Rare metal-bearing pegmatites from the Southeastern Desert of Egypt： Geology, geochemical characteristics, and petrogenesis

The pegmatite province of the Southeastern Desert (SED) is part of a pegmatite district that extends from Egypt (extends to 1200 km2). Rare metal pegmatites are divided into (1) unzoned, Sn-mineralized; (2) zoned Li, Nb, Ta and Be-bearing; and (3) pegmatites and pegmatites containing colored, gem-quality tourmaline. The Rb/Sr data reflect a crustal origin for the rare metal pegmatites and indicate that the original SED magma was generated during the peak of regional metamorphism and predates the intrusion of post-tectonic leucogranites. These bodies developed an early border zone consisting of coarse to very coarse muscovite quartz alkali feldspar, followed by an intermediate zone of dominant quartz feldspar muscovite rock. Garnet, tourmaline, beryl, galena, pyrite, amblygonite, apatite and monazite are rare accessories in both zones. Cassiterite tends to concentrate in replacement zones and along fractures in albite quartz muscovite-rich portions. The highest concentrations of cassiterite occur in irregular greisenized zones which consist dominantly of micaceous aggregates of green Li-rich muscovite, quartz, albite and coarse-grained cassiterite. The different metasomatic post-solidification alterations include sodic and potassic metasomatism, greisenization and tourmalinization. Geochemically, the pegmatite-generating granites have a metaluminous composition, showing a differentiation trend from coarse-grained, unfractionated plagioclase-rich granite towards highly fractionated fine- to medium-grained, local albite-rich rock. Economically important ore minerals introduced by volatile-rich, rare metal-bearing fluids, either primarily or during the breakdown of the primary mineral assemblages, are niobium-tantalum oxides, Sn-oxides (cassiterite), Li-silicates (petalite, spodumene, euctyptite, and pollucite), Li-phosphates (amblygonite, montebrasite and lithopilite) and minor REE-minerals (Hf-zircon, monazite, xenotime, thorian, loparite and yttrio-fluorite). The pollucite is typically associated with spodumene, petalite, amblygonite, quartz and feldspar. The primary pollucite has Si/Al (at) ratios of 2.53-2.65 and CRK of 79.5- 82.2. Thorian loparite is essentially a member of the loparite (NaLREETi2O6)-lueshite (NaNbO3)-ThTi2O6-ThNb4O12 quaternary system with low or negligible contents of other end-member compositions. The mineral compositionally evolved from niobian loparite to niobian thorian and thorian loparite gave rise to ceriobetafite and belyankinite with high ThO2 contents. Thorian loparite is metamict or partly metamict and upon heating regains a structure close to that of synthetic loparite NaLaTi2O6.     

The Petrological and Geochemical Evolution of Ediacaran Rare-Metal Bearing A-type Granites from the Jabal Aja Complex, Northern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia

New fieldwork, mineralogical and geochemical data and interpretations are presented for the rare-metal bearing A-type granites of the Aja intrusive complex(AIC) in the northern segment of the Arabian Shield. This complex is characterized by discontinuous ring-shaped outcrops cut by later faulting. The A-type rocks of the AIC are late Neoproterozoic post-collisional granites, including alkali feldspar granite, alkaline granite and peralkaline granite. They represent the outer zones of the AIC, surrounding a core of older rocks including monzogranite, syenogranite and granophyre granite. The sharp contacts between A-type granites of the outer zone and the different granitic rocks of the inner zone suggest that the AIC was emplaced as different phases over a time interval, following complete crystallization of earlier batches. The A-type granites represent the late intrusive phases of the AIC, which were emplaced during tectonic extension, as shown by the emplacement of dykes synchronous with the granite emplacement and the presence of cataclastic features. The A-type granites consist of K-feldspars, quartz, albite, amphiboles and sodic pyroxene with a wide variety of accessory minerals, including Fe-Ti oxides, zircon, allanite, fluorite, monazite, titanite, apatite, columbite, xenotime and epidote. They are highly evolved(71.3–75.8 wt% SiO_2) and display the typical geochemical characteristics of post-collisional, within-plate granites. They are rare-metal granites enriched in total alkalis, Nb, Zr, Y, Ga, Ta, REE with low CaO, MgO, Ba, and Sr. Eu-negative anomalies(Eu/Eu* = 0.17–0.37) of the A-type granites reflect extreme magmatic fractionation and perhaps the effects of late fluid-rock interactions. The chemical characteristics indicate that the A-type granites of the AIC represent products of extreme fractional crystallization involving alkali feldspar, quartz and, to a lesser extent, ferromagnesian minerals. The parent magma was derived from the partial melting of a juvenile crustal protolith with a mantle contribution. Accumulation of residual volatile-rich melt and exsolved fluids in the late stage of the magma evolution produced pegmatite and quartz veins that cut the peripheries of the AIC. Post-magmatic alteration related to the final stages of the evolution of the A-type granitic magma, indicated by alterations of sodic amphibole and sodic pyroxene, hematitization and partial albitization.     

