东特提斯域思茅盆地钾盐成矿研究进展

思茅盆地位于东特提斯域,其内的勐野井钾盐矿是我国唯一的前第四纪固体钾盐矿,长期以来对此钾盐矿与呵叻巨型钾盐盆地的资源量差异和成因存在着有较大争议。特别是如下几个问题:其钾盐成矿时代是晚白垩世和古新世,还是侏罗纪的争议;其物质来源还存在陆源,海源和多源的不同认识;矿床成因机理模式也悬而未决。本文在前人研究基础上,结合项目组的最新进展,对上述这些问题的进行梳理与评述认为:勐野井组地层为晚白垩世Albian-Cenomanian期,同沉积的原生钾盐也是在此时期富集成矿;钾盐成矿后期特别是约14Ma以来,受到多期次的热液流体作用,形成次生脉状钾盐:钾盐成矿物质可能以中特提斯洋侵入的海水为主,辅以陆源水体和深部流体。总结认为,思茅与呵叻等盆地在晚白垩世都是干旱沙漠环境中彼此隔绝的小湖盆,随着中特提斯洋海水自西向东的入侵,海水由思茅流向了呵叻,形成了统一的思茅-呵叻海,这个模型可以解释有关成钾物源及思茅与呵叻盆地的成钾关系。思茅盆地钾盐矿的形成和后期变化始终受到了构造活动的控制,经历了最初断陷阶段,到沉积后期受印度-欧亚大陆碰撞导致的挤压和走滑运动影响。     

A Multi–fluid Constrain for the Forming of Potash Deposits in the Savannakhet Basin: Geochemical Evidence from Halite

The Khorat Plateau on the Indochina Terrane is known to have formed during the closure of the Tethys Ocean, although the origin of its potash mineral deposits is a topic of current debate. Data from a borehole on Savannakhet Basin is used in this study to re-define the evaporation processes of the study area. Geochemical analyses of halite from various borehole-derived evaporite strata have elucidated the fluid sources from which these ores formed. Measured δ11 B indicated that ore deposits formed primarily due to evaporation of seawater, although non-marine fluids affected the later stages of the evaporation process. Fluctuations in B and Br concentrations in carnallite-and sylvite-rich strata indicate the influence of fresh water. Boron concentration in carnallite unit indicated the influence of hydrothermal fluids. From the relative timings of these various fluid influxes, the evolution of these evaporates can be divided into four stages:(1) an initial marine evaporation at the beginning of the deposit's formation, where seawater(and minor fresh water) trapped on the uplifted Khorat Plateau produced sediments and salts with Br contents lower than those of normal marine-derived evaporites;(2) a transgression stage, where seawater recharged the basin;(3) a hydrothermal infiltration stage, which was coeval with the late Yanshan movement; and(4) a stage of fresh water supply, as recorded by fluctuations in B and Br contents, inferring intermittent fresh water influx into the basin. Thus, although evaporites on the Savannakhet Basin primarily formed via marine evaporation, they were also influenced to a significant degree by the addition of non–marine fresh water and hydrothermal fluids.     

泰国—老挝呵叻高原钾盐矿床研究现状及展望

泰国—老挝境内的呵叻高原马哈萨拉堪组钾盐矿床是世界上最大的钾盐矿床之一。综合研究表明,马哈萨拉堪组赋钾蒸发岩形成于晚白垩世,其成盐物质来自海水。该含盐建造很可能形成于陆相环境中,为"海源陆相"沉积。在蒸发岩沉积过程中及沉积后,一直伴随着水—岩(盐)作用的发生,钾盐沉积之后往往受到该作用的改造。溢晶石的出现是该地区"异常"蒸发岩的表现特征之一,它的形成很可能与海水的变质作用有关,但其形成机制尚未得到合理解释。兰坪—思茅盆地勐野井组与呵叻高原马哈萨拉堪组联系密切且具有共同之处,但二者在时代、成盐期次对比等问题上存在较大争议。最后,针对今后该地区钾盐研究提出了一些新的研究思路与方法。     

