Cuspidine‐bearing skarn from Chesney Vale,Victoria

The rare calc‐silicate minerals cuspidine, bultfonteinite, foshagite and xonotlite occur in a calcsilicate skarn zone near Chesney Vale, in northern Victoria. They are associated with andradite-grossular garnet, vesuvianite, diopside, wollastonite, prehnite, epidote, fluorite, calcite, perovskite,sphene and possibly tobermorite. The calc‐silicate skarn zone has formed in thermally meta‐morphosed, Ordovician, deep‐marine sediments adjacent to an Early Devonian aplitic granite pluton. The assemblages are estimated to have formed at low pressure (<100 MPa) at temperaturesnot exceeding 600°C in the presence of a low‐X_co2 fluorine‐bearing fluid. The occurrence is the firstrecord of bultfonteinite and foshagite in Australia and the first record of cuspidine and xonotlite inVictoria.     

Skarn development from limestone adjacent to the Glenrock Granodiorite,Marulan Batholith,New South Wales,Australia

Skarns are developed over two temperature‐time intervals in calcite limestone adjacent to the southern extension of the Glenrock Granodiorite, a pluton of the Marulan Batholith, Southern Highlands, New South Wales. The initial volumetrically‐dominant prograde phase of skarn formation produced a suite comprising bimetasomatic skarn, including pyroxene endoskarn, potassic endoskarn and wollastonite‐bearing exoskarn, together with mineralogically‐zoned vein skarn, massive garnet‐pyroxene skarn and calcite‐vesuvianite skarn. Retrograde replacement is manifested by the development of hydrous silicate minerals, carbonate and cross‐cutting sulphide veinlets.

A genetic model is proposed to account for the development of bimetasomatic skarn in the deposit. Exoskarn geochemistry indicates addition of many components relative to an essentially pure limestone precursor, including Si, Al, Fe, Zr, Zn, S, Mn and Cu, negligible transfer of K, Na and Rb and loss of CO₂. Strontium and Ca loss from the parent limestone is indicated by mass balance calculations at constant volume.

Garnet and pyroxene compositions in the massive garnet‐pyroxene skarn range from Gr₃₀ to Gr₆₆ and Hd₆₁ to Hd₈₇, respectively. Compositions from Gr₆₇ to Gr₉₅ are typical of the vein skarn garnets. Chemical zonation patterns in garnet, pyroxene and vesuvianite are generally characterized by rim Fe depletion relative to cores of grains.

Prograde skarn probably formed at T = 500–580°C; P < 220 MPa. The massive garnet‐pyroxene skarn evolved under conditions of log fO₂ = ‐18.9 to ‐22.9 (assuming a constant fCO₂ of 20 MPa) within the fS₂ stability field of pyrrhotite. Retrograde skarn formed at T < 400°C, possibly under conditions of X_H2O < 0.01.

Vesuvianite plus wollastonite assemblages, present in exoskarn, probably attest to very water‐rich conditions. The marble wall rocks, isolated from the source of skarn‐forming fluids, probably evolved under conditions of minimum X_co2 >0.2. Low temperature CO₂ ‐rich fluid inclusions and prehnite (stable at X_co2 <0.01), present in the marble and skarn, respectively, suggest that substantial differences in X_co2: X_H2O were maintained during cooling.

Observed mineralogical and chemical zonation within the skarn reflects the complex interaction of T, P, fO₂, Xco₂ and other chemical variables such as a_SiO2 and a_Al2O3 throughout the skarn system. No single variable can account adequately for the mineralogical diversity observed in the skarn deposit.     

陕西木龙沟矽卡岩型铁多金属矿床地质特征

陕西木龙沟铁矿床为接触交代矽卡岩型矿床,地质构造单元归属华北古大陆南缘华山一熊耳山陆缘带。矿床主要围岩地层为蓟县系巡检司组,岩体分叉侵入,矿体产于燕山中期花岗闪长斑岩体与巡检司组内、外接触带。矿石成分简单,以磁铁矿为主,其他具有工业意义的金属有钼、锌、铅、铜。通过对该矿床的矿体、矿石特征、蚀变特征的研究,认为该矿床成矿作用主要受构造及中酸性岩浆活动控制,钙镁碳酸盐是成矿的有利围岩。     

西藏班戈县拉青铜多金属矿床地球化学特征和年龄

拉青矿床位于班公湖-怒江缝合带南侧,属于矽卡岩型铜多金属矿床.矿区岩浆岩发育,矿化二长花岗岩为其成矿岩体.对二长花岗岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得年龄加权平均值为114.24Ma±0.87Ma,表明拉青矿床形成于早白垩世晚期.岩石地球化学数据分析表明,A/CNK值为1.15～1.17、A/NK值为1.53～1.59,为过铝质花岗岩,属于高钾钙碱性系列.轻稀土元素较重稀土元素富集,负Eu异常较弱.在微量元素蛛网图上,富集大离子不相容元素Rb、K、Th、U,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ti.R1-R2图解及Rb-(Yb+Nb)图解表明,拉青二长花岗岩形成于同碰撞构造环境.结合区域地质矿产资料初步认为,二长花岗岩体形成于班公湖-怒江洋消减闭合后羌塘板块与冈底斯板片碰撞拼合阶段,拉青矿床即是该同碰撞背景下形成的与二长花岗岩岩浆活动密切相关的矽卡岩铜多金属矿床.     

