熔体包裹体挥发分应用的研究进展

挥发分(例如H2O、CO2、F、Cl和S)是地幔的重要组成部分,虽然它们在地幔中的含量很低,但是在地幔熔融和熔体演化、地幔不均一、地幔流变学、地幔地震特性和电导率等研究方面具有重要作用。对矿物熔体包裹体和玻璃挥发分的研究已经成为当前的研究热点。其中,熔体包裹体研究凭借其独特的优势成为研究地幔和岩浆挥发分组成的重要手段。熔体包裹体直接捕获了矿物形成时岩浆中的成分,且由于寄主矿物的存在使得熔体包裹体能够保持独立演化而不受外界环境影响,因此能够较为完整地保存岩浆中的挥发分信息。同时,研究熔体包裹体中的挥发分是恢复岩浆喷发前挥发分含量最直接的途径。如果通过现代分析方法(如扫描电镜、电子探针和离子探针等)对熔体包裹体进行详细的岩相学观察以及对后期可能影响熔体包裹体原始挥发组分的作用(地壳混染、岩浆去气、扩散和水化作用)进行评估,并结合实验研究熔体包裹体被捕获后发生的变化而对数据进行矫正,那熔体包裹体对研究岩浆体系中的挥发分将大有可为。基于此,本文系统介绍了熔体包裹体挥发分研究的现状及主要研究内容,主要包括熔体包裹体挥发分的测试方法、挥发分在岩浆中的溶解度、判断挥发分数据可靠性和挥发分研究的经典应用等4个方面。     

Genesis and evolution of subduction-zone andesites: evidence from melt inclusions

Andesite magmatism plays a major role in continental crustal growth, but its subduction-zone origin and evolution is still a hotly debated topic. Compared with whole-rock analyses, melt inclusions (MIs) can provide important direct information on the processes of magma evolution. In this article, we synthesize data for melt inclusions hosted by phenocrysts in andesites, extracted from the GEOROC global compilation. These data show that melt inclusions entrapped by different phenocrysts have distinct compositions: olivine-hosted melt inclusions have basalt and basaltic andesite compositions, whereas melt inclusions in clinopyroxene and othopyroxene are mainly dacitic to rhyolitic. Hornblende-hosted melt inclusions have rhyolite composition. The compositions of melt inclusions entrapped by plagioclase are scattered, spanning from andesite to rhyolite. On the basis of the compositional data, we propose a mixing model for the genesis of the andesite, and a two-chamber mechanism to account for the evolution of the andesite. First, andesite melt is generated in the lower chamber by mixing of a basaltic melt derived from the mantle and emplaced in the lower crust with a felsic melt resulting from partial melting of crustal rocks. Olivine and minor plagioclase likely crystallize in the lower magma chamber. Secondly, the andesite melt ascends into the upper chamber where other phenocrysts crystallize. According to SiO₂-MgO diagrams of the MIs, evolution of the andesite in the upper chamber can be subdivided into two distinct stages. The early stage (I) is characterized by a phenocrystal assemblage of clinopyroxene + othopyroxene + plagioclase, whereas the late stage (II) is dominated by crystallization of plagioclase + hornblende.     

