铜陵包村金(铜)矿床中胶状黄铁矿矿物学及成因解析

黄铁矿是安徽铜陵包村金(铜)矿床中主要硫化物,对热液成因的显晶质黄铁矿已有大量研究,而胶状黄铁矿研究较少且成因存在争议.本文以粉晶X射线衍射、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)以及拉曼光谱(RS)为主要研究方法和手段,对包村金(铜)矿床中胶状黄铁矿的矿物组成和微结构进行研究.包村胶状黄铁矿主要由黄铁矿组成,含有白铁矿、菱铁矿、石英、含铁白云石、高岭石和有机质.黄铁矿主要以纳米-亚微米粒径的自形、半自形的立方体为主,少量微米级他形颗粒,显著不同于胶体或非晶态的无定型黄铁矿.由黄铁矿、白铁矿和有机质组成的胶状结构中,白铁矿和有机质富集在暗色环带,黄铁矿相对富集在浅色环带,浅色和暗色交替变化主要由三者含量变化所致,与矿物粒径无关.结合铜陵地区胶状黄铁矿研究成果,我们认为铜陵地区乃至长江中下游成矿带内铜-金-铁多金属硫化物矿床相关研究文献中记载的胶状黄铁矿为铁硫化物、碳酸盐矿物、黏土矿物、石英和有机质组成的矿物集合体,是在陆源物质输入受限的半封闭海盆环境下经生物化学作用直接沉淀的纳米-亚微米黄铁矿为主的矿物集合体.虽然胶状黄铁矿经历沉积成岩作用和中生代岩浆热液叠加改造作用,但是沉积微结构、矿物成因信息仍然被有效保存.     

Morphology and formation mechanism of pyrite induced by the anaerobic oxidation of methane from the continental slope of the NE South China Sea

In order to understand the response of authigenic pyrite to gas hydrate geo-systems, pyrite tubes or rods at the sulfate–methane transition (SMT) zone of core GC10 from the northern continental slope of the South China Sea (SCS) were investigated. In situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) results show that the pyrite tube consists of pyrite micro-crystals with trace amount of graphite in the inner tube. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations of pyrite tubes indicate various aggregations in the form of framboidal, euhedral, and colloidal pyrite microcrystals. Typical framboidal pyrite is considered as packing of octahedral microcrystals. Interestingly, many framboids in the tubes consist of round or irregular microcrystals and have an outer crust that consists of secondary pyrite. The size of the framboids in the inner wall of the tube is larger than that in the middle wall or foraminifer-filled pyrite. High-resolution transmission electron microscopic (HRTEM) images show marcasite lamellae defects in the spherulitic pyrite crystals, which reveal different solution conditions during the pyrite precipitation. Nano-foil-like graphitic carbon was observed to be closely associated with the pyrite spherules. The occurrence of both marcasite layers and nano-foil-like graphitic carbon suggest that the migration of methane from deep sediment. It is suggested that the formation of pyrite serves as a catalyst during the reaction from methane to elemental carbon under the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Meanwhile, this reaction results in local acidification of the solution inside the pyrite tubes, which favors marcasite lamellae growth on the host pyrite substrate.     