加拿大萨斯喀彻温省索西(Southey)钾盐矿床特征及成因

加拿大萨斯喀彻温省索西(Southey)钾盐矿床,主要赋存于中泥盆统的Elk Point(埃尔克波因特)群上部Prairie Evaporite(草原蒸发岩)组。钾盐矿层稳定,似水平状展布,埋深约1250~1550 m;钾盐矿物主要有钾石盐(KCl)和光卤石(KCl·Mg Cl2·6H2O),矿石品位高,w(K2O)可达11.17%~21.85%,是世界少有的高品质钾盐矿床。文章分别从构造位置、古地理条件、物源补给、沉积韵律和成矿过程等多个方面综合分析了索西钾盐矿床的成因。     

Origin of the late Cretaceous potash-bearing evaporites in the Vientiane Basin of Laos: δ11B evidence from borates

The evaporites on the Khorat Plateau comprise one of the largest potash deposits in the world, and their origin has long been a controversial problem. Based on boron isotope measurements from borate as a good indicator to distinguish marine and nonmarine evaporites, the borates of potash layers were identified and the results were used to indicate the source of evaporites in the study area as representative of the whole Khorat Plateau. The results show that the main borates include boracite and hilgardite. The boracites occur as crystals and ooids with minor amounts of hilgardite aggregates. The range of δ¹¹B values is from +21.30‰ to +32.94‰ (averaging +29.74‰) and falls in the range of marine borates. The δ¹¹B values in the potash layer are seemingly variable because of the influence of fluvial influx when salts were precipitating. Although the composition of seawater has possibly been modified, the evidence from boron isotopic composition implies that the evaporites in the study area or in the whole Khorat Plateau are marine deposits.     

思茅盆地下白垩统蒸发岩硫同位素地球化学特征及其钾盐成矿意义

关于思茅盆地下白垩统勐野井组蒸发岩主要物源为海水的认识争议很少,但是关于其成矿时代和成矿模式的认识还有争议,关于陆源淡水对蒸发岩物质成分的影响还缺乏探讨。本文主要通过分析盆地内L2井27件蒸发岩样品的化学成分和硫同位素地球化学特征,结合邻区已发表的硫同位素数据,探讨了蒸发岩的物质来源、陆源淡水对蒸发岩物质成分的影响、成盐时代以及可能的钾盐成矿模式。结果表明:(1)思茅盆地蒸发岩受陆源淡水和火山热液补给,其中陆源淡水补给使蒸发岩硫同位素明显低于同一地质时期的其他海相样品;(2)海水可能自现今盆地北西方向补给,一级周期上海水补给存在两次,二级周期上海水补给至少存在七次;(3)物源海水的时代为中侏罗世,沉积析盐的时代为早白垩世晚期,可能的钾盐成矿模式为中侏罗世海水侧向迁移成矿。这些结果对解释思茅盆地及邻区海相蒸发岩异常低的硫同位素值、高硫同位素值与中侏罗世海水相当以及钾盐成矿缺失"碳酸盐岩相和硫酸盐岩相"有重要的意义。     

思茅和呵叻盆地钾盐矿研究新进展和新认识

思茅盆地与呵叻盆地属于同一大地构造带。二者的含钾盐建造在区域分布、沉积特征、成盐层位、析盐矿物组合特征及物质来源等方面具有良好的可比性,是中国海相找钾实现突破的重要潜在区之一。尽管目前对两地钾盐矿的成矿认识取得了许多进展,但对于二者的关系和成矿模式及规律等还存在着较大争议。为了下一步更好地建立思茅盆地钾盐矿的成矿规律和实现深部找钾的突破,本文从构造背景、地层年代、古气候环境和物质来源等方面对最近一些重要进展和认识做了梳理,现已确定:(1)思茅陆块与印度支那陆块在中生代可能为统一的整体,思茅与呵叻盆地基本位于副热带高压带内,在晚三叠世、中—晚侏罗世和晚白垩世具有较好的成盐成钾构造和古气候条件;(2)思茅和呵叻盆地在含钾盐及其下伏地层沉积期间可能具有相似的潜在物源区,包括扬子、松潘—甘孜、可可西里、义敦、北羌塘和南羌塘陆块等;(3)思茅与呵叻盆地钾盐矿的成钾物质主要来自陆源水体,同时也有海水和深部热液补给;(4)思茅和呵叻盆地含钾盐地层的年代部分重叠,但不完全吻合;(5)勐野井钾盐矿与呵叻钾盐矿可能系非同期矿床。综合构造和气候等证据,推测思茅盆地在约85.0 Ma这一呵叻钾盐矿成矿的时段就可能具有了重要的成钾潜力。     

