Age, composition of rocks, and geological setting of the Snezhnoe beryllium deposit: Substantiation of the Late Paleozoic East Sayan rare-metal zone, Russia

The Snezhnoe phenakite-beryl deposit is one of the highest-grade deposits in the Altai-Sayan beryllium province. This deposit is spatially associated with the alkali granite of the Ognit Complex and localized in the apical part of the granitic pluton. The trace element composition of granite, as well as of Be and Ta-Nb ores was studied. The Rb-Sr age of Be mineralization estimated at 305 Ma is consistent with the time of formation of numerous rare-metal alkali granitic plutons in the Eastern Sayan and the eastern Tuva. The region of these granitic plutons is outlined as the Late Paleozoic East Sayan rare-metal metallogenic zone specialized for Nb, Ta, Be, Li, Zr, Th, and REE mineralization. The East Sayan zone is localized in the marginal part of the Barguzin igneous province and is similar to the marginal zone of this province in composition of igneous associations and metallogenic specialization. The formation of the Barguzin igneous province and the East Sayan metallogenic zone is related to the evolution of the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian mantle plume.     

Quartz-albite-microcline metasomatic rocks in the Main Sayan Fault Zone: Evolution of metasomatism and composition of accessory minerals

Quartz-albite-microcline metasomatic rocks (qualmites) localized in the Main Sayan Fault Zone at the boundary of Irkutsk oblast and Buryatia (Eastern Sayan, middle reaches of the Kitoi River) were formed after dynamometamorphic biotite and biotite-amphibole granite gneisses. The zone of alkaline metasomatism up to 250–300 m thick extends for about 12 km along the Main Sayan Fault. Riebeckite-aegirine and hornblende-clinopyroxene qualmites were formed during the early alkaline stage of metasomatism. Biotite-magnetite qualmites, which are occasionally superimposed on riebeckite-aegirine rocks, are products of the following stage of increasing acidity. The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age of amphibole from metasomatic rocks is 321 ± 5 Ma. The metasomatic rocks are enriched by 2–4 times in Zr, Nb, Y, REE, Be, Th, and U relative to unaltered granite gneisses and contain rare-metal mineralization (fergusonite-(Y), betafite, Nb- and Y- bearing titanites, gadolinite-(Y), zircon, thorite, allanite-(Ce), chevkinite-(Ce), etc.). The composition of accessory minerals was studied on a LEO-1430VP SEM. Their composition and mineral assemblages show that meta-somatic alteration and Ti-Nb-Zr-REE mineralization were formed synchronously. The stage of acid solution neutralization was characterized by crystallization of epidote and andradite and by replacement of chevkinite with allanite and titanite in metasomatic rocks. Hydro- and fluorcarbonates of LREE, phosphates (monazite-(Ce)), and fluorides (F-bearing thorianite?) were formed during the final low-temperature stage.     

东昆仑哈日扎多金属矿区花岗斑岩与闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

哈日扎多金属矿区具有多期成矿作用,成矿母岩为闪长岩、花岗斑岩和花岗岩。通过对闪长岩和花岗斑岩进行LAICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得3个样品锆石年龄。样品TC22-3为闪长岩,年龄集中在413±5.4~433±5.5Ma之间,年龄加权平均值为424.7±4.8Ma;DK19-1为花岗斑岩,年龄集中在233±2.4~251±2.9Ma之间,年龄加权平均值为242.6±2.6Ma;DK23-1为花岗斑岩,~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄集中在235±4.0~262±6.5Ma之间,年龄加权平均值为245.8±3.4Ma。样品DK23-1和DK19-1的锆石年龄代表印支期岩体年龄,与东昆仑地区印支期发生过较大规模岩浆活动事件相耦合,并且指示了哈日扎矿区主要的成矿年代;样品TC22-3形成时代为志留纪,记录了东昆仑早古生代的岩浆活动,也说明在志留纪该矿区已经发生了矿化现象。另外,东昆仑地区的晚志留世花岗岩可能与东昆仑早古生代洋盆闭合后的碰撞造山作用有关。     

内蒙古武川县赵井沟铌钽多金属矿床白云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar同位素年龄及地质意义