茶卡北山锂辉石花岗伟晶岩锂矿化特征及成矿时限

锂是重要的战略金属矿产,锂辉石花岗伟晶岩是锂矿资源的重要来源。近来柴北缘茶卡北山地区新发现锂辉石花岗伟晶岩脉群,本文对区内锂辉石花岗伟晶岩进行了岩相学、矿物学、矿物化学、年代学研究工作,确定了锂辉石花岗伟晶岩的矿化特征及矿化年限。锂辉石花岗伟晶岩存在两期矿物组合：早期由粗粒锂辉石、粗粒钾长石、粗粒白云母、粗粒更(钠)长石、粗粒石英和铌钽铁矿等组成,属熔体结晶阶段产物;晚期由锂绿泥石、富锂云母、蠕虫状锂辉石和细粒他形石英等组成,为岩浆期后热液交代产物。根据两期矿物组合判断存在两期锂矿化,认为早期锂辉石的局部蚀变与晚期锂矿物的形成指示体系内存在锂的活化和再沉淀过程。测得与锂辉石伴生的铌钽铁矿U-Pb年龄为241.0±1.3 Ma,可代表锂辉石花岗伟晶岩熔体结晶年龄,即为早期锂成矿年代,矿床为印支期产物。     

喜马拉雅东段库曲岩体锂、铍和铌钽稀有金属矿物研究及指示意义

稀有金属矿物记录了花岗伟晶岩成岩成矿的重要信息。喜马拉雅是全球著名的淡色花岗岩带,库曲岩体位于喜马拉雅东段的特提斯喜马拉雅岩系中。本文调查了库曲岩体的二云母花岗岩、白云母花岗岩、电气石花岗岩和花岗伟晶岩,其中,花岗伟晶岩涉及花岗岩的伟晶岩相和独立伟晶岩脉。库曲岩体产出的稀有金属矿物包括锂辉石、锂绿泥石、绿柱石、铌铁矿-钽铁矿、钇铀钽烧绿石和细晶石,它们主要赋存于似文象伟晶岩、石英-钠长石-白云母伟晶岩、块体长石-钠质细晶岩、块体长石-电气石钠质细晶岩、锂辉石-块体长石-细晶岩、白云母花岗岩的伟晶岩相以及电气石花岗岩内。显微镜观察、电子探针和LA-ICP-MS测试结果显示锂辉石具有四种产状,包括粗粒锂辉石自形-半自形晶、细粒锂辉石-石英镶嵌晶、中细粒锂辉石-钾长石-钠长石-云母镶嵌晶以及发育锂绿泥石的粗粒锂辉石,揭示了其形成时复杂的熔流体动荡结晶环境。绿柱石背散射电子图像（BSE）下呈均一结构和不均一结构（蚀变边、不规则分带和补丁分带）,元素替代机制包括通道-八面体替代、通道-四面体替代以及通道中碱金属阳离子间的置换。铌铁矿族矿物包括原生、蚀变边和不规则分带结构,部分被钇铀钽烧绿石和细晶石交代。与原生铌铁矿相比,蚀变边和不规则分带铌铁矿族矿物总体上富钽贫锰,显示了结晶分异、过冷却引起的过饱和以及流体作用。根据稀有金属矿物揭示的成因信息,独立伟晶岩脉（似文象伟晶岩）、白云母花岗岩的伟晶岩相和电气石花岗岩在岩浆分异程度、经历的演化过程、以及流体活动方面存在差异,很可能是不同期次岩浆活动的产物。库曲岩体绿柱石的Rb和Zn含量、以及铌铁矿族矿物的Sc₂O₃、SiO₂和PbO含量,与已有指示标志存在相关性,作为潜在指示标志仍需开展更多的研究工作。综合含锂辉石伟晶岩的产出、岩浆分异演化程度、多期花岗质岩浆活动、复杂的流体作用以及所属锂丰度高值区等因素,库曲岩体是喜马拉雅东段找锂的有利地段。     