黑龙江乌拉嘎金矿的次火山岩浆-热液成矿:熔体-流体包裹体证据

黑龙江乌拉嘎金矿是我国陆相火山岩区的重要金矿之一。构造位置处于古亚洲构造域与滨太平洋构造域交接复合部位的东北缘,矿体主要分布于团结沟斜长花岗斑岩接触带部位的隐爆角砾岩带和黑龙江群变质岩的层间裂隙中。斜长花岗斑岩的石英斑晶中发育3类包裹体:熔体包裹体、原生的L-V包裹体(及少量的L-V-S包裹体)和次生的L-V包裹体。玻璃质熔体包裹体相当于酸性殘浆的成分(SiO2达69.5%～73.8%),其捕获温度大于800℃。石英斑晶中次生L-V包裹体均一温度集中在210～350℃、盐度5%～7%NaCleqv,代表了次火山岩浆热液的特征,与黄铁矿-早期白色玉髓状石英阶段中Q1的包裹体均一温度范围很接近,而盐度略高于白色玉髓状石英Q1的。乌拉嘎金矿的金成矿可划分3个成矿阶段,发育盐水溶液包裹体:(1)黄铁矿-早期白色玉髓状石英阶段,包裹体均一温度为154～355℃,集中在190～330℃,盐度为1.3%～8.2%NaCleqv,密度为0.53～0.88g/cm3。(2)烟灰色玉髓状石英-多金属硫化物阶段,石英中包裹体均一温度为159～196℃,集中在170～190℃,盐度为2.2%～3.2%NaCleqv,密度0.79～0.92g/cm3。(3)碳酸盐-石英阶段,方解石中包裹体均一温度集中在170～270℃;盐度0.5%～2.9%NaCleqv。成矿流体以中低温、低盐度、贫CO2的盐水体系为特征,与国内外陆相火山-次火山热液矿床十分相似。石英斑晶中熔体、流体包裹体及其共存反映了次火山岩浆活动晚期,由硅酸盐熔体通过不混溶产生含矿的盐水溶液的可能,说明了金成矿与斑岩的成因联系,乌拉嘎金矿应该属于陆相火山-次火山活动有关的中低温浅成热液金矿床。     

山东昌乐刚玉巨晶中的流体和熔融包裹体及其流体组分特征

山东昌乐第三纪玄武岩中产有刚玉巨晶,内含丰富的原生和假次生流体包裹体和熔融包裹体。流体包裹体可分为CO2单相包裹体、H2O-CO2两相和三相包裹体。熔融包裹体类型复杂,其中富流体相包裹体可分为含CO2收缩气泡两相熔融包裹体和气-液-固多相熔融包裹体。诸类包裹体主要赋含在刚玉晶核外的“主体”部分,以CO2单相流体包裹体和两相熔融包裹体最为发育,并且不同类型包裹体常密切伴生,表明它们形成时流体发生了不混溶作用:出现熔浆相(富含挥发分)、气相(CO2为主)和富水相(H2O-CO2为主)等多相体系。激光拉曼分析结果显示,各类包裹体中的气体组分主要是CO2,另有不等量的N2和H2S,据此划分为纯CO2、CO2-N2、CO2-H2S和CO2-N2-H2S等气体组合类型,没有发现O2、CH4和H2等组分。此外,拉曼分析也证实了流体包裹体和熔融包裹体中存在H2O。上述资料表明,昌乐地区深部流体以CO2为主,同时包含H2O、N2和H2S在内的多种组分,这些流体组分也是刚玉母浆系统的重要成分。     

Silicate-melt inclusions in magmatic rocks: applications to petrology

Silicate-melt inclusions in igneous rocks provide important information on the composition and evolution of magmatic systems. Such inclusions represent accidentally trapped silicate melt (±immiscible H₂O and/or CO₂ fluids) that allow one to follow the evolution of magmas through snapshots, corresponding to specific evolution steps. This information is available on condition that they remained isolated from the enclosing magma after their entrapment. The following steps of investigation are discussed: (a) detailed petrographic studies to characterise silicate-melt inclusion primary characters and posttrapping evolution, including melt crystallisation; (b) high temperature studies to rehomogenise the inclusion content and select chemically representative inclusions: chemical compositions should be compared to relevant phase diagrams.

Silicate-melt inclusion studies allow us to concentrate on specific topics; inclusion studies in early crystallising phases allow the characterisation of primary magmas, while in more differentiated rocks, they unravel the subsequent chemical evolution. The distribution of volatile species (i.e., H₂O, CO₂, S, Cl) in inclusion glass can provide information on the degassing processes and on recycling of subducted material. In intrusive rocks, silicate melt inclusions may preserve direct evidence of magmatic stage evolution (e.g., immiscibility phenomena). Melt inclusions in mantle xenoliths indicate that high-silica melts can coexist with mantle peridotites and give information on the presence of carbonate melt within the upper mantle. Thus, combining silicate-melt inclusion data with conventional petrological and geochemical information and experimental petrology can increase our ability to model magmatic processes.     

