胶东焦家金矿床热液蚀变作用

胶东作为中国最重要的金矿集区,区内大型-超大型金矿床集中产出,已探明金矿资源量占全国近1/3。其中,破碎带蚀变岩型金矿床是最重要的金矿床类型,占胶东已探明金矿资源量的90%以上,焦家金矿床是著名的"焦家式"破碎带蚀变岩型金矿的命名地,内发育大规模的绢英岩化蚀变带(宽20~200m)和钾化蚀变带(50~300m),蚀变岩型金矿体主要发育在焦家断裂带下盘的绢英岩化蚀变带中。本文通过详细的野外地质观测,查清了焦家金矿床蚀变类型及矿物组合特征,系统采集了不同蚀变类型的岩石样品,进行了岩石元素地球化学分析,运用质量平衡方法讨论了热液蚀变过程中元素迁移规律,初步探讨了焦家金矿床热液蚀变机理。其中,钾化蚀变是成矿前蚀变,钾化花岗岩常以团块状或角砾状残留于黄铁绢英岩和绢英岩内;黄铁绢英岩化和绢英岩化蚀变受焦家断裂及其下盘的次级断裂控制,其规模大小受断裂的规模控制;其中焦家主断裂下盘的绢英岩化蚀变带规模最大,一般宽10~200m;而次级断裂控制的绢英岩化蚀变带规模相对较小,一般以0.1~1m宽的脉状发育在钾化花岗岩内,指示绢英岩化蚀变晚于钾化蚀变。相对于黑云母花岗岩,不同蚀变带岩石普遍表现出高K2O、低Al2O3、CaO和Na2O,而不同蚀变岩石Si、Fe、Mg等元素各表现出不同特征。钾化带岩石表现为K2O的富集,而绢英岩带和黄铁绢英岩带岩石表现为MgO、Fe2O3增加的趋势。黑云母花岗岩发生钾化蚀变过程中,SiO2、K2O表现为明显的带入,指示在钾长石化过程中,流体为富硅的碱性氧化流体。在钾化花岗岩→黄铁绢英岩过程中,Fe2O3表现为明显的带入,可能是由于黑云母等暗色矿物的分解造成的;此外,亲硫元素(Au、Ag、As、Pb、Zn)均表现为带入,特别是成矿元素Au表现为明显的带入。结合本区金的来源可能部分为玲珑黑云母花岗岩,本研究认为钾化过程中的富硅碱性氧化流体通过交代蚀变反应使金从围岩中释放、成为高价态离子活化进入成矿流体,即分散还原态的金(Au0)被活化为氧化态(Au+、Au3+)以AuH3SiO4形式随热液迁移。在绢英岩化过程中,热液中的SiO2等组分损失,引起热液中的AuH3SiO4稳定性降低,造成AuH3SiO4分解,Fe2+、Fe3+被消耗形成黄铁矿,导致金大量沉淀和聚集沉淀,此时完成了金由活化→迁移→沉淀富集成矿。     

Tourmaline from the Archean G.R.Halli gold deposit,Chitradurga greenstone belt,Dharwar craton （India）： Implications for the gold metallogeny

Tourmaline occurs as a minor but important mineral in the alteration zc,ne of the Archean orogenic gold deposit of Guddadarangavanahalli （G.R.Halli） in the Chitradurga greenst~ne belt of the western Dharwar craton, southern India. It occurs in the distal alteration halo of the G.R.Halli golcl deposit as （a） clusters of very fine grained aggregates which form a minor constituent in the natrix of the altered metabasalt （AMB tourmaline） and （b） in quartz-carbonate veins （vein tourmaline）. ~[＇he vein tourmaline, based upon the association of specific carbonate minerals, is further grouped as （i） albite-tourmaline-ankerite-quartz veins （vein-1 tourmaline） and （ii） albite-tourmaline-calcite-quartz veins （vein-2 tourmaline）. Both the AMB tourmaline and the vein tourmalines （vein-I and vein-2） belong to the alkali group and are clas- sified under schorl-dravite series. Tourmalines occurring in the veins are zoned while the AMB tour- malines are unzoned. Mineral chemistry and discrimination diagrams 1eveal that cores and rims of the vein tourmalines are distinctly different. Core composition of the ve：n tourmalines is similar to the composition of the AMB tourmaline. The formation of the AMB tourmaline and cores of the vein tour- malines are proposed to be related to the regional D1 deformational event associated with the emplacement of the adjoining ca. 2.61 Ga Chitradurga granite whilst rims of the vein tourmalines vis-a- vis gold mineralization is spatially linked to the juvenile magmatic accretion （2.56-2.50 Ga） east of the studied area in the western part of the eastern Dharwar craton.     

