新疆阿尔泰萨热阔布-铁木尔特地区两类矿化及成因

新疆阿尔泰南缘萨热阔布-铁木尔特一带的矿床均赋存于下泥盆统康布铁堡组的变质岩系中。早泥盆世的海相火山形成了Zn--Pb ( Cu) 矿化,晚泥盆世--早石炭世的碰撞造山相应形成了Cu--Au 石英脉矿化; 前者以铁木尔特VMS 型Zn--Pb ( Cu) 矿床为代表,后者以造山型萨热阔布金矿为代表,与造山有关的脉状矿化还叠加在铁木尔特等VMS 矿床中。通过对比两类矿化的稳定同位素特征,结合矿化的变形变质和流体包裹体特征,研究了成矿物质、成矿流体来源和矿床成因。萨热阔布金矿主成矿阶段硫化物石英脉和铁木尔特Zn--Pb ( Cu) 矿床中晚期发育的含黄铜矿石英脉中均富含碳质 ( CO2--CH4--N2 ) 流体包裹体,可能与碰撞造山的热液流体作用有关。铁木尔特Zn--Pb ( Cu) 矿床中代表VMS 期的浸染状矿石中硫化物δ34S 为－26. 46 × 10-3 ～ －19. 72 × 10 -3,硫主要来源于海水硫酸盐的无机还原和细菌还原作用; 而代表后期叠加改造的脉状矿化硫化物值与萨热阔布金矿床硫化物石英脉中δ34S 值接近,硫主要来源于造山过程中的深源流体。萨热阔布金矿床硫化物石英脉和铁木尔特Zn-- Pb ( Cu) 矿床晚期含黄铜矿石英脉的δDH2O 值和δ18OH2O 值,均反映了碰撞造山期热液与岩浆活动和变质作用有关。萨热阔布金矿硫化物石英脉中碳质流体包裹体CO2 体系中δ13 C 为－ 21. 15 × 10-3 ～ －7. 51 × 10 -3,CH4 体系的δ13C 为－34. 11 × 10 -3 ～ －28. 38 × 10-3 ; 铁木尔特Zn--Pb ( Cu) 矿床含黄铜矿石英脉中碳质包裹体测得的δ13C 为－8. 02 × 10 -3 ～ －6. 99 × 10 -3,δ13 C 特征与海相火山沉积无关,具岩浆源或深部源的特点。     

新疆和静县乔霍特铜矿地质地球化学特征

乔霍特铜矿是位于新疆西天山的一个中型铜矿床。似层状矿化体赋存于上志留统中基性火山岩及沉积岩中 ,矿化富集受地层、构造、侵入岩的多重控制。火山岩属于发育不成熟的裂谷环境中的中基性岩类 ,赋矿火山岩与无矿火山岩的稀土元素组成近似 ,而与后期叠加改造形成的脉状矿化体的稀土元素组成有较大差别。矿石矿物主要为辉铜矿、黄铜矿、斑铜矿等 ,呈粒状和浸染状分布。成矿温度为 130～ 140℃。矿化溶液含岩浆水和变质水 ,属于酸性的富含钾、氯和二氧化碳的流体。矿化过程经历晚志留世火山热液充填 交代作用和海西早期岩浆热液的叠加、改造作用。     

Different mineralization styles in a volcanic-hosted ore deposit: the fluid and isotopic signatures of the Mt Morgan Au–Cu deposit,Australia