内蒙古赵井沟铌钽多金属矿是近年来取得较大找矿进展的大型稀有金属矿床,初步探明铌钽氧化物储量超过8200吨,前人对其矿床地质特征已有初步研究,但其成矿时代尚未精确厘定。本文以赵井沟铌钽多金属矿区内天河石花岗伟晶岩脉中的白云母为研究对象,利用~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar同位素年代学方法,以确定其成矿时代。研究发现矿区内铌钽矿化主要赋存在碱长花岗岩、碱长花岗细晶岩、云英岩和天河石花岗伟晶岩中,且铌钽矿物与白云母同时形成,有重要的共生关系,故本次研究获得的白云母坪年龄123.57±0.66 Ma和等时线年龄124.0±2.0 Ma具有地质意义,可代表成矿年龄。这一成果表明赵井沟铌钽多金属矿床形成于燕山晚期(至少延续至早白垩世),与前人获得的锆石年龄有较大差异,这对分析其矿床成因有重要意义。同时,结合区域地质资料,本文认为华北地台北缘内蒙古地轴中部在燕山运动的晚期存在一次重要的稀有金属成矿事件。     

Late Paleozoic alkali-granitic magmatism of Tuva and its relation to intraplate activity within the Siberian paleocontinent

Geological, petrologeochemical, and geochronological studies of the rocks from the Shivei alkali-granitic pluton were conducted. A pluton about 500 km² in area is a part of the larger (more than 30 000 km²) Kaakhem magmatic area. The data obtained allow us to characterize the magmatic complex of the Shivei pluton as a bimodal association with picrobasalts, subalkali basalts, and subalkali and alkali granitic rocks differentiated from syenites to leucogranites. The SHRIMP_II zircon dating from quartz syenites and alkali granites indicate the Permian age of the pluton (293.8 ± 3.8 Ma and 297.1 ± 3.8 Ma, respectively). Mafic-alkali-granitic associations similar in age and type, which are traced in the meridional direction along the Eastern Sayan toward the Siberian Platform, were distinguished as the Eastern Sayan zone of the Late Paleozoic alkaline magmatism. Its location corresponds to the western periphery of the Angaro-Vitim batholite and fits well into the zonal structure of the Barguzin magmatic province. We relate the geodynamic position of the Barguzin province with the mantle plume that was overlapped by the edge of the Siberian Pale-ocontinent in the course of its Paleozoic migration above the African hot spot.     

The Age and Composition of Alkaline Rocks of the Dugda Massif (Eastern Sayan): Patterns of the Manifestation of the Late Paleozoic Rare-Metal Magmatism in the Southwestern Fold Frame of the Siberian Platform

Doklady Earth Sciences - The age and geochemical characteristics of alkaline rocks of the Dugda massif (Eastern Tuva), attributed to the East Sayan Late Paleozoic rare-metal magmatic zone, have...     

个旧卡房层状铜矿床金云母和云英岩化白云母40Ar-39Ar同位素年龄及意义

在个旧锡铜多金属矿集区发育有矽卡岩型和热液脉型等锡铜矿化体,其形成时代是晚白垩世,属与花岗岩有关的岩浆热液成因矿床。赋存于三叠纪蚀变玄武岩层中,呈(似)层状的铜矿体的精确年龄尚未有报道,成因仍备受争议。文章选择赋存于卡房矿田蚀变玄武岩层中,呈(似)层状分布的铜矿体中的金云母,及新山岩体接触带云英岩中的白云母为研究对象,利用⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar阶段加热同位素定年方法对它们进行了年代学研究,获得了金云母和白云母的⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar同位素坪年龄分别为(79.55±0.47) Ma和(79.53±0.57) Ma,对应等时线年龄分别为(79.8±1.3) Ma和(79.7±1.0) Ma,反等时线年龄分别为(79.7±2.0) Ma和(79.61±0.75) Ma,两者年龄基本一致。结合矿物共生组合特征和流体包裹体测温资料,认为金云母的坪年龄(79.55±0.47) Ma,可以代表卡房蚀变玄武岩中(似)层状铜矿的形成时代,而白云母的坪年龄(79.53±0.57) Ma,则代表新山岩体形成后期岩浆热液活动的年龄。这2个年龄与个旧锡铜多金属矿床的成矿时代基本一致,应是同一构造-岩浆-流体活动形成的成矿系列产物。     

