The conditions of existence and typomorphism of native gold in ores of the Degdekanskoe deposit (northeastern Russia) in black-shale strata

We studied the typomorphic features of native gold in orebodies with veinlet-disseminated quartz-sulfide mineralization at the Degdekanskoe deposit localized in Permian black-shale strata of the Ayan–Yuryakh anticlinorium in the upper-Yana–Chukchi folded area. With a successive HF and HNO₃ dissolution of samples, the abundance of native gold intimately intergrown with sulfides (on the average, 42.1%) and carbonaceous substance was revealed. It is shown that most of its grains are small and fine (the <0.25 mm fraction averages 90.2%) and are accumulated mainly in interstices. Two gold generations have been revealed: low-medium-grade (751–840‰) (main) and high-grade (885–931‰). The zonal structure of mineralization has been established. The upper, most enriched horizons bear coarser-grained gold of the two generations, which are localized in both sulfide and silicate minerals. With depth, the total content of gold decreases, the share of sulfide gold increases, and the grain size and grade also diminish, with the low-medium-grade generation prevailing.     

河南省老湾金矿床地球化学特征及矿床成因

在详细分析河南省老湾金矿床成矿地质背景、矿床地质特征的基础上,研究该矿床流体包裹体和氢、氧、硫、铅同位素,结果表明该金矿床的成矿流体为中低温、低盐度的富CO₂的K⁺-Na⁺ -Cl^--SO ₂^-4体系。氧、氢同位素分析显示,成矿流体δ¹⁸O值变化于-5.25‰～+5.37‰,δD变化于-67‰～-76‰,表明成矿流体主要来源于岩浆水和大气降水;硫化物的δ³⁴S值变化于-0.1‰～+5.3‰,平均值为+3.98‰,显示深源硫的特征;Pb同位素组成显示铅主要来源于地幔,有少量地壳铅的加入。综合研究表明,老湾金矿床为受韧性剪切带控制的中-低温热液构造蚀变岩型金矿床。      

辽宁白云金矿床稳定同位素地球化学特征及矿床成因

白云金矿床是辽东地区的一个大型金矿床,其成矿物质来源及矿床成因一直存在争议。本文系统地研究了白云金矿床的氢、氧、硫和碳同位素地球化学特征。研究结果显示:成矿流体中δ~(18)OV-SMOW值变化范围为13.5‰15.9‰,δD_(V-SMOW)为-107‰-83‰,表明成矿流体以岩浆水为主;矿石中黄铁矿的δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)为-8.3‰2.9‰,以富轻硫和贫重硫为特征,与辽河群围岩中黄铁矿的硫同位素组成(δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)为7.0‰18.7‰)有明显差异;矿石中方解石的碳同位素δ~(13)C_(V-PDB)为-2.2‰-0.4‰,类似于火成碳酸岩或地幔包体来源的碳同位素特征,也与辽河群大理岩的碳同位素组成明显不同。成矿元素特征对比也显示,成矿物质来源与辽河群没有必然联系。综合矿床地质特征和地球化学特征,认为白云金矿床是与深部岩浆流体活动有关的岩浆热液型金矿床。     

Mineralogical and sulfur isotopic characteristics of Archean greenstone belt-hosted gold mineralization at the Tau deposit of the Mupane gold mine,Botswana