川西甲基卡花岗伟晶岩型锂矿床中熔体、流体包裹体固相物质研究

川西甲基卡二云母花岗岩和伟晶岩内发育大量原生熔体包裹体和富晶体流体包裹体。为了查明甲基卡成矿熔体、流体性质与演化特征,运用激光拉曼光谱和扫描电镜鉴定了甲基卡花岗伟晶岩型锂矿床中二云母花岗岩及伟晶岩脉不同结构带内的原生熔体、流体包裹体的固相物质。分析结果表明,甲基卡二云母花岗岩石英内熔体包裹体的矿物组合为磷灰石+白云母、白云母+钠长石、白云母+石墨;伟晶岩绿柱石内富晶体流体包裹体的矿物组合主要为刚玉、富铝铁硅酸盐+刚玉+锂辉石、锂辉石+石英+锂绿泥石;伟晶岩锂辉石内富晶体流体包裹体的矿物组合主要为磷灰石、锡石、磁铁矿、石英+钠长石+锂绿泥石、萤石、富钙镁硅酸盐+富铁铝硅酸盐+富铁硅酸盐+石英;花岗岩浆熔体与伟晶岩浆熔体(流体)具有一定的差异,成矿熔体、流体成分总体呈现出碱质元素(Na、Si、Al)、挥发分(F、P、CO_2)含量增高及基性元素(Fe、Mg、Ca)降低的特征;包裹体中子矿物与主矿物的化学成分具有一定的差别,揭示出伟晶岩熔体(流体)存在局部岩浆分异作用,具不混溶性及非均匀性。因此认为,伟晶岩熔浆(流体)为岩浆分异与岩浆不混溶共同作用的产物,挥发分含量的增高(F、P、CO_2)使伟晶岩能够与稀有金属组成各类络合物或化合物,这对于稀有金属成矿起到了至关重要的作用。     

四川甲基卡两类锂辉石矿体共存机制及其找矿意义

甲基卡已成为我国最大的硬岩型锂资源基地,目前已查明数个超大型锂辉石矿床,其矿床工业类型主要为花岗伟晶岩型,但在近几年对深部锂矿产的勘查中,除了继续发现有花岗伟晶岩型矿体外,还发现一种粒度明显偏细的锂矿石,野外称之为细晶岩,但经室内认真观察表明,它们具有非常典型的花岗结构,锂辉石在其中以自形—半自形晶较均匀分布,含量在5%～22%,长石包括微斜长石和钠长石,结合其他工作确定,这应是在我国首次发现的富锂辉石碱长花岗岩。在含矿脉体中,它和富锂辉石的花岗伟晶岩密切伴生,但形成时间较晚。在一些矿床（段）中,碱长花岗岩型矿石中的锂储量还明显高过花岗伟晶岩型。花岗伟晶岩型和花岗岩型锂辉石矿共伴生,这在国内也是首例,其特殊的成岩成矿作用与三叠纪末松潘 甘孜造山带中构造 岩浆 穹窿体的形成有密切的成因联系,它使含矿花岗伟晶岩和花岗岩仅集中发育于一定的接触变质带中,并相伴生产出。这一发现,不仅丰富了甲基卡地区锂矿石类型,也为花岗伟晶岩和花岗岩成岩成矿作用理论的深入探讨提供了非常好的实验基地。     

Geological and Geochemical Characteristics and Petrogenesis of the Anqing—Lujiang Quartz Syenite Rock Belt,East China

