Molybdenum distribution in Precambrian rocks of the Colorado Mineral Belt

The average Mo content of more than one hundred rock samples from the Precambrian basement of the Colorado Mineral Belt corresponds well to the global molybdenum content of crustal rocks of 1.0 ppm. There are no indications of a regional geochemical molybdenum anomaly in that part of the crust or upper mantle.     

东秦岭有色金属成矿带中典型矿床赋矿地层的地质地球化学研究

对东秦岭有色金属成矿带中典型矿床赋矿地层的地质地球化学剖面、岩性特征、沉积环境、钼(钨)元素含量、微量元素分布及钼与微量成矿元素相关关系的多元回归分析等研究结果表明,栾川群白术沟、三川、南泥湖、煤窑沟及官道口群龙家园等各组地层是该成矿带中主要控矿层位;滨海相及滞流较深相条件下沉积的陆源碎屑岩类平均含钼(钨)较高,赋矿地层富含钼(钨)可能与继承蚀源区太华群和熊耳群钼、钨高含量有关;钼与钨、锰成显著的正相关,而与铅或锌成负相关;东秦岭赋矿地层的直接标志是钼、钨平均含量均几倍到几十倍地高于它们在地壳中的丰度,该赋矿地层就是矿源层。并分析了主赋矿地层与非主赋矿地层中钼、钨的丰度,证实了矿化与含矿地层之间的内在联系。确认该成矿带中大型铝(钨)层控矿床之赋矿地层既是它们的矿源层,又是它们的围岩,这些含矿地层是形成东秦岭成矿带中大型、特大型钼、钨矿床的物质基础。     

Rhenium in porphyry copper deposits of the urals

The overwhelming majority of porphyry Mo-Au-Cu deposits in the Urals are related to the low-K quartz diorite minor intrusions of the island-arc type, which were formed from Silurian Middle-Late Carboniferous. In the South Urals, the Cu/Mo ratio of ore decreases eastward along with enrichment in Re. At the same time, molybdenite is depleted in this metal in compliance with more sialic crust and potassium content in ore-bearing dioritic rocks. Quartz diorites at the highest-Re deposits contain 1–2 wt % K₂O. At most Early-Middle Devonian deposits and occurrences of the western Tagil-Magnitogorsk-West Mugodzhary femic megazone, molybdenite is sporadic. The Re content in rocks was mainly determined using the kinetic method and to a lesser extent with ICP-MS. A Cameca SX-100 microprobe was also used for study of molybdenite. The Cu/Mo ratio of ore exceeds 600; the Mo content is commonly 1–15 ppm (occasionally up to 30 ppm and higher); the Re content is up to 0.01–0.04 ppm, sporadically increasing to 0.08–0.17 ppm. At the same time, the Re content in molybdenite often reaches 0.2–0.4 wt %. The highest Re concentration was established in the ore of the largest Mikheevsky deposit formed in the Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous and localized in the easternmost part of the East Ural sialic-femic megazone. The Re content in the orebodies of this deposit often reaches 0.2–0.5 ppm (up to 1.4–2.7 ppm) and 0.21 wt % in molybdenite. The average Mo grade of ore is 80 ppm and Cu/Mo ratio is 66. These data and Sr isotopic composition of ore-bearing granitoid and metasomatic rocks [(⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_t = 0.7038–0.7051; (?_Nd)_t = 3–7] testify to the mantle source of matter with insignificant admixture of crustal material. The same is apparently valid for Re and Cu in contrast to Mo. This statement is corroborated by the inverse correlation between Cu/Mo and Mo/Re ratios in the ore. Fluid-crystal fractionation of ore-bearing dioritic rocks is accompanied by enrichment of ore in Mo and by decrease in Re content in molybdenite. In the Tarutino ore field, the pyrite-chalcopyrite mineralization gives way to the molybdenite mineralization in line with in-sequence intrusion of diorite with quartz-bearing groundmass and granodiorite porphyry. Because of increasing silica content in granitoids, the Re concentration in molybdenite commonly remains below 0.07 wt % as is noted at the rare deposits localized in the sialic megazones.     

