International symposium on mineralization related to mafic and ultramafic rocks

International symposium on mineralization related to mafic and ultramafic rocks     

Isotopic constraints on the origin of ultramafic and mafic dikes in the Balmuccia peridotite (Ivrea Zone)

The Balmuccia peridotite massif in the central Ivrea Zone constitutes an upper mantle slice which has been tectonically emplaced into the crust. It represents the residue from partial melting of undepleted mantle material and varies in composition from lherzolite to harzburgite and subordinate dunite. Dikes of websterite and gabbroic pods within the peridotite can be subdivided into an older Crdiopside suite and a younger Al-augite suite. Nd isotopic data on whole rocks of these lithotypes in combination with independent observations suggest that the dikes formed during a Hercynian event about 270 Ma ago. The rocks of the Cr-diopside dikes, in particular, display isotopic signatures similar to those of the lherzolite and represent fractionates from partial melts derived from the lherzolite wall rock. The Sm-Nd data of the pyroxenites and gabbros of the Al-augite suite, in contrast, scatter widely and suggest that partial melting of lherzolite was triggered or at least accompanied by introduction of fluids and/or liquid phases. These fluids or liquids carried exotic isotopic components from elsewhere in the crust-mantle complex, and deposited them within the rocks by metasomatic reactions. Two distinct types of metasomatism must have operated not only within the Balmuccia body, but also in the complex of Finero: The first type of metasomatism introduced mantle-derived volatiles and is responsible for formation of amphibole. The other type has a crustal source and led to formation of phlogopite, which occurs mainly within mantle rocks of Finero, but occasionally, within the Balmuccia body also.     

Differentiation processes in an unusual iron-rich alumina-poor Archean ultramafic/mafic igneous body,Ontario

Detailed field and petrographic observation and geochemical study of the Boston Creek ferropicrite (BCF), a layered Fe-rich Al-poor Archean ultramafic igneous body, has yielded important insight into the controls on differentiation processes in ferropicrite liquids. Presence of flow top breccia, spinifex, vesicles (amygdules), and altered glass together with chert on its top, and the fact that it is in direct contact with pillowed and massive basalt flows, strongly suggest an effusive origin. Anomalous thickness (30 m) of the spinifex-textured layer compared to thick and differentiated komatiitic basalt and typical tholeiitic basalt flows of similar magnesium contents results from the great abundance of Ca, Fe and Mg relative to Al and high contents of volatiles in the parental liquids and supercooling-induced rapid crystallization, which together increased the interval of clinopyroxene crystallization. Relatively anomalous lithological (clinopyroxenite to diorite), textural (pegmatitiic to fine-grained), and geochemical (Mg-numbers between 45 and <20) complexity in the gabbroic layer results from the high volatile content of the parental liquids and the crystallization of Fe-Ti oxide prior to plagioclase, and consequent displacement, mixing, and entrapment of low-density, volatile-enriched residual liquids. Variations in the development of pegmatite, liquid segregation pockets, and PGE mineralization in the gabbroic layer along strike reflect variations in the extent of within-flow displacement, migration, and mixing of residual liquids.     

基性岩脉与金成矿的关系

基性岩脉是大陆伸展背景下,主要来自陆下软流圈或地幔岩石圈的岩浆侵入岩体.大量研究成果表明基性岩脉发育与金矿脉在空间展布、构造格局和形成时间具有紧密依存关系,虽然对基性岩脉是否为金矿脉提供金源尚无统一定论,但是根据基性岩脉与金矿化紧密的时空关系,基性岩脉可以作为找金矿的良好标志.     

山东中生代基性脉岩的元素地球化学及其成因

研究区脉岩 SiO2含量变化范围为 48.63%～ 56.02% ,岩性上以煌斑岩、辉绿岩和辉长岩为主 ,以富集轻稀土元素 (LREE)和大离子亲石元素 (LILE)、亏损重稀土元素 (HREE)和高场强元素 (HFSE)为特征.主元素和微量元素研究表明 ,基性脉岩源区存在明显的地壳混染作用和少量富碳酸岩交代作用,该交代作用可能与扬子下地壳物质的参与有关.     

