苏鲁超高压变质带桃行榴辉岩及高压脉体中流体包裹体研究

桃行榴辉岩是苏鲁超高压变质带中段主要榴辉岩体密集分布区之一。流体包裹体研究表明,榴辉岩矿物及高压脉体石英中捕获有五种类型的流体包裹体：在超高压-高压榴辉岩相条件下捕获的N2±CH4包裹体;在榴辉岩发生麻粒岩相叠加变质作用期间被捕获的B型纯CO2液相包裹体;在高压榴辉岩重结晶阶段被捕获的C型CO2-H2O包裹体和D型高盐度水溶液包裹体;超高压岩石折返过程中的最晚阶段（角闪岩相退变质甚至更晚）捕获的E型低盐度水溶液包裹体。利用榴辉岩矿物及高压脉体石英中捕获的流体包裹体类型及期次可以重建超高压变质作用板片折返过程中的流体性状与演化,而石榴石中捕获的纯CO2包裹体为本区榴辉岩相岩石遭受了麻粒岩相叠加提供了佐证。     

鲁东南岚山头超高压变质岩流体包裹体特征与板片折返史

鲁东南岚山头含柯石英榴辉岩主要产于花岗质片麻岩内,是苏鲁超高压变质带主要榴辉岩体密集分布区之一。流体包裹体研究表明,榴辉岩矿物及细脉石英中捕获有四种类型包裹体:在超高压-高压榴辉岩相条件下捕获的 N_2±CO_2包裹体;在高压榴辉宕重结晶阶段被捕获的 CO_2-H_2O 包裹体和含子矿物高盐度 H_2O 溶液包裹体:在超高压岩石折返过程中的最晚(角闪岩相退变质甚至更晚)阶段捕获的低盐度 H_2O 溶液包裹体。利用榴辉岩矿物及脉体石英中捕获的流体包裹体相互期次关系,可以对本区超高压变质作用板片折返过程中的流体演化史进行重建。     

苏北青龙山超高压变质榴辉岩流体包裹体特征与流体演化

根据青龙山超高压变质榴辉岩中流体包裹体的化学成分、矿物中的分布特征将岩石中的流体包裹体分为五类,即富N2包裹体、高盐度(22.4-略大于23.2wt%NaCl)的NaCl CaCl2 H2O体系流体包裹体、中高盐度(12.6-16.0wt%NaCl)的含Mg2 或Fe2 的NaCl H2O体系流体包裹体、中等盐度(6.4-10.5wt%NaCl)水溶液包裹体和低盐度(3.3-0.2wt%NaCl)的水溶液包裹体。富N2包裹体形成于超高压变质峰期阶段,高盐度的流体包裹体形成于超高压变质岩折返早期固体出溶体出溶阶段,中高盐度的流体包裹体形成于高压变质重结晶作用阶段,中等盐度的流体包裹体形成于角闪岩相变质重结晶作用阶段,低盐度的流体包裹体形成于折返晚期的绿片岩退变质作用阶段。超高压变质峰期阶段和折返早期的高盐度流体和中高盐度的流体主要来自继承原岩中的流体(如含NH4 矿物分解或片麻岩原岩中的有机质分解,名义上无水矿物中羧基水的出溶),晚期角闪岩相退变质阶段的中等盐度的流体除名义上无水矿物中羟基水的出溶外还有外来流体的加入,绿片岩相退变质作用阶段的流体主要为外来流体。     

大别山双河和碧溪岭超高压变质岩流体包裹体研究

对大别山双河和碧溪岭含柯石英榴岩和硬玉石英岩进行了详细的流体包裹体研究。根据流体包裹体的成分和盐度的不同,可以划分出至少五种类型不同的气液包裹体;（１）Ｎ２包裹体;（３）高盐度流体包裹体;（３）ＣＯ２包裹体;（４）ＣＯ２－Ｈ２Ｏ包裹体;（５）低盐度流体包裹体。本仅见于含柯石英榴辉岩,而高盐度流体包裹体则几乎存在于所有的榴辉岩和硬玉石英岩中。ＣＯ２包裹体沿榴辉岩中微剪切带分布,或存在于强变形的硬玉石     

