Geochronology of Alkaline Rocks of the Aryskan Rare Metal Deposit,East Sayan

Doklady Earth Sciences - The temporal relations between alkaline rocks of the Aryskan rare metal (Y, REEs, Nb, Ta) deposit are determined using metamict zircon with high U and Th contents, which...     

新疆可可托海稀有金属矿床矿物和岩石热红外光谱特征

当前新型材料、新能源在各个领域应用不断深化,稀有金属矿床迎来了世界范围内的研究与勘探热潮。新疆可可托海稀有金属矿床是我国最早开发利用稀有金属矿产资源的重要基地,但对其典型矿物和围岩的热红外反射光谱的认识还很缺乏,制约了对同类型矿床开展遥感地质调查和遥感地质学研究工作的推进。本文采用便携式热红外光谱仪,对可可托海3号脉的典型矿物岩石开展热红外光谱特征研究。结果表明：热红外光谱可以有效识别锂辉石、锂云母、绿柱石、电气石等典型的稀有金属矿物。其中,与锂云母相比,含锂云母伟晶岩产生了新的特征峰;含锂辉石伟晶岩、含电气石伟晶岩相比于各自单晶矿物,其反射特征峰均明显向短波方向偏移;含绿柱石伟晶岩光谱曲线反射特征峰比绿柱石单晶反射特征峰明显向长波方向偏移。本文初步建立了可可托海典型矿物和岩石热红外光谱特征数据库,总结了以锂辉石、锂云母等稀有金属矿床矿物、含矿伟晶岩及围岩的热红外光谱特征,可为热红外光谱进行稀有金属矿物的识别及花岗伟晶岩型矿床的勘探提供必要的基础数据支撑。     

赣南某离子吸附型稀土矿床浅变质岩的矿化特征

近几年在赣南新元古代浅变质岩风化壳中发现了离子吸附型稀土矿床,对矿区及南岭科学深钻中的浅变质岩样品进行了岩石、矿物及地球化学特征研究.矿区内主要出露神山组和库里组（南华系）,前者以千枚岩为主,含少量片岩,后者以厚层变质沉凝灰岩和中厚层变质砂岩为主;南岭科学深钻1 165~1 170.77 m库里组（青白口系）以变质沉凝灰岩为主夹薄层凝灰质板岩.浅变质岩类中新生变质矿物有绢云母、绿泥石、磁铁矿、堇青石、白云母、黑云母等,稀土矿物有新奇钙铈矿、独居石、磷钇矿、水独居石等;稀土含量为162×10-6~723×10-6,富集轻稀土.新奇钙铈矿是矿体中离子相稀土的主要来源;赣南青白口纪-南华纪中厚层变质沉凝灰岩和变质凝灰岩风化壳具有较好的稀土成矿前景.      

四川冕宁木落寨稀土矿床稀土矿化与围岩特征

木落寨矿床是冕宁—德昌稀土元素(REE)矿带内的主要稀土矿床,位于矿带北段,雅砻江断裂以西。该稀土矿床的形成与正长岩-碳酸岩杂岩体密切相关。与冕宁—德昌REE矿带中其它矿床例如牦牛坪、大陆槽矿床不同的是,牦牛坪和大陆槽矿床的围岩主要是石英闪长岩,而木落寨REE矿床中围岩较复杂,主要有大理岩、绿片岩、碱性花岗岩等。已有研究表明石英闪长岩并不是牦牛坪和大陆槽矿床稀土元素的主要来源,对木落寨矿床来说,围岩对成矿的作用还需进一步研究。采用ICP-MS与XRF,对大理岩和绿片岩这两种主要的围岩进行主微量元素分析,全岩稀土配分曲线显示轻稀土亏损(大理岩3×10~(–6)~20×10~(–6),绿片岩62×10~(–6)~74×10~(–6)),重稀土平坦,总稀土含量低(大理岩4×10~(–6)~21×10~(–6),绿片岩86×10~(–6)~97×10~(–6)),与本次研究的木落寨正长岩中稀土含量(592×10~(–6)~2 026×10~(–6))和以往研究的冕宁—德昌成矿带其他三个矿床的碳酸岩-正长岩杂岩体中稀土含量(碳酸岩2 470×10~(–6)~40 807×10~(–6),正长岩630×10~(–6)~3 233×10~(–6))相比,大理岩和绿片岩中稀土元素含量过低,显示在稀土物质来源上,这两种围岩可能对成矿贡献不大,根据剖面展示,矿体大部分出现在正长岩裂隙中,极少部分出现在正长岩和大理岩接触面中,大理岩可能提供碳酸根离子,促进交代和成矿作用的进行。木落寨矿石类型主要是细脉浸染型,少量为条带型。通过手标本、镜下和BSE图像观察,脉石矿物主要有萤石+方解石+重晶石+石膏+黄铁矿+方铅矿+石英+金云母等,矿石矿物为氟碳铈矿,氟碳铈矿叠加在已形成的脉石矿物之上,显示矿床主要形成于热液阶段最晚期。     

