Theories, principles, and methods for the statistical prediction of mineral deposits

The statistical prediction of mineral deposits can be described as follows:Basic Theories— (1) similarity-analogy, (2) differences and anomalies, (3) ore-forming factors, andBasic Principles— (1) comprehensive prediction, (2) relationship between the prediction scale and the parameter scale, (3) distribution of mineral parameters, (4) quantitative prediction, (5) assessment, and (6) discovery rate analysis, andBasic Methods.     

Mineral systems,their types,and distribution in nature. I. Khibiny,Lovozero, and the Mont Saint-Hilaire

In accordance with the set of species-defining chemical elements in minerals, n-component systems (where n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) for all mineral species (4952) known to 2014 inclusive were distinguished. Seventy chemical elements have been established to be species-defining, which are distributed by mineral systems as follows: 1 (29), 2 (62), 3 (68), 4 (61), 5 (61), 6 (55), 7 (49), 8 (38), 9 (28), and 10 (19). The number of mineral species in which certain chemical elements are species-defining has been specified. Oxygen (4041), hydrogen (2755), silicon (1448), calcium (1139), sulfur (1025), aluminum (960), iron (917), sodium (914), copper (616), phosphorous (580), arsenic (575), and magnesium (550) are the leading elements in minerals in the Earth’s crust. It has been found that the most species-defining elements are normally distributed by mineral systems. The distributions of mineral species in various systems from the Khibiny and Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia; and Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada peralkaline plutons were compared and the characters of species-defining element distribution in these localities were compared. Si, Na, K, C, F, Ti, Ce, Zr, Nb, Sr, and Th are “excess” species-defining elements in minerals from the plutons compared to the total number of mineral species, whereas S, Cu, Pb, Cl, B, Te, Ag, Ni, and Be are “scarce” elements.     

Sheared peridotite xenolith from the V. Grib kimberlite pipe,Arkhangelsk Diamond Province,Russia: Texture,composition, and origin

The petrography and mineral composition of a mantle-derived garnet peridotite xenolith from the V. Grib kimberlite pipe (Arkhangelsk Diamond Province, Russia) was studied. Based on petrographic characteristics, the peridotite xenolith reflects a sheared peridotite. The sheared peridotite experienced a complex evolution with formation of three main mineral assemblages: (1) a relict harzburgite assemblage consist of olivine and orthopyroxene porphyroclasts and cores of garnet grains (Gar1) with sinusoidal rare earth elements (REE) chondrite C1 normalized patterns; (2) a neoblastic olivine and orthopyroxene assemblage; (3) the last assemblage associated with the formation of clinopyroxene and garnet marginal zones (Gar2). Major and trace element compositions of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and garnet indicate that both the neoblast and clinopyroxene-Gar2 mineral assemblages were in equilibrium with a high Fe-Ti carbonate-silicate metasomatic agent. The nature of the metasomatic agent was estimated based on high field strength elements (HFSE) composition of olivine neoblasts, the garnet-clinopyroxene equilibrium condition and calculated by REE-composition of Gar2 and clinopyroxene. All these evidences indicate that the agent was a high temperature carbonate-silicate melt that is geochemically linked to the formation of the protokimberlite melt.     

应用电子微探针-扫描电镜-拉曼光谱-电子背散射衍射研究一种未知Ti-Zr-U氧化物的矿物学特征

本文应用电子微探针(EPMA)、扫描电镜(SEM)在阿尔金地区的榴闪岩中发现了一种微米级含铀氧化物矿物,结合光学显微镜、拉曼光谱和电子背散射衍射(EBSD)技术对该矿物的化学成分、赋存状态、物理及光学性质、晶体结构等矿物学特征进行了研究。结果表明,该矿物在空间上与钛铁矿关系密切且主要产于其边部,为一种不透明矿物;主要化学组成为TiO2、ZrO2和UO2,实验化学式为(Zr,U)Ti2O6,其中U与Zr互为类质同象替代;具独特的拉曼光谱特征,初步确定为斜方晶系且具有序的铌钙矿结构。通过电子微探针U-Th-Pb定年获得等时线年龄为451±49Ma,可能代表了寄主岩石的退变质年龄。将该矿物与化学成分类似的晶体进行对比,发现与斯里兰卡石等已知天然矿物存在差异,而与一种人工合成晶体Zr5Ti7O24在化学成分和晶体结构上较为相似,可以初步推断Ti-Zr-U氧化物为一种未被人们发现的新矿物。     