The Mupane gold deposit, which is one of the numerous gold occurrences in the Tati Greenstone Belt in the northeastern part of Botswana, consists of four orebodies, namely Tau, Tawana, Kwena, and Tholo deposits. The present research, which focuses on the genesis of the Tau deposit, was based on ore petrography, mineral chemistry of sulfides, and sulfur isotope data. Mineralogical characteristics of the host rocks indicate that banded iron formation at the Tau deposit includes iron oxides (magnetite), carbonates (siderite and ankerite), silicates (chlorite and amphibole), and sulfides (arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite). The deposit features arsenopyrite-rich zones associated with biotite-chlorite veins, which are indicative of the precipitation of arsenopyrite concomitant with potassic alteration. The replacement of magnetite by pyrrhotite in some samples suggests that sulfidation was likely the dominant gold precipitation mechanism because it is considered to have destabilized gold-thiocomplexes in the ore-forming fluids. Based on textural relationships and chemical composition, arsenopyrite is interpreted to reflect two generations. Arsenopyrite 1 is possibly early in origin, sieve textured with abundant inclusions of pyrrhotite. Arsenopyrite 1 was then overgrown by late arsenopyrite 2 with no porous textures and rare inclusions of pyrrhotite. Gold mineralization was initiated by focused fluid flow and sulfidation of the oxide facies banded iron formation, leading to an epigenetic gold mineralization. The mineralogical assemblages, textures, and mineral chemistry data at the Tau gold deposit revealed two-stage gold mineralizations commencing with the deposition of invisible gold in arsenopyrite 1 followed by the later formation of native gold during hydrothermal alteration and post-depositional recrystallization of arsenopyrite 1. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric analysis of arsenopyrite from the Tau deposit revealed that the hydrothermal event responsible for the formation of late native gold also affected the distribution of other trace elements within the grains as evidenced by varying trace elements contents in arsenopyrite 1 and arsenopyrite 2. The range of δ³⁴S of gold-bearing assemblages from the Tau deposit is restricted from +1.6 to +3.9‰, which is typical of Archean orogenic gold deposits and indicates that overall reduced hydrothermal conditions prevailed during the gold mineralization process at the Tau deposit. The results from this study suggest that gold mineralization involved multi-processes such as sulfidation, metamorphism, deformation, hydrothermal alteration, and gold remobilization.     

甘肃鹿儿坝金矿床金赋存状态研究

甘肃鹿儿坝金矿处在西秦岭“岷礼金矿带”上,是我国卡林型金矿“西北金三角”组成部分。该矿床赋存于洮河复向斜北东翼之中三叠统浅变质浊积岩建造中,矿体受NWW向断裂构造控制明显,矿石以中-低温热液蚀变矿物组合为特征,是一个正在开发但难选的大型金矿床。为了解金的赋存状态,文章通过中-高倍矿相显微镜、金化学物相分析及电子探针(EMPA)测试等手段,研究了金在矿石中的赋存状态。结果表明,三类矿石中金的分布型式基本一致,载金矿物主要为毒砂、石英、黄铁矿和铁白云石;金以矿物包裹金为主,总占比达96.31%,其中硫化物包裹的金占61.45%~89.01%、硅酸盐中的金占有率为7.28%~25.49%,独立存在的金矿物较少,占1.03%~9.01%;独立金矿物主要以矿物粒间单体金形式存在,金成色987.05‰,为自然金,粒度以0.0009 mm×0.0061 mm~0.0078 mm×0.0114 mm为主。这为矿床研究提供了基础信息,并为改善矿山生产提供了一定的理论依据。     

西秦岭李坝金矿床地质、同位素地球化学及其成因探讨

李坝金矿床位于西秦岭造山带中的礼-岷矿集区内,赋矿围岩为泥盆系浅变质细碎屑岩,矿床产于中川岩体的外侧热接触变质带内,矿体主要受断裂破碎带控制.本文在李坝金矿床地质特征研究的基础上,对赋矿围岩、花岗斑岩岩脉、矿石硫化物进行了LA-MC-ICPMS原位微区硫同位素测试及化学溶样法分析,对不同地质体的铅同位素进行了系统测定与...     

Pb-Zn-Cu accumulation from seafloor sedimentation to metamorphism: Constraints from ore textures coupled with elemental and isotopic geochemistry of the Tiemurt in Chinese Altay Orogen,NW China

