The “El Pilote” fluorite skarn: A crucial deposit in the understanding and interpretation of the origin and mobilization of F from northern Mexico deposits

Fluorite deposits are widespread in northern Mexico and those deposits have traditionally been categorized as exclusively hydrothermal–magmatic in origin. Recently, two different fluorite-bearing type models have been proposed for the Northern Mexican deposits: (1) MVT-like deposits formed from basinal brines mobilized during the Laramide Orogeny (La Encantada deposit, Gonzalez-Partida et al., [Gonzalez-Partida, E., Carrillo-Chavez, A., Grimmer, J.O.W., Pironon, J., 2002. Petroleum-rich fluid inclusions in fluorite, Purisima mine, Coahuila, Mexico. International Geological Review 44 (8), 751–763.]; Tritlla et al., [Tritlla, J., Gonzalez-Partida, E., Levresse, G., Banks, D., Pironon, J., 2004. Fluorite deposits at Encantada-Buenavista, Mexico: products of Mississippi Valley type processes — a reply. Ore Geology Reviews 25, 329–332.]); and (2) fluorite-bearing skarns in close contact with rhyolite intrusives (Levinson, [Levinson, A.A., 1962. Beryllium–fluorine mineralization at Aguachile Mountain, Coahuila, Mexico. American Mineralogist 47, 67–75.]). The El Pilote fluorite deposit falls into the second category, and is the only known example of a magmatic-related fluorite deposit in the area. The fluorite trace-element patterns from both the El Pilote skarn and La Encantada MVT deposits display comparable and very low relative abundances as well as comparable chondrite-normalized REE patterns; this would suggest that the skarn F-source comes from the remobilization of a MVT fluorite manto.     

The Paleoproterozoic carbonate-hosted Pering Zn–Pb deposit, South Africa: I. Styles of brecciation and mineralization

The Pering deposit on the Ghaap Plateau, Northwestern Province, South Africa, was the largest of several Zn–Pb occurrences hosted by Neoarchean platform dolostones of the Transvaal Supergroup. With a Paleoproterozoic mineralization age, these occurrences are widely regarded as the oldest representatives of Mississippi Valley-type Pb–Zn deposits. Hosting an initial resource of 18 Mt at an average grade of 3.6 wt% Zn and 0.6 wt% Pb, the Pering deposit was mined from 1984 until its final closure at the end of November 2002. In this study, available geological and grade distribution maps were evaluated and complemented by the examination of mining-related outcrops, drill core, and a large set of ore and host rock samples. Four different styles of brecciation can be distinguished at the Pering deposit: (1) pyritic rock matrix breccia; (2) chemical wear breccia; (3) mosaic breccia; and (4) crackle breccia. Geological and mineral paragenetic observations on these different breccia types suggest that the formation of the Pering deposit commenced with an initial stage of hydrothermal karstification. Large volumes of pyritic rock matrix breccia formed by wall rock collapsing into the open space attributed to carbonate dissolution. This stage of hydrothermal karstification acted as ground preparation for the subsequent mineralization event. By the upward advance of the hydrothermal karstification process, fluid reservoirs in the previously undisturbed dolostone host rock succession were tapped, ultimately leading to fluid mixing. Hydrothermal sulphides are the most abundant where fluid mixing was most effective, i.e. along the outer and upper margins of the breccia bodies, and in stratabound zones along permeable host rock units. Chemical wear brecciation and formation of large volumes of fine-grained replacive sphalerite mineralization mark the early stage of hydrothermal Zn–Pb mineralization associated with this fluid mixing. The fine-grained stage of sulphide mineralization was succeeded by very coarse-grained open-space-infill mineralization. The latter is very uniform across the entire deposit and typically cements mosaic and crackle breccia, but also fills remaining open space within chemical wear brecciated portions of the deposit.     

西昆仑地区塔木MVT型铅锌矿床成矿作用和成矿物质来源探讨

MVT型铅锌矿是西昆仑地区重要的铅锌矿床类型之一.为了探明西昆仑地区该类型矿床的成矿作用过程和成矿物质来源,本文以塔木矿床为例,在野外调研基础上,进行了光片鉴定、铅硫同位素、稀士元素和成矿元素研究,得到矿石中方铅矿的δ34SCDT为-5.04‰～+3.67‰,反映出油田卤水与深层卤水的混合特征;由铅同位素分析结果计算出表面年龄为461～481 Ma(早于泥盆纪438～410 Ma);由稀土元素分析数据得出岩(矿)石/球粒陨石标准化分配模式图表明,成矿物质主要来自地层.因而判定主要成矿物质可能来源于前泥盆系地层.喜马拉雅期逆冲推覆构造作用所引发的大规模热卤水运移、循环过程,导致矿质的进一步富集、沉淀.     