中国大陆科学钻探预先导孔(CCSD-PP2)退变榴辉岩中碳硅石的发现及其地质意义

镜下鉴定和拉幔光谱测试结果表明中国大陆科学钻探工程预先导孔(CCSD-PP2)退变榴辉岩中石榴石内存在除绿辉石、磷灰石、锆石、金红石、磷灰石、石英、菱镁矿和磁铁矿等矿物包裹体外,还存在一种具有重要温压指示意义的碳硅石矿物包裹体.碳硅石包裹体拉幔光谱峰值稳定,主峰变化于786～789cm-1之间,次峰为966～977cm-1,两组弱峰峰值分别为769～781cm-1和915～918cm-1.寄主矿物-石榴石成分的反环带特征及矿物包裹体组合表明CCSD-PP2中退变榴辉岩是在高温高压条件下形成的榴辉岩,经降温降压退变质作用形成的,碳硅石等超高压矿物是在榴辉岩峰期变质作用期间形成的.根据碳硅石形成于极度还原环境、压力大于6.0GPa,温度在1000℃以上的特点并结合前人的矿物温压计算结果分析认为苏鲁超高压变质带中的部分榴辉岩是扬子板块俯冲至200km以下的上地幔下部,经超高压变质作用、形成碳硅石等矿物后快速折返的产物.     

高压超高压变质作用中的流体

文章强调了高压和超高压变质岩中流体包裹体的研究意义，重点论述了几个问题：（１）高压和超高压变质岩中流体包裹体的成分以含Ｎ２量高为特点，在大别山含柯石英榴辉岩中找到的高压榴辉岩阶段捕获的原生包裹体，其中气相组分含ＣＯ（摩尔分数）为１４％，表明流体来源于深部。原生流体包裹体的保存，要求在ｐ－Ｔ区间内的抬升轨迹与等容线近于平行。（２）在大别山高压和超高压榴辉岩中首次确认熔融包裹体的存在，由硅酸盐玻相和以ＣＯ２为主要成分的气相组成，并发现熔融包裹体中的玻相成分与主矿物相近。（３）高压和超高压变质期间的局部流体迁移可由榴辉岩中流体包裹体和矿物同位素成分（Ｈ－Ｃ－Ｏ）来显示。（４）高压和超高压变质中流体－熔体－岩石（矿物）相互作用是一个非常复杂的过程，并证实在榴辉岩相ｐ－Ｔ条件下岩石的部分熔融。（５）变质流体的成分与变质级之间存在着相关关系。     

超高压榴辉岩-脉体体系成因和俯冲带变质流体演化

超高压岩石-脉体体系是认识俯冲带流体性质和行为的天然实验室.通过总结大别超高压变质带3个榴辉岩（角闪岩）-脉体体系的研究成果,探讨了大陆俯冲带变质流体的溶解-结晶过程和氧逸度变化规律以及流体对轻元素硼的迁移过程.对榴辉岩-复合高压脉体的研究发现超高压流体通过溶解矿物富集溶质组分,流体随后经历3期结晶过程,分别形成绿辉石-绿帘石脉、绿帘石-石英脉和蓝晶石-绿帘石-石英脉.绿帘石La、Cr和δEu值是判断结晶次序的关键指标.对榴辉岩-角闪岩-低压脉体研究表明大陆俯冲带低压变质流体的氧逸度明显高于高压-超高压变质流体.高氧逸度条件也导致一些反常矿物（如退变金红石）的生长.对含电气石榴辉岩-脉体研究揭示变质碳酸盐岩是大陆俯冲板片中重硼同位素的重要储库,其在汇聚板块边界的脱硼作用显著影响深部硼循环.上述研究成果为理解俯冲带变质流体演化和物质循环提供重要科学依据.      

