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Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copper–cobalt deposits, central African Copperbelt 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
J.L.H. Cailteux A.B. Kampunzu C. Lerouge A.K. Kaputo J.P. Milesi 《Journal of African Earth Sciences》2005,42(1-5):134
The Neoproterozoic central African Copperbelt is one of the greatest sediment-hosted stratiform Cu–Co provinces in the world, totalling 140 Mt copper and 6 Mt cobalt and including several world-class deposits (10 Mt copper). The origin of Cu–Co mineralisation in this province remains speculative, with the debate centred around syngenetic–diagenetic and hydrothermal-diagenetic hypotheses.The regional distribution of metals indicates that most of the cobalt-rich copper deposits are hosted in dolomites and dolomitic shales forming allochthonous units exposed in Congo and known as Congolese facies of the Katangan sedimentary succession (average Co:Cu = 1:13). The highest Co:Cu ratio (up to 3:1) occurs in ore deposits located along the southern structural block of the Lufilian Arc. The predominantly siliciclastic Zambian facies, exposed in Zambia and in SE Congo, forms para-autochthonous sedimentary units hosting ore deposits characterized by lower a Co:Cu ratio (average 1:57). Transitional lithofacies in Zambia (e.g. Baluba, Mindola) and in Congo (e.g. Lubembe) indicate a gradual transition in the Katangan basin during the deposition of laterally correlative clastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks exposed in Zambia and in Congo, and are marked by Co:Cu ratios in the range 1:15.The main Cu–Co orebodies occur at the base of the Mines/Musoshi Subgroup, which is characterized by evaporitic intertidal–supratidal sedimentary rocks. All additional lenticular orebodies known in the upper part of the Mines/Musoshi Subgroup are hosted in similar sedimentary rocks, suggesting highly favourable conditions for the ore genesis in particular sedimentary environments. Pre-lithification sedimentary structures affecting disseminated sulphides indicate that metals were deposited before compaction and consolidation of the host sediment.The ore parageneses indicate several generations of sulphides marking syngenetic, early diagenetic and late diagenetic processes. Sulphur isotopic data on sulphides suggest the derivation of sulphur essentially from the bacterial reduction of seawater sulphates. The mineralizing brines were generated from sea water in sabkhas or hypersaline lagoons during the deposition of the host rocks. Changes of Eh–pH and salinity probably were critical for concentrating copper–cobalt and nickel mineralisation. Compressional tectonic and related metamorphic processes and supergene enrichment have played variable roles in the remobilisation and upgrading of the primary mineralisation.There is no evidence to support models assuming that metals originated from: (1) Katangan igneous rocks and related hydrothermal processes or; (2) leaching of red beds underlying the orebodies. The metal sources are pre-Katangan continental rocks, especially the Palaeoproterozoic low-grade porphyry copper deposits known in the Bangweulu block and subsidiary Cu–Co–Ni deposits/occurrences in the Archaean rocks of the Zimbabwe craton. These two sources contain low grade ore deposits portraying the peculiar metal association (Cu, Co, Ni, U, Cr, Au, Ag, PGE) recorded in the Katangan sediment-hosted ore deposits. Metals were transported into the basin dissolved in water.The stratiform deposits of Congo and Zambia display features indicating that syngenetic and early diagenetic processes controlled the formation of the Neoproterozoic Copperbelt of central Africa. 相似文献
