In situ Pb and bulk Sr isotope analysis of the Yinchanggou Pb-Zn deposit in Sichuan Province (SW China): Constraints on the origin and evolution of hydrothermal fluids

The Yinchanggou Pb-Zn deposit, located in southwestern Sichuan Province, western Yangtze Block, is stratigraphically controlled by late Ediacaran Dengying Formation and contains >0.3 Mt of metal reserves with 11 wt% Pb + Zn. A principal feature is that this deposit is structurally controlled by normal faults, whereas other typical deposits nearby (e.g. Maozu) are controlled by reverse faults. The origin of the Yinchanggou deposit is still controversial. Ore genetic models, based on conventional whole-rock isotope tracers, favor either sedimentary basin brine, magmatic water or metamorphic fluid sources. Here we use in situ Pb and bulk Sr isotope features of sulfide minerals to constrain the origin and evolution of hydrothermal fluids. The Pb isotope compositions of galena determined by femtosecond LA-MC-ICPMS are as follows: ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.17–18.24, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 15.69–15.71, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 38.51–38.63. These in situ Pb isotope data overlap with bulk-chemistry Pb isotope compositions of sulfide minerals (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.11–18.40, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 15.66–15.76, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 38.25–38.88), and both sets of data plotting above the Pb evolution curve of average upper continental crust. Such Pb isotope signatures suggest an upper crustal source of Pb. In addition, the coarse-grained galena in massive ore collected from the deep part has higher ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios (18.18–18.24) than the fine-grained galena in stockwork ore sampled from the shallow part (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.17–18.19), whereas the latter has higher ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios (38.59–38.63) than the former (²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 38.51–38.59). However, both types of galena have the same ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios (15.69–15.71). This implies two independent Pb sources, and the metal Pb derived from the basement metamorphic rocks was dominant during the early phase of ore formation in the deep part, whereas the ore-hosting sedimentary rocks supplied the majority of metal Pb at the late phase in the shallow part. In addition, sphalerite separated from different levels has initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios ranging from 0.7101 to 0.7130, which are higher than the ore formation age-corrected ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of country sedimentary rocks (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_200 Ma = 0.7083–0.7096), but are significantly lower than those of the ore formation age-corrected basement rocks (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_200 Ma = 0.7243–0.7288). Again, such Sr isotope signatures suggest that the above two Pb sources were involved in ore formation. Hence, the gradually mixing process of mineralizing elements and associated fluids plays a key role in the precipitation of sulfide minerals at the Yinchanggou ore district. Integrating all the evidence, we interpret the Yinchanggou deposit as a strata-bound, normal fault-controlled epigenetic deposit that formed during the late Indosinian. We also propose that the massive ore is formed earlier than the stockwork ore, and the temporal-spatial variations of Pb and Sr isotopes suggest a certain potential of ore prospecting in the deep mining area.     

Petrology and geochemistry of the Karaj Dam basement sill: Implications for geodynamic evolution of the Alborz magmatic belt

The northeastward subduction of the Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Iranian block produced vast volcanic and plutonic rocks that now outcrop in central (Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic assemblage) and north–northeastern Iran (Alborz Magmatic Belt), with peak magmatism occurring during the Eocene. The Karaj Dam basement sill (KDBS), situated in the Alborz Magmatic Belt, comprises gabbro, monzogabbro, monzodiorite, and monzonite with a shoshonitic affinity. These plutonic rocks are intruded into the Karaj Formation, which comprise pyroclastic rocks dating to the lower–upper Eocene. The geochemical and isotopic signatures of the KDBS rocks indicate that they are cogenetic and evolved through fractional crystallization. They are characterized by an enrichment in LREEs relative to HREEs, with negative Nb–Ta anomalies. Geochemical modeling using Sm/Yb versus La/Yb and La/Sm ratios suggests a low-degree of partial melting of a phlogopite–spinel peridotite source to generate the KDBS rocks. Their low I_Sr = 0.70453–0.70535, ɛNd (37.2 Ma) = 1.54–1.9, and T_DM ages ranging from 0.65 to 0.86 Ga are consistent with the melting of a Cadomian enriched lithospheric mantle source, metasomatized by fluids derived from the subducted slab or sediments during magma generation. These interpretations are consistent with high ratios of ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.43–18.67, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 15.59, and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 38.42–38.71, indicating the involvement of subducted sediments or continental crust. The sill is considered to have been emplaced in an environment of lithospheric extension due to the slab rollback in the lower Eocene. This extension led to localized upwelling of the asthenosphere, providing the heat required for partial melting of the subduction-contaminated subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath the Alborz magmatic belt. Then, the shoshonitic melt generates the entire spectrum of KDBS rocks through assimilation and fractional crystallization during the ascent of the magma.     

