In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: The Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb deposit,North China

The Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb deposit in northern China is the world's largest light REE deposit, and also contains considerable amounts of iron and niobium metals. Although there are numerous studies on the REE mineralization, the origin of the Fe mineralization is not well known. Laser ablation (LA) ICP-MS is used to obtain trace elements of Fe oxides in order to better understand the process involved in the formation of magnetite and hematite associated with the formation of the giant REE deposit. There are banded, disseminated and massive Fe ores with variable amounts of magnetite and hematite at Bayan Obo. Magnetite and hematite from the same ores show similar REE patterns and have similar Mg, Ti, V, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Ga, Sn, and Ba contents, indicating a similar origin. Magnetite grains from the banded ores have Al + Mn and Ti + V contents similar to those of banded iron formations (BIF), whereas those from the disseminated and massive ores have Al + Mn and Ti + V contents similar to those of skarn deposits and other types of magmatic-hydrothermal deposits. Magnetite grains from the banded ores with a major gangue mineral of barite have the highest REE contents and show slight moderate REE enrichment, whereas those from other types of ores show light REE enrichment, indicating two stages of REE mineralization associated with Fe mineralization. The Bayan Obo deposit had multiple sources for Fe and REEs. It is likely that sedimentary carbonates provided original REEs and were metasomatized by REE-rich hydrothermal fluids to form the giant REE deposit.     

庐枞盆地龙桥铁矿床中菱铁矿的地质特征和成因意义

龙桥铁矿床是庐枞火山岩盆地中的一个大型的铁矿床,多年来对其矿床成因的认识存在较大的争论.文章在野外地质研究工作的基础上,通过对矿床中菱铁矿的岩矿分析鉴定和电子探针测试,确定了矿床纹层状矿石中的菱铁矿为沉积成因.通过对菱铁矿的产出特征分析,并结合龙桥铁矿床的部分地质地球化学研究成果,认为在该矿床形成过程中,早期沉积形成了纹层状的菱铁矿层,在燕山期的岩浆热事件中,部分沉积菱铁矿被交代形成了磁铁矿和具有残余骸晶结构等一系列矿石交代组构特征的矿物.纹层状矿石既具有沉积特征,也具有热液改造特征,证实了矿床的形成存在早期(三叠纪)的沉积成矿(菱铁矿)作用和晚期(燕山期)的热液成矿(磁铁矿)作用.菱铁矿的研究为进一步确定龙桥铁矿床的成因提供了新的佐证.     

Comparative data on the volatile component composition of magma

Ferrihydrite (2.5 Fe₂O₂-4.5 H₂O) is an unstable colloidal mineral. It dissolves in highly alkaline solutions and is precipitated from them in the form of goethite. Jarosite is stable at very low pH but is decomposed at higher values of pH with separation of iron oxides. Experiments show that in rapid decomposition of jarosite a protohematite substance, ferrihydrite, is formed. This transformation occurs at moderate pH values when solutions percolate through the aggregates of jarosite. Ferrihydrite, an unstable colloidal hydrated oxide of ferric iron, changes spontaneously to stable hematite with time. Very slow decomposition of jarosite results in its replacement by iron hydroxide, goethite. Under laboratory conditions in alkaline solutions lepidocrocite may be obtained from jarosite. The synthesis of this iron hydroxide passes through a stage of intermediate products: ferrihydrite and hydrated ferric oxide - ferriprotolepidocrocite, formed by solution of ferrihydrite in strongly alkaline solutions. The transformation of ferriprotolepidocrocite into lepidocrocite may be regarded as a topotactic reaction. —Authors.     