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甘肃铜矿资源特征与新一轮找矿思路 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
甘肃省铜矿资源丰富,矿床类型发育齐全。而目前探明的铜储量与已发现的铜矿产地数量和矿化分布范围与强度极不相称,进一步找矿潜力巨大。笔者试图通过对甘肃铜矿成矿特征的总结分析,在借鉴邻区和国内外铜矿勘查成功经验的基础上,按容矿岩石将甘肃的铜矿划分为6种类型,并提出了主要铜成矿区(带)新一轮找矿思路。 相似文献
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内蒙古大型银矿集区地球化学预测 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
如何利用地球化学填图数据预测潜在大型矿集区是寻找大型矿床亟待解决的问题.本文利用1:20万区域化探扫面数据和1:100万中蒙边界地球化学填图数据进行综合研究,在全区共圈出面积大于1000km2银的地球化学省40个,其中具有良好Ag-Pb-Zn综合异常的有31处.内蒙已发现的4处大型银矿有3处位于地球化学省内,已发现的11处中型银矿有10处位于地球化学省或区域异常内,这说明大型银矿与地球化学省有高度的相关性.大型银矿区银异常强度(异常内银平均含量/背景含量)大于1.5.利用面金属量模型和地球化学块体模型对31处潜在的大型银矿区的潜在资源量进行了预测. 相似文献
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manto型矿化是指"沿层交代"并受地层控制,构造控矿,品位高,富含硫化物矿石。甲玛铜多金属矿床位于西藏冈底斯成矿带东段,在公益性与商业性勘查结合下,取得重大找矿突破的世界级超大型斑岩-矽卡岩型铜多金属矿床。铜山(南坑)矿体是继揭露甲玛深部斑岩矿体之后的又一找矿重大突破。铜山矿体规模达到大型,铜金属量70多万吨,钼金属量2万吨,铅+锌金属量120多万吨,伴生金金属量20多吨,伴生银金属量2 000多吨。铜山矿体距离斑岩体中心1 km,受铜山滑覆构造控制,滑覆体内部次级褶皱、裂隙发育,为热液流体运移、沉淀提供了良好的空间;赋存于林布宗组角岩、林布宗组角岩和多底沟组大理岩层间及多底沟组大理岩中,呈透镜体、脉状、囊状、豆荚状;富含硫化物,主要为黄铜矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿、斑铜矿、磁黄铁矿、黄铁矿、辉钼矿等;品位较高,铜平均品位0.99%,铅+锌平均品位2.88%。通过野外地质调查,并与世界上其他manto型矿体对比,甲玛铜山矿体属于斑岩成矿系统远端的manto型富矿体。甲玛manto型矿体的发现和确定在西藏冈底斯成矿带上尚属首例,对该成矿带其他斑岩、矽卡岩矿床寻找外围manto型富矿体具有极其重要的指导意义,其经济意义也十分巨大,目前已经建成日处理4万吨的露天采场。 相似文献
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初论西藏冈底斯带中段尼木西北部班岩铜矿地质特征 总被引:32,自引:10,他引:32
西藏冈底斯带尼木西北部具有斑岩型铜矿产出的有利地质条件,已有厅宫,冲江,白容,岗讲,渡布曲等铜矿床(点),可望形成大型-超大型班岩铜矿集中区,其资源量远景可达400-600万t以上,在分析地背景的基础上,总结了矿床的地质特征,并与国内外斑岩铜矿进行了对比,建立了本区铜矿的综合遥感地质找矿模型。 相似文献
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西藏冈底斯多金属成矿带斑岩铜矿定位预测与资源潜力评价 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:2
自1999年开展地质大调查以来,冈底斯成矿带斑岩铜矿研究取得了重大进展.本文在全面收集冈底斯成矿带地质、矿产和物化探资料基础上,建立了本区GIS平台上的资源预测评价系统.采用数理统计分析,确定了冈底斯成矿带斑岩铜矿定位预测的定量化标志35个,认为对斑岩铜矿预测影响比较重要的地质变量(因素权重>0.2)为花岗岩体(不限时代)、Cu、Mo、W、Au、Ag、Bi化探异常、Cu-Mo、Cu-Mo-Au、Cu-Au-Ag组合化探异常、矿床规模、重力场中低负异常场等.在此基础上,开展了工作区斑岩铜矿的定位预测,圈定了斑岩铜矿成矿远景区33处,计算结果与实际矿产分布和地质理论分析相吻合.采用面金属量法对冈底斯成矿带斑岩铜矿的资源潜力进行了估算,结果表明,冈底斯地区仍具有良好的斑岩铜矿找矿远景,1 000 m以浅的潜在铜资源量可达1亿吨以上.其中,驱龙-甲马-拉抗俄、松多雄、白容-冲江、松多握、吉如、达布、汤不拉、龙卡朗、崩不弄金矿、洞嘎、雄村、麦热-仁钦则、蒙哑啊东北、吹败子、岗达、沙让-亚贵拉、青龙-龙马拉、冲木达、洛麦南、拉屋找矿潜力较大. 相似文献
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This paper traces the history of mineral exploration in Indonesia between 1967 and 1992, and discusses various technical aspects, such as area selection, exploration and discovery methods, and significant geologic features of the more important new discoveries.Exploration activity over the past 25 years can be divided into four main phases. Phase 1 (1967–1976) mostly involved investigations of mineral prospects and districts previously identified by the Dutch. These investigations resulted in many discoveries, including: a major copper-gold district (skarn-porphyry copper) in Irian Jaya, where exploration is still in progress (resources identified to date: 28 Mt Cu and 2,700 t Au); large nickel