Phase equilibria in the hornblende-bearing basic gneisses of the Uvete area, central Kenya

Abstract The hornblende-bearing basic gneisses in the Uvete area, central Kenya, were metamorphosed under a narrow range of P and T (6.5 ± 0.5kbar and 530 ± 40°C) of the staurolitekyanite zone in the Mozambique metamorphic belt. They show a wide variety of divariant and trivariant mineral assemblages consisting of hornblende, cumminatonite, gedrite, anthophyllite, chlorite, garnet, epidote, clinopyroxene, plagio-clase and quartz. The bulk and mineral chemistries and the graphical representation of phase relations show that each mineral assemblage approaches chemical equilibrium and defines a unique composition volume in the A'(Al + Fe³⁺− (13/7)Na)-F(Fe²⁺)-M'(Mg)-C'(Ca-(3/7)Na) tetrahedron. The composition volumes are distributed quite regularly and do not overlap each other.
The phase relations in the Uvete area are in contrast with those in the staurolite-kyanite zone amphibolites in the Mt. Cube quadrangle, Vermont. The amphibolites there contain low-variance mineral assemblages formed under different values of μ_H2O and μ_CO2. These assemblages define overlapping composition volumes in the A'-F'-M'-C'tetrahedron.
The mineral assemblages in the Uvete area are interpreted as having formed in equilibrium with fluid at a high and nearly constant μH₂O value. Such a fluid composition was externally controlled by the supply of H₂O-rich fluid expelled from the surrounding pelitic and psammitic rocks. The body size of the basic gneisses in the Uvete area (less than 400m in thickness) was small enough for the fluid to migrate completely.     

青藏高原北部可可西里狮头山含硬玉岩类的基本特征及地质意义

描述了可可西里山南狮头山含硬玉岩类的岩石学、矿物学特征。含硬玉岩类的原岩为辉长岩，围岩为石炭—二叠系。由于变质作用不彻底，保留有原岩的矿物组合。典型的高压变质矿物组合为：钠长石 硬玉 霓石 蓝闪石 绿帘石 绿泥石。硬玉SiO2、FeO偏低，Al2O3、Na2O明显偏高，变质矿物组合中以富钠矿物为主，缺少石英，与国内外含硬玉岩类的原岩成分、变质矿物组合均不相同，是一种新的高压低温硬玉岩类。狮头山高压变质带向西延至若拉岗日、大横山一带，与北侧的西金乌兰—金沙江板块缝合带(西段)平行产出，以此推测缝合带南侧的羌北—昌都板块向北消减于巴颜喀拉板块之下。     

Reflectance spectroradiometry applied to a semi-quantitative analysis of the mineralogy of the N4ws deposit,Carajás Mineral Province,Pará, Brazil

Quantifying the abundance and physicochemical properties of minerals using reflectance spectroradiometry in the visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared (400–2500 nm) regions is an important tool in mineral exploration. In this study, the reflectance spectra of drill cores from the world-class N4WS iron deposit located in the Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil, were obtained. These spectra were validated using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) geochemical analyses and thin sections. The reflectance spectra were collected using a FieldSpec 3 spectroradiometer (ASD, Boulder, Colorado, USA) in 10 drill cores. The mineralogy of the deposit is mainly hematite, with lesser amounts of magnetite, goethite, quartz, kaolinite, gibbsite, smectite, talc, carbonate and chlorite. The mineralogy of the iron deposit was extracted from the spectral data using the geometry (depth and wavelength) of absorption features across the reflectance spectrum removed from the continuum. The depth of the absorption features is proportional to the mineral abundance, and the wavelength is proportional to the mineral chemical composition. The diagnostic absorption features of each mineral were used to determine the mineral abundance and composition. The final products include the abundance of iron (hydro) oxide (11.6% root-mean-square error [RMSE] Fe₂O₃); abundance of aluminous clays (RMSE 6% Al₂O₃); abundance of talc (8% RMSE MgO); identification of clay type (kaolinite, montmorillonite or gibbsite); composition of carbonate (dolomite vs. calcite); and composition of chlorite (Mg vs. Fe). The mineral abundance and composition results provided an effective characterisation of the ore, protore and host rocks and showed variations within the ore body.     