The Anqing-Lujiang quartz syenite rock belt consists of the Huangmeijian, Chengshan and Dalongshan composite batholiths which intruded into the Mesozoic strata. The country rocks were subjected to thermal contact metamorphism with little sign of folding and regional metamorphism. The rock belt is Late Yenshanian in age with a Rb-Sr isochron age of 135 Ma. Major rock types are quartz syenite and, to a lesser extent, syenite porphyry and alkali feldspar granite. Rock-forming minerals are dominantly potash feldspar (more than 50%) and lesser amounts of plagioclase and quartz. Mafic minerals, mostly Mg-biotite with lesser amounts of amphibole and pyroxene, are rare. Occasionally, alkalic mafic minerals (aegirine, riebeckite) are found. Characteristic accessary minerals of the earlier intrusives are magnetite, sphene and apatite and those of the later intrusives are ilmenite and zircon. Typologic distribution and evolutionary trend of zircon population are very similar to those of granites of mantle origin as suggested by Pupin, J. P. Petrochemically, the rock belt is poor in Ca but rich in alkali and Al with Na₂O+K₂O > 10%. It belongs to the K-Na transitional series, with a high alkalinity ratio (A. R. = 3–7) and a K /Na (atom) ratio close to unity. Rocks in the belt are rich in REE which tends to decrease from the early to the late stage, belonging to LREE type. The initial Sr ratio is 0.7078–0.7064. The rock belt is the Mesozoic anorogenic product of alkalic magmatic activity from a deep-seated source. According to a mantle-crust mixing model for Sr and Pb isotopes, it is estimated that 60.2–53.8% of the materials has been derived from the mantle. Additionally, its rich alkali, poor water content and anorogenic characteristics suggest that the belt is similar to the A-type granites.     

花岗岩中原生与次生白云母的鉴别特征及其地质意义——以赣南富城强过铝质花岗岩体为例

通过显微镜下观察和电子探针成分分析,发现赣南富城强过铝质花岗岩中存在3种类型白云母,即原生白云母、交代型白云母和次生白云母,其平均晶体化学式分别为:K1.62Na0.06Fe0.32Mg0.39Ti0.02Al4.89Si6.54O10(OH)4(原生白云母)、K1.55Na0.07Fe0.43Mg0.24Ti0.03Al4.96Si6.50O10(OH)4(交代型白云母)、K1.51Na0.07Fe0.27Mg0.21Ti0.00Al4.98Si6.65O10(OH)4(次生白云母)。根据富城花岗岩主要造岩矿物的结晶顺序(斜长石→钾长石→黑云母→白云母→石英),结合白云母、黑云母稳定曲线及合成花岗岩初融曲线对比分析,富城强过铝质花岗岩中交代型白云母是在花岗岩结晶过程中交代较早晶出的黑云母形成的,其形成温度高于花岗岩熔体的固相线温度(～650℃),故应归属于原生白云母。本文提出根据岩石学宏观特征、岩石化学特征及岩相学微观特征区分花岗岩中原生白云母与次生白云母的综合鉴别方法。     

广西大厂地区黑云母花岗岩中电气石的化学组成及其对岩浆热液演化的指示

广西大厂地区笼箱盖黑云母花岗岩与区内晚白垩世锡多金属成矿作用在时空上密切相关。岩相学特征表明,笼箱盖黑云母花岗岩中的电气石可以分为三类:1)浸染状电气石; 2)石英-电气石囊; 3)电气石-石英脉。本文利用电子探针和激光剥蚀等离子体质谱系统测定三种不同产状电气石的化学组成。分析结果显示,三种产状的电气石均具有高的Fe/(Fe+Mg)和Na/(Na+Ca)比值,主体属于碱基亚类铁电气石。浸染状电气石为岩浆晚期结晶,其Fe/(Fe+Mg)比值变化于0. 85～0. 94,随着岩浆分异,电气石逐渐富集Li、F、Fe和Sn等元素。与浸染状电气石相比,石英-电气石囊中早阶段电气石具有低的Fe/(Fe+Mg)比值,高的V、Co和Sr含量,可能反映了岩浆演化晚期出现的不混溶富硼熔/流体对早期黑云母和长石的交代作用,从而使囊中早阶段电气石继承部分被交代矿物的化学组成特征;石英-电气石囊中晚阶段电气石的化学组成变化较大(如Li、F、Mg、Al、V、Fe和Zn),与热液成因电气石的推论一致。与浸染状和囊状电气石相比,石英脉中的电气石具有高的Fe/(Fe+Mg)和Na/(Na+Ca)比值;微量元素组成与囊状电气石相似。就成矿元素锡而言,三种产状的电气石均具有相对高的锡含量,与其他地区锡成矿花岗岩中电气石的成分特征相似。但是,从岩浆晚期到热液阶段,大厂地区电气石的锡含量并没有显著升高,可能反映了早期岩浆热液流体对熔体锡有限的萃取作用。     