江苏东海榴辉岩相变质脉体的流体包裹体研究

苏鲁超高压变质带南部的东海地区产出大量榴辉岩体,其中存在含蓝晶石-黝帘石／褐帘石-绿辉石-金红石（＋磷灰石＋锆石）石英脉,它们含有与榴辉岩主岩相近似的矿物组合,故应该是在与榴辉岩相近的超高压P—T奈件下形成的。这些脉体的褐帘石／黝帘石和金红石具有很高的稀土元素（REE）和高场强元素（HFSE）含量及变化的Sr、Ba、V和Cr含量。脉体的蓝晶石,特别是褐帘石和黝帘石含有丰富的固体与流体包裹体,包括：（1）多相固体包裹体（muhiphase solid inclusions,Ⅰ型）;（2）多子晶流体包裹体（muhidaughter mineral—bearing fluid inclusions,Ⅱ型）;（3）H2O-CO2包裹体（Ⅲ型）;（4）高盐度盐水包裹体（Ⅳ型）;和（5）中-低盐度H2O包裹体（Ⅴ型）。Ⅰ型和Ⅲ型包裹体主要存在于蓝晶石中,偶尔见于黝帘石中,呈孤立分布或沿晶内裂隙分布;Ⅱ型包裹体多沿褐帘石和黝帘石晶核密集或随机分布,或沿晶内裂隙分布;Ⅳ型和Ⅴ型包裹体多见于石英中,也见于褐帘石和黝帘石中,一般沿裂隙分布。能谱和激光拉曼探针分析表明Ⅰ型包裹体中的固相有钠云母、刚玉、方解石、菱铁矿、硬石膏、重晶石、磁铁矿和黄铁矿,以及未知相;Ⅱ型包裹体中的固相有白（钠）云母、硬石膏、方解石、磷灰石、天青石、磁铁矿和黄铁矿,以及未知含水硅酸盐等;Ⅲ型包裹体主要含H2O和CO2;Ⅳ型包裹体除含H2O液相外,常见固相有石盐、方解石和不透明矿物,而气相有时可合明显数量的CO2和N2。显微测温显示,多数Ⅱ型包裹体的冰点（Tmi）在-5℃～0℃,相应的盐度为0～7．86％NaCl equiv．。鉴于Ⅱ型包裹体含有多种子矿物,根据包裹体中固体总含量并结合溶解度资料估计,Ⅱa和Ⅱb型包裹体中溶质浓度可分别达到40％～70％和25％-40％,原始流体可能属于Na^＋-Ca^2＋（Sr^2＋）-Mg^2＋-Fe^2＋-CO3^2--CO4^2-SiO3^2-±PO4^3--Cl^--H2O体系。Ⅳ型包裹体中CO2固相熔化温度为-58．1～-58．0℃,激光拉曼探针分析证实CO2相中还存在N2;CO2（-N2）相的均一温度（ThCO2）为9．8～18％,相应的CO2（-N2）相流体密度为0．739—0．784g／cm^3。加热时石盐熔化温度（Ta）为201～428℃,液-气均一温度（Th）从184到≥450℃,相应的含水相盐度为31.12％-≥53％NaCl。黝帘石和石英中V型包裹体Tc接近-21℃,Tmi分别为-4．5～-19．0℃和-3．2～-18．4℃,相应的盐度分别为7．17％～≥20．68％NaCl和5．26％～21．26％NaCl equiv．不等。高压脉体中存在丰富的流体包裹体证明这些脉体是在有自由流体相的条件下形成的。包裹体的产状和结构关系表明,原生Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型包裹体是在蓝晶石、褐帘石和黝帘石生长期间捕获的,流体可能来自于大陆板块深俯冲期间含水矿物的脱水反应。在超高压条件下,这种流体属于含水硅酸盐熔体一含水流体体系,含有大量溶质和微量元素。流体组成与岩石（矿物）类型有关,反映矿物结晶时与周围流体介质构成了局部的缓冲体系,并从周围流体介质中获取了所需要的组分,即产生榴辉岩相脉体的流体是就地来源的。由于超高压峰期变质后,苏鲁地体经历了快速折返和抬升,超高压条件下捕获的流体包裹体都经受了部分爆裂一再平衡,流体包裹体的密度大大降低;同时,流体包裹体有可能与主矿物腔壁相互作用,引起流体成分改变。     

