Nature of gold mineralisation in the Walhalla Goldfield,southeast Australia

The Walhalla-Woods Point Goldfield in southeast Australia is characterised by large gold deposits associated with a Late Devonian dyke swarm. The setting of this goldfield is unique because unlike the major gold deposits in Victoria, it occurs close to the eastern margin of the Western Lachlan Orogen, and highlights the disparities between the evolving phases of orogenic gold mineralisation in the Western Lachlan Orogen, and the contrasts between sediment hosted, dyke-associated and dyke-hosted gold mineralisation. This study integrates existing and new data from renewed mapping of the geology and geochemistry of three gold deposits near the township of Walhalla, in the historically important yet under-explored and under-researched Walhalla-Woods Point Goldfield. The ten highest yielding deposits within the goldfield are either hosted within, or adjacent to, intrusions of the Woods Point Dyke Swarm. This is due to the greater chemical reactivity of the calc-alkaline dykes, and the greater rheological contrast between the dykes and surrounding low-grade metasedimentary units, which allowed for the formation of dyke-hosted quartz breccia veins that are consistently favourable sites for gold mineralisation in the Walhalla Goldfield. This is in contrast to historical production, which concentrated on visible gold within the shear zone-hosted laminated quartz veins. Gold and As assay results have highlighted the increased levels of invisible gold disseminated along dyke margins in proximity to shear zones and quartz reefs. The high-yielding gold deposits hosted wholly by the dyke intrusions of the Woods Point Dyke Swarm are orogenic gold deposits, as they are not associated with elevated levels of Bi, W, As, Mb, Te and Sb, typical of intrusion-related gold deposits.     

Discussion: Palaeomagnetism,radiometric age and geochemistry of an adamellite at Yetholme,N.S.W.

Volcanic rocks, mainly of intermediate composition, occupy several basins within the rift zone along which the Yangtze River flows in its lower reaches. Potassium‐argon (K‐Ar) age measurements on minerals and whole rock samples from lavas and syenitic intrusives in the Lujiang‐Tzungyang volcanic basin range from 131 to 123 m.y., and biotites from two lavas in the Nanjing‐Wuhu basin have measured ages of 127 and 130 m.y. Incremental heating experiments by the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar method on biotite from two volcanic rocks, one from each basin, yield simple age spectra with plateau ages of 129 to 130 m.y. These data provide evidence that the two biotites have remained undisturbed since crystallisation. The combined results show that volcanism was contemporaneous within the two basins in the Early Cretaceous. Vol‐canism in the Yangtze Volcanic Zone is thought to be related to adjustments within the Eurasian plate as a consequence of collision between the earlier Pacific (Kula) plate and the Eurasian plate.     

豫陕小秦岭脉状金矿床三期流体运移成矿作用

位于豫陕交界处的小秦岭脉状金矿是我国第二大黄金产出集中地。流体包裹体研究表明，脉状金矿床石英及碳酸盐矿物中流体包裹体主要有富CO2包裹体、CO2-H2O包裹体和H2O溶液包裹体等三种类型，各热液阶段形成的脉体内有不同的流体包裹体组合。脉状金矿体的形成经历了三期流体成矿作用，第一期形成乳白色石英大脉，它构成了矿脉的主体，流体的性质为富H2O热液，但无金的成矿；第二期(成矿期)流体为中低盐度CO2-H2O-NaCl热液，它叠加在了石英大脉之上，形成(块状)黄铁矿-浅色石英矿体和(网脉状)多金属硫化物-烟灰色石英矿体，成矿期内热液的温度、压力及流体组成的变化是金沉淀成矿的原因；第三期热液又转成低盐度的富水流体，形成石英-碳酸盐脉体，金矿化微弱。     

Structural analysis of a small area in the Wagonga beds at Narooma,N.S.W.

The small area surrounding Narooma provides an example of a departure from the ideal geometry of superposed fold systems. Three systems of folds are recognized, the second set being by far the best developed. Axial planes of these folds lack a preferred orientation so that the fold style is polyclinal and B‐axes are variable. Evidence of extension parallel to B is widespread. Some dynamic aspects of the second deformation are discussed.     