湖北枣阳大阜山镁铁/超镁铁杂岩体与金红石矿床成因

湖北省北部枣阳市境内的大阜山镁铁/超镁铁杂岩体主要由未变质的纯橄岩和橄长岩组成,伴生变质的石榴石角闪石岩、石榴石钠黝帘石角闪石岩和角闪石钠黝帘石岩.杂岩体的围岩为大理岩.该岩体中的金红石矿床产于变质的石榴石角闪石岩或蚀变的石榴石角闪石岩中.橄长岩中锆石SHRIMP U-Pb同位素定年结果表明镁铁/超镁铁质岩体的成岩年龄约为600Ma.变质的岩石和未变质的岩石几乎具有完全相同的地球化学特征,表明前者的原岩应为橄长岩,整个岩体是一个分异的镁铁/超镁铁侵入体.金红石赋存于角闪石解理中等岩相特征表明矿床的含矿岩石就是石榴石角闪石岩,不是由石榴石辉石岩退变质形成的;且其中的石榴石为钙铁榴石,不是富镁、富铝的与高压/超高压作用有关的石榴石.金红石矿床的形成和岩体的局部变质应该与由北向南的近水平推覆构造有关,动力变质作用提供的热和流体,结合推覆过程中的变形作用,导致围岩大理岩和镁铁质岩体发生交代作用,形成石榴石角闪石岩和金红石矿床.     

闽西晚中生代基性岩脉的地球化学研究

对闽西三个地区基性岩脉的地球化学研究发现,该区域的基性岩脉为亚碱性岩石系列,具有高 Al、低 Ti、Na2O > K2O的特征;相对富集大离子亲石元素,亏损高强场元素.半村辉绿岩脉和拔里角闪辉长岩脉以 Nb、Ta、Ti负异常为特征,林子坟辉长辉绿岩脉具有 Nb、Ta负异常和 Ti弱正异常.半村和拔里的岩脉稀土元素总量高,明显富集轻稀土元素,(La/Yb)N=6.8～8.4;林子坟的岩脉稀土元素总量相对较低,轻稀土元素弱富集,(La/Yb)N=2.0.结合基性岩脉的地球化学特征和区域构造演化分析,初步认为半村和拔里的基性岩脉来自与俯冲作用有关的富大离子亲石元素流体交代的富集地幔;林子坟基性岩脉是软流圈地幔部分熔融的产物,地壳混染作用是其相对富集大离子亲石元素的原因.结合玄武岩构造环境判别图解可知,半村和拔里岩脉具有的大陆边缘弧的特征并不指示基性岩脉形成的构造环境,而是说明其源区受到俯冲板片派生出来的流体交代作用.半村和拔里岩脉形成于大陆板内拉张带,林子坟岩脉形成于板内裂谷环境.与华南其他地区的基性岩脉对比表明,虽然晚中生代华南地区处于拉张的构造背景下,但是岩脉形成的构造环境与微量元素地球化学特征均有明显的差异,反映了各地区构造环境演变和地幔演化的复杂性.     

基性和超基性岩蛇纹石化的机理及成矿潜力

蛇纹石化是指基性岩（例如玄武岩）和超基性岩（橄榄岩、科马提岩等）在中、低温条件下产生的含蛇纹石的水热蚀变。蛇纹石化可以出现在不同的地质构造环境中,例如大洋底、扩张洋脊和俯冲带。蛇纹石化的特别之处在于：蛇纹石化过程中产生氢气,这可能解释地球早期生命起源的问题;蛇纹石化生成磁铁矿;蛇纹石富水（可达13%）;蛇纹石富Cl、Li、Sr、As等元素。蛇纹石在高温下（>700℃）脱水形成橄榄石,Li、Sr、As等元素富集在流体中,流体交代地幔楔可改变地幔的微量元素组成。此外,铁矿、金矿和银矿等可赋存于蛇纹岩中,矿床的形成可能和基性或超基性岩的蛇纹石化相关。本文从以下4个方面探讨蛇纹石化的机理：（1）蛇纹石化的产物,主要介绍和蛇纹石化相关的热液流体的组成,蛇纹石化过程中产生氢气的量,利蛇纹石、纤蛇纹石和叶蛇纹石的形成条件,水镁石的形成条件,以及磁铁矿的形成;（2）蛇纹石化的反应速率;（3）蛇纹石化过程中元素的迁移;（4）蛇纹石化的成矿潜力。     