The Tiemurt Pb-Zn-Cu deposit (metal reserve: 0.29 Mt (Pb + Zn) and 0.14 Mt Cu) is hosted in the Kangbutiebao Formation volcanic-sedimentary rocks in the Chinese Altay Orogen, NW China. Although some geological and geochemical characteristics of primary seafloor sedimentary mineralization are preserved, major fault-controlled Pb-Zn-Cu orebodies are adjacent to the Sarekbuobu orogenic gold deposit, and therefore it is also interpreted to be closely related to regional deformational-metamorphic processes. The seafloor sedimentary mineralization is evidenced by the occurrence of the banded ores and marine sulfate-originated sulfur isotopic compositions of the sulfides (bimodal δ³⁴S values of 17.29–18.67‰ and −25.03 to −17.58‰). The lead isotope compositions accord with the evolution line of mantle, implying that the Pb were chiefly sourced from the mantle-reservoir. The later deformational and metamorphic overprinting are recorded by the fault-controlled lodes with ore textures of epigenetic infilling and replacement. Besides well-developed CO₂-rich fluid inclusions, the D-O isotopic data of the overprinting fluids fall into the area between metamorphic fluids and meteoric water line, indicative of metamorphic fluids origin with meteoric water involvement. To further trace the Pb-Zn-Cu accumulation and remobilization processes, systematic in-situ trace elements in sulfides of different generations are analyzed using LA-ICP-MS. Ti-Mn-Cu-Pb-Zn-Bi concentrations in pyrite show a trend of progressive decrease from early to late generations. Similar decreasing trends of trace element concentrations are also present in sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, although the combinations of trace element are slightly different. This indicates that the ore-forming metals (esp. Cu, Pb and Zn) were initially locked up in the crystal lattice of the VMS sulfides (especially pyrite). Deformational and metamorphic processes of the primary ores during the Permian-Triassic collisional orogeny have likely led to trace element remobilization and sulfides purification, which redistributed the metals and upgraded the ores. Combined with previous studies, we proposed that the Pb-Zn-Cu of Tiemurt had been accumulated from seafloor sedimentation (ca. 400 Ma) to deformation-metamorphism processes (ca. 240 Ma).     

Native gold in Cu- and Ni-bearing pyroxenite-cortlandite intrusions and placers of the Dambuki ore cluster,the Amur region

The Dambuki ore cluster of the Upper Amur region is characterized by numerous and high-grade gold placers. A few small primary deposits and occurrences of gold-quartz type were formerly considered to be the main source of placers. However, the study of widespread Early Cretaceous Cu- and Ni-bearing ultramafic intrusions has shown that gold occurring in primary Cu-Ni ores and products of their weathering practically does not differ from placer gold in morphology, fineness, or geochemical features. In both cases, elements typical of Cu-Ni ore (Cu, Fe, Pd, Ni, etc.) are detected as impurities of gold particles. These data indicate that the Au-and Pt-bearing Cu-Ni ore mineralization may be the main source of placer gold. This ore mineralization is genetically related to small pyroxenite-cortlandite sills and dikes, abundant in the Dambuki ore cluster. The primary gold-quartz deposits and occurrences also contributed to the placers, but their part was rather small.     

云南金平铜厂金矿床地质特征和成矿物质来源

铜厂金矿床位于哀牢山造山带金平古生代盖层构造单元的中南部.金矿化分布于奥陶系下统复理石碎屑岩和志留系中-上统白云岩之间的北西走向断裂破碎带中.含金矿物主要为自然金和银金矿,附着于黏土矿物或赋存于石英、黄铁矿、毒砂裂隙和胶结物的颗粒间.矿石为细脉状、浸染状和团块状构造.围岩蚀变为碳酸盐化、硅化、绢云母化等.金矿石黄铁矿δ³⁴S为0.337‰~3.113‰,²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb、²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb和²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb分别为39.3814~40.1504、15.7093~15.7727和19.002~19.5492.矿区石英正长斑岩δ³⁴S为-1.118‰~-0.161‰,²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb、²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb和²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb分别是39.0817~39.2278、15.653~15.6805和18.8186~18.8612.金矿石黄铁矿的硫不是来源于石英正长斑岩,铅来源于上地壳.石英正长斑岩铅为上地壳和下地壳或上地幔混合来源铅.金矿床可能是在新生代岩浆-构造作用晚期,断裂构造中循环的热液汲取上地壳沉积围岩中的金等成矿物质形成的含矿流体,在断裂构造带压力和温度较低部位通过充填和交代作用形成的.     