非洲下刚果盆地钾盐矿床特征、沉积旋回与沉积模式

下刚果盆地位于西非大陆边缘,形成于南美大陆与非洲大陆裂开初期,大西洋打开之时,在早白垩世形成了巨型钾盐矿床。文章在盆地内布谷马西矿区钻孔的岩芯编录的基础上,结合岩相学、地球化学和沉积韵律等研究,探究钾盐矿床沉积特征和盆地内蒸发岩沉积旋回,并总结了矿床沉积模式。下刚果盆地总体较平缓,西南低,北东高,自盆地边缘向中部,沉积厚度逐渐增大,钾盐矿床赋存于下白垩统Aptian阶蒸发岩系中。蒸发岩系主要由石盐岩与光卤石岩互层构成,局部夹(含水氯镁石)溢晶石岩、石膏岩和黑色碳质页岩夹层。矿床由多层水平_近水平层状矿体组成,单层矿体厚度几米至几十米,矿层比较稳定,延续范围广,主要矿层——光卤石层累计厚度超过100 m。主要矿石类型为光卤石型,仅局部为钾石盐型。矿石品位高,KCl平均品位为16.49%。成盐盆地在早白垩世只有一个成盐期,含盐系即为Ⅰ级韵律;根据沉积特征,又可划分为8个Ⅱ级盐韵律和若干个Ⅲ级盐韵律。整个成盐期总体沉积环境较稳定,未出现蒸发岩序列中断,但受地面的沉降变化和海水周期性灌入的影响,出现了石盐与光卤石的韵律互层沉积。下刚果盆地内蒸发岩沉积序列与正常的海相蒸发岩不同,底部缺乏碳酸盐和硫酸盐地层,指示其成钾物质来源于经过一定程度蒸发浓缩的古海水。在上述研究的基础上,结合成盐期盆地岩相古地理与构造条件,总结出下刚果盆地裂谷型钾盐矿床沉积模式。     

The origins of the Mengye potash deposit in the Lanping–Simao Basin,Yunnan Province,Western China

The Lanping–Simao Basin (LSB) is a Mesozoic–Cenozoic continental margin rift basin in Western China. It formed during the opening and closing of the Tethys Ocean. This basin is also known as a “metal belt” as it hosts several metal deposits, besides, the Mengye potash deposit. However, the exact dates of the formation either in the Paleocene or the Cretaceous, and thus the origins of the marine, continental or mixed origins of the Mengye deposits, remain disputed. Based on the basin's evolution, materials of marine origin and/or remnant seawater should be present, but instead the salt layers of the Mengye potash deposit present typically continental lithological features. This study examines and reviews evaporative minerals, Br/Cl and I/Cl molar ratios, and isotopes of S, B, and Sr·I and I/Cl data for this area has not been previously reported. The basin's evaporative minerals are dominated by halite and sylvite. The amounts of anhydrite, chlorocalcite, langbeinite, glaserite, tachyhydrite and glauberite are small. All of these form in both marine and continental environments. The values of I and the I/Cl molar ratios of halite and sylvite are from 0.07 to 0.27 ppm, and from 0.03 to 0.11 × 10^− 6, respectively, dependent on organic substances. Br and molar Br/Cl values are from 89.08 to 555.45 ppm and from 0.06 × 10^− 3 to 0.38 × 10^− 3, respectively. All of the Br/Cl molar ratios are lower than those of seawater, and most of them are < 0.1, suggesting continental or mixed origin. Previously published δ³⁴S, δ¹¹B and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values for evaporative minerals indicate a continental origin for the Mengye potash deposit. However, materials of hydrothermal origin are widely distributed in the basin and may have played an active role for the formation of the potash deposit. Thus the Mengye potash deposit could be of continental origin, with a remnant seawater trace.     