云南哈播斑岩铜(-钼-金)矿床流体包裹体研究

哈播斑岩Cu-(Mo-Au)矿床产于哀牢山富碱斑岩带的南段,形成于青藏高原后碰撞阶段构造转换环境,属于陆-陆碰撞型斑岩矿床.根据脉体的交切关系,确定哈播矿床各种脉的演化序列为早期石英脉→石英-黄铜矿脉→石英辉钼矿脉.脉中流体包裹体的岩相学、显微测温和激光拉曼光谱分析等研究结果显示,各期脉中均有富气相包裹体、富液相包裹体和含子矿物多相包裹体,各种包裹体的气相均含有CO2、SO2、H2O等气体.各期脉中多种包裹体并存并具有相似的均一温度范围,富液相包裹体均一温度149～427℃,盐度ω(NaCleq)6.0％～15.0％;富气相包裹体均一温度205～405℃,盐度ω(NaCleq) 3.4％～19.0％;含子矿物多相包裹体均一温度305～516℃,盐度w(NaCleq) 33.5％～61.0％.哈播矿床的初始成矿流体由稳定共存、不混溶的低盐度流体和高盐度流体组成,高盐度流体是哈播矿床成矿元素迁移的主要载体.成矿流体在400℃左右发生“二次沸腾”、分相,温度下降和挥发分持续逃逸可能是Cu-Au成矿的诱因.Mo元素在成矿流体多次沸腾、分相过程中,持续优先分配进入高盐度流体中而逐步富集;温度下降,使含钼硫化物在流体中溶解度降低、沉淀,形成石英-辉钼矿±黄铜矿脉.     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔榴辉岩中重晶石的发现及其意义

在中国大陆科学钻探主孔榴辉岩中发现了重晶石。重晶石以包裹体形式保存在石榴子石中,多为浑圆状,表面积平均约250μm2。通过电子探针测试,重晶石中SrO含量大多超过20%,为锶重晶石,其化学分子式为(Ba0.4836~0.6180Sr0.3787~0.4722Ca0.0064~0.0889)S0.9688~0.9963O4。同时还发现榴辉岩中的石榴子石有柯石英假象,温压条件计算表明该榴辉岩的峰期温压条件为696~730℃,2.9~3.2GPa。电子探针成分测定包裹这些重晶石的石榴子石为峰期变质矿物,这进一步说明重晶石也经历过超高压变质。重晶石通常形成于强氧化和高盐度流体作用的条件下,本文的研究表明超高压变质过程中至少出现了一定范围内的强氧化环境和高盐度流体作用,但其地球动力学意义有待进一步研究。     

Microthermometrical and chemical studies of fluid inclusions in minerals from Alpine veins from the penninic rocks of the central and western Tauern Window (Austria/Italy)

