A comparison of progressive hydrothermal carbonate alteration in Archean metabasalts and metaperidotites

Because of major differences in both bulk chemical composition and silicate mineralogy between metabasalts and metaperidotites, valid comparison of the degree or intensity of carbonate alteration cannot be made in terms of weight per cent CO₂. Molar CO₂/CaO is preferred as an index of the intensity of carbonate alteration in metabasalts; molar CO₂/CaO in carbonatized metabasalts is independent of CaO/MgO and only mildly sensitive to bulk composition and to the proportions of tremolite and clinozoisite. Molar CO₂/CaO reflect the proportions of calcite and dolomite in metabasalts and the proportions of dolomite and magnesite in metaperidotites. However, neither molar CO₂/CaO nor the proportions of dolomite and magnesite are reliable measures of carbonate alteration in metaperidotites of variable composition because both are strongly dependent on MgO/CaO in the whole rock. The preferred alteration index in metaperidotites is m CO₂/m (CaO + MgO + FeO), which represents the proportion of total relevant cations that exist in carbonate form. An empirical equation relating molar CO₂/CaO in metabasalts (x) and MCO₂/m(CaO+MgO+FeO) in metaperidotites (y) is: y=0.16+0.30 x.     

黔南坳陷上震旦统灯影组地球化学特征及沉积环境意义

黔南坳陷上震旦统灯影组发育局限-开阔台地相白云岩。在麻江羊跳寨剖面灯影组碳酸盐岩样品测试分析基础上,利用常量元素和微量元素相关性、组分含量及特征元素比值特征,探讨了研究区元素地球化学特征与古沉积环境意义。结果表明:(1)CaO和MgO成明显正相关,SiO2与CaO、MgO呈负相关;Sr与MgO呈明显负相关,与Al2O3、K2O、Na2O、TiO2,P2O5,TFe存在正相关性;V,Al2O3,K2O,TiO2,TFe,P2O5之间呈正相关;Mn与TFe存在弱正相关性。(2)Sr含量和1 000×(Sr/Ca)值随沉积水体的加深而增大,可作为判断古水深和层序界面的标志。(3)根据Sr/Ba、镁铝比值(m=100×(MgO/Al2O3))、MgO/CaO及V/(V+Ni)比值特征分析了灯影组沉积期的古盐度、古气候和古氧化还原环境。灯影组总体上形成于炎热干燥气候下的陆表海还原沉积环境,有陆源碎屑物质供应。其中灯影组二段沉积末古水深达到最大,灯影组五段古盐度最高。灯影组元素地球化学特征反映的沉积环境与岩性特征所得出的结论基本一致,表明元素地球化学特征与沉积环境关系密切,可作为沉积相分析的重要标志。     

云南会泽HZT 型铅锌矿床蚀变白云岩特征及岩石-地球化学找矿标志

蚀变白云岩是会泽超大型铅锌矿床的赋矿围岩。通过矿区调研和近矿围岩典型剖面精细测量,矿区蚀变中-粗晶白云岩从颜色上可分为4种类型:肉红中粗晶白云岩、米黄色针孔状粗晶白云岩、灰白孔洞状粗晶白云岩、纯白色粗晶白云岩;前三者与矿体产出关系密切,从远矿到近矿依次为:肉红中粗晶白云岩→米黄色针孔状粗晶白云岩→灰白孔洞状粗晶白云岩→铅锌矿石;总结了3个带主要矿物组合、组构特征,认为3个带在白云石重结晶程度、显微构造、黄铁矿、晶洞充填物及裂隙等具明显差异,据此可作为辨识赋矿白云岩的重要标志。同时,对比了摆佐组白云岩(矿化粗晶白云岩、粗晶白云岩、白云石化灰岩)主量元素变化特征,分析了近矿蚀变白云岩主量元素及其比值与矿体距离的相关性,以及CaO与其他主量元素相关性,确定了热液蚀变参数有SiO2、MgO/CaO、K2O/CaO、Al2O3/TFe等,为找矿预测提供理论依据。     