Composition,formation conditions,and genesis of the Talatui gold deposit,the Eastern Transbaikal Region,Russia

The mineral composition of the Talatui gold deposit has been studied with modern methods. Previously unknown minerals (ilmenite, siegenite, glaucodot, wittichenite, matildite, hessite, pilsenite, zircon, tremolite, cummingtonite, hercynite, and goethite) have been identified in the ore. A high Re content has been detected in molybdenite. The spatiotemporal separation of Au and Ag is caused by different mineral species of these elements and their diachronous precipitation during the ore-forming process. Gold crystallized along with early mineral assemblages, beginning from virtually pure gold (the fineness is 996). Silver precipitated largely at the end of the process as hessite (Ag₂Te) and matildite (AgBiS₂). The temperature of ore deposition varied from 610 to 145°C, the pressure was 3370–110 bar, and the salt concentration ranged from 56.3 to 0.4 wt % NaCl equiv. The heterogeneous state (boiling) of fluid at the early stages has been documented. The chemical and isotopic compositions of the fluid testify to its magmatic nature and the participation of meteoric water at late stages in the ore-forming process. Thermodynamic modeling reproduces the main specific features of ore formation, including separation of Au and Ag. A physicochemical model of the gold mineralization in the Darasun ore district has been proposed. On the basis of several attributes, the Talatui deposit has been referred to the prophyry gold-copper economic type.     

Natisite,Na2TiSiO5, an Indicator Mineral of Hyperagpaitic Hydrothermal Assemblages in the Lovozero and Khibiny Alkaline Plutons,Kola Peninsula: Occurrence,Crystal Chemistry,and Genetic Features

Geology of Ore Deposits - Natisite, a natural tetragonal (P4/nmm) modification of Na2TiSiO5 = Na2TiO(SiO4) is an abundant indicator mineral of relatively low-temperature (no higher than...     

Lisiguangite, CuPtBiS3, a New Platinum-Group Mineral from the Yanshan Mountains, Hebei, China

Lisiguangite, CuPtBiS3, is a new mineral spedes discovered in a PEG-bearing, Co-Cu sulfide vein in garnet pyroxenite of the Yanshan Mountains, Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province, China. It is associated with chaicopyrite and bornite, galena, minor pyrite, carrolite, molybdenite and the platinum-group minerals daomanite (CuPtAsS2), Co-bearing malanite (Cu(Pt, Co)2S4) sperrylite, moncheite, cooperite and malyshevite (CuPdBiS3), rare damiaoite (Pt2In3) and yixunite (Pt3In). Lisiguangite occurs as idiomorphic crystals, tabular or lamellae (010) and elongated [100] or as aggregates, up to 2 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. The mineral is opaque, has lead-gray color, black streak and metallic luster. The mineral is non-fluorescent. The observed morphology displays the following forms: pinacoids {100}, {010}, {001}, and prism {110}. No twining is observed. The a:b:c ratio, calculated from unit-cell parameters, is 0.6010:1:0.3836. Cleavage: {010} perfect, {001} distinct, {100} may be visible. H Mohs: 21/2; VHN25=46.7-49.8 (mean 48.3) kg/mm2. Tenacity: brittle. Lisiguangite is bright white with a yellowish tint. In reflected light it shows neither internal reflections nor bireflectance or pleochroism. It has weak to moderate anisotropy (blue-greenish to brownish) and parallel-axial extinction. The reflectance values in air (and in oil) for R3, R4 and (imR3,/imR4), at the standard Commission on Ore Mineralogy wavelengths are: 37.5, 35.7 (23.4, 22.3) at 470 nm; 38.6, 36.5 (23.6, 22.6) at 546 nm; 39.4, 37.5 (23.6, 22.7) at 589 nm and 40.3, 38.2 (23.7, 22.9) at 650 nm. The average of eight electron-microprobe analyses: Cu 12.98, Pt 30.04, Pd 2.69, Bi 37.65 and S 17.55, totaling 100.91%, corresponding to Cu1.10(Pt0.83, Pd0.14)∑0.97Bi0.97S2.96 based on six atoms apfu. The ideal formula is CuPtBiS3. The mineral is orthorhombic. Space group: P212121,a=7.7152(15)A, b=12.838(3) A, c=4.9248(10)A, V=487.80(17)A3, Z=4. The six strongest lines in the X-ray powder-diffraction pattern [d in A (I) (h k l) are 6.40(30)(020), 3.24(80)(031), 3.03(100)(201), 2.27(40)(051), 2.14(50)(250), 1.865(60)(232).     

