Significance of quartz REE geochemistry, Shihu gold deposit, western Hebei Province, North China, using LA-ICP-MS

Rare earth element (REE) geochemistry on monomineral has been widely used in various fields of geosciences to reveal the origin of ore-forming materials and fluid. Quartz are ubiquitous mineral in the Shihu gold deposit that is situated in central shear zone of mesocenozoic Fuping metamorphic core complex in the middle-northern part of Taihang Mountains. Gold-bearing quartz veins are their most important industrial orebodies. Rare earth element abundances in quartz from the Shihu gold mine, as determined by laser ablation-indutively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analysis, are shown to be sensitive to identify barren quartz and mineralized quartz. Amounts of REE concentrations in barren quartz and mineralized quartz are 97 × 10⁻⁹ and 85 × 10⁻⁹, respectively. The average (La/Yb)_N and (La/Sm)_N ratios for the barren quartz are 0.25 and 0.13, and the ratios for mineralized quartz are 0.28 and 0.19, respectively. There is a pronounced positive correlation between (La/Yb)_N and (La/Sm)_N ratios. There is no obvious correlation between REE characteristics and sampling sites. The mineralized quartz show the most pronounced negative Ce anomalies, whereas weak negative Ce anomalies are typical of barren quartz vein. A negative Eu anomaly becomes more significant in mineralized quartz than barren quartz. δCe have a broadly positive correlation with δEu. Y/Ho ratio of barren quartz and mineralized quartz are ranging from 2.14–28.75, and from 1.28–9.92, respectively. The REE characteristics of quartz indicate that the ore-forming fluids of the gold deposit were derived from the deep fluid and its formation was dually controlled by Precambrian metamorphic basement and Mesozoic granitoids. The results significantly enhance the usefulness of quartz in tracing the sources of ore-forming fluid to discuss the genesis of the gold deposit, and as an indicator mineral in mineral exploration in Taihang mountain region.     

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REE composition of the carbonates of the auriferous quartz carbonate veins (QCVs) of the Neoarchean Ajjanahalli gold deposit, Chitradurga schist belt, Dharwar Craton, is characterized by U-shaped chondrite normalized REE patterns with both LREE and HREE enrichment and a distinct positive Eu anomaly. As positive Eu anomaly is associated with low oxygen fugacity, we propose that the auriferous fluids responsible for gold mineralization at Ajjanahalli could be from an oxygen depleted fluid. The observed positive Eu anomaly is interpreted to suggest the derivation of the auriferous fluids from a mantle reservoir. The location of Ajjanahalli gold deposit in a crustal scale shear zone is consistent with this interpretation.     

Coexistence of a Fluid Phase with Granitic Magma: Geochemical Characteristics of REE and Cu in Miyako Granite and in Scheelite-bearing Aplitic Veins at the Yamaguchi Cu-W Skarn Deposit, Iwate, Japan