The Arinem Te‐Bearing Gold‐Silver‐Base Metal Deposit,West Java,Indonesia

The vein system in the Arinem area is a gold‐silver‐base metal deposit of Late Miocene (8.8–9.4 Ma) age located in the southwestern part of Java Island, Indonesia. The mineralization in the area is represented by the Arinem vein with a total length of about 5900 m, with a vertical extent up to 575 m, with other associated veins such as Bantarhuni and Halimun. The Arinem vein is hosted by andesitic tuff, breccia, and lava of the Oligocene–Middle Miocene Jampang Formation (23–11.6 Ma) and overlain unconformably by Pliocene–Pleistocene volcanic rocks composed of andesitic‐basaltic tuff, tuff breccia and lavas. The inferred reserve is approximately 2 million tons at 5.7 g t^?1 gold and 41.5 g t^?1 silver at a cut‐off of 4 g t^?1 Au, which equates to approximately 12.5t of Au and 91.4t of Ag. The ore mineral assemblage of the Arinem vein consists of sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, and arsenopyrite with small amounts of pyrrhotite, argentite, electrum, bornite, hessite, tetradymite, altaite, petzite, stutzite, hematite, enargite, tennantite, chalcocite, and covellite. These ore minerals occur in quartz with colloform, crustiform, comb, vuggy, massive, brecciated, bladed and calcedonic textures and sulfide veins. A pervasive quartz–illite–pyrite alteration zone encloses the quartz and sulfide veins and is associated with veinlets of quartz–calcite–pyrite. This alteration zone is enveloped by smectite–illite–kaolinite–quartz–pyrite alteration, which grades into a chlorite–smectite–kaolinite–calcite–pyrite zone. Early stage mineralization (stage I) of vuggy–massive–banded crystalline quartz‐sulfide was followed by middle stage (stage II) of banded–brecciated–massive sulfide‐quartz and then by last stage (stage III) of massive‐crystalline barren quartz. The temperature of the mineralization, estimated from fluid inclusion microthermometry in quartz ranges from 157 to 325°C, whereas the temperatures indicated by fluid inclusions from sphalerite and calcite range from 153 to 218 and 140 to 217°C, respectively. The mineralizing fluid is dilute, with a salinity <4.3 wt% NaCl equiv. The ore‐mineral assemblage and paragenesis of the Arinem vein is characteristically of a low sulfidation epithermal system with indication of high sulfidation overprinted at stage II. Boiling is probably the main control for the gold solubility and precipitation of gold occurred during cooling in stage I mineralization.     

The differential enrichment mechanism of thallium in the Huodehong MVT deposit,NE Yunnan Province,China: Evidence from EBSD,LA-ICPMS and TEMSCIEI北大核心CSCD

铊(Tl)是一种战略性关键金属,在高科技领域具有重要用途。作为“稀散元素”之一,Tl主要富集于低温贱金属硫化物矿床中,黄铁矿和白铁矿是其主要载体矿物。滇东北火德红MVT铅锌矿床中黄铁矿和白铁矿显示Tl的富集,其中白铁矿中Tl含量显著高于黄铁矿,为探究Tl在不同矿物之间的差异性富集机制提供了理想对象。本文对火德红矿床共生黄铁矿-白铁矿开展系统的结晶学、矿物学和地球化学研究。电子背散射衍射(EBSD)结果表明,热液黄铁矿、白铁矿晶粒组构具有一定继承性,与闪锌矿紧密共生,暗示为同一成矿事件的产物。激光剥蚀耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICPMS)原位微量元素含量分析结果显示,黄铁矿和白铁矿中的Tl含量分别为127×10^(-6)~516×10^(-6)和356×10^(-6)~1046×10^(-6),不同含量测点Tl的激光剥蚀时间分辨元素信号曲线均较为平滑,暗示Tl主要以类质同象形式进入黄铁矿和白铁矿晶格。透射电镜(TEM)进一步证实Tl类质同象直接替换Fe为主,即2Tl^(+)←→□(空位)+Fe^(2+)。结合黄铁矿和白铁矿中Tl与Zn含量的正相关关系,本文认为白铁矿中Tl的超常富集可能与偏酸性条件下富Tl、Zn和Fe等金属成矿流体有关。综合研究表明,火德红矿床黄铁矿与白铁矿中Tl的差异性富集与晶体结构、Tl赋存状态无关,而是流体成分、物化条件共同制约的结果,受到矿物和矿床等不同尺度苛刻成矿条件的影响。与闪锌矿共生的白铁矿是未来寻找铊资源的重要方向。     

