Organic Geochemistry of Lead—Zinc Polymetallic Dposits,Northern Guangdong

The characters of organic matter in rocks and ores in the Fankou and Dabaoshan deposits are systematically studied with regard to their implications for mineralization.The results show that kerogens in this area faaa mainly into the plutonism field in Van Krevelen‘s diagram.Reflectivity of the organic substance was measured to be 3.06%(Fankou)and 1.67%(Dabaoshan),corresponding to the paleo-geotemperatures of 232℃ and 184℃ respectively.The same types of porphyrins and hydrocarbons were recognized in the rocks and ores and hydrocarbon-bearing inclusions are widespread in quartz and calcite,particularly in Dabaoshan,It is thought that the orgain matter must have played a critical role in diagenesis and metallization in these deposits and that the hydrothermal solution was most likely to be the type of water-oil hot brine.     

沙特北部恩乌尔磷矿床磷块岩地球化学特征 及沉积古环境分析

对沙特北部恩乌尔(Umm Wu'al)磷矿的磷块岩的常量、微量和稀土元素地球化学特征进行分析研究,探讨矿区内Arqah磷矿段中磷块岩的沉积古环境。分析结果表明,区内磷块岩主要由内碎屑、少量陆源碎屑、生物碎屑和填隙物等组成,以富含CaO、P_2O_5,少MgO、SiO_2为特点。磷块岩中Ba含量高达350×10~(-6),Sr含量高达1433×10~(-6),表明磷块岩成矿与生物作用关系密切。磷块岩Sr/Ba比值1.96～21.20,反映出其是为正常沉积的,而U/Th比值2.83～21.83,均大于1,则反映出成矿过程中有热水作用参与。δU为1.79～2.0,均大于1,表明磷块岩形成于明显的缺氧沉积环境。磷块岩稀土总量较高(平均150×10~(-6)),经北美页岩标准化的稀土配分模式曲线呈现近乎水平,轻重稀土分异程度低,轻稀土相对亏损,重稀土富集的特征。LREE/HREE比值0.63～2.08,绝大多数大于1,(La/Yb)_N平均为1.14,接近1,显示出磷块岩总体成矿古地理环境变化不明显,局部时段受海平面升降有所变化。δCe平均为0.28,小于1,负异常显著,进一步表明磷块岩形成于明显的缺氧的沉积环境。δEu平均为0.91,接近1,综合分析认为该区磷块岩形成于远岸的古地理变化不明显的缺氧沉积环境。     

南秦岭志留系铅锌矿床中硅质岩岩石学及地球化学

南秦岭泥盆系内产出的众多矿床中含有层纹条带状硅质岩-硅质板岩,对其成因的研究有助于查明矿床成因和确定区域找矿方向.研究表明,硅质岩化学成分纯净,SiO2含量多在90%以上.硅质岩中大部分微量元素含量低于地壳克拉克值,但富集Zn、Pb、As、Sb、Ag;硅质岩的Fe-Mn-(Cu+Ni+Co)×10图解表明硅质岩具热水沉积性质.硅质岩与矿石两者的稀土元素特点相似,具有ΣREE低(44.52×10-6)、轻重稀土分异较明显(LREE/HREE=6.51)、北美页岩标准化配分曲线呈平缓趋势、铈负异常不明显(δCe值为0.97)和铕正异常明显(δEu值为1.42)的特点;硅质岩的δ30Si为-0.5‰～0.0‰,δ18O为17.8‰～19.9‰,硅、氧同位素组成及形成温度(84～101℃)也暗示它为海底热水沉积成因.     