Peculiarities of the Formation of Loparite Ores: The Lovozero Rare Metal Deposit,East Fennoscandia

Doklady Earth Sciences - A giant deposit of loparite ores, a source of Nb, Ta, and rare earth metals, is related to the world’s largest layered Lovozero pluton in the Kola Peninsula. The Sr...     

Temporo-Spatial Distribution of Rare Metal and REE Deposits in Xinjiang, Northwest China

Many rare metal and REE deposits have been found in the Altay orogenic belt, on the northern margin of the Tarim massif and in the Kunlun-Altun orogenic belt, constituting three very important rare metal-REE mineralization belts in western China. These deposits belong to various genetic types with complex ore-forming mechanism, and were formed in certain mineralization epochs. On the basis of a systematic sum-up of geologic and geochemical achievements and 40Ar-39Ar ages of potassium-rich minerals as well as whole-rock Rb-Sr dating results, the authors systematically analyzed the spatial distribution and mineralization epochs of rare metal-REE deposits in Xinjiang, northwestern China, and concluded that although the Hercynian rare metal-REE mineralizations in this area are very important, pre- and post-Hercynian (especially Indosinian and early Yanshanian) rare metal-REE mineralizations also have important theoretical and economic significance.     

Behavior of lanthanides during the origin of mineralized domes: an example of the Spokoininskoe deposit,Transbaikalia

The paper reports data on concentrations of lanthanides in rocks, fluorite, and wolframite from the Spokoininskoe greisen deposit in eastern Transbaikalia. Lanthanide concentrations in the ore-forming fluid are calculated using mineral/fluid distribution coefficients. The data on REE are consistent under the assumption of a single, but evolving, genetic source. The REE concentrations are similar for rocks variably affected by greisenization and are controlled by the solubility of monazite contained in the granite. The younger quartz–albite–muscovite veins and segregations contain elevated concentrations of LREE, which is explained by an increase in the monazite solubility in alkaline solutions during the late evolution of the fluid.     

“八O一”稀有稀土矿床碱性花岗岩的含矿性、矿化规律及成因分析

内蒙古通辽市扎鲁特旗与碱性花岗岩有关的“八O一”特大型稀有稀土矿床位于巴尔哲北北东向背斜构造部位,以Nb、Y、Ta为主,伴生Be等多种稀有稀土元素。含矿岩体为普遍矿化的燕山期碱性花岗岩,且碱性花岗岩体与“八O一”稀有稀土矿床具有生成关系。通过对碱性花岗岩的岩石特征及含矿性、含矿元素的变化规律、岩石化学成分与稀有元素的关系、矿化元素的富集规律及矿床成因进行综合分析,认为“八O一”稀有稀土矿床为碱性花岗岩岩浆晚期分异交代型矿床。     