前陆盆地钾盐矿床成因及模式——以西班牙北部埃布罗盆地为例

前陆盆地蕴藏有巨量的钾盐资源,而对于其内的钾盐矿床成因和模式还欠缺系统的总结。西班牙埃布罗盆地是由于伊比利亚和欧亚块体碰撞而形成的前陆盆地。始新世晚期(约36 Ma)海水完全从盆地退出后,在极端干旱气候作用下,由于碰撞造山导致盆地的封闭作用,在南比利牛斯前陆盆地系统的前渊带(即埃布罗盆地北部)形成了典型的厚层含钾石盐_光卤石的正常海相蒸发岩序列。后期受到构造挤压作用,钾盐地层以盐底劈的形式出露在背斜核部。埃布罗盆地钾盐成因是构造、气候和物源三者耦合作用的结果,与中国库车前陆盆地有很大的相似性。据此,作者建议可重点关注盆地南北盐丘地带苏维依组蒸发岩以及卤水的迁移方向。     

老挝甘蒙省晚白垩世农波组下段孢粉分析及成钾时代

老挝含盐地层农波组成盐及成钾时代的研究对于阐明整个呵叻盆地的演化规律和钾盐矿床成因有着重要意义。在农波组的年代学问题上,国内外学者还存在着很大的分歧。本文通过对老挝甘蒙省文泰矿区ZK012钻孔钾盐层上覆泥岩的孢粉分析,结果表明其孢粉组合Classopollis-Ephedripites-Exesipollenites,结合Callistopollenites、Normapolles、Cicatricosisporites、Clavatipollenites、Asteropollis等特征分子的发现,我们将该孢粉组合时代定为晚白垩世的土伦期-桑顿期;孢粉及沉积相所反映的气候环境为干旱炎热的热带-亚热带环境。同时,通过对同区域的ZK309钻孔对比分析,该钻与ZK012钻孔具有相似的沉积序列,钻孔底部出现的蒸发岩与砂岩的不整合面,标志着一次构造运动,呵叻湖盆边缘隆升封闭,使卤水在这种较大的圈闭构造内得以留存,并在持续干旱炎热的气候条件下沉积了巨厚的钾盐矿床。     

老挝万象凹陷钾盐矿床变形改造富集模式

呵叻盆地是特提斯成矿带重要的钾盐成矿盆地,但是其变形构造与钾盐分布规律不清而严重制约了该区域钾盐矿床的勘探与开发.在宏观区域大地构造演化分析基础上,以老挝万象凹陷中一个区块为例,实施了三维地震勘探,在高精度地震资料和钻井自然伽马测井严格约束下,得到了地下准确的构造变化和钾盐矿分布资料.结合盐构造变形特征和地震勘探剖面进...     