Boron isotope composition of geothermal fluids and borate minerals from salar deposits (central Andes/NW Argentina)

We have measured the boron concentration and isotope composition of regionally expansive borate deposits and geothermal fluids from the Cenozoic geothermal system of the Argentine Puna Plateau in the central Andes. The borate minerals borax, colemanite, hydroboracite, inderite, inyoite, kernite, teruggite, tincalconite, and ulexite span a wide range of δ¹¹B values from −29.5 to −0.3‰, whereas fluids cover a range from −18.3 to 0.7‰. The data from recent coexisting borate minerals and fluids allow for the calculation of the isotope composition of the ancient mineralizing fluids and thus for the constraint of the isotope composition of the source rocks sampled by the fluids. The boron isotope composition of ancient mineralizing fluids appears uniform throughout the section of precipitates at a given locality and similar to values obtained from recent thermal fluids. These findings support models that suggest uniform and stable climatic, magmatic, and tectonic conditions during the past 8 million years in this part of the central Andes. Boron in fluids is derived from different sources, depending on the drainage system and local country rocks. One significant boron source is the Paleozoic basement, which has a whole-rock isotopic composition of δ¹¹B=−8.9±2.2‰ (1 SD); another important boron contribution comes from Neogene-Pleistocene ignimbrites (δ¹¹B=−3.8±2.8‰, 1 SD). Cenozoic andesites and Mesozoic limestones (δ¹¹B≤+8‰) provide a potential third boron source.     

Origin of the Dachang gold deposit,NW China: constraints from H,O, S,and Pb isotope data

The Dachang gold deposit is located in the Late Triassic Songpan-Ganzi Fold Belt, NE Tibetan Plateau. Gold ore is concentrated as veins along secondary faults and fracture zones in the Bayan Har Group metaturbidites. No exposed felsic plutons are present in the vicinity of the deposit. The auriferous veins contain <15% sulphide minerals, mainly arsenopyrite, pyrite, and stibnite. Gold is commonly enclosed within arsenopyrite and pyrite. Typical alteration around the ore bodies includes silicification, sericitization, and weak carbonatization.

Gold-bearing quartz samples have δ¹⁸O values of 16.9–21.2‰ (V-SMOW) from which δ¹⁸O_H2O values of 6.2–9.6‰ can be calculated from the fluid inclusion temperatures (or 10.0 to 12.7‰ if we used the average arsenopyrite geothermometer temperature of 301°C). The δD values of fluid inclusions in quartz range from –90‰ to –72‰. δ³⁴S values of gold-bearing sulphides mainly range from –5.9‰ to –2.8‰ (V-CDT). Pyrite and arsenopyrite in ores have ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios of 18.2888 to 18.4702, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios of 15.5763 to 15.6712, and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios of 38.2298 to 38.8212. These isotopic compositions indicate that the ore-forming fluids were of metamorphic origin, and the S and Pb may have been derived from the host metaturbidites of the Bayan Har Group. The Dachang Au deposit has geological and geochemical features similar to orogenic gold deposits. We propose that the ores formed when the Songpan-Ganzi Fold Belt was intensely deformed by Late Triassic folding and thrusting. Large-scale thrusting resulted in regional allochthons of different scales, followed by secondary faults or fracture zones that controlled the ore bodies.     