Magmatic‐Hydrothermal Mineralization Sequence in Xinlu Ore Field,Guangxi, South China: Constraints from Zircon U‐Pb,Molybdenite Re‐Os,and Muscovite Ar‐Ar Dating

The Xinlu Sn‐polymetallic ore field is located in the western Nanling Polymetallic Belt in northeastern Guangxi, South China, where a number of typical skarn‐, hydrothermal vein‐type tin deposits have developed. There are two types of Sn deposits: skarn‐type and sulfide‐quartz vein‐type. The tin mineralizations mainly occur on the south side of the Guposhan granitic complex pluton and within its outer contact zone. To constrain the Sn mineralization age and further understand its genetic links to the Guposhan granitic complex, a series of geochronological works has been conducted at the Liuheao deposit of the ore field using high‐precision zircon SHRIMP U‐Pb, molybdenite Re‐Os, and muscovite Ar‐Ar dating methods. The results show that the biotite‐monzogranite, which is part of the Xinlu intrusive unit of the Guposhan complex pluton, has a SHRIMP U‐Pb zircon age of 161.0 ± 1.5 Ma. The skarn‐type ore has a ⁴⁰Ar‐³⁹Ar muscovite plateau age of 160 ± 2 Ma (same as its isochron age), and the sulfide‐quartz vein‐type ore yields an Re‐Os molybdenite isochron age of 154.4 ± 3.5 Ma. The magmatic‐hydrothermal geochronological sequence demonstrated that the hydrothermal mineralization took place immediately following the emplacement of the monzogranite, with the skarn metasomatic mineralization stage predating the sulfide mineralization stage. Geochronologically, we have compared this ore field with 26 typical Sn deposits distributed along the Nanling Polymetallic Belt, leading to the suggestion of the magmatic‐metallogenic processes in the Xinlu ore field (ca. 161–154 Ma) as a component of the Early Yanshanian large‐scale Sn‐polymetallic mineralization event (peaked at 160–150 Ma) in the Nanling Range of South China. Petrogenesis of Sn‐producing granite and Sn‐polymetallic mineralization were probably caused by crust–mantle interaction as a result of significant lithospheric extension and thinning in South China in the Late Jurassic.     

黑龙江嘉荫连珠山金矿床成岩成矿年代学及其地质意义

连珠山矿床位于小兴安岭北麓,是一个产于花岗岩内部断裂体系的蚀变岩型金矿床。为了限定其成矿时代与成矿地质背景,本文对其赋矿围岩黑云母二长花岗岩和石英闪长岩进行了岩石地球化学、锆石U-Pb和绢云母40Ar/39Ar年代学的系统研究。定年结果表明黑云母二长花岗岩形成时代为中三叠世(243.7±1.3Ma,MSWD=0.77,n=12),岩浆上侵过程中受到早古生代(474~438Ma)和中二叠世(267~261Ma)的岩浆混染,而石英闪长岩形成于晚三叠世(215.3±1.3Ma,MSWD=0.35,n=17);黄铁绢英岩化矿石中的绢云母40Ar/39Ar坪年龄为194.2±2.0Ma,指示为早侏罗世成矿;元素地球化学特征显示连珠山侵入岩为准铝质-弱过铝质、高钾钙碱性岩石系列,具有I型花岗岩的地球化学属性;轻稀土元素富集,相对亏损重稀土元素,且具有弱的负Eu异常;富集大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损高场强元素(HFSE)。结合小兴安岭-张广才岭地区已有年代学资料和区域构造演化特征,认为其成矿地质背景为兴蒙造山晚期与古太平洋板块俯冲转换期,或成矿发生在兴蒙造山期后的伸展阶段。     

Geochronology of the Limu W–Sn–Nb–Ta‐Bearing Granite Pluton in South China

Limu W–Sn–Nb–Ta mining district is located in the Nanling Range W–Sn poly‐metallic mineralization belt in south China. The district includes a number of Sn–Nb–Ta and W–Sn ore occurrences; all of them are spatially associated with granite stocks of a largely‐unexposed pluton, the Limu granitic pluton. A granite sample collected from the Sn–Nb–Ta‐bearing Jinzhuyuan granite stock yields a zircon SHRIMP U–Pb age of 218.3 ± 2.4 Ma, a muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau age of 212.4 ± 1.4 Ma, and a muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar isochron age of 213.2 ± 2.2 Ma. Another granite sample collected from the W–Sn‐bearing Sangehuangniu granite stock yields a zircon SHRIMP U–Pb age of 214 ± 5 Ma. The geochronological data provide new constraints on the age of the Limu granite pluton and the timing of the associated W–Sn–Nb–Ta mineralization—at least it sets a reasonable upper age limit for the mineralization of the W–Sn–Nb–Ta ores. The reported ages suggest an active Late Triassic granitic magmatism in Limu area which is part of a regional magmatic event near the end of the Indosinian orogeny in south China.     