Abstract: The North granitic body of the Miyako pluton is located in the Northern Kitakami belt, Northeast Japan. The formation of the scheelite–chalcopyrite–magnetite–bearing aplitic veins and scheelite–chalcopyrite–magnetite–bearing Yamaguchi skarn deposit was closely associated with the formation of the Miyako plutons. Petrographic facies of the North granitic body vary from quartz diorite in marginal zone (zone A), to tonalite and granodiorite (zone B), and to granite (zone C) in the central. The large numbers of aplitic veins distributed around the Yamaguchi mining area are divided into two groups: barren and scheelite–mag–netite–chalcopyrite–bearing aplitic veins. The latter cut massive clinopyroxene skarns of the Yamaguchi deposit, and are composed of plagioclase, K‐feldspar and titanite. Some plagioclase crystals have dusty cores with irregularly shaped K‐feldspar flakes, and clear rims of albite. Textures of plagioclase in the mineralized aplitic veins are different from the idiomorphic textures with sharp plagioclase crystal boundaries that occur in the North granitic body and barren aplitic veins. These textural data suggest that the mineralized aplitic veins were formed from hydrothermal fluid. Changes in the contents of major and minor (Rb, Sr, Sc, Co, Th, U) elements in the North Miyako granitic body are similar to those of zoned plutons formed by typical magmatic differentiation processes. On the other hand, concentrations of REE, especially middle to heavy REE, of granitic rocks in zone C and barren aplitic veins are significantly lower than those of granitic rocks in zones A and B. The hypothetical chondrite‐normalized REE patterns, calculated assuming fractional crystallization from zone B granitic melt, suggest that REE concentrations of the residual melt increased with the degree of fractional crystallization, and changed into a pattern with enriched LREE and strongly negative Eu anomaly. However, the REE patterns of granitic rocks in zone C are different from the hypothetical patterns. Moreover, the REE patterns of magnetite–scheelite–chalcopyrite aplitic veins are quite different from those of granitic rocks. The Cu contents of granitic rocks in the North Miyako body increase from zone A (5–26 ppm) to zone B (10–26 ppm), and then clearly decrease to zone C (5–7 ppm) and drastically increase to the barren aplitic veins (39–235 ppm). Concentrations of Cu in the mineralized aplitic veins are also higher than those of the granitic rocks in zone C. The decrease in REE and Cu contents of granitic rocks from zone B to zone C is not a result of simple magmatic fractional differentiation. Fluid inclusions in quartz from mineralized aplitic veins contain 3.3 wt% NaCl equivalent and 5.8 wt% CO₂. It was also demonstrated experimentally that the removal of MREE and HREE by fluid from melt enabled the formation of complexes of REE and ligands of OH^‐ and CO₃^2‐. Based on the possibility that the melt of the granitic rocks of zone C and the mineralized aplitic veins coexisted with CO₂‐bearing fluid, it is thought that REE were extracted from the melt to the CO₂‐bearing fluid, and that the REE in the mineralized aplitic veins were transported by the CO₂‐bearing fluid. It is likely that the low HREE and Cu contents of the granitic rocks in zone C could have been caused by the removal of those elements from the granitic melt by the fluid coexisting with the melt. The expelled materials could have been the sources of scheelite–magnetite–chalcopyrite–bearing aplitic veins and copper mineralization of the Yamaguchi Cu‐W skarn deposit.     

东天山东段国宝山晚二叠世—中三叠世花岗质岩石成因与构造意义——年代学和地球化学约束

东天山—北山地区是中国重要的金属成矿带,对于其晚二叠世—中三叠世构造演化的认识,仍存在较大分歧.东天山东段国宝山地区出露有一系列晚二叠世—中三叠世花岗质岩石,包括花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩、石英正长岩、正长花岗岩和天河石花岗岩.该系列岩体整体以富硅、富碱为特征,其中花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩和石英正长岩具有钾质和富镁特征,轻稀...     

龙门山造山带中段石英方解石脉的微量元素地球化学特征

本文讨论了龙门山造山带中段上孟—漩口一线石英方解石脉的微量元素地球化学特征。结果表明：与方解石相比,石英杂质元素总量很低,特别是稀土元素含量远低于方解石,但Ｋ、Ｎａ、Ｃｒ、Ｃｏ、Ｔｈ 等则变化不大;石英与方解石均富集重稀土;石英与方解石的稀土元素配分型式总体相似,暗示其来源之间有一定的联系;石英和方解石脉均有强的铕正异常,不同层位的样品铕正异常强度不同,指示围岩条件的差异及形成条件的影响。     

Nature of the Ore-Forming Fluid at the Quaternary Noya Gold Deposit in Kyushu,Japan