Compositional Variation of Hydrothermally Altered Volcanic Rocks in Hishikari Gold Epithermal System: A Useful Geochemical Indicator of Gold–Silver Epithermal Mineralization

The hydrothermally altered andesite hosting the Hishikari gold-silver vein deposits in southern Kyushu, Japan, is analyzed with respect to the spatial variation in chemical composition. The (CaO + Na₂O) content is found to be inversely correlated with the K₂O content as it progresses away from the site of mineralization. It was found that analytical data plotted on a (CaO + Na₂O) − K₂O diagram cannot be explained only by addition of K⁺ from the hydrothermal solution to the original rock and release of Ca²⁺ and Na⁺ from the original rock (K- alteration). Addition of Ca²⁺ and Na⁺ from the hydrothermal solution to the rock and release of K⁺ from the rock but release of K⁺, Ca²⁺, and Na⁺ to the hydrothermal solution (advanced argillic alteration) is important for causing the wide variations in K₂O, CaO, and Na₂O contents on the (CaO + Na₂O) − K₂O diagram. These variations can be explained by superimposed potassic, advanced argillic and calcium alterations. The altered rocks in the Honko-Sanjin area, Yamada area, and Masaki area analyzed by this study are characterized by their intermediate K₂O content and variable CaO content, high K₂O content and low CaO content, and low K₂O content and low CaO content, respectively. The K₂O, Na₂O and CaO contents and oxygen isotopic composition of altered andesite, in conjunction with the solubility of gold as a thio complex, suggest that both gold deposition and the observed compositional variation of altered andesite are the result of mixing between acidic groundwater and neutral gold-bearing hydrothermal solution. The present results indicate that the compositional variation of hydrothermally altered rocks may represent a useful geochemical indicator of epithermal gold–silver mineralization.     

Multi-stage metasomatism of diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe,Yakutia, Siberia

The primary garnet (pyrope-almandine)-omphacite (Cpx 1, 6.5–7 wt% Na₂O)-sulfide (Fe-Ni-Co mss) assemblage of the two diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths studied (U33/1 and UX/1) experienced two mantle metasomatic events. The metasomatic event I is recorded by the formation of platy phlogopite (~ 10 wt% K₂O), prior to incorporation of the xenoliths in the kimberlite. The bulk of the metasomatic alteration, consisting of spongy-textured clinopyroxene (Cpx 2A, 1–3 wt% Na₂O), coarser-grained clinopyroxene (Cpx 2B, 2–5 wt% Na₂O), pargasitic amphibole (~ 0.8 wt% K₂O; 3–3.5 wt% Na₂O), kelyphite (Cpx 3, mostly <1 wt% Na₂O; and zoned Mg-Fe-Al spinel), sodalite, calcite, K-feldspar, djerfisherite (K_5.95Na_0.02Fe_18.72Ni_2.36Co_0.01Cu_4.08S₂₆Cl ) and a small amount of K-Ca-Fe-Mg glass, is ascribed to the metasomatic event II that occurred also in the upper mantle, but after the xenoliths were incorporated in the kimberlite. A pervasive chloritic alteration (mainly clinochlore + magnetite) that overprints earlier assemblages probably took place in the upper crustal environment. The diamonds are invariably associated with secondary clinopyroxene and chlorite, but the diamonds formed before the entrainment of the xenoliths in the Udachnaya kimberlite.Editorial Responsibility: T.L. Grove     

Genesis and geological and geochemical characteristics of Qixia gold deposit, Shandong, China

The Qixia gold deposit is one of the important quartz vein-type deposits hosted in metamorphic rocks in the east of Shandong, China. Compositionally the wolframite which is associated with gold mineralization in the deposit is rich in iron, but poor in manganese, showing that this mineral crystallized from hydrothermal solution at low temperature. The temperatures at the main metallogenic stage of the Qixia gold deposit are within the range of 160–270°C. The gaseous phases in fluid inclusions are dominated by H₂O and CO₂, while Na⁺, Ca²⁺ and Cl⁻ are the major species in the fluid phase with K⁺ and F⁻ present in relatively small amounts. The salinities of fluids are 4.2 wt% –8.0 wt% NaCl equiv. Meanwhile, the fluid is characterized by either Ca²⁺ < Na⁺ < K⁺ (in five samples) or Na⁺ < Ca²⁺ < K⁺ (in two samples), quite similar to the composition of ore-forming fluid derived from meteoric water. Primary data on the hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of the ore-forming fluid fall within a wide range: = − 56‱ − 95‱. and = − 3. 6‱ − 4. 5‱ relative to SMOW. These isotopic values fully reflect the distribution features of meteoric water which has exchanged with the metamorphic rocks of the Jiaodong Group at different temperatures and W/ R ratios, and the metallogenic process is characterized by low W/R ratios. The Rb-Sr isochron age of the Qixia gold deposit is 125.8 ± 1.7 Ma, with (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i being 0.7168, and the time interval between the gold deposit and its country rocks (granite or metamoprhic rocks) is very large. The formation of the Qiaxia gold deposit is directly related to the evolution of geological history in eastern Shandong, and a genetic model in which the deep convective circulating meteoric water reacts with the country rocks can be used to explain the metallogenic mechanism of the deposit. This project was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 49000020).     