沁水盆地晚古生代煤中硫的地球化学特征及其对有害微量元素富集的影响

煤中硫是多种有害微量元素的重要载体。基于形态硫分析、电感耦合等离子质谱及X射线衍射等方法分析沁水盆地晚古生代煤中硫和有害微量元素的分布规律,探讨了煤中硫对有害微量元素富集的影响,运用带能谱的扫描电镜和光学显微镜划分煤中硫化物的微观赋存特征。结果表明,沁水盆地煤中硫整体上以有机硫为主,平均占全硫的78%,只有在太原组个别高硫煤中以黄铁矿硫为占优势。显微镜和扫描电镜下可识别出煤中黄铁矿的微观赋存状态包括莓球状、薄膜状、晶粒状、结核状、团窝状黄铁矿和细粒黄铁矿集合体,白铁矿的微观赋存特征包括聚片状、板状和矛头状白铁矿,部分白铁矿与黄铁矿共生。沁水盆地煤中有害微量元素含量整体较低,黄铁矿是有害微量元素As、Se和Hg的重要载体,而有机硫决定了煤中U的富集。研究认为,成煤时期海水对泥炭沼泽的影响导致太原组煤中全硫和黄铁矿硫较高,太原组煤中硫的来源具有多样性,煤中黄铁矿具有多阶段演化的特点。     

Adsorption of Heavy Metal Cations by Base Metal Sulfides in the Broken Spur and TAG Hydrothermal Fields,Atlantic Ocean

Data on the mineral and chemical composition of samples of sulfide deposits from the Broken Spur and TAG (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) are presented. The main minerals in the Broken Spur field are marcasite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite; in sample from TAG: chalcopyrite, pyrite, and marcasite. It has been established that these sulfide minerals of Fe, Cu, and Zn are natural ion exchangers and belong to the class of adsorbents. Exchange capacity of sulfide minerals in terms of heavy metal cations (Ni2+, Co2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+) is 0.022–0.32 mg-equiv/g. In the exchange reaction products, the mineral composition of sulfide deposits is retained, and new phases do not appear. It is suggested that the adsorbed heavy metal cations populate either vacant cationic or interstitial defect sites in the structures of sulfide minerals. Bond strength of the adsorbed heavy metal cations with the main structural elements of minerals is low, which is confirmed by their high extraction in an acid medium. The results of adsorption-desorption experiments indicate two forms of heavy metal cations in sulfide minerals: adsorbed (basic) and chemically bound.     

安徽铜陵矿集区铜官山矿田胶状黄铁矿矿物学特征及其对成矿作用的制约

铜官山矿田是铜陵矿集区内五大矿田之一,矿田内顺层产出的层状硫化物矿体是铜金矿床的主矿体,矿体内含有较多的胶状黄铁矿,其成因的争议制约了对铜金矿床成矿作用的解析。本文主要利用场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)等纳米矿物学手段,并结合光学显微镜、粉晶X射线衍射(XRD)、微区激光拉曼光谱分析等方法,对矿田内铜官山矿床及天马山矿床内层状硫化物矿体中胶状黄铁矿矿石的矿物组成、微形貌、微结构等特征进行系统研究,结果表明胶状黄铁矿矿石多呈胶状、鲕状结构,具有同心环状构造,同心环被赤铁矿、菱铁矿与黄铜矿脉穿切。同心环主要由白铁矿+有机质与胶状黄铁矿交替组成。胶状黄铁矿的黄铁矿颗粒粒径从纳米至亚微米均有分布,以自形-半自形立方体为主,少数呈他形,脉体边部胶状黄铁矿颗粒较大,自形程度较高,重结晶显著。矿石中含有少量白云石、伊利石微晶体,与胶状黄铁矿紧密共存,显示典型沉积特征。共存石英磨圆度较高,存在次生加大现象,表面存在胶状黄铁矿印模,显示为碎屑成因。这些综合信息表明胶状黄铁矿非岩浆热液成因,而是与石炭系地层同沉积成岩成因,并可能有微生物作用参与。高孔隙率、高化学活性及较高有机质含量的胶状黄铁矿可能为燕山期岩浆热液演化的含铜成矿流体提供了沉淀剂,对矿田内铜金硫化物矿体的层控性发挥了重要的控制作用。     

An experimental study of the mechanism of the replacement of magnetite by pyrite up to 300 °C