中国东南部中生代基性岩脉时空分布与形成机理

中国东南部发育的基性岩脉见于中生代各个时期,其年龄从内陆至沿海逐渐变新,与区内花岗岩年龄有相同的变化趋势,但两者活动高峰期不重合。基性岩脉主要发育于花岗岩体内部的拉裂带,鲜见穿过花岗岩上方或周围的沉积变质盖层。中生代各时期的基性岩脉与相应时期的中酸性和基性火山岩浆活动具有清晰的分带现象。进一步研究表明,基性岩脉与同期基性火山岩应是同源不同相的产物,而中酸性喷发的岩浆与基性喷发(侵入)的岩浆,则可能分别来自壳内熔融层和壳下(地幔)熔融层或壳内岩浆层的上部和下部。中酸性与基性岩浆活动的"错峰"现象和基性岩脉带的"迁移"现象,均与本区中生代陆壳系统的内能变化有关。     

Metamorphism of mafic dikes from the central White-Inyo Range, eastern California

Thin mafic dikes, possibly correlative with the Independence dike swarm of SE California, transect uppermost Proterozoic–Cambrian metasedimentary strata in the White-Inyo Range. Textures and bulk-rock chemistry indicate that the protoliths were diabases and microdiorites, accompanied by Ca + Mg + Fe +Ni + Cr-rich hornblende (± minor augite) cumulates. Analytical data suggest crystal settling and fractionation at shallow depths. Most of the dikes lie in the mapped aureoles of – and were metamorphosed by – voluminous Late Jurassic granitoid plutons; however, a few metadikes cut these plutons and must have been recrystallized during the emplacement of Cretaceous granitic stocks. The mafic metadikes thus include members of two or more temporally distinct suites, pre-Late Jurassic, and latest Jurassic–Cretaceous. Neoblastic mineral assemblages and element partitioning within these nonfoliated mafic metadikes reflect lower-to-upper greenschist facies overprints; metamorphic parageneses, coincident with those developed in the metasedimentary wallrocks, are defined by the production of chlorite, biotite, white mica, epidote, and actinolite, and by albitization of the igneous plagioclase. Based on analytical and mineralogic data obtained in this study, the following conclusions regarding subsolidus recrystallization of the mafic metadikes are advanced: (1) Newly grown minerals and phase assemblages are systematic in their areal distributions. (2) Metamorphic grade increases chiefly toward the north and east, toward the Late Jurassic granitoids. (3) Element fractionation among coexisting neoblastic phases is regular, and compatible with a close approach to chemical equilibrium. (4) Assemblages 3–5 km from the granitic intrusive contacts reflect lowermost greenschist facies physical conditions. (5) Investigated mafic dikes exhibit mineral parageneses isofacial with the regional/contact metamorphic assemblages previously documented for the enclosing pre-Mesozoic clastic country rocks. Clearly, mafic dikes of several ages of injection and recrystallization are present in the central White-Inyo Range, making correlation with the Independence dike swarm problematic. In any case, the dikes record localized contact metamorphism that took place sporadically over portions of an approximately 100 million year interval. Received: 13 March 1996 / Accepted: 24 December 1996     

Petrogenesis of ultramafic and mafic rocks of the Thompson Nickel Belt,Manitoba

Abundant sill-like bodies of serpentinized ultramafic rocks, with associated nickel sulfide deposits, are found on the western side of the Thompson Nickel Belt near the Moak Lake-Setting Lake cataclastic fault zone. The ultramafic rocks range in composition from dunite to orthopyroxenite and feature variable alteration. Chemical variation across the bodies is suggestive of in-situ differentiation controlled mainly by olivine and orthopyroxene. Relative abundances of some elements, incompatible for olivine and orthopyroxene, suggest a parental liquid of komatiitic affinity. Ultramafic and mafic rocks are petrogenetically linked. A high degree of partial melting of mantle material and subsequent low-pressure crystal fractionation are responsible for the spectrum of composition from ultramafic to mafic.Publication 19-84, Ottawa-Carleton Centre for Geoscience Studies     

