Mineralogical and geochemical studies of boron-rich bauxite ore deposits in the Songqi region,SW Henan,China |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China;2. Guizhou Geological Survey, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550005, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China;2. The Bureau of Geo-exploration Guangxi and Mineral Development, Nanning 530023, China;1. Center for Electron Nanoscopy, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;2. Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15784 Athens, Greece;3. Department of Geology & Mineral Engineering, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway;4. Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece;5. ANKA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany;6. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany;7. KU Leuven, Department of Materials Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium;8. Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;1. Geological Survey of Montenegro, Naselje Kruševac bb, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro;2. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Đušina 7, Belgrade 11000, Serbia;3. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Belgrade 11000, Serbia |
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| Abstract: | The Songqi region, SW Henan, is an important bauxite province in China. The bauxite ore deposits occur unconformably on the top of Middle Ordovician argillaceous carbonates. The bauxite ores from the Songqi region are characterized by unusually high boron contents. In this paper, we report the mineralogical and chemical compositions of selected bauxite ores from the region. These new data, together with existing geochemical data of soils in the region, are used to evaluate the origin of boron enrichment in the bauxite ores. The compositional characteristics of tourmaline in the bauxite ores suggests that this mineral was likely derived from a meta-sedimentary protolith. Mass balance calculation reveals that tourmaline only accounts for a small portion of boron in the bauxite ores; the majority of boron in the ores must occur in other forms, possibly by ion absorption on the surfaces of diaspore and clay minerals. In the Songqi region, the Precambrian meta-sedimentary rocks are known to contain abundant tourmalines whereas the Cambrian–Ordovician argillaceous carbonates and the Upper Proterozoic shales are all enriched in boron in free ion state. We suggest that these rocks provided tourmaline and boron ion to the bauxite deposits in the region. Most known bauxite deposits in the Songqi region occur at the margins of boron-rich soil domains, suggesting that boron in soils is a potential exploration indicator for unknown bauxite deposits in this region. |
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