We present the results of an experimental study into the sulfidation of magnetite to form pyrite/marcasite under hydrothermal conditions (90-300 °C, vapor saturated pressures), a process associated with gold deposition in a number of ore deposits. The formation of pyrite/marcasite was studied as a function of reaction time, temperature, pH, sulfide concentration, solid-weight-to-fluid-volume ratio, and geometric surface area of magnetite in polytetrafluoroethylene-lined autoclaves (PTFE) and a titanium and stainless steel flow-through cell. Marcasite was formed only at pH_21°C <4 and was the dominant Fe disulfide at pH_21°C 1.11, while pyrite predominated at pH_21°C >2 and formed even under basic conditions (up to pH_21°C 12-13). Marcasite formation was favored at higher temperatures. Fine-grained pyrrhotite formed in the initial stage of the reaction together with pyrite in some experiments with large surface area of magnetite (grain size <125 μm). This pyrrhotite eventually gave way to pyrite. The transformation rate of magnetite to Fe disulfide increased with decreasing pH (at 120 °C; pH_120°C 0.96-4.42), and that rate of the transformation increased from 120 to 190 °C.Scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging revealed that micro-pores (0.1-5 μm scale) existed at the reaction front between the parent magnetite and the product pyrite, and that the pyrite and/or marcasite were euhedral at pH_21°C <4 and anhedral at higher pH. The newly formed pyrite was micro-porous (0.1-5 μm); this micro-porosity facilitates fluid transport to the reaction interface between magnetite and pyrite, thus promoting the replacement reaction. The pyrite precipitated onto the parent magnetite was polycrystalline and did not preserve the crystallographic orientation of the magnetite. The pyrite precipitation was also observed on the PTFE liner, which is consistent with pyrite crystallizing from solution. The mechanism of the reaction is that of a dissolution-reprecipitation reaction with the precipitation of pyrite being the rate-limiting step relative to magnetite dissolution under mildly acidic conditions (e.g., pH_155°C 4.42).The experimental results are in good agreement with sulfide phase assemblage and textures reported from sulfidized Banded Iron Formations: pyrite, marcasite and pyrrhotite have been found to exist or co-exist in different sulfidized Banded Iron Formations, and the microtextures show no evidence of sub-μm-scale pseudomorphism of magnetite by pyrite.     

Sulfide remobilization during low temperature alteration of seafloor basalt

The behavior of sulfide minerals during the physical and chemical changes accompanying seafloor alteration was studied in three basalt flows from the bottom of D.S.D.P. Hole 418A, Leg 53. The rocks are mildly altered, and contain primary, authigenic, and vein sulfide minerals. Sulfide habit, mineralogy, and trace element content are inter-related and are correlated with the extent and type of silicate and oxide alteration. Incipient alteration at > 90°–100°C was accompanied by low temperature reequilibration of pyrrhotite, and locally, by the oxidation of pyrrhotite to pyrite plus magnetite. The dominant stage of alteration, at ≤90°C, is characterized by dissolution and local redistribution of pyrite and chalcopyrite, whose precipitation appears to be controlled by the water/rock ratio and the extent to which the water has been modified by reaction with the basalt. Chalcopyrite was concentrated relative to pyrite by slight changes in fluid composition caused by reaction with other minerals. Concurrent precipitation of smectite causes a net increase in rock volume, tending to restrict seawater access. Calculations of rock cooling rate through time suggest that the most prolonged hydrothermal circulation occurs at low temperatures, giving rise to pervasive low temperature alteration assemblages.     