Petrology of kaersutite-bearing ultramafic and mafic inclusions in Iki Island,Japan

Kaersutite-bearing peridotite, clinopyroxenite, gabbro and hornblendite inclusions up to 5 cm in size and megacrysts of kaersutite, andesine and titanomagnetite occur in alkali basalt scoria at Takenotsuji, Iki Island, Japan. New analyses are presented for seven kaersutite-bearing basaltic rocks, three inclusions, three clinopyroxenes and six kaersutites.From the petrography and chemistry of the inclusions and recent experimental work at high pressures and temperatures on natural rock systems, it is suggested that kaersutite-bearing inclusions have been produced from alkali basalt magmas under hydrous conditions at a depth of about 25 to 30 km in the lowest part of the crust.     

Giant swarms of Precambrian mafic dikes and potential diamond resources of ancient platforms

By the examples of the Siberian Platform and Canadian Shield, it is shown that spatial juxtaposition of Phanerozoic diamond-bearing kimberlite fields with giant swarms of Precambrian mafic dikes is caused by both systematic and incidental events. The first of these include (1) origination of mantle plumes and associated lenses of high-temperature mantle melting in the subequatorial “hot belt” of the early Earth, (2) formation of magma chambers that generated mafic dikes in these asthenospheric lenses, (3) shear stress, and (4) ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism of igneous and country rocks. As a result, the association of diamond-bearing high-density mafic and ultramafic rocks was formed under favorable thermal and fluidal conditions. These processes occurred first in the embryonic (multiplate) Neoarchean tectonic setting at a depth of 40–60 km (present-day elevation marks) and then at a deeper (100–150 km) level during the transition to the Proterozoic true plate tectonics. These processes left behind giant swarms of Precambrian mafic dikes, as well as structurally and genetically related deep-seated morphological and density anomalies. The relatively high position of two lithospheric units of diamond-bearing rocks, each underlain by a thick layer of the cold mantle, prevented these units from thermal and mechanical erosion during subsequent plate-tectonic stages characterized by deeper location of asthenospheric layers. The occurrence of clusters of Phanerozoic diatremes in ancient giant swarms of mafic dikes, as well as the enrichment of pipes in xenogenic diamond-bearing material derived from different levels of the tectonically delaminated lithosphere, may be attributed to incidental events that controlled the fertility of a relatively small number of kimberlite pipes.     

Isotope geochemistry of the mafic dikes from the Vazante nonsulfide zinc deposit, Brazil

The Vazante Group, located in the northwestern part of Minas Gerais, hosts the most important zinc mine in Brazil, the Vazante Mine, which represents a major known example of a hypogene nonsulfide zinc deposit. The main zinc ore is represented by willemite and differs substantially from other deposits of the Vazante-Paracatu region, which are sulfide-dominated zinc-lead ore. The age of the Vazante Group and the hosted mineralization is disputable. Metamorphosed mafic dikes (metabasites) that cut the metasedimentary sequence and are affected by hydrothermal processes recently were found and may shed light on the geochronology of this important geological unit. Zircon crystals recovered from the metabasites are xenocrystic grains that yield U–Pb conventional ages ranging from 2.1 to 2.4 Ga, so the basement of the Vazante Group is Paleoproterozoic or has metasedimentary rocks whose source area was Paleoproterozoic. Pb isotopes determined for titanite separated from the metabasites have common, nonradiogenic Pb compositions, which prevents determination of their crystallization age. However, the Pb signatures observed for the titanite crystals are in agreement with those determined for galena from the carbonate-hosted Zn–Pb deposits hosted by the Vazante Group, including galena from minor sulfide ore bodies of the Vazante deposit. These similarities suggest that the metalliferous fluids that affected the metabasites may have been those responsible for galena formation, which could imply a similar lead source for both nonsulfide and sulfide zinc deposits in the Vazante–Paracatu district. This common source could be related to deep-seated, basin-derived, metalliferous fluids associated with a long-lived hydrothermal system related to diagenesis and deformation of the Vazante Group during the Neoproterozoic.     