早子沟金矿成矿过程中的元素迁移规律及金富集机制探讨

早子沟金矿位于秦岭造山带西段夏河—合作断裂带上,成矿作用与断裂构造关系密切,蚀变带受断裂构造控制,本文通过对矿区蚀变带内常量元素的迁移规律研究,通过计算得到矿区明显带出的组分为SiO2、Al2O3、K2O、MnO,而Fe2O3、Na2O则明显带入,探讨了元素迁移的性状及其与蚀变类型的关系,并对矿床金富集机制做了简要分析。     

胶西北寺庄金矿床红化蚀变过程及其对金成矿贡献

胶东是我国最重要的金矿集区,其内金矿床均赋存于沿NE-NNE向断裂带展布的大规模红化蚀变带中;然而对红化蚀变是钾长石化还是赤铁矿-金红石化,及其对金成矿的贡献尚存争议。寺庄超大型金矿床的红化蚀变沿NE-NNE向焦家断裂带及其次级断裂-裂隙系统发育,占已探明资源储量70%的Ⅲ号矿体群即赋存于红化蚀变带内,是研究红化蚀变与金成矿关系的理想对象。本文以该金矿床红化蚀变花岗岩为研究对象,通过对比新鲜花岗岩与强、弱红化蚀变岩内矿物组合和地球化学组成,探讨红化蚀变对于金成矿的贡献。矿物学研究表明,弱红化蚀变岩内的蚀变发生在斜长石核部,以钠长石化为主,同时形成绢云母和少量热液钾长石,且赤铁矿在此阶段沉淀;而弱红化蚀变岩进一步水岩反应成为强红化蚀变岩的过程中出现大量热液钾长石。质量平衡计算表明,红化蚀变过程中SiO_2、K_2O迁入,而Na_2O、CaO、Al_2O_3、FeO~T、MgO迁出;红化流体由早期富Na向后期富K转变。岩石地球化学与氢氧同位素综合示踪显示,红化流体为高温、高氧逸度、富K的玲珑岩浆期后热液,与胶东金矿床中-低温、还原性、富CO_2成矿流体性质相反,表明红化流体未直接参与成矿过程。综合研究揭示,流体交代斜长石后形成贯通性孔隙提高红化蚀变岩的渗透性;热液钾长石交代斜长石导致岩石体积膨胀而破裂,降低岩石抗压强度;这些为成矿期断裂活动以及成矿流体的运移和成矿物质的沉淀提供了极为有利的围岩条件,可能是巨量金聚集成矿的关键因素之一。     

The application of P–T–X(CO2) modelling in constraining metamorphism and hydrothermal alteration at the Damang gold deposit,Ghana

Orogenic gold mineralization at the Damang deposit, Ghana, is associated with hydrothermal alteration haloes around gold‐bearing quartz veins, produced by the infiltration of a H₂O–CO₂–K₂O–H₂S fluid following regional metamorphism. Alteration assemblages are controlled by the protoliths with sedimentary rocks developing a typical assemblage of muscovite, ankerite and pyrite, while intrusive dolerite bodies contain biotite, ankerite and pyrrhotite, accompanied by the destruction of hornblende. Mineral equilibria modelling was undertaken with the computer program thermocalc , in subsets of the model system MnO–Na₂O–CaO–K₂O–FeO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂–CO₂–H₂O–TiO₂–Fe₂O₃, to constrain conditions of regional metamorphism and the subsequent gold mineralization event. Metapelites with well‐developed amphibolite facies assemblages reliably constrain peak regional metamorphism at ~595 °C and 5.5 kbar. Observed hydrothermal alteration assemblages associated with gold mineralization in a wide compositional range of lithologies are typically calculated to be stable within P–T–X(CO₂) arrays that trend towards lower temperatures and pressures with increasing equilibrium fluid X(CO₂). These independent P–T–X(CO₂) arrays converge and the region of overlap at ~375–425 °C and 1–2 kbar is taken to represent the conditions of alteration approaching equilibrium with a common infiltrating fluid with an X(CO₂) of ~0.7. Fluid‐rock interaction calculations with M–X(CO₂) diagrams indicate that the observed alteration assemblages are consistent with the addition of a single fluid phase requiring minimum fluid/rock ratios on the order of 1.     