resources in Eastern Indonesia (13 Mt Ni); significant onshore and offshore tin resources in the Sumateran tin belt (0.13 Mt Sn); and large but low grade bauxite deposits in West Kalimantan (300 Mt Al2O3). Of the eight Contracts of Work signed between 1967 and 1972, six reached the mining stage. Phase 2 (1970–1975) consisted of an extensive porphyry copper search in the Sunda arc, the western arc of Sulawesi and the central belt of Irian Jaya. Best results were obtained from northern Sulawesi, where follow-up between 1976 and 1982 identified three potentially economic copper-gold deposits (1.7 Mt Cu and 140 t Au) and one subeconomic molybdenum porphyry system (0.8 Mt Mo). During Phase 3 (1981–1988) extensive coal exploration in South and East Kalimantan delineated over 5,000 Mt of coal of varying rank and quality, including 1,500 Mt as measured reserves in 17 deposits, eight of which have been developed to date. Phase 4 (1984–1990) involved a major gold rush, focused primarily on the Cenozoic magmatic belts of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Moluccas and the Sunda arc. Over 80 primary and alluvial gold prospects were drill tested. Five of these were brought into production (two alluvial deposits, two new hard rock discoveries and one Dutch mine), containing approximately 135 tonnes of mineable gold, and several other projects are under development or undergoing feasibility studies. Total geological resources identified to date are estimated to contain about 700 tonnes of gold. Exploration during phase 4 also resulted in several gold-rich porphyry copper discoveries, including a major deposit in Sumbawa (2.7 Mt Cu and 250 t Au). Intermittent exploration for uranium, diamonds and lead/zinc since 1969 has been largely unsuccessful.Exploration is now passing to the next phase, which is likely to be multi-commodity in nature with a strong focus on gold, copper and coal. A number of deposits outlined during earlier phases will be developed.The unprecedented high level of mineral exploration activity over the past 25 years can be attributed to Indonesia's mineral prospectivity and favourable investment climate. Given a continued competitive commercial environment and sustained commodity prices, the next 25 years should see further strong development of the country's mineral resources. 相似文献
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The metallogenic aspects, tectonic setting, magmatism, structure, and composition of Au- and Ag-bearing porphyry copper deposits in the Buchim-Damjan-Borov Dol ore district and their genetic features are considered and compared with earlier published data. Special attention is paid to supergene gold in heavy concentrate halos of the Borov Dol deposit. The total Cu reserves of the deposits discussed in this paper do not exceed 150 kt. The Buchim deposit likely is the world’s smallest deposit of this type currently involved in mining. A comprehensive study of these dwarf porphyry copper deposits is undertaken to answer questions on the conditions of their formation. How do they differ from formation conditions of giant deposits? 相似文献
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以水系沉积物地球化学调查成果为基础,从统计学角度探讨了河北省金地球化学异常与金矿规模的对应关系。以2.6 ng/g为异常下限,在全省范围内圈定金区域异常28处,局部异常35处。研究发现区域异常与金矿的关系非常密切,100%的大型金矿、81.8%的中型金矿及70.9%的小型金矿都位于区域异常内。局部异常仅与小型金矿的关系密切,小型金矿在局部异常中的产出概率是20%。通过23个金异常面积与金矿储量的相关分析表明,二者相关性非常好,相关系数达0.919,金异常面金属量与金矿储量的相关性也很显著,相关系数达0.924。回归分析表明,金异常面积及异常面金属量与金矿床储量之间符合一元线性相关特征,并分别建立了回归方程。该成果对矿产预测及资源潜力评价具有一定的指导意义。 相似文献