贵州普定纳雍枝铅锌矿矿床成因:S和原位Pb同位素证据

通过近五年(2011~2015)勘查实现找矿重大突破的贵州普定纳雍枝铅锌矿床,位于扬子陆块西南缘,五指山背斜南东翼北中部,是黔西北铅锌成矿区的重要组成部分。矿区内已发现20余个铅锌矿体,探获铅锌金属资源储量超135万吨,是川滇黔接壤铅锌矿集区贵州境内目前已发现和探明规模最大的铅锌矿床。主矿体多呈层状、似层状、透镜状和陡倾斜脉状产出,除了陡倾斜脉状矿体产于F7断层破碎带,其余(似)层状矿体均产于下寒武统清虚洞组和上震旦统灯影组白云岩中,与围岩产状一致,层控特征明显。其矿石类型主要有块状、角砾状、细脉状和浸染状等,矿石矿物以闪锌矿为主,其次为方铅矿和黄铁矿,脉石矿物以方解石、白云石为主,含少量石英,偶见重晶石。本次研究表明,该矿床硫化物δ~(34)S_(CDT)值介于15.94‰~25.49‰之间,均值为22.41‰(n=21),其中黄铁矿δ~(34)S_(CDT)值为22.06‰,闪锌矿δ~(34)S_(CDT)值为19.37‰~25.49‰,均值为23.17‰(n=17),方铅矿δ~(34)S_(CDT)值为15.94‰~19.70‰(n=3),均值为18.23‰。各类硫化物δ~(34)S值部分重叠,总体上不具有δ~(34)S黄铁矿δ~(34)S闪锌矿δ~(34)S方铅矿的特征,暗示硫同位素在硫化物矿物间的分馏未达到平衡。此外,矿石存有少量硫酸盐矿物(重晶石),暗示成矿流体的δ~(34)S3∑S值应高于硫化物的平均δ4S值(22.41‰),接近赋矿地层中海相硫酸盐岩的δ~(34)S值(22‰~28‰)。因此,成矿流体中的还原硫最可能为海相硫酸盐岩热化学还原的产物,来源于赋矿地层中的蒸发岩。应用飞秒激光剥蚀多接收器等离子体质谱法首次获得了纳雍枝铅锌矿中方铅矿原位Pb同位素数据,结果显示Pb同位素组成非常集中(~(206)Pb/204Pb=17.828~17.860,均值17.841,~(207)Pb/204Pb=15.648~15.666,均值15.659,~(208)Pb/204Pb=37.922~37.979,均值37.960,n=32),位于上地壳平均Pb演化曲线上,表明其成矿物质具壳源特征,可能来源于基底岩石。综合矿床地质、矿物学、S和原位Pb同位素数据,本文认为纳雍枝铅锌矿床S主要来源于其赋矿地层,Pb等金属元素主要来源于基底岩石,这两组流体的混合是导致其金属硫化物沉淀成矿的重要机制,成矿流体具后生、低温热液等特征,属于密西西比河谷型(MVT)矿床,很可能形成于燕山期,与右江盆地演化有关。     

西成地区铅-锌矿、金矿硫铅同位素特征及成矿关系的研究

甘肃省西成地区分布有多种类型的铅-锌矿和金矿,已探明海底喷流型（SEDEX）铅-锌矿资源量超过1300×10^4t（金属量）。金矿主要分布于盆地中西部泥盆系厚层碎屑岩中．受控于韧性剪切带。对矿床中硫化物硫、铅同位素研究结果表明,西成铅-锌矿田北矿带的后期改造是在相对封闭的环境下实现的、而南矿带铅-锌矿则有部分外来物质的参与,但并未发生明显的分异,同时,两个矿带喷流（气）-沉积过程的不同,这也是导致硫同位素存在差异的重要原因。在印支期的成矿过程中金矿具有明显独立于铅-锌矿的地质特点与硫、铅同位素演化过程,硫主要源自区内的围岩,而铅同位素中则有较多放射性成因铅的加入。     