Vostok-2 gold-base-metal-tungsten skarn deposit,Central Sikhote-Alin,Russia

Vostok-2—East Russia’s largest skarn deposit of high-grade sulfide-scheelite ore with substantial base-metal and gold mineralization—was formed during the Mesozoic orogenic epoch of evolution of the Far East marginal continental system as an element of the gold-tin-tungsten metallogenic belt. The deposit is related to the multistage monzodiorite-granodiorite-granite complex pertaining to the ilmenite series and spatially associated with a minor granodiorite porphyry (?) stock, which bears petrological features transi- tional to those of intrusive rocks occurring at Au-W and Au deposits. The hydrothermal metasomatic alteration of host rocks evolved from pyroxene skarn via retrograde postskarn and propylitic (hydrosilicate) metasomatic rocks to the late, low-temperature quartz-sericite metasomatic rocks often with albite, chlorite, carbonate, and apatite. The mineral assemblages of skarn and postskarn metasomatic rocks correspond to those at the reduced-type tungsten skarn deposits. Zoning of the postskarn metasomatic rocks is controlled by granodiorite stock. The hydrothermal metasomatic alteration was accompanied by development of mineralization from scheelite via sulfide-scheelite with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite to the gold-base-metal-scheelite assemblage with arsenopyrite, Bi-Sb-Te-Pb-Zn sulfides and sulfosalts. Several scheelite generations are recognized. Scheelite of the late generations is enriched in Eu, as is typical of gold deposits. The associated gold mineralization comprises both native gold varying in fineness and Au-bearing arsenopyrite. The significant gold mineralization emphasizes genetic links of this deposit with intrusion-related Au-W and Au deposits of the reduced type.     

Listvenite-related gold deposits of the South Urals (Russia): A review

The Urals is a complex fold belt, which underwent long geological evolution. The formation of most gold deposits in the Urals is related to the collision stage. In this paper, we review some relatively small listvenite-related gold deposits, which are confined to the large Main Uralian fault zone and some smaller faults within the Magnitogorsk zone. The Mechnikovskoe, Altyn-Tash, and Ganeevskoe deposits are studied in detail in this contribution. They comprise the ore clusters along with other numerous small gold deposits, and constituted the sources for the gold placers exploited in historical time. The gold is hosted by metasomatites (listvenites, beresites) and quartz veins with economic gold grades (up to 20 g/t Au). Listvenites are developed after serpentinites and composed of quartz, fuchsite, and carbonates (magnesite, dolomite) ± albite. Volcanic and volcanoclastic rocks are altered to beresites, consisting of sericite, carbonates (dolomite, ankerite), quartz and albite. Pyrite and chalcopyrite are major ore minerals associated with gold; pyrrhotite, Ni sulfides, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite and Au-Ag tellurides are subordinate and rare. Gold in these deposits is mostly high-fineness (>900‰). The lower fineness (∼800‰) is typical of gold in assemblage with polymetallic sulfides and tellurides. The ores have been formed from the NaCl–CO₂–H₂O ± CH₄ fluids of low (∼2 wt% NaCl-equiv.) to moderate (8–16 wt% NaCl-equiv.) salinity at temperatures of 210–330 °C. The oxygen isotopic composition of quartz (δ¹⁸O) varies from 14.7 to 15.4‰ (Mechnikovskoe deposit), 13.2 to 13.6‰ (Altyn-Tash deposit) and 12.0 to 12.7‰ (Ganeevskoe deposit). The oxygen isotopic composition of albite from altered rocks of the Ganeevskoe deposit is 10.1‰. The calculated δ¹⁸O_H2O values of the fluid in equilibrium with quartz are in a range of 5.7–6.3, 4.2–4.6 and 6.3–6.7‰ respectively, and most likely indicate a magmatic fluid source.     

Mineralogical siting and distribution of gold in quartz veins and sulfide ores of the Ashanti mine and other deposits in the Ashanti belt of Ghana: genetic implications