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西藏多不杂矿集区斑岩铜矿地球化学指标研究 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
多不杂矿集区位于西藏改则县北部,是近些年发现的超大型斑岩型铜矿床,在以多不杂为中心,东西长约30km,南北宽约10km的范围内,包括多不杂、波龙、色那、拿顿、拿若、尕尔勤和铁格龙7个矿区。本文在前人工作的基础上,通过对矿集区钻孔岩芯样品地球化学数据进行旋转正交因子处理和成矿元素Cu与稀土元素La、Ce、Pr、Nd、Sm、Eu、Gd、Tb、Dy、Ho、Er、Tm、Yb、Lu、Y、微量元素U、Th的相关性分析,发现轻重稀土元素均在Cu矿(化)体部位相对富集。另外微量元素U、Th(尤其是Th),与金属元素Cu含量随深度的变化也存在一定的对应关系,在Cu矿化部位相对富集。研究表明稀土元素La、Ce、Pr、Nd、Sm、Eu、Gd、Tb、Dy、Ho、Er、Tm、Yb、Lu、Y与微量元素U、Th可能是一种潜在有效的矿产勘查地球化学指标。 相似文献
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以长江中下游1∶20万铜区域地球化学数据为基础,研究了铜元素地球化学异常特征,认为不同尺度的地球化学异常图具有不同的研究意义:(1)1∶20万地球化学异常可以圈定矿床异常,用于大型矿床预测。研究区内13个大型矿床中有12个落在具有三层套合结构的地球化学异常中,已知矿床储量与异常面金属量、异常面积之间的相关系数分别为0.94、0.95,显示区域地球化学异常规模与储量之间的较好相关性。(2)1∶50万地球化学异常可以圈定矿区异常,用于在成矿带中预测有利成矿区。(3)1∶100万地球化学异常可以圈定大型矿集区或成矿带,用于矿集区预测。如果把研究区内面积大于1 000km2且含有3个以上已知矿床的异常作为矿集区的话,则长江中下游存在3个大型矿集区:马鞍山—南京矿集区、九江—瑞昌—大冶矿集区和德兴—黄山—安庆—铜陵矿集区(实际上包含德兴和铜陵2个矿集区)。大型矿床多产于多层套合的地球化学异常中,大型矿集区所形成的异常具有至少3层套合结构,浓集中心与大型矿床存在对应关系,这些规律的发现为在不同成矿域预测新的大型矿集区提供了重要地球化学标志。 相似文献
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Concerns about future supplies of raw materials demand careful examination of underlying assumptions and data. Flawed deposit information, ignored undiscovered resources and questionable assumptions about future consumption require a new look at copper resources.A careful compilation of 1978 copper-bearing mineral deposits totals 2700 million metric tons of copper including past production—considerably more than reported in previous studies. About 69% of the copper is in porphyry copper deposits and 12% in sediment-hosted copper, Magmatic sulfide (mostly intrusive Ni) deposits account for 5.1%, and IOGC adds about 4.7%. VMS deposits represent 45% of the 1978 deposits but only 4.9% of the copper.The largest 20% of the deposits account for over 92% of the total copper metal. In other words, total Cu content in the smaller 1600 deposits is only about 8% of all Cu known in all deposits. This is a consequence of highly skewed frequency distributions of deposit tonnages and contained metals in all kinds of mineral deposits. This relationship is critical if one is concerned about long-term supply of copper. Typically, distributions of contained metal can be modeled well by the lognormal distribution for individual types of deposits.Information used here and in many other studies on copper includes past production. Total past production through 2015 is about 667 million tons Cu. After subtracting past production from the total copper in known deposits, the remaining unproduced copper from known deposits is 2030 million tons. Known deposits inform us about undiscovered copper resources.Over 80% of known copper is in porphyry copper and sediment-hosted copper deposits. A reliable and robust USGS managed global assessment of 225 tracts for porphyry Cu and sediment-hosted Cu produced an expected value estimate of 3500 million tons Cu in undiscovered deposits. Deposit types not assessed such as IOGC are likely to have significant amounts of undiscovered copper. If the proportion of total Cu accounted for by the two major deposit types assessed is