Geochemical dispersion about the Western Tharsis Cu–Au deposit, Mt Lyell, Tasmania

The Western Tharsis disseminated Cu–Au orebody, which occurs within the Cambrian Mt Read Volcanics of Western Tasmania, is surrounded by a pyritic halo that extends 100–200 m stratigraphically above and below the ore zone. Although this halo extends laterally along the same stratigraphic position to the south, it probably closes off to the north based on limited surface and drill hole data. The ore zone is characterized by extreme enrichment (the enrichments and depletions referred to herein are relative to background; these have not been established using mass balance techniques) in As, Bi, Ce, Cu, Mo, Ni, S and Se; with the exception of Mo, these elements are also enriched, but at a much lower level, in the pyrite halo.Pronounced depletion in K, Cs and Mg occurs in 20–30 m wide stratiform zones that flank the orebody on both sides within the pyritic halo. These anomalies and depletions in Be, Ga, Rb, Y, MREE and HREE are associated with a pyrophyllite-bearing alteration zone that wraps around the main pyrite–chalcopyrite-bearing ore zone. This zone is also characterized by positive Eu anomalies which persist up to 150 m both into the hanging wall and footwall of the orebody. The depletion of these elements is consistent with the advanced argillic alteration assemblage developed about acid-sulfate Cu–Au deposits.The pyrite halo is surrounded by a peripheral carbonate halo which is highly enriched in C, CaO and MnO, and weakly enriched in Zn and Tl. Zinc and Tl are most enriched in the upper 100–150 m of the stratigraphically lower halo. In the stratigraphically upper halo, Zn and Tl values are anomalously high but erratic.Barium and Sr enrichment, although mainly restricted to the pyrite halo, extends into the stratigraphically lower carbonate halo by up to 100 m. A Na depletion anomaly extends from 150 m below the orebody and to at least the Owen contact (i.e. ≥400 m)in the hanging wall.The dispersion patterns observed at Western Tharsis are quite unlike those of Zn–Pb-rich volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposits in western Tasmania. Rather, the dispersion patterns observed at Western Tharsis are more akin to those surrounding porphyry Cu deposits and related acid-sulfate Cu–Au deposits.     

A case of successful soil geochemistry: the Rubiales Zn-Pb orebody (NW Spain)

The Rubiales Zn-Pb orebody (NW Spain) is a blind deposit developed in a vertical shear zone during the Variscan Orogenesis. It is about 1200 m long in a N-S direction, with an average thickness of 30 m, and is hosted by lower Cambrian limestones and slates, with some quartzite beds. The deposit has a large hydrothermal alteration aureole. The silicified halo contain sphalerite and galena disseminations, with grades between 0.2 and 3% Pb + Zn.The Rubiales orebody was discovered in the late 60s following a soil geochemical survey. In the regional phase of the survey, 28,622 samples were collected in 57 lines; two of the lines over the Rubiales zone yielded 1400 ppm Pb and 1550 ppm Zn. In a local phase, centred on the anomalous zone, 1716 samples were collected in 21 lines. This local survey defined the geochemical anomalies that were subsequent drill-hole targets. Based on 38 surface-holes, geological ore reserves of 18.6 million tons, with 8.6% Zn + Pb, were estimated.Residual soil geochemical anomalies of Zn and Pb were developed over the silicification zone. The Zn anomaly has a greater extent than the Pb anomaly, due to the greater Zn mobility in surficial environments. The Zn and Pb anomalies exhibit an asymmetrical morphology, with greater extent to the south, due to the down slope creep of residual anomalies. The main cross-faults present in the deposit also control the morphology of the anomalies, as a result of Zn and Pb mobilisation and transport by ground waters along the cross-faults. The Cu anomaly defines two maxima over the feeder zones to the orebody. The two feeder zones, also in the silicification zone, are extensively brecciated and contain the highest grades of the deposit (∗> 20% Zn + Pb) and disseminated chalcopyrite.     