胶东新立构造蚀变岩型金矿床元素地球化学行为

新立金矿位于华北克拉通东部胶东金矿省内,是一个典型的蚀变岩型(焦家型)金矿床,矿床受区域三山岛-仓上断裂带控制,产出于蚀变的玲珑花岗岩中。在主断裂带下盘蚀变矿化发育,可以划分为五个阶段:钾长石化阶段、绢英岩化阶段、黄铁绢英岩矿化阶段、多金属硫化物矿化阶段和碳酸盐化阶段。不同的蚀变矿化过程导致各阶段样品具有不同的矿物组合和地球化学特征。钾长石化花岗岩以高钾钠含量为特征,因为样品中含有新生成的二次钾长石及残留的钠长石;绢英岩的钙钠含量明显低于钾长石化花岗岩,是绢英岩化阶段斜长石蚀变分解所致;黄铁绢英岩FeT2O3含量普遍较高且SiO 2含量波动明显,与该阶段样品中大量黄铁矿的产出及部分样品中包含石英团块或石英脉相一致;多金属硫化物矿化样品的元素含量与黄铁绢英岩基本类似;碳酸盐化蚀变样品以高CaO含量为特征,与该阶段大量沉淀析出的方解石相符。在原始地幔标准化微量元素配分图上,不同阶段矿化蚀变样品,大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、K、Sr差异性明显,而高场强元素Zr、Hf、Nb、Ta、P差异性较小,表明热液蚀变过程中大离子亲石元素活动性较强,高场强元素相对稳定。在稀土元素球粒陨石标准化图中,不同阶段样品均呈明显的右倾性,蚀变早期(钾长石化阶段)样品铕异常不明显,蚀变矿化主期(绢英岩化阶段至多金属硫化物矿化阶段)样品普遍具有负铕异常,而蚀变晚期(碳酸盐化阶段)样品普遍具有正铕异常。元素相关性分析表明,金与银、砷、铋和硫具明显正相关,与铜、铅具有一定的相关性。成矿元素因子分析也显示出金与砷、硫、铁、钴在矿化过程中具有类似的地球化学行为。实测剖面上不同位置样品元素地球化学特征的差异性主要受构造及蚀变矿化类型、强度控制,成矿元素在主断裂附近达到峰值,在远离主断裂方向上,其含量整体呈下降趋势,但在次级矿化断裂发育地段,含量又明显回升;另外在断裂附近由于微裂隙及节理相对发育,有利于热液的渗透,蚀变较强,对成矿元素的空间分布亦具有控制作用。     

Behavior of Major and Trace Elements during Ore Deposition: Example from the Low-Sulfidation Pantingan Gold System, Mount Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines

The evaluation of the relatively fresh host rock and altered rock samples associated with the Pantingan Gold System exposed in Mount Mariveles, Bataan yield several notable observations that are useful in pinpointing potential gold pathfinder elements. Geochemical and petrologic analysis showed that the altered rocks can be subdivided into rocks that underwent propylitic alteration (group 1), argillized rocks with silica contents similar to those of the fresh host rocks (group 2), argillized but not strongly silicified rocks (group 3) and argillized and strongly silicified rocks (group 4). Selected element ratio patterns in the altered rocks and gold concentrations in gold‐bearing quartz veins vary between the rock groups. Moreover, mass balance calculation also reflected the geochemical observations pertaining to the gains and losses of SiO_2, Fe₂O₃+ MgO, CaO + Na₂O and K₂O, which are believed to be chemical reactions (i.e. breakdown of plagioclase, silica inundation or leaching, sulfide and calcite formation) caused by the influx of hydrothermal fluids.     

An example of occurence and breakdown of paragonite

Paragonite occurs in pelitic schists and amphibole schists of the Ötztal Alps (Tyrol); its occurence in amphibole schists is controlled by the Na₂O/K₂O, in pelitic schists by the local fabric. Some analysis of the bulk chemistry of the paragonite bearing rocks and one microprobe analysis of paragonite are given. Paragonite is stable together with muscovite, together with quartz it is unstable. Its breakdown can be described by the reaction: paragonite+quartz kyanite+albite+H₂O. The age of this breakdown is discussed by comparison of experimental, field and radiometric data, it is thought to be of Variscian age.     