中条山落家河铜矿流体包裹体初步研究

落家河铜矿位于中条裂谷东南部的构造-剥蚀天窗内,矿体赋存于中元古界西阳河群安山岩覆盖区下部的宋家山组沉积-火山变质岩系中.本文重点研究了不同空间位置与矿体共生的石英脉中的流体包裹体,以探讨落家河铜矿的成矿流体特征和成矿机制.系统的包裹体岩相学观察表明,落家河铜矿床流体包裹体类型按相态主要分为纯气相包裹体(Ⅰ型)、纯液相包裹体(Ⅱ型)、富气相的气液两相包裹体(Ⅲ型)、富液相的气液两相包裹体(Ⅳ型)和含子矿物多相包裹体(Ⅴ型)五种类型.矿体上部石英脉中主要为Ⅱ型和Ⅳ型包裹体,矿体下部石英脉中主要为Ⅴ型和Ⅰ型包裹体,且两种包裹体紧密共存,体现了沸腾包裹体组合的特征.显微测温结果显示,原生的富液相气液两相包裹体(Ⅳa型)具有CaCl2-NaCl-H2O体系(Ⅳa1型)和NaCl-H2O体系(Ⅳa2型)两种流体体系,其均一温度分别为100～208℃和151 ～ 306℃,盐度为10.2％～20.4％ NaCleqv 和3.4％ ～ 15.1％ NaCleqv,分别对应矿体上部和下部石英脉,显示出热卤水和岩浆热液两种不同的流体来源.Ⅴ型包裹体的均一温度为175～300℃,盐度达30.7％～ 38.2％ NaCleqv.研究结果显示,热卤水和岩浆热液的流体作用机制有所不同,前者是古海水在花岗岩侵入体的驱动下形成对流循环并从火山岩中萃取金属元素形成的含矿热卤水.热卤水在沿断裂通道上升过程中由于降温、减压使成矿物质沉淀;后者主要是从岩浆中分离出的中温中盐度流体,它在到达断裂通道时由于压力骤降发生流体沸腾作用,并产生矿质沉淀.激光拉曼探针分析显示,流体包裹体气相成分主要是水,含有少量CO2.结合矿床形成的构造背景、热液通道、驱动机制和成矿流体特征,作者认为落家河铜矿可能是一个前寒武纪海相火山成因块状硫化物矿床.     

Fahlores of the Prasolovka Au-Ag volcanogenic deposit, Kunashir Island, Russian Far East

The chemical study shows that fahlores from the Prasolovka deposit are complex compounds with significant variations in their composition and the proportions of their constituent elements. Based on their major-element composition, they are subdivided into 3 species and 11 inter-and intra-species varieties. The chemical composition of the fahlores in different mineral assemblages from different ore types indicates that As fahlores subsequently replaced by Sb, Te-Sb, and Te fahlores during ore precipitation. The revealed evolution of the ore solutions from the early to late stages testifies that different ores at the Prasolovka deposit were formed under different physicochemical conditions.     

川西甲基卡花岗伟晶岩型锂矿床中熔体、流体包裹体固相物质研究

川西甲基卡二云母花岗岩和伟晶岩内发育大量原生熔体包裹体和富晶体流体包裹体。为了查明甲基卡成矿熔体、流体性质与演化特征,运用激光拉曼光谱和扫描电镜鉴定了甲基卡花岗伟晶岩型锂矿床中二云母花岗岩及伟晶岩脉不同结构带内的原生熔体、流体包裹体的固相物质。分析结果表明,甲基卡二云母花岗岩石英内熔体包裹体的矿物组合为磷灰石+白云母、白云母+钠长石、白云母+石墨;伟晶岩绿柱石内富晶体流体包裹体的矿物组合主要为刚玉、富铝铁硅酸盐+刚玉+锂辉石、锂辉石+石英+锂绿泥石;伟晶岩锂辉石内富晶体流体包裹体的矿物组合主要为磷灰石、锡石、磁铁矿、石英+钠长石+锂绿泥石、萤石、富钙镁硅酸盐+富铁铝硅酸盐+富铁硅酸盐+石英;花岗岩浆熔体与伟晶岩浆熔体(流体)具有一定的差异,成矿熔体、流体成分总体呈现出碱质元素(Na、Si、Al)、挥发分(F、P、CO_2)含量增高及基性元素(Fe、Mg、Ca)降低的特征;包裹体中子矿物与主矿物的化学成分具有一定的差别,揭示出伟晶岩熔体(流体)存在局部岩浆分异作用,具不混溶性及非均匀性。因此认为,伟晶岩熔浆(流体)为岩浆分异与岩浆不混溶共同作用的产物,挥发分含量的增高(F、P、CO_2)使伟晶岩能够与稀有金属组成各类络合物或化合物,这对于稀有金属成矿起到了至关重要的作用。     