新疆阿尔泰山南缘乔夏哈拉式铁铜矿床稀土元素地球化学特征及其地质意义

通过野外地质调查和系统的稀土元素地球化学研究，探讨了阿尔泰山南缘乔夏哈拉式铁铜矿床中磁铁矿矿体和块状富铜矿体的成因关系及找矿意义。研究表明，乔夏哈拉铁铜矿床中铁矿体和富铜矿体的稀土元素组成及配分模式迥然不同。前者具有低∑REE、富轻稀土元素及正铕异常等特点，指示火山成因性质；后者异常富集轻稀土元素、配分曲线向右倾陡，其成因可能与造山期中基性浅成岩浆作用有关。据此认为，铁矿体和铜矿体并非“同生”成因关系，很可能是两期成矿作用在空间上的“同位叠生”关系。     

Mineralogy,geochemistry, and genesis of the bauxite deposits on the Gove and Mitchell Plateaux,northern Australia

For optimum bauxitisation conditions a relatively stable geomorphological history is essential. On the Gove and Mitchell Plateaux therefore, the adverse effects of land emergence and ensuing planation are counteracted by associated mild synclinal warping, so that the deposits constituted coastal hinge zones of at least two successive land (erosion) cycles. Nevertheless, following the main Cretaceous and Tertiary period of bauxitisation by leaching, the deposits were partially submerged by the sea and, particularly at Mitchell Plateau, extensively reworked. Assisted by quantitative heavy mineral studies distinct unconformities within several bauxite profiles can be established. Finally, the quantitative mineralogy of both deposits is discussed in some detail and an origin (supported by experimental studies) proposed.

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Zusammenfassung Die beste Voraussetzung für eine optimale Bauxitisation ist geomorphologische Stabilität. Auf den Gove- und Mitchell-Plateaus wirken den gegensätzlichen Auswirkungen von Landhebung (epirogenetischer Bewegung) und darauf folgender Abflachung (durch Erosion) damit verbundene schwache synklinale Verzerrungen entgegen, so daß die Bauxit-Lager Übergangszonen zweier Küstengebiete von mindestens zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Erosions(gelände)zyklen bildeten. Nach der Kreide- und Tertiär-Periode der Bauxitisation durch Eigenauslaugung lagen diese Gebiete teilweise unter dem Meeresspiegel und wurden vor allem am Mitchell Plateau weitgehend aufgearbeitet. Mit Hilfe von quantitativen Analysen von Schwermineralen können deutliche Diskordanzen zwischen mehreren Bauxitprofilen festgestellt werden. Abschließend wird die quantitative Mineralogie beider Lager detailliert diskutiert und deren Ursprung (gestützt auf experimentelle Untersuchungen) vorgeschlagen.

     

白钨矿地球化学对皖南竹溪岭和逍遥钨矿成矿流体演化的指示

近年来赣北-皖南地区陆续发现了一批斑岩-矽卡岩钨矿床,构成一个新的世界级钨成矿带——江南钨矿带。位于该成矿带东北段的皖南地区发育大量与弱分异氧化性花岗岩相关的钨多金属矿床,目前这类矿床缺乏基于矿物原位地球化学的精细研究,成矿流体性质和演化认识不清。本文选取皖南地区两个代表性钨多金属矿床——竹溪岭和逍遥矿床为研究对象,开展白钨矿原位成分分析,揭示矽卡岩体系成矿流体性质、物化条件变化以及水岩反应影响,并探讨江南钨矿带内钨成矿条件差异。白钨矿原位成分分析能够精细厘定矽卡岩形成过程的氧逸度、pH值、温度、成矿流体组成变化以及水岩反应等信息。逍遥矿床和竹溪岭矿床的白钨矿均可分为三个阶段：其中早期进变质矽卡岩中白钨矿(Sch-1)的Mo含量最高,REE表现为轻重稀土分异的右倾曲线,具有负Eu异常,与成矿母岩REE配分类似,指示早期流体是相对富Cl的岩浆出溶热液;Sch-2产于退变质矽卡岩阶段,其轻重稀土分异变弱,有一定的正Eu异常,REE和Mo含量较低,推测早期Sch-1结晶摄取大量的LREE,导致后期流体轻重稀土比值降低;脉状产出的白钨矿(Sch-3)形成于晚期石英-硫化物阶段,其REE、Nb、Ta和Y等元素含量显著高于Sch-1和Sch-2,REE表现为轻重稀土分异弱的平坦型曲线,发育弱正Eu异常,暗示晚期流体更加富F。本文研究认为从早期Sch-1到晚期Sch-3,白钨矿Eu异常变化不一定反映氧逸度变化,而更可能反映的是水岩反应制约;此外,白钨矿的Mo含量相对于Eu异常更能够有效地反映体系的氧逸度特征。与逍遥矿床相比,竹溪岭矿床石榴石的钙铁榴石组分含量较低,锰铝榴石组分含量高,白钨矿Mo含量(630×10^-6~18813×10^-6)显著低于逍遥白钨矿(8700×10^-6~74478×10^-6),指示竹溪岭矿床相比于逍遥矿床是相对还原的钨矽卡岩体系。前人认为江南钨矿带中相对于赣北还原型钨矽卡岩矿床,皖南地区矿床总体上属于氧化型,基于竹溪岭矿床和逍遥矿床的对比表明皖南地区钨矿床之间氧化还原状态存在差异。氧逸度和成矿岩浆岩的分异程度是制约皖南地区矿床规模大小的重要因素。