The Ashanti belt of Ghana constitutes a gold province which has produced a total of about 1500 t of gold historically. Gold mineralization is found in steep, NNE-SSW to NE-SW trending shear zones predominantly transecting metasediments of the Palaeoproterozoic Birimian Supergroup (2.2–2.1 Ga), disseminated in ca. 2.1 Ga granitoids, in paleo-conglomerates of the Tarkwaian Group (< 2135 Ma), and in recent placers. The distribution of gold, its chemistry, paragenesis and mineralogical siting in the mesothermal ores of the major mines in the Ashanti belt, namely Konongo, Ashanti, Bogosu and Prestea mine, are the subject of this study. At the localities studied, gold is present in two main types of ores: 1. Quartz veins with free-milling gold. The gold is relatively silver-rich (true fineness values from 730 to 954) and is accompanied by a distinct suite of Cu, Pb, Sb sulfides. 2. Sulfide ores, consisting of arsenopyrite, pyrite and rarer pyrrhotite and marcasite, with refractory gold. The ores have apparent fineness values larger than 910. Arsenopyrite and locally (at Bogosu) pyrite were identified as the hosts of submicroscopic gold. Mean concentrations of gold in arsenopyrite in various samples from the different mines, obtained by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), range from 67 to 314 ppm Au. Gold concentration mapping in individual arsenopyrite crystals from the different deposits revealed similar patterns of gold distribution: the grains possess a gold-poor core, and elevated gold contents are present along distinct crystal growth zones towards their rims. The outermost crystal layer is usually gold-poor. The well-preserved distribution patterns also indicate that remobilization of gold from the sulfides played an insignificant role in the ores of the Ashanti belt. Multiple quartz veining and growth zoning of the sulfides are interpreted as manifestations of multiple episodes of fluid infiltration, fluid flow and mineral deposition. The bimodal occurrence of gold in spatially closely associated quartz vein and sulfide ores indicates a genetic link between these ore types. A model implying a grossly coeval formation of the ores from mesothermal fluids is proposed. Received: 28 September 1995 / Accepted: 11 June 1996     

Bonanza-grade accumulations of gold tellurides in the Early Cretaceous Sandaowanzi deposit,northeast China

The Sandaowanzi epithermal gold deposit (0.5 Moz or ca. 14 tons), located at the northern edge of the Great Xing'an range, NE China, is unique in that nearly all the gold (> 95%) is contained in gold tellurides mostly in bonanza grade ore shoots (the highest grade being up to 20,000 g/t). The bonanza ores are hosted in the central parts of large-scale (> 3 m wide, 200 m long) quartz veins which crosscut Early Cretaceous andesitic trachyte and trachytic andesite, and are, in turn, crosscut by diabase dykes of similar age. There are two ore types: low-grade disseminated ores and high-grade vein ores. In the former, very fine grains of Ag-rich tellurides (mainly hessite and petzite) coexist with sulfides (pyrite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite), occurring as disseminated grains or sometimes as grain aggregates. In the high-grade vein ores, coarse-grained Au–(Ag)–tellurides (calaverite, sylvanite, krennerite, and petzite) form a major part of quartz–telluride veins. Chalcopyrite forms separate monomineralic veins emplaced within the quartz–telluride veins. Spectacular textures among coarse-grained (up to 3 cm in diameter) tellurides, and micron-scale bamboo shoot-like grains are observed. Two- and three-phase telluride symplectites are common in the vein ores.Fluid inclusion studies suggest that the mineralizing fluids are a mixture of magmatic and meteoric fluids, that homogenized in the temperature range of 260–280 °C. Sulfur isotope compositions of pyrite and chalcopyrite (δ³⁴S − 1.64 to 1.91‰) support the origin of fluids from a deep source. It is suggested that faulting, temperature changes and variation in fS₂ and fTe₂ were major factors contributing to the two main types of mineralization and the differences between them. Early rapid cooling and subsequent slow cooling of the later fluids along fault and fracture zones were instrumental in formation of the two superposed ore types. Open-space filling and crack-sealing along fractures predominates over replacement during telluride mineralization. The Sandaowanzi deposit is a unique bonanza-grade accumulation of gold tellurides genetically related to subalkaline magmatism, which was genetically associated with Early Cretaceous regional extension.     

萨瓦亚尔顿金矿床成矿地质特征及同位素组成

西南天山的萨瓦亚尔顿金矿床,赋存于中-上石炭统浊积岩系中.矿化受构造破碎带控制,以含矿的石英细（网）脉和含矿的石英-碳酸盐细（网）脉形式产出.矿体呈似层状和透镜状,矿石的矿物组成和矿石类型复杂,矿石中金与黄铁矿、毒砂、黄铜矿等硫化物密切共生,金矿物以银金矿为主.铅、硅、硫同位素组成表明,成矿物质主要来自深部较老的地层和岩石.氢、氧、碳同位素特征显示,成矿作用乃通过大气降水补给的地下水渗入深部,经加热循环并溶滤围岩中的矿质,迁移到减压空间和有利岩性层中而成矿.成矿时代属燕山中-晚期.     