We discuss the nature of the ore-forming hydrothermal fluid in the Noya gold-bearing calcite-quartz-adularia veins of central Kyushu, Japan on the basis of oxygen, carbon, and strontium isotope ratios, and aqueous speciation calculations for the present-day geothermal fluid. The isotopic values of the Noya ore-forming fluid were estimated to be −6.5‰ for δ¹³C and −7.5‰ for δ¹⁸O. The oxygen isotopic equilibrium temperatures for vein calcite are more than 180°C at the bottom of the Noya mineralization zone, and decrease with increasing elevation. As the temperature decreased, the dominant carbon species in the fluid changed from H₂CO₃ to HCO₃^- at about 120°C. The equilibrium temperatures for vein quartz are consistent with the calcite calculations. The carbon and oxygen isotope trends of the Noya vein calcite and the isotope ratios of strontium suggest that the fluids that precipitated the Noya veins were controlled by an andesite-dominated geology. Chondrite-normalized REE patterns for the white-colored veins from wells 51-WT-1 and 51-WT-2 displayed a light REE-rich pattern with positive Eu anomalies, suggesting the existence of a reducing environment for the fluid. The pyrite-rich gray-colored veins and a silicified rock from well 51-WT-2 showed higher REE concentrations than did the white veins. Altered host andesitic rocks have similar REE patterns to that of the silicified rock, and have higher REE contents than the others in the drill cores. Aqueous speciation calculations showed that the fluid in the hydrothermal reservoir is currently in muscovite stability. The fluid at the ore-mineralization stage may have contained more potassium or have had a higher pH, so that adularia precipitated with calcite and quartz, as well as gold. Fluid boiling at depth in the system produced the gold-bearing calcite-quartz-adularia veins.     

黔西南晴隆锑矿区萤石的稀土元素地球化学特征

对与辉锑矿共生萤石的稀土元素地球化学特征研究表明，所有萤石均具有Ce负异常，其稀土配分模式存在3种类型：Eu弱亏损型、Eu正常型、Eu富集型。从成矿早期至晚期，萤石的稀土配分从Eu弱亏损型向富集型演化，稀土总量逐渐降低，并由中稀土富集向轻稀土富集演化。成矿流体可能主要属于盆地流体，具有十分低的稀土总量，在成矿作用过程中，成矿流体由早期的还原条件转化为晚期的氮化条件，由中稀土富集向轻稀土富集演化。     

Geochemical Features of Vein Anhydrite from the Kakkonda Geothermal System, Northeast Japan

Abstract. Cathodoluminescence (CL) color, rare earth element (REE) content, sulfur and oxygen isotopes and fluid inclusions of anhydrite, which frequently filled in hydrothermal veins in the Kakkonda geothermal system, were investigated to elucidate the spatial, temporal and genetical evolution of fluids in the deep reservoir. The anhydrite samples studied are classified into four types based on CL colors and REE contents: type-N (no color), type-G (green color), type-T (tan color) and type-S (tan color with a high REE content). In the shallow reservoir, only type-N anhydrite is observed. In the deep reservoir, type-G anhydrite occurs in vertical veins whereas type-T and -N in lateral veins. Type-S anhydrite occurs in the heat-source Kakkonda Granite. The CL textures revealed that type-G anhydrite deposited earlier than type-T in the deep reservoir, implying that fracture system was changed from predominantly vertical to lateral.
Studies of fluid inclusions and δ³⁴S and δ¹⁸O values of the samples indicate that type-N anhydrite deposited from diluted fluids derived from meteoric water, whereas type-G, -T and -S anhydrites deposited from magmatic brines derived from the Kakkonda Granite with the exception of some of type-G with recrystallization texture and no primary fluid inclusion, which deposited from fossil seawater preserved in the sedimentary rocks. Type-G, -T and -S anhydrites exhibit remarkably different chondrite-normalized REE patterns with a positive Eu anomaly, with a convex shape (peak at Sm or Eu) and with a negative Eu anomaly, respectively. The difference in the patterns might result from the different extent of hydrothermal alteration of the reservoir rocks and contribution of the magmatic fluids.     