显生宙全球海水化学成分演化及其对蒸发岩沉积的约束

通过搜集显生宙以来不同地质时期内海相碳酸盐岩鲕粒及胶结物矿物成分、钾盐矿床矿物种类及组合特征、蒸发岩盆地中石盐流体包裹体成分,并利用这些资料与人工海水模拟实验得到的石盐中Br分配特征的对比,得出海水成分在5.5亿年以来的显生宙期间,经历了五个阶段:其中晚元古代至寒武纪早期、二叠纪早期至中生代早期、新生代早期至现今,这些时期的原始海水组成特征系数m(SO_4~(2-))+m(HCO_3~-)/2m(Ca~(2+)),为Na-Mg-K-SO_4-Cl型海水,此期间沉积的钾盐矿床的钾镁盐矿物主要为钾盐镁矾、无水钾镁矾、杂卤石、硫酸镁石等含MgSO_4矿物,海相鲕粒和碳酸盐胶结物矿物成分为文石;而寒武纪早期至石炭纪、中生代早期至新生代早期,原始海水组成特征系数m(Ca~(2+))m(SO_4~(2-))+m(HCO_3~-)/2,为Na-Mg-KCa-Cl型海水,此期间沉积的钾镁盐矿物主要为光卤石和钾石盐,甚至含有溢晶石,海相鲕粒和碳酸盐胶结物矿物成分为方解石。根据石盐流体包裹体成分计算得出:显生宙期间,海水K+含量大部分时间变化幅度较小,为9.3～11.5mmol/kg H_2O(除了石炭纪和晚元古代),平均为10.55mmol/kg H_2O。Mg~(2+)含量在早寒武世≥67mmol/kg H_2O、晚志留世至中泥盆世31～41mmol/kg H_2O、晚古生代≥48mmol/kg H22O、晚白垩世34mmol/kg H_2O和现代55.1mmol/kg H_2O。Ca~+含量在晚元古代至古生代早期≤11mmol/kg H_2O、古生代早期至石炭纪22～35mmol/kg H_2O、石炭纪至中生代早期≤17mmol/kg H_2O、中生代早期至新生代早期19～39mmol/kg H_2O及新生代早期至今7～21mmol/kg H_2O。SO_4~(2-)含量在晚元古代至古生代早期≥23mmol/kg H_2O、古生代早期至石炭纪5～17mmol/kg H_2O、石炭纪至中生代早期13～22mmol/kg H_2O、中生代早期至新生代早期5～19mmol/kg H_2O及新生代早期至今12～29.2mmol/kg H_2O。海水Ca~(2+)与SO_4~(2-)含量的相对变化是控制海相钾盐矿床钾镁盐矿物类型的基本因素。同时,利用以上数据计算得到的显生宙各时期海水[m(Mg~(2+))+m(SO_4~(2-))]/[m(K~+)+m(Ca~(2+))]的变化与各时期海相蒸发岩系石盐层底部的Br含量变化具有同步性,进一步验证了显生宙期间海水成分是不断变化的,是约束海相蒸发岩钾盐矿物类型的主要因素。海水成分变化的控制因素为洋中脊热液和陆地水,其中洋中脊热液起主要作用,而控制这些因素变化的根本原因为板块构造运动。     

老挝东泰钾盐矿床地球化学及其沉积后变化初步研究

呵叻高原是世界上最大的钾盐沉积矿床分布区之一,研究区位于呵叻高原北部的沙空那空盆地东部边缘,钻探资料揭示该地区钾盐资源相当可观。该含盐建造包含上、中、下3个盐段,每个盐段都由一套蒸发岩_碎屑沉积旋回组成,钾盐层主要赋存于下盐段上部。剖面和地层学分析表明,研究区盐构造类型为低结构低成熟度的盐背斜构造,盐体几何形态为一低结构低成熟度的盐背斜,盐背斜轴部矿层厚度较两翼矿层厚得多。岩盐中微量元素Br、K含量及Br×1 000/Cl系数的变化指示成盐卤水经过了阶段性的浓缩和淡化过程,并且成盐作用越来越弱。ZK04孔较低的Br含量〔w(Br)=18×10〈sup>-6〈/sup>〕表明下膏盐层在成盐过程中受到了非海相流体的影响。中膏盐层基底石盐中高K低Br特征表明,下膏盐层残余高浓度卤水影响了其成盐过程,并且该基底石盐很可能又经历了溶解和重结晶过程。     

A lithogeochemical approach to Stratigraphical problems at the Millstream potash deposit, New Brunswick, Canada

A lithogeochemical study was undertaken of the Millstream potash deposit, New Brunswick, Canada, a marine evaporite deposit with a complex depositional and tectonic history. The objective of the study was to determine if potash intersections in boreholes represent different geological horizons, or the same stratum repeated by folding or faulting. The deposit is found at a depth of 800–1000 m.Water-soluble and -insoluble fractions of drill core from five ore zones in four holes were analyzed using multielement ICP instrumentation following sequential hot water and aqua regia leaches. Meaningful variations in the data for the different ore zones were evident for eight elements in the water-soluble portion, and for seventeen elements in the water-insoluble residue. These results characterize a lowermost sylvinite unit which is relatively depleted in most elements, with the exception of Mg and Al in the residue. Regression analysis indicates a weak correlation between Fe and the common base metals, in contrast to the immediately overlying sylvinite unit which is relatively enriched in most elements, including Fe, but where Fe apparently exerts no control over the base metals. Cluster analysis confirms these two units are easily distinguished from each other. The upper two ore horizons are distinguishable from the lower units on the basis of different abundances of some elements, such as water-soluble B, and on the strong scavenging abilities of Fe on the common base metals.No single element is able to uniquely fingerprint a particular sylvinite horizon, but suites of elements are able to classify each horizon as geochemically distinctive. The results appear to confirm the validity of the geological correlations.     