辽宁弓长岭铁矿床磁铁矿稀土元素特征及其地质意义

辽宁弓长岭铁矿床是我国著名的沉积变质型铁矿床,其二矿区的磁铁富矿达大型规模,属国内之最.为探讨弓长岭铁矿床铁矿的物质来源、形成环境和富矿成因,本文以二矿区六个铁矿体的贫铁矿石和富铁矿石中磁铁矿单矿物为研究对象,利用电感耦合等离子体质谱进行了系统的稀土元素测试.结果表明,所有样品中磁铁矿的稀土元素总量(∑REEs)和Y具有非常一致的特征:稀土元素总量较低,Y/Ho比值较高;经太古界后平均澳大利亚页岩( PAAS)标准化呈现重稀土相对富集、轻稀土相对亏损的分馏模式,大部分呈现La正异常,所有样品都有明显的Eu和Y正异常,这些特征表明研究区的磁铁矿成矿物质主要来源于海底高温热液和海水;虽然磁铁矿的Ce/Ce*为0.69～ 0.97,但大多数样品缺乏真正意义的Ce负异常,这暗示其沉积于还原的海水环境;富铁矿石磁铁矿的稀土元素总量和Eu含量明显高于贫铁矿石的磁铁矿,而且含富矿的上含铁带Eu异常明显较高,表明富铁矿石磁铁矿具有更明显的热液特征,是在贫铁矿石的基础上受热液活动形成的.     

黑龙江虎林四平山热泉型金矿床地质特征及成矿模式

四平山热泉型金矿床产于环太平洋成矿带的完达山脉东麓。金矿体赋存于白垩系上统大塔山林场组和四平山组地层的硅化带中。岩石化学,氢、氧、硫同位素地球化学及围岩蚀变特征等研究表明: 该矿床的成矿流体成分中既有大气降水,也有岩浆水的加入,以大气水为主,具有岩浆水与大气降水的双重性质; 成矿物质主要来源于地下岩浆热液的分异,少量来源于高背景的围岩; 成矿热源来自于岩浆的余热。结合该矿床产出的构造环境建立了该矿床的成矿模型。     

贵州水银洞金矿构造蚀变体稀土元素地球化学特征

水银洞金矿构造蚀变体(SBT)为产出于茅口租(P2m)和龙潭组(P3l)之间不整合面上的一套强硅化灰岩、灰岩角砾岩、硅化粘土岩组合.呆用ICP-MS测定钻孔岩芯中构造蚀变体样品稀土元素组成,对比研究SBT围岩、区域岩浆岩及现代海底热水系统流体稀土元素组成.结果显示,SBT的轻重稀土分馏明显[LREE/HREE=4.92～17.51,(La/Yb)N=5.94～38.37],曲线右倾型;轻稀土分异明显,曲线右倾程度大;重稀土分异不明显,曲线平坦;负Eu(0.61～0.94)、Ce(0.52～1.07)异常明显;SBT及围岩均具有明显W型稀土元素四分组效应,而不同于区域岩浆岩和现代海底热水系统流体,表明热液流体来源以壳源为主.     

中国南方典型宁乡式铁矿沉积特征与成矿机制分析

宁乡式铁矿是我国南方最具代表性的沉积型铁矿,为了探讨其沉积特征与成矿机制,本文借助偏光显微镜、扫描电子显微镜和TESCAN综合矿物分析仪,选取采自桂东北、鄂西成矿区的若干矿石样品进行岩石学和沉积学研究,深入剖析铁质鲕粒的显微组构和地球化学特征。结果显示宁乡式铁矿为混积岩,具有典型的鲕状结构,可划分为砂岩型、灰岩型和混合型等三种类型,赋存于中泥盆统信都组、上泥盆统黄家磴组和写经寺组地层中,含矿岩系总体为一套砂岩、泥页岩和泥灰岩组合,形成于区域海侵背景下的滨海、滨–浅海转换带;矿石中铁质鲕粒形态多样,粒径多集中于0.2～0.5 mm,少数铁质鲕粒的矿物相和主量元素呈圈层状分布,核心可为石英或生物碎屑充填,外部为赤铁矿、鲕绿泥石及胶磷矿环带互层。研究表明矿石的形成可划分为成矿物质准备期、铁质鲕粒形成期和铁矿沉积期三个阶段,强烈的古陆风化作用提供了成矿物质来源,成矿物质在机械沉积作用、胶体化学沉积作用和生物沉积作用下富集并沉淀,期间经历了复杂的氧化还原过程,最终压实固结为宁乡式铁矿。     

