 有 大量 的岩 浆 岩体 ,特 别是 西二 采 区发 育岩 床 ,使该 区可采 储量 急 剧减 少,严重 影 响了 井田 采 掘 工 程的 衔 接 ,使 矿 井 生产 处 于 被 动局 面 。 通过 对 岩 浆 岩侵 入 规 律 的深 入 研究,预 测了井 田岩 床的分 布范 围和面 积,对 区域找 煤以 及为矿 井生 产和可 持续 发展具 有现 实的指 导意 义。     

黑龙江省东宁县洋灰洞子铜矿床成矿岩体特征

通过对洋灰洞子铜矿床的成矿岩体进行研究，进一步明确了其成矿地质背景，着重研究与铜钼矿床关系密切的花岗闪长岩体和花岗闪长斑岩体的岩性特征、岩石类型、岩石化学特点、成岩时代、物质来源及侵位方式等，确定了该区花岗闪长岩和花岗闪长斑岩为洋灰洞子斑岩型铜钼矿床的成矿母岩。     

The Shape and Volume of the Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland: Implications for Mass Balance and Bulk Composition

Re-examination of the Skaergaard intrusion in the context ofits regional setting, combined with new data from explorationdrilling, has resulted in a revised structural model for theintrusion. It is modelled as an irregular box, c. 11 km fromnorth to south, up to 8 km from east to west, and 3·4–4km from the lower to the upper contact. The walls of the intrusionare inferred to follow pre-existing and penecontemporaneoussteep faults, and the floor and roof seem largely controlledby bedding planes in the host sediments and lavas, similar toregional sills. The suggested shape and volume are in agreementwith published gravimetric modelling. Crystallization alongall margins of the intrusion concentrated the evolving meltin the upper, central part of the intrusion, best visualizedas an ‘onion-skin’ structure inside the box. Thetotal volume is estimated to c. 280 ± 23 km³, of which13·7% are referred to the Upper Border Series (UBS),16·4% to the Marginal Border Series (MBS) and 69·9%to the Layered Series (LS). In the LS, the Lower Zone (LZ) isestimated to constitute 66·8%, the Middle Zone (MZ) 13·5%and the Upper Zone (UZ) 19·7%. The new volume relationshipsprovide a mass balance estimate of the major and trace elementbulk composition of the intrusion. The parental magma to theSkaergaard intrusion is similar to high-Ti East Greenland tholeiiticplateau basalts with Mg number c. 0.45. The intrusion representsthe solidification of contemporary plateau basalt magma trappedand crystallized under closed-system conditions in a crustalreservoir at the developing East Greenland continental margin. KEY WORDS: bulk composition; emplacement; mass proportions; Skaergaard intrusion; structure     

鹅湖岩体岩石谱系单位的建立及其就位机制分析

鹅湖岩体为S型花岗岩 ,具有结构和成分演化序列。运用岩石结构序列法 ,将其划分为 5个单元 ,归并为 1个超单元。按侵入体空间展布形式、岩体地质学、岩石学、构造等资料 ,探讨了岩体就位机制     

Processing and interpretation of the gravity field of the East African Rift: implication for crustal extension

Compilation of new and existing gravity data were undertaken to assess the nature of the crust beneath the East African Rift System. Using 3D gravity modeling code crustal model of gravity profiles across two sectors of the rift were computed. The results are discussed in light of the structure of the rift system.The results of the 3D modeling of gravity profiles across the two rift zones revealed northward thinning of the crust. The maximum crustal attenuation occurs beneath the Afar depression, indicating the Afar rift undergoes an intense fragmentation of the crust resulting from faulting and magmatic activity. However, our computed crustal thickness below the Afar depression falls within an upper bound compared to elsewhere below tectonically active rift zones. This can be explained in terms of crustal accretion resulting from an impact of the Afar mantle plume since 30 Ma ago.The residual gravity obtained using high-cut filtering techniques reveals significant density contrast between the northern and southern sectors of the rift. The northern part of the rift is characterized by regular patterns of positive gravity anomalies, which can be interpreted in terms of a zone of crustal thinning through which relatively dense materials have intruded the overlying crust. In contrast, south of the Main Ethiopian Rift, the anomalies are characterized by random patterns and low amplitudes. The along-rift-axis variation in gravity anomalies implies that the style of crustal deformation changed progressively, beginning with regionally distributed crustal deformation, such as the one we observe within the more juvenile and wider southern segment of the rift, to localized deformation within the active and narrow rift zones of the northern sector of the Ethiopian Rift. We suggest that the key parameters controlling along-rift-axis variation in gravity anomalies are the rate of crustal extension, faulting and magmatic activities.