the same proportion in all undiscovered deposits, total Cu expected in these other deposit types would add an additional 850 million tons. The reasonable estimate of copper in undiscovered mineral deposits of 4350 million tons when added to the unmined 2030 million tons in known deposits provides an estimate of 6380 million of tons Cu, which far exceeds estimates published by other researchers.Growth in copper production appears to be exponential over time but appears to be linear with respect to population. Demand for copper is not driven by time, but rather by population and per capita income. Rates of population increases are slowing and incomes in many countries are increasing. Per capita consumption of copper will increase over the coming years as populous nations such as China and India develop increasing per capita incomes, but the demand will likely level off as their economies improve. The large estimated copper resources along with evidence of slowing demand for copper over the long term considerably extend the time of “peak copper” and the long mine life of large deposits means the decline in production after will not be rapid. The focus of copper supply concerns should be on important problems such as improving recovery rates, careful consideration of the benefits and costs of mining very large deposits, technologies to increase exploration success in covered areas and reducing costs of underground mining. 相似文献
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A multi-element geochemical study of the wall rocks of intermediate to felsic volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits was carried out to identify pathfinder elements which significantly enlarge the size of exploration targets. Drill core samples from the Crandon massive sulfide deposit in Wisconsin, and outcrop samples from the United Verde and Iron King deposits in Arizona, and from the Captains Flat, Mt. Costigan, and Wiseman Creek deposits in New South Wales, Australia were analyzed. Because anomalously high fluorine values have been described in several volcanic-hosted ore systems, fluorine was included in the study.All of the above deposits have patterns of fluorine enrichment around ore. Drill core samples from two noneconomic prospects within ten miles of the Crandon deposit contain background to only weakly anomalous fluorine values.At the large Crandon deposit (> 50 million tons of zinc, copper ore), fluorine enrichment extends approximately 320 m into the footwall rocks and at least 220 m into the hanging wall rocks. At the large United Verde deposit (> 50 million tons of copper, zinc ore), fluorine enrichment is recognizable in the footwall rocks at least 650 m from the ore. At the smaller Iron King deposit (five million tons production of zinc, lead, copper ore), fluorine enrichment extends for a distance of approximately 60 m into the footwall rocks. At the small deposits in New South Wales (< five million tons production of zinc, lead, copper ore), fluorine enrichment is easily recognizable, but with the samples collected, the limits of the anomalous patterns cannot be defined.Fluorine occurs in some hydrothermal systems unassociated with mineralization and is therefore not a specific signature of ore-forming processes. From the work completed, many massive sulfide deposits in