西昆仑赞坎铁矿地质和地球化学特征及矿床类型探讨

赞坎铁矿位于西昆仑造山带塔什库尔干地块西段,是近年新发现的一个大型沉积变质型磁铁矿床。铁矿体的顶一底板围岩分别为古元古代布伦阔勒群斜长角闪片岩和黑云母石英片岩;矿区南部出露早古生代花岗岩岩体;矿石类型以条带状及浸染状磁铁矿石为主,兼具少量块状磁铁矿石。在详细矿区地质观察的基础上,本文报道了矿石的地球化学特征与锆石U-Pb年代学分析结果。元素地球化学分析表明,条带状铁矿石具有较高的稀土总量,明显富集轻稀土,未呈现明显Ce和Y元素的异常(Ce/Ce~*=0.93~1.12、Y/Y~*=0.74~1.30);部分矿石显示Eu正异常(Eu/Eu~*=1.66~4.46),稀土配分形式与沉积变质型铁矿相似。矿体围岩变粒岩锆石U-Pb年龄为2 416±54 Ma,大致反映沉积铁矿的形成时代,而807±51 Ma的年龄反映变质作用时代。矿区一有铁矿捕虏体的花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄为504±26 Ma。该期花岗岩的侵入对铁矿有明显的改造和叠加作用。     

云南省鹅头厂含铜铁矿床的地质特征、成矿作用和找矿前景探讨

鹅头厂含铜铁矿床对位于康滇地轴中部，矿体受地层、岩性、构造、火山岩和次火山岩控制。分为三个矿群。矿石的矿物组成简单。矿石以富铁、含铜、高硫、高磷为特点。成矿地球化学研究显示出热水成矿特点，属火山热水沉积一次火山热液改造成因。矿区北部的铜厂箐一带具有很好的找矿前景。     

Debate about ironstone: has solute supply been surficial weathering,hydrothermal convection,or exhalation of deep fluids?

Ironstone is any chemical sedimentary rock with > 15% Fe. An iron formation is a stratigraphic unit which is composed largely of ironstone. The solutes which have precipitated to become ironstone have dissolved from the Earth's surface, from the upper crust, e.g. the basaltic layer of oceanic crust, or from deeper within the Earth. Genetic modellers generally choose between surficial weathering, e.g. soil formation, and hydrothermal fluids which have convected through the upper kilometre of oceanic crust. Most genetic modellers attribute cherty laminated iron formations to hydrothermal convection and noncherty oolitic iron formations to surficial weathering. However, both types of iron formations are attributable to the exhalation of fluids from a source region too deep for convection of seawater. Evidence for a deep source of ferriferous fluids comes from a comparison of ancient ironstone with modern ferriferous sediment in coastal Venezuela. A deep-source origin for ironstone has wide-ranging implications for the origins of other chemical sedimentary ores, e.g. phosphorite, manganostone, bedded magnesite, sedimentary uranium ore, various karst-filling ores, and even petroleum. Preliminary study of a modern oolitic iron deposit described herein suggests that the source of iron and silica to iron formations may have been even deeper than envisioned within most hydrothermal convection models.     

Aridic crusts and vein mineralisations in the playa Areg el Makrzene, South Tunisia

The playa Areg el Makrzene is situated in the north of the escarpment of the Djebel Rehach in southern Tunisia. It is characterised by more than 70 spring mounds which are bound to faults in the Triassic sandstone, and by (sub-) recent calcareous and iron hydroxide precipitations. The artesian spring water contains high amounts of Na⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺ and Cl⁻, SO₄²⁻, and HCO₃, shows slightly alkaline character and a temperature of 25 °C. The spring mounds consist of porous travertine (calcite), goethite, gypsum and of Na–Mg evaporites and are up to 10 m high. Few metres away from the springs the amorphous iron hydroxides have altered to badly ordered goethite and ferrihydrite and finally to well ordered goethite. The muddy precipitate has altered to hard crusts (calcrete, ferricrete). The source of the precipitated material is discussed.

The faults in the sandstone are filled with (hydr-)oxides of iron and manganese, e.g. with goethite, hollandite and pyrolusite. The amount of Mn-oxides may reach 60 mass%.     