Conodont distributions,and ages of Silurian and Devonian limestones in the Palmers Oakey district,N.S.W.

Limestones in the Palmers Oakey District, N.S.W., range in age from Middle Silurian to Early Devonian. They occur as sheet‐like, bioclastic beds and/or isolated clasts in three facies: a volcaniclastic facies, a mudstone‐limestone facies, and a limestone‐mudstone breccia facies. Multielement conodont taxa, not previously reported from Australia, include Kockelella absidata, Kockelella stauros, Ozarkodina asymmetrica, Ozarkodina stygia, Ozarkodina transitans, Pseudooneotodus bicornis, and Pseudooneotodus tricornis.     

胶东主要金矿类型流体包裹体特征对比及其对成矿环境差异的指示——以纱岭、旧店和辽上金矿床为例

胶东是中国最重要的金矿集区, 破碎带蚀变岩型、石英脉型和黄铁矿碳酸盐脉型金矿是区内的主要矿化类型, 前人对不同矿化类型成矿条件的差异性尚缺乏深入研究。对胶东3种矿化类型的代表性金矿床流体包裹体研究发现: 不同矿化类型金矿床主成矿期的流体包裹体具有相似的岩相学特征, 均发育H2O-CO2(Ⅱ-g型)、富CO2(ⅢCO2型)和水溶液包裹体(Ⅰ-l型和Ⅱ-l型)4种流体包裹体, 均属于CO2-H2O-NaCl±CH4体系。不同矿化类型的流体特征也有差异, 黄铁矿碳酸盐脉型金矿的流体包裹体以盐度和均一温度较高明显区别于其他矿化类型, 石英脉型金矿流体包裹体以直径较大、三相包裹体占比略高, 区别于破碎带蚀变岩型金矿。破碎带蚀变岩型和石英脉型金矿成矿流体整体属于中—低温、中—低盐度、低密度流体, 黄铁矿碳酸盐脉型金矿成矿流体属于中—高温、中—低盐度、低密度流体。对纱岭金矿床-1000~-2000 m海拔高程范围矿体中的流体包裹体研究表明, 在垂深2000 m深度范围内, 成矿流体除盐度有不明显的降低趋势外, 其他特征高度一致, 说明不同深度成矿流体具有一致的性质和物理化学条件。不同矿化类型和不同深度金矿成矿流体特征的总体一致性和部分差异性指示, 胶东金矿是在统一的成矿构造-流体背景下, 不同的局部环境中短时间集中爆发成矿的。     

Ore-Forming Fluid Characteristics of the Dayingezhuang Gold Deposit, Jiaodong Gold Province, China

The Dayingezhuang gold deposit is located in the central part of the Zhaoping Fault Zone, which is one of the most important gold-hosting faults in the Jiaodong gold province of China. Dayingezhuang is a typical large-scale shear zone-hosted disseminated gold deposit with superimposed silver mineralization. Fluid inclusion (FI) petrography and microthermometry, and analysis of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes for fluid inclusions were conducted to determine the characteristics of the ore-forming fluids and the processes of silver mineralization. Microthermometry data of FI indicated that ore-forming fluids are characterized by low salinity and low density. Homogenization pressures of FI are estimated at 20 × 10⁵–220 × 10⁵ Pa. The change in ore-forming fluids from K₂SO₄ type to NaCl type indicates the superposition of two hydrothermal mineralizing events. Ore-forming fluids were dominated by magmatic components in the early mineralization period, and affected by meteoric waters in the late period. Gold may have been transported as Au-S or Au-Cl complexes, whereas silver was transported as Ag-Cl complexes. Early fluid boiling and later fluid mixing are thought to be two of the main factors causing the deposition and superimposing of gold and silver to form the large deposit.     

The high-K diorites and associated rocks of the Yeoval diorite complex,N.S.W.