volcanic rocks occur in hydrothermal systems which contain fluorine. On the basis of the data presented, if anomalously high fluorine values do exist in an exploration search area, the chances of finding a massive sulfide ore deposit are improved.Genetic models for volcanic-hosted massive sulfide ore deposits have concentrated on rock textures, alteration mineralogy, and geochemistry of the ore metals. From the data presented, fluorine should be considered as a component of massive sulfide systems in intermediate to felsic volcanic rocks, and should be considered as a possible complexing agent for the ore metals. 相似文献
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《International Geology Review》2012,54(16):1843-1869
Numerous molybdenum (Mo) ore deposits have been discovered in the East Xingmeng orogenic belt (East Central Asian orogenic belt), over the past 10 years, and this region is becoming one of the world's most important Mo production areas. It contains 6.18 Mt of proven Mo metal reserves, which accounts for 30% of the total proven Chinese Mo reserves. The ore district includes 37 deposits and 15 occurrences, with three major Mo ore types, that is porphyries, skarns, and hydrothermal veins. The latter can be subdivided into quartz- and volcanic hydrothermal-vein types. With the exception of the Ordovician Duobaoshan porphyry Cu–Mo deposit (477 Ma), all the East Xingmeng Mo deposits formed during the Mesozoic. Re–Os dating of molybdenite has documented three episodes of Mo mineralization: Early Triassic (248–242 Ma), Jurassic (178–146 Ma), and Early Cretaceous (142–131 Ma). Early Triassic Mo deposits are distributed along the northern margin fault of the North China Craton (NCC) and include porphyry and quartz vein types. They are characterized by the association of Mo + Cu. Jurassic Mo deposits are mainly distributed in the eastern area and include porphyry, quartz vein, and skarn types. They are typified by Mo alone and/or the association of Mo, Pb, and Zn. Cretaceous Mo deposits are distributed in all areas and include porphyry and volcanic hydrothermal vein types. Similar to the Jurassic ores, they are simple Mo or Mo + Pb + Zn deposits. Volcanic hydrothermal vein deposits are characterized by an association of molybdenum and uranium. The Triassic Mo deposits formed in a syn-collision setting between the Siberian and North China plates. The Jurassic Mo deposits formed in a compressional setting, which was probably triggered by the westward subduction of the palaeo-Pacific plate. The Early Cretaceous Mo deposits are linked to a tectonic regime of lithosphere thinning, which was caused by delamination of thickened lithosphere. However, the Mo deposits in the Erguna terrane of the northwest Xingmeng orogenic belt may be related to the evolution of the Okhotsk Ocean. 相似文献
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加强埃达克岩研究,开创中国Cu、Au等找矿工作的新局面 总被引:36,自引:27,他引:36
埃达克岩与浅成低温热液Au-Ag及斑岩型Cu、Cu-Au矿床有密切的关系,环太平洋地区多数大型和世界级的斑岩铜矿均与埃达克岩有关。埃达克岩有利于成矿的关键因素与埃达克岩形成时角闪石转变为石榴石的脱水作用有关,而水能萃取出在地幔和基性岩中富集的金属元素。因此,埃达克岩集中分布的地区有利于铜、金等矿化的聚集。中国铜矿资源严重不足,解决这个紧迫问题的出路在寻找斑岩铜矿。全球铜矿主要分布在环太平洋地区,中国与环太平洋类似的地区不是中国东部,而是古亚洲洋造山带、东北吉黑东部和西藏冈底斯。从国家目标出发,建议实施铜、金等找矿工作的战略转移,把浅成低温热液和斑岩型Au、Cu、Ag等矿床找矿的重点放在古生代的古亚洲洋造山带、晚古生代-中生代的吉黑东部和中-新生代的冈底斯地区。古亚洲洋造山带首选阿尔泰西南缘-东准噶尔、东天山和内蒙古中部3个地区。埃达克岩可以作为找矿标志来使用,因此,在找矿思路上也应当有一个变化,即:先找埃达克岩,再找矿。 相似文献
