Supra-Subduction Zone Environment and Economic Potential of the Nidar Ophiolite of Indus Suture Zone, Eastern Ladakh, the Himalaya

SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE NIDAR OPHIOLITE OF INDUS SUTURE ZONE, EASTERN LADAKH,THE HIMALAYA     

PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS MINERALIZATION IN THE OPHIOLITES OF INDUS SUTURE ZONE, EASTERN LADAKH,THE HIMALAYA

PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS MINERALIZATION IN THE OPHIOLITES OF INDUS SUTURE ZONE, EASTERN LADAKH,THE HIMALAYA     

Origin of Au-bearing rodingite in the Karabash massif of alpine-type ultramafic rocks in the southern Urals

The rodingite belt in the Karabash massif situated 40 km north of Miass is continuously traced for 2.5 km along its central part. Rodingites bear up to 1% sulfide disseminations and gold particles with high Cu content (up to 40 wt %) throughout the belt. The central part of the rodingite belt is especially rich in gold, which was mined at the Zolotaya Gora (Gold Mountain) deposit. The Au-bearing rodingite belt is zonal and was formed during three stages. The inner zone is composed of chlorite-andradite-diopside rock of the first stage, which is crosscut by diopside veinlets of the second stage and calcite veinlets of the third stage. The intermediate zone consists of fine-grained chloritolite of the first stage and coarse-grained chlorite veinlets of the second stage. The outer zone of the metasomatic column is occupied by antigorite and chrysotile-lizardite serpentinites. No relict rocks or minerals of the replaced protolith have been established except sporadic Cr-spinel grains. Native gold was being deposited during all periods of rodingite formation. In terms of the currently adopted concept of evolution of the Ural Foldbelt, the Sm-Nd isochron age of rodingite estimated at 369.4 ± 8.8 Ma corresponds to the period of collisional compression of Silurian-Devonian oceanic and island-arc complexes and upward pushing out of a block of the melanocratic basement underlying these complexes. A proposed model of rodingite formation is based on ore mineralogy, REE geochemistry, and thermobarogeochemical and isotopic study of minerals. It is suggested that in contrast to the barren bimetasomatic rodingite replacing dikes, the studied rodingite are considered to be fissure veins accompanied by metasomatic alteration of host serpentinite. The estimation of initial isotopic composition of fluid components indicates that the ore-bearing fluid is of metamorphic origin (δD_fl = ?4 to ?13‰ and δ¹⁸O_fl = 5.9 to 8.3‰). The fluid was formed as a product of dehydration of oceanic serpentinite at the base of melanocratic rocks and related gabbroids that moved out to the surface. These rocks were a source of gold and other components (Ca, Al, Ti, Cu, Ni, REE, P, etc.).     

Ocean floor and subduction record in the Zermatt‐Saas rodingites,Valtournanche, Western Alps

Multiscale structural analysis and petrological modelling were used to establish the pressure‐peak mineral assemblages and pressure–temperature (P–T) conditions recorded in the rodingites of the upper Valtournanche portion of the oceanic Zermatt‐Saas Zone (ZSZ; Western Alps, northwestern Italy) during Alpine subduction. Rodingites occur in the form of deformed dykes and boudins within the hosting serpentinites. A field structural analysis showed that rodingites and serpentinites record four ductile deformation stages (D1–D4) during the Alpine cycle, with the first three stages associated with new foliations. The most pervasive fabric is S2 that is marked by mineral assemblages in serpentinite indicating pressure‐peak conditions, involving mostly serpentine, clinopyroxene, olivine, Ti‐clinohumite and chlorite. Three rodingite types can be defined: epidote‐bearing, garnet–chlorite–clinopyroxene‐bearing and vesuvianite‐bearing rodingite. In these, the pressure‐peak assemblages coeval with S2 development involve: (i) epidote_II + clinopyroxene_II + Mg‐chlorite_II + garnet_II ± rutile ± tremolite_I in the epidote‐bearing rodingite; (ii) Mg‐chlorite_II + garnet_II clinopyroxene_II ± vesuvianite_II ± ilmenite in the garnet–chlorite–clinopyroxene‐bearing rodingite; (iii) vesuvianite_II + Mg‐chlorite_II + clinopyroxene_II + garnet_II ± rutile ± epidote in vesuvianite‐bearing rodingite. Despite the pervasive structural reworking of the rodingites during Alpine subduction, the mineral relicts of the pre‐Alpine ocean floor history have been preserved and consist of clinopyroxene porphyroclasts (probable igneous relicts from gabbro dykes) and Cr‐rich garnet and vesuvianite (relicts of ocean floor metasomatism). Petrological modelling using thermocalc in the NCFMASHTO system was used to constrain the P–T conditions of the S2 mineral assemblages. The inferred values of 2.3–2.8 GPa and 580–660 °C are consistent with those obtained for syn‐S2 assemblages in the surrounding serpentinites. Multiscale structural analysis indicates that some ocean floor minerals remained stable under eclogite facies conditions suggesting that minerals such as vesuvianite, which is generally regarded as a low‐P phase, could also be stable in favourable chemical systems under high‐P/ultra‐high‐pressure (HP/UHP) conditions. Finally, the reconstructed P–T–d–t path indicates that the P/T ratio characterizing the D2 stage is consistent with cold subduction as estimated in this part of the Alps. The estimated pressure‐peak values are higher than those previously reported in this part of ZSZ, suggesting that the UHP units are larger and/or more abundant than those previously suggested.     