     

Clay mineralogy and geochemistry and their palaeoclimatic interpretation of the Pleistocene deposits in the Xuancheng section,southern China

A red soil profile in Xuancheng, Anhui province, southern China, in the middle to lower reaches of the Yangtze River, was investigated using X‐ray diffraction, X‐ray fluorescence spectrometer, and scanning electron microscopy. The mobile components K₂O and Na₂O and trace elements Ba and Sr of the Xuancheng section exhibit a general trend of decrease downward along the red soil profile, together with an increase downward of chemical index of alteration (CIA) values, suggesting more intense depletion in the lower portion than in the upper portion. The major components SiO₂, Al₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃, as well as SiO₂/Al₂O₃, SiO₂/Fe₂O₃ and Al₂O₃/Fe₂O₃ ratios, show notable fluctuations along the soil profile, indicating intense climatic oscillations in the area during the Pleistocene age. The clay mineral assemblage of the Xuancheng section can be generally subdivided into three groups, suggesting a general trend of three stages of climate changes. The lower portion of ～10.4–6.3 m depth has a lower illite content and higher abundance of kaolinite and illite–smectite (I/S) clays, indicating that a warm and wet climate prevailed over the episode of ca. 600–350 ka BP. A decrease in abundance of kaolinite and I/S clays and increase in illite content at a depth of ～6.3–2.2 m probably indicate a transition stage of climate change from warm/humid to cool/dry in the period ca. 350–80 ka BP. The higher illite content and lower abundance of kaolinite and I/S clays in the upper portion of ～2.2–0 m depth suggest that a relatively cool and dry climate dominated since ca. 80 ka BP. Based on changes in clay mineralogy and chemical indices of the sediments, seven warm/cold fluctuations were determined in the area since the Middle Pleistocene. Climate changes documented in the Xuancheng section are in agreement with the δ¹⁸O records of sediments from the equatorial Pacific Core V28‐238 and the loess–palaeosol sequences in the Loess Plateau of northwestern China. Correlated to the episode of S4 and S5 soil units in the Loess Plateau, the period of ca. 600–350 ka BP in the Xuancheng area was dominated by the particularly strong East Asia summer monsoon, as indicated by its most abundant kaolinite and I/S clays. Fluctuations in clay mineralogy along the Xuancheng soil profile were mainly controlled by both the East Asia summer and winter monsoons in response to the global changes in the Middle–Late Pleistocene. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The geochemistry of selected base-metal gossans, southern Africa

A comparative study of the gossans from ten base-metal deposits in southern Africa included the establishment of geochemical criteria for regional evaluation of gossans and ironstones. Factors such as ore composition, nature of gangue, element mobility, depth of weathering, degree of erosion and groundwater chemistry are discussed with respect to gossan geochemistry.Areal geochemical zonation, relative concentration ranges, element correlations for gossan versus sulphide and scattergrams comparing different gossans were all utilized to examine geochemical criteria for gossan classification. Of the elements studied, Ba (as barite) and Pb are the least mobile, Cu and Ag are variously retained in gossan, whereas Zn and Cd are generally dispersed.Gossans derived from such a wide variety of ore types contribute several multivariate populations to the total data set. Principal components analysis was consequently of little value in separating gossan suites from barren ironstones. Stepwise discriminant analysis successfully distinguished base-metal- from pyrite-derived gossans and ferricretes, discriminated among gossans from different ore provinces and classified individual gossans within base-metal provinces. Discriminant functions commonly comprised only 2 to 6 elements. Characteristic multi-element signatures for the various gossans were subsequently applied to the regional evaluation of ironstone in southern African exploration.     