The fluid inclusions in samples of quartz, apatite, epidote, diopside, beryl and phenakite from Alpine veins in gneisses, amphibolites and mica schists from the western Tauern Window were analysed by microthermometrical, chemical and neutron activation methods. The inclusions of the eclogites contain a high density CO₂ phase without optically detectable H₂. In the Greiner Schieferserie the fluid inclusions show high CO₂/H₂O ratios and low salt contents. In the Zentralgneis area inclusions with low CO₂/H₂O ratios and high salt contents are typical. In the calcareous mica schists of the lower Schieferhülle, in the eastern part of the investigated area, generally no CO₂ could be detected in the inclusions. These inclusions contain aqueous solutions showing a low salt content. The only CO₂ bearing inclusions observed here were in the graphite-rich rocks of the so-called Habachzungen and in the eclogites from south of the Großvenediger. Trapping pressures estimated from the fluid inclusions are up to 7.5 kbar in the eclogites, but in general the pressures are between 2 and 4 kbar. These pressure data are in good agreement with the pressure data of mineral equilibria. The chemically analysed elements in the fluid inclusions are Na, K, Cs, Mg, Ca, Mn, As, Cl and Br. From the K/Na ratios temperatures between 435 and 490°C can be deduced. The very low Cl/Br ratios (<110) suggest that the dissolved elements came from the country rocks. The alkali/chlorine ratios (～1) indicate that the positive loadings of the cations are balanced by Cl.     

Remnants of premetamorphic fluid and oxygen isotopic signatures in eclogites and garnet clinopyroxenite from the Dabie-Sulu terranes, eastern China

A combined oxygen‐isotope and fluid‐inclusion study has been carried out on high‐ and ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic (HP/UHPM) eclogites and garnet clinopyroxenite from the Dabie‐Sulu terranes in eastern China. Coesite‐bearing eclogites/garnet clinopyroxenite and quartz eclogites have a wide range in whole‐rock δ¹⁸O_VSMOW, from 0 to 11‰. The high‐T oxygen‐isotope fractionations preserved between quartz and garnet preclude significant retrograde isotope exchange during exhumation, and the wide range in whole‐rock oxygen‐isotope composition is thought to be a presubduction signature of the precursors. Aqueous fluids with variable salinities and gas species (N₂‐, CO₂‐, or CH₄‐rich), are trapped as primary inclusions in garnet, omphacite and epidote, and in quartz blebs enclosed within eclogitic minerals. In high‐δ¹⁸O HP/UHPM rocks from Hujialin and Shima, high‐salinity brine and/or N₂ inclusions occur in garnet porphyroblasts, which also contain inclusions of coesite, Cl‐rich blue amphibole and dolomite. In contrast, in low‐δ¹⁸O eclogites from Qinglongshan and Huangzhen, the Cl concentrations in amphibole are very low, < 0.2 wt.%, and low‐salinity aqueous inclusions occur in quartz inclusions in epidote porphyroblasts and in epidote cores. These low‐salinity fluid inclusions are believed to be remnants of meteoric water, although the fluid composition was modified during pre‐ and syn‐peak HP/UHPM. Eclogites at Houshuichegou and Hetang contain CH₄‐rich fluid inclusions, coexisting with high‐salinity brine inclusions. Methane was probably formed under the influence of CO₂‐rich aqueous fluids during serpentinisation of mantle‐derived peridotites prior to or during plate subduction. Remnants of premetamorphic low‐ to high‐salinity aqueous fluid with minor N₂ and/or other gas species preserved in the Dabie‐Sulu HP/UHPM eclogites and garnet clinopyroxenite indicate a great diversity of initial fluid composition in the precursors, implying very limited fluid–rock interaction during syn‐ and post‐peak HP/UHPM.     

Apatite and scapolite as petrogenetic indicators in granolites of Milford Sound,New Zealand