Rare-earth element mobility during ore-forming hydrothermal alteration: A case study of Dongping gold deposit Hebei Province,China

REE mobility during hydrothermal ore-forming processes has been extensively investigated in recent years and the potential of REE to provide information about ore forming processes has commonly been recognized.The Dongping gold deposit,which is located in northwestern Hebei Province,China,occurring in the inner contact zone of the Shuiquangou syenite complex,is spatially,and probably genetically,related to the syenite,the deposit was formed under the moderate to high temperature(220℃ to 320℃),weakly acidic to weakly alkaline,rather high fo2(lgfo2=-30～-34)environment.The REE study of the host rocks,altered wall rocks,ores and gangue minerals from the deposit suggests that the REEs have been mobilized and differentiated during K-feldspathization and silicification.The extremely altered syenite enveloping auriferous quartz vein shows positive Ce anomaly and larger LREE/HREE ratio than that of the unaltered syenite.The REE concentrations and patterns of the ores are determined by the ore types and mineral assemblages,LREE/HREE ratios in the gangue quartz and hydrothermal Kfeldspars are relatively low.The most significant observation is that the gangue quartz shows significant positive Eu anomaly,whereas the hydrothermal K-feldspars show less significant or no positive Eu anomaly at all relative to the primary feldspar in the unaltered syenite. It is evident that the REEs are mobile during K-feldspathization and silicification in the ore forming process.Weak to moderate K-feldspathization caused REE mobility without apparent differentiation with the exception of extreme K-feldspathization and silicification which resulted in significant depletion of HREE and Eu and relative enrichment of Ce.The REE,Y,U,Th and Au contents of the syenite decrease as the degrees of K-feldspathization and silicification of the rocks increase towards the auriferous quartz veins.As the ores were deposited under a rather oxidized environment,Ce^4 predominated over Ce^3 .The precipitation of the former in the form of CeO2 or absorpted onto the secondary mineral assemblage resulted in the inconsistent removal of the REE and the relative Ce enrichment in the strongly altered rocks.in contrast,Eu was present mainly in a low valence state (Eu^2 ).The geochemical differences from the other REE^3 and much less sites in the secondary minerals to accommodate the Eu released form the original minerals resulted in the enrichment of Eu in the fluids.The mobility and differentiation of REE and the coherent mobilities of Y,U,Th and Au also support the argument that the syenite is one of the source rocks for gold mineralization.The REE contents and patterns of the altered rocks enveloping the auriferous quartz vein could be used as a guide for locating ore veins in mineral exploration.     

甘肃北山南金山金矿床矿床成因研究

南金山金矿床产于北山岛弧构造带内海相火山碎屑岩之中。矿床的岩矿石微量元素组合为Ba、La、Ce、Sr、Nd、Sm、Zr、Hf、Y等不相容元素,各类岩石样品的分布曲线非常相似,都具有明显的Pb正异常,表明有较多的地壳物质的加入,并有明显的La,Ce,Ti负异常。稀土总量∑REE(不包括叶蜡石)变化范围为(9.91~221.86)×10-6,其配分形式均为明显右倾曲线,轻、重稀土分馏,轻稀土相对富集而重稀土相对亏损。稀土总量较高,说明矿区内稀土元素在随岩浆迁移的过程中,上升到地壳时有一定的损失。矿物流体包裹体的均一温度、盐度、压力、气相成分等特征研究表明,南金山金矿床成矿流体以中低温,中低盐度,且有大量大气降水加入为特征,为典型的浅成中低温热液矿床。     