Quantitative laser ablation (LA)-ICP-MS analyses of fluid inclusions, trace element chemistry of sulfides, stable isotope (S), and Pb isotopes have been used to discriminate the formation of two contrasting mineralization styles and to evaluate the origin of the Cu and Au at Mt Morgan.The Mt Morgan Au–Cu deposit is hosted by Devonian felsic volcanic rocks that have been intruded by multiple phases of the Mt Morgan Tonalite, a low-K, low-Al₂O₃ tonalite–trondhjemite–dacite (TTD) complex. An early, barren massive sulfide mineralization with stringer veins is conforming to VHMS sub-seafloor replacement processes, whereas the high-grade Au–Cu ore is associated with a later quartz–chalcopyrite–pyrite stockwork mineralization that is related to intrusive phases of the Tonalite complex. LA-ICP-MS fluid inclusion analyses reveal high As (avg. 8850 ppm) and Sb (avg. 140 ppm) for the Au–Cu mineralization and 5 to 10 times higher Cu concentration than in the fluids associated with the massive pyrite mineralization. Overall, the hydrothermal system of Mt Morgan is characterized by low average fluid salinities in both mineralization styles (45–80% seawater salinity) and temperatures of 210 to 270 °C estimated from fluid inclusions. Laser Raman Spectroscopic analysis indicates a consistent and uniform array of CO₂-bearing fluids. Comparison with active submarine hydrothermal vents shows an enrichment of the Mt Morgan fluids in base metals. Therefore, a seawater-dominated fluid is assumed for the barren massive sulfide mineralization, whereas magmatic volatile contributions are implied for the intrusive related mineralization. Condensation of magmatic vapor into a seawater-dominated environment explains the CO₂ occurrence, the low salinities, and the enriched base and precious metal fluid composition that is associated with the Au–Cu mineralization. The sulfur isotope signature of pyrite and chalcopyrite is composed of fractionated Devonian seawater and oxidized magmatic fluids or remobilized sulfur from existing sulfides. Pb isotopes indicate that Au and Cu originated from the Mt Morgan intrusions and a particular volcanic strata that shows elevated Cu background.     

小宛南山金矿地质特征及成因

小宛南山金矿是产于太古宙花岗岩-绿岩地体,受敦煌群D岩组上部层位和韧性剪切带控制的变质热液型金矿床.矿源岩为绿岩带的镁铁质火山岩,成矿流体主要为变质热液,主成矿期属中元古宙.基于金矿床区域地质背景、矿床地质特征、微量元素特征、硫铅同位素组成和包裹体特征,以金赋存层位、容矿岩石、韧性剪切构造、蚀变作用为基础,通过分析成矿地质条件,证明金矿床应属变质热液成因.     

福建政和东际金-银矿床的热液蚀变特征及其勘探指示意义

福建东际金-银矿床产于中生代东坑火山岩盆地西缘的流纹质凝灰岩中,矿区及周边火山-沉积岩系遭受了广泛且强度不等的热液蚀变。本文工作采用红外反射光谱技术在东际矿区三个勘探剖面上对钻孔岩心进行系统性高密度采样分析,结果显示蚀变矿物组合及分带的大框架样式主要受原岩成分控制,具体表现为绢云母化趋向于发育于流纹质火山岩中,而绿泥石化则富集在安山质和英安质火山岩中。在更小的矿区局部空间范围内或单一岩性中,热液作用的物化条件作为次级控制因素决定着特定蚀变矿物的成分变化和蚀变类型的强度差异。从层状硅酸盐组合考虑,东际矿区热液蚀变以绢云母化和绿泥石化为最主要类型,而缺失发育良好的蒙脱石带,金-银矿化赋存在以伊利石为主的绢云母化带中,表明成矿环境属于低硫到中硫之间的浅成热液系统。含矿火山岩的热液蚀变组合和强度变化,以及金-银矿化的似层状特点,均指示成矿时流体是沿着南园组凝灰岩层内侧向流动,而蚀变分带细节显示在凝灰岩层中存在着二至三条流体主通道,金-银矿化则赋存在主通道中。流体主通道的热液蚀变标志是富铝绢云母,其与主通道之外的相对贫铝绢云母在红外光谱特征上反差明显。因此,采用红外光谱技术圈定整体热液蚀变系统的空间构型、解译成矿环境的物化条件及变化、并确定绢云母的铝含量变化用以判断成矿流体主通道位置,可以有效地缩小勘探目标和提高找矿工作的预测性。     