The unique Katugin rare-metal deposit (southern Siberia): Constraints on age and genesis

We report new geological, mineralogical, geochemical and geochronological data about the Katugin Ta-Nb-Y-Zr (REE) deposit, which is located in the Kalar Ridge of Eastern Siberia (the southern part of the Siberian Craton). All these data support a magmatic origin of the Katugin rare-metal deposit rather than the previously proposed metasomatic fault-related origin. Our research has proved the genetic relation between ores of the Katugin deposit and granites of the Katugin complex. We have studied granites of the eastern segment of the Eastern Katugin massif, including arfvedsonite, aegirine-arfvedsonite and aegirine granites. These granites belong to the peralkaline type. They are characterized by high alkali content (up to 11.8 wt% Na₂O + K₂O), extremely high iron content (FeO¹/(FeO¹ + MgO) = 0.96–1.00), very high content of most incompatible elements – Rb, Y, Zr, Hf, Ta, Nb, Th, U, REEs (except for Eu) and F, and low concentrations of CaO, MgO, P₂O₅, Ba, and Sr. They demonstrate negative and CHUR-close εNd(t) values of 0.0…−1.9. We suggest that basaltic magmas of OIB type (possibly with some the crustal contamination) represent a dominant part of the granitic source. Moreover, the fluorine-enriched fluid phases could provide an additional source of the fluorine. We conclude that most of the mineralization of the Katugin ore deposit occurred during the magmatic stage of the alkaline granitic source melt. The results of detailed mineralogical studies suggest three major types of ores in the Katugin deposit: Zr mineralization, Ta-Nb-REE mineralization and aluminum fluoride mineralization. Most of the ore minerals crystallized from the silicate melt during the magmatic stage. The accessory cryolites in granites crystallized from the magmatic silicate melt enriched in fluorine. However, cryolites in large veins and lens-like bodies crystallized in the latest stage from the fluorine enriched melt. The zircons from the ores in the aegirine-arfvedsonite granite have been dated at 2055 ± 7 Ma. This age is close to the previously published 2066 ± 6 Ma zircon age of the aegirine-arfvedsonite granites, suggesting that the formation of the Katugin rare-metal deposit is genetically related to the formation of peralkaline granites. We conclude that Katugin rare-metal granites are anorogenic. They can be related to a Paleoproterozoic (∼2.05 Ga) mantle plume. As there is no evidence of the 2.05 Ga mantle plume in other areas of southern Siberia, we suggest that the Katugin mineralization occurred on the distant allochtonous terrane, which has been accreted to Siberian Craton later.     

New Data on the Age of Gold Mineralization in the Southeastern Part of Eastern Sayan

This article presents new data on the age of the largest gold deposits in the southeastern part of Eastern Sayan. The dates have been obtained by Ar–Ar analysis of micas occurring in gold-bearing quartz veins and mineralized zones. The obtained Ar–Ar ages of fuchsite and sericite from the tectonized and mineralized zones of the Zun–Holba deposit (ore body Severnoye-3), range within 353.9–386.4 Ma; a similar result of 352.9 Ma was yielded by Ar–Ar dating of Cr–muscovite from mylonitized listvenite in the veins of the periphery of the Zun–Ospa gold deposit. However, muscovite from the ore-bearing quartz vein of the Pioneer gold–quartz deposit, located near Zun–Holba, has been dated to 421.9 Ma. The obtained new data on isotopic age of the gold–quartz ores and gold–sulphide–quartz deposits allow recognition of the Early Palaeozoic accretion–collision and the Late Palaeozoic shearing stages of formation of gold mineralization in the SE Eastern Sayan.     