宁芜和尚桥铁氧化物-磷灰石矿床(IOA)成矿过程研究:来自磁铁矿LA-ICP-MS原位分析的证据

铁氧化物-磷灰石矿床(IOA)是全球铁矿资源重要的供给矿床类型之一,受到国内外科研和矿产开采工作者的广泛关注。对铁氧化物-磷灰石矿床研究的争议主要集中在矿床成因上,即岩浆成因或者热液成因。作为一类具有多阶段成矿作用的矿床,IOA型矿床很难用热液或者矿浆成因予以简单概括,需要动态地看待成矿作用。和尚桥铁矿床是一个大型的铁氧化物-磷灰石(IOA)矿床,位于中国东部长江中下游多金属成矿带宁芜矿集区中。和尚桥铁矿床成矿作用含有三个清晰的磁铁矿矿化阶段,分别形成浸染状(Mt1)、角砾状(Mt2)和脉状(Mt3)矿石。对各阶段磁铁矿矿石中磁铁矿进行激光剥蚀等离子质谱(LA-ICP-MS)微区成分测试。在成矿过程中,从早到晚,磁铁矿表现出了从具有岩浆成因特征向具有热液成因特征的方向演化。磁铁矿中Mg和Al含量升高,Cr含量先降低后略微升高,Mn、Co、Ni和V含量先降低后升高,Mo和Sn含量先升高后降低的趋势,表明成矿过程中各阶段围岩及大气水对成矿流体的贡献不一。结合前人研究成果,我们认为和尚桥铁矿床中磁铁矿铁质的来源与安山质侵入岩密切相关,可能来源于岩浆不混溶作用形成的铁质富集流体(熔体),磁铁矿在高温热液环境中结晶沉淀。成矿过程具有多阶段性,推测在各成矿阶段间隙,富铁流体得到富集,同时地层物质不断的加入并导致了磁铁矿成分显示出越来越多的热液成因信息,地层物质(特别是膏盐层)对成矿过程起到了重要的控制作用。     

西天山查岗诺尔铁矿矿床地质特征及矿床成因研究

查岗诺尔铁矿区位于西天山伊犁地块东北缘博罗科努山系的主脊线上,属中天山北缘活动陆缘带.该矿区位于破火山口的西北缘,矿体产状受火山穹窿构造的制约.赋矿围岩为下石炭统大哈拉军山组安山岩及安山质火山碎屑岩.该矿床的成矿期可划分为矿浆期和热液期,隐爆作用伴随成矿全过程.矿浆成矿期形成了浮渣状、斑点状、致密块状、贯入角砾岩状和阴...     

Uranium isotopic evidence for the origin of the Bahariya iron deposits, Egypt

The economic iron ore deposits of Egypt are located at Bahariya Oasis in the Lower Middle Eocene limestone. The main iron minerals are goethite, hematite, siderite, pyrite, and jarosite. Manganese minerals are pyrolusite and manganite. Gangue minerals are barite, glauconite, gibbsite, alunite, quartz, halite, kaolinite, illite, smectite, palygorskite, and halloysite. Geochemical comparison between the ore and the Nubia sandstone showed that the ore is depleted in the residual elements (Al, Ti, V, and Ni) and enriched in the mobile elements (Fe, Mn, Zn, Ba, and U) which indicates that the Bahariya iron ore is not a lateritic deposit despite the deep weathering in this area. On the other hand, the Nubia sandstone showed depletion in the mobile elements, which demonstrates the leaching process in the Nubia Aquifer. The presence of such indicator minerals as jarosite, alunite, glauconite, gibbsite, palygorskite, and halloysite indicate that the ore was deposited under strong acidic conditions in fresh water.Isotopic analyses of the uranium in the amorphous and crystalline phases of the ore, in the country rocks, and dissolved in the Nubia Aquifer water, all support the conclusion that U and Fe were precipitated together from warm ascending groundwater. U and Fe display strong co-variation in the ore, and the ²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratio of the newly precipitated U in the country rock and the leached component of U in the groundwater are identical. There is only slightly more uranium in the amorphous phase than in the crystalline and only a slightly lower ²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratio, suggesting that the iron in the two phases have a similar origin. Comparison of the excess ²³⁴U in the water and in the total ore leads to the conclusion that the precipitation of the U, and by inference the iron, occurred within the last million years. However, that both precipitation and leaching of U have occurred over the last 300,000 years is evidenced by the extreme ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U disequilibria observed in some of the samples. Some of the amorphous depositional events have been very recent, perhaps within the last 10,000 years.     