鄂东南程潮铁矿床花岗质岩和闪长岩的岩体时代、成因及地质意义——锆石年龄、地球化学和Hf同位素新证据

利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb法测得程潮矿区花岗岩成岩年龄为（128.8±0.5） Ma,石英二长斑岩成岩年龄为（128.3±0.5） Ma,闪长岩成岩年龄为（140.0±0.3） Ma,辉绿玢岩成岩年龄为(125.5±0.5) Ma,皆形成于早白垩世。地球化学分析结果显示：花岗质岩为高钾准铝质I型系列;闪长岩和辉绿玢岩为高钾钙碱性系列。各岩体的稀土元素总量较高,轻稀土强烈富集,轻、重稀土元素分异明显,无明显的负铕异常。花岗质岩的微量元素以富集Rb、Th、U、La等元素,贫Ba、Nb、Sr等元素为特点。闪长岩和辉绿玢岩具有相似的微量元素特征,表现为K、La、Nd富集和Ta、Nb、Sr、P、Ti亏损的特点。根据岩体的锆石Hf同位素组成和地球化学特征可知,程潮矿区各岩体可能是岩石圈地幔在部分熔融过程中,混入了不同数量古老下地壳物质的产物。矿区花岗质岩的成岩年龄与程潮Fe矿床的成矿年龄相近,暗示其与矿体有着密切的联系。     

Assimilation and partial melting of continental crust: evidence from the mineralogy and geochemistry of autoliths and xenoliths

This paper presents a model for the partial melting of quartz diorite and greywacke in the upper crust based on the mineralogy and geochemistry of enclaves within the Loch Doon granitic intrusion of southern Scotland. The melting of quartz diorite was modelled using autoliths, which represent fragments of cogenetic igneous rocks that became incorporated in the fractionating magma. Compared to their quartz diorite parents, the autoliths are enriched to varying degrees in some elements (notably Rb, Nb, Ta, Sm, Y, Yb) and depleted in others (Sr, and Ba); Eu and P are also depleted in the more assimitated autoliths. The compositions of melts that could be derived from assimilation of the autoliths have also been calculated: their REE patterns reveal a light REE enrichment, low concentrations of heavy REEs (1–3 x chondrite) and a positive Eu anomaly. The calculated degrees of melting vary from 35% in the least assimilated to 84% in the most assimilated autolith (assuming a bulk distribution coefficient of 10 for the most compatible element). Results from modelling of xenolith compositions (derived from metasediments) are also reported, but because of uncertainties in the composition of the parental sediment, these data are subject to larger errors. They do, however, indicate that resultant partial melts are distinctly different from those derived by partial melting of autoliths. In particular, the REE pattern of a greywacke-derived melt shows a slight enrichment in light REEs, greater concentrations of heavy REEs (10 x chondrite) and a small negative Eu anomaly. The calculated degrees of melting of the xenoliths fall in the range of 66–88% (assuming a bulk distribution coefficient of 10 for the most compatible element). The results have direct implications for assimilation and melting of the upper crust. By taking into account how the nature of residual phases is likely to change with depth, it can be demonstrated that some Archaean tonalite gneisses could represent liquids derived by partial melting of igneous material.     

Rare Earth Elements as an Indicator to Origins of Skarn Deposits: Examples of the Kamioka Zn-Pb and Yoshiwara-Sannotake Cu(–Fe) Deposits in Japan