Genesis of the Katugin rare-metal ore deposit: Magmatism versus metasomatism

Arguments in favor of magmatic or metasomatic genesis of the Katugin rare-metal ore deposit are discussed. The geological and mineralogical features of the deposit confirm its magmatic origin: (1) the shape of the ore-bearing massif and location of various types of granites (biotite, biotite–amphibole, amphibole, and amphibole–aegirine); (2) the geochemical properties of the massif rocks corresponding to A type granite (high alkali content (up to 12.3% Na₂O + K₂O), extremely high FeO/MgO ratio (f = 0.96–1.00), very high content of the most incoherent elements (Rb, Li, Y, Zr, Hf, Ta, Nb, Th, U, Zn, Ga, and REE) and F, and low concentrations of Ca, Mg, Al, P, Ba, and Sr); (3) Fe–F-rich rock-forming minerals; (4) no previously proposed metasomatic zoning and regular replacement of rock-forming minerals corresponding to infiltration fronts of metasomatism. The similar ages of the barren (2066 ± 6 Ma) and ore-bearing (2055 ± 7 Ma) granites along with the features of the ore mineralization speak in favor of the origin of the ore at the magmatic stage of the massif’s evolution. The nature of the ore occurrence and the relationships between the ore minerals support their crystallization from F-rich aluminosilicate melt and also under melt liquation into aluminosilicate and fluoride (and/or aluminofluoride) fractions.     

滇西伟晶岩型稀有金属矿床成矿规律与找矿方向

滇西处于"三江"特提斯构造域西南缘,稀有金属伟晶岩脉发育,并沿区域构造带成群成带分布。滇西伟晶岩型稀有金属矿化以铍为主,兼有锂、铌、钽、锡等。本文将滇西伟晶岩型稀有金属成矿区划分为高黎贡山成矿带、腾冲-梁河成矿带、西盟成矿带和凤庆-临沧成矿带等四个成矿带。高黎贡山成矿带稀有金属伟晶岩可能为深熔成因,其矿体主要产出于中深变质岩的构造裂隙中;其它三个成矿带稀有金属伟晶岩与其附近的花岗岩有密切的成因关系,其矿体主要产出于花岗岩体内部、内外接触带或远离岩体的围岩构造裂隙中。矿化时代集中于喜山期,涵盖古新世、始新世、渐新世、中新世四个成矿时期,其年龄范围主要集中于62~15Ma。印度板块及欧亚板块的陆-陆碰撞造成"三江"特提斯构造转换带强烈的挤压、走滑、逆冲推覆导致地壳加厚及深熔作用是滇西伟晶岩型稀有金属成矿的主要地质背景。区域锂、铍、铌、钽、锡等稀有金属地球化学异常展布区为首要勘查目标区,钠长石化及云英岩化等热液蚀变发育地段的伟晶岩脉应列为首要勘查目标,同时,滇西地区与淡色花岗岩密切相关的伟晶岩脉在今后的找矿工作中需要重点关注。     

东昆仑金水口泥盆纪层状花岗岩成因和找矿意义

东昆仑造山带是青藏高原与冈底斯带相媲美的巨型岩浆岩带, 但该带是否具有形成硬岩型稀有金属矿床的潜力还不清楚。最近在东昆仑金水口地区发现了锂铍矿化伟晶岩, 暗示其有可能成为以锂铍为主的稀有金属成矿潜力区。本文以矿化伟晶岩空间上紧密共生的金水口层状花岗岩体为研究对像, 揭示其地球化学特征和形成时代, 探讨其成因和找矿意义。金水口层状花岗岩下部为弱过铝高钾钙碱性黑云母二长花岗岩, 上部为高分异强过铝二云母正长花岗岩、石榴子石碱长花岗岩和钠长花岗岩。花岗岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为396~395Ma, LA-ICP-MS独居石U-Pb年龄为396~391Ma。黑云母二长花岗岩、二云母正长花岗岩、石榴子石碱长花岗岩和钠长花岗岩具有相似的Nd同位素组成, ε_Nd(t)为-6.52~-4.48, 黑云母二长花岗岩与二云母正长花岗岩具有相似的全岩Pb同位素组成和锆石Hf同位素组成, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb(t)为38.187~38.219, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb(t)为15.627~15.652, ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb(t)为18.299~18.527, ε_Hf(t)为-6.25~+0.58。下部花岗岩和上部高分异花岗岩均源于元古代岩石和少量新生年轻地壳物质组成的下地壳, 为I型花岗岩, 形成于碰撞后伸展构造环境。金水口花岗岩岩浆演化过程中Li、Be、Nb、Ta和Sn富集, 与其东侧跃进山花岗岩共同构成了潜在的稀有金属矿化伟晶岩的母体花岗岩, 推断跃进山花岗岩南部和东部具有伟晶岩型Li-Be矿的找矿潜力。东昆仑造山带出现泥盆纪Li-Be矿成矿作用, 暗示青藏高原北部除了中生代外, 古生代也存在Li-Be矿重要成矿潜力。