Criteria for the detection of hydrothermal ecosystem faunas in ores of massive sulfide deposits in the Urals

The ore-formational, ore-facies, lithological, and mineralogical-geochemical criteria are defined for the detection of hydrothermal ecosystem fauna in ores of the volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits in the Urals. Abundant mineralized microfauna is found mainly in massive sulfide mounds formed in the jasperous basalt (Buribai, Priorsk, Yubileinoe, Sultanov), rhyolite–basalt (Yaman-Kasy, Blyava, Komosomol’sk, Sibai, Molodezhnoe, Valentorsk), and the less common serpentinite (Dergamysh) formations of the Urals (O–D2). In the ore-formational series of the massive sulfide deposits, probability of the detection of mineralized fauna correlates inversely with the relative abundance of felsic volcanic rocks underlying the ores. This series is also marked by a gradual disappearance of colloform pyrite, marcasite, isocubanite, pyrrhotite, and pyrite pseudomorphoses after pyrrhotite; increase of the amount of bornite, fahlores, and barite; decrease of contents of Se, Te, Co, and Sn in chalcopyrite and sphalerite; and decrease of Tl, As, Sb, and Pb in the colloform pyrite. Probability of the detection of mineralized fauna in the morphogenetic series of massive sulfide deposits decreases from the weakly degraded sulfide mounds to the clastic stratiform deposits. The degradation degree of sulfide mounds and fauna preservation correlates with the attenuation of volcanic intensity, which is reflected in the abundance of sedimentary and volcanosedimentary rocks and the depletion of effusive rocks in the geological sections.     

Copper–Gold Skarn Mineralization at the Karavansalija Ore Zone,Rogozna Mountain,Southwestern Serbia

Karavansalija ore zone is situated in the Serbian part of the Serbo‐Macedonian magmatic and metallogenic belt. The Cu–Au mineralization is hosted mainly by garnet–pyroxene–epidote skarns and shifts to lesser presence towards the nearby quartz–epidotized rocks and the overlying volcanic tuffs. Within the epidosites the sulfide mineralogy is represented by disseminated cobalt‐nickel sulfides from the gersdorfite‐krutovite mineral series and cobaltite, and pyrite–marcasite–chalcopyrite–base metal aggregates. The skarn sulfide mineralization is characterized by chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, bismuth‐phases (bismuthinite and cosalite), arsenopyrite, gersdorffite, and sphalerite. The sulfides can be observed in several types of massive aggregates, depending on the predominant sulfide phases: pyrrhotite‐chalcopyrite aggregates with lesser amount of arsenopyrite and traces of sphalerite, arsenopyrite–bismuthinite–cosalite aggregates with subordinate sphalerite and sphalerite veins with bismuthinite, pyrite and arsenopyrite. In the overlying volcanoclastics, the studied sulfide mineralization is represented mainly by arsenopyrite aggregates with subordinate amounts of pyrite and chalcopyrite. Gold is present rarely as visible aggregate of native gold and also as invisible element included in arsenopyrite. The fluid inclusion microthermometry data suggest homogenization temperature in the range of roughly 150–400°C. Salinities vary in the ranges of 0.5–8.5 wt% NaCl eq for two‐phase low density fluid inclusions and 15–41 wt% NaCl eq for two‐phase high‐salinity and three‐phase high‐salinity fluid inclusions. The broad range of salinity values and the different types of fluid inclusions co‐existing in the same crystals suggest that at least two fluids with different salinities contributed to the formation of the Cu–Au mineralization. Geothermometry, based on EPMA data of arsenopyrite co‐existing with pyrite and pyrrhotite, suggests a temperature range of 240–360°C for the formation of the arsenopyrite, which overlaps well with the data for the formation temperature obtained through fluid inclusion microthermometry. The sulfur isotope data on arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and marcasite from the different sulfide assemblages (ranging from 0.4‰ to +3.9‰ δ³⁴S_CDT with average of 2.29 δ³⁴S_CDT and standard deviation of 1.34 δ³⁴S_CDT) indicates a magmatic source of sulfur for all of the investigated phases. The narrow range of the data points to a common source for all of the investigated sulfides, regardless of the host rock and the paragenesis. The sulfur isotope data shows good overlap with that from nearby base‐metal deposits; therefore the Cu–Au mineralization and the emblematic base‐metal sulfide mineralization from this metallogenic belt likely share same fluid source.     