A network of 5 cm wide subplanar zones of garnet-granolite with accessory apatite as the dominant hydrous mineral, is overprinted on basic hornblende-granolites in an area of present and past tectonic uplift. Fracturing and the garnet forming reactions appear to be caused by destabilisation of hornblende, as a hydrous phase, through a critical drop in the PT ratio. Whereas the apatites from the hornblende-granolite have normal compositions, apatites from the garnet-granolite zones are among the most chlorine enriched hydroxyfluorapatites known. A later amphibolite facies event has depleted hydrous minerals of fluorine and chlorine, affecting hornblende more strongly than apatite. Based on literature data on F and Cl in coexisting minerals, original hornblende compositions are tentatively restored. It is then possible to derive all the chlorine of the garnet zone apatites from the original rock, with differential loss of H₂O and HF over chlorine during the dehydration reaction. Diffusion coefficients would have been larger for H₂O and HF than for the large chloride ion, and if the gas phase was in contact with even minor anatectic melts, activity gradients would also have been relatively small for chlorine. Low-Cl scapolite is present in quartz-free pegmatoid veins. Field evidence for a genetic tie between the garnet zones and these veins is inconclusive, but liberation of H₂O and HF under granolite facies conditions is likely to have caused limited fusion of the plagioclase. Since many garnet zones do not contain even small pegmatoid veins, melts related to their formation could have collected in veins only after initial diffusion or infiltration over a distance, and without leaving segregated mafic residues.     

Structurally incorporated and water extractable chlorine in the Boettstein granite (N. Switzerland)

Samples from fresh to strongly hydrothermally altered granite have been analysed for water-, HNO₃-extractable and total chlorine. From the total of 115 ppm Cl, 60 ppm are contained in fluid inclusions, 1–2 ppm in apatite and 50 ppm in biotite. It is obvious that the high salinity (1,330 mg/l) of the deep ground water in this granite can be obtained by extraction from a fraction of chlorine originating from broken inclusions in tectonic breccias in fault zones.     

Fluid evolution in the Pote Shear Zone Harare-Shamva-Bindura greenstone belt (northeast Zimbabwe)

A fluid inclusion study was completed on syn-deformational quartz veins of the Pote River Shear Zone, which is situated on the border between the Harare-Bindura greenstone belt and the granitoids of the Chinamora Batholith. The fluid inclusions were studied by means of microthermometry and Laser-Raman microspectrometry. The fluid inclusions consist of three major compositional types: (1) H₂OCO₂±N₂±halite inclusions in clusters and trails; (2) H₂OCO₂ inclusions (H₂O = 30–60 vol. %) in trails; and (3) H₂O-halite inclusions in trails. These fluid generations are explained by trapping at different P-T conditions of two different fluids: a high salinity aqueous fluid and a low salinity H₂OCO₂ fluid with XH₂O around 0.8. High salinity aqueous fluid inclusions are characteristic for the granite-greenstone contact and are absent within the Harare-Shamva-Bindura greenstone belt. The high salinity aqueous fluid has, therefore, been interpreted as magmatic in origin. The low salinity H₂OCO₂ fluid is most likely metamorphic in origin.     

Investigations of the Stillwater Complex: Part V. Apatites as indicators of evolving fluid composition

Variations in the F, Cl and OH contents of apatite are not constrained by crystal-chemical factors (in contrast to micas and amphiboles), and thus changes in the abundance of these components provide an indicator of halogen fugacity variations and insights into the degassing history of igneous rocks. Microprobe analysis of intercumulus apatites from the Stillwater Complex reveal that Cl-rich apatites, typically containing <0.4 wt % F and >6.0 wt % Cl, occur throughout the lower 1/3 of the complex excluding the Basal series. A change from Cl-rich to more F-rich apatite occurs within olivine-bearing zone I (OB I) of the Banded series, the host zone of the platiniferous J-M Reef. Although apatite compositions are somewhat variable above the J-M Reef, more F-rich apatites predominante and typically contain >1.2 wt % F and <3.0 wt % Cl. The most F-rich apatites occur in the uppermost exposed cumulates. Pristine apatites from coeval sills and dikes from below the complex and from the Basal series are similarly F-rich. In all apatites, the Cl and F contents are lower in rocks affected by later metamorphic fluids. Rare earth element (REE) concentrations in chlorapatites show a marked peak in the olivine-rich rocks of the J-M Reef, and contain up to 2 wt % Ce₂O₃ + La₂O₃. The trend of first increasing, then decreasing Cl/F ratios with stratigraphic height is modeled by a vapor-driven zone refining process occurring within the cumulate pile causing Cl-enrichment in the interstitial melt accompanied by degassing at the top of the magma chamber causing overall loss of Cl from the magma as crystallization proceeded. The abrupt change from Cl-rich to more F-rich apatites within OB I is interpreted as the result of a breakdown of the Cl-rich zone refining front and mixing with Cl-poor supernatant melt. Any high temperature fluids that exsolved and circulated through the lower 1/3 of the complex must have been enriched in Cl and could have transported REE and trace metals.     