Airborne gamma-ray and magnetic anomaly signatures of serpentinite in relation to soil geochemistry, northern California

Serpentinized ultramafic rocks and associated soils in northern California are characterized by high concentrations of Cr and Ni, low levels of radioelements (K, Th, and U) and high amounts of ferrimagnetic minerals (primarily magnetite). Geophysical attributes over ultramafic rocks, which include airborne gamma-ray and magnetic anomaly data, are quantified and provide indirect measurements on the relative abundance of radioelements and magnetic minerals, respectively. Attributes are defined through a statistical modeling approach and the results are portrayed as probabilities in chart and map form. Two predictive models are presented, including one derived from the aeromagnetic anomaly data and one from a combination of the airborne K, Th and U gamma-ray data. Both models distinguish preferential values within the aerogeophysical data that coincide with mapped and potentially unmapped ultramafic rocks. The magnetic predictive model shows positive probabilities associated with magnetic anomaly highs and, to a lesser degree, anomaly lows, which accurately locate many known ultramafic outcrops, but more interestingly, locate potentially unmapped ultramafic rocks, possible extensions of ultramafic bodies that dip into the shallow subsurface, as well as prospective buried ultramafic rocks. The airborne radiometric model shows positive probabilities in association with anomalously low gamma radiation measurements over ultramafic rock, which is similar to that produced by gabbro, metavolcanic rock, and water bodies. All of these features share the characteristic of being depleted in K, Th and U. Gabbro is the only rock type in the study area that shares similar magnetic properties with the ultramafic rock. The aerogeophysical model results are compared to the distribution of ultramafic outcrops and to Cr, Ni, K, Th and U concentrations and magnetic susceptibility measurements from soil samples. Analysis of the soil data indicates high positive correlation between magnetic susceptibilities and concentration of Cr and Ni. Although the study focused on characterizing the geophysical properties of ultramafic rocks and associated soils, it has also yielded information on other rock types in addition to ultramafic rocks, which can also locally host naturally-occurring asbestos; specifically, gabbro and metavolcanic rocks.     

广西钦州-防城地区次生氧化锰矿床矿物学和地球化学研究及矿床成因意义

钦州-防城锰矿带是中国次生氧化锰矿的重要产地之一,其含锰岩系为上泥盆统榴江组含锰硅质岩。锰矿床主要赋存在以腐岩带为主的风化壳中,矿石的主要矿物为软锰矿、锰钡矿、隐钾锰矿、锂硬锰矿、钙锰矿等,与之伴生的其他表生矿物有赤铁矿、针铁矿、石英、高岭石和其他粘土矿物。矿石多呈葡萄状、块状、网脉状构造。与原生含锰硅质岩相比,次生氧化锰矿矿石的品位明显提高,Mn含量平均达到42.6%。矿石化学分析和单矿物电子探针成分分析表明,氧化锰矿石中还普遍出现Co、Ni、Cu、Zn等元素的富集,其平均含量分别为0.05%(最高0.40%)、0.09%(最高0.53%)、0.08%(最高0.53%)和1%(最高2.2%);它们主要以类质同象和吸附的形式赋存在锂硬锰矿及隐钾锰矿中。氧化锰矿石和锰氧化物的Mn/Fe比值均较高,一般大于6～10,说明该区化学风化强烈,铁、锰分离显著,有利于形成高品位的优质锰矿。有害杂质元素P主要存在于针铁矿等铁的氧化物中。氧化锰矿的形成和空间分布受气候、构造、含锰岩系及地形地貌等多种因素的影响和控制。     

北武夷铜钹山花岗质火山-侵入杂岩岩石地球化学

北武夷东部山前铜钹山出露一套花岗质火山-侵入杂岩,具高硅、富碱、过铝、铁镁含量低及富Rb、Th、Ce、LREE,贫Nb、Hf、Yb、Y,δEu变化较大等特点.区内花岗岩类与酸性中酸性火山岩在时间、空间和成岩物质来源具一致性,主要形成于晚燕山造山后期构造回返的类裂谷拉张环境中.该套杂岩是由于壳幔作用促使钙碱性岩浆活动的残留源区再次部分熔融,并有幔源物质混入其中,产生高钾钙碱性和橄榄安粗质花岗岩浆结晶分异形成.     