     

The Yermakovsky beryllium deposit,Western Transbaikal region,Russia: Geochronology of igneous rocks

The sequence of rock and ore formation at the Yermakovsky beryllium deposit is established on the basis of geological relationships and Rb-Sr and U-Pb isotopic dating. The Rb-Sr age of amphibolitefacies regional metamorphism is determined for quartz-biotite-plagioclase schist (266 ± 18 Ma) and dolomitized limestone (271 ± 12 Ma) of the Zun-Morino Formation. The U-Pb zircon age of premineral gabbro is 332 ± 1 Ma. The Rb-Sr age of gabbro is somewhat younger (316 ± 8.3 Ma), probably owing to the effect of Hercynian metamorphism on sedimentary rocks of the Zun-Morino Formation and gabbroic intrusion that cuts through it. The U-Pb zircon age of gneissose granite of the Tsagan Complex at the Yermakovsky deposit is 316 ± 2 Ma, i.e., close to the age of metamorphism superimposed on gabbro rocks. The U-Pb zircon age of preore granitic dikes, estimated at 325 ± 3 and 333 ± 10 Ma, is close to the age of gabbro. The Ar/Ar age of amphibole from a granitic dike (302.5 ± 0.9 Ma) probably displays a later closure of this isotopic system or the effect of superimposed processes. The Rb-Sr age of alkali syenite intrusion is 227 ± 1.9 Ma. The U-Pb zircon age of alkali leucogranite stock pertaining to the Lesser Kunalei Complex is 226 ± 1 Ma, while the Rb-Sr age of beryllium ore is 225.9 ± 1.2 Ma. These data indicate that beryllium ore mineralization is closely related in space and time to igneous rocks of the Lesser Kunalei Complex dated at 224 ± 5 Ma and varying from gabbro to alkali granite in composition. Thus, the preore Hercynian magmatism at the Yermakovsky deposit took place ∼330 Ma ago and was completed by metamorphism dated at 271–266 Ma. The ore-forming magmatism and beryllium ore mineralization are dated at 224 ± 5 Ma. Postore magmatic activity is scarce and probably correlated with tectonic melange of host rocks.     

广西大厂笼箱盖复式岩体的LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

广西大厂矿田中部的笼箱盖岩体是一个多期次侵入的复式岩体,尽管前人对其中个别阶段岩体进行过年龄精测,但迄今还没有对多期岩体进行过系统的年代学精测。本文在运用阴极发光技术对岩体中锆石进行细致的内部结构分析的基础上,利用LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb原位定年方法,系统测定了岩体中单颗粒锆石的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄,结果显示出,笼箱盖复式岩体形成经历了103.8~102Ma、96.6~93.86Ma、90.1~85.1Ma 3期活动,其中96.6~93.86Ma为主体形成时期,其第一阶段形成中细粒含斑黑云母花岗岩(96.6±2.5Ma)、细粒含斑的黑云母花岗岩(94.3±2.2Ma),第二阶段形成中细粒等粒状黑云母花岗岩(96.1±2.0Ma),第三阶段形成似斑状黑云母花岗岩(93.86±0.84Ma)。这些岩体之间界限清晰、无明显冷凝边,说明岩浆活动是一种连续的脉动过程。大厂矿田的锌铜矿体、锡多金属矿体的形成主要与笼箱盖复式岩体的第二期岩浆活动密切相关,成矿过程在短暂时间完成。笼箱盖复式岩体的形成时期与中国东部110~80Ma大规模成矿过程是吻合的,成岩成矿作用可能与岩石圈伸展作用有关。     

Composition,sources, and mechanisms of origin of rare-metal granitoids in the Late Paleozoic Eastern Sayan zone of alkaline magmatism: A case study of the Ulaan Tolgoi massif