西藏革吉县尕尔穷铜金矿区岩石地球化学勘查异常特征及找矿方向

尕尔穷矿区具有三种类型矿化:产于斑岩型中的铜钼(金)矿化、产于矽卡岩中的铜金矿化和产于构造破碎带中的铜金矿化,三种矿化类型同属斑岩成矿系统。岩石地球化学测量结果表明,矿区存在R-1、R-2和R-3等三个主要异常,三个异常区的元素分布特征大体相似,R-1由异常浓集中心向外具有Cu-Mo-Se-Te-(Bi)-Pb-Zn-As-Sb-Tl的元素分带现象,这种元素组合及分带具有高温→中低温成矿演化的特点,特征与斑岩成矿系统很相似,具有寻找斑岩型矿床的潜力;R-2异常区Te、Se、Sb、Pb、Zn等外围元素在此范围内较弱的异常和Cu、Mo的强异常表明此异常区遭受剥蚀程度较大;R-3异常区是与石英闪长岩和花岗闪长岩有关的斑岩型矿化、矽卡岩矿化和构造破碎带中的矿化,其中以矽卡岩型和构造破碎带中的矿化的找矿前景最好,深部斑岩型矿化也具有一定的找矿潜力。     

滇西云县红豆山铜矿构造地球化学特征及找矿预测

文章系统总结了南澜沧江火山弧成矿带成矿条件和红豆山矿区地质特征,以1272、1220中段为研究对象,开展了构造地球化学研究。依据构造岩样品采集分析数据,应用R型聚类分析、因子分析圈定矿化元素组合异常,发现该异常分布在矿区NE向F1断裂和NWW—近EW向F3断裂控制的蚀变岩中,由断裂→围岩依次出现高温→低温的异常分带现象,指示成矿流体的运移方向、矿体产状信息,为深部找矿预测提供了重要依据;通过构造控矿规律和构造地球化学研究,预测了NE向矿体产状及其深部延伸情况,在1272中段圈定了NWW—近EW向断裂控制的矿体,预测了矿体的产状及深部延伸情况,经工程验证在异常分布区及深部预测靶区取得较好找矿效果:圈定预测铜矿体且向深部延伸稳定,资源量约5万t,受构造控制的岩浆热液型矿体有达中型铜矿的前景。     

新疆东天山沙泉子地区地球化学特征及找矿预测

新疆东天山沙泉子地区位于雅满苏—沙泉子成矿区的东段 ,地层简单 ,但岩性复杂。受沙泉子深大断裂及沙泉子火山机构共同作用 ,地球化学异常表现为以 Cu- Zn- Ag- Mo为主的内环、以 Pb- Zn(Cu- As- Sb)为主的中环和以 Au或 Au- Ag- As- Sb异常区为主的外环 ,从中心至外围 Cu、Zn等异常强度、规模逐渐减弱 ,Au、As、Sb异常逐渐增强 ,在元素的空间分布上表现出Cu、Zn、Pb、Ag— Pb、Zn、As、Sb(Ag)— Au、As、Sb的元素分带现象。提出沙泉子北、苦水北二处找矿预测远景区 ,有较好的找矿前景     

东天山白石泉矿区地球物理多方法联合探查与隐伏铜镍矿定位预测

隐伏矿床(体)空间位置、形态和矿化强度的预测是经济地质学的前沿课题和热点问题。在新疆东天山白石泉基性-超基性岩型隐伏铜镍矿预测与找矿研究过程,尝试性引入高分辨率的浅层地震与大地电磁测深(MT)方法,并结合常规的高精度重力、磁法和激电,开展隐伏含矿岩体(铜镍矿)空间分布位置、形态和矿化强度的联合探查与定位预测。基本查明了白石泉杂岩体的深部产状与形态结构,发现了5个隐伏低阻异常区。对其中两个低阻异常区的钻探结果表明预测结果是准确的,在异常YC-II位置发现了厚28m的铜镍矿体。     

西藏谢通门县雄村铜金矿区及其外围的找矿前景地球化学评价

雄村铜金矿床的发现是近年来西藏冈底斯成矿带找矿的重大突破之一。在评价找矿前景、圈定成矿有利地段和钻探工程部署的过程中,勘查地球化学起了重要的作用。通过对雄村铜金矿区及其外围的地球化学测量结果的研究,综合实际地质情况,我们得出以下两点认识：（1）雄村矿区及其外围是一个具有以斑岩型铜金矿化为主、兼有热液型金（或铜）矿化和矽...     

