On the formation conditions of porphyry Cu-Mo polymetallic deposits in the Xiaosigou district

The host mass consists of quartz diorite-porphyry (marginal facies), granodiorite porphry (intermediate facies) and granite porphry (central facies). The petrographical facies are asymmetrically spread. The formation temperature of the rock mass ranges from 890 to 800°C, the pressure from 330 to 380 bars and the depth from about 1.5 to 2 km. Mineralization is controlled by the N-E contact zone and adjacent fault structures. Mo-mineralization occurs in the granite porphyry with strong potash metasomatism. Cu-Mo-mineralization is distributed in the inner contact zone of the rock mass, and the wallrock is K-silicified granite porphyry. Cu-pyrite-mineralization is recognized in skarn and serpentinite. Pb-Zn ore veins occur in marbleized limestones. Rock and mineral analyses, fluid inclusion studies and highT-P experiments indicate that extensive precipitation of Cu-bearing pyrite took place atT = 290–250°C, andP = 330–380 bars and that of copper atT = 400–310°C andP = 330–380 bars. Precipitation of Pb and Zn was followed by the transformation of hydrothermal solutions from alkaline to intermediate with decreasing temperature.     

斑岩型铜钼矿床重要共(伴)生元素赋存状态与分布规律

斑岩型铜钼矿床除主要成矿元素Cu,Mo外,还往往共(伴)生Re,Co,Au,Ag等重要元素,综合回收利用共(伴)生金属具有重大资源及环境效益。通过研究斑岩型铜钼矿床中共(伴)生元素Re,Co,Au,Ag的品位、储量、赋存状态及分布规律,认为Co主要以类质同象形式赋存于黄铁矿中,其分布与黄铁矿密切相关,通常浓集于绢英岩化带外侧;Au,Ag主要以自然金、银与金银系列矿物的形式产出,Au,Ag在不同硫化物中的含量、颗粒粒度以及赋存形式差异很大,Au在各蚀变带均有可能富集,但主要浓集区域是钾化带与石英-绢云母化带;Ag在早期主要以Cu-Ag-Au的形式富集于绢英岩化带,晚期以Pb-Zn-Ag形式赋存于青磐岩化带;Re的分布与绢云母化带的辉钼矿密切相关。     

富挥发分岩浆补给对斑岩型铜-钼矿床形成的关键作用: 以西藏尼木岗讲矿床为例

西藏冈底斯带中段的岗讲斑岩铜-钼矿床发育多期次侵入体,而成矿作用主要与其中一期岩体（流纹英安斑岩）密切相关。为探究其原因,本文对岗讲斑岩铜-钼矿床中发育的各期次侵入体进行了全岩主、微量元素分析,并重点研究各期次侵入体内部新鲜斑晶（黑云母、斜长石）和副矿物（锆石、磷灰石）的化学成分和结构特征。结果表明,矿区各期次侵入岩均属于高钾钙碱性系列,具有相近的锆石饱和温度,都来自较为氧化的岩浆。此外,相比其他期次侵入岩,主成矿期的流纹英安斑岩中的磷灰石具有较高的SO₃、Cl含量,较低的F含量;黑云母含有较高的Cl含量和较低的F含量;同时,斜长石发育反环带。这些证据表明,在主成矿期岩浆就位之前,存在富S、Cl的偏基性岩浆注入了深部岩浆房,并发生岩浆混合作用,这不仅导致了主成矿期斑岩体的就位,同时还诱发流体出溶进入浅部岩浆房,并最终形成岗讲斑岩铜-钼矿床。

     