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广东省铜矿床具产地分散、类型多样、储量集中的特点。以八个典型铜矿床为例,探讨铜异常及其元素组合特征,得出:①铜富集部位对已知矿的反映较好;②规模相似的不同类型铜矿床,其铜异常面积相近,但铜平均含量差异较大;③斑岩型铜矿的Cu、Mo、Sb组合,岩浆热液型、矽卡岩型、复成因型铜矿的Cu、Pb、Zn、Ag、Cd、Bi、Mo、W、Sn、Mn组合,火山岩型铜矿的Cu、Pb、Zn、Cd、Ag、As组合较稳定。这些结论为进一步了解广东省铜矿的成矿规律及开展地质勘查、地质评价工作提供了一定的科学依据。 相似文献
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Constraints on gold and copper ore grades in porphyry-style Cu–Au ± Mo deposits are re-examined, with particular emphasis
on published fluid pressure and formation depth as indicated by fluid inclusion data and geological reconstruction. Defining
an arbitrary subdivision at a molar Cu/Au ratio of 4.0 × 104, copper–gold deposits have a shallower average depth of formation (2.1 km) compared with the average depth of copper–molybdenum
deposits (3.7 km), based on assumed lithostatic fluid pressure from microthermometry. The correlation of Cu/Au ratio with
depth is primarily influenced by the variations of total Au grade. Despite local mineralogical controls within some ore deposits,
the overall Cu/Au ratio of the deposits does not show a significant correlation with the predominant type of Cu–Fe sulfide,
i.e., chalcopyrite or bornite. Primary magma source probably contributes to metal endowment on the province scale and in some
individual deposits, but does not explain the broad correlation of metal ratios with the pressure of ore formation. By comparison
with published experimental and fluid analytical data, the observed correlation of the Cu/Au ratio with fluid pressure can
be explained by dominant transport of Cu and Au in a buoyant S-rich vapor, coexisting with minor brine in two-phase magmatic
hydrothermal systems. At relatively shallow depth (approximately <3 km), the solubility of both metals decreases rapidly with
decreasing density of the ascending vapor plume, forcing both Cu and Au to be coprecipitated. In contrast, magmatic vapor
cooling at deeper levels (approximately >3 km) and greater confining pressure is likely to precipitate copper ± molybdenum
only, while sulfur-complexed gold remains dissolved in the relatively dense vapor. Upon cooling, this vapor may ultimately
contract to a low-salinity epithermal liquid, which can contribute to the formation of epithermal gold deposits several kilometers
above the Au-poor porphyry Cu–(Mo) deposit. These findings and interpretations imply that petrographic inspection of fluid
inclusion density may be used as an exploration indicator. Low-pressure brine + vapor systems are favorable for coprecipitation
of both metals, leading to Au-rich porphyry–copper–gold deposits. Epithermal gold deposits may be associated with such shallow
systems, but are likely to derive their ore-forming components from a deeper source, which may include a deeply hidden porphyry–copper
± molybdenum deposit. Exposed high-pressure brine + vapor systems, or stockwork veins containing a single type of intermediate-density
inclusions, are more likely to be prospective for porphyry–copper ± molybdenum deposits. 相似文献
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乐华—德兴成矿带成矿作用研究的进展,问题及展望 总被引:8,自引:1,他引:7
赣东北乐华-德兴成矿带位于江南地块东南缘,带内有超大型的德兴斑岩铜矿床,金山金矿床,银山多金属矿床以及许多中小型矿床,其中铜储量和伴生金储分别占全国的17.5%和37%,深入研究乐华-德兴成矿带内典型矿床和区域成矿作用,对深刻揭示大型-超大型矿床的成因矿床分带的形成机理以及发展中国的金属成矿学理论等都有重要意义,本文讨论了近年来对该成矿带成矿作用的研究进展,存在问题,并对研究前景作了展望。 相似文献