安徽晓天中生代火山岩盆地金矿成矿地质条件

本文依据区内金矿床地质特征、矿化与火山作用、矿物流体包裹体的研究,阐明区内金矿成矿条件:火山岩基底变质岩是金矿"原始矿源岩";中生代岩浆部分熔融了"原始矿源岩"所形成的后生矿源岩"为金矿成矿提供了物质来源;毛坦厂组形成时期的火山活动及与之有关的火山(次火山)热液使金发生活化、迁移,并在有利部位富集成矿;火山构造及与火山活动有关的断裂构造控制了矿化部位.流体包裹体和稳定同位素研究结果表明,成矿热液主要来自天水,少量来自岩浆.成矿物质是在低fO₂、fS₂,pH≈7的弱还原条件下沉淀的.     

A magmatic source of hydrothermal sulfur for the Prominent Hill deposit and associated prospects in the Olympic iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) province of South Australia

The Prominent Hill deposit is a world-class iron oxide copper–gold (IOCG) deposit in South Australia, characterized by a high Cu/S ratio of the dominant Cu-(Fe) sulfides hosted by hematite breccias. It contains a total resource of 278 Mt of ore at 0.98% Cu and 0.75 g/t Au. Prominent Hill is one of several IOCG deposits and numerous prospects in the Olympic IOCG province that are temporally associated with the 1603–1575 Ma Gawler Range Volcanics, a large igneous province including co-magmatic granitoid intrusions of the Hiltaba Suite. Globally, IOCG deposits share many similar features in terms of their geological environment and mineral association. However, it is not yet clear whether sulfur and copper originate from the same source rocks and which hydrothermal redox processes created the characteristic iron oxide enrichment. Highly variable sulfur isotope compositions of sulfides and sulfates in IOCG deposits have previously been interpreted in terms of diverse sulfur sources that may include contributions from magmatic, sedimentary, seawater or evaporitic sulfur. In order to test these alternatives, we performed a detailed sulfur isotope study of Cu-(Fe) sulfides from Prominent Hill and IOCG prospects nearby. The Prominent Hill deposit shows a wide range in δ³⁴S_V-CDT between − 33.5‰ and 29.9‰ for Cu-(Fe) sulfides, and a narrower range of 4.3‰ to 15.8‰ for barite. Iron sulfides (pyrite, pyrrhotite) show a narrow range in sulfur isotope composition, whereas Cu-bearing sulfides show a much wider range, and more negative δ³⁴S_V-CDT values on average. We propose a two-stage sulfide mineralization model for the IOCG system in the Prominent Hill area, in which all hydrothermal sulfur is ultimately derived from a magmatic source that had a composition of 4.4 ± 2‰. The diversity in sulfur isotope composition can be produced by different fluid evolution pathways along reducing or oxidizing trajectories. A reduced sulfur evolution pathway is responsible for stage I mineralization, when intrusion-derived magmatic-hydrothermal fluids produced early pyrite and minor chalcopyrite at Prominent Hill, and iron ± copper sulfides in regional magnetite skarns and in some pervasively altered volcanic rocks of the Gawler Range Volcanics. Shallow-venting magmatic-hydrothermal fluids and subaerial volcanic gases that became completely oxidized by reaction with atmospheric oxygen produced sulfate and sulfuric acid with a sulfur isotope composition equal to their magmatic source. This highly oxidized ore fluid probably consisted dominantly of water from the hydrosphere, but contained magmatic solute components, notably sulfate, acidity and Cu. Sulfate reduction produced hydrothermal Cu sulfides with a wide range in sulfur isotope compositions from very negative to moderately positive values. Partial reaction of the Cu-rich stage II fluid with earlier stage I sulfides resulted in mixing of sulfur derived from sulfate reduction and from sulfides deposited during stage I. Modeling of the sulfur isotope fractionation processes in response to reducing and oxidizing pathways demonstrates that the entire spectrum of sulfur isotope data from stage I and stage II mineralization can be explained with a single, ultimately magmatic sulfur source. Such a magmatic sulfur source is also adequate to explain the complete spectrum of sulfur isotope data of other IOCG prospects and deposits in the Olympic province, including Olympic Dam. The results of our study challenge the conventional model that suggests the requirement of multiple and compositionally diverse sulfur sources in hematite-breccia hosted IOCG style mineralization.     