The formation of porphyry copper deposits

Copper is a moderately incompatible chalcophile element. Its behavior is strongly controlled by sulfides. The speciation of sulfur is controlled by oxygen fugacity. Therefore, porphyry Cu deposits are usually oxidized (with oxygen fugacities > ΔFMQ +2) (Mungall 2002; Sun et al. 2015). The problem is that while most of the magmas at convergent margins are highly oxidized, porphyry Cu deposits are very rare, suggesting that high oxygen fugacity alone is not sufficient. Partial melting of mantle peridotite even at very high oxygen fugacities forms arc magmas with initial Cu contents too low to form porphyry Cu deposits directly (Lee et al. 2012; Wilkinson 2013). Here we show that partial melting of subducted young oceanic slabs at high oxygen fugacity (>ΔFMQ +2) may form magmas with initial Cu contents up to >500 ppm, favorable for porphyry mineralization. Pre-enrichment of Cu through sulfide saturation and accumulation is not necessarily beneficial to porphyry Cu mineralization. In contrast, re-melting of porphyritic hydrothermal sulfide associated with iron oxides may have major contributions to porphyry deposits. Thick overriding continental crust reduces the “leakage” of hydrothermal fluids, thereby promoting porphyry mineralization. Nevertheless, it is also more difficult for ore forming fluids to penetrate the thick continental crust to reach the depths of 2–4 km where porphyry deposits form.     

俄罗斯阿尔泰-Sayan地区Aksug斑岩Cu-Mo体系的地质与地球化学特征

The Aksug deposit, located in Altay-Sayan region of Russia, is one of the largest porphyry Cu-Mo deposits in Southern Siberia. The ore-bearing porphyries of the Aksug porphyry Cu-Mo system were formed in post-collisional environment. Geochemically they belong to calk-alkaline and high K-calk-alkaline series. Rocks are characterized by enrichment of LILE and depletion of HSFE and HREE, showing the importance of subduction-related components in magma generation. Large plutonic intrusions that host porphyry systems have been formed during collision. The origin of porphyritic rocks is dominantly the mantle with lower crustal contribution. The mainly economically important Cu-Mo mineralization is closely related to a porphyry series in time and space, being emplaced towards the end of magmatic activity. Though the emplacement of plutonic and ore-bearing porphyry complexes took place in different geodynamic environments, both complexes are characterized by certain similarity in geochemical composition, alkalinity, trace element content, Sr isotopic composition. This fact evidently indicates a common deep-seated magmatic source (at the lower crust-upper mantle level). Low initial ⁸⁷ Sr/⁸⁶ Sr, sulfur isotopic characteristics and presence of PGE-Co-Ni mineralization in associated pyrite-chalcopyrite ores suggest that mantle source of chalcophile elements was of high importance in porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization of the Aksug deposit.     

The electrum of the Agatovskoe deposit (Northeast Russia) and its formation conditions

This paper discusses the largest electrum units precipitated in calcite of the final (“nonproductive”) stage of ore formation. Notably, during examination of the chemical composition of these gold grains, sphalerite and other minerals belonging to the early (“productive”) association have been found. The results of thermo- and cryometric investigations of fluid inclusions in calcite of the Agatovskoe deposit have indicated that in the composition of two-phase fluid solutions of admixtures, NaCl, KCl, and MgCl dominated. This is evidenced by chloride eutectics of the admixture solutions in the temperature interval from −35 to −39°C. The complete homogenization of the fluid admixtures takes place in a narrow temperature interval (from 206 to 213°C) and concentration of salts is 3.7–6.0 mass % in NaCl equivalent. The density of the fluid changes starting from 0.88–0.89 g/cm³. The derived homogenization temperatures correspond to the temperatures of gold deposition, since the pressure during formation of gold veins in the deposit was small.     

Advances in research of the time scales of porphyry deposits: A case study of the Yulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in the eastern TibetSCIEI北大核心CSCD

精确限定多期次岩浆-热液活动的时间尺度一直是剖析斑岩矿床形成过程的热点和难点。借助矿物的高精度同位素定年、热力学数值模拟以及石英的钛扩散模型等方法,斑岩矿床中岩浆-热液活动的时间尺度已经被限定在几万年之内。本文以三江特提斯超大型玉龙斑岩铜(钼)矿床为例,重点识别含矿热液脉中普遍存在的石英,利用钛元素的扩散年代学方法,精确限定斑岩矿床中多期岩浆-热液流体活动的时间尺度。扩散模型表明玉龙斑岩矿床热液活动的时间尺度为32000~870000年,有力支持了超大型斑岩矿床可以在几万至几十万年甚至更短时间内形成的观点。此外,为避免钛扩散模型产生较大的误差,需要在精确测定石英中钛含量的基础上,结合矿床地质背景或其他实验方法合理地估测温度和压力条件。研究认为,将矿物的高精度同位素定年与元素的扩散年代学相结合,可以在更为精细的尺度上完善斑岩矿床岩浆-热液活动的时间框架。     