Geochronology and geochemistry of Grenvillian igneous suites in the northern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico: tectonic implications

Chemical and U–Pb isotopic analyses of metaigneous rocks in the northern Oaxacan Complex in southern Mexico indicate that they form part of two granitic–gabbroic suites intruded at 1157–1130 and 1012 Ma, which were metamorphosed under granulite facies conditions between 1004 and 980 Ma. Although the older suite has both within-plate and arc geochemical signatures, the arc characteristics (enrichment of La and Ce relative to Nb, Ta, and Th) are inferred to result from crustal contamination, a conclusion consistent with their negative _Nd signatures. The younger suite is spatially associated with anorthosites (from which we were unable to acquire a protolith age), suggesting that collectively it forms part of anorthosite–mangerite–charnockite–granite (AMCG) suites. The tholeiitic nature of the mafic rocks along with the within-plate character of the felsic rocks suggests that they were intruded during extension related to either farfield backarc rifting, rifting above a slab window, or anorogenic intercontinental rifting. Potentially correlative AMCG suites are widespread in Mexico, the Grenville Province of eastern Canada and northeastern USA, and the Andean massifs of Colombia, however, Pb isotopic data most closely resemble those in South America. These data are consistent with published hypotheses that suggest Oaxaquia represents an exotic terrane derived from Amazonia.     

Elemental Geochemistry of a Soil Chronosequence on Basalt onNorthern Hainan Island, China

With increasing soil age, the contents of Sr, Ba and ratios of Sr/Be in soils tend to decrease, whereas the contents of V, Sc, Ni, Cr, Co and ratios of Fe/Ni and Fe/Co tend to increase, as evidenced from a study on soils of different ages, developed on basahs in the northern part of Hainan Island. Ba/Nb, significantly correlative with soil age, can be used to evaluate soil evolution. By using the mass-balance method, the element migration was discussed with Ti as an immobile element. The results showed that element leaching was most intensive in the early pedogenic period. In this period (Primosols) , over 90% of Ca, Mg, K and Na was leached out of soils till Ferrosol formation. The leaching of P occurred mainly at the beginning of soil development. About 60% of Si was mobilized in the stage of Cambosol formation and 80% in the stage of Ferralosol formation.     

湘南桂北地区铀矿地质-水文地球化学找矿标志及找矿模式

NNE向走滑断裂系统控制着湘南桂北地区铀矿分布及铀矿水地球化学环境，本通过总结湘南桂北地区铀矿地质，铀矿水地球化学特征，提高该区地质－水地球化学找矿模式及其评价准则。     

The Geology and Geochemistry of Porphyrite Iron Deposits in the Nanjing_Wuhu Area,Southeast China

For the iron deposits occurring in andesitic volcaic rocks of the Lower Yangtze Area.the genetic model for porphyrite iron deposits was proposed by chinese geologists more than ten years ago on the basis of their detailed studies in the Nanjing-Wuhu Basin.It comprises a set of deposits of different genetic types ranging from late magmatic segregation ,ore-magma injection,pneumato-hydatogenetic replacing and hydrothermal filling as well as sedimentary origin.The deposits are closely connected with the gabbro-diorite porphyrite subvolcanic intrusive bodies both in space and in genesis.Miner4alization and wall-rock alteration are consistent with the history of the magmatic evolution.Geochemical studies on trace elements and S,O,Sr isotopes have proved that the porphyrite iron deposits are of magmatic origin,The proposed model may be applied to iron ores associated with andesitic volcanites,for example,in Chile,Mexico,Pakistan,Turkey,etc.     