地球系统、成矿系统到勘查系统

面对21世纪,矿床学和矿业发展有两大趋势(1)全球化;(2)矿产开发和环境保护的协调发展。矿床研究要扩展到全球背景。在简述地球系统和地球系统科学的基础上,提出了地质突发事件具有灾害和资源的两重性的观点。强调要从地球系统的大背景来研究成矿环境和成矿过程,也即将矿床成因和成矿系统研究提高到地球系统科学的层次,这是新世纪中矿床学发展的一个显著特点。成矿系统是一个有特色的地质系统,文中提出成矿系统论的5个要点(1)根据构造动力体制划分成矿系统大类;(2)多因耦合、临界转换的基本成矿机制;(3)矿床系列和地质-物探-化探-遥感异常系列共同构成的矿化网络;(4)矿床形成—变化—保存的全过程;(5)成矿系统的资源-环境双重效应。成矿系统论对于指导矿产勘查有重要意义。文中提出了成矿系统研究向勘查系统转化的原则和方法。通过对成矿系统的整体分析、空间分析、时间分析和历史分析,有助于明确找矿方向和目标。西藏朱诺斑岩铜矿的实践表明,勘查选区的核心问题是对找矿信息的分析、理解和把握。要将筛选关键找矿信息与分析成矿地质环境、控矿因素二者有机结合,赋予各种信息以客观、准确的地质内涵,是勘查选区成功的必要条件。最后,用“三环图”表示了地球系统、成矿系统和勘查系统的辩证关系。     

松辽盆地南部HX井上白垩统青山口组黑色泥岩的矿物组成与自生微晶石英成因

泥质岩的矿物组成和成岩作用是制约其作为CO₂地质封存的盖层封闭能力和作为页岩气储层具易压裂性质的重要原因。通过地球化学分析、X-射线衍射分析和扫描电镜观测及能谱测定,确定了松辽盆地南部HX井上白垩统青山口组泥岩的矿物组成,识别出了蒙皂石转变伊利石反应过程中形成的亚微米级自生微晶石英。研究表明：HX井上白垩统青山口组泥岩的母岩岩石类型和风化效应一致,泥岩主要由黏土矿物、钠长石和石英组成,钾长石少量;黏土矿物以伊利石/蒙皂石混层为主,其次为绿泥石;脆性矿物（钠长石、石英和钾长石）的平均质量分数为44.43%,黏土矿物平均质量分数为54.26%。蒙皂石转变伊利石反应过程中形成的亚微米级微晶石英单晶呈自形－半自形粒状,集合体呈巢状,分布于伊利石/蒙皂石混层黏土矿物的微孔隙中。以伊利石/蒙皂石混层矿物为主、且存在一定量的自生微晶石英的泥岩盖层（例如HX井青山口组泥岩）将有助于注入CO₂的长期封存。HX井青山口组泥岩中的脆性矿物含量符合工业价值页岩气的储层标准,而黏土矿物含量则相差较多。     

Silver sulfoselenide from ore of the Valunisty Au-Ag deposit,Chukchi Peninsula

Silver sulfoselenide (Ag,Cu)₉Se₂S₄ from ore of the Valunisty Au-Ag deposit on the Chukchi Peninsula is described for the first time. The mineral occurs in mineralized quartz-adularia veins, where it associates with chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, and electrum and replaces arsenpolybasite. It forms anhedral grains up to 0.2 mm in size. The reflectivity of sulfoselenide is moderate, no anisotropy is observed, and the microhardness is very low. The chemical composition of the mineral differs from other known members of the Ag-Se-Se-S system: the S/Se ratio of the mineral is 2/1 and the (Ag + Cu)/(Se + S) ratio is about 1.5.     

ANORTHOCLASE, A SECOND MICROPROBE STANDARD FROM KAKANUI, NEW ZEALAND

A second mineral from the Kakanui Mineral Breccia, an anorthoclase, has been prepared as an international microprobe standard. The K2O content may be variable. Major and trace element contents are tabulated. Relatively high Sr (2260 ppm) and Ba (622 ppm) may make this mineral a useful trace element standard.     

基于数字地质调查系统的矿产远景调查数据库建设 ——内蒙古达来庙矿产远景调查项目数据库的建设和体会

2007年5月由中国地质调查局主管部门建议．选定内蒙古达来庙地区的矿产远景调查项目作为矿产远景调查数据库系统应用的试点项目,全面开展了矿调数据库的建设。根据矿调工作的特点．项目利用数字地质调查系统完成了①地质填图野外数据PRB库;②实际材料图数据库;③地质矿产图空间数据库;④地球化学数据库;⑤地球物理数据库;⑥遥感数据库;⑦综合成果数据库和⑧大比例尺综合图数据库的建设,从而实现了将矿调工作原始资料、成果资料集于数字地质调查系统同一平台下的全部数字化。     