Halogen contents of eclogite facies fluid inclusions and minerals: Caledonides,western Norway

Primary multiphase brine fluid inclusions in omphacite and garnet from low‐ to medium‐temperature eclogites have been analysed for Cl, Br, I, F, Li and SO₄. Halogen contents and ratios provide information about trapped lower crustal fluids, even though the major element (Na, K, Ca) contents of inclusion fluids have been modified by fluid–mineral interactions and (step‐) daughter‐crystal formation after trapping. Halogens in the inclusion fluids were analysed with crush–leach techniques. Cl/Br and Cl/I mass ratios of eclogite fluids are in the range 31–395 and 5000–33 000, respectively. Most fluids have a Cl/Br ratio lower than modern seawater and a Cl/I ratio one order of magnitude lower than modern seawater. Fluids with the lowest Cl/Br and highest Cl/I ratios come from an eclogite that formed by hydration of granulite facies rocks, and may indicate that Br and I are fractionated into hydrous minerals. Reconstructions indicate that the inclusion fluids originally contained 500–4000 ppm Br, 1–14 ppm I and 33–438 ppm Li. Electron microprobe analyses of eclogite facies amphibole, biotite, phengite and apatite indicate that F and Cl fractionate most strongly between phengite (F/Cl mass ratio of 1469 ± 1048) and fluid (F/Cl mass ratio of 0.008), and the least between amphibole and fluid. The chemical evolution of Cl and Br in pore fluids during hydration reactions is in many ways analogous to Cl and Br in seawater during evaporation: the Cl/Br ratio remains constant until the a_H2O value is sufficiently lowered for Cl to be removed from solution by incorporation into hydrous minerals.     

Lu-Hf and PbSL geochronology of apatites from Proterozoic terranes: A first look at Lu-Hf isotopic closure in metamorphic apatite

The mineral apatite is characterized by elevated and highly variable Lu/Hf ratios that, in some cases, allow for single-crystal dating by the Lu-Hf isotopic system. Apatites from the Adirondack Lowlands and Otter Lake area in the Grenville Province, and from the Black Hills, South Dakota, yield Lu-Hf ages that are consistently older than their respective Pb step leaching ages. Isotopic closure for the Lu-Hf system, therefore, occurs before U-Pb system closure in this mineral. In the Adirondack Lowlands, where H₂O activity was low, Lu-Hf systematics of cm-sized apatite crystals remained undisturbed during upper amphibolite facies metamorphism (∼700 to 675 °C) at 1170-1130 Ma. The relatively old Lu-Hf ages of 1270 and 1230 Ma observed for these apatites correlate with decreasing crystal size. In contrast, apatite from the fluid-rich Otter Lake area and Black Hills yields unrealistically low apparent Lu-Hf closure temperatures, implying that in these apatites, fluids facilitated late exchange. The Lu-Hf ages for the metamorphic apatites were thus controlled either by the prevailing temperature and grain size, or by fluid activity.     