陕西马元铅锌矿床矿石组构研究与成因意义

通过对马元矿床矿石组构研究,总结归纳矿床矿石主要结构包括自形晶结构、半自形结构、他形结构、包含结构、压碎结构;构造主要以角砾状为主,其次有浸染状、脉状构造、晶洞构造、雪顶构造。根据矿床矿体野外地质现象并结合镜下矿石组构和电子探针分析,认为马元铅锌矿床为典型的与后生热液有关的MVT铅锌矿床;热液期是其主要成矿期。根据矿物组合特征将热液期划分为石英-黄铁矿阶段、白云石-闪锌矿-方铅矿阶段。对矿体大量发育于角砾岩中、矿体中发育大量有机质进行探讨,总结角砾岩化、有机质和成矿作用的关系。     

Hydrothermal Dolomite: A Review and PerspectiveEI北大核心CSCD

Hydrothermal dolomite commonly closely associates with oil-gas reservoirs and sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits, the Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) Pb-Zn deposits in particular. Host rocks of MVT deposits usually experienced extensive dolomitization, and indeed, hydrothermal dolomite is considered as a useful prospective indicator for MVT mineralization. However, genetic link between the hydrothermal dolomitization and MVT Pb-Zn mineralization is a matter of debate. This paper briefly reviewed the nomenclature and research history of hydrothermal dolomite, introduced the major geological, geochemical characteristics, and distribution of hydrothermal dolomite, spatial and possibly genetic relationship between hdyrothermal dolomite and hdyrothermal ore deposits and oil-gas reservoirs based on case studies including the occurrence of hydrothermal dolomites in MVT deposits in Southwest China. The temporal and genetic relationships between dolomitizaiton and thermal sulfate reduction, sulfide precipitation and thus the location of ore mineralization well worthy more attention, and comprehensive geological and isotope geochemical and state of art in situ techniques will contribute to understanding of the genesis of hydrotherml dolomite and the spatially related ore deposits and oil-gas reservoirs. © 2018, Science Press. All right reserved.     

MVT矿床中与成矿有关热液方解石的地球化学判据——以青海多才玛超大型铅锌矿床为例

碳酸盐矿物是MVT型铅锌矿床最为常见的热液蚀变矿物,记录了成矿流体特征,其元素或同位素组成对示踪和定位矿体具有一定的指示意义,但由于该类矿床中碳酸盐矿物成因多样,单一的岩相学观察往往难以准确识别与成矿有关和无关的方解石,需要辅以地球化学手段来确定方解石成因。本文利用钻孔编录、岩相学观察、C-O-Sr同位素和原位微量与稀土元素组成分析等手段,探讨了青海多才玛超大型MVT铅锌矿床中与成矿有关和无关两期方解石的矿物化学特征。结果表明,多才玛矿床成矿前方解石(Cal1)空间上与矿体无相关关系,遍布于中二叠统九十道班组灰岩内,阴极发光呈暗棕色至棕黄色,无明显生长环带;成矿期方解石(Cal2)主要产于铅锌矿体内及其上盘围岩中,多呈砂糖粒状-皮壳状充填于围岩裂隙和溶孔内,阴极发光呈暗黄色至亮橙色,常发育生长环带。相对于Cal2, Cal1与围岩的C-O-Sr同位素组成更为接近,这表明水岩反应期间,Cal1组成受围岩影响更大,Cal2组成受影响更小;相比于Cal1,Cal2具有较高的Mn、Fe、Zn、Pb含量和U/Th、V/Cr值以及较低的LREE/HREE值、Mg、Sr含量和弱的Ce负异常,指示成矿...     

3D Modeling and Determination of Factors Responsible for Zinc-Lead Mineralization in the Mehdiabad Deposit, Central Iran, based on Statistical Analysis of Geochemical Data

Although the Mehdiabad zinc-lead deposit is one of the most well-known deposits in the central Iran structural zone, the genesis of the deposit remains controversial. The host rock of the ore is a dolomitic limestone of the Lower Cretaceous Taft Formation. In the two main orebodies of the deposit, which includes the Black Hill and East Ridge ore zones, the oxide and sulfide ores are observed at the surface and at depth, respectively. The elements Zn, Fe, Mn and Mg are more abundant in the East Ridge ore zone (in both sulfide and oxide ores), with Ba, Pb, Ag and Cu being more abundant in the Black Hill oxide ore. Based on the distribution of elements and their correlation with each other in these ore zones, the elements are divided into three general groups, that of terrigenous elements, chemically-deposited elements and ore-forming (hydrothermally deposited) elements, a division that is supported by the results of factor analyses. The spatial distribution of elements is jointly affected by contact with host rocks, the boundary of oxide-sulfide ores and fault zones. The main factors governing the distribution of elements are the mechanical transfer of detrital sediments, chemical sedimentation, transfer by hydrothermal fluids, oxidation and surface dissolution, all of which affected the spatial distribution of elements. The ore-forming elements are mostly affected by hydrothermal fluids and oxidation. This study not only provides additional information about the genesis of the Mehdiabad deposit, but also could assist in the exploitation of ore and further exploration purposes. The results of this study can aid in the exploration and exploitation of the Mehdiabad deposit and similar deposits in the region.     