The role of eclogites in the redistribution of water in the subcontinental mantle of the Siberian craton: results of determination of the water content in minerals from the Udachnaya pipe eclogites

A comprehensive study of 26 mafic mantle xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe was carried out. The contents of major and trace elements, equilibrium temperature parameters, and water content in the rock-forming minerals were determined. The temperatures of formation of the studied rocks are estimated at 800–1300 °C. According to IR spectroscopy data, the water content in clinopyroxenes from the studied eclogites varies from values below the detection limit to 99 ppm. The IR spectra of garnets lack bands of water. The water content in clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene from garnet websterite is 72 and 8 ppm, respectively. The water content in the average rock, calculated from the ratio of the rock-forming minerals, varies from a few to 55 ppm. No relationship among the water content, equilibrium temperatures, and rock composition is established. The low water contents in the eclogites are close to the earlier determined water contents in peridotites from the same pipe and are, most likely, due to the re-equilibration of the eclogites with the rocks of the peridotitic lithospheric mantle. The dehydration of the protolith during its subduction and the partial melting of eclogites before their removal by kimberlitic magma to the surface might be an additional cause of the low water contents in the mantle eclogite xenoliths.     

Lithium in tektites and natural glasses

Lithium concentrations in various tektites and natural glass samples have been determined using RNAA. For most tektites Li abundances range from 40 to 60 ppm, with the exception of bediasites (23 ppm). In other natural glasses of presumed impact origin, the Li values are considerably lower (6–11 ppm). It is suggested that the Li concentrations reflect mostly the original abundance of this element in parent materials. A terrestrial origin for tektites is supported by the Li range overlap between tektites and sedimentary rocks     

极谱法测定钼矿石中的总钼氧化钼硫化钼

钼的物相分析要求测定硫化矿物相和氧化矿物相,常用比色法和电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法等对辉钼矿、钼华矿、钼钨钙矿、钼酸铅矿等钼矿石进行物相分析,但分离物相的品种较多,方法繁琐耗时.本文用王水-硫酸消解钼矿石样品,碱溶液复溶浸提得到钼总量,使其他大多数元素形成沉淀而分离,用碳酸钠-氢氧化铵混合溶液浸取钼的氧化矿物,将残渣进一步溶解得到硫化矿物含量,在硫酸-氯酸钾-二苯羟乙酸体系中用极谱法简单快速测定钼总量、氧化钼和硫化钼含量.方法的线性范围为0.04～0.4 mg/L,检出限为0.028 mg/L.对三种钼矿样品进行物相分析,氧化矿物与硫化矿物含量的加和与钼总量相当;总钼、氧化钼、硫化钼测定结果的相对标准偏差在1.69％ ～3.56％之间,与比色法测定结果相符.方法实用快速,易于推广,适于实际批量样品的测试.     

Fluorine geochemistry of quaternary volcanic rocks from Southwestern British Columbia: Some petrogenetic implications

Fluorine contents in 38 Quaternary volcanic rocks, representing calc-alkaline andesite eruptive groups from the Garibaldi Lake area, were determined by a selective ion-electrode method. A close relationship is evident between F abundance and the type of ferromagnesian phenocrysts present in the andesitic rocks. Hypersthene andesites have the lowest F contents (142–212 ppm), whereas hornblende-biotite andesites exhibit the highest F values (279–368 ppm); hornblende andesites have intermediate F contents (238–292 ppm). The hornblende-free Desolation Valley basaltic andesite has a lower F content than the hornblende-bearing Sphinx Moraine basaltic andesite (122 ppm versus 317–333 ppm).Different eruptive suites can be grouped on the basis of F differentiation patterns into (1) a hornblende-free lava series in which the F content of basaltic andesite is less than that of andesite, and (2) a hornblende-bearing lava series in which F contents remain constant or decrease slightly from basaltic andesite through dacite. Fluorine variation in the former series was controlled largely by fractionation of anhydrous minerals, whereas that in the latter was influenced by crystallization of amphibole, biotite and apatite.The distinctive F variation patterns of the two lava series appear to represent real differences in the volatile contents of Garibaldi Lake magmas. These different volatile concentrations may reflect varying degrees of magma-wallrock interaction, differences in the initial volatile contents of the primary magmas, or some combination of these factors.     