皖南粒七湾钨钼矿成矿地质特征及找矿远景

通过水系沉积物地化扫面在安徽省祁门县粒七湾圈出了W、Mo、Cu、Bi、Ag等多元素组合异常,检查发现该异常区出露有花岗斑岩体,经探槽揭露取样分析发现有钨钼矿化.在2009年通过进一步工作,取得了找矿突破. 粒七湾钨钼矿为典型斑岩型钨钼矿化,矿化见于岩体内部,呈细脉浸染状产出,矿化的强弱主要受岩体内部裂隙发育程度制约,矿体呈似层状、透镜状,产状较平缓;主要矿体间断地赋存于标高-146.5~80.0m间,共圈出矿体26个,初步估算钨、钼资源量(333+334)均可达中型规模. 矿区的土壤中有以 W、Mo、Cu、Bi、Pb、Zn 元素为组合的地化异常响应,各异常元素分带现象明显,W、Mo、Cu、Bi为异常内带元素,Pb、Zn矿则为异常外带元素,W、Mo的异常侬集中心指示了矿化富集区. 矿区东北部分布有一个磁异常,反映存在隐伏小岩体,根据区域磁异常分析,该岩体可能与粒七湾岩体同源,具有良好找矿远景     

Surface geochemical and biogeochemical expression of base‐metal mineralization at Woodlawn,New South Wales,Australia

The presence of base‐metal mineralization at Woodlawn was first recognised early in 1968 when a roadside reconnaissance geochemical sampling survey, conducted over felsic volcanic rocks in the Goulburn‐Tarago area, encountered anomalous B horizon soils containing up to 200 ppm Cu, 800 ppm Pb and 300 ppm Zn. Regional soil thresholds have been determined at 50 ppm Cu, 90 ppm Pb and 50 ppm Zn. Chip samples from the subsequently located gossan revealed up to 2000 ppm Cu, 8000 ppm Pb and 2000 ppm Zn, 500 ppm Sn, 25 ppm Ag and 3000 ppm As.

The first grid B horizon soil geochemical survey was conducted in 1968 over the gossan and surrounding area, and repeated with closer spaced sampling in the first half of 1970. The first survey delineated strong Cu (to 1000 ppm) and Pb (to 2500 ppm) anomalies coincident with the gossan zone, and intense hydromorphic zinc anomalies (to 3000 ppm) located down slope from the gossan in residual clay‐soils derived from dolerite bedrock. Threshold values have been determined at 140 ppm Cu, 700 ppm Pb and 580 ppm Zn. Ag and Sn in B horizon soils show pronounced anomalies coincident with the gossan and are suitable metals for geochemical target definition. Of fourteen trace elements determined in 1974 from B and C horizon soils on two lines across the ore zone Cu, Pb, Zn, Se, Ba, Sn and Ag show direct correlation with the mineralization, whereas Cd and Mn show moderate hydromorphic dispersion, having accumulated principally in clay soils derived from dolerite weathering. As, Sb and Bi, whilst responding over the ore zone, show elevated values in soils over hanging‐wall units; Ni and Co show maximum levels in soils over dolerite bedrock.