伊春地区斑状二长花岗岩锆石U——Pb 年龄及其地质意义

黑龙江伊春南岔-金山屯地区广泛发育斑状二长花岗岩。岩体呈岩基状产出,岩性为肉红色中粗粒斑状二长花岗岩,斑状,斑晶由钾长石和石英组成,基质由钾长石、斜长石、石英和黑云母组成,局部含角闪石。岩石SiO2 含量69. 58% ～ 75. 96%; 富碱,Na2O + K2O 为7. 22% ～ 8. 45%,K2O/ Na2O 为1. 07 ～ 1. 43 ( σ = 1. 58 ～ 2. 47) ,为钙碱性花岗岩。ΣREE 为178. 68 × 10 － 6 ～ 464. 75 × 10--6, ( La /Yb) N = 11. 6 ～ 20. 22,轻重稀土分馏显著,δEu = 0. 17 ～ 0. 34,具铕负异常,相对富Rb、Th、U、 Nd、La、Pr 等元素,贫Ba、Sr、P、Ti 元素等,显示典型的KCG 型( 高钾钙碱性) 花岗岩特征,属于造山后花岗岩( POG) ,为岩浆混合成因。该花岗岩两个锆石U--Pb 年龄值分别为207 ± 2 Ma、197 ± 1 Ma,属晚三叠世-早侏罗世,可能暗示混合后的结晶持续时间,其形成环境与西伯利亚板块和华北板块碰撞对接后的伸展作用有关。     

华南富氟花岗岩高磷和低磷亚类型对比

根据全岩Ｐ２Ｏ５含量的多寡可将华南富氧花岗岩分为高磷亚类和低磷亚类,它们之间具较大的地球化学差异。高磷亚类以低硅、强过铝和低的ＲＥＥ总量为特征,而低磷亚类则相反。在长石、云母等矿物化学成分上这两亚类花岗岩也有所差异。高磷亚类花岗岩中磷以长石中结构磷和磷铝锂石形式存在,而低磷亚类花夺中的磷则主要存在于磷灰石等磷酸盐矿物中。     

川西甲基卡锂矿基地典型岩石及矿物反射波谱特征研究

四川甲基卡矿田是中国乃至于世界上锂矿资源最集中的地区之一,目前对甲基卡锂矿床的光谱学认识还很欠缺。本文运用地物波谱仪对甲基卡地区野外采集的典型岩石及矿物开展波谱测试,建立了研究区样品的波谱数据库,总结了黑云母片岩、十字石片岩、十字石堇青石片岩、角岩、二云母花岗岩、含锂辉石伟晶岩、不含锂辉石伟晶岩、石英脉、长石斑晶、锂辉石、云母、绿柱石的波谱特征。研究结果表明:围岩与岩体波谱特征差异较大,围岩反射率一般在0. 2以下,吸收特征不明显,岩体反射率一般在0. 5以下,具有1413 nm、1911 nm、2197 nm三处不同程度的吸收特征;其中含矿伟晶岩、不含矿伟晶岩及花岗岩可以通过1413 nm及2197 nm等处的吸收特征进行区分;锂辉石及绿柱石具有独特的波谱特征,可以直接用于找矿。本文开展的甲基卡型锂矿地面波谱研究,对其高光谱遥感填图及地质找矿具有重要的指导意义。     