Abstract: Systematic data of rare earth elements (REEs) are presented in order to put some constraints on the origin of hydrothermal fluids responsible for two contrastive skarn deposits in Japan; the Kamioka Zn-Pb and Yoshiwara-Sannotake Cu(-Fe) deposits. Carbon and oxygen isotopic studies have demonstrated that the hydrothermal fluids responsible for the Kamioka Zn-Pb deposits are of meteoric water origin whereas those for the Yoshiwara-Sannotake Cu(-Fe) deposits are of magmatic water origin. The REE abundances of epidote skarn derived from aluminous rocks, garnet and clinopyroxene in calcic exoskarn derived from limestone, and interstitial calcite associated with sulfide minerals were determined for these contrastive skarn deposits by inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). A significant difference in the REE concentrations is not found between epidote skarn and aluminous original rock (plagioclase-clinopyroxene rock, called Inishi rock) from the Kamioka Zn-Pb deposits, indicating that the REEs are generally immobile during the formation of epidote skarn, and that the REE concentrations of the hydrothermal fluid are considerably low relative to the aluminous original rock. In contrast, the epidote skarn exhibits enrichment of Eu with increasing total REE concentrations relative to the aluminous original rock (quartz diorite) in the Yoshiwara-Sannotake Cu(-Fe) deposits, implying a contribution of magmatic fluid derived from granitoids during the skarn formation. Limestone generally has much lower REE concentrations related to surrounding aluminous rocks, and thus the REE concentrations of garnet and clinopyroxene in calcic exoskarn, originated from limestone, are variable due to the interaction with the hydrothermal fluids. The chondrite-normalized REE patterns of garnet, clinopyroxene, and interstitial calcite exactly provide useful information on origins of hydrothermal fluids. The REE patterns of these minerals from the Kamioka Zn-Pb deposits show lower (Pr/Yb)cn ratios, and negative Ce and Eu anomalies inherited from limestone with the decrease of This suggests that the hydrothermal fluids responsible for the Kamioka Zn-Pb deposits were depleted in REEs, and were not magmatic water in origin, but presumably meteoric one. In striking contrast, the REE patterns of exoskarn minerals and calcite from the Yoshiwara-Sannotake Cu(-Fe) deposits exhibit a positive Eu anomaly, and high (Pr/Yb)cn ratios with the considerable increase of σREE and the disappearance of negative Ce anomaly, implying that the fluids were dominantly of magmatic origin. The REE indices are very likely to be an excellent indicator to origins of the skarn deposits.     

The Geochemical and Zircon Trace Elements Characteristics of A-type Granitoids in Boziguoer,Baicheng County,Xinjiang

The Boziguoer A-type granitoids in Baicheng County,Xinjiang,belong to the northern margin of the Tarim platform as well as the neighboring EW-oriented alkaline intrusive rocks.The rocks comprise an aegirine or arfvedsonite quartz alkali feldspar syenite,an aegirine or arfvedsonite alkali feldspar granite,and a biotite alkali feldspar syenite.The major rock-forming minerals are albite,K-feldspar,quartz,arfvedsonite,aegirine,and siderophyllite.The accessory minerals are mainly zircon,pyrochlore,thorite,fluorite,monazite,bastnaesite,xenotime,and astrophyllite.The chemical composition of the alkaline granitoids show that SiO2 varies from 64.55％ to 72.29％ with a mean value of 67.32％,Na2O＋K2O is high （9.85％-11.87％） with a mean of 11.14％,K2O is 2.39％-5.47％ （mean =4.73％）,the K2O/Na2O ratios are 0.31-0.96,Al2O3 ranges from 12.58％ to 15.44％,and total FeOT is between 2.35％ and 5.65％.CaO,MgO,MnO,and TiO2 are low.The REE content is high and the total SREE is （263-1219） ppm （mean =776 ppm）,showing LREE enrichment and HREE depletion with strong negative Eu anomalies.In addition,the chondrite-normalized REE patterns of the alkaline granitoids belong to the ＂seagull＂ pattern of the right-type.The Zr content is （113-1246） ppm （mean =594 ppm）,Zr＋Nb＋Ce＋Y is between （478-2203） ppm with a mean of 1362 ppm.Furthermore,the alkaline granitoids have high HFSE （Ga,Nb,Ta,Zr,and Hf） content and low LILE （Ba,K,and Sr） content.The Nb/Ta ratio varies from 7.23 to 32.59 （mean =16.59） and the Zr/Hf ratio is 16.69-58.04 （mean =36.80）.The zircons are depleted in LREE and enriched in HREE.The chondrite-normalized REE patterns of the zircons are of the ＂seagull＂ pattern of the left-inclined type with strong negative Eu anomaly and without a Ce anomaly.The Boziguoer A-type granitoids share similar features with A1-type granites.The average temperature of the granitic magma was estimated at 832-839℃.The Boziguoer A-type granitoids show crust-mantle mixing and may have formed in an anorogenic intraplate tectonic setting under high-temperature,anhydrous,and low oxygen fugacity conditions.     