新疆哈密卡拉塔格块状硫化物矿床金银赋存状态研究

新疆哈密红海黄土坡VMS矿床位于东天山卡拉塔格隆起带,是卡拉塔格矿集区内新发现的块状硫化物矿床。矿体产于卡拉塔格隆起带核部火山沉积岩建造中,具有典型的VMS型矿床“上层下脉”二元结构特征。该矿床中含金硫化物矿石主要有块状黄铁矿黄铜矿、块状黄铁矿黄铜矿闪锌矿、块状黄铁矿闪锌矿黄铜矿和块状闪锌矿。文中在对各类含金硫化物矿石进行详细的矿相学研究基础上,结合扫描电子显微镜与能谱仪联用技术(SEM/EDS),对硫化物样品中金、银的赋存状态进行研究。结果表明,4种块状硫化物中的主要矿物形成于多个期次,主要包括VMS成矿期(黄铁矿阶段、闪锌矿黄铜矿黝铜矿方铅矿阶段、石英重晶石阶段)、热液叠加期(石英黄铁矿黄铜矿闪锌矿方铅矿阶段)和表生期(铜蓝纤铁矿阶段)。矿区首次发现4颗金银金属互化物(银金矿、碲银矿),其较大的化学成分差异指示了热液环境由中酸性中性转变为更有利于Au、Ag迁移沉淀的偏碱性。后期的偏碱性热液对VMS成矿期形成矿物产生了交代作用,使得Au、Ag活化再富集。由于后期热液叠加改造,红海VMS型矿床中Au、Ag不仅赋存于VMS成矿期后期中低温闪锌矿黄铜矿阶段,也赋存于VMS成矿期早期中高温黄铁矿阶段,并贯穿整个热液叠加期。各含金矿物组合中除4颗金银金属互化物外Au多呈显微不可见状态,推测Au、Ag主要以原子或离子形式赋存于矿物晶格中或矿物空位处。     

内蒙古敖汉旗北大城金矿床地质特征

该金矿产于太古宙建平群小塔子沟组变质岩中,受北东东向韧脆性剪切带控制,矿体呈脉状,矿化类型有黄铁矿-石英脉型和蚀变岩型两类,矿化与蚀变呈正相关关系。矿质来自太古宙绿岩建造,金矿与燕山期浅成-超汽成石英正长斑岩、流纹斑岩有着成因联系,硫同位素组成相当于陨石硫,成矿温度主要在120-270℃之间,矿床成因为中低温变质-岩浆热液改造型金矿床。     

相山西部牛头山铅锌矿化体成矿物质来源:原位硫同位素的制约

近年来,在相山铀矿田的西部牛头山地区深部发现了铅锌矿化体,其成因机制不明.为探讨牛头山铅锌矿化体物质来源,开展了硫化物原位硫同位素分析研究.根据硫化物矿物之间的充填和包裹关系判断,铅锌矿化体金属硫化物形成的先后顺序是:黄铁矿形成最早,方铅矿和闪锌矿次之,细脉状黄铜矿形成最晚.利用LA-MC-ICP-MS技术对矿化体中几种金属硫化物分别进行了系统的原位硫同位素分析.结果显示:黄铁矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿、细脉状黄铜矿的δ34S值介于-4.8‰~+5.4‰之间,各硫化物矿物之间硫同位素未达到完全平衡分馏,利用黄铁矿δ34S值得到的矿化流体δ34S_ΣS值（总硫同位素组成）近似为+3.7‰,与共生矿物对（闪锌矿-方铅矿）图解法得到的闪锌矿和方铅矿沉淀时矿化流体的δ34S_ΣS值（+3.2‰）相近,表明形成牛头山铅锌矿化体的矿化流体δ34S_ΣS值大约为+3.7‰,为岩浆硫.结合前人的岩浆岩年龄数据,我们判断该铅锌矿化体金属硫化物的硫可能主要来自次火山岩相花岗斑岩岩浆热液.同一薄片中闪锌矿δ34S值高于共生的方铅矿,表明两者硫同位素基本平衡,利用共生矿物对（闪锌矿-方铅矿）硫同位素温度计计算得出平衡温度为197~476℃,与前人通过脉石矿物流体包裹体得到的铅锌矿化流体温度基本一致.相山火山盆地与相邻的北武夷黄岗山、梨子坑等产铅锌矿的火山盆地具有相似的成矿条件及成矿物质来源,使相山火山盆地具有良好的铅锌多金属找矿前景.      