Seafloor bioalteration of sulfide minerals: results from in situ incubation studies

We present results of incubation studies conducted at low temperatures (∼4°C) in the vicinity of a seafloor hydrothermal vent system. We reacted Fe-, S-, Cu-, and Zn-bearing minerals including pyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, elemental sulfur, and a portion of a natural chimney sulfide structure for 2 months at the Main Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. Our study utilizes Fluorescent In Situ Hybridizations (FISH), Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM, TEM), and light microscopic analysis. The surfaces of these minerals are solely colonized by Bacteria and not by Archaea. Colonization densities vary over an order of magnitude with the following sequence: elemental sulfur > chimney sulfide > marcasite > pyrite > sphalerite > chalcopyrite, and correspond well with the abiotic oxidation kinetics of these materials, excepting elemental sulfur, which is both the least reactive to oxidizing species and the most heavily colonized. Colonization densities also correspond with apparent degree of reaction (dissolution pitting + accumulation of secondary alteration products). Heavy accumulations of secondary Fe oxides on Fe-bearing minerals, most notably on the chimney sulfide, form in situ as the result of mineral dissolution and the activity of neutrophilic Fe-oxidizing bacteria. Results suggest that mineral-oxidizing bacteria play a prominent role in weathering of seafloor sulfide deposits, and that microbial utilization of mineral substrates contributes to biomass production in seafloor hydrothermal environments.     

First-principles calculations of the thermodynamic mixing properties of arsenic incorporation into pyrite and marcasite

The thermodynamic mixing properties of As into pyrite and marcasite have been investigated using first-principles and Monte Carlo calculations in order to understand the incorporation of this important metalloid into solid solution. Using quantum-mechanical methods to account for spin and electron transfer processes typical of sulfide minerals, the total energies of different As–S configurations were calculated at the atomic scale, and the resulting As–S interactions were incorporated into Monte Carlo simulations. Enthalpies, configurational entropies and Gibbs free energies of mixing show that two-phase mixtures of FeS₂ (pyrite or marcasite) and FeAsS (arsenopyrite) are energetically more favorable than the solid solution Fe(S,As)₂ (arsenian pyrite or marcasite) for a wide range of geologically relevant temperatures. Although miscibility gaps dominate both solid solution series, the solubility of As is favored for X_As < 0.05 in iron disulfides. Consequently, pyrite and marcasite can host up to ∼6 wt.% of As in solid solution before unmixing into (pyrite or marcasite) + arsenopyrite. This finding is in agreement with previously published HRTEM observations of As-rich pyrites (> 6 wt.% As) that document the presence of randomly distributed domains of pyrite + arsenopyrite at the nanoscale. According to the calculations, stable and metastable varieties of arsenian pyrite and marcasite are predicted to occur at low (X_As < 0.05) and high (X_As > 0.05) As bulk compositions, respectively.     

Erratum to: “Criteria for the detection of hydrothermal ecosystem faunas in ores of massive sulfide deposits in the Urals”

The ore-formational, ore-facies, lithological, and mineralogical-geochemical criteria are defined for the detection of hydrothermal ecosystem fauna in ores of the volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits in the Urals. Abundant mineralized microfauna is found mainly in massive sulfide mounds formed in the jasperous basalt (Buribai, Priorsk, Yubileinoe, Sultanov), rhyolite—basalt (Yaman-Kasy, Blyava, Komosomol’sk, Sibai, Molodezhnoe, Valentorsk), and the less common serpentinite (Dergamysh) formations of the Urals (O—D₂). In the ore-formational series of the massive sulfide deposits, probability of the detection of mineralized fauna correlates inversely with the relative abundance of felsic volcanic rocks underlying the ores. This series is also marked by a gradual disappearance of colloform pyrite, marcasite, isocubanite, pyrrhotite, and pyrite pseudomorphoses after pyrrhotite; increase of the amount of bornite, fahlores, and barite; decrease of contents of Se, Te, Co, and Sn in chalcopyrite and sphalerite; and inсrease of Tl, As, Sb, and Pb in the colloform pyrite. Probability of the detection of mineralized fauna in the morphogenetic series of massive sulfide deposits decreases from the weakly degraded sulfide mounds to the clastic stratiform deposits. The degradation degree of sulfide mounds and fauna preservation correlates with the attenuation of volcanic intensity, which is reflected in the abundance of sedimentary and volcanosedimentary rocks and the depletion of effusive rocks in the geological sections.     