Multiple fluid components of salt diapirs and salt dome cap rocks, Gulf Coast, U.S.A.

Salt diapirs contain a few percent of anhydrite that accumulated as residue to form anhydrite cap rocks during salt dissolutions. Reported ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of these salt-hosted and cap rock anhydrites in the Gulf Coast, U.S.A., indicate their derivation from Middle Jurassic seawater. However, a much wider range of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios, incorporating a highly radiogenic component in addition to the Middle Jurassic component, has been found in several Gulf Coast salt domes. This wide range of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of anhydrite within the salt stocks records Sr contributions from both marine water and formation water that has equilibrated with siliciclastics. During cap rock formation this anhydrite either recrystallized in the presence of, or was cemented by, a low-Sr fluid with a Late Cretaceous seawter-type Sr isotope ratio or simply lost Sr during recrystallization. Later, the cap rock was invaded by warm saline brines with high Sr isotope ratios from which barite and metal sulfides were precipitated. Subsequently, low-salinity water hydrated part of the anhydrite bringing to six the total number of fluids that interacted througout the history of salt dome and cap rock growth. The progenitor of these salt diapirs, the Louann Formation, is generally thought to have formed from marine water evaporated to halite and, rarely, higher evaporite facies. Salt domes in the East Texas, North Louisiana, and Mississippi Salt Basins have ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and δ³⁴S values that corroborate a Mid-Jurassic age for the mother salt. However, salt domes in the Houston and Rio Grande Embayments of the Gulf Coast Basin have ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ration ranging to values higher than both Middle Jurassic seawater and all Rb-free marine Phanerozoic rocks. These anomalous ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios are probably derived from radiogenic Sr-bearing fluids that equilibrated with siliciclastic rocks and invaded the salt either prior to, or during, diapirism. Potential sources of the radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr component include clay and/or feldspar (located either in older units beneath the Louann Formation or younger units flanking the salt diapirs) and K-salts within the Louann evaporites. Because partial Sr exchange in anhydrite had to take place in a fluid medium, admittance of radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr-bearing fluids into the salt may have led to diapirism by lowering the shear strength of the crystalline salt. The slight number of anomalous ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values in the interior basins indicates that anomalous values are related to areally discrete structural or stratigraphic controls that affected only the Gulf Coast Basin.     

四川盆地东部垫江盐盆三叠系嘉陵江组成钾远景分析

垫江盐盆位于四川盆地东部,是四川盆地三叠纪时期重要的成盐盆地之一,但本区是否具备形成海相钾盐的良好条件,一直存在争议。本文通过对四川盆地东部垫江盐盆长寿地区高探1井和长平3井嘉陵江组四段二亚段岩盐样品进行光薄片鉴定、扫描电镜、X粉晶衍射及化学成分分析,发现长平3井岩芯岩盐样品K~+含量最高达到3.82%,在2749~2778m岩盐段发现大量杂卤石和少量钾石盐矿物。两个钻孔岩盐样品溴氯系数均显示其达到钾盐析出阶段。通过对长寿地区气候-物源-构造条件分析,发现长寿地区三叠纪嘉陵江时期古海水温度较高,气候条件炎热,有利于钾盐矿形成;成盐和成钾物质主要来自海水,物质来源丰富;保合村一带可能存在次级凹陷,古构造条件优越,有利于钾盐的形成和保存,是寻找钾盐矿的有利区。     