Geochemistry of granitoids and their minerals from Rebordelo–Agrochão area, northern Portugal

Deformed Hercynian peraluminous granitoids ranging from tonalite to granite crop out in the Rebordelo–Agrochão area, northern Portugal and some of them contain tonalitic and granodioritic enclaves. Variation diagrams of major and trace elements of the rocks, biotites and sphenes show fractionation trends. The most- and the least-deformed samples of granite and their biotites also define fractionation trends. There is decrease in all rare earth element (REE) contents and increase in the Eu anomaly in REE patterns from the most- to the least-deformed samples of granite. All the granitoids define a whole-rock Rb–Sr errorchron. A whole-rock Rb–Sr isochron for the least-deformed samples of granite yields an age of 357±9 Ma and an initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of 0.7087±0.0007. Geochemical modelling suggests that the tonalitic magma evolved by AFC (fractional crystallization of magnesiohornblende, plagioclase, quartz, biotite and ilmenite, and assimilation of metasediments) to originate tonalitic and granodioritic enclaves, granodiorite and granite. δ¹⁸O values support this mechanism. The tonalite is hybrid and derived by interaction of a mantle-derived magma and crustal materials.     

Characterization and timing of the different types of fluids present in the barren and ore-veins of the W-Sn deposit of Panasqueira,Central Portugal

The Panasqueira W-Sn deposit is the largest quartz-vein type deposit of the Iberian Peninsula and the most important wolframite deposit in Western Europe. The ore-veins are almost exclusively sub-horizontal. Besides ore-bearing sub-horizontal veins, the Panasqueira mine also contains barren quartz veins. There are essentially two generations of barren quartz: quartz, contemporaneous with the earliest regional metamorphism (QI), and recrystallized quartz, contemporaneous with the thermal metamorphism related to the granite intrusion (QII). Fluid inclusion studies (microthermometry and Raman) were undertaken in order to distinguish fluids contemporaneous with the barren quartz from those contemporaneous with the ore-bearing quartz (QIII). Fluid inclusion data indicate that the barren and ore-bearing quartz fluids are dominantly aqueous (93 to 98 mol% H₂O), with a nearly constant bulk salinity (8 to 12 wt% eq. NaCl), with the quantity of volatile component (determined by Raman spectrometry) higher in QIII, but never greater than 5 mol%. However, the CO₂/CH₄ + N₂ ratio is different for each type of quartz. Volatiles are dominated by CH₄ (10 to 96 mol% ZCH₄ and/or N₂ (3 to 87 mol% ZN₂) in the barren quartz and by CO₂ (60 to 73 mol% ZCO₂) in ore-bearing quartz. The bulk chemical composition of the fluids in QIII is comparable to that found commonly in hydrothermal fluids associated with wolframite mineralization, where Na>K>Ca and HCO₃>Cl>SO₄. A dispersion in TH (226 to 350 °C) found in QIII, together with a variation in the degree of filling (0.5 to 0.7) and with the consequent variation of fluid densities (0.70 to 0.79), may result from changes in the fluid pressure regime below lithostatic pressure, suggesting vein filling related to tectonic events.     

辽宁四道沟热液金矿床中石英的稀土元素的特征及意义

本文用ＩＣＰ－ＭＳ测定了辽宁四道沟金矿矿脉中石英及其中流体包裹体中的稀土元素含量,发现石英的稀土元素配分模式类似于其中流体包裹体的稀土元素配分模式,推断石英中的稀土元素主要赋存于注流体包裹体中,流体包裹体中的稀土元素了石英的稀土元素配分模式,原生包裹中的流体是和石英同源的,其稀土元素指示的是石英形成过程中流体的信息。而次生包裹体中的流体是石英形成后的流体活动产物,其稀土元素指示的是后期流体活动的信     