Thermal magnetic susceptibility data on natural iron sulfides of northeastern Russia

Dependences of magnetic susceptibility (MS) on the temperature of natural iron sulfide samples (pyrite, marcasite, greigite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite) from the deposits of northeastern Russia were studied. The thermal MS curves for pyrite and marcasite are the same: On heating, MS increases at 420–450 °C, and unstable magnetite (maghemite) and monoclinic pyrrhotite with a well-defined Hopkinson peak are produced. In oxygen-free media with carbon or nitrogen, magnetite formation is weak, whereas pyrrhotite generation is more significant. The heating curves for chalcopyrite are similar to those for pyrite. They show an increase in MS at the same temperatures (420–450 °C). However, stable magnetite is produced, whereas monoclinic pyrrhotite is absent. In contrast to that in pyrite, marcasite, and chalcopyrite, magnetite formation in arsenopyrite begins at > 500 °C. Arsenopyrite cooling is accompanied by the formation of magnetite (S-rich arsenopyrite) or maghemite (As-rich arsenopyrite) with a dramatic increase in MS. Arsenopyrite with an increased S content is characterized by insignificant pyrrhotite formation. Greigite is marked by a decrease in MS on the heating curves at 360–420 °C with the formation of unstable cation-deficient magnetite.Monoclinic pyrrhotite is characterized by a decrease in MS at ～ 320 °C, and hexagonal pyrrhotite, by a transition to a ferrimagnetic state at 210–260 °C. The addition of organic matter to monoclinic pyrrhotite stimulates the formation of hexagonal pyrrhotite, which transforms back into monoclinic pyrrhotite on repeated heating. The oxidation products of sulfides (greigite, chalcopyrite) show an increase in MS at 240–250 °C owing to lepidocrocite.     

Carbonatization and propylitic alteration of fragmental basaltic rocks, Quesnel River gold deposit, Central British Columbia

The Quesnel River gold deposit (1.2 million tonnes grading 5.22 g/t Au in three separate zones) occurs within Takla Group volcanic rocks of Upper Triassic age proximal to an alkalic stock. The deposit occurs in amphibole-augite phyric, fragmental, basaltic rocks. Alteration has produced an assemblage of epidote-chloritetremolite-calcite-quartz with lesser pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, marcasite, galena, arsenopyrite and gold.The West Zone comprises a tabular, conformable sulfide body underlain by bedded, variably altered fragmental basaltic rocks and overlain by siltstone and argillite. In the Main Zone, highest gold grades occur adjacent to a sharp discordant alteration front with barren, strongly carbonatized, pyritic basaltic lapilli-tuff. It is overlain by siltstone and argillite and bounded to the east and a depth by a west dipping reverse fault. To the west the auriferous, propylitically altered, rocks grade laterally into lower grade and barren basaltic rocks.Oxygen(¹⁸O = + 9 to + 15) and carbon (¹³O= -14 to –7) isotopic signatures of calcite from carbonate-altered and propylitically altered rocks are similar. However, sulfur isotopic values for pyrite are different, with gold-associated pyrite (³⁴S = –7 to –3) distinct from pyrite in carbonate altered rocks with (³⁴S = + 8 to + 13).The carbonization occurred before complete induration of the basaltic fragmental rocks, whereas propylitization and gold plus sulfide precipitation is clearly epigenetic.     