北京万庄金矿床成矿特征及成因探讨

北京平谷万庄金矿产于燕山沉降带内的中元古界碳酸盐岩中，金矿化受燕山期三百山岩体、变质地层、层间虚脱构造及多期活动的NE走向断裂构造控制。金矿体呈筒状、扁担状及脉状产出。矿石矿物以褐铁矿、黄铁矿、自然金、银金矿为主。矿石类型主要有硅化多金展硫化物型和硅化黄铁矿型。矿区内矿化水平分带性明显。自三百山岩体为中心，从岩体内部到接触带，再到外接触带的变质地居中，依次发育有热液脉型铜矿化、夕卡岩铜金矿化和热液型金矿化，其中前两者未形成县有工业意又的矿床，仅第三者形成具有工业意又的万庄金矿床。矿区内大古界密云群基底变质岩为万庄金矿的形成提供了部分矿源，三百山闪长玢岩及石英闪长岩为成矿提供了热源和部分含矿热液，并与循环大气水混合促进了金的沉淀。中元古代长城系碳酸盐岩成为金矿化的有利围岩。万庄金矿为一层控特征明显的中低温热液型金矿床。     

福建邱村金矿床控矿因素及成因

邱村金矿矿体严格受构造、次火山岩、次火山隐爆角砾岩控制，通过对矿石黄铁矿Pb、S同位素分析以及相邻矿区成矿温度的对比研究，金矿成矿物质来源于元古宇麻源群深变质岩系，成矿热液来源于火山岩浆期后分异的热液，该矿床属火山岩中－低温热液型金矿床。     

新疆伊宁县塔北铅锌矿床地质特征和S、Pb、C、O同位素组成

塔北铅锌矿床是西天山吐拉苏盆地中新近勘查成功的一个重要热液型铅锌矿床。矿体赋存于晚泥盆世-早石炭世大哈拉军山组第五岩性段酸性凝灰岩中,受断裂构造控制。矿石硫化物的δ³⁴S值介于0.5‰~7.3‰,估算获得成矿流体的总硫同位素值δ³⁴S_∑S约2.7‰,具岩浆硫的特征。晚期石膏的δ³⁴S值为4.7‰~5.3‰,表明石膏可能是火山热液中的SO₂发生歧化反应或火山喷发带出的H₂S挥发分在近地表的氧化环境中反应生成的。矿石铅同位素组成十分稳定,并与大哈拉军山组火山岩的铅同位素组成相似,指示成矿物质来源于赋矿火山岩。碳、氧同位素组成指示成矿流体中碳主要来源于深部岩浆。塔北铅锌矿床可能属于矿化较深的浅成低温热液型矿床。     