Field relationships, petrography and chemistry (including selected trace elements) of an occurrence of high-K diorite from Yeoval, N.S.W., Australia, are described. The Yeoval diorite complex is a calc-alkaline suite of rocks ranging from gabbros through diorites to granites with an association of fine-grained types. The dominant type of diorite is high in potassium (>2% K₂O) and their classification is based mainly on chemical data rather than conventional petrography. As such the high-K diorites may be correlated with the high-K andesites of orogenic regions. Comparisons with occurrences of high-K andesites are made. Data are presented to show that the gabbros and diorites are genetically related whereas no relation between the diorites and granites can be established.     

Stratiform and stratabound tungsten mineralisation in the Broken Hill Block,N.S.W.

The Early‐Middle Proterozoic Broken Hill Block contains three types of W occurrences, which show close stratigraphic control. All three types occur within a relatively narrow stratigraphic interval (the ‘Mine Sequence’ Suite of Stevens et al., 1980) comprising a highly variable group of metamorphosed silicic and mafic volcanics, clastic sediments, and exhalative and chemical sediments containing base metals. The first type includes occurrences of W and base metals in bedded calc‐silicate rocks. In the second type, W occurs in layered to non‐layered calcsilicate rocks associated with amphibolite; these are intimately associated in a narrow stratigraphic interval containing abundant, small, Broken Hill type deposits. The third type comprises stratabound, W‐bearing pegmatites, which have been remobilised from quartz‐feldspar‐biotite gneiss and bedded quartz‐tourmaline rocks. Tungsten has been mined only from the third type and only in small quantities. The three types of tungsten deposits show a close spatial relationship with stratiform and stratabound Pb‐Zn mineralisation, including the Broken Hill type. The Pb‐Zn and W deposits are inferred to be genetically related.     

陕西山阳夏家店金矿床地质与流体地球化学

夏家店金矿是在东秦岭震旦系与寒武系界面新发现和勘查的金矿床,主要为含金角砾岩型。研究认为夏家店金矿的硅化与区内的断裂构造期次关系紧密。矿石矿物中石英流体包裹体的成分富含Cl-和SO24-;成矿流体体系属CO2-H2O-XCl-XSO4(X代表阳离子)型。成矿温度有两个峰值,其一为240～360oC,集中于240～280oC;其二为120～240oC,集中于180～220oC,两期蚀变特征相协调。氢氧同位素组成反映了成矿流体主体是来自于富δ18OHO的变质水。     

The origin of tin deposits in the Mount Wells region,Pine Creek Geosyncline,Northern Territory

Tabular steeply dipping cassiterite‐bearing lodes in the Mount Wells region are hosted by lower greenschist fades metasediment of the Pine Creek Geosyncline within the contact aureole of late orogenic granitoids. The latter are predominantly I‐type, but S‐type phases are developed near the sediment‐granitoid contact.

Quartz, cassiterite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite are the main minerals. Two types of lodes are present: (i) Sn‐quartz lodes containing 5–10 vol% sulphide minerals; and (ii) Sn‐sulphide lodes containing ～ 70 vol% sulphide minerals. At the surface, the former appear as normal quartz veins and the latter as hematite‐quartz breccia resulting from the collapse of original sulphide‐rich lodes as a consequence of volume reduction due to oxidation and leaching.

Two stages of quartz veining are recognized in both types of lodes. Cassiterite is present in stage I while stage II is composed of barren quartz with minor pyrite. Late stage III carbonate veinlets are present in Sn‐sulphide lodes. The lode‐wallrock contact is sharp with weak alteration effects confined to the fringe of the lodes. The alteration minerals include sericite, quartz, tourmaline, chlorite, pyrite and minor K‐feldspar.