煤层中的硫化铁矿物及其成因

在太原西山石炭—二迭纪月门沟煤系的某些煤层中,发现有不同形状和大小的硫化铁矿物结核。这种结核有非晶质和结晶质的。在1煤层中的黄铁矿,由大量的八面体和八面体与立方体聚晶,组成许多草莓状的黄铁矿群体。有的黄铁矿晶体排列成五边形状、羽状、平行状和同心圆状。在黄铁矿结核中,有一些板状的白铁矿与其共生。 在8煤层中的白铁矿晶体有:胶粒状、草莓状、短柱状、窗格状、纤维状、板状、放射状、叶片状、鸡冠状和筛状结构等形态。黄铁矿晶体有五角十二面体、立方体与八面体聚晶。本文探讨了该硫化铁矿物的成因。     

Acid production from sulfide minerals using hydrogen peroxide weathering

Sulfide mineral weathering is a major source of acid generation in mining environments. Oxidation and hydrolysis reactions in soil and geologic material under earth surface conditions causes weathering of reduced sulfide minerals resulting in liberation of weathering products including acid. Pyrite and marcasite are minerals common in mine environments that cause acid generation. Many other sulfide minerals are present in mining environments which may or may not form acid upon weathering. Characterization of complex mineral assemblages containing S compounds is therefore critically important to pre-mine planning and postmine waste characterization. Despite the importance of mineral weathering behavior, little is known about the acid generation characteristics of common sulfide and sulfate minerals. To assess the response of common sulfide and sulfate minerals to oxidizing conditions, 13 minerals were subjected to treatment with 10% H₂O₂. The resulting leachate was analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, S and titratable acidity. The sulfide minerals arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite and sphalerite demonstrated significantly elevated levels of titratable acidity and are acid generating in contrast to galena, chalcocite and all the sulfates. The sulfate minerals barite, anhydrite, gypsum, anglesite and jarosite were included in experimentation and were found not to form acid under strongly oxidizing conditions. Remediation strategies for disturbed lands containing reduced S minerals must therefore consider not only the total quantity of sulfide minerals present, but the specific mineralogy of the S compounds.     

Jusa and Barsuchi Log Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits from the Southern Urals of Russia: Tectonic Setting, Structure and Mode of Formation

The Jusa and Barsuchi Log volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits formed along a paleo island arc in the east Magnitogrosk zone of the Southern Urals between ca 398 and 390 Ma. By analogy with the VMS deposits of the west Magnitogrosk zone, they are considered to be Baimak type deposits, which are Zn‐Cu‐Ba deposits containing Au, Ag and minor Pb. Detailed mapping and textural analysis of the two deposits shows that they formed as submarine hydrothermal mounds which were subsequently destroyed on the sea floor under the influence of ocean bottom currents and slumping. Both deposits display a ratio of the length to the maximum width of the deposit >15 and are characterized by ribbon‐like layers composed mainly of bedded ore and consisting principally of altered fine clastic ore facies. The Jusa deposit appears to have formed in two stages: deposition of colloform pyrite followed by deposition of copper–zinc–lead sulfides characterized by the close association of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, tennantite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, bornite, native gold and electrum and high concentrations of gold and silver. The low metamorphic grade of the east Magnitogorsk zone accounts for the exceptional degree of preservation of these deposits.     

美国内华达卡林金矿之含金FeS2微晶中不可见金的TEM研究和地球化学模型

透射电子显微术的研究表明,美国内华达州卡林金矿中环绕黄铁矿大 晶体的Fe的硫 化物微晶乃是白铁矿。该白铁矿含Au和As,并在其中有纳米尺度的似带状区。相对于邻区 而言,似带状区相对富As。因而提出：似带状区还相对富晶格金。根据所得出的方解石中三 价阳离子的分配系数方程认为,Au3＋阳离子是在白铁矿的非平衡(快速)结晶 作用期间,从白铁矿－溶液界面上被结合到细粒白铁矿中去的。Au3＋在白铁矿中的 配分是由非平衡分布系数(Kd')所控制的。然而,由于Au 3＋的平衡分 配系数(Kd)小,故通过平衡(缓慢)结晶作用形成的黄铁矿并不将Au 3 ＋结合到晶体中去。早期形成的细粒晶体的再结晶作用则将把REE和Au从晶体中迁移走。 相对于正常的白铁矿结构而言,较大的Au3＋和Au＋阳离子结合进入到白铁矿晶格 中,可引起局部的结构畸变,从而表现为似带状的特征。