板溪锑矿床流体包裹体研究

板溪锑矿床是湘中锑矿矿集区内的一个中型石英脉型锑矿床,赋存于板溪群五强溪组浅变质碎屑岩中,受NE向的桃江—城步断裂带控制。流体包裹体研究表明,板溪锑矿流体包裹体类型包括富液相水溶液包裹体(Ⅰ型)、富二氧化碳包裹体(Ⅱ型)、纯液相包裹体(Ⅲ型)三类;流体盐度为w(NaCl,eq)=3.4%~7.7%,均一温度为181~331℃,流体的密度为0.78~0.92g/cm~3,矿区成矿流体具有中低温、低盐度、低密度的特点,成矿流体的pH值为5.72,估计成矿压力为49~91 MPa,成矿的地壳深度为5.6~7.8km;均一温度与盐度呈正相关关系,成矿过程中两种流体发生混合作用而成矿。     

The Ust-Davydovka Formation: A paleogene reference stratigraphic unit of the Primorye region, Russian Far East

The nomenclature history of the Ust-Davydovka Formation (Lower-Middle Miocene, according to its formal status) is considered with characteristics of the geological data on its stratotype in the Rechnoi Peninsula (Vladivostok area) as well as on its position and role in the regional stratigraphic scheme. The Ust-Davydovka formation was dated as Late Eocene based on the fossil micro-and macroflora. A new correlation variant proposed for Tertiary sections in different segments of the Artem-Tavrichanka Depression (type region of the Ust-Davydovka Formation) eliminates contradictions between floral and faunal data.     

西藏康金拉铬铁矿床刚玉中的包裹体研究

西藏康金拉铬铁矿石的矿物学研究中,发现大量的微粒金刚石和碳硅石等超高压异常地幔矿物,表明它们产在一个强还原的高压环境.本研究在铬铁矿石中还发现了刚玉及其中大量的矿物包裹体.电子探针等方法研究表明,包裹体的种类包括简单氧化物,如金红石;自然钛;Ti-N、Ti-Si、Ti-C、Ti-Si-P、Ti-B等合金类;含稀土元素的硅酸盐矿物,以及一些未知矿物.结合对铬铁矿石中其他矿物的研究成果,认为康金拉铬铁矿石中的刚玉及其中的强还原环境形成的矿物组合形成于深部地幔.因此,康金拉铬铁矿石中的刚玉可以认为是一种新的带有高压环境信息的标志性矿物.     

Magmatic evolution of the Mantos Blancos copper deposit, Coastal Range of northern Chile: insight from Sr–Nd isotope, geochemical data and silicate melt inclusions

The Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu) was affected by two superimposed hydrothermal events: (i) phyllic alteration related to a rhyolitic dome emplacement and brecciation at ca 155 Ma; and (ii) potassic, sodic and propylitic alteration at ca 142 Ma, coeval with stocks and sills emplacement of dioritic and granodioritic porphyries, that locally grade upwards into polymictic magmatic hydrothermal breccias. Major hypogene copper sulfide mineralization is related to the second event. A late‐ore mafic dike swarm cross‐cuts all rocks in the deposit. Two types of granodioritic porphyries can be distinguished from petrographic observations and geochemical data: granodiorite porphyry I (GP I) and granodiorite porphyry II (GP II), which resulted from two different trends of magmatic evolution. The concave shape of the rare earth element (REE) distribution pattern together with the weak or absence of negative Eu anomalies in mafic dikes, dioritic and GP I porphyries, suggest hornblende‐dominated fractionation for this magmatic suite. In contrast, distinct negative Eu anomalies and the flat REE patterns suggest plagioclase‐dominated fractionation, at low oxygen fugacity, for the GP II porphyry suite. But shallow mixing and mingling between silicic and dioritic melts are also likely for the formation of the GP II and polymictic breccias, respectively. Sr‐Nd isotopic compositions suggest that the rhyolitic dome rocks were generated from a dominantly crustal source, while the GP I has mantle affinity. The composition of melt inclusions (MI) in quartz crystals from the rhyolitic dome is similar to the bulk composition of their host rock. The MI analyzed in quartz from GP II and in the polymictic magmatic hydrothermal breccia of the deposit are compositionally more evolved than their host rocks. Field, geochemical and petrographic data provided here point to dioritic and siliceous melt interaction as an inducing mechanism for the release of hydrothermal fluids to form the Cu mineralization.     

REE geochemistry in groundwater of the Sikhote Alin fold region (Russian Far East)

Analysis of the distribution and fractionation of rare earth elements in the groundwater of the Sikhote Alin fold region reveals that their concentrations, geochemistry, and fractionation ability vary in different groundwater types depending on many factors, including the pH–Eh parameters and mineralization of the solutions and the composition of the host rocks. The results of monitoring of changes in the REE concentrations in the groundwater of the region over ten years provides the opportunity to establish the range of their variations. Inorganic forms of REE migration are rated for all geochemical types of water in the meteoric–surface–ground water system.     

江苏东海水晶矿床成因初探：流体包裹体和硅氧同位素证据

东海水晶矿床位于苏鲁超高压变质带中,它的成因机制及其与超高压变质作用的关系一直是大家关注的问题。本文运用流体包裹体、硅氧同位素地球化学以及微量元素地球化学,对东海水晶矿床的成因进行了初步研究。结果显示,含晶石英脉中流体包裹体主要有单液相、气液两相以及H2O-CO2流体包裹体,其中以气液两相流体包裹体为主,大小在5～50μm,但在含金红石发晶的水晶中气液两相流体包裹体最大可达300μm。其形成温度可以分为3个区间,即100℃～120℃,160℃～220℃和240℃～260℃;而其盐度也集中于0～2wt％NaCl,4～12wt％NaCl和14～16wt％NaCl三个区间,反映了多期流体的叠加作用。激光拉曼和流体包裹体群成分分析可知,流体包裹体中除了H2O和CO2外,还有N2、CH4、H2S和C2H6等,并且在不同的爆裂温度情况下,流体包裹体所释放的成分有所差别。东海水晶矿床中不合金红石发晶的石英的δ^18O变化范围在-5．6～＋4．6‰,δ^34Si变化范围在-0．2～＋0．2‰之间;而含金红石发晶的石英的δ^18O变化范围在10．5～14．9‰,δ^34Si变化范围在～0．2～＋0．1‰之间。相对来说,与水晶热液作用有关的鳞片状黑云母比斜绿泥石更加富集Nb、Cr、Fe、V、W、Ti和Zr等。本文认为东海水晶矿床的形成在富舍石英的榴辉岩在大陆板块俯冲折返过程中及其以后,由不同时期、不同性质、不同成分流体叠加作用下的结果,而舍金红石发晶的形成则是叠加富Nb、Fe流体的结果。     