Four types of fluid inclusions are present in vein quartz and cassiterite: Type A (CO₂ ± H₂O ± CH₄); Type B (H₂O+～ 20% vapour); Type C (H₂O+ < 15% vapour) and Type D (H₂O+ < 15% vapour + NaCl). Early ‘primary’ inclusions represented by Types A and B are present in stage I only and have a well‐defined temperature mode at ～300°C and a salinity range of 1–20 wt% eq NaCl. Types C and D inclusions are ‘secondary’ in stage I and primary in stage II and have a temperature mode at 120–160°C and salinities from about 1 to more than 26 wt% eq NaCl. Variable H₂O‐CO₂ ratios of Type A inclusions and homogenization in CO₂ or H₂O phase at near identical temperature indicate entrapment at the H₂O‐CO₂ solvus and define a pressure of ～ 100 MPa. The melting sequence of frozen inclusions suggests that the ore fluids were mainly H₂O‐CO₂‐CH₄‐Na‐Ca‐Cl brines. This is also confirmed by Raman Laser Spectrometry.

Oxygen and sulphur isotope data are consistent with a magmatic origin of the ore fluids. The δD values are up to 20%0 higher than those expected for magmatic fluids and probably resulted from interaction of the latter with the carbonaceous strata. This interpretation is supported by δ¹³C data on the fluid inclusion CO₂.

Fluid inclusions, stable isotope and mineralogical data are used to approximate the physico‐chemical parameters of the ore fluids which are as follows: T 300°C, m Cl～2, fO₂ ～ 10^‐35, mSS ～ 0.01, Sn ～ 1 ppm, Cu ～ 1 ppm and pH ～ 5.5.

It is suggested that fluids of granitic parentage interacted with the enclosing sediment and picked up CO₂, CH₄ and possibly Ca. The granitic phases became reduced due to this interaction and developed S‐type characteristics. Tin was probably partitioned into the CH₄‐bearing reduced fluids. At some stage the fluid overpressure exceeded the lithostatic lode enforcing failure of the carapace and the intruded rocks by hydraulic fracturing causing CH₄ and CO₂ loss resulting in the precipitation of the ore minerals.     

南岭中段九嶷山锡矿田W、Sn迁移形式与沉淀机制

在野外地质研究的基础上,借助流体包裹体和地球化学热力学方法研究了九嶷山锡矿田W,Sn的迁移形式.研究结果表明,钨在热液中主要以WO3Cl-,WO2Cl42-,HWO4- 和WO42-等氯 - 氧离子团的形式迁移;锡在热液中主要以SnCl20,SnCl3-和SnCl42-形式迁移.钨锡矿床是在含矿热液由于温度、压力、pH,fO2和fS2降低等综合作用, W,Sn配合物发生化学解析作用形成.     

Mineral Paragenesis and Fluid Inclusions of Some Pluton-hosted Vein-type Copper Deposits in the Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile

Abstract. Formation conditions of some vein-type copper deposits of the Tocopilla district (Deseada, San Jose, Santa Rosa) and the Gatico district (Yohanita, Toldo-Velarde, Argentina) in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile were inferred from mineral paragenesis and fluid inclusion data, and were compared with those of neighboring stratiform copper deposits. The vein-type copper deposits are hosted in Late Jurassic dioritic to quartz-dioritic plutons intruding extensively an andesite-dominant volcanic pile of the Jurassic La Negra Formation. Primary mineralization is characterized by chalcopyrite + magnetite + pyrite + bornite, and supergene alteration of these minerals produced anilite, covellite, atacamite and chrysocolla. The hypogene mineral assemblage indicates relatively high sulfur fugacity and weakly oxidized conditions, distinct from the stratiform copper deposits formed under low sulfur fugacity and moderately oxidized conditions. Furthermore, the fluid inclusion data of the vein-type deposits indicate high temperature (401–560C) and high salinity (39–68 wt% NaCl equiv.) ranges in contrast to the stratiform deposits, suggesting that this type of deposits formed by magma-associated hypersaline ore fluids.     