Bark and leaves of Acacia mearnsii, collected from a line across the gossan, contain anomalous levels of Cu, Pb, Zn, Sn and Ti near the ore zone, and weaker, but clearly anomalous Mn and Ni levels over dolerite bedrock. Both bark and leaves of Acacia mearnsii reflect the presence of concealed mineralization. The shrub Solanum linearifolium grows preferentially over and close to the Woodlawn ore zone, where it contains up to 840 ppm Cu, 250 ppm Pb, 7300 ppm Zn, 6 ppm Sn and 250 ppm Ti in leaf ash compared with levels of 200 ppm Cu, 2 ppm Pb, 400 ppm Zn, 0.8 ppm Sn and 60 ppm Ti in plants growing 1.5 km from the ore zone. This shrub has potential as an indicator of base‐metal mineralization.     

Electrogeochemical patterns in surface soils - Detection of blind mineralization beneath exotic cover, Thalanga, Queensland, Australia

The problem of using surface geochemical exploration techniques in areas of very thick and electrically conductive weathering residuum is common to much of Australia. At the Elura deposit (New South Wales) a distinct electrogeochemical H⁺ anomaly can be detected in the top few cm of residual soil above about 100 m of conductive residual overburden. In the present paper the results of an investigation of the much more difficult problem of detecting sulfide mineralization beneath thick conductive transported overburden are described.The objective of the study was to demonstrate that sulfide mineralization beneath thick transported overburden can be detected by geochemical patterns in surface soils in the context of an electrogeochemical model of dispersion.The Thalanga massive sulfide deposit in northeast Queensland has at least 4 million tonnes of 15% combined Zn, Pb and Cu. The mineralized horizon lies at the contact between rhyolitic and dacitic rocks of the Cambro-Ordovician Mt. Windsor Volcanics. The deposit is covered by transported cemented Tertiary terrigenous clayey sandstones and grits; these are electrically conductive and vary in thickness from 0 to 70 m.Near-surface soil samples were collected along five traverses normal to the strike of mineralization. The traverses were located to give 0 m, 1 m, 30 m, 50 m, and 70 m overburden thicknesses; there is no known significant mineralization along the last traverse which is assumed to be background, and there is a small gossan where the overburden is absent.Dispersion patterns influenced by electrogeochemical processes should result in relatively low values for ions over massive sulfides with lateral peaks; this has been termed a “rabbit-ear” anomaly. “Rabbit-ear” anomalies in surface soils for H⁺, Cu, and Zn occur over the sulfide zone. The H⁺ pattern is better defined where there is a significant depth of overburden (where the anomaly is about 500 m wide). The Cu anomaly is 300–600 m wide, and the Zn anomaly is 450–675 m wide.Even where the overburden is 50 m thick, anomalous “rabbit-ear” anomalies for H⁺ and Zn are clearly identifiable, but the anomaly for Cu is a single peak of 20 ppm over the hanging wall. It is suggested that the results of this work convincingly demonstrate that at Thalanga surface soil samples may reliably be used to detect massive sulfide deposits - even where they are effectively blind beneath a considerable thickness of transported and conductive overburden. The processes of dispersion are speculated to be diffusion, and it is argued that the pattern-controlling mechanism is electrochemical.     

内蒙古达塞脱东区土壤地球化学异常特征及找矿效果

内蒙古达塞脱东区位于锡林浩特—东乌旗多金属成矿带东段,成矿地质条件有利,但地表基岩出露少,第四系大片覆盖,找矿难度大。土壤地球化学测量从西到东圈定出三个SN向异常带,依据元素组合特征和分带理论,指出Ⅰ号异常带和Ⅱ号异常带东侧异常处于矿体前缘晕,Ⅲ号异常带处于矿体中前部,Ⅱ号异常带西侧异常处于矿体尾晕,异常存在较明显的水平分带性,推测矿体剥蚀程度存在由浅到深的变化趋势,后期地表槽探和钻探已在Ⅰ、Ⅱ号异常带分别发现了2个银多金属矿体和1个铅锌矿化体,且矿（化）体赋存部位、展布方向、规模与化探异常吻合性很好,化探工作在该区取得了很好的找矿效果。     