New palaeomagnetic data from Central Iran and a Triassic palaeoreconstruction

New pole positions for Triassic and Cretaceous times have been obtained from volcanic and sedimentary sequences in Central Iran. These new results confirm the general trend of the Apparent Polar Wander Path (APWP) of the Central-East-Iran microplate (CEIM) from the Triassic through the Tertiary as published by Soffel and Förster (1983, 1984). Two new palaeopoles for the Triassic of the CEIM have been obtained; limestones and tuffs from the Nakhlak region yield a mean direction of 094.0°/25.0°, N=12, k=4.1,α ₉₅=24.7°, after bedding correction, corresponding to a palaeopole position of 310.8°E; 3.9°S, and volcanic rocks from the Sirjan regions yield a mean direction of 114.5°/35.1°, N=44, k=45.9,α ₉₅=3.2° after bedding correction and a palaeopole position of 295.8°E; 10.3°N. Combining these with the two previously published results yields a new palaeopole position of 317.5°E; 12.7°N, for the Triassic of the CEIM, thus confirming that large counterclockwise rotations of the CEIM have occurred since the Triassic time. New results have also been obtained from Cretaceous limestones from the Saghand region of the CEIM. The mean direction of 340.7°/26.3°, N=33, k=44.3,α ₉₅=3.8°, and the corresponding palaeopole position of 283.1°E; 64.4°N, is in agreement with previously determined Cretaceous palaeopole positions of the CEIM. Furthermore, results have also been obtained from Triassic dolomite, limestone, sandstone and siltstone from the Natanz region, which is located to the west of the CEIM. A total of 161 specimens from 44 cores taken at five sites gave a mean direction of the five sites at 033.3°/25.1°, N=5, k=69.0,α ₉₅=9.3° and a palaeopole position of 167.2°E; 53.7°N. They pass the positive fold test of McElhinny (1964) on the level of 99% confidence. This pole position is in fairly good agreement with the mean Triassic pole position of the Turan Plate (149°E; 49°N). It indicates that the area of Natanz has not undergone the large counterclockwise rotation relative to the Turan plate since the Triassic, which has been shown for the CEIM. A Triassic palaeogeographic reconstruction of Iran, Arabia (Gondwana) and the Turan Plate (Eurasia) is also presented.     

湘南宝山铅锌矿床硫、铅、碳、氧同位素特征及成矿物质来源

宝山铅锌矿床是湘南地区代表性矿床之一。宝山铅锌矿床的成矿作用与156~158 Ma的宝山花岗闪长斑岩密切相关。花岗闪长斑岩主要由古老地壳部分熔融而成。为确定成矿物质来源,文章系统研究了宝山铅锌矿床的硫、铅、碳、氧同位素组成特征。矿床中硫化物黄铁矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿的δ34S值呈狭窄的塔式分布,变化在-2.17‰~6.46‰之间,平均值为3.13‰。δ34S值总体表现为δ34S黄铁矿δ34S闪锌矿δ34S方铅矿,表明硫同位素分馏基本达到了平衡。矿石、花岗闪长斑岩和赋矿地层硫同位素对比研究表明,矿石中的硫主要由岩浆分异演化而来,岩浆中的硫主要来自古老地壳。矿石206Pb/204Pb、207Pb/204Pb和208Pb/204Pb比值分别为18.188~18.844、15.661~15.843和38.562~39.912,赋矿地层206Pb/204Pb、207Pb/204Pb和208Pb/204Pb比值分别为18.268~19.166、15.620~5.721和38.364~39.952。矿石铅同位素组成比地层中的更富放射性成因铅,矿石中部分铅来自宝山花岗闪长质岩浆,在成矿流体运移过程中有部分地层铅参与了成矿,岩浆中的铅主要来自古老地壳。热液方解石的碳、氧同位素组成介于岩浆和赋矿碳酸盐岩的碳、氧同位素之间,主要是由于岩浆流体和碳酸盐岩不同比例的水岩反应所致,测水组有机碳的加入造成了部分热液方解石δ13CPDB值偏低。     

Detrital zircon provenance of Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic deposits in Iran: Implications for chronostratigraphy and collisional tectonics