内蒙古东北部激流河花岗岩中包体的特征及成因

内蒙古东北部阿龙山地区，沿激流河两岸呈NE向分布的二长花岗岩、花岗闪长岩体中发育暗色微粒镁铁质包体。包体具典型的岩浆结构、淬火结构及针状磷灰石，部分包体中含寄主岩石的钾长石、石英巨晶。包体形态主要呈浑圆状，可见明显的塑性流变特点，与寄主岩石间常呈截然的接触关系，有时呈过渡状、雾迷状。寄主岩石富Si、K，并表现出岩浆演化的特点，包体富Mg、Fe、Ca，贫Si、Al，Na〉K。寄主岩石和包体的稀土、微量元素曲线形态相近，均为左高右低的不对称右倾型、轻稀土富集型，包体Eu微弱亏损，寄主花岗岩的Eu中等—弱亏损。包体与寄主岩石在地球化学特征上既表现出了相似性，也表现出了明显的非同源性特点。这些特征表明早石炭世激流河花岗岩类中的暗色包体是岩浆混合的产物，部分代表了混合岩浆的基性端元。     

Resource-based development in the Russian Far East: Problems and prospects

The paper examines the prospects for resource-based development in the Russian Far East. It adopts a critical perspective on the potential for resource-based development by examining problems with Far East resource industries, specifically by looking at the experience of the other resource economies more generally. In particular, it highlights the new geo-economic context for resource development in the Far East of Russia as the world economy approaches the much touted, and now questioned, ‘Pacific Century’.     

西藏冈底斯朱诺斑岩型铜矿床流体包裹体特征

冈底斯是我国重要的斑岩型铜矿带,东段已发现一系列大型-超大型斑岩矿床且研究程度较高,而西段仅发现朱诺一例大型斑岩铜矿床,且研究程度较低,这不利于冈底斯东西段的对比研究。本文对朱诺矿床进行了流体包裹体岩相学研究、包裹体测温及激光拉曼光谱分析,并与冈底斯东段的驱龙斑岩矿床开展了对比。研究表明朱诺矿床共发育四种类型包裹体,分别为富液相气液两相水溶液包裹体(LV)、富气相气液两相水溶液包裹体(VL)、含子晶多相(LVH)及富CO2三相(C)包裹体。从成矿早期到晚期(即由A脉向B脉至D脉阶段),包裹体均一温度集中分布在350~550℃、250~350℃、250~300℃,盐度为5%~55%NaCleqv、5%~40%NaCleqv、2%~10%NaCleqv,显示包裹体均一温度及盐度呈递减趋势。而在B脉阶段,在显微镜下同一视域内可见不同类型(LV、VL、LVH)的包裹体共存,并且具有相似的均一温度而盐度变化较大特征,这是流体沸腾的明显标志,预示压力的降低及硫化物的沉淀。通过压力估算得到朱诺矿床A、B、D脉阶段的成矿深度分别为2.9km、2.7km、2.3km。通过与驱龙铜矿的对比,朱诺矿床硬石膏发育相对较弱,预示成矿流体氧逸度相对驱龙矿床低,此外二者在包裹体类型、温度、盐度等方面相似,但朱诺的成矿深度比驱龙的略浅,这在冈底斯西段总体剥蚀程度相对东段低的背景下是有利于矿床的寻找。     

吐哈盆地早二叠世玄武岩原始岩浆性质:来自熔融包裹体成分的制约

东天山地区的二叠纪玄武岩沿着区域的北东东向断裂呈脉状分布,吐哈盆地玄武岩的⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar坪年龄为298.2±3.8Ma,为早二叠世,与前人的玄武岩年龄结果在误差范围内一致。可能与东天山地区二叠纪岩浆铜镍矿床镁铁-超镁铁岩有密切的成因联系。吐哈玄武岩的主微量成分显示其为岛弧拉斑、大陆弧玄武岩,轻稀土富集和Nb、Ta负异常,指示源区可能经历过俯冲作用的改造。吐哈盆地二叠纪玄武岩含有新鲜的橄榄石和长石斑晶,橄榄石斑晶中熔融包裹体较发育。熔融包裹体为玻璃质、气相和玻璃质、气相、固相两种类型。包裹体中不透明矿物主要为磁铁矿,说明捕获包裹体时岩浆的氧逸度和Fe含量较高。熔融包裹体分为高MgO和低MgO含量两种。高MgO含量的包体同时具有低SiO₂、低微量和稀土元素含量的特征,可能为地幔高部分熔融的产物,且经历过深部演化程度较弱。该高MgO熔体的微量元素显示Nb、Ta亏损的特征,具有N-MORB特征的微量和稀土元素分配模式,预示该熔体为受到俯冲交代的地幔熔融形成。熔融包裹体相对玄武岩具有低的Th和Ta含量、相对弱的Nb和Ta的负异常的特征,指示熔融包裹体的成分经受改造程度低于玄武岩,暗示可能为经历过较少后期作用改造的相对原始的熔体。熔体中Cu含量（12.4×10^-6~299×10^-6）在正常玄武质岩浆含量范围内,而Ni含量（236×10^-6~697×10^-6）高于高镁溢流科马提岩和洋中脊玄武岩。该Cu、Ni含量略显解耦的熔体可能代表了经历过深部少量的硫化物熔离,带走小部分Cu和Ni等成矿元素之后所捕获的岩浆。如果将该熔体视为东天山地区二叠纪岩浆铜镍硫化物矿床的母岩浆,该母岩浆中Ni含量相对较高可能是岩浆铜镍硫化物矿床中矿石的Ni/Cu比值大多大于1.0的主要因素。