Geochemical exploration of a Precambrian Batholith, source of a Cu-W mineralization of the tourmaline breccia in Southern Finland

The Hämeenkyrö batholith is a round-shaped plutonic body of an areal size of 147 km². It is composed of calc-alkaline to alkaline rocks that intruded previously metamorphosed Svecofennian volcanogenic and sedimentary schists 1860 Ma ago. The Cu-W bearing tourmaline breccia of the Ylörvi deposit occurs in metavolcanic rocks close to the eastern contact of the batholith.The average sampling density in the batholith was 1 sample per km², and 175 samples were analyzed for Cu, Au, Ag, Ni, Pb, Co, Zn, S by AAS for SiO₂, TiO₂, Al₂O₃, FeO, MnO, MgO, CaO, Na₂O, K₂O, As, Sn and P by X-ray fluorescence. Mo and W were determined colorimetrically. Barth mesonorms were calculated for each sample and the rock type was determined according to Streckeisen's classification. Element distributions are displayed on contour maps.The rock types of the batholith exhibit an asymmetric concentric arrangement, the order from the center towards the margin being alkali-feldspar granite, syenogranite, monzogranite, quartz monzonite, quartz syenite, alkali-feldspar, quartz syenite, syenite and alkali-feldspar syenite. Anomalously high Cu, As, Sn, S, K₂O and Na₂O contents have been found at the eastern margin of the batholith in a N—S-trending zone, which is characterized by hydrothermal alteration phenomena, propylitization, tourmalinization and scapolitization. Three anomalous areas have been defined within this zone, one of them is associated with the Ylöjärvi deposit and the other two are regarded as exploration targets.     

新疆喀喇昆仑喀拉果如木铜矿成矿岩体地球化学和 锆石年代学

喀拉果如木铜矿是近年在新疆喀喇昆仑地区发现的铜多金属矿.铜矿化赋存在二长花岗斑岩中,矿石呈细脉浸染状、斑点状.矿石矿物主要为黄铜矿,少量黄铁矿、斑铜矿和毒砂.围岩蚀变有硅化、绢云母化和青磐岩化,具有与斑岩铜矿类似的蚀变组合.二长花岗斑岩主要由斜长石、钾长石、石英、黑云母及蚀变的暗色矿物组成.二长花岗斑岩的SiO2(67.28％ ～73.08％)、Al2 O3(13.38％～15.53％)、K2O(2.92％ ～6.15％)和Na2O(2.78％ ～4.89％)含量较高,CaO和TiO2含量较低,属于高钾钙碱性系列;富集大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损高场强元素(HFSE)和重稀土元素,Nb和Ta负异常,显示准铝质-弱过铝质过渡的特点,岩浆结晶分异作用明显,具有陆缘孤花岗岩的地球化学亲缘性,微量元素显示其为同碰撞-后碰撞花岗岩.成矿岩体锆石LA-ICP-MS测年结果为189.3 ±2.8Ma,成岩成矿作用发生在早侏罗世.结合区域地质演化,本文认为喀拉果如木铜矿形成于南昆仑地体与喀喇昆仑-甜水海地体之间的古特提斯洋消减闭合之后的后碰撞伸展背景,喀喇昆仑在晚三叠世-早侏罗世进入后碰撞造山时期.     

新疆南天山阿沙哇义金矿床的成因与找矿启示:来自流体和硫化物成分的限定

阿沙哇义金矿位于中国新疆南天山造山带,属于著名的中亚南天山锑-汞-金成矿带的东延部分。该矿床严格受断裂所控制,以浸染状黄铁矿化、毒砂化为特征。矿化可分为三个阶段:早期无矿或贫矿石英阶段,中期石英多金属硫化物阶段,晚期石英-碳酸盐阶段。其中,中期是主要成矿阶段。成矿流体气相成分以H_2O为主,摩尔含量为75%～93%,其次为CO_2,摩尔含量为6%～25%,其余为CH_4、C_2H_6、H_2S、N_2和Ar;液相成分阳离子以Na~+为主,含少量K~+、Ca~(2+)离子,阴离子以Cl~-为主,SO~(2-)次之;矿石的Au含量与其流体的CO_2含量呈反相关,与K~+含量呈正相关。硫化物成分分析结果表明:(1)围岩地层和矿石中的黄铁矿和毒砂是重要的载金矿物,黄铁矿Au含量为0～0. 09%,平均值0. 03%;毒砂Au含量为0～0. 28%,平均值0. 07%;(2)黄铁矿和毒砂Au含量与其自形程度没有明显的相关性;(3)环带状黄铁矿较均质结构黄铁矿具有更高的Au含量;(4)岩体中的黄铁矿几乎不含Au。在成矿构造环境、成矿流体特征及演化、金矿富集机制、成矿温压条件等方面,该矿床与世界上大多数造山型金矿显示出一致性,成矿类型应属于剥蚀程度较浅的造山型金矿。断层阀作用控制的断层愈合-破裂导致的流体不混溶作用是本区金富集、沉淀的最重要机制,但流体混合机制对金的富集沉淀也发挥了作用。黄铁矿、毒砂发育及较多的含炭物质三者共存是本区寻找富矿的关键标志。     

Geology,Geochemistry and Genesis of the Mazhuangshan Gold Deposit in Hami,East Tianshan,Xinjiang,China