Tin-bearing minerals at the Furong tin deposit,South China: Implications for tin mineralization

It remains poorly constrained whether remobilization of Sn from granites and prograde skarns plays an essential role in forming economic (skarn-type) tin mineralization. Using both electron probe microanalysis and laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry methods, in-situ Sn contents, as well as major elements, were analyzed for numerous silicates and magnetite from fresh granite, altered granite, and skarn at the large Furong Sn deposit (530,000 t Sn @ 0.8% Sn) in the Nanling Range, South China. Hornblende and biotite in fresh granite are the main Sn-bearing phases (Sn = 44–321 ppm), while plagioclase and K-feldspar are poor in Sn (< 5 ppm). In altered granite, tin is hosted mainly by hydrothermal muscovite (299–583 ppm) replacing plagioclase, but rarely by chlorite (mostly <10 ppm) replacing hornblende and biotite. In contrast, most silicates (garnet, diopside, vesuvianite, pargasite and epidote) and magnetite from tin skarn are Sn-rich (47–44,241 ppm), except for Sn-poor phlogopite and scapolite (< 10 ppm). In particular, garnet, pargasite, and epidote reach tin concentrations in the percent range. Tin generally enters the stannous silicates and magnetite through substitutions for octahedral Al^vi and Fe³⁺. Comparisons of Sn contents between magmatic and hydrothermal minerals in granite, prograde and retrograde minerals related to tin skarn indicate that remobilization of Sn from granite and prograde skarn is not a pre-requisite to form tin mineralization.     

Rapakivifeldspäte in moldanubischen Graniten

Zusammenfassung In drei Graniten des ostbayerischen Moldanubikums (Naabgranit, Neunburger Granit, Kristallgranit II) sind die Kalifeldspäte häufig von einem Plagioklassaum umgeben. Der Kalifeldspat ist stets Orthoklas, der Plagioklas des Saumes ist Oligoklas. Der Kalifeldspat wird im magmatischen Stadium ummantelt. Die Ummantelung erfolgt auch noch zu dem Zeitpunkt, als die Kristallisation des Hauptquarzes einsetzt, der anfangs vom Plagioklassaum als Tropfenquarz umschlossen wird. Am Ende des magmatischen Stadiums wird der Plagioklassaum vom Kalifeldspatkern verdrängt, wodurch die ovale Form des Kernes entsteht. Im deuterischen Stadium bilden sich im Kalifeldspat und an der Grenze von Kern und Saum des Rapakivifeldspates Langquarze, während im Kalifeldspat Girlandenquarze entstehen. Die Serizitisierung und Einlagerung feiner Hämatitschuppen am Ende des deuterischen Stadiums bewirkt eine intensive Rotfärbung der Plagioklase.

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Summary In three granites of the moldanubic region of Eastern Bavaria, potash feldspars frequently are mantled by plagioclase. Potash feldspars always appears as orthoclase and the plagioclase of the mantle is oligoclase. Potash feldspar is mantled in the magmatic stage of the crystallisation of granite. The mantling proceeds when the crystallisation of the main-quartz begins. Main-quartz first is enclosed by the plagioclase mantle as drop-quartz. At the end of the magmatic stage the plagioclase mantle is replaced by the potash of the nucleus, by which the oval form of the nucleus is caused. In the deuteric stage longquartzes appear in plagioclase and at the contact of plagioclase and potash feldspar. In the potash feldspar deuteric quartz has the form of garlandquartz. At the end of the deuteric stage clouding and the introduction of haematite cause the red colour of the plagioclase-mantles.