西藏塔尔玛地区地质地球化学条件与找矿潜力

西藏塔尔玛地区位于班公湖-怒江缝合带与雅鲁藏布江缝合带之间的冈底斯-念青唐古拉板块中段东部,成矿地质条件优越。塔尔玛地区开展的1:5万水系沉积物地球化学调查显示,水系沉积物中Pb、Zn、As、Cu、Ni异常值较高,主要分布于调查区北部,呈近东西向分布。此次工作已发现已发现铜矿化点3个,铜金矿化点1个,铅锌矿化点2个,显示该区找矿潜力巨大。     

江西城门山矿田块状硫化物型矿体矿化分带特征

通过城门山矿田矿床地质、矿体走向及倾向上的厚度及品位变化情况总结其矿化特征,根据成矿温度及地球化学成矿条件研究该矿体矿化富集规律的控制因素,并从矿化特征方面佐证讨论该类矿床的成因及外围找矿方向。研究表明,矿体矿化沿水平及垂向上均具有分带特征,大致表现为沿热液中心向外为Mo、Cu、Zn、Pb、Ag、Au元素的分带,从地表向下为TFe、Au、Ag、Pb、Zn、Cu元素的分带。除此之外,矿化还具有差异特征,表现为走向上矿体两端发育的不一致性、倾向上的局部豆荚状发育特征。本次工作厘定的分带性及差异性分别佐证了矿床的热液成因与沉积成因,并预测外围具有较好的多金属找矿前景,且东段好于西段。      

Geochemical alteration halos around the Mount Morgan gold-copper deposit, Queensland, Australia

The Mount Morgan Au-Cu pyritic massive sulphide deposit occurs in a north-trending belt of Middle Paleozoic volcanic rocks located in south-central Queensland. The host rocks for the deposit are a normal sequence of rhyolitic tuff that have a north-northwest regional strike and easterly dips of 20° to 30°. The tuff contains thin units of chert, jasperoid and carbonate.The Mount Morgan deposit was represented by a zone of sulphide mineralization 600 m long, 100–200 m wide and 300 m deep that transects stratigraphy and can be divided into: (1) an oxidized zone, characterized by a hematitic, Au-enriched gossan with minor stratiform sphalerite-argillite; and (2) a primary zone which can be subdivided into an upper zone of greater than 50% sulphide minerals (Main Pipe orebody), and a lower siliceous stockwork zone with approximately 20% sulphide minerals (Sugarloaf orebody). Pyrite is the most abundant sulphide mineral in both the upper and lower primary zones with lesser pyrrhotite and accessory chalcopyrite, sphalerite and gold. A zone of silicification forms an envelope around the orebody and extends stratigraphically downwards in a pipe-like zone for greater than 750 m. The orebody contained 67 Mt of 4.87 g/t Au and 0.70% Cu.The distribution and variation of between 7 and 29 elements and specific conductance were examined in 1252 samples of the host rocks taken from diamond drill core and surface outcrop. The host rocks in the immediate vicinity of the deposit are marked by the development of three distinct but overlapping chemical and mineralogical zones representing an outward progression from the most intensive to a less intensive alteration. A 50-m-thick siliceous inner zone of intensely altered rocks, depleted in all investigated elements except Si, surrounds the orebody. This zone passes outward into a 100-m-thick middle zone of dominantly sericite-pyrite characterized by high concentrations of K, Fe, Cu and Co. The sericite-pyrite zone, in turn, passes into an outer 100-m-thick chlorite zone with high Fe, Mg, Mn and Zn concentrations. High concentrations of H₂O⁺ are associated with the sericite-pyrite zone and the chlorite zone. The alteration pipe underlying the Mount Morgan orebody is characterized by depletions in Na, Ca and K and enrichments in Fe and Mg. A non-economic pyrite body contained within the alteration pipe has spatially restricted enrichment halos of Fe, Mg, Zn, Cu and Co.     