The Mazhuangshan area is located in the east of the Aqikekuduke Island Arc, where there are distributed intermediate-acid magmatic rocks emplaced during the Middle-Late Carboniferous. There are more than 20 orebodies in the area with an average gold grade 6.4 × 10⁻⁶ at present. The dominant metallic minerals are natural gold, auriferous silver, natural silver, pyrite and galena. Pyrite is the key gold carrier, high in Fe and low in S. Wall-rock alterations mainly include pyritization, silicification, and sericitization. Carbonation alteration was extensive at the late stage, often resulting in a high-grade orebody. Three mineralization stages may be distinguished. The peak homogenization temperatures of primary fluid inclusions range from 240 to 260°C. Mineralization pressures and depths are 47.2–68.8 MPa and 1.6–2.3 km respectively, showing the ore-forming features of hypergene gold deposit. The average salinity is 15 wt% NaCl equivalent. Fluid inclusion geochemistry data show that Ca²⁺ is far higher than Mg²⁺, and m_K ⁺/m_Na ⁺, m_Na^{2 +}/m_Ca ²⁺ (0.001∼0.338), m_ΣCl/m_ΣS and m_ΣC/m_ΣS ratios change with the reduction parameter [R = (CO + CH₄)/CO₂] and temperature. And the gold contents of ores and gangues are positively correlated withR.     

Phillipsite formation in nephelinitic rocks in response to hydrothermal alteration at Mount Etinde,Cameroon

Fresh nephelinitic rocks and hydrothermally altered rocks at Mount Etinde (Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa) have been studied by combined whole rock geochemistry (ICP-MS), mineralogy and mineral chemistry (SEM-EDS, WDS, XRD) techniques. The nephelinites have feldspathoids, clinopyroxene, perovskite and titanomagnetite as the principal minerals in the mode with subsidiary apatite and sphene. The mineralogy of their hydrothermally altered counterparts includes phillipsite, calcite and analcime which are secondary phases developed in response to hydrothermal fluid events. Correspondingly, the bulk rock geochemical data show elevated SiO₂, CaO, Na₂O and K₂O concentrations with increasing alteration and Al₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃ depletion while MgO, MnO and TiO₂ concentrations are largely unaffected. The nephelinites also have high concentrations of LILLE, HFSE and REE and upon hydrothermal alteration they show an enrichment of LREE and MREE over HREE. Phillipsite is the principal alteration mineral in the rocks and it occurs along cracks, vesicles and also forms alteromorphs after feldspathoids. The Ce content of these categories of phillipsite varies. Phillipsite along cracks is richer in Ce while phillipsite associated with calcite has lower Ce concentration and the phillipsite alteromorphs very little or no Ce. Various stages of fluid circulation are proposed hereby to explain the variations in phillipsite generation and composition.     

The shoshonite porphyry Cu-Au association in the Goonumbla District,N.S.W., Australia

Summary The Goonumbla porphyry copper-gold deposit in N.S.W., Australia, is hosted by late Ordovician (439.2 ± 1.2 Ma)shoshonitic igneous rocks. In terms of their petrography, the rocks vary from andesitic to dacitic lavas and tuffs which are partly intruded by monzonite stocks; they are characterized by high and variable Al₂O₃ (13.4–19.9 wt%), very high K₂O values (up to 6.8 wt%), and high K₂O/Na₂O ratios (0.58–1.48), which are typical for the shoshonite association. The rocks also have enriched LILE concentrations (Ba up to 1200 ppm, Sr up to 1350 ppm), low HFSE (TiO₂ < 0.67 wt%, Zr < 125 ppm, Nb < 10 ppm, Hf < 3.4 ppm), and very low LREE (La < 22.4 ppm, Ce < 31 ppm), which are typical for potassic volcanic rocks formed in alate oceanic-arc setting.Mineral chemistry of selected magmatic mica and apatite phenocrysts from host rocks reveals relatively high SrO and BaO contents (micas: 0.15 wt% and up to 0.28 wt%, respectively; apatites: up to 0.28 wt% and 0.19 wt%, respectively) and very high halogen concentrations. Micas are characterized by up to 3.9 wt% F and 0.14 wt% Cl, whereas apatites have up to 3.6 wt% F and 0.68 wt% Cl. These very high halogen contents compared to those from barren intrusions imply that the shoshonitic magmatism was the source of mineralization.Copper-gold mineralization consists mainly of bornite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite and minor pyrite and tetrahedrite. Native gold occurs mainly as minute grains within silicates of the host rocks, and more rarely as fine inclusions in the sulphides. Mineralization is accompanied by wallrock alteration comprising a spatially restricted potassic type and a regional propylitic alteration type.Thus, the porphyry copper-gold deposit in the Goonumbla district can be viewed as an additional example of a worldwide association between potassic/shoshonitic magmatism and base- and precious-metal mineralization. More specifically, it appears to be the oldest recorded example of a shoshontie-associated porphyry Cu-Au deposit from a late oceanic-arc setting, a possible modern analogue being Ladolam at Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea