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内蒙古查干花钼矿区成矿花岗岩地球化学、年代学及成岩作用

查干花钼矿床是内蒙古中西部的一个大型斑岩钼矿床。矿床成矿期花岗岩为似斑状黑云母花岗岩。2个花岗岩样品锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年结果分别为253.3±2.8Ma(MSWD=1.17)和253.8±3.7Ma(MSWD=1.6),显示成矿期花岗岩形成于253～254Ma,为晚二叠世。与前人辉钼矿Re-Os测年研究(～243Ma)对比显示,矿床的成岩成矿时间差约为10Ma,这与矿床控矿构造及成矿期花岗岩的结构构造特征相符,也与国内外较多的斑岩型矿床成岩可以对比,反映出查干花钼矿床是成矿岩体经历了长时间演化以后岩浆-热液体系的产物。元素地球化学研究显示,成矿期花岗岩具有高硅、高碱、准铝质至过铝质和高钾钙碱性的特征。其源区是受到早期陆缘弧俯冲作用改造及地壳混染的岩石,再经过部分熔融作用所形成。其微量元素继承了早期陆缘弧成因岩石的一些特征。岩浆在形成以后,在深部岩浆房内经历了以斜长石和钾长石为主导的分离结晶作用,并在上侵到地壳浅部区域以后受到了远古宇宝音图群的混染。其形成的构造环境为古生代末期向中生代转换的后碰撞环境。     

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of post-collisional alkaline and peralkaline granites of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: a case study from the southern tip of Sinai Peninsula,Egypt

The southern Sinai Peninsula, underlain by the northernmost extension of the Arabian-Nubian Shield, exposes post-collisional calc-alkaline and alkaline granites that represent the youngest phase of late Neoproterozoic igneous activity. We report a petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical investigation of post-collisional plutons of alkaline and, in some cases, peralkaline granite. These granites intrude metamorphosed country rocks as well as syn- and post-collisional calc-alkaline granitoids. The alkaline and peralkaline granites of the southern tip of Sinai divide into three subgroups: syenogranite, alkali feldspar granite and riebeckite granite. The rocks of these subgroups essentially consist of alkali feldspar and quartz with variable amounts of plagioclase and mafic minerals. The syenogranite and alkali feldspar granite contain small amounts of calcic amphibole and biotite, often less than 3%, while the riebeckite granite is distinguished by sodic amphibole (5–10%). These plutons have geochemical signatures typical of post-collisional A-type granites and were most likely emplaced during a transition between orogenic and anorogenic settings. The parental mafic magma may be linked to lithospheric delamination and upwelling of asthenospheric mantle material. Differentiation of the underplated basaltic magma with contributions from the juvenile crust eventually yielded the post-collisional alkaline granites. Petrogenetic modelling of the studied granitic suite shows that pure fractional crystallization cannot quantitatively explain chemical variations with the observed suite, with both major oxides and several trace elements displaying trends opposite to those required by the equilibrium phase assemblage. Instead, we show that compositional variation from syenogranite through alkali feldspar granite to riebeckite granite is dominated by mixing between a low-SiO₂ liquid as primitive or more primitive than the lowest-SiO₂ syenogranite and an evolved, high-SiO₂ liquid that might be a high-degree partial melt of lower crust.     

广东从化温泉的水文地球化学模拟

从化温泉位于广州东北部,出露于燕山期花岗岩地区,位于北东向广州-从化断裂带北东段;热水中阳离子以K⁺、Na⁺、Ca²⁺为主,阴离子以HCO^-₃为主,水化学类型为HCO₃-Na及HCO₃-Na·Ca型。利用NETPATH程序对泉区热水进行水化学模拟,发现从化温泉各泉点的水化学特征相似,径流过程中发生的化学反应也相似;从初始水点到终端水点,发生的各种反应交换量很低;在径流过程中各矿物的净反应可能为钾长石、高岭石、赤铁矿、萤石沉淀,CO₂、斜长石、黑云母溶解;SiO₂的溶解/沉淀在各泉点不同;径流过程中发生了Ca²⁺/Na⁺、Mg²⁺/Na⁺离子交换作用。     

遥感技术在川西甲基卡大型锂矿基地找矿填图中的应用

四川甲基卡矿田是中国乃至于世界上锂矿资源最集中的地区之一,目前运用遥感技术开展甲基卡型锂矿的研究工作尚较为薄弱,文章运用遥感技术在甲基卡特殊地貌区开展找矿填图应用研究,建立了研究区典型岩石及矿物的波谱数据库,总结了研究区黑云母片岩、十字石片岩、十字石堇青石片岩、角岩、二云母花岗岩、含锂辉石伟晶岩、无矿伟晶岩、石英脉、长石斑晶、锂辉石单晶、云母、绿柱石的波谱特征;之后分别基于中等分辨率遥感数据Landsat 8和高空间分辨率遥感数据Geoeye-1进行图像处理和信息提取,开展了地质填图应用初步研究。研究结果表明遥感技术作为一种新兴的技术手段,对甲基卡型锂矿的填图及找矿具有重要的指导意义,可以作为今后地质找矿工作的"先头兵"。     