偶氮氯膦Ⅰ分光光度法测定矿石中高中含量稀土总量

偶氮氯膦Ⅰ被推荐为镁试剂,对稀土元素显色反应灵敏度低,一直被人们忽视。为测定矿石中高中含量稀土。研究了偶氮氯膦1与稀土元素之间反应的各种条件。试验确定偶氮氯膦1与稀土元素络合反应的适宜pH范围为9.5—13。络合物最大吸收在     

REE Abundance and REE Minerals in Granitic Rocks in the Nanling Range,Jiangxi Province,Southern China,and Generation of the REE‐rich Weathered Crust Deposits

Studies of Mesozoic granites associated with rare earth element (REE)‐rich weathered crust deposits in southernmost Jiangxi Province indicate that they have high‐K to shoshonite compositions and belong to ilmenite‐series I‐type granites. Of the studied rocks at 59–292 ppm of bulk REE content, the highest are seen in the biotite granites of Dingnan (358, 429 ppm) and mafic biotite granite of the Wuliting Granite (344 ppm) near the Dajishan tungsten mine, both areas where weathered‐crust REE deposits occur. REE‐bearing accessory minerals in these granites are mainly zircon, apatite and allanite, and REE‐fluorocarbonates are common. REE enrichment occurs in the rims of apatite crystals, and in fluorocarbonates that occur along grain boundaries of and cracks in major silicate minerals, and in fluorocarbonates that replaced altered biotite. It is therefore thought that a major part of the REE content of these granites was concentrated during deuteric activity, rather than during magmatic crystallization. The crack‐filling REE‐fluorocarbonates could subsequently have been easily leached out and deposited in weathered crust developed during a long period of exposure.     

Chemistry of Zircon in Rare Metal Granitoids and Associated Rocks, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Typological study, including paragenic, morphological, textural, and chemical characteristics of zircon from nine rare metal granitic stocks and associated greisens, was carried out in order to identify the metallogenic processes of their host granitoids. The investigated zircon‐bearing granitoids and type occurrences can be categorized into magmatically and metasomatically specialized types. The magmatic type includes: (i) peralkaline, Zr + Nb‐enriched, A₁‐granite (e.g. Um Hibal); (ii) metaluminous, Nb + Zr + Y‐enriched, A₂‐type alkali granite (e.g. Hawashia and Ineigi); and (iii) peraluminous, Ta ≥ Nb + Sn + Be ± W‐enriched, Li‐albite granite (e.g. Nuweibi, Igla and Abu Dabbab). The metasomatized granites are Nb>>Ta + Sn + Zr + Y + U ± Be ± W‐enriched and hydrothermally altered alkali feldspar granite (i.e. apogranite; e.g. Um Ara, Abu Rusheid, and Um Naggat). Zircon of peralkaline granite is characteristically equant with well‐developed pyramidal faces and short prisms (i.e. pseudo‐octahedral form) with length/width ratios in the range of 2:1–1:1. It is of Zr_0.990Hf_0.007SiO₄ composition and is associated with hypersolvus assemblage consisting of alkali feldspar, quartz, aegirine and minor reibeckite. Zircon of metaluminous alkali granites is of Zr_0.99Hf_0.01SiO₄ composition and is associated with sub‐ to transolvus assemblage of K‐feldspar, quartz, plagioclase and annite‐siderophyllite mica. It is prismatic with length/width ratios in the range of 5:1–3:1, doubly terminated with small pyramidal faces. Compositionally, zircon of Li‐albite granite ranges between Zr_0.925Hf_0.075SiO₄ and Zr_0.705Hf_0.295SiO₄. It is idiomorphic with a simple combination of prism and bipyramidal terminations with a length/width ratio of 3:1–2:1. This zircon commonly exhibits a normal zoning with rims consistently higher in Hf than cores. The higher Hf content, of this zircon coupled with its association with topaz, tantalite and lithian micas (e.g. zinnwaldite and Li‐white mica), indicates a higher solubility of Hf‐fluoride complexes and their more stabilized state at lower temperature in Li‐ and F‐rich sodic melts. Zircon of apogranite association ranges in composition between Zr_0.967Hf_0.013SiO₄ in the lower unaltered alkali feldspar granite zone and Zr_0.805Hf_0.064(Y, U, Th, heavy rare‐earth elements) [HREE])_0.125SiO₄ in the apical metasomatized (i.e. microclinized, albitized, and greisenized) apogranite zones. This compositional change appears to reflect a roofward increasing in μ_KF, μ_NaF, and μ_HF of the exsolved fluids. Columbite, xenotime, thorite, cassiterite, beryl and fluorite are common associates of this zircon. This zircon is of bipyramidal to typical octahedral form with complete absence of prism concurrently with conspicuous development of pyramid, thus the zircon crystals have a length/width ratio of 1:1–0.5:1. The neoformed metasomatic zircon commonly exhibits either normal or reverse zoning with rims consistently different in Hf, U, Y, and HREE than cores, reflecting disequilibrium conditions (e.g. sudden change in P, T, salinity, and pH) between the growing crystals and the exsolved fluids.     