金沙江蛇绿岩带蛇纹岩中异剥钙榴岩的成因及意义

金沙江蛇绿岩带绒角蛇绿岩由超镁铁岩与异剥辉长岩岩脉组成,在蛇绿岩就位过程中,异剥辉长岩岩脉碎裂为不规则的岩块包裹于超镁铁岩中,形成超镁铁岩中的构造包体。经过交代蚀变作用,超镁铁岩形成蛇纹岩,异剥辉长岩形成异剥钙榴岩。异剥钙榴岩的形成是超镁铁岩蛇纹石化和异剥辉长岩中斜长石钙铝榴石化循环作用的结果,并与对蛇绿岩起过作用的构造运动有关系,是变形作用伴随交代作用的产物。绒角蛇绿岩中的异剥钙榴岩的发现,说明金沙江蛇绿岩带不存在榴辉岩,其变质相属葡萄石一绿泥石低温低压相．也说明金沙江蛇绿岩带是洋壳残片“冷侵入”的产物。     

THE GEOCHEMISTRY CHARACTERISTICS OF BLUESCHIST IN THE GANGMAR AREA, QIANGTANG BLOCK, TIBET

THE GEOCHEMISTRY CHARACTERISTICS OF BLUESCHIST IN THE GANGMAR AREA, QIANGTANG BLOCK, TIBET     

蛇绿岩套中超基性岩体的岩石组合:蛇纹岩、异剥钙榴岩和蛇绿碳酸岩——以西阿尔卑斯Zermatt-Saas蛇绿岩为例

蛇纹岩、异剥钙榴岩和蛇绿碳酸岩是蛇绿岩套中超基性单元特有的3类岩石组合,该套岩石组合的形成过程复杂,经历了从地幔岩浆结晶分异、洋脊变质作用改造和俯冲-仰冲构造过程,记录了从地幔岩浆侵位到造山带形成、演化的全程信息。蛇纹岩由方辉橄榄岩、二辉橄榄岩和纯橄岩通过水化和氧化过程而形成;异剥钙榴岩由含水石榴石、符山石、绿帘石族矿物、透辉石和绿泥石等含水和含钙的硅酸盐矿物组成,是由基性岩经历钙交代和水化作用而形成;蛇绿碳酸岩则由高度破碎变形的蛇纹岩角砾和碳酸岩基质(方解石、白云石或菱镁矿)共同组成,碳酸钙主要来自海水参与蛇纹岩化过程产生的富钙热液。阿尔卑斯西部的Zermatt-Saas蛇绿岩体中这3种岩石的组合研究表明:蛇纹岩化过程发生在大洋变质时期,超基性岩体在海水的作用下形成蛇纹岩。蛇纹岩化过程中释放出主要来自斜方辉石和单斜辉石的钙,与水共同作用交代超基性岩体中的基性岩脉,从而形成异剥钙榴岩。蛇绿碳酸岩形成于俯冲变质之前或俯冲变质的早期。这3类岩石一经形成,都经历了其后的叠加变质作用,进而表明Zermatt-Saas蛇绿岩经历了大洋变质、与俯冲、折返和抬升有关的高压变质和区域变质、绿片岩相变质和晚期热液变质作用的pT轨迹演化,代表着西阿尔卑斯从洋脊变质作用到俯?     

GEOBAROMETRIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEPTH OF EMPLACEMENT OF GRANITE FROM THE LADAKH BATHOLITH, NORTHWEST HIMALAYA, INDIA

GEOBAROMETRIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEPTH OF EMPLACEMENT OF GRANITE FROM THE LADAKH BATHOLITH, NORTHWEST HIMALAYA, INDIA1　BlundyJD ,HollandTJB .Calcicamphiboleequilibriaandanewamphibole plagioclasegeothermometer[J] .ContribMiner alPetrol,1990 ,10 4 :2 0 8～ 2 2 4 . 2　SchmidtMW .Amphibolecompositionintonaliteasafunctionofpressure:anexperimentalcalibrationoftheAl inhorn blendebarometer[J] .ContribMineralPetrol,1992 ,110 :30 4～ 310 . 3　Th…     

CHARACTERISTICS OF VOLCANIC ROCKS AND ITS TECTONIC SETTING IN WESTERN PART OF LAZHULONG-JINSAJIANG STRUCTURAL BELT

CHARACTERISTICS OF VOLCANIC ROCKS AND ITS TECTONIC SETTING IN WESTERN PART OF LAZHULONG-JINSAJIANG STRUCTURAL BELT     

水—岩反应与稀土元素行为

大量研究表明，水－岩反应过程中REE表现为不同程度的活动性。富含各种络合剂的流体与岩石反应时可活化REE；水－岩反应过程中既可出身HREE优先活化，亦可出现LREE优先活化，这取决于流体的化学成分、Eh、pH以及REE的寄主相及其赋存状态；水－岩反应过程中的可出现Eu的正异常、负异常和无异常。其主要影响因素是流体的氧化－还原状态；单矿物组合的REE行为受制于矿物的晶体化学性质，而多矿物组合则取决于体系的Eh、pH、水／岩值和络合剂浓度等，目前亟待开发实验工作有：①流体的化学组成及其性质，尤其是各种络合剂的活度及其对REE的活性的影响；②REE在热液矿物与流体相之间的分异机制及控制因素；③T、P、pH、Eh和水／岩比如何影响REE的活动性和分异行为。     

ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE) IN PERIDOTITE FROM THE DAGZHUKA OPHIOLITE IN TIBET:IMPLICATIONS FOR MANTLE METASOMATISM

ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE) IN PERIDOTITE FROM THE DAGZHUKA OPHIOLITE IN TIBET:IMPLICATIONS FOR MANTLE METASOMATISM     

Petrology of rodingite derived from eclogite in western Tianshan, China

This study reports a new rodingite type which was derived from eclogite enclosed in the ultramafic rocks of Changawuzi ophiolites, western Tianshan, China. Based on petrographical investigations, rodingite, partial rodingitized rock and completely rodingitized rock are characterized in this paper. These rocks show a continuous variation in their bulk compositions, mineralogy and their textural properties from eclogite to rodingite. The completely rodingitized rocks can be further divided into prehnite rodingites, hydrogrossular‐diopside rodingite and vesuvianite rodingites on the basis of the mineral assemblage and textural character. The chemical potential path of μ(SiO₂)–μ(CaO/MgO) can be used to constrain the evolution of two stages of rodingitization. The first rodingitization possibly started under conditions of 410–430 °C and 7–9 kbar at upper greenschist facies, and resulted from a secondary serpentinization during exhumation of the subducted slab. A second and pervasive rodingitization took place under conditions of 250–350 °C and 2–10 kbar from greenschist to subgreenschist facies. The P–T path presented shows a retrograde evolution from eclogite to rodingite. We conclude that the process of rodingitization may also take place under subduction zone conditions in addition to its more common occurrence under ocean‐floor metamorphic conditions.     

~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar GEOCHRONOLGY OF THE OPHIOLITE OF INDUS SUTURE ZONE,LADAKH,INDIA:IMPLICATION FOR THE TIMING OF INITIATION OF THE COLLISION

~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar GEOCHRONOLGY OF THE OPHIOLITE OF INDUS SUTURE ZONE,LADAKH,INDIA:IMPLICATION FOR THE TIMING OF INITIATION OF THE COLLISION1　BeckRA ,BurbankDW ,etal.Nature,1995,373( 55) . 2　DeweyJF ,etal.EclogaegeolHelv ,1989,82 ( 717) . 3　RowleyDB .EarthandPlanetaryScienceLetters,1996 ,14 5( 1) . 4　SharmaKK .PhysicsandChemistryoftheEarth ,1990 ,17. 5　VenketasanTR ,PandeK ,GopalanK .EarthandPlanataryScienceLetters,1993…     

Rodingites from the Veria-Naousa ophiolite (Greece): Mineralogical evolution,metasomatism and petrogenetic processes