阿尔泰山南缘赛都金矿床的构造-成矿流体及其演化

赛都金矿床位于新疆额尔齐斯构造带北西段,矿体受韧性剪切构造带的控制,赋存于玛尔卡库里巨型剪切带内的蚀变糜棱岩带内.构造-成矿流体早期以中高温、富CO2-N2等挥发分为特征,包裹体均一温度252.0～408.0℃;中期以CO2-H2O流体为主,包裹体均一温度203.0～325.8℃,反映了中温热液特征;中晚期演化为中低温、中低盐度的盐水溶液体系,包裹体均一温度120.0～221.0℃.矿石中黄铁矿的δ34S变化范围在3.53‰～5.88‰之间;铅同位素组成的206Pb/204Pb变化于18.099 7～18.358 5,207Pb/204Pb变化于15.487 7～15.579 0,208Pb/204Pb变化于38.111 6～38.355 1.硫铅同位素研究表明成矿物质是从深部富集的,在造山作用过程中从深部岩石通过热液萃取获得.主要的金矿化与后碰撞造山的伸展构造环境有关,构造-成矿流体的演化特征与剪切带演化过程相吻合.     

吉林省海沟石英脉型金矿床流体包裹体特征及地质意义

海沟金矿床地处夹皮沟-海沟成矿带东南端,为典型的石英脉型金矿。该矿床产于海西期花岗杂岩体中,由多条含金石英脉组成。成矿过程可分为4个阶段:Ⅰ. 钾长石-石英脉阶段;II. 乳白色石英-(少)黄铁矿-(少)金阶段;III. 多金属硫化物-石英-金阶段;IV. 碳酸盐-石英-黄铁矿阶段。流体包裹体研究表明,海沟金矿各阶段流体包裹体存在一定差异,早期成矿阶段(第Ⅱ阶段)以H₂O-NaCl包裹体(Ⅰ类)为主,偶见含子晶包裹体(Ⅳ类);主成矿阶段(第Ⅲ阶段)以CO₂-H₂O-NaCl包裹体(II类)为主,并含有少量纯CO₂包裹体(III类);成矿后阶段(第Ⅳ阶段)以H₂O-NaCl包裹体(Ⅰ类)为主。早期成矿阶段、主成矿阶段、成矿后阶段均一温度范围分别为227~497℃、189~427℃、130~267℃,对应盐度分别为0.53%~10.23% NaCleqv、0.35%~9.23% NaCleqv、0.18%~3.27% NaCleqv。早期成矿阶段和主成矿阶段包裹体均一温度、盐度相对较高,成矿后阶段包裹体均一温度、盐度明显降低;在空间上,主成矿阶段矿床深部包裹体的盐度较矿床浅部偏高。拉曼和气相色谱结果显示,包裹体气相成分以H₂O、CO₂、N₂、CH₄、C₂H₆为主,并含有少量H₂S,成矿流体为低盐度的H₂O-CO₂-NaCl±CH₄流体;包裹体液相离子成分主要为Na⁺、K⁺、Ca²⁺、Cl^-,个别包裹体中含有少量Mg²⁺、F^-离子。主成矿阶段不同类型、不同相比包裹体均一温度相近,显示不混溶特征。流体减压引起的不混溶作用可能是海沟金矿金沉淀的主要原因。     

Adaminaby Group west of Batemans Bay: Deformation and metamorphism of the Narooma accretionary complex,NSW