Ion-microprobe U–Pb analyses of 589 detrital zircon grains from 14 sandstones of the Alborz mountains, Zagros mountains, and central Iranian plateau provide an initial framework for understanding the Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic provenance history of Iran. The results place improved chronological constraints on the age of earliest sediment accumulation during Neoproterozoic–Cambrian time, the timing of the Mesozoic Iran–Eurasia collision and Cenozoic Arabia–Eurasia collision, and the contribution of various sediment sources of Gondwanan and Eurasian affinity during opening and closure of the Paleotethys and Neotethys oceans. The zircon age populations suggest that deposition of the extensive ~ 1 km-thick clastic sequence at the base of the cover succession commenced in latest Neoproterozoic and terminated by Middle Cambrian time. Comparison of the geochronological data with detrital zircon ages for northern Gondwana reveals that sediment principally derived from the East African orogen covered a vast region encompassing northern Africa and the Middle East. Although most previous studies propose a simple passive-margin setting for Paleozoic Iran, detrital zircon age spectra indicate Late Devonian–Early Permian and Cambrian–Ordovician magmatism. These data suggest that Iran was affiliated with Eurasian magmatic arcs or that rift-related magmatic activity during opening of Paleotethys and Neotethys was more pronounced than thought along the northern Gondwanan passive-margin. For a Triassic–Jurassic clastic overlap assemblage (Shemshak Formation) in the Alborz mountains, U–Pb zircon ages provide chronostratigraphic age control requiring collision of Iran with Eurasia by late Carnian–early Norian time (220–210 Ma). Finally, Cenozoic strata yield abundant zircons of Eocene age, consistent with derivation from arc magmatic rocks related to late-stage subduction and/or breakoff of the Neotethys slab. Together with the timing of foreland basin sedimentation in the Zagros, these detrital zircon ages help bracket the onset of the Arabia–Eurasia collision in Iran between middle Eocene and late Oligocene time.     

伊朗Emarat铅锌矿床成矿特征及矿床成因研究

Emarat是位于伊朗Sanandaj-Sirjan带内的一个大型密西西比河谷型(MVT)铅锌矿床,其研究程度较低,矿化特征不明,并且,矿床脉石矿物显著富集石英,这一特征在MVT矿床中并不多见,因此,石英富集的原因值得探讨。此外,涉及矿床成因的成矿流体和物质来源有待查明。Emarat矿床铅锌矿体发育于早白垩纪灰岩中,呈多条近平行脉顺层、陡倾产出,矿化分两个阶段,分别为:1成矿前阶段,为细粒石英+黄铁矿强烈交代赋矿灰岩;2成矿阶段,表现为粗粒石英+闪锌矿+方铅矿+方解石呈脉状、斑团状出现在硅化灰岩中。流体包裹体研究表明,成矿阶段粗粒石英中流体包裹体为盐水体系,均一温度介于132.2~225.3℃之间,盐度为18.47%~24.15%NaCl,液相组分以Na+和Cl-为主,含少量Ca2+、Mg2+和K+,Na+/K+比值较高(平均为29),SO2-4含量低,成矿流体具盆地卤水特征,岩浆流体特征不明显。石英的δ18 OV-SMOW介于18.6‰~20.7‰之间,分别用低的和高的均一温度峰值计算得到流体的δ18 OH2O范围为2.84‰~4.94‰(T=201.7℃)与7.02‰~9.12‰(T=147℃),流体δD值介于-76.2‰~-57.5‰之间。流体氧同位素组成与岩浆水氧同位素组成相似,但综合岩相学特征、流体包裹体测温和成分数据发现,这种氧同位素组成特征可能由来自盆地卤水的初始成矿流体在矿化部位与围岩发生强烈水岩作用,从而导致围岩中相对富18 O的氧进入流体所致。结合前人对富石英MVT矿床矿物共生组合的模拟分析,暗示成矿过程中石英的大量出现可能为热的盆地卤水与较冷围岩发生相互作用、温度快速下降所致。闪锌矿δ34S值介于4.6‰~10.3‰,方铅矿δ34S值介于2.6‰~7.9‰,推测硫来自硫酸盐的热化学还原。方铅矿206 Pb/204 Pb比值为18.4112~18.4157,207 Pb/204 Pb比值为15.6472~15.6497,208 Pb/204 Pb比值为38.5642~38.5808,与区域铅锌矿床(点)铅同位素组成基本一致,表明成矿金属为壳源。     

中天山卡瓦布拉克杂岩带中闪长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄及Hf同位素特征

卡瓦布拉克杂岩带出露于中天山地块东段卡瓦布拉克—阿克塔格地区,沿卡瓦布拉克断裂呈东西向展布。笔者选择构成该杂岩带的中—基性岩石主体闪长岩,开展了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学和LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石Hf同位素研究。结果表明:闪长岩中锆石呈自形—半自形,发育典型的岩浆锆石振荡生长环带,Th/U值较高(均大于0.40),且Th、U含量呈现较好的正相关关系,为典型的岩浆成因锆石;这些锆石的206Pb/238 U年龄加权平均值为(375±1)Ma,MSWD=0.081,属晚泥盆世,可代表其结晶年龄;锆石具有较均一的Hf同位素组成,初始比值为0.282 655~0.282 747、εHf(t)值为4.0~7.2,其对应的亏损地幔模式年龄为714~842Ma。结合区域地质资料认为,卡瓦布拉克杂岩带中的闪长岩由亏损岩石圈地幔发生部分熔融而形成。     