下庄竹山下铀矿床黄铁矿元素地球化学特征及其表征意义

竹山下铀矿床是粤北下庄铀矿田内大型铀矿床之一,铀矿化类型为"交点"型和硅化带型。在详细的野外地质调查基础上,对竹山下铀矿床4种不同类型黄铁矿进行元素含量分析及硫同位素测试,结果表明:"交点"型矿石中黄铁矿相对富集Pb、 Cu、 Co、 As、 Ni、 Se、 Bi、 U、 Sb、 Zn等微量元素;"交点"型铀矿化形成于中深部高温环境,成矿热液具有地幔流体特征,成矿过程硫来源与该区花岗岩中黄铁矿的硫来源一致或者相似,花岗岩中的黄铁矿可能为该期成矿事件的产物;竹山下矿床在垂向上表现出越往深部硫逸度越低的特征;"交点"型和硅化带型中黄铁矿具有相似的微量元素配分曲线,表明二者具有相同的成矿热液来源,且与辉绿岩中黄铁矿配分曲线相似,表明该区成矿热液具有深源性。     

Geochemical characteristics of gold mineralization of the Huai Kham On deposit,Sukhothai Fold Belt,Northern Thailand

The Huai Kham On gold deposit is located in the central part of the Sukhothai Fold Belt, northern Thailand. The Sukhothai Fold Belt represents an accretionary complex formed by subduction and collision between the Indochina and Sibumasu Terranes. There are many small gold deposits in the Sukhothai Fold Belt; however, the styles and formation environments of those gold deposits are not clear. The geology of the Huai Kham On deposit consists of volcanic and volcanosedimentary rocks, limestone, and low‐grade metamorphic rocks of Carboniferous to Triassic age. Gold‐bearing quartz veins are hosted by volcanic and volcanosedimentary rocks. The quartz veins can be divided into four stages. The mineral assemblage of the gold‐bearing quartz veins of Stages I and II comprises quartz, calcite, illite, pyrite, native gold, galena, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite. Quartz veins of Stage III consist of microcrystalline quartz, dolomite, calcite, pyrite, native gold, and chalcopyrite. Veins of Stage IV consist of calcite, dolomite, chlorite, and quartz. Fluid inclusions in quartz veins are classified into liquid‐rich two‐phase (Types I_A and I_B), carbonic‐aqueous (Type II), and carbonic (Type III) fluid inclusions. The homogenization temperatures of Types I_A and II fluid inclusions that are related to the gold‐bearing quartz veins from Stages I to III ranged from 240° to 280°C. The δ¹⁸O values of quartz veins of Stages I to III range from +12.9 to +13.4‰, suggesting the presence of a homogeneous hydrothermal solution without temperature variation such as a decrease of temperature during the formation of gold‐bearing quartz veins from Stages I to III in the Huai Kham On gold deposit. Based on the calculated formation temperature of 280°C, the δ¹⁸O values of the hydrothermal solution that formed the gold‐bearing quartz veins range from +3.2 to +3.7‰, which falls into the range of metamorphic waters. The gold‐bearing quartz veins of the Huai Kham On deposit are interpreted to be the products of metamorphic water.     

治岭头金矿围岩蚀变特征及其意义

治岭头金矿位于浙江省遂昌县,是我国东南沿海的一座大型金矿床。该矿床围岩蚀变发育,类型有硅化、绢云母化、绿泥石化、黄铁矿化、方解石化和菱锰矿化。从矿体到围岩可以划分为4个蚀变带:强硅化带、弱硅化-黄铁绢英岩化带、绢云母化带和绿泥石化带。沿矿体走向,蚀变强度整体上呈波动性变化,与矿体呈透镜状产出特征一致。硅化、黄铁矿化、菱锰矿化与金矿化关系最密切,而且这些蚀变具有相似的变化趋势。绢云母化和绿泥石化与硅化的变化趋势不同,且与矿化关系不密切。另外,矿区还发育方解石化,且强度较弱。金矿化及围岩蚀变均发育在古元古界八都群变质岩中,未进入上覆中生代火山岩盖层,证明治岭头金矿成矿作用与中生代火山活动无关。定量计算结果显示:蚀变过程中Al_2O_3、TiO_2、P_2O_5为惰性组分;SiO_2、CaO、MnO、Au、Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn等为明显带入组分;Fe_2O_3、FeO、MgO、K_2O、Na_2O、Ba、Sr等为明显带出组分。根据围岩蚀变和稳定同位素分析,推断治岭头金矿原始成矿热液流体应是富含Si、Ca、Mn、Au、Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn等组分的岩浆热液,后期有大气降水的加入。     