四川盆地下奥陶统桐梓组白云岩多元成因

四川盆地下奥陶统桐梓组白云岩的成因研究较少,模式存在多样性,尚未达成共识.通过系统的岩心观察、薄片鉴定、地球化学分析等方法,在四川盆地桐梓组识别出晶粒白云岩、颗粒白云岩和含石英白云岩及含白云质石英砂岩等与白云石相关的岩石类型.地球化学分析揭示不同类型白云岩具有不同的地球化学特征及白云石化机理,晶粒白云岩的MgO含量与CaO含量呈现出明显的正相关性,具有相对高的δ18O_PDB值、δ13C_PDB值、Sr值及较高的Mg/Ca比值,Fe、Mn含量较低,为准同生期蒸发泵白云石化成因;A类含石英白云岩及含白云质石英砂岩具有与晶粒白云岩相似的地球化学特征,也主要为准同生期白云石化成因;颗粒白云岩的MgO含量与CaO含量表现出弱负相关性,δ13C_PDB值和δ18O_PDB值与同期海水碳、氧同位素值分布范围基本一致,Sr含量相对较高,为回流渗透白云石化成因;B类含石英白云岩及含白云质石英砂岩只在研究区靠近物源的局部地区发育,其MgO含量与CaO含量呈正相关,δ13C_PDB值和δ18O_PDB值表现为明显负偏,与其他两类白云岩相比具有较高的Al₂O₃、Fe、Mn含量和相对较低的Sr含量,且受到陆源碎屑混入的影响,认为是混合水白云石化成因.四川盆地桐梓组具有3种白云石化机理共存的特征,总体继承了上寒武统白云石化机理.      

贵州施秉白云岩溶蚀特性及孔隙特征实验研究

以贵州施秉白云岩为研究对象,从宏观和微观角度分析白云岩的溶蚀特性及孔隙特征,结果显示:(1)在众多影响施秉喀斯特发育的因素中,矿物成分是最基本的内因,水是最关键的外因,孔隙结构起辅助作用。(2)极细晶白云岩的单位表面积溶蚀量一般大于细晶白云岩的,在晶粒相同的情况下,白云岩的溶蚀量与Ca O和Mg O的含量分别成正比,且Mg O的含量影响较Ca O大。(3)施秉白云岩溶蚀速率不仅受岩石矿物颗粒粒径大小的控制,还受岩石内部孔隙结构特征的影响,颗粒粒径越大,孔隙度越高,连通性越好,越有利于水溶液进入,溶蚀量也就越大。(4)施秉白云岩的溶蚀特性是多种因素综合作用的结果,必须把各个因素分离开来,从宏观和微观角度逐个作详细的分析研究,然后综合起来,才能对喀斯特发育规律有更深入的了解。     

Comparative performance of indicator algorithms for modeling conditional probability distribution functions

This paper compares the performance of four algorithms (full indicator cokriging. adjacent cutoffs indicator cokriging, multiple indicator kriging, median indicator kriging) for modeling conditional cumulative distribution functions (ccdf).The latter three algorithms are approximations to the theoretically better full indicator cokriging in the sense that they disregard cross-covariances between some indicator variables or they consider that all covariances are proportional to the same function. Comparative performance is assessed using a reference soil data set that includes 2649 locations at which both topsoil copper and cobalt were measured. For all practical purposes, indicator cokriging does not perform better than the other simpler algorithms which involve less variogram modeling effort and smaller computational cost. Furthermore, the number of order relation deviations is found to be higher for cokriging algorithms, especially when constraints on the kriging weights are applied.     

一种新的岩浆岩分类定量方法

目前,岩浆岩的超基性、基性、中性、酸性的分类均根据SiO2的含量,但这种单一含量判别标准并不严谨,含量经常与分类不完全对应。使用TraceElem 1.0软件对各种岩浆岩进行逐步判别分析、聚类分析和对应分析研究,据此认为超基性岩由MgO和FeO组成的因子确定,基性岩则由P2O5、Fe2O3、TiO2、CaO、MnO组成的因子确定,中性岩由Na2O和Al2O3组成的因子确定,酸性岩由K2O和SiO2组成的因子确定。岩浆岩的分类宜以SiO2为主、以MgO和CaO为辅,尤其要引入MgO。在SiO2含量相同的情况下,MgO、CaO含量越高,基性程度越强。基于这一分析结果,提出一种新的酸度指数（ADI)计算方法,即ADI=w(SiO2)-0.75w(MgO)-0.23w(CaO),ADI<38.0%为超基性岩,在38.0%～52.0%之间为基性岩,在52.0%～62.5%之间为中性岩,>62.5%为酸性岩。     