陕西洛南县石家湾钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及地质意义

陕西石家湾钼矿床位于东秦岭成矿带西段黄龙铺地区,钼矿化呈细脉-网脉状分布于花岗斑岩体及其围岩中,与矿化有关的围岩蚀变有钾长石化、硅化、绢云母化,属斑岩型矿床.在矿床中选取不同矿化类型的辉钼矿样品,进行了Re～Os同位素定年,获得模式年龄变化范围为143.1±2.1～145.1±2.2 Ma之间,其加权平均年龄(144.0±1.1 Ma,MSWD=0.91)、等时线年龄(145.4±2.1 Ma,MSWD=0.83)与石家湾斑岩体的成岩年龄(141.4±0.6Ma)相近,说明成岩成矿作用发生在晚侏罗世一早白垩世.综合辉钼矿中Re的含量、硫同位素以及相关岩体的源区特征等多方面证据认为,石家湾斑岩型钼矿的成矿物质主要来自于下地壳,并混有少量幔源成分.     

Secular variation in the major-ion chemistry of seawater: Evidence from fluid inclusions in Cretaceous halites

The major-ion (Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, , and Cl⁻) chemistry of Cretaceous seawater was determined from analyses of seawater-derived brines preserved as fluid inclusions in marine halites. Fluid inclusions in primary halite from three evaporite deposits were analyzed by the environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) X-ray energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) technique: the Early Cretaceous (Aptian, 121.0-112.2 Ma) of the Sergipe basin, Brazil and the Congo basin, Republic of the Congo, and the Early to Late Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian, 112.2-93.5 Ma) of the Khorat Plateau, Laos, and Thailand. The fluid inclusions in halite indicate that Cretaceous seawater was enriched several fold in Ca²⁺, depleted in , Na⁺, and Mg²⁺, and had lower Na⁺/Cl⁻, Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺, and Mg²⁺/K⁺ ratios compared to modern seawater. Elevated Ca²⁺ concentrations, with Ca²⁺ >  at the point of gypsum saturation, allowed Cretaceous seawater to evolve into Mg²⁺-Ca²⁺-Na⁺-K⁺-Cl⁻ brines lacking measurable .The major-ion composition of Cretaceous seawater was modeled from fluid inclusion chemistries for the Aptian and the Albian-Cenomanian. Aptian seawater was extreme in its Ca²⁺ enrichment, more than three times higher than present day seawater, with a Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺ ratio of 1.1-1.3. Younger, Albian-Cenomanian seawater had lower Ca²⁺ concentrations, and a higher Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺ ratio of 1.2-1.7. Cretaceous (Aptian) seawater has the lowest Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺ ratios so far documented in Phanerozoic seawater from fluid inclusions in halite, and within the range chemically favorable for precipitation of low-Mg calcite ooids and cements. Results from halite fluid inclusions, together with Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺ ratios measured from echinoderm and rudist calcite, all indicate that Early Cretaceous seawater (Hauterivian, Barremian, Aptian, and Albian) had lower Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺ ratios than Late Cretaceous seawater (Coniacian, Santonian, and Campanian). Low Aptian-Albian Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺ seawater ratios coincide with negative excursions of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios and δ³⁴S_SO4, and peak Cretaceous ocean crust production rates, all of which suggests a link between seawater chemistry and midocean ridge hydrothermal brine flux.     

Potassium-argon dating of polyhalite in southeastern New Mexico

Polyhalite, K₂Ca₂Mg (SO₄)₄-2H₂O, is an important mineral in many evaporites. Although its use for K-Ar dating has never been investigated, our results indicate that it is a very useful mineral for dating events ranging from the time of potash mineralization to any younger events which may have affected the evaporite. Five K-Ar dates on pure polyhalite, including two from included material and from beds distorted by the formation of a rubble chimney, yield dates between 198 and 216 Myp, in good agreement with Rb-Sr dates and the diagenetic age of the potash deposits from the same rocks. Two polyhalites mixed with sylvite gave lower dates (154 and 174 Myr) which is to be expected because of radiogenic ⁴⁰Ar loss from the sylvite phase. One polyhalite, formed after the intrusion of a 31 Myr lamprophyre dike, yielded 21 Myr. Collectively our results indicate that pure polyhalite is satisfactory for K-Ar dating and may provide critical age information in studies of the geologic history of the evaporite sequences.