The geochemistry of prograde and retrograde charnockite-gneiss reactions in southern India

Exposures in many quarries in southern India exhibit field evidence for incipient charnockitization of tonalitic and granitic gneiss (prograde relationship), or retrogression of charnockite to produce tonalitic gneiss (retrograde relationship). Few systematic geochemical relationships exist between adjacent gneisscharnockite sample pairs during either prograde or retrograde reactions. Most elements and element ratios exhibit inconsistent variations; however, prograde chamockites appear enriched in Ta, Pb, volatiles (chiefly CO₂), and in transition metals relative to Mg, and depleted in REE and Y compared to adjacent gneiss protoliths. Retrograde gneisses have higher Rb, Pb, Th, Hf, Zn relative to Co, Nb relative to Ta, Hf relative to Zr, and volatiles (chiefly H₂O) compared to parental charnockites. Of those elements (U, Th, Rb, Cs, Pb) significantly depleted in high-pressure charnockites exposed south of the prograde transition zone, only Pb is significantly replenished during retrogression. Evidence suggests that prograde fluids are relatively rich in CO₂ and retrograde fluids in H₂O and that the typical non-systematic geochemical variations during prograde and retrograde reactions reflect local effects at the wave front.     

Late Pliocene to Holocene platform evolution in northern Belize, and comparison with coeval deposits in southern Belize and the Bahamas

Lithostratigraphy, depositional facies architecture, and diagenesis of upper Pliocene to Holocene carbonates in northern Belize are evaluated based on a ca 290 m, continuous section of samples from a well drilled on Ambergris Caye that can be linked directly to outcrops of Pleistocene limestone, and of overlying Holocene sediments. Upper Pliocene outer‐ramp deposits are overlain unconformably by Pleistocene and Holocene reef‐rimmed platforms devoid of lowstand siliciclastics. Tectonism controlled the location of the oldest Pleistocene platform margin and coralgal barrier reef, and periodically affected deposition in the Holocene. A shallow, flat‐topped, mostly aggradational platform was maintained in the Holocene by alternating periods of highstand barrier‐reef growth and lowstand karstification, differential subsidence, and the low magnitude of accommodation space increases during highstands. Facies in Pleistocene rocks to the lee of the barrier reef include: (i) outer‐shelf coralgal sands with scattered coral patch reefs; (ii) a shoal–water transition zone comprising nearshore skeletal and oolitic sands amidst scattered islands and tidal flats; and (iii) micritic inner‐shelf deposits. Four glacio‐eustatically forced sequences are recognized in the Pleistocene section, and component subtidal cycles probably include forced cycles and autocycles. Excluding oolites, Holocene facies are similar to those in the Pleistocene and include mud‐mounds, foraminiferal sand shoals in the inner shelf, and within the interiors of Ambergris and surrounding cayes, mangrove swamps, shallow lagoons, and tidal and sea‐marginal flats. Meteoric diagenesis of Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks is indicated by variable degrees of mineralogic stabilization, generally depleted whole‐rock δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values, and meniscus and whisker‐crystal cements. Differences in the mineralogy and geochemistry of the Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks are attributed to variable extent of meteoric alteration. Dolomitization in the Pliocene carbonates may have begun syndepositionally and continued into the marine shallow‐burial environment. Positive dolomite δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values suggest precipitation from circulating, near‐normal marine fluids that probably were modified somewhat by methanogenesis. Sedimentologic and diagenetic attributes of the Pliocene–Pleistocene rocks in the study area are similar to those in the Bahamas with which they share a common history of sea‐level fluctuations and climate change.     