Reaction kinetics of dolomite rim growth

Reaction rims of dolomite (CaMg[CO₃]₂) were produced by solid-state reactions at the contacts of oriented calcite (CaCO₃) and magnesite (MgCO₃) single crystals at 400 MPa pressure, 750–850 °C temperature, and 3–146 h annealing time to determine the reaction kinetics. The dolomite reaction rims show two different microstructural domains. Elongated palisades of dolomite grew perpendicular into the MgCO₃ interface with length ranging from about 6 to 41 µm. At the same time, a 5–71 µm wide rim of equiaxed granular dolomite grew at the contact with CaCO₃. Platinum markers showed that the original interface is located at the boundary between the granular and palisade-forming dolomite. In addition to dolomite, a 12–80 µm thick magnesio-calcite layer formed between the dolomite reaction rims and the calcite single crystals. All reaction products show at least an axiotactic crystallographic relationship with respect to calcite reactant, while full topotaxy to calcite prevails within the granular dolomite and magnesio-calcite. Dolomite grains frequently exhibit growth twins characterized by a rotation of 180° around one of the $[11\bar{2}0]$ equivalent axis. From mass balance considerations, it is inferred that the reaction rim of dolomite grew by counter diffusion of MgO and CaO. Assuming an Arrhenius-type temperature dependence, activation energies for diffusion of CaO and MgO are E _a (CaO) = 192 ± 54 kJ/mol and E _a (MgO) = 198 ± 44 kJ/mol, respectively.     

和静县哈勒哈特菱镁矿地质特征与找矿方向

新疆和静县哈勒哈特菱镁矿,产于南天山中泥盆统萨阿尔明组下段第五岩性层中,该矿床由32个矿体组成,主要赋矿岩性为厚层白云岩夹菱镁矿透镜体、矿化白云岩及少量生物碎屑灰岩.矿石矿物为菱镁矿,脉石矿物主要为白云石.哈勒哈特菱镁矿中MgO含量为41.82％-45.87％,CaO含量为1.23％～5.54％,SiO2含量为0.24％～0.85％,矿石主要为半自形粗晶结构,块状构造.矿床成因类型是与区域变质作用有关的热液矿床.经研究对比发现,可利用矿区地层、构造、地貌和矿物标志等作为矿区和区域找矿标志.     

Models for Support and Information Effects: A Comparative Study

The recoverable reserves in an ore deposit depend on several factors, in particular the size of the selective mining units (support effect) and the misclassifications when sending these units to mill or dump according to their estimated grade (information effect). Both effects imply a loss of selectivity and have to be correctly forecasted. In this work, several models are reviewed and applied to a synthetic ore deposit characterized by a highly skewed grade histogram and a spatial connectivity of high grades. The affine correction, mosaic correction, and discrete Gaussian model are compared when assessing the global recoverable reserves, whereas local estimations are performed by indicator kriging with affine correction, bigaussian disjunctive kriging, and multigaussian conditional expectation. Despite their convenience and simplicity, distribution-free methods like affine correction or indicator kriging have a poorer accuracy than the other methods. In the global framework, the discrete Gaussian model is a better alternative and is based on mild assumptions. Local estimations are not accurate and may be improved by resorting to a more suitable parametric model or to conditional simulations.     

内蒙古大青山地区孔兹岩系中大理岩岩组的地球化学特征及原岩建造

大理岩岩组是内蒙古大青山地区孔兹岩系3个岩组中最上部的一个岩组,该岩组是一套富镁质的大理岩系,以巨厚的、大面积分布的白云质大理岩的发育为特征,底部有少量碎屑岩沉积,矿物组成除白云石外,普遍含蛇纹石化橄榄石、透辉石、金云母等一种或多种富镁硅酸盐矿物。岩石地球化学以富CaO、MgO和LOI为特征,反映了碳酸盐岩的地球化学特征,CaO＋MgO含量达44.96%以上,且CaO/MgO比值较小（1.37～10.94）,其原岩应为一套碎屑含量极低的白云岩,以化学沉积为主。原岩建造的沉积环境：由初期的陆海过渡的三角洲相,过渡到滨海-浅海相,最后到干燥气候条件下有障蔽岛相隔的封闭海盆相。构造环境也从亚稳定状态过渡到稳定构造环境,表明该套变质沉积地层的原岩可能形成于被动大陆边缘,但更类似于中元古界长城系、蓟县系这样的克拉通内裂陷槽或裂谷沉积。     

Application of disjunctive kriging for estimating economic grade distribution in an iron ore deposit: A case study of the Choghart North Anomaly,Iran