     

Noble metal-bearing ferromanganese deposits in the Kimkan basin,Russian Far East

It has been established that large ferromanganese deposits enriched in noble metals, Co, U, V, and REE in the Kimkan sedimentary basin are confined to Vendian–Cambrian black shales. Lithostratigraphy plays an important role in the localization of such deposits and promising ore-bearing fields. Deposits and occurrences of complex iron and ferromanganese ores are polygenous and polychronous, because they underwent intense hydrothermal alterations with the superposition of noble metal and uranium mineralization in the Cretaceous. Efficient utilization of complex iron ores in the Kimkan open pit needs the construction of a metallurgical plant.     

Hydrothermal fluid geochemistry at the Chah-Firuzeh porphyry copper deposit,Iran: Evidence from fluid inclusions

The Chah-Firuzeh porphyry copper deposit is located in 35 km north of Shahre Babak (Kerman province). It is associated with granodioriteic intrusive of Miocene age which intruded Eocene volcanosedimentary rocks. Copper mineralization was accompanied by both potassic and phyllic alteration. Field observations and petrographic studies demonstrate that the emplacement of Chah-Firuzeh pluton took place in several intrusive pulses, each with associated hydrothermal ore fluid formation that was also associated with hydrostatic pressure increasing respect to that of lithostatic pressure (and fracturing development-relative boiling) by circulated fluid. Copper is concentrated as a very early hydrothermal mineralized phase in the evolution of the hydrothermal system. Early hydrothermal alteration produced a potassic assemblage (orthoclase–biotite) in the central deep part of the stock. Alteration ore fluids could be classify into two groups of liquid-reach, containing solid phases, high temperature (390 to 500 °C) high salinity (more than 60 wt.% NaCl equiv.) and gas-rich, high temperature (311 to 570 °C), no solid phase and with low salinities. These magmatic source fluids illustrate sever boiling process and also are the responsible for the both potassic alteration, quartz group I and II veins and chalcopyrite deposition. Propylitic alteration occurred by the liquid-rich, low temperature (241 to 390 °C) and Ca-rich fluid with meteoric origin. Continuous decreasing temperature let the meteoric water diffusion into the system, mixed with magmatic fluids and descending the salinities down to the 1 wt.% NaCl equiv. and leaching the Cu from vein groups II and III by sever thermodynamic anarchies from potassic to the phyllic alteration zones. Phyllic alteration and copper leaching resulted from the inflow of oxidized and acidic meteoric waters with decreasing temperature of the system followed by the incursion of this fluid into and its convection in upper part of the system. A late episode of boiling occurred in the apical the phyllic zone, and was associated with significant copper deposition. Based on the field observation on sharp alteration and related mineralization, it is possible to conclude that all these procedures have been controlled by local faults that could be active even before the pluton injection. These faults and the new form ones (which have been formed after injection), could crash the hosted rocks, and act as physical dams to restrict and limit the mineralization in special strikes and zones within the Cah-Firuzeh ore deposit.