云南大坪金矿白钨矿微量元素、稀土元素和Sr-Nd同位素组成特征及其意义

利用ICP-MS和同位素质谱分析了大坪金矿含金石英脉中白钨矿的微量元素、稀土元素和Sm-Nd、Rb-Sr同位素组成,结果显示大坪白钨矿中富Sr、Ba,而亏损Mo、Bi、Sn、Nb、Ta等,指示原始成矿流体与岩浆的结晶分异作用无关,并非前人普遍认为的岩浆水和大气降水的混合流体;样品的REE球粒陨石标准化配分曲线为高度一致的右倾和MREE富集型,Eu出现正异常,表明白钨矿与流体之间REE元素发生了强烈分异,白钨矿中REE的配分行为主要表现为REE^3＋与Na^＋成化合价补偿形式替代Ca^2＋选择性进入白钨矿晶格中,成矿流体是相对封闭的高温、富Na^＋的还原性热液体系;Sr-Nd同位素组成显示本区原始成矿流体主要来自下地壳,但不排除有幔源物质加入.原始成矿流体的形成与区域性剪切带的活动有关,韧性剪切作用导致下地壳富CO2流体上升,并与闪长岩发生强烈的水岩反应,而剪切带中脆性断裂的形成是成矿流体迁移、集中、沸腾和矿质沉淀的触发因素.     

Geochemistry and petrography of gold-quartz-tourmaline veins of the Okote area, southern Ethiopia: implications for gold exploration

Summary Quartz-tourmaline vein-hosting rocks of the Okote area belong to the Neoproterozoic Adola Belt. Metasomatic auriferous quartz-tourmaline veins occur in ductile N–S trending, sinistral shear zones. These veins commonly contain quartz, carbonates, and tourmaline, with minor pyrite, and accessory chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and gold. Tourmaline forms isolated euhedral crystals in the fracture surfaces of quartz carbonate veins. Many of the tourmaline crystals are optically zoned with a bluish core and a bluish to brown rim. Electron microprobe analyses show that the tourmalines comprise an intermediate dravite-schorl solid solution with a mean FeO/(FeO + MgO) = 0.47. Abrupt transitions between the colour zones within single tourmaline crystals are accompanied by relative variations in the FeO/(FeO + MgO) ratios. The tourmaline separates indicate that the tourmalines contain highly variable average contents of trace elements. Chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) abundances of tourmaline separates from auriferous veins show LREE-enriched to LREE-depleted patterns with negative to positive Eu anomalies and a flat, near-chondritic HREE pattern. The auriferous quartz-tourmaline veins have LREE-enriched patterns without a Eu anomaly and a flat HREE pattern, but tourmaline-free gold-quartz veins have very low REE contents and LREE-depleted patterns also without Eu anomalies. The FeO/(FeO + MgO) ratios, major and trace element compositions, and the types of wall-rock alteration are used to suggest that the sources of boron are dominantly metamorphic (dehydration and devolatilization processes), but do not totally exclude the possibility of a magmatic source. The occurrences of high-grade gold associated with tourmaline make tourmaline a valuable prospecting guide for hydrothermal gold mineralization in the Adola Belt, southern Ethiopia. Received November 17, 1999; revised version accepted July 23, 2001     

江西金山金矿床稀土元素地球化学特征及意义

稀土元素在地质体中的丰度及分布形式与地质体的发生发展及物质组成有关.通过对比分析矿床的稀土元素组成特征及分布模式,研究矿床围岩、蚀变带及各类矿石的稀土元素地球化学行为,认为在高水/岩比值下热液蚀变作用使其稀土元素产生明显的带入和带出,但成岩和成矿物质具有继承性演化的特点.含金石英脉的稀土元素地球化学特征表明成矿流体具有多源性.石英脉成因不同,是不同成矿阶段热液与构造共同作用的产物.本次工作发现的硅质岩,其地球化学特征表明是一种混有火山物质或陆源物质的过渡类型热水沉积岩,可能指示该矿床早期存在热水喷流成岩成矿作用.