Most significant iron ore deposits in Iran are located in Central Iran Zone. These deposits belong to the Bafq mining district. The Bafq mining district is located in the Early Cambrian Kashmar-Kerman volcanic arc of Central Iran. Linear estimation of regionalized variables (for example by inverse distance weighting or ordinary Kriging) results in relatively high estimation variances, i.e. the estimates have very low precision. Assessment of project economics (or other critical decision making) based on linear estimation is therefore risky. Non-linear estimation methods like disjunctive kriging perform better and the lower estimation variance allows less risky economic decision-making. Another advantage of disjunctive kriging is that it allows estimation of functions of the primary variable, which here is the grade (Fe %) of the ore. In particular it permits estimation of indicator functions defined using thresholds on the primary variable. This paper is devoted to application of disjunctive kriging method in Choghart North Anomaly iron ore deposit in Central Iran, Yazd province, Iran. In this study, the Fe concentration of Choghart North Anomaly iron ore deposit was modelled and estimated. The exploration data consists of borehole samples measuring the Fe concentration. A Gaussian isofactorial model is fitted to these data and disjunctive kriging was used to estimate the regionalized variable (Fe %) at unsampled locations and to assess the probabilities that the actual concentrations exceed a threshold value at a given location. Consequently a three dimensional model of probability of exceeding a threshold value and the estimated value are provided by disjunctive kriging to divide the ore into an economic and uneconomic part on the basis of estimation of indicator functions using thresholds grades defined on point support. The tools and concepts are complemented by a set of computer programs that are applied to the case study. The study showed that disjunctive kriging can be applied successfully for modeling the grade of an ore deposit. Results showed that the correlation between the estimated value and real value at locations close to each other is 81.9%.     

Change of Support for Estimating Local Block Grade Distributions

An important aspect in mineral resource evaluation is the reduction of variance when post-processing the grade distributions defined on the support (volume) of the available data into distributions defined on the support of the proposed selective mining units. Although the volume-variance relationship is well understood for the estimation of global grade distributions, it is still an unsolved issue for local estimation studies based on non-parametric geostatistical methods, such as indicator kriging, for which the support correction is not inherent to the method. To clarify this relationship, the local change of support problem is examined in the scope of two parametric models (multi-Gaussian and discrete Gaussian models). It is shown that the variance reduction factor between point and block-support local distributions depends on the block being considered and is less than the global variance reduction factor. As a consequence, post-processing the local point-support grade distributions on the basis of the latter systematically understates the importance of the change of support at the local scale and makes selective mining appear more economically attractive than it really is. In the light of these results, a methodology is proposed to post-process the local point-support distributions obtained via non-parametric (indicator) methods into block-support distributions. An application to simulated data indicates that this methodology provides an accurate estimation at the block support when dealing with diffusion-type random fields.     

Aragonite and magnesite in eclogites from the Jæren nappe,SW Norway: disequilibrium in the system CaCO3–MgCO3 and petrological implications

Eclogites from the Jæren nappe in the Caledonian orogenic belt of SW Norway contain aragonite, magnesite and dolomite in quartz‐rich layers. The carbonates comprise composite grains that occur interstitially between phases of the eclogite facies assemblage: garnet + omphacite + zoisite + clinozoisite + quartz + apatite + rutile ± dolomite ± kyanite ± phengite. Pressure and temperature conditions for the main eclogite stage are estimated to be 2.3–2.8 GPa and 585–655 °C. Published ultrahigh pressure (UHP) experiments on CaO‐, MgO‐ and CO₂‐bearing systems have shown that equilibrium assemblages of aragonite and magnesite form as a result of dolomite breakdown at pressures >5 GPa. As a result, recognition of magnesite and aragonite in eclogite facies rocks has been used as an indicator for UHP conditions. However, petrological testing showed that the samples studied here have not experienced such conditions. Aragonite and magnesite show disequilibrium textures that indicate replacement of magnesite by aragonite. This process is inferred to have occurred via a coupled dissolution–precipitation reaction. The formation of aragonite is constrained to eclogite facies conditions, which implies that the studied rocks have experienced metasomatic, reactive fluid flow during their residence at high pressure (HP) conditions. During decompression, the bimineralic carbonate aggregates were overgrown by rims of dolomite, which partially reacted with aragonite to form Mg‐calcite. The well‐preserved carbonate assemblages and textures observed in the studied samples provide a detailed record of the reaction series that affected the rocks during and after their residence at P–T conditions near the coesite stability field. Recognition of the HP mechanism of magnesite replacement by aragonite provides new insight into metasomatic processes that occur in subduction zones and illustrates how fluids facilitate HP carbonate reactions that do not occur in dry systems at otherwise identical physiochemical conditions. This study documents that caution is warranted in interpreting aragonite‐magnesite associations in eclogite facies rocks as evidence for UHP metamorphic conditions.     