广东沿海地区基性岩脉地球化学及成因

广东沿海地区基性岩脉的成岩年龄是146~54 Ma,主要形成于白垩纪,次为侏罗纪和第三纪。可将工作区基性岩脉的形成时代分为5期：第一期146Ma,第二期138~132Ma,第三期112~105Ma,第四期99~82Ma,第五期75~54Ma。根据K₂O/Na₂O比值和K₂O含量,以及不相容元素分配模式的“Nb-Ta”异常,可以划分出两类基性岩脉。第一类K₂O/Na₂O比值<0.5和K₂O含量<1.3%,在微量元素MORB标准化图解中具有弱的“Nb-Ta”负异常。第二类K₂O/Na₂O比值>0.5和K₂O含量>1.3%,在微量元素MORB标准化图解中具有显著的“Nb-Ta”负异常。在K₂O-SiO₂图解中,第一类基性岩脉样品落入中钾岩石范围,第二类基性岩脉样品落入高钾岩石或钾玄岩范围。基性岩脉分布的重要特点是中钾基性岩脉分布于本区北部上地幔拗陷区,而高钾基性岩脉分布于本区南部地幔隆起区或斜坡区。两类基性岩脉有着不同的岩浆来源。在本区北部,软流圈物质入侵和熔蚀Ⅰ型富集地幔混合形成中钾基性岩脉,随着时代的由老至新和熔蚀作用的不断进行,岩浆中Ⅰ型富集地幔成分增加。晚期,岩浆活动向连平、新丰一带迁移。在本区南部,软流圈物质入侵并熔蚀Ⅱ型富集地幔,形成具有软流圈物质和Ⅱ型富集地幔混合特征的高钾基性岩脉。随着熔蚀作用的不断进行,岩浆中Ⅱ型富集地幔成分增加,晚期基性岩浆活动向三水裂谷、南澳裂谷迁移。     

Clinopyroxenes as geobarometric indicators in mafic and ultramafic rocks from Canary Islands

This paper describes the use of pyroxene compounds of clinopiroxene in mafic and ultramafic rocks (inclusions and layered outcrops) in the Canary Islands as geobarometric indicators of the depth of formation of different rock types. The upper mantle origin of peridotite and gabbro inclusions was confirmed, while a crustal character is proposed for the layered complexes. Finally, a scheme of Canary substrate is outlined.     

Amphibole and chlorite in mafic and ultramafic rocks in the lower crust and upper mantle

Stabilities of amphibole and chlorite in mafic and ultramafic compositions have been considered in the model system CaO+MgO+Al₂O₃+SiO₂+H₂O. From topological arguments two petrogenetic grids have been constructed. Although available experimental data in CMASH are compatible with the grid in which amphibole reacts out before chlorite in model ultramafic compositions for the pressure range 6 to 15 kbar, naturally observed mineral assemblages and some experimental data in more complex systems favour the other grid in which chlorite reacts out before amphibole at all pressures. This discrepancy between natural and model systems is due to differential movement of the dehydration equilibria of the two hydrates reflecting the variation of activity of H₂O or of components other than CMASH.     

赣西北基性岩脉的地质地球化学特征及其意义

对赣西北三个地区基性岩脉的地质地球化学特征进行了研究，并初步讨论了基性脉岩的成岩方式和源区性质。基性岩脉包括闪斜煌斑岩，辉绿岩和橄榄录玢岩。微量元素相对富集大离子亲石元素，而亏损高场强元素，具有Nb,Ta和Ti异常。武山煌班岩稀土元素总量高，明显富集轻;益口辉绿岩稀土元素总量低，略微富集轻稀土元素，上高橄榄辉绿玢岩介于两者之间，三者都无明显的铕异常，结合基性脉岩的地球化学分析可知，三者的岩石化学变化受到部分熔融和分离结晶所控制，武山煌斑岩和上高橄榄辉绿玢岩明显发生分离结晶作用，而隘口辉绿岩主要受部分熔融作用影响。其源区可能为与俯冲流体有关的富集地幔，有待于进一步研究。