陕西山阳县黑色岩系中中村—银花钒矿床地质特征

秦岭黑色岩系中带的钒矿构成超大型规模,中村-银花钒矿是大型钒矿的典型代表,产于下寒武统水沟口组中段硅质板岩-泥板岩-粘土质泥板岩岩性转换过渡层位中.矿石根据岩性划分为硅板岩型、粘土质泥板岩型和硅质泥板岩型3种类型.矿层延长及厚度稳定,V2O5品位为0.70%～1.17%.研究查明,钒与粘土质、泥质板岩密切相关,钒在粘土泥板岩中相对富集.钒与铝、钾、铁存在较密切的地球化学共生关系.钒以钒酸盐、磷酸盐及吸附状态存在于高岭石、水云母中.研究认为,含钒黑色岩系是扬子大陆向华北大陆俯冲启动下,于早寒武世扬子大陆北缘斜坡出现在拉伸裂谷式沉积环境,发育滞留深水环境下的炭-泥-灰-重晶石-硅质含钒沉积建造,含钒的炭质硅板岩-炭质泥板岩层具有热水沉积产物的特征.     

Investigation on mineralogy,geochemistry and fluid inclusions of the Goushti hydrothermal magnetite deposit,Fars Province,SW Iran: A comparison with IOCGs

The Goushti iron deposit from Dehbid area located in the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic Belt (SSB), SW Iran is hosted by the Early Mesozoic silicified dolomite. Mineralized zones are lithostructurally controlled and oriented NW-SE parallel to the Zagros Orogenic Belt (ZOB). Magnetite, the major ore mineral, occurs as open space fillings and is accompanied by the secondary mineral phases hematite, goethite and martite. Gangue minerals mainly include quartz, dolomite and K-feldspar are associated with minor hydrosilicates. Calc-silicates such as wollastonite and diopside, minerals typical of skarns, are virtually absent from the ore zones. Fe₂O₃ content in the mineralized zones varies in the range of 38–75 wt%. The concentrations of Au, Cu, P, Ti, Cr and V as well as Co/Ni, Cr/V, (LREE)/(HREE), Eu/Sm and La/Lu values and Eu-Ce anomalies of the studied ores indicate that the Goushti deposit is a hydrothermal magnetite type. The subvolcanic rhyolite and basalt in this area are regarded as the source of iron and heat in the mineralizing system. The fluid inclusion data showed that magnetite deposited from the ore-bearing fluid with salinities 1–7 wt% NaCl equivalent at temperatures of 130–200 °C. A decrease in temperature and pressure, supplemented by fluid mixing, is the major controlling factor in iron oxide precipitation. The field relationships and mineralogical–geochemical characteristics of iron ores indicate that the Goushti hydrothermal deposit could not be classified as a member of the IOCG (Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold) deposits.     

论安徽省姑山铁矿床的热液成矿特征

姑山铁矿床产在燕山期辉石闪长岩与中三叠统黄马青组砂页岩的接触带上。矿石具有典型的斑状、球颗状和骨架状结构。镜下研究表明,这些结构不是矿浆结晶的产物,而是热液成因微晶赤铁矿在后期地质过程中发生变晶生长所致。矿床中的蚀变和矿化自下而上呈现规律性的分带。碳酸盐化是特征性的蚀变类型,其形成与成矿密切有关,并可作为一种近矿找矿标志。在热液成矿过程中,辉石闪长岩中的铁很可能以羰基络合物的形式发生活化转移。在热液演化过程中由于氧逸度的升高和碱度、压力的降低,羰基络合物发生分解而使铁在接触带附近沉淀成矿。     

Geochemistry and petrography of REE-bearing Fe-oxide assemblages in Choghart iron deposit,Yazd, Iran