Exploratory Data Analysis Applied in Mapping Multi-element Soil Geochemical Anomalies for Drill Target Definition: A Case Study from the Unpha Layered Non-magmatic Hydrothermal Pb-Zn Deposit,DPR Korea

A factor analysis was applied to soil geochemical data to define anomalies related to buried Pb-Zn mineralization. A favorable main factor with a strong association of the elements Zn, Cu and Pb, related to mineralization, was selected for interpretation. The median + 2MAD (median absolute deviation) method of exploratory data analysis (EDA) and C-A (concentration-area) fractal modeling were then applied to the Mahalanobis distance, as defined by Zn, Cu and Pb from the factor analysis to set the thresholds for defining multi-element anomalies. As a result, the median + 2MAD method more successfully identified the Pb-Zn mineralization than the C-A fractal model. The soil anomaly identified by the median + 2MAD method on the Mahalanobis distances defined by three principal elements (Zn, Cu and Pb) rather than thirteen elements (Co, Zn, Cu, V, Mo, Ni, Cr, Mn, Pb, Ba, Sr, Zr and Ti) was the more favorable reflection of the ore body. The identified soil geochemical anomalies were compared with the in situ economic Pb-Zn ore bodies for validation. The results showed that the median + 2MAD approach is capable of mapping both strong and weak geochemical anomalies related to buried Pb-Zn mineralization, which is therefore useful at the reconnaissance drilling stage.     

金矿立体地球化学探测模型与深部钻探验证

深部资源地球化学探测科学问题的的焦点是元素大深度垂向迁移机理和立体地球化学探测模型的建立。本文以胶东蚀变岩型金矿和贵州水银洞卡林型金矿钻孔岩芯和地表联合取样获得的数据, 建立千米深度立体地球化学探测模型。蚀变岩型金矿立体地球化学模型显示, Au、S和Hg与金矿密切相关, 分布模式既有相似性又有差异性, Au的立体几何分布模式兼具矿化剂元素S和远程指示元素Hg的双重特征, 金异常和矿化剂元素硫与矿体倾斜方向一致, 反映了成矿过程中流体沿控矿构造的轴向运移; 金异常与类气体元素汞在垂向上一致, 而且出现从矿体到地表的连续贯通式异常, 反映了流体沿微裂隙和纳米孔的垂向迁移。卡林型金矿立体地球化学模型显示, Au、As、Sb、Hg、Tl和S在不整合面都显示高含量特征, 与深部层状主矿体分布一致; 在矿体上覆地层中都存在弱异常, 显示了明显的成矿流体沿隐伏微小断裂垂向迁移特点; 所不同的是Sb和Tl元素在不整合面附近显示了最高的元素含量, 而Sb和Hg在近地表均显示了明显高的异常特征。立体几何模型清晰地显示了矿体的展布特征和范围, 而且金及其伴生元素垂向迁移在地表形成清晰异常, 为利用金及伴生元素和矿化剂元素进行深部矿体三维预测提供了重要依据, 对指导深部金矿勘查发挥了重要作用。针对胶东蚀变岩型金矿地表完全被土壤覆盖区的穿透性地球化学微细粒级土壤采样, 金属活动态提取分析圈定的异常, 经深部钻探验证, 胶东焦家成矿带五一村3200 m钻探, 在2428.00~3234.16 m深度发现6层矿化体, 其中高品位矿体位于2854 m深度; 上宫金矿地表基岩出露, 采集断层泥或裂隙岩石样品, 可以清晰探测深部异常, 经2000 m钻探, 在1312 m处发现高品位金铅锌银矿体; 贵州水银洞采集地表细粒级土壤, 能够直接有效地揭示深部金矿体, 经500~1500 m钻探验证, 在300~1500 m深度新增金资源量203 t。     