青海“三稀”矿床成矿系列、成矿规律与找矿方向

青海“三稀”矿以稀有金属矿产和伴生稀散元素矿产为主, 稀土矿床分布于拉脊山成矿带和柴北缘成矿带, 类型仅有岩浆型(轻稀土)和岩浆热液型(轻稀土), 成矿于早古生代奥陶纪和志留纪, 成矿环境研究程度较低。稀有金属矿床主要出露于西秦岭成矿带和柴达木成矿带, 类型可分为与岩浆作用有关的岩浆型(铌、钽)、伟晶岩型(锂、铍、铌、钽)、岩浆热液型(铌、钽); 与沉积作用有关的蒸发沉积型(锂)和化学沉积型(锶), 岩浆作用矿床成矿高峰期为中生代三叠纪, 成矿于古特提斯演化后碰撞环境, 沉积作用矿床成矿爆发期为新生代新近纪和第四纪, 与青藏高原强烈抬升所致的断陷成盆及干旱气候有关; 稀散元素矿床均为有色金属矿床的伴生矿, 广泛分布于北祁连成矿带、柴北缘成矿带、东昆仑成矿带、西秦岭成矿带和阿尼玛卿成矿带, 矿种多样, 已知成矿元素有Ga、Ge、Cd、In、Se、Te等, 矿床类型丰富, 主要包括海相火山岩型、接触交代型和陆相火山岩型, 成矿时代相对集中于早古生代奥陶纪、晚古生代二叠纪和中生代三叠纪, 可能形成于原特提斯演化弧后盆地、岩浆弧环境。依据矿床时空分布特征、成矿作用及成矿地质背景, 将青海“三稀”矿产划分为10个矿床成矿系列、18个矿床成矿亚系列、20个矿床式。基于“三稀”矿床区域成矿地质背景、区域成矿条件、已知矿化信息和研究程度分析, 提出了成矿区带不同类型“三稀”矿产找矿远景, 认为西秦岭成矿带、柴北缘成矿带和东昆仑成矿带为伟晶岩型锂、铍、铌、钽、铷稀有金属找矿远景区, 柴达木成矿带为蒸发沉积型和化学沉积型锂、锶、铷矿找矿远景区; 对于研究程度较弱的稀散元素矿, 除在已知的矿集区着力稀散元素赋存状态、超常富集研究和资源量核算之外, 东昆仑成矿带牛苦头—野马泉矽卡岩型有色金属矿集区为稀散元素找矿的有利远景区。     

Lithium-containing Na-Fe-amphibole from cryolite rocks of the Katugin rare-metal deposit (Transbaikalia,Russia): chemical features and crystal structure