The Choghart magnetite-apatite deposit situated in the Bafq district, Central Iran, has been scrutinized for rare earth elements (REEs) by precise geochemical investigation. The Central Iran is a susceptible area of rare earth elements. One of the Choghart’s prominent points is the existence of hydrothermal zones which made prediction of REEs occurrence within the deposit possible. Choghart is placed within felsic volcanic tuffs, rhyolitic rocks, and volcanic sedimentary sections belonging to the lower Cambrian. Abundance and distribution pattern of REEs in Choghart iron deposits reveal a part of deposit formation and its mineralogical modifications. Petrography and mineralogy of the ore body demonstrated two main types of alterations (sodic and calcic) associated with iron ore mineralization in Choghart deposit. The main ore includes a large quantity of massive magnetite in the lower part of Choghart deposit. The minor mineralization involves apatite, pyrite, alkaline amphibole, especially actinolite and tremolite, calcite, talc, quart, monazite, and bastnasite. Geochemical sampling from north–northeast (N-NE) side of the mine denotes the presence of these elements in hydrothermal zones. Statistical populations of the area were categorized by fractal geometry into four main differentiations: host rock type (albitofyre), iron, metasomatose, phosphate zones, and a subset of the phosphate zone which is named high iron high phosphate type. REEs like lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, and niobium constitute the most quantity of Choghart. Deposit characteristics demonstrate its similarity to Kiruna type. The significant feature of iron oxide-apatite deposits of Kiruna ore type is the existence of monazite inclusions within apatite. These inclusions were also observed within apatite type I and II of Choghart mineralization. Moreover, REEs geochemistry in Choghart deposit was identified by investigation on geochemical data analyses. The analysis represents negative Eu anomaly and further enrichment of light REEs compared to the heavy ones. Chondrite normalized REEs patterns are defined by negative anomalies of Eu, which is the main characteristic of Kiruna ore type. The results showed that REEs concentration in phosphate zone, as a high absorption of REEs, is much higher than metsomatose, albitofyre, and iron zones. REEs distribution in N-NE side of the mine indicated that the contact of iron ore with tailings in N-NW side of the mine leads REEs to be enriched nearly 1% , as well as that of NE with high contents of REEs 1.5% ), which is very significant.     

The Geology and Geochemistry of Porphyrite Iron Deposits in the Nanjing_Wuhu Area,Southeast China

For the iron deposits occurring in andesitic volcaic rocks of the Lower Yangtze Area.the genetic model for porphyrite iron deposits was proposed by chinese geologists more than ten years ago on the basis of their detailed studies in the Nanjing-Wuhu Basin.It comprises a set of deposits of different genetic types ranging from late magmatic segregation ,ore-magma injection,pneumato-hydatogenetic replacing and hydrothermal filling as well as sedimentary origin.The deposits are closely connected with the gabbro-diorite porphyrite subvolcanic intrusive bodies both in space and in genesis.Miner4alization and wall-rock alteration are consistent with the history of the magmatic evolution.Geochemical studies on trace elements and S,O,Sr isotopes have proved that the porphyrite iron deposits are of magmatic origin,The proposed model may be applied to iron ores associated with andesitic volcanites,for example,in Chile,Mexico,Pakistan,Turkey,etc.     

东昆仑中东段驼路沟钴（金）矿床钠铁矾的识别及其指示意义

黄钾铁矾族矿物是干旱地区硫化物矿床氧化带中常见的表生矿物,是重要的示矿标志,其详细研究可以为解剖与之相关矿床的次生富集过程提供重要依据。东昆仑中东段驼路沟钴（金）矿床主要出露一套纳赤台群哈拉巴依组变火山-沉积岩,其中的石英钠长石岩是重要的含矿主岩,前人认为其为一套热水喷流沉积岩,并由此提出驼路沟为喷流沉积型钴（金）矿床。文章重点选择矿区内玉女沟矿段的黄褐色-赤红色土状-块状破碎氧化带为研究对象,通过野外地质调查、显微观察、扫描电镜、全成分分析、电子探针和X射线衍射技术,揭示氧化带中主要矿物有钠铁矾、白云母、钠长石、石英、石膏和赤铁矿,其中以钠铁矾发育为显著特征。矿区发育的黄铁矿和石英钠长岩在氧化淋滤过程中析出的S、Fe、Na为钠铁矾的形成提供了物质来源,钠铁矾可作为指示高原干旱地区热水喷流沉积型矿床氧化带的标型矿物。