P-T evolution and fluid inclusion characteristics of retrograded eclogites,Münchberg Gneiss Complex,Germany

Kyanite eclogites occur as part of the Münchberger nappe pile in NE-Bavaria, West Germany. Eclogites are overprinted by subsequent amphibolite facies metamorphism. The preservation of primary eclogitic textures as well as symplectitic textures are indicative of rapid decompression. Eclogite formation is estimated to have occurred under conditions of high H₂O-activities at pressures between 20 and 26 kbar and temperatures ranging between 590 and 660° C, as is shown by the coexistence of omphacite (Jd 50), kyanite, zoisite and quartz. Minimum pressure estimates, independent of the water activity, range between 9 and 16 kbar at the relevant temperatures. Detailed studies of fluid inclusion reveal two predominant groups of aqueous-brine inclusions: high salinity (14–17 wt% NaCl equiv.) and low salinity (0–8 wt% NaCl equiv.) inclusions. Fluid compositions of both groups of inclusions yield isochores passing close to the estimated amphibolite facies PT-field. The compositions of these fluids are in good agreement with fluid compositions considered from mineral equilibria. None of the fluid inclusions has densities appropriate for eclogite facies metamorphism, but probably reflect later amphibolite facies metamorphism.     

Compositions of biotite,amphibole, apatite and silicate melt inclusions from the Tongchang mine,Dexing porphyry deposit,SE China: Implications for the behavior of halogens in mineralized porphyry systems

The Dexing deposit, located in the Circum-Pacific ore belt, is the largest porphyry copper deposit in eastern China. It is composed of 3 separate plutons, which host three mines: Tongchang, Fujiawu and Zhushahong mines. The porphyritic granodiorite samples studied in this investigation were collected from the Tongchang ore-forming pluton of this giant deposit. This paper presents electron microprobe analyses of biotite, apatite, amphibole, plagioclase, potassium feldspar and rehomogenized glassy melt inclusions from the Tongchang porphyritic granodiorites. Petrographic observations of the samples are consistent with portions of the granodioritic magma represented by our samples being overprinted by potassic hydrothermal fluid which variably altered these minerals.All of the studied micas are Mg-rich biotites. The biotites are separated into altered magmatic and secondary types based on their petrographic and geochemical characteristics. The phlogopite components of the secondary biotites are typically higher than those of the altered magmatic biotites, and the X_Mg values of all biotites correlate negatively with Cl contents, consistent with the Mg–Cl avoidance principle. The X_Mg values also correlate negatively with (K₂O + Na₂O + BaO), FeO and TiO₂ for both generations of biotites. The calculated log (fH₂O/fHCl) values (for 690 K) of the coexisting potassic fluids, which are determined from the altered magmatic biotite compositions, range from 4.43 to 4.67, and are very similar to those of other major porphyry deposits. However, the log(fH₂O/fHF) and log(fHF/fHCl) values for the same batch of hydrothermal fluids are significant higher and lower than those of these other porphyry deposits, respectively.The Cl concentrations of amphiboles and melt inclusions range from 0.18 to 0.32 wt.% and 0.15 to 0.44 wt.%, respectively. Most apatites trapped in biotite and plagioclase phenocrysts display a bimodal Cl distribution: 0.19 to 1.35 wt.% and 1.48 to 3.73 wt.%. Similarly, the S contents of the apatite also show a distinct bimodal distribution reflecting the effects of variable anhydrite saturation during evolution of the Tongchang melt and variable dissolution of anhydrite by saline aqueous fluids. The Cl contents of the apatites from the Tongchang system are typically higher than those of other studied porphyry deposits. Furthermore, the Cl contents of the melt inclusions are at or very near the Cl saturation levels (0.36 to 0.46 wt.% at 850 °C and 50 MPa and 0.42 to 0.54 wt.% at 850 °C and 200 MPa) for these melt compositions at shallow crustal pressures. These findings suggest that the area of the granodioritic magma represented by our samples, and perhaps the bulk of the Tongchang granodioritic magma was rich in Cl. The melt inclusion compositions are consistent with a high-salinity, hydrosaline liquid being exsolved directly from the granodioritic melt directly. This high-salinity hydrosaline liquid was likely very efficient at dissolving, transporting and precipitating ore metals in the mineralizing magmatic–hydrothermal system.