Lead isotope constraints on the genesis of Pb–Zn deposits in the Neoproterozoic Vazante Group, Minas Gerais, Brazil

The Neoproterozoic Vazante Group at the western border of the São Francisco Craton, Brazil, hosts the largest Zn–Pb district in South America. Several authors have classified this mineral district as Mississippi Valley-type (MVT), based on the intimate association with carbonates and the epigenetic character of most ore bodies. In this paper, we present 47 new lead isotope data from four deposits located along the 300 km N–S Vazante–Paracatu–Unai linear trend. Pb isotope ratios indicate sources with relatively high U/Pb and Th/Pb ratios. Considering the ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios as indicative parameters for the source, we suggest an upper crustal source for the metals. The small variation on the Pb isotope ratios compared to those observed in the classical MVT deposits, and other geological, fluid inclusion and sulphur isotopic data indicates a metallogenic event of long duration. It was characterized by focused circulation of hydrothermal fluids carrying metals from the basement rocks and from the sedimentary pile. The data obtained are more compatible with an evolution model similar to that of IRISH-type deposits. The existence of three Pb isotopic populations could be the result of regional differences in composition of the source rocks and in the fluid–rock interaction since the mineralization is a long-term process.     

铅锌矿床定年方法及川一滇。黔铅锌成矿域年代学研究进展

铅锌矿床的精确定年是研究矿床成因和建立切合实际成矿模式的关键。本文对当前广泛应用于铅锌矿床的定年方法进行评述,结合川一滇一黔铅锌成矿域成矿年代学研究进展,给出今后适用于本区铅锌矿床定年的矿物及合适的定年方法。     

云南毛坪大型铅锌矿床成矿物质来源:原位S和Pb同位素制约

位于扬子板块西缘的川滇黔铅锌集区是我国重要的贱金属生产基地之一。矿集区中部的毛坪大型铅锌矿床,累计探明铅锌金属储量超过300万吨,Pb+Zn平均品位12%～30%,局部达45%,是矿集区内第二大铅锌矿床。矿体呈似层状、透镜状或脉状集中分布于猫猫山背斜NW倒转翼及其倾伏端NE向层间断裂带内。主要发育3个矿体(群),其中I号矿体(群)赋存于上泥盆统宰格组白云岩中,II号矿体(群)赋存于下石炭统摆佐组白云岩中,III号矿体(群)赋存于上石炭统威宁组白云岩中。矿石主要由闪锌矿、方铅矿和黄铁矿等矿石矿物及白云石和方解石(少量石英和重晶石)等脉石矿物组成,具有块状、浸染状或脉状构造及粒状、交代、共边、胶状、集合体或碎裂结构。可见,该矿床后生成矿特征明显。纳米离子探针(Nano SIMS)原位S同位素组成分析结果显示,细粒草莓集合体状黄铁矿和胶状闪锌矿明显亏损34S,其δ34S值变化范围为-20. 4‰～-8. 7‰之间,具有典型生物成因S特征,暗示经历了海相硫酸盐细菌还原过程(BSR);而自形粒状黄铁矿和他形粒状闪锌矿的δ34S值变化范围为22. 1‰～25. 6‰之间,明显富集重S同位素,表明经历了海相硫酸盐热化学还原过程(TSR)。由于BSR和TSR过程主要受温度控制,因此,还原态硫离子的形成最可能是原地还原的,并先经历了相对低温的BSR过程,再经历了相对高温的TSR过程。飞秒激光剥蚀多接收器等离子体质谱(fs LA-MC-ICPMS)原位Pb同位素组成分析结果显示,方铅矿的Pb同位素组成相当均一,暗示其来源单一或混合均匀,对比显示其成矿金属主要由赋矿沉积岩提供,受到一定程度的下伏基底岩石影响。此外,方铅矿的原位Pb同位素组成有随着标高增加而升高的趋势,暗示成矿流体的运移方向很可能是向上的,且随着成矿流体的演化,富放射性成因Pb的赋矿沉积岩贡献了更多的成矿金属。综上,本文认为毛坪大型铅锌矿床是流体混合作用的产物,其深部可能具有良好的找矿潜力,这是因为富含金属元素的基底岩石对深部贡献更多。     