黔东北地区MVT型铅锌矿床闪锌矿Rb-Sr定年及其地质意义

贵州东北部是中国著名的MVT型铅锌成矿带,长期以来,由于缺少精确成矿同位素年代学数据,对该区矿床成矿类型及其成矿作用的争议较大。文章对铜仁市下寒武统清虚洞组中的卜口场铅锌矿床和中寒武统敖溪组中的大硐喇汞锌矿床进行了同位素年代学研究,获得了闪锌矿的Rb-Sr等时线年龄,分别为(349.6±9.1)Ma(MSWD=0.51,n=5)和(349.2±5.2)Ma(MSWD=0.031,n=4),两个矿床闪锌矿的共同Rb-Sr等时线年龄为(348.6±1.9)Ma(MSWD=0.46,n=9),初始值(87 Sr/86 Sr)i为0.7095。Rb-Sr同位素测年结果表明,黔东北地区不同碳酸盐地层中铅锌、汞矿床的成矿时代是一致的,均为后生矿床类型,其成矿物质可能主要来源于包括震旦系碳酸盐岩在内的下伏地层。区内铅锌、汞矿床在加里东运动后期至华力西运动早期,华夏板块与扬子板块后碰撞过程中,可能与保铜玉深大断裂(中元古代末期上扬子古陆与江南古陆结合带,即最重要的控矿因素)的继续活化、扭动、撕裂紧密相关。     

Regional stratigraphy and distribution of epigenetic stratabound celestine, fluorite, barite and Pb–Zn deposits in the MVT province of northeastern Mexico

Northeastern Mexico hosts numerous epigenetic stratabound carbonate-hosted low-temperature hydrothermal deposits of celestine, fluorite, barite and zinc-lead, which formed by replacement of Mesozoic evaporites or carbonate rocks. Such deposits can be permissively catalogued as Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits. The deposits studied in the state of Coahuila are associated with granitic and metasedimentary basement highs (horsts) marginal or central to the Mesozoic Sabinas Basin. These horsts controlled the stratigraphy of the Mesozoic basins and subsequently influenced the Laramide structural pattern. The Sabinas Basin consists of ~6,000-m-thick Jurassic to Cretaceous siliciclastic, carbonate and evaporitic series. The MVT deposits are mostly in Barremian and in Aptian-Albian to Cenomanian formations and likely formed from basinal brines that were mobilized during the Laramide orogeny, although earlier diagenetic replacement of evaporite layers (barite and celestine deposits) and lining of paleokarstic cavities in reef carbonates (Zn–Pb deposits) is observed. Fluid inclusion microthermometry and isotopic studies suggest ore formation due to mixing of basinal brines and meteoric water. Homogenization temperatures of fluid inclusions range from 45°C to 210°C; salinities range from 0 to 26 wt.% NaCl equiv., and some inclusions contain hydrocarbons or bitumen. Sulfur isotope data suggest that most of the sulfur in barite and celestine is derived from Barremian to Cenomanian evaporites. Regional geology and a compilation of metallogenic features define the new MVT province of northeastern Mexico, which comprises most of the state of Coahuila and portions of the neighboring states of Nuevo León, Durango and, perhaps extends into Zacatecas and southern Texas. This province exhibits a regional metal zonation, with celestine deposits to the south, fluorite deposits to the north and barite and Zn–Pb deposits mostly in the central part.     

贵州习水洞子沟铅锌矿床闪锌矿微量元素特征与成因

贵州习水县洞子沟铅锌矿床位于桑木场背斜核部,矿体呈层状、似层状、脉状产出于灯影组白云岩中,矿石矿物以闪锌矿为主,脉石矿物主要为重晶石、白云石。对单矿物的微量元素ICP-MS分析结果表明,该矿床闪锌矿相对富集Cu、Zn、Pb、Ba、Ga、Ag、Ge等元素,而Mn、Fe、Cd、In、Mo、Se、Tl等相对较贫,其Ga/In(118.83~968.33)、Ge/In(471.88~14079.40),Zn/Cd(196.94~246.27),Zn/Fe(24.67~384.95)比值相似于中低温铅锌矿床闪锌矿,暗示其形成于中低温环境。总体上,洞子沟铅锌矿床闪锌矿微量元素组成特征与喷流沉积型、岩浆热液型铅锌矿床区别明显,而与一些典型MVT型铅锌矿(如马元铅锌矿、大梁子铅锌矿、天桥铅锌矿等)类似,结合该矿床地质特征,本文认为洞子沟铅锌矿成因类型属于非典型的MVT类型。