Detailed chemical and structural studies were carried out for Li-Na-Fe-amphibole from cryolite rocks of the Katugin deposit, Transbaikalia. The rocks contain 30-70 vol.% cryolite, mafic minerals as Fe-silicates (Li-Na-Fe-amphibole, Li-containing fluorannite, and bafertisite), oxides (magnetite, ilmenite, pyrochlore, cassiterite, and others), and sulfides (sphalerite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite). Quartz, K-feldspar, polylithionite, REE-fluorides, and albite occur as minor or accessory phases. The chemical composition of amphibole (wt.%) varies as follows: SiO₂, 48.5-48.9; TiO2, 0.4-0.8; M2O3, 1.6-2.2; Fe2O3, 15.9-17.1; FeO, 17.6-18.4; MnO, 0.8-0.9; ZnO, 0.3-1.1; MgO, 0.2-0.3; CaO, < 0.1; Na2O, 8.4-8.7; K₂O, 1.4-1.5; Li₂O, 0.6-0.8; H₂O, 0.7-0.8; and F, 2.2-2.5. The amphibole has a specific composition intermediate among the F-Fe members of the Na-amphibole subgroup: 40-45 mol.% ferro-ferri-fluoro-nyb0ite, 40-45 mol.% ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite, and 10-20 mol.% fluoro-riebeckite ± fluoro-arfvedsonite. The mineral is monoclinic, space group C2/m, a = 9.7978(2), b = 17.9993(3), c = 5.33232(13) A, P = 103.748(2)°, V = 913.43(3) A³, and Z = 2. The structural formula of Li-Na-Fe-amphibole is (Nao.₄6Ko.₂₄do.₃o)Na₂.oo(Fea95Mgo.o5)₂- (Fe0⁺ 95Ti0.025Mg0.025)2(Li0.37Fea48Mn0.10Zn0.05)[(Si0.91Al <).09)4Si4O22](F0.58(OH)0.42)2. R^amaⁿ and Mossbauer spectroscopy data are given for this amphibole.     

O18/O16 Ratios in Rocks and Coexisting Minerals of the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland

The Skaergaard intrusion of East Greenland is a gravitationallystratified gabbroic mass that has undergone extreme fractionalcrystallization. Oxygen-isotopic analyses have been obtainedfor the various rock types of this intrusion and for severalcoexisting minerals of these rocks. The general relationshipsamong the O¹⁸/O¹⁶ ratios of the minerals are the same as havebeen found for other igneous rocks, but the isotopic fracticnationsare smaller, probably as a result of the higher temperatureof formation of the Skaergaard rocks. The later differentiatesare progressively depleted in O¹⁸ to a marked degree relativeto the earlier-formed portions of the layered series; the late-stagegranophyres are 4–5 per mil lower in O¹⁸/O¹⁶ than thelayered Lower Zone gabbros, and are 7–9 per mil lowerthan normal granitic rocks from other localities. This progressivedepletion in O¹⁸ is a result of crystallization and settlingout of minerals that are, on the whole, about 1 per mil higherin O¹⁸/O¹⁶ than the magma liquid. Calculations based on a simplecrystallization model are in agreement with the experimentalresults.     

Cu and Mo Isotope Compositions in Waters, Rocks, Minerals, Plants and Soils as Ore Deposit Exploration Tools

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偶氮氯磷-mN直接光度法测定矿石中铈族稀土元素

本文研究了偶氮氯膦-mN在磷酸—草酸—焦磷酸钠体系中以锌-EDTA二乙酯作缓冲掩蔽剂①在钇族稀土和常见元素存在下,不经分离,直接测定铈族稀土元素的可能性。一、实验部分偶氮氯膦-mN:0.05%水溶液(上海师大)。Zn-EDTA二乙酯0.15%水溶液:称取EDTA二乙酯15克,乙酸锌15克溶于1000毫升水中,摇均。混合铈组稀土标准:用光谱纯的稀土氧化物按     