新疆西天山查汗萨拉金矿地质、金赋存状态及同位素地球化学研究

查汗萨拉金矿是近年在新疆西天山新发现的一处金矿床,处于依连哈比尔尕构造带西端.矿体旱不规则脉状产于细品闪长岩构造破碎蚀变带及其接触带附近的上石炭统奇尔古斯套组蚀变围岩中,围岩蚀变较弱.矿石中硫化物主要为黄铁矿,并含少量磁黄铁矿、黄铜矿、方铅矿等.硫化物矿物呈自形粗晶或半自形结构,斑杂状分布在构造蚀变岩石中.金矿物以自然金和银金矿为主,还发现有硫(碲)银金矿和金铀化物等独特矿化线索,金矿物多赋存在黄铁矿中,以包体金、裂隙金和少量粒间金形式存在.金矿物形态以粒状和长角状为主,多为细、微细粒金(粒度<10 μm).矿石中矿物流体包裹体均一温度为220～340℃.热液脉三石矿物石英流体包裹体的δD为-92‰～-74‰,δ18Ov-SMOW为11.8‰～12.6‰,成矿流体显尔岩浆热液和变质建造水混合的特征.热液方解石脉的占δ13Cv-PDB为-8.92‰～-8.06‰,δ18Ov-SMOW为13.45‰～17.18‰,反映成矿流体中CO2主体米源于岩浆.硫化物206pb/204Pb为18.036～18.173,207pb/204pb为15.536～15.612,208pb/204pb为37.940～38.097,成矿金属具岩浆来源特征.矿石中硫化物δ34Sv-CDT为-9.8‰～-7.3‰,显示其可能与地层有关.查汗萨拉金矿为构造蚀变岩型中温岩浆热液矿床.小同于本区阿希金矿,是西天山金矿勘查中值得关注的新类型.     

Mineralogy of the Boroo Gold Deposit in the North Khentei Gold Belt,Central Northern Mongolia

Mineral assemblages and chemical compositions of ore minerals from the Boroo gold deposit in the North Khentei gold belt of Mongolia were studied to characterize the gold mineralization, and to clarify crystallization processes of the ore minerals. The gold deposit consists of low‐grade disseminated and stockwork ores in granite, metasedimentary rocks and diorite dikes. Moderate to high‐grade auriferous quartz vein ores are present in the above lithological units. The ore grades of the former range from about 1 to 3 g/t, and those of the latter from 5 to 10 g/t, or more than 10 g/t Au. The main sulfide minerals in the ores are pyrite and arsenopyrite, both of which are divisible into two different stages (pyrite‐I and pyrite‐II; arsenopyrite‐I and arsenopyrite‐II). Sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and tetrahedrite are minor associated minerals, with trace amounts of bournonite, boulangerite, geerite, alloclasite, native gold, and electrum. The ore minerals in the both types of ores are variable in distribution, abundance and grain size. Four modes of gold occurrence are recognized: (i) “invisible” gold in pyrite and arsenopyrite in the disseminated and stockwork ores, and in auriferous quartz vein ores; (ii) microscopic native gold, 3 to 100 µm in diameter, that occurs as fine grains or as an interstitial phase in sulfides in the disseminated and stockwork ores, and in auriferous quartz vein ores; (iii) visible native gold, up to 1 cm in diameter, in the auriferous quartz vein ores; and (iv) electrum in the auriferous quartz vein ores. The gold mineralization of the disseminated and stockwork ores consists of four stages characterized by the mineral assemblages of: (i) pyrite‐I + arsenopyrite‐I; (ii) pyrite‐II + arsenopyrite‐II; (iii) sphalerite + galena + chalcopyrite + tetrahedrite + bournonite + boulangerite + alloclasite + native gold; and (iv) native gold. In the auriferous quartz vein ores, five mineralization stages are defined by the following mineral assemblages: (i) pyrite‐I; (ii) pyrite‐II + arsenopyrite; (iii) sphalerite + galena + chalcopyrite; (iv) Ag‐rich tetrahedrite‐tennantite + bournonite + geerite + native gold; and (v) electrum. The As–Au relations in pyrite‐II and arsenopyrite suggest that gold detected as invisible gold is mostly attributed to Au⁺¹ in those minerals. By applying the arsenopyrite geothermometer to arsenopyrite‐II in the disseminated and stockwork ores, crystallization temperature and logfs₂ are estimated to be 365 to 300 °C and –7.5 to –10.1, respectively.     