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Die Shoshonit Porphyry Cu-Au Assoziation im Goonumbla Distrikt, N.S.W., Australien

Zusammenfassung Die Porphyry Cu-Au Vererzung im Goonumbla Distrikt in New South Wales, Australien, sitzt in oberordovizischen (ca. 439.2 ± 1.2 Ma) Shoshoniten auf. Das petrographische Spektrum dieser Gesteine reicht von andesitischen bis dazitischen Laven und Tuffen, die lokal von Monzonit-Stöcken intrudiert werden; die Gesteine besitzen hohe, aber variable Al₂O₃ Gehalte (13.4–19.9 Gew%), sehr hohe K₂O Gehalte (bis zu 6.8 Gew%) und hohe K₂O/Na₂O Verhältnisse (0.58–1.48), die typisch sind für Shoshonite. Außerdem weisen sie hohe Konzentrationen an LILE Elementen (Ba bis 1200 ppm, Sr bis 1350 ppm) auf und geringe Konzentrationen an HFSE (TiO₂ < 0.67 Gew%, Zr < 125 ppm, Nb < 10 ppm, Hf < 3.4 ppm) sowie an LREE (La < 22.4 ppm, Ce < 31 ppm), die als typisch gelten für potassische Vulkanite von ozeanischen Plattengrenzen.Die Mineralchemie von repräsentativen Glimmer- und Apatit-Phänokristallen ist charakterisiert durch hohe SrO und BaO Gehalte (Glimmer: 0.15 Gew%, bzw. bis 0.28 Gew%; Apatite: bis 0.28 Gew%, bzw. 0.19 Gew%). Sie enthalten ferner sehr hohe Halogen-Konzentrationen. Die Glimmer enthalten beispielsweise bis zu 3.9 Gew% F und 0.14 Gew% Cl, während Apatite bis zu 3.6 Gew% F und 0.68 Gew% Ci aufweisen. Dies erscheint nicht ungewöhnlich, weil Glimmer und Apatite von vererzten Mag matiten zumeist deutlich höhere Halogengehalte besitzen, als solche von unvererzten Magmatiten. Die hohen Halogen-Gehalte in Phänokristallen aus den Shoshoniten legen nahe, die Vulkanite als den Ursprung der Vererzung zu interpretieren.Die Cu-Au Vererzung besteht überwiegend aus den Sulfiden Bornit, Kupferkies, Kupferglanz und vereinzelt auftretendem Pyrit und Tetrahedrit. Gediegen Gold wird in der Regel nur als kleine Partikel innerhalb von Silikaten der shoshonitischen Wirtsgesteine und seltener als feine Einschlüsse in Sulfiden gefunden.Die Vererzung wird von hydrothermaler Alteration der Wirtsgesteine begleitet und zwei Alterationsarten lassen sich unterscheiden: eine potassische sowie eine regional zu beobachtende propylitische Alteration.Die Porphyry Cu-Au Lagerstätte im Goonumbla Gebiet ist ein Beispiel für die weltweit beobachtete Assoziation von Bunt- und Edelmetallvererzungen und potassisch/shoshonitischem Magmatismus. Der Goonumbla Distrikt stellt die älteste bisher bekannte Porphyry Cu-Au Lagerstätte aus einerspätgenetischen ozeanischen Plattengrenze dar. Einmodernes Beispiel für eine Cu-Au Lagerstätte vergleichbaren Typs ist Ladolam auf Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea.

     

Structural control and hydrothermal alteration at the BIF-hosted Raposos lode-gold deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil

In the Raposos orogenic gold deposit, hosted by banded iron-formation (BIF) of the Archean Rio das Velhas greenstone belt, the hanging wall rocks to BIF are hydrothermally-altered ultramafic schists, whereas metamafic rocks and their hydrothermal schistose products represent the footwall. Planar and linear structures at the Raposos deposit define three ductile to brittle deformational events (D₁, D₂ and D₃). A fourth group of structures involve spaced cleavages that are considered to be a brittle phase of D₃. The orebodies constitute sulfide-bearing D₁-related shear zones of BIF in association with quartz veins, and result from the sulfidation of magnetite and/or siderite. Pyrrhotite is the main sulfide mineral, followed by lesser arsenopyrite and pyrite. At level 28, the hydrothermal alteration of the mafic and ultramafic wall rocks enveloping BIF define a gross zonal pattern surrounding the ore zones. Metabasalt comprises albite, epidote, actinolite and lesser Mg/Fe–chlorite, calcite and quartz. The incipient stage includes the chlorite and chlorite-muscovite alteration zone. The least-altered ultramafic schist contains Cr-bearing Mg-chlorite, actinolite and talc, with subordinate calcite. The incipient alteration stage is subdivided into the talc–chlorite and chlorite–carbonate zone. For both mafic and ultramafic wall rocks, the carbonate–albite and carbonate–muscovite zones represent the advanced alteration stage.Rare earth and trace element analyses of metabasalt and its alteration products suggest a tholeiitic protolith for this wall rock. In the case of the ultramafic schists, the precursor may have been peridotitic komatiite. The Eu anomaly of the Raposos BIF suggests that it was formed proximal to an exhalative hydrothermal source on the ocean floor. The ore fluid composition is inferred by hydrothermal alteration reactions, indicating it to having been H₂O-rich containing CO₂ + Na⁺ and S. Since the distal alteration halos are dominated by hydrated silicate phases (mainly chlorite), with minor carbonates, fixation of H₂O is indicated. The CO₂ is consumed to form carbonates in the intermediate alteration stage, in halos around the chlorite-dominated zones. These characteristics suggest variations in the H₂O to CO₂-ratio of the sulfur-bearing, aqueous-carbonic ore fluid, which interacted at varying fluid to rock ratios with progression of the hydrothermal alteration.     

Calculated stabilities of sodic phases in the Sambagawa metapelites and their implications

Pressure (P)–temperature (T) pseudosection analyses were carried out on metapelites from Sambagawa belt by using Perple_X 07 so as to determine mineral equilibria and the stability of sodic phases, in the model system MnO–Na₂O–K₂O–CaO–FeO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂–H₂O–(CO₂) under high‐pressure (HP) conditions (0.5–2.5 GPa/400–600 °C). A pressure–X_NA [=Na/(Na+Al–2K–1.5Ca)] pseudosection at 500 °C is also calculated to examine the effect of Na/Al value of the bulk‐rock composition on the stabilities of sodic minerals. The bulk‐rock compositions of Sambagawa metapelite are variable in X_NA values. The calculation results of stable assemblages in metapelites under the blueschist and eclogite facies conditions indicate that: (i) paragonite and glaucophane are stable throughout the wide X_NA range of bulk‐rock compositions of host rocks; (ii) stable P–T conditions of sodic pyroxene enlarge with increasing X_NA value; and (iii) the stability field of paragonite enlarges with the presence of CO₂ in the metamorphic fluid. The suggested wide stability of paragonite in metapelites and the relationships between the stability of sodic pyroxene and the bulk‐rock compositions explain the reasons why (i) the occurrence of omphacite in metapelites from several subduction‐related terranes is rare; and (ii) paragonite commonly occurs as inclusions in garnet of metapelites from the Besshi region of the Sambagawa belt. Paragonite is an important sodic phase of HP metapelites, and a combination of paragonite and quartz with high residual pressure included in garnet may be a useful indicator to verify the evidence for the eclogite facies metamorphism recorded in metapelites.     

东天山玉峰金矿热液蚀变作用与元素迁移规律

玉峰金矿位于中亚造山带东天山东缘,是近年来新发现的含银高品位金矿床。该矿床目前已探明6个金矿体,均赋存在石英斑岩中。矿区热液蚀变作用发育,与成矿关系最密切的为黄铁绢英岩化和硅化,显示明显的蚀变分带:以石英硫化物脉为中心,黄铁绢英岩化带在其两侧大致对称分布。本文选取矿体上盘和下盘的石英斑岩、黄铁绢英岩进行了全岩的主、微量元素及成矿元素测试,并对其中的长石和绢云母进行电子探针成分分析。测试结果表明,黄铁绢英岩中的Au含量较蚀变前呈指数级增长,Ag、Cu、As等成矿元素大量增加,CaO、Na_2O、P_2O_5、P_2O_5、Sr、Pb、Th、U、Sb等元素显著迁出,而SiO_2、Al_2O_3、TiO_2含量和稀土元素含量变化较小,表现稳定。热液蚀变过程中,石英斑岩中71%～76%的正长石发生绢云母化,导致K_2O大量迁出;而钠长石几乎全部蚀变为绢云母,造成Na_2O大量迁出。热液流体的贡献使得蚀变岩中MgO、Fe_2O_3~T含量成倍增加,并主要富集在绢云母和/或黄铁矿晶格中。综合分析认为,绢英岩化蚀变带,Au、Cu、As和Bi等元素的综合化探异常,低电阻率、高激化率的地球物理特征可以作为玉峰矿区深部和外围找矿的标志。研究区内的石炭纪石英斑岩带,尤其是在构造叠加部位,热液活动使其更有利于矿化富集,是找矿勘探的有利部位。