哈萨克斯坦伊特穆伦硬玉岩的矿物学特征

硬玉岩是一种较为少见的高压低温变质岩,不仅具有重要的科研价值,也是一种名贵的玉石材料。本文对产于哈萨克斯坦卡拉干达州伊特穆伦矿区的硬玉岩进行了岩相学观察和矿物化学成分分析,并与缅甸、俄罗斯和危地马拉的硬玉岩进行对比。结果表明,哈萨克斯坦硬玉岩主要组成矿物为硬玉、绿辉石以及少量方沸石和钠沸石,具有粒柱状变晶结构,硬玉矿物的平均化学成分为w(SiO2)=58.38%,w(Al2O3)=21.88%,w(Na2O)=12.69%,w(CaO)=3.40%,w(MgO)=2.58%,w(FeO)=0.29%。不同产地样品中绿辉石和硬玉的SiO2含量相差不大。哈萨克斯坦样品中绿辉石Na2O和FeO的含量略低于缅甸、俄罗斯和危地马拉,MgO和CaO稍高于其它3个产地,硬玉MgO和CaO略高于其它3个产地。     

辽宁岫岩县偏岭地区晚大石桥期沉积环境及构造古地理

偏岭地区大石桥组三段自下而上分为6个岩性层,每层都有不同的岩性组合特征.碳酸盐岩的CaO/MgO比值具有指示沉积环境的作用.通过分析该段地层的岩性组合特征,并结合不同层位的CaO/MgO比值,推断出偏岭地区在晚大石桥期的沉积环境演变过程为干旱湖、封闭海湾→开阔浅海→滨海→干旱湖、封闭海湾→浅海（偶为潮间或滨岸）→滨海、浅海交互环境.     

Trend removal in spatially correlated datasets

Typically, datasets originated from mining exploration sites, industrially polluted and hazardous waste sites are correlated spatially over the region under investigation. Ordinary kriging (OK) is a well-established geostatistical tool used for predicting variables, such as precious metal contents, biomass, species counts, and environmental pollutants at unsampled spatial locations based on data collected from the neighboring sampled locations at these sites. One of the assumptions required to perform OK is that the mean of the characteristic of concern is constant for the entire region under consideration (e.g., there is no spatial trend present in the contaminant distribution across the site). This assumption may be violated by dalasets obtained from environmental applications. The occurrence of spatial trend in a dataset collected from a polluted site is an indication of the presence of two or more statistical populations (strata) with significantly different mean concentrations. Use of OK in these situations can result in inaccurate kriging estimates with higher SDs which, in turn, can lead to incorrect decisions regarding all subsequent environmental monitoring and remediation activities. A univariate and a multivariate approach have been described to identify spatial trend that may be present at the site. The trend then is removed by subtracting the respective means from the corresponding populations. The results of OK before and after trend removal are being compared. Using a real dataset, it is shown that standard deviations (SDs) of the kriging estimates obtained after trend removal are uniformly smaller than the corresponding SDs of the estimates obtained without the trend removal.     

碳酸盐岩石中二氧化碳、氧化钙和氧化镁的快速连续测定

沉积的碳酸盐岩石主要是由方解石（CaCO₃）和白云石（CaMg[CO₃]₂）的碳酸盐矿物组成。对于碳酸盐岩石中二氧化碳、氧化钙、氧化镁的测定,在例行的分析中,都是单独取样,分别以吸收重量法或容量法测定二氧化碳,以草酸铵-高锰酸钾容量法测定钙,而镁则根据 CO₂与 CaO 的含量之差数来求得,或用氢氧化钡标准溶液使镁沉淀,于滤液中用盐酸滴定过量的氢氧化钡而测定镁。为了缩短分析时间,简化操作手续,节省试剂,作者提出了在以酸碱容量法测定 CO₂后,在同一份样品中,以 E.D.T.A.络合滴定法进行钙和镁的连续测定方案。通过二年来的实践证明是完全可行的。它的特点是比较经济准确简便快速,因此具有一定的实际意义。     

Discriminant analysis involving CO2/CaO and arsenic in gold exploration

Pervasive carbonatization of metabasalts is characteristic of many large gold-producing regions such as the Timmins district. Weight per cent CO₂ however, does not readily identify specific potential gold-bearing targets. Molar CO₂/CaO ratios, which reflect proportions of calcite and dolomite, and ppm arsenic are somewhat more effective than weight per cent CO₂. The most effective indicator of gold mineralization is provided by a discriminant function involving both molar CO₂/CaO and As.