In the Veria-Naousa ophiolitic complex (north Greece), rodingite appears mainly in the form of cross cutting dykes within serpentinised peridotites. It is distinguished into three types, based upon the provenance of its protoliths, textural characteristics, mineralogical assemblages and geochemical affinities. Type I rodigites were derived from boninitic diabasic protoliths and their mineralogical assemblage include garnet + clinopyroxene + chlorite. Type II rodingites were formed at the expense of gabbroic precursors, comprising clinopyroxene + garnet + vesuvianite ± quartz, whereas Type III rodingites replaced diabasic tholeiitic protoliths comprising of garnets + vesuvianite + clinopyroxene + chlorite. Rodingitisation resulted in desilification, decrease of alkalies, Al, Fe, Mg and increase in Ca contents. In Type I rodingites the MREE (middle rare earth elements) and HREE (heavy rare earth elements) were slightly reduced. Type II rodingites experienced LREE (light rare earth elements) depletions, whereas MREE and HREE remained fairly stable. Restricted mobility of REE in Type III rodingites is assigned to shallow-level rodingitisation under decreasing pH.Rodingitisation occured in two distinct stages at fore-arc settings. The first stage occured under mildly oxidising conditions and enhanced CO₂/H₂O ratios. This stage affected the protoliths of all rodingite types. The second rodingitisation stage occured under more oxidising conditions and lower CO₂/H₂O ratios, which corresponds to the exhumation stage of the serpentinite-rodingite formations. Types II and III rodingites were subjected to further rodingitisation under the increasing influence of slab-derived hydrous phases at shallower depths, leading to the formation of late-stage andradite and vesuvianite. All stages of rodingitisation are estimated to have occurred under relatively moderate temperatures and pressure (~300 to 450 °C; ~2–6 kbar respectively).     

SERPENTINIZATION OF THE MANTLE WEDGE BY FLUIDS DERIVED FROM CONTINENTAL CRUSTAL MATERIAL: EVIDENCE FROM Nd ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES OF SERPENTINITES (TSO MORARI DOME,ELADAKH)

SERPENTINIZATION OF THE MANTLE WEDGE BY FLUIDS DERIVED FROM CONTINENTAL CRUSTAL MATERIAL: EVIDENCE FROM Nd ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES OF SERPENTINITES (TSO MORARI DOME,ELADAKH)1　deSigoyerJ ,GuillotS .Glaucophane bearingeclogitesintheTsoMoraridome (easternLadakh ,NWHimalaya) [J] .Euro peanJournalofMineralogy ,1997,9:10 73～ 10 83. 2　deSigoyerJ,ChavagnacV ,VillaIM ,etal.DatingtheIndiancontinentalsubductionandcollisionalthicke…     

Rare earth and trace element geochemistry of a fragment of jurassic seafloor,Point Sal,California

A suite of rocks from the Point Sal ophiolite, California, were analyzed for rare earth elements (REE), Sc, Co, Na₂O, Cr, Zn and FeO. The lavas all have either flat or slightly light REE (LREE) depleted profiles relative to chondrites. The lavas contain smectite or greenschist facies mineralogy and some have radiogenically enriched ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ ratios. This is interpreted as evidence of basaltseawater interaction (Hopsonet al., 1975; Davis and Lass, 1975). The smectite and zeolite bearing lavas that have been exposed to seawater for prolonged periods have anomalous Ce abundances. At higher grades of metamorphism, the lavas show no marked changes in light REE. The plutonic igneous rocks vary from early cumulus dunite to late stage, noncumulus diorite. All the plutonic rocks are light REE depleted with total REE abundance varying by a factor of 100 × between the dunites and diorites. Analyses of clinopyroxene and hornblende separates indicate that these two minerals strongly influence the REE characteristics of the early cumulates and late stage fractionates, respectively.In general, REE contents are: hornblende > clinopyroxene > plagioclase > orthopyroxene > olivine. Estimates of the REE compositions of parental lavas were obtained by calculating the REE contents of liquids in equilibrium with early cumulate clinopyroxenes. This reveals that the parent to the stratiform sequence was more depleted in light REE than the parent to the lava pile.     

Evolution of the Acipayam (Denizli,Turkey) Rodingites

Numerous diabase and gabbro dikes intrude the Lycian peridotite thrust sheet of southwestern Turkey. Some of the dikes are rodingitized and the host harzburgite is serpentinized. The present study demonstrates that the major episodes of serpentinization (of harzburgite) and rodingitization (of dikes) predated the obduction of the Lycian peridotite thrust sheet. Hydrogrossular veins, which represent the major event of calcium metasomatism in the dikes, are locally fractured, fragmented, and offset. High-field-strength-element concentrations and Ta/Yb-Th/Yb ratios in the mafic rocks suggest that the dikes were originally emplaced in an island-arc environment; thus, they must have been transported to their current location.