Gold-Related Sulfide Mineralization and Ore Genesis of the Penjom Gold Deposit, Pahang, Malaysia

The Penjom gold deposit lies on the eastern side of the Raub‐Bentong Suture line within the Central Belt of Permo‐Triassic rocks, near Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia. The geology of the deposit is dominated by a sequence of fine‐ to coarse‐grained rhyolitic to rhyodacitic tuff, tuff‐breccia and a minor rhyolitic–rhyodacitic volcanic series, associated with argillaceous marine sedimentary rocks consisting of shale with subordinate shalely limestone of Padang Tungku Formation and Pahang Volcanic Series. Fine‐ to coarse‐grained tonalite and quartz porphyry intruded this unit. The main structural features of the area are north–south‐trending left‐lateral strike‐slip faults and their subsidiaries, which generally strike north–south and dip moderately to the east (350°–360°/40°–60°). Mineralization at the Penjom gold deposit is structurally controlled and also erratic laterally and vertically. The gold mineralization can be categorized as (i) gold associated with carbonate‐rich zones hosted within dilated quartz veins carrying significant amount of sulfides; (ii) gold disseminated within stockwork of quartz–carbonate veins affiliated with tonalite; and (iii) gold often associated with arsenopyrite and pyrite in quartz–carbonate veins and stringers hosted within shear zones of brittle–ductile nature in all rock types and in brittle fractured rhyodacitic volcanic rocks. Sphalerite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite and pyrrhotite are the minerals accompanying the early stage of gold mineralization. These minerals also suffered from local brittle deformation. However, most of the gold mineralization took place after the deposition of these sulfides. Galena appears somewhat towards the end of gold mineralization, whereas tellurium and bismuth accompanied gold contemporaneously. The gold mineralization occurred most probably due to the metamorphogenic deformational origin concentrated mostly in the shear zone. The mineralization is strongly controlled by the wall rock (e.g. graphitic shale), the sulfide minerals and fluid–rock interaction.     

Pb-Zn-Cu accumulation from seafloor sedimentation to metamorphism: Constraints from ore textures coupled with elemental and isotopic geochemistry of the Tiemurt in Chinese Altay Orogen,NW China

The Tiemurt Pb-Zn-Cu deposit (metal reserve: 0.29 Mt (Pb + Zn) and 0.14 Mt Cu) is hosted in the Kangbutiebao Formation volcanic-sedimentary rocks in the Chinese Altay Orogen, NW China. Although some geological and geochemical characteristics of primary seafloor sedimentary mineralization are preserved, major fault-controlled Pb-Zn-Cu orebodies are adjacent to the Sarekbuobu orogenic gold deposit, and therefore it is also interpreted to be closely related to regional deformational-metamorphic processes. The seafloor sedimentary mineralization is evidenced by the occurrence of the banded ores and marine sulfate-originated sulfur isotopic compositions of the sulfides (bimodal δ³⁴S values of 17.29–18.67‰ and −25.03 to −17.58‰). The lead isotope compositions accord with the evolution line of mantle, implying that the Pb were chiefly sourced from the mantle-reservoir. The later deformational and metamorphic overprinting are recorded by the fault-controlled lodes with ore textures of epigenetic infilling and replacement. Besides well-developed CO₂-rich fluid inclusions, the D-O isotopic data of the overprinting fluids fall into the area between metamorphic fluids and meteoric water line, indicative of metamorphic fluids origin with meteoric water involvement. To further trace the Pb-Zn-Cu accumulation and remobilization processes, systematic in-situ trace elements in sulfides of different generations are analyzed using LA-ICP-MS. Ti-Mn-Cu-Pb-Zn-Bi concentrations in pyrite show a trend of progressive decrease from early to late generations. Similar decreasing trends of trace element concentrations are also present in sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, although the combinations of trace element are slightly different. This indicates that the ore-forming metals (esp. Cu, Pb and Zn) were initially locked up in the crystal lattice of the VMS sulfides (especially pyrite). Deformational and metamorphic processes of the primary ores during the Permian-Triassic collisional orogeny have likely led to trace element remobilization and sulfides purification, which redistributed the metals and upgraded the ores. Combined with previous studies, we proposed that the Pb-Zn-Cu of Tiemurt had been accumulated from seafloor sedimentation (ca. 400 Ma) to deformation-metamorphism processes (ca. 240 Ma).     