山西省中条山铜矿田电气石与电气石岩的研究

本文通过对中条山铜矿田电气石和电气石岩地质产状、岩相学和矿物学、矿物化学等特征的研究，指出本区有三种成因类型的电气石：（１）北峪酸性侵入体岩浆期后热液成因电气石；（２）中条群地层中变质热液形成的电气石；（３）赋矿岩石和近矿围岩中热液蚀变电气石。第（３）类电气石具有特征的产状、矿物化学和矿物共生组合标型，是重要的找矿标志     

硅酸盐体系的化学平衡:(2)反应热力学

通过具体的应用实例,系统介绍了在矿物材料学研究中硅酸盐体系的多相平衡反应热力学的基本原理。对硅酸盐体系的典型多相平衡反应进行了热力学计算,包括:(1)微晶玻璃制备过程中的硅酸盐熔融反应;(2)霞石正长岩和高铝粉煤灰利用技术中的硅酸盐烧结反应;(3)S iO2-CaO-H2O体系和KA lS i3O8-CaO-H2O体系雪硅钙石、硬硅钙石的水热晶化反应;(4)高铝粉煤灰和霞石正长岩烧结产物的溶解反应;(5)Na[A l(OH)4]-A l(OH)3-H2O体系和Na2SO4-Ca(OH)2-H2O体系中α-A l(OH)3和CaSO4.2H2O的析晶反应。研究成果可望对矿物材料制备实验方案设计、工业生产过程优化及改进产品性能提供理论指导,同时为同类材料学研究提供借鉴。     

Diversity of Mineralization and Spectrum of the Gejiu Superlarge Tin-Copper Polymetallic Deposit,Yunnan,China

The Gejiu (个旧) deposit is a superlarge tin-copper polymetallic ore-forming concentration area characterized by excellent metallogenic geological settings and advantageous ore-controlling factors. The deposit displays diverse mineralization properties due to different minerals and mineral deposit types. Based on the principal metallogenic factors, metallogenic mechanisms, mineralized components, and occurrence of mineral deposits or ore bodies, the Gejiu mineral district can be divided into 2 combinations of metallogenic series, 4 metallogenic series, 8 subseries, and 27 mineral deposit types. Spatial zonality is evident. The distribution regularity of the elements in both plane and section is Be-W, Sn (Cu, Mo, Bi, Be)-Sn, Pb, Ag-Pb, Zn around a granitic intrusion. The metallogenic epoch is mainly concentrated in the late Yanshanian. During this period, large-scale metallogenic processes related to movement caused by tectonics and magmatism occurred, and a series of magmatic hydrothermal deposits formed. The ore-forming processes can be divided into 4 stages: the silicate stage, the oxide stage, the sulphide stage, and the carbonate stage. Based on the orderliness and diversity (in terms of time, space, and genesis) of the mineralization, the authors have developed a comprehensive spectrum of ore deposits in the Gejiu area. This newly proposed diversity of mineralization and the spectrum developed in this work are useful not only for interpreting the genesis of the Gejiu deposit but also for improving mineral exploration in the area, and in particular, for finding large deposits.     

Origin of the pyrophyllite-diaspore deposits of the Bundelkhand Complex,Central India

Twenty three samples from the pyrophyllite-diaspore deposits have been investigated by x-ray diffraction and geochemical methods. The mineral assemblages belong to the K₂O-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O system. Higher concentrations of Ti, Cr and Zr in the deposits as compared with the associated granites and gneisses suggest their laterite type parentage. Existing mineral assemblages are a result of low grade metamorphism (up to about 350°C) of the primary residual deposits containing a kaolinite - diaspore - quartz assemblage.     

川西微晶白云母的X射线粉晶衍射分析

川西微晶白云母是一种新型的非金属矿物资源,采用X射线粉晶衍射分析对川西微晶白云母的进行了深入研究,发现该矿床存在白云母-多硅白云母矿物组合。该矿物组合中的微晶白云母和多硅白云母结晶度高,多型为2M1,其含量分别为80%和20%左右;二者都属二八面体型白云母类矿物,但d060和b值偏大,微晶白云母的d060=0.1502 nm,b=0.9012 nm,多硅白云母的d060=0.1505 nm,b=0.9030 nm;微晶白云母矿铝含量较低、铁镁含量较高,其原因是白云母晶体铝氧八面体中的Al离子被Fe、Mg等离子所取代,这一矿物组合是通过矿物类质同象作用所形成一种多硅白云母系列矿物。