Variation of Rhenium Contents in Molybdenites from the Sar Cheshmeh Porphyry Cu‐Mo Deposit in Iran

This paper presents the results of a study on the variation of Re in the Sar Cheshmeh porphyry copper‐molybdenum deposit in Iran. The Re content was determined in monomineralic molybdenite separates from veinlets and from molybdenum milled floatation concentrates. Mineralogical data and chemical analyses indicate two generations of veinlet molybdenites in the Sar Cheshmeh deposit. The first generation (molybdenite I), which contains low Re, is found as intergrowth with quartz in silicified rocks with low total sulfide content, and the second generation (molybdenite II), which contains high Re, is found in veinlets with low quartz content. There is a positive correlation between the elevation of molybdenite deposition and Re content. Decrease in the temperature and pH of the hydrothermal fluids are effective for the accumulation Re in molybdenite. X‐ray diffraction study of 14 molybdenite samples indicate that the molybdenites are of the 2H polytype.     

Gallium concentration in natural melts and fluids

We generalize, for the first time, published and original data on the gallium concentrations in natural magmatic melts and fluids obtained by studying quenched glasses in volcanic rocks and inclusions in minerals. Based on 2688 determinations, gallium concentrations in magmatic melts vary between 0.47 and 495 ppm at average content of 18.0 ppm (+4.2/–3.4). Gallium concentrations in magmatic melts generated in different geodynamic settings show different distribution. Minimum concentrations (on average, 16.0 ppm, +3.6/–2.9) are typical of the island-arc melts, while maximum contents were determined in melts of oceanic islands (on average, 29.1 ppm, +13.4/–9.2) and intracontinental rifts and hot spots (26.5 ppm, +25.4/–13.0). Published and new 339 determinations of gallium concentrations in natural fluids indicate the wider range of their variations as compared to those of melts: from 0.02 to 11260 ppm, at average 1.6 ppm (+10.8–1.4). The possible gallium fractionation in fluid—magmatic systems is discussed.     

Geochemistry of highly aluminiferous Vendian-Cambrian sediments of the Tunka Bald Mountains,East Sayan

This paper presents comprehensive geochemical characteristics of highly aluminiferous schists discovered in the Tunka Bald Mountains and associated with the Vendian-Cambrian cover of the Tuva-Mongolian Microcontinent. The Al₂O₃ content varies within a wide range, the maximum being up to 36.11 wt. %. A specific feature of the geochemical composition of these rocks is the simultaneously high contents of Cr (up to 1400 ppm), V (up to 2700 ppm), and Zr (up to 800 ppm). The origin has been interpreted, and the conditions in which the highly aluminiferous rocks formed have been considered. Based on geochemical data, it is assumed that the main origin could be weathering crusts formed after ultramafic and mafic rocks, with a felsic source playing a secondary role.     

豫西卢氏某地钼矿成矿前景评价

豫西卢氏地区钼矿找矿工作相对滞后,对其隐伏中酸性岩体进行探测与评价成为找矿的关键技术问题。通过采用高精度磁法、EH4电导率连续成像技术及原生晕地球化学等方法,在平面上和剖面上确定了隐伏中酸性岩体的存在,并认为其外接触带存在钼矿的找矿潜力。     

白云鄂博花岗岩稀土配分型式的初步研究

白云鄂博花岗岩的稀土配分型式 该花岗岩出露于白云鄂博矿的东部和东南部。侵入于白云鄂博群中,引起围岩不同程度和不同性质的蚀变。在地质构造位置上处于内蒙台背斜向内蒙褶皱带过渡的的中间地带,多沿东西方向分布,受断裂控制。     

Copper partitioning between olivine and melt inclusions and its content in primitive island-arc magmas of Kamchatka

Melt inclusions and hosting them highly magnesian olivine from rocks of Kamchatka and the Western Aleutian island arc were analyzed for copper content by LA-ICP-MS to determine the copper partition coefficient in primitive island-arc magmas. Based on measurements of 45 olivine–melt pairs, this coefficient was determined to be 0.028 ± 0.009 (2σ), which is the lowest value among previously published data. Mass-balance calculations of copper in a typical mantle peridotite using obtained partition coefficient indicate that its content in peridotite and primary mantle magmas is mainly determined by mantle sulfide. The Cu partition coefficient was also used to calculate the copper content in parental magmas of volcanoes of the Central Kamchatka Depression. Estimates obtained using copper content in phenocrysts of primitive olivine (Fo > 88 mol %) from these rocks are, on average, 139 ± 58 ppm (2σ), which exceed copper contents in primitive basalts (MgO > 8.5 wt %) of mid-ocean ridges (MORB 93 ± 31 ppm). This suggests the primary enrichment of Central Kamchatka magmas in copper and correlates with their more oxidizing conditions of formation as compared to MORB.     