Geochemistry of the uranium-thurium-bearing granitic rocks and pegmatites of wadi haleifiya area, southeastern Sinai, Egypt

There are two main granitic rocks cropping out in the study area:1) the syn-orogenic granites are moderately weathered,jointed,exfoliated and characterized by low relief.These rocks are subdivided into tonalite and granodiorite.They are essentially composed of plagioclase,quartz,biotite,hornblende and potash feldspar;and 2) the post-orogenic granites,characterized by high relief terrain and represented by monzogranite,syenogranite and alkali granite.The monzogranites suffered hydrothermal alteration in particular along joints,faults,shear zones and fractures,which recorded the highest values of radioactivity,reflecting the role of post-magmatic alteration processes in the enhancement of radioactivity.The hydrothermal alteration(desilicification and hematitization) resulted in the formation of mineralized(altered) granites.The altered granites are enriched in TiO 2,Al 2 O 3,FeO T,MnO,MgO,Na 2 O,Rb,Sr,Y,Zr,Zn,Ga and Co and depleted in SiO 2,CaO,P 2 O 5,Nb,Pb,Cu,Ni and Cr relative to the fresh monzogranite.The investigated granites contain basic xenoliths as well as pockets of pegmatites.Perthites,quartz,plagioclase and sometimes biotite,represent the essential constituents.Some accessory minerals like zircon are metamicted reflecting their radiogenic nature.The alkali granites are characterized by the presence of aegirine,rebeckite and arfvedsonite.Both syn-and post-orogenic granites show some variations in their bulk chemical compositions.The older granitoids are metaluminous and exhibit characteristics of I-type granites and possess an arc tectonic environment.On the other hand,the younger granites are peraluminous and exhibit the characteristics of post-collisional granites.It is interpreted that radioactivity of the studied rocks is mainly controlled by both magmatic and post-magmatic activities.Frequently,the post-orogenic granites host zoned and unzoned pegmatite pockets.Some of these pockets anomalously attain high radioactivity.The syenogranites and the pegmatites are characterized by high contents of SiO 2 and K 2 O and low CaO and MgO.They have transitional characters from highly fractionated calc-alkaline to alkaline.The alkali granites related to A2-subtype of A-type granites.The post-orogenic granites were originated from magma of dominant crustal source materials and related to post-collisional setting under extensional environment.     

江西雅山富氟高磷花岗岩中的磷酸盐矿物及其成因意义

江西雅山黄玉锂云母花岗岩属典型的华南[富氟高磷花岗岩（P2O5＝0．15％－0．55％），表现为富氟（F＝1．07％－2．04％），强过铝性（A／NKC＝1．26－1．60），具有很高的Li,Rb,Cs,Be,Nb,Ta含量和很低的Y、REE含量.磷锂铝石是雅山黄玉锂云母花岗岩中的主要磷酸盐矿物，其产出与否同体的Li,Rb,Cs含量密切相关；磷锂铝石和长石矿物都是雅山黄玉锂云母花岗岩中磷的主要贮体，并且相互之间呈互补关系，当出现磷锂铝石时，磷锂铝石为全岩磷的主要贡献者，当无磷锂铝石晶出时，长石矿物为全岩磷的主要贡献者，体系的强过铝性以及很低的REE，Y，Ca含量使得磷灰石，独居石，磷钇矿都难以达到饱和结晶，磷灰石为少量出现，并且大部分为晚期形成；独居石和磷钇矿都为极少出现，反映出雅山岩体演化过程中具有独居石，磷钇矿等稀土磷酸盐矿物的结晶分离，铍磷酸盐矿物－羟磷铍钙石的出现反映了雅山黄玉锂云母花岗岩存在岩浆期后的含Be,Ca热液流体的作用。