The Ulaan Tolgoi massif of rare-metal (Ta, Nb, and Zr) granites was formed at approximately 300Ma in the Eastern Sayan zone of rare-metal alkaline magmatism. The massif consists of alkaline salic rocks of various composition (listed in chronologic order of their emplacement): alkaline syenite → alkaline syenite pegmatite → pantellerite → alkaline granite, including ore-bearing alkaline granite, whose Ta and Nb concentrations reach significant values. The evolution of the massif ended with the emplacement of trachybasaltic andesite. The rocks of the massif show systematic enrichment in incompatible elements in the final differentiation products of the alkaline salic magmas. The differentiation processes during the early evolution of the massif occurred in an open system, with influx of melts that contained various proportions of incompatible elements. The magma system was closed during the origin of the ore-bearing granites. Rare-metal granitoids in the Eastern Sayan zone were produced by magmas formed by interaction between mantle melts (which formed the mafic dikes) with crustal material. The mantle melts likely affected the lower parts of the crust and either induced its melting, with later mixing the anatectic and mantle magmas, or assimilated crustal material and generated melts with crustal–mantle characteristics. The origin of the Eastern Sayan zone of rare-metal alkaline magmatism was related to rifting, which was triggered by interaction between the Tarim and Barguzin mantle plumes. The Eastern Sayan zone was formed in the marginal part of the Barguzin magmatic province, and rare-metal magmas in it were likely generated in relation with the activity of the Barguzin plume.     

Geochronology and Ore Mineralization of the Dzheltula Alkaline Massif (Aldan Shield,South Yakutia)

The Dzheltula alkaline massif is located in the Tyrkanda ore region of the Chara–Aldan metallogenic zone of the Aldan–Stanovy Shield (South Yakutia). The region contains separate placer gold objects, which are being explored at the present time, and ore-bearing Mesozoic alkaline intrusions, which are weakly studied due to their poor accessibility. The Dzheltula massif (DM) is the largest exposed multiple-ring intrusion within the Tyrkanda ore region; therefore, it is considered as a typical object for geological, petrological, geochronological, and metallogenic studies. The DM consists of five magmatic phases of syenite composition. ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar dating has established that the crystallization age of the oldest phase, the leucocratic syenite porphyry (pulaskite), is 121.1 ± 1.3 Ma. The crystallization age of the cross-cutting phases represented by syenite–porphyry dikes (laurvikites and pulaskites) ranges from 120.1 ± 2 to 118.3 ± 2.1 Ma. The youngest phase of the massif, trachyte, crystallized at 115.5 ± 1.6 Ma. According to the mineralogical and geochemical studies, two types of ore mineralization, namely gold and uranium–thorium–rare-earth (U–Th–REE), are established within the DM. The gold mineralization was found in the quartz–chlorite–pyritized metasomatites. It is confined to the NNE- and NNW-trending fault zones and coincides with the strike of the syenite porphyry dike belt. Uranium–thorium–rare-earth mineralization has been established in the quartz–feldspathic metasomatites localized in the outer contact of the massif. The juxtaposition of mineralization of different types in some zones of the Dzheltula syenite massif significantly increases the ore potential of the studied object within the Tyrkanda ore region.     

吉林小西南岔金-铜矿床成矿流体地球化学特征及矿床成因研究

小西南岔金-铜矿床产于海西期花岗闪长岩-石英闪长岩体之中,其矿化类型以石英大脉及石英细脉带型金-铜矿化为主,局部地段叠加发育有石英脉型辉钼矿化。流体包裹体研究结果表明,矿区金-铜矿脉及辉钼矿脉石英中均主要发育含NaCl子矿物三相、气相-富气相及气液两相三种类型的原生流体包裹体,同类包裹体均一温度、盐度等参数相近,显示两类矿化成矿流体具有相似的地球化学性质,氢-氧同位素研究结果反映它们均主要来源于岩浆热液。辉钼矿Re-Os同位素定年研究表明区内辉钼矿化主要发生于109Ma±,而金-铜矿脉石英的40Ar-39Ar同位素定年结果表明金-铜矿化则主要发生于123.35±0.8Ma。结合矿区已有的岩浆岩年代学研究成果,提出小西南岔矿区金-铜矿化主要与燕山晚期细粒(花岗)闪长岩活动有关,而辉钼矿化则与其后侵位的隐伏花岗斑岩活动有关的认识。