Fluid-inclusion microthermometry obtained on primary fluid inclusions in hydrogrossulars indicates that the fluid involved in rodingitization and contemporaneous serpentinization was moderately saline (8 equiv. wt% NaCl) and within the range of 250°-450°C. The above salinity and temperature are consistent with microthermometric measurements obtained from rodingite minerals worldwide.

It is apparent from our study that rodingite geochemistry and mineralogy provide valuable information on the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of a region. Trace-element and REE geochemistry can define the tectonic setting of dikes, detailed mineralogy of the dikes and host serpentinite provides information on the relative timing of serpentinization and contemporaneous rodingitization, and fluid-inclusion microthermometry provides information on the temperature and composition of the Ca-rich metamorphic fluids.     

新疆中天山南缘乌瓦门地区蛇绿岩中超镁铁岩的成因:来自岩石矿物学和地球化学的证据

本文对新疆中天山南缘乌瓦门蛇绿混杂岩中的超镁铁岩进行了岩石矿物学和地球化学研究,对其成因和形成环境进行限定。乌瓦门蛇绿混杂岩中的超镁铁岩为蛇纹石化二辉橄榄岩,由橄榄石(Fo=89.1~90.6)、斜方辉石(Wo0.4-2.4En87.2~90.7Fs8.9-10.9;Mg#=89.0~91.0)、单斜辉石(Wo49.1-51.3En16.0~48.4Fs0.9-4.3;Mg#=90.2~92.1)和尖晶石(Mg#=71.8~77.5;Cr#=9.3~13.4)组成。主量元素组成上,以低Mg O(37.74%~41.34%)、高Al2O3(2.58%~3.39%)、高Ca O(2.23%~3.68%)和高Ti O2(0.05%~0.11%)为特征。微量元素上,亏损稀土元素(REE总量为1.73×10-6~4.63×10-6),亏损不相容元素(如,Rb=0.4×10-6~1.39×10-6,Zr=0.73×10-6~3.28×10-6,Hf=0.04×10-6~0.11×10-6),富集相容元素(如,Cr=2516×10-6~2793×10-6,Co=84.6×10-6~119×10-6,Ni=1641×10-6~2261×10-6)。矿物学和地球化学特征一致指示,乌瓦门蛇绿混杂岩中的超镁铁岩为经历过低程度(5%~10%)部分熔融作用的残余地幔橄榄岩,形成于洋中脊环境,是MOR型蛇绿岩中的地幔橄榄岩。     

异剥钙榴岩及其岩石成因意义

异剥钙榴岩作为一种特殊的交代变质岩,绝大多数与超镁铁岩的蛇纹石化有关,是超镁铁岩蛇纹石化过程中所产生的富钙流体对与其伴生的相关岩石进行钙交代的结果。蛇纹石化的超镁铁岩或为蛇绿岩的端员组分,或为太古代绿岩带、阿拉斯加型和阿尔卑斯型等其它成因类型的超镁铁岩。它们多为纯橄榄岩、方辉橄榄岩和辉石岩等。异剥钙榴岩的形成主要取决于超镁铁岩的蛇纹石化作用和钙交代程度,而与超镁铁岩的成因类型、构造属性和时代归属没有多大的关系。那种将异剥钙榴岩片面地看成蛇绿岩的组成部分或者作为鉴别蛇绿岩辅助标志的观点需要改正。     

宁芜云台山黄铁矿矿床中黄铁矿矿物的初步研究

宁芜云台山黄铁矿矿床中黄铁矿矿物以自形晶为主 ,次为他形粒状 ;黄铁矿晶胞参数为 5 .415 2 3～ 5 .41843× 10 -10 m ,晶体化学式为 (Fe0 .9968Co0 .0 0 0 6Ni0 .0 0 2 6) 1.0 0 0 0 S2 .0 597;黄铁矿红外吸收光谱主吸收峰值为 34 8cm-1,最小透过率为 30 .0 0 %～ 48.80 % ,透过率极差为 31.13～ 47.5 1;黄铁矿中Fe平均含量为 45 .44 % ,S平均含量 5 3.91% ,具有富S特征 ;Co/Ni平均值为 0 .2 1;稀土元素总量平均为2 1.84× 10 -6,具有明显负铈异常 (δCe :0 .76～ 0 .93)和负铕异常 (δEu :0 .72～ 0 .90 ) ;硫同位素组成δ3 4S为 7.0 0‰～ 2 3.0 0‰ ,黄铁矿是含矿热液以堆积、充填和交代方式形成 ,黄铁矿床为火山热水沉积矿床。