中国南方红土型金成矿系列研究综述

红土型金矿床是原生金矿化遭受红土化作用改造所形成的一种表生金矿床,包括"红色粘土型"和"铁帽型"金矿床.中国红土型金矿以风化再造型为主,受气候影响而主要分布在南方,并与岩金成矿系列分布基本一致.风化壳常量元素、稀土元素、粘土矿物系统研究表明,成矿作用环境时空变化整体受风化强度控制,其风化作用早期呈中碱性、晚期呈酸性,风化壳下部偏碱性、还原,项部偏酸性、氧化的特点.典型矿床因子分析揭示,红土型金成矿作用可分为氧化和水解两个阶段.氧化阶段风化较弱,基岩释放大量碱性离子,使成矿流体保持中性,金溶解并主要以Au(S2O3)23-形式迁移;水解阶段风化较强,硅酸盐矿物发生脱碱去硅作用,随着大气降水不断参与,成矿流体性质由中碱性缓慢过渡到中-酸性条件,金以胶体或氯化物络合物形式迁移.金一般在风化壳下部富集,表生矿物吸附、氧化还原界面处被Fe2 、Mn2 还原以及不同性质流体混合都能促使金的沉淀.     

东川式铜矿的成矿作用及后期叠加改造:来自硫化物原位硫同位素的制约

沉积岩型层状铜矿床(SSC型)的成因争论聚焦在成矿作用主要集中在沉积成岩期并可能叠加有后期成矿作用,还是形成于成岩后盆地闭合过程和造山作用有关.产于扬子板块西缘的东川式铜矿是中国SSC型矿床的典型代表,这些矿床赋存在晚古元古界东川群岩石中,主要呈层状矿体产出,但也存在少量脉状矿体.文章选择东川铜矿田内因民、汤丹和滥泥坪...     

甘肃寨上金矿床矿物组成特征与矿质沉淀机理

位于西秦岭礼(县)—岷(县)成矿带西段的寨上金矿床,是近年发现的一个大型微细浸染型金矿。笔者通过显微镜观察、电子探针和扫描分析等综合分析技术,确认金矿床中矿物组成相当丰富,既有大量硫化物、硫盐、氧化物、硫酸盐、碳酸盐、钨酸盐,又有碲化物、自然金属及多金属互化物。除常见矿物为自然金、黄铁矿、黄铜矿、黝铜矿、方铅矿、闪锌矿、辉锑矿、石英、白钨矿、方解石、菱铁矿、铁白云石和重晶石外,笔者还鉴定出在卡林型金矿床较少见的一些矿物,如硫铜锑矿、车轮矿、辉锑铅矿、辉钼矿、碲汞矿、碲镍矿、Cu-Zn-Ni-Sn-Fe的金属互化物和白钨矿等。矿石中矿物种类较多,组成较复杂以及存在显微自然金,构成寨上金矿床的一大特色。赋矿围岩中含Fe碳酸盐矿物溶解释放Fe以及溶解Fe的大量硫化物化,是寨上金矿床中存在显微可见自然金的最重要因素和金沉淀富集的有利条件。     

内蒙古赤峰市白音诺尔铅锌矿沉积喷流成因:地质和硫同位素证据

位于大兴安岭中段的内蒙古赤峰市白音诺尔铅锌矿产于二叠系黄岗梁组地层中,矿体分布受褶皱构造控制。矿体主要由层纹状、浸染状、块状构造矿石构成。矿区内矿化类型以层纹状、层状矿化为主,晚期为脉状矿化。矿床矿石硫化物硫同位素分析表明,早期矿化与晚期矿化具有不同的硫同位素特征：早期矿化硫化物的δ³⁴Ｓ值(平均-4.31‰)明显小于晚期矿化硫化物的δ³⁴Ｓ值(平均值为-1.83‰)。综合研究表明,白音诺尔铅锌矿是沉积喷流型铅锌矿床,受到燕山期岩浆热液活动叠加,主成矿期发生于二叠纪。