Rare earth element geochemistry of the molybdenum-bearing granitoids in the Jinduicheng-Huanglongpu district,Shaanxi Province,northwest China

Located in the Luonan county, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, Jinduicheng, Shijiawan and Huanglongpu molybdenum deposits constitute the most important molybdenum mineralized district in China. Among these three deposits, the Jinduicheng and Shijiawan molybdenum deposits are connected spatially and genetically with granitoid porphyry (124 ± 6 Ma, K-Ar biotite), and consist of disseminated-veinlet ores. Geochemical studies of rare earth elements (REE) furnish further evidence for understanding the rock- and ore-forming processes of these two porphyry molybdenum deposits and their related granitoid rocks. The REE distribution in molybdenum ore, granitoids and their Middle Proterozoic meta-volcanic wall rocks is discussed. The similarities between the REE signatures of the Shijiawan molybdenum-bearing monzogranite porphyry and the neighbouring Laoneushan monzogranite (130 ± 5 Ma, K-Ar biotite) show that they were produced at the same evolutional stage of granitoid magma derived mainly from crustal anatexis. The Shijiawan biotite monzogranite porphyry may be an apophysis of the Laoneushan granitoid batholith. Compared to the Shijiawan monzogranite porphyry, the Jinduicheng molybdenum-bearing granite porphyry is characterized by a high content of HREE, and depletion in LREE. The unique REE patterns indicates that the molybdenum-bearing granite porphyry was formed by thermogravitation diffusion of a granitoid magma. The slight depletion of REE abundance in the altered granitoid porphyry and meta-volcanic wall rocks shows that leaching of REE occurred during breakdown of the primary mineral assemblage, and crystallization of secondary minerals. The high REE content of molybdenum ore represented re-deposition of the mobilized molybdenum and REE.     

江西新余良山钼矿锆石U-Pb和辉钼矿Re-Os年龄

良山钼矿是钦杭成矿带近年发现的大中型矿床,在矿化特征分析的基础上,对其进行了成岩成矿年代学研究。采用LAICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年技术,得到矿区内石英闪长斑岩的成岩年龄为168.2±2.3Ma。通过矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素分析,获得其等时线年龄为168.9±1.4Ma。指示成岩作用与成矿作用同时发生,含矿热液活动与岩浆活动有密切的关系,岩浆活动可能是形成良山钼矿床的重要因素。良山钼矿床的成矿时间与钦杭成矿带内华南燕山期第一阶段大规模多金属矿化时间(170Ma)吻合。良山钼矿床形成于同一区域成矿背景下,是区域构造岩浆作用的产物,为华南燕山期成矿作用的组成部分。     

Ammonium in biotite from metamorphic and granitic rocks of Japan

Ammonium contents of biotites from metamorphic and granitic rocks of Japan have been determined, and correlated with the ${}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}\text{O}$ ratios of the rocks.NH₄ contents of biotites averaged 22 ppm in granitic rocks of non-metamorphic terranes, 67 ppm in granitic rocks in the Ryoke metamorphic belt, and 279 ppm in metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of the Ryoke belt. In granitic rocks, enrichment of NH₄ in biotites is a result of the interaction between the granitic magma and surrounding sedimentary rocks. In metasedimentary rocks, the high NH₄ content in biotites is due to inheritance from original organic material in sedimentary rocks.Biotites from migmatites of the Ryoke belt contain more NH₄ (average, 475 ppm) than those from metasedimentary rocks. This suggests the existence of a metamorphic fluid or anatectic magma enriched in NH₄.     

K,U and Li abundances in ultramafic rocks of the Tethyan ophiolites

Summary K, U and Li have been determined in 28 ultramafic rocks of the Tethyan ophiolites from the Northern Apennines (Italy), the Hellenides (Greece) and the Dinarides (Yugoslavia). The analyzed rocks show a variable degree of serpentinization, which leads to an increase in the content of these elements. The behaviour of U during alteration of the ultramafic rocks differs from that of K and Li. The average original content of K, Li and U in the ultramafic rocks was about 15 ppm, 0.91 ppm, and <10 ppb.