湘东南铜山岭铅锌多金属矿床成矿时代与成矿物质来源——Sm-Nd等时线年龄和Pb同位素证据

铜山岭铅锌多金属矿床位于扬子地块湘南-桂东北坳陷与华夏地块粤北坳陷的拼贴部位,是中国南岭多金属成矿区代表性矿床之一。为确定矿床成矿时代,挑选铜山岭铅锌多金属矿床中含矿矽卡岩的石榴子石进行Sm-Nd同位素定年,获得的等时线年龄为173±3Ma,指示成矿作用发生于燕山早期。对金属硫化物矿物进行了Pb同位素分析,其~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb、~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb、~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb平均值分别为18.602、15.701、38.729,表明成矿物质来源于相对富集铀铅、略微亏损钍铅的上地壳源区。从(~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb)i-(~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb)i铅同位素演化模式图可知,寄主花岗闪长岩是铜山岭铅锌多金属矿床的重要物质来源,且成矿物质中可能含有寄存在花岗闪长岩中的地幔组分。     

Stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the upper Shemshak Formation (Toarcian–Aalenian) at Tazareh, eastern Alborz, Iran

With a thickness of 3900 m, the Tazareh section is one of the thickest developments of the Shemshak Formation in the Alborz range. It overlies with sharp and disconformable contact the limestones and dolomites of the Lower–Middle Triassic Elikah Formation and is topped, again with a disconformable contact, by the marls and limestones of the Middle Jurassic Dalichai Formation. The nearly exclusively siliciclastic succession represents a range of environments, from fluvial channels, flood plains, swamps and lake systems to storm-dominated shelf, and a comparatively deep marine and partly dysoxic basin. The segment of the section between 2300 and 3500 m is exclusively marine and contains a moderately diverse ammonite fauna, ranging from the Middle Toarcian to the Upper Aalenian. The ammonite fauna comprises 21 taxa, among them the new genus Shahrudites with two new species, Shahrudites asseretoi and S. stoecklini from the Middle Aalenian Bradfordensis Zone. The other ammonites from the Shemshak Formation at Tazareh (as elsewhere in North and Central Iran) are exclusively Tethyan in character and closely related to faunas from western and central Europe. An ammonite-based correlation of Toarcian–Aalenian successions of the eastern Alborz with time-equivalent strata of the Lut Block, part of the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent (ca. 500 km to the south), suggests a strong influence of synsedimentary tectonics during the deposition of the upper Shemshak Formation.     

New Permian Aliyak and Kariz Now formations,Alborz Basin,NE Iran: correlation with the Zagros Mountains and Oman

Two new Permian‐aged formations ‘Kariz Now Formation’ and ‘Aliyak Formation’ are proposed for a 65–150 m‐thick succession in the Kariz Now area, with the type section for both (79.5 m thick) located 9 km northeast of Aliyak village ca. 100 km southeast of Mashhad city, northeastern Iran. The lower Kariz Now Formation is composed of siliciclastics. The age of this Formation is poorly constrained but its correlation with the Shah Zeid Formation in the Central Alborz suggests a possible Asselian‐Hermagorian age for the Kariz Now Formation, which implies a hiatus of Yakhtashian–mid Midian (Artinskian–mid Capitanian) age between the siliciclastics of the Kariz Now Formation and carbonates of the disconformably overlying Aliyak Formation. There is also the possibility of a potential correlation of this Formation with the Kungurian Faraghan Formation in the Zagros area. The succeeding Aliyak Formation is mostly composed of carbonate rocks capped by a thin basaltic lava flow. The Aliyak Formation is unconformably overlain by dolostones that are correlated with the Middle Triassic Shotori Formation. Samples were collected from the Kariz Now and Aliyak formations, but fossils were only recovered from the Aliyak Formation. These include calcareous algae, small foraminiferans, fusulinids, crinoid stems and brachiopods. The recovered fusulinid assemblage from the Aliyak Formation is consistent with that of the upper Capitanian Monodiexodina kattaensis–Codonofusiella erki and Afghanella schencki–Sumatrina brevis zones of the Zagros Mountains and with the upper part of the Ruteh Fm in the Alborz Mountains. Although not radiometrically dated, the basaltic lava flow most probably corresponds to similar basaltic lava flows occurring in the uppermost part of the Ruteh Formation in Central Alborz. Thus, the Permian in the studied region developed in a basin that extended westward as far as the Central Alborz. A late Capitanian age for the Aliyak Formation implies it correlates with the Capitanian KS5 in Al Jabal Al‐Akhdar in Oman, with Aliyak Unit 5 potentially representing the Permian maximum flooding surface MFS P25. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