新疆福海县哈龙稀有金属矿床地质特征及成因浅析

哈龙-青河早古生代深成岩浆弧是新疆阿尔泰重要的稀有金属成矿带, 带内分布多个大、中型稀有金属(锂铍、钽铌)矿床, 赋矿伟晶岩时代主要集中于三叠纪(250~205Ma)和侏罗纪(200~180Ma)。其中哈龙-阿祖拜伟晶岩田中含矿伟晶岩主要由微斜长石型伟晶岩、微斜长石-钠长石型伟晶岩和钠长石-锂辉石型伟晶岩组成, 伟晶岩类型及相关矿化依次出现4个水平分带, 以II带铍矿化和III带锂矿化为特征。结合野外地质特征、成岩成矿时代及地球化学特征, 认为哈龙-阿祖拜伟晶岩田稀有金属成矿为伟晶岩自身岩浆-热液演化的产物, 伟晶岩初始岩浆可能与先期存在幔源物质的古老地壳物质部分熔融有关。     

Fluorides and Fluorcarbonates in Rocks of the Katugin Complex,Eastern Siberia: Indicators of Geochemical Mineral Formation Conditions

The paper discusses the chemical composition and parageneses of fluorides and fluorcarbonates in rocks of the Katugin Complex, with which a unique deposit of REE–Nb–Ta ore with cryolite is associated. In mineralogy and chemical composition, the rocks correspond to biotite, biotite–amphibole, arfvedsonite, and aegirine–arfvedsonite granites, which were regarded in earlier publications as granite-like metasomatic rocks. Aegirine–arfvedsonite granite contains a cryolite–gagarinite assemblage, which reflects depletion of Ca in the mineral-forming medium and enrichment in Na and F. Arfvedsonite granite is characterized by intergrowth of yttrofluorite with fluocerite and gagarinite, which indicates a relative enrichment in Ca and low CO₂ content. Biotite granite is characterized by an assemblage of fluorite with titanite, apatite, and monazite as evidence for an elevated Ca concentration along with moderate F and P contents in the system. Neighborite, coulsellite, gagarinite, fluocerite, and tveitite-(Y) appear in biotite–amphibole granite along with replacement of annite with riebeckite and development of albite after microcline. All this indicates that a moderately alkaline Na-fluoride solution with a low Ca concentration affects biotite granite.     

Trace Elements and Rare Earth Elements of Sulfide Minerals in the Tianqiao Pb-Zn Ore Deposit, Guizhou Province, China

Trace elements and rare earth elements (REE) of the sulfide minerals were determined by inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The results indicate that V, Cu, Sn, Ga, Cd, In, and Se are concentrated in sphalerite, Sb, As, Ge, and Tl are concentrated in galena, and almost all trace elements in pyrite are low. The Ga and Cd contents in the light-yellow sphalerites are higher than that in the brown and the black sphalerites. The contents of Ge, Tl, In, and Se in brown sphalerites are higher than that in light-yellow sphalerites and black sphalerites. It shows that REE concentrations are higher in pyrite than in sphalerite, and galena. In sphalerites, the REE concentration decreases from light-yellow sphalerites, brown sphalerites, to black sphalerites. The ratios of Ga/In are more than 10, and Co/Ni are less than 1 in the studied sphalerites and pyrites, respectively, indicating that the genesis of the Tianqiao Pb–Zn ore deposit might belong to sedimentary-reformed genesis associated with hydrothermal genesis. The relationship between LnGa and LnIn in sphalerite, and between LnBi and LnSb in galena, indicates that the Tianqiao Pb–Zn ore deposit might belong to sedimentary-reformed genesis. Based on the chondrite-normalized REE patterns, δEu is a negative anomaly (0.13–0.88), and δCe does not show obvious anomaly (0.88–1.31); all the samples have low total REE concentrations (<3 ppm) and a wide range of light rare earth element/high rare earth element ratios (1.12–12.35). These results indicate that the ore-forming fluids occur under a reducing environment. Comparison REE compositions and parameters of sphalerites, galenas, pyrites, ores, altered dolostone rocks, strata carbonates, and the pyrite from Lower Carboniferous Datang Formation showed that the ore-forming fluids might come from polycomponent systems, that is, different chronostratigraphic units could make an important contribution to the ore-forming fluids. Combined with the tectonic setting and previous isotopic geochemistry evidence, we conclude that the ore-deposit genesis is hydrothermal, sedimentary reformed, with multisources characteristics of ore-forming fluids.