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K-, U- und Li-Häufigkeiten in ultramafischen Gesteinen der Tethys-Ophiolithe

Zusammenfassung In 28 ultramafischen Gesteinen von Tethys-Ophiolithen aus dem nördlichen Appenin (Italien), den Helleniden (Griechenland) und den Dinariden (Jugoslawien) wurde K, U und Li bestimmt. Die analysierten Gesteine zeigen unterschiedliche Serpentinisierung, die zu einem Anstieg des Gehaltes an diesen Elementen führt. Das Verhalten des U während der Umwandlung der ultramafischen Gesteine unterscheidet sich von dem des K und Li. Der ursprüngliche Durchschnittsgehalt an K, Li und U in den ultramafischen Gesteinen war ungefähr 15 ppm, 0,91 ppm und <10 ppb.

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青海祁漫塔格长山钼矿地质特征、矿床成因及找矿前景

长山钼矿位于青海省东昆仑西段祁漫塔格地区,在以往发现接触交代型铁矿体的基础上,近年来发现了花岗斑岩及斑岩型钼矿。斑岩型钼矿的发现,对于东昆仑西段祁漫塔格地区斑岩成矿研究和矿产勘查实践具有重要的意义。在初步研究长山矿区侵入岩分布、岩石类型、岩石学和岩石化学的基础上,发现矿区花岗斑岩呈岩枝状侵入于似斑状二长花岗岩中,地表出露面积小于0.01km2,深部揭露最大厚度可达30m,岩石具有高Si,低Ti,K/Na值大,分异程度高,固结程度低的特征。与西藏冈底斯钾质钙碱性花岗岩和含矿斑岩具有相似的岩石化学特征,但SiO2含量更高,Al2O3含量较低。综合分析认为,矿区花岗斑岩可能与碰撞后伸展构造背景密切相关。矿区钼矿具有斑岩型成矿的特点,矿区中西部的深部及区域具有进一步寻找斑岩型矿产的前景。     

Selective concentration of cesium in analcime during hydrothermal alteration,Yellowstone National Park,Wyoming

Chemical and mineralogical studies of fresh and hydrothermally altered rhyolitic material in Upper and Lower Geyser Basins, Yellowstone National Park, show that all the altered rocks are enriched in Cs and that Cs is selectively concentrated in analcime. The Cs content of unaltered rhyolite lava flows, including those from which the altered sediments are derived, ranges from 2.5 to 7.6 ppm. The Cs content of analcime-bearing altered sedimentary rocks is as high as 3000 ppm, and in clinoptilolite-bearing altered sedimentary rocks Cs content is as high as 180 ppm. Altered rhyolite lava flows which were initially vitrophyres, now contain up to 250 ppm Cs, and those which were crystallized prior to hydrothermal alteration contain up to 14 ppm. Mineral concentrates of analcime contain as much as 4700 ppm Cs. The Cs must have been incorporated into the analcime structure during crystallization, rather than by later cation substitution, because analcime does not readily exchange Cs. The $\text{Cs}\text{Cl}$ of the fluids circulating through the hydrothermal system varies, suggesting that Cs is not always a conservative ion and that Cs is lost from upflowing thermal waters due to water-rock interaction resulting in crystallization of Cs-bearing analcime.The source of Cs for Cs enrichment of the altered rocks is from leaching of rhyolitic rocks underlying the geyser basins, and from the top of the silicic magma chamber that underlies the area.Analcime is an important natural Cs sink, and the high Cs concentrations reported here may prove to be an important indicator of the environment of analcime crystallization.     

东秦岭地区钼矿床中辉钼矿的铼含量及多型特征

辉钼矿是铼的最主要载体矿物。研究表明,东秦岭地区不同类型钼矿床中,辉钼矿的Re平均含量多为10—20ppm,其中仅黄龙铺碳酸岩脉型钼(铅)矿床的辉钼矿平均含Re高达152.5ppm。尽管辉钼矿中的铼含量有变化,但均呈类质同象取代钼而存在。同时,这些矿床辉钼矿的铼含量差异,主要取决于成矿热流体中原始铼含量。辉钼矿多型有2H型和2H+3R混合型。铼含量和成矿温度对辉钼矿多型没有影响,故辉钼矿多型对于钼矿床类型没有标型意义。