Gold Mineralization in Banded Iron Formation in the Amalia Greenstone Belt,South Africa: A Mineralogical and Sulfur Isotope Study

The Blue Dot gold deposit, located in the Archean Amalia greenstone belt of South Africa, is hosted in an oxide (± carbonate) facies banded iron formation (BIF). It consists of three stratabound orebodies; Goudplaats, Abelskop, and Bothmasrust. The orebodies are flanked by quartz‐chlorite‐ferroan dolomite‐albite schist in the hanging wall and mafic (volcanic) schists in the footwall. Alteration minerals associated with the main hydrothermal stage in the BIF are dominated by quartz, ankerite‐dolomite series, siderite, chlorite, muscovite, sericite, hematite, pyrite, and minor amounts of chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite. This study investigates the characteristics of gold mineralization in the Amalia BIF based on ore textures, mineral‐chemical data and sulfur isotope analysis. Gold mineralization of the Blue Dot deposit is associated with quartz‐carbonate veins that crosscut the BIF layering. In contrast to previous works, petrographic evidence suggests that the gold mineralization is not solely attributed to replacement reactions between ore fluid and the magnetite or hematite in the host BIF because coarse hydrothermal pyrite grains do not show mutual replacement textures of the oxide minerals. Rather, the parallel‐bedded and generally chert‐hosted pyrites are in sharp contact with re‐crystallized euhedral to subhedral magnetite ± hematite grains, and the nature of their coexistence suggests that pyrite (and gold) precipitation was contemporaneous with magnetite–hematite re‐crystallization. The Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratio of the dolomite–ankerite series and chlorite decreased from veins through mineralized BIF and non‐mineralized BIF, in contrast to most Archean BIF‐hosted gold deposits. This is interpreted to be due to the effect of a high sulfur activity and increase in fO₂ in a H₂S‐dominant fluid during progressive fluid‐rock interaction. High sulfur activity of the hydrothermal fluid fixed pyrite in the BIF by consuming Fe²⁺ released into the chert layers and leaving the co‐precipitating carbonates and chlorites with less available ferrous iron content. Alternatively, the occurrence of hematite in the alteration assemblage of the host BIF caused a structural limitation in the assignment of Fe³⁺ in chlorite which favored the incorporation of magnesium (rather than ferric iron) in chlorite under increasing fO₂ conditions, and is consistent with deposits hosted in hematite‐bearing rocks. The combined effects of reduction in sulfur contents due to sulfide precipitation and increasing fO₂ during progressive fluid‐rock interactions are likely to be the principal factors to have caused gold deposition. Arsenopyrite–pyrite geothermometry indicated a temperature range of 300–350°C for the associated gold mineralization. The estimated δ³⁴S_ΣS (= +1.8 to +2.5‰) and low base metal contents of the sulfide ore mineralogy are consistent with sulfides that have been sourced from magma or derived by the dissolution of magmatic sulfides from volcanic rocks during fluid migration.     

峨口铁矿中硫化物的特征与成因研究

硫是铁矿中的有害元素。峨口铁矿中硫主要以磁黄铁矿和黄铁矿两种形式存在。本区硫化物有三个形成期次。第五期为变质作用形成的星点状硫化物；第二期为变质后热液阶段形成的脉状硫化物；第三期为后期热液阶段形成的裂隙充填式硫化物。