青海赛什塘铜矿床流体包裹体研究

对青海赛什塘铜矿床内与成矿有关的矽卡岩中石榴子石、透辉石及硫化物石英脉中流体包裹体的岩相学、显微测温学和显微激光拉曼光谱分析等的研究结果表明,流体包裹体有富液相、富气相和含子矿物多相包裹体3种类型;早期矽卡岩阶段均一温度436～562℃,盐度为34 wt ％～45wt％NaCl eqv.,代表了高温、高盐度岩浆流体;退变质阶段均一温度322～419℃,盐度为15wt ％～39 wt％NaCl eqv.;硫化物阶段均一温度235～366℃,盐度5wt％～36wt％NaCl eqv..激光拉曼光谱分析结果表明,包裹体中气相成分以CH4、H2S、CO2和H2O为主.成矿流体属于中高温、高盐度的NaCl-H2O-CO2-CH4体系,在290～360℃之间发生了强烈的流体沸腾作用,导致大量的金属硫化物沉淀,成矿流体的沸腾作用是导致铜矿床形成的重要因素.     

冀南邯邢地区白涧和西石门夕卡岩型铁矿磁铁矿成因矿物学研究

对邯邢地区典型夕卡岩型铁矿床白涧铁矿和西石门铁矿中不同产状的磁铁矿的成分、热电性、爆裂温度及O同位素进行了详细的成因矿物学研究。研究发现：层间矿体具有低Ti、∑REE、爆裂温度、δ18O的特征,热电性系数较小但变化范围大;接触带矿体为高Ti、∑REE、爆裂温度、δ18O的特征,热电性系数较大,变化范围小。白涧铁矿层间矿和西石门铁矿中磁铁矿的REE表现出Eu的正异常,而白涧铁矿接触带矿为负异常。白涧铁矿磁铁矿中单层矿体热电性系数具有中部小、顶底大的特征。综合磁铁矿的成因矿物学研究,以热电性的空间变化规律为基础,建立了该区夕卡岩型铁矿的成因和找矿模型。     

辽宁桓仁二棚甸子铜锌矿床地球化学特征及矿床成因

为确定二棚甸子铜锌矿床的成因,对该矿床的成矿地质背景和地球化学特征进行了研究。结果表明,矿区内的含矿矽卡岩分为层状和不规则状两种类型,前者主要呈层状、似层状,与围岩整合接触; 含矿矽卡岩与寒武系徐庄组碳酸盐岩具有相似的稀土元素组成和一致的稀土配分曲线; 矿区地层中碳酸盐岩的Cu、Pb、Zn 等主要成矿元素含量明显高于克拉克值以及区域同类岩石的平均含量。结合S、Pb、C 等同位素资料,认为该矿床的层状矽卡岩矿体具有层控特征,成矿物质主要来自徐庄组沉积地层; 与燕山期闪长岩有关的接触交代型矿化形成了不规则状矽卡岩矿体,并对早期层状矿体进行了叠加改造。     

新疆阿尔泰南缘巴利尔斯铁矿床稀土元素地球化学研究

巴利尔斯铁矿是阿尔泰南缘麦兹盆地新近发现的中型铁矿床。赋存于上志留—下泥盆统康布铁堡下亚组第二岩性段变粒岩、浅粒岩及斜长角闪岩中, 矿体及其周围发育大量矽卡岩矿物。本文对矿体围岩、矽卡岩矿物和矿石进行了稀土元素地球化学研究, 结果表明磁铁矿矿石、矽卡岩与围岩斜长角闪岩的REE特征具有相似性, 暗示磁铁矿矿石与矽卡岩具有亲缘性, 斜长角闪岩可能提供部分成矿物质。矽卡岩和矿石发育Eu正异常及所有矿石的负Ce异常, 表明铁成矿作用发生在高温氧化环境。     

西藏班-怒结合带尕尔穷铜金矿床矽卡岩 矿物学特征及其地质意义

尕尔穷铜金矿床位于西藏班公湖-怒江成矿带西段,是该带上近年来取得重大勘查突破的矽卡岩(斑岩)型铜金矿床.矿区产出的矽卡岩为典型的钙质矽卡岩,其矽卡岩矿物主要由石榴子石、辉石、硅灰石、绿帘石、绿泥石、符山石、矽线石等组成.电子探针分析结果表明,矿区石榴子石主要为钙铁榴石和钙铝榴石,辉石主要为透辉石,绿泥石可见铁绿泥石及铁镁绿泥石两种.石榴子石成分剖面显示其矿物组分随着石榴子石环带的变化而变化,表明矿区矽卡岩不是在一个完全封闭的平衡条件下形成的,指示矿床形成过程中热液流体具有多期多阶段性.尕尔穷矿区矽卡岩具有良好的分带性,表现为从靠近岩体的深部到靠近围岩的浅部具有石榴子石-透辉石相→透辉石-硅灰石相→硅灰石-绿帘石绿泥石相的分带特征,并伴随一定的矿化组合.典型矽卡岩矿物端员组分的识别及其Fe2+/Fe3+的比值计算结果表明,尕尔穷矿床形成于相对氧化环境.辉石组分中Mn/Fe比值的特征表明尕尔穷矿区具有一定的寻找钼矿的潜力.