Geology and geochemistry of bauxite deposits in Lushoto District, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Bauxite deposits in the Usambara Mountains of north eastern Tanzania occur as remnants of residual deposits on two geomorphologically related plateaus of Mabughai-Mlomboza and Kidundai at Magamba in Lushoto, Usambara Mountains. The parent rocks for the deposits are mainly granulites and feldspathic gneisses of Neoproterozoic Mozambique belt. The plateaus represent a preserved Late Cretaceous–Lower Tertiary old land surface (African surface). Other parts of the Usambara Mountains and the neighbouring Pare Mountains are covered mostly by red–brown lateritic soils and impure reddish-brown kaolinitic clays. The bauxite deposits contain mainly Al₂O₃ (40–69 wt.%), Fe₂O₃ (3–10 wt.%), SiO₂ (0.16–7 wt.%) and other elements occur in quantities not substantial to affect the quality or processing of the bauxite, and are attributed to the presence of relic minerals. Gibbsite makes up to 98 vol.% of the bauxite ore in special cases. Gibbsite is accompanied by goethite in the ore. Boehmite occurs in small amounts and is usually accompanied by hematite. Impurities include goethite, hematite, kaolinite, and minor relic quartz and microcline. Kaolinite is the sole clay mineral encountered in the bauxite ore, suggesting mature soil profiles and a development of the bauxite deposits on a well-drained peneplanation. Ore reserve estimates from the drilling data and surface geological mapping of the deposits yielded bauxite reserves of about 37 million tonnes.     

川北米仓山南缘典型石墨矿床地球化学特征与成因

文章对比分析了米仓山南缘旺苍-南江石墨矿带东、西2段主要石墨矿床地质及地球化学特征。矿带东段石墨矿体形态以不规则囊状为主,矿石类型以角砾状石墨大理岩型为主,矿体原岩为含有机质碳酸盐岩;矿石的V/Cr、V/(V+Ni)、U/Th平均值分别为0.75、0.42、0.94,稀土元素总量（∑REE）平均84.4μg/g,δEu平均0.65,矿体原岩沉积于贫氧环境。西段石墨矿体以似层状为主,层控特征明显,矿石类型为石墨片岩型,具钒矿化,原岩以含碳质黏土质、泥砂质碎屑岩为主;矿石的V/Cr、V/(V+Ni)、U/Th平均值分别为3.90、0.79、1.93,稀土元素总量（REE）平均124μg/g,δEu平均0.59,矿体原岩沉积于贫氧-缺氧环境。石墨矿δ13C值为-16.0‰～-23.0‰,平均-19.1‰,与有机质相近,显著低于大理岩围岩,表明石墨矿碳质来源以有机碳为主。米仓山南缘石墨矿床成因为沉积-变质型,石墨含矿层位经历了晋宁期-澄江期区域变质及热接触变质等多期变质成矿作用,最终形成晶质石墨矿床,其成矿与罗迪尼亚超大陆汇聚-裂解引发的区域变质-岩浆活动有关。     

The geochemistry of wall rock alteration in turbidite-hosted gold vein deposits, central Victoria, Australia

Gold deposits hosted in Ordovician to Devonian turbidites in central Victoria, Australia, consist of steeply dipping quartz vein systems hosted mainly by reverse faults. Wall rock alteration of the host metasandstones, metasiltstones and shales (or slates) extends at least 20 m from the veins in the Bendigo-Ballarat zone (BBZ) and 10 m in the Melbourne zone (MZ) deposits. Alteration minerals include carbonates (ankerite, siderite and dolomite) chlorite, seriate, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite, with less common barite, albite and biotite in the BBZ and carbonates (siderite, ankerite, dolomite and ferromagnesite), sericite, chlorite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, and stibnite with less common chalcostibite in the MZ. SiO₂, Na₂O, MgO and Sr with P₂O₅ commonly decreasing during alteration while CO₂, S, As, Sb, Au, V, Al₂O₃, Ga, K₂O and Rb with Ni and Cr commonly increase. TiO₂, FeO, Fe₂O₃, MnO, Th, U, Nb, La, Ce, and Sc showed little change. Concentrations of Zn, Cu, Pb, and Ca are variable.The relatively large decrease of SiO₂ could account for most, if not all, quartz present in the ore veins. The Na₂O and MgO could have crystallized in the veins in the very minor albite and chlorite present. The addition of V in all and Ni and Cr in most deposits probably reflects a source enriched in these elements such as underlying greenstones. The source of both the volatile (S, As, Sb) and lithophile (K₂O and Rb) elements as well as Au is unknown, but they could have been derived from a magmatic source or from the metamorphism of Cambrian greenstones. CO₂, present as carbonate, was derived mainly by the reaction of graphite, originally present in the sediments, with the ore solutions. Al₂O₃, the only other major element after SiO₂, probably increased mainly due to the decrease of the latter.