This study provides new structural data that show that the Adaminaby Group is part of the Narooma accretionary complex and has been overprinted by HT/LP metamorphism associated with Middle Devonian Moruya Suite intrusions. The grade of metamorphism based on Kübler Indices is the same in the Wagonga and Adaminaby Groups at Batemans Bay inferring that these rocks were involved in the same accretionary event. White micas in slates of the Adaminaby Group record apparent K–Ar ages of 384.6 ± 7.9 Ma and 395.8 ± 8.1 Ma. These ages are believed to represent the age of Middle to Upper Devonian Buckenbowra Granodiorite. Kübler Index values indicate lower epizonal (greenschist facies) metamorphic conditions and are not influenced by heating in metamorphic aureoles of the plutons. All b cell lattice parameter values are characteristic of intermediate pressure facies conditions although they are lower in the metamorphic aureole of the Buckenbowra Granodiorite than in the country rock, defining two areas with dissimilar baric conditions. East of the Buckenbowra Granodiorite, b cell lattice parameter values outside the contact aureole (x = 9.033 Å; n = 8) indicate P = 4 kb, and assuming a temperature of 300°C, infer a depth of burial of approximately 15 km for these rocks with a geothermal gradient of 20°C/km. In the metamorphic aureole of the Buckenbowra Granodiorite, b cell lattice parameter values (x = 9.021 Å; n = 41) indicate P = 3.1 kb inferring exhumation of the Adaminaby Group rocks to a depth of approximately 11 km prior to intrusion. A geothermal gradient of 36°C/km operated in the aureole during intrusion. An extensional back-arc environment prevailed in the Adaminaby Group during the Middle to Upper Devonian.     

新疆卡拉麦里地区金成矿流体和O、H、S同位素地球化学特征

卡拉麦里金矿带位于准噶尔北缘和阿尔曼太至北塔山以南地区,成矿带划分属卡拉麦里—达尔布特成矿带(Ⅲ级成矿带)的卡拉麦里—莫钦乌拉成矿带(Ⅳ级成矿带),是新疆重要的金多金属成矿带。对双泉、南明水、苏吉泉等金矿床流体包裹体,氢、氧同位素和硫同位素研究表明,主成矿期成矿温度一般在200～230℃,属中低温;盐度(质量分数)一般为3.55%～4.5%,属低盐度;成矿流体为C-O-H-N-S体系。除库布苏金矿床成矿流体主要为岩浆水外,其他金矿床的成矿流体以变质水为主,但也兼具有岩浆水、建造水和/或大气降水的特征。双泉、南明水金矿中的硫主要来自变质的围岩,可能有部分深源岩浆硫的混入;金山沟、柳树泉金矿床的硫同位素组成具有深源硫的特征,成矿可能与火山、次火山活动有关。     

贵州黔东南坑头蚀变岩型金矿的发现及意义

坑头金矿位于贵州黔东南金矿带,前人对该金矿带石英脉型金矿进行了广泛研究,认为深部可能有蚀变岩型金矿存在,但都未证实。近期经综合研究,在坑头金矿施工钻孔发现坑头金矿的深部存在蚀变岩型矿体,含金量最高达6. 65 g/t。蚀变岩型金矿矿石中金的赋存状态以裂隙金为主,主要载金矿物为毒砂。硅化蚀变及断层与金矿化关系密切,金矿体位于硅化蚀变发育的构造破碎带中。目前,黔东南金矿的开采目标多为300 m以浅的石英脉型金矿体,因此该发现对黔东南地区金矿深部勘查工作具有重要意义。     

Reconstruction of the hydrothermal history of the Cu–Ag vein-type mineralisation at Dikulushi, Kundelungu foreland, Katanga, D.R. Congo

The Kundelungu foreland, north of the Lufilian arc in the Democratic Republic of Congo, contains a number of various vein-type and stratiform copper mineralisations. The geodynamic context and metallogenesis of these mineral occurrences remain enigmatic. Currently, the vein-type Cu–Ag ore deposit at Dikulushi is the most significant deposit in the region. Mineralisation at Dikulushi comprises two major styles: 1) a polysulphide assemblage (Zn–Pb–Fe–Cu–As) within brecciated rocks along an anticlinal closure; and 2) a vein-hosted Cu–Ag assemblage. Petrographic and fluid inclusion studies indicate that the early Zn–Pb–Fe–Cu–As assemblage formed from a high-salinity Ca–Na–Cl fluid of modest temperature (135–172 °C). The later, economically more significant vein-related Cu–Ag mineralisation formed from intermediate salinity, lower temperature (46–82 °C) Na–Cl fluids. Weathering of the sulphide minerals resulted in a supergene enrichment with the formation of secondary Cu-minerals.