伊朗扎格罗斯碰撞造山带马拉耶尔-伊斯法罕碳酸盐岩容矿铅锌成矿带——矿床基本特征与成因类型

伊朗马拉耶尔-伊斯法罕碳酸盐岩容矿铅锌成矿带,地处扎格罗斯碰撞造山带内陆的萨南达杰-锡尔詹中生代岩浆变质带构造转换区,带内发育丰富的碳酸盐岩容矿铅锌矿床,是伊朗境内重要的铅锌产出基地。综合分析表明,该带内的铅锌矿床形成于新生代古近纪早期,发育在阿拉伯板块-欧亚大陆板块碰撞造山阶段,其形成和区域上逆冲-走滑断层、走滑拉分盆地等压扭性构造密切相关。成矿带各矿区矿体多发育在区域逆冲断层上下盘,赋存于下白垩统碳酸盐岩内,受与逆断层相关的次级断层、岩性分界面等要素控制,总体以层控形式产出。矿种组合以Zn-Pb为主,少量矿区出现Cu。硫化物主体为闪锌矿、方铅矿、黄铁矿,出现少量黄铜矿和黝铜矿,非硫化物以石英、白云石、方解石、重晶石为主。矿化以脉体充填或热液矿物交代充填为主要形式,脉状、浸染状、块状为主要矿石构造,强硅化和白云石化为主要蚀变特征。热液矿物仅发育两相盐水包裹体,成矿流体温度介于90~257℃,盐度介于0%~24%NaCl eq.,总体反映了中低温高盐度盆地卤水来源和另一种具中低温中低盐度特征的流体来源。不同矿区硫同位素组合差异较大,其中IranKuh矿区硫化物硫同位素为负值,介于-10‰~-3‰,重晶石硫同位素为正值,介于14‰~19‰,Emarat矿区硫化物硫同位素为正值,介于2‰~15‰,总体反映了生物还原或有机质热还原赋矿碳酸盐岩地层封存水中溶解的早白垩世海相硫酸盐为主要还原硫来源。方铅矿铅同位素组成在带内各矿区差别不大(206Pb/204Pb介于18.389~18.471,207Pb/204Pb介于15.628~15.659,208Pb/204Pb介于38.470~38.650),推测成矿金属物质来自区域整套的上地壳地层。该矿带碳酸盐岩容矿铅锌矿床为一套与岩浆作用无关的后生铅锌矿床,以世界上的矿床类型划分可在大范畴上归入MVT铅锌矿床,但是,这些矿床形成于大陆碰撞造山带内部,受控于区域压扭性构造,矿物组合中富石英的存在,这些特点并不能被已建立的MVT铅锌成矿模式所涵盖,彰显出了其独特的成矿特征,故暂视为一套类MVT铅锌矿床。这些矿床的成矿过程和其东邻的"三江"成矿带铅锌成矿发育相似,可初步归纳为:斜向碰撞、压扭性构造发育、盆地卤水下渗—流体汇聚,圈闭、有机质、细菌准备—硫酸盐被还原、还原硫形成,应力松弛—流体排泄,流体混合—金属沉淀,区域富岩浆岩地层准备、成矿流体温度快速下降—富硅矿物组合形成。     

Pb isotope signatures of sediments from Guanabara Bay, SE Brazil: Evidence for multiple anthropogenic sources

Sediments from Guanabara Bay and two rivers were analyzed for Pb isotope composition. The results define linear groups interpreted as different sources of Pb. The samples from Iriri and Surui rivers present different Pb compositions probably resulting from two active pollutants which are transported in the waters to the Guanabara Bay, where they are mixed. The ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁷Pb values of 1.151 and 1.091 presented here are in the range of Brazilian galena ore signature.