Fe-Mn oxide coatings in stream sediment geochemical surveys

Downstream dispersion curves for certain trace metals were obtained from two mineralized areas in the southeastern United States. Fe-Mn oxide coating on lithic fragments and quartz pebbles, as well as the minus 80-mesh fraction of the coexisting stream sediment were analyzed for a variety of metals. In Lincoln County, Georgia, 8 sample sets were collected along a stream draining the Magruder mine, a polymetallic sulfide deposit (Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag-Au) in metavolcanic rocks. Five sample sets were collected along Joe Mill Creek in Grainger County, Tennessee, downstream from a zone of zinc mineralization in carbonate rocks (Mississippi Valley-type). In addition, 5 sample sets were collected from an unmineralized area near Athens, Georgia.The results indicate the following: (1) the anomaly/background ratio for zinc and copper is markedly higher in the Fe-Mn oxide coatings in the mineralized drainages; (2) in drainages containing lead mineralization, the anomaly/background ratio is markedly higher in the minus 80-mesh fraction for lead which is not concentrated in the coatings; and (3) the ratios Zn/Mn and Cu/Mn, as well as Zn/Co and Cu/Co, in the Fe-Mn oxide coatings enhance downstream detectability of mineralization.There are several potential advantages of using coatings versus the conventional minus 80-mesh fraction in stream sediment geochemical surveys. Because soluble metal is brought into the stream mainly in groundwater, deeper anomaly sources may be detectable from the oxide coatings than from clastic fractions of alluvium where much of the metal is derived from surficial erosion. Variability due to sampling may also be reduced, providing better discrimination of anomalies. In areas of glacial or alluvial cover, coating surveys may be particularly applicable.     

The identification of various types of geochemical stream sediment anomalies in Northern Ireland

A regional geochemical stream sediment survey of part of Northern Ireland led to the recognition of three types of base metal anomaly of exploration interest. These were significant anomalies of both elastic and hydromorphic origin, and non-significant hydromorphic anomalies in several upland areas. The significant anomalies are derived from Pb-Zn-Cu mineralization, whereas the non-significant anomalies are due to the leaching of Zn and other metals from acidic and/or gleyed soils and subsequent concentration in stream channels by coprecipitation with manganese oxides. Significant hydromorphic anomalies can be identified on the basis of abnormal Zn/Mn ratios and significant elastic anomalies on the basis of anomalous Pb contents. It is of the utmost importance to distinguish the dispersion mechanisms. Regional variations in bedrock geochemistry may only be identified when consideration is given to local dispersion mechanisms and account taken of the effects of variations in the surface environment on stream sediment composition. Changes in vegetation and land use may lead to rapid alterations in the nature of the dominant dispersion mechanisms.     

滇西北烂泥塘斑岩铜矿床原生晕异常结构研究

烂泥塘矿床是云南香格里拉地区典型的斑岩型铜矿床,主矿体产于在地表以下300～500米,地表矿化带仅见脉状铜矿体和铜矿化体.为研究云南香格里拉烂泥塘斑岩铜矿床的原生晕异常结构,本文以异常结构模式理论和方法为基础,对矿床地表和坑道岩矿石样品开展了元素组合、异常特征和水平分带规律研究.结果表明,烂泥塘铜矿床地球化学系统的结构...     

山西省狐姑山BIF铁矿三维空间分布规律及深部预测

狐姑山铁矿是吕梁地区一个大型BIF铁矿床,该矿床成矿经历多期次构造-变形-岩浆活动,矿体形态极其复杂且空间分布不清,阻碍了深边部找矿效果。在系统的野外地质调查、矿石显微组构分析的基础上,进一步采用三维建模软件构建了狐姑山地层、矿体、断裂、岩浆岩等控矿要素的三维空间模型,结果显示：(1)铁矿主要受袁家村组地层与区域变质作用控制;(2)矿体形成后主要经历了EW向与近SN向的挤压构造应力作用,产生了褶皱变形,形成了连续平行分布的凹凸体,其垂向变形最大幅度达220 m;(3)成矿后的断裂错断矿体且断距较小,基性岩脉对矿体具有明显的破坏作用;(4)深部矿体倾角逐渐变缓,典型勘探线剖面高精度磁测与大地电磁测深结果显示深部异常体连续且有稳定延伸。综合矿床地质特征、三维空间分布、磁化率及电阻率异常特征认为,狐姑山矿床深边部均具有较大的找矿前景,并圈定了3个找矿靶区。