First finding of merenskyite (Pd,Pt)Te2 in porphyry Cu-Mo ores in Russia

Contents of Pt and Pd were determined in weakly mineralized rocks, ores, and flotation concentrates of the Aksug porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, northeastern Tuva. In all studied samples they are above the detection limits: Pt = 17–96 ppb and Pd = 9–924 ppb. These elements are unevenly distributed throughout the rocks and ores, with Pd/Pt varying from 0.5 to 37. Study of Pd-rich ores (up to 924 ppb, Pd/Pt = 37) on a JEOL JSM 5600 scanning electron microscope revealed finest (2–5 μm) merenskyite inclusions (25.20% Pd, 1.21% Pt, 72.31% Te) in chalcopyrite. The calculated crystallochemical formula of merenskyite from ores of the Aksug deposit is (Pd_0.862Pt_0.023Cu_0.026Fe_0.025)Te_2.064. The merenskyite is associated with electrum (79.92% Au, 18.96% Ag), monazite, cobaltite, tennantite, and Sr-containing barite (4.6–18.0% Sr). Palladium mineralization occurs in massive chalcopyrite veinlets in zones of intensely propylitized rocks. The Devonian Aksug ore-bearing porphyry complex developed in the field of Early-Middle Cambrian intrusions of gabbro-diorite-plagiogranites associated with basalt-andesite effusions of island-arc complex. This might have led to high PGE contents in the Aksug rocks. The deposit formation proceeded with the participation of ore-bearing Cl-enriched fluids favoring the concentration and transport of PGE in porphyry copper systems.     

Mineralogy and ore formation conditions of the Bugdaya Au-Bearing W-Mo porphyry deposit, Eastern Transbaikal Region, Russia

The Bugdaya Au-bearing W-Mo porphyry deposit, Eastern Transbaikal Region, Russia, is located in the central part of volcanic dome and hosted in the large Variscan granitic pluton. In its characteristics, this is a Climax-type deposit, or an Mo porphyry deposit of rhyolitic subclass. The enrichment in gold is related to the relatively widespread vein and veinlet gold-base-metal mineralization. More than 70 minerals (native metals, sulfides, sulfosalts, tellurides, oxides, molybdates, wolframates, carbonates, and sulfates) have been identified in stockwork and vein ores, including dzhalindite, greenockite, Mo-bearing stolzite, Ag and Au amalgams, stromeyerite, cervelleite, and berryite identified here for the first time. Four stages of mineral formation are recognized. The earliest preore stage in form of potassic alteration and intense silicification developed after emplacement of subvolcanic rhyolite (granite) porphyry stock. The stockwork and vein W-Mo mineralization of the quartz-molybdenite stage was the next. Sericite alteration, pyritization, and the subsequent quartz-sulfide veins and veinlets with native gold, base-metal sulfides, and various Ag-Cu-Pb-Bi-Sb sulfosalts of the gold-base-metal stage were formed after the rearrangement of regional pattern of tectonic deformation. The hydrothermal process was completed by argillic (kaolinite-smectite) assemblage of the postore stage. The fluid inclusion study (microthermometry and Raman spectroscopy) allowed us to establish that the stockwork W-Mo mineralization was formed at 550–380°C from both the highly concentrated Mg-Na chloride solution (brine) and the low-density gas with significant N2 and H2S contents. The Pb-Zn vein ore of the gold-base-metal stage enriched in Au, Ag, Bi, and other rare metals was deposited at 360–140°C from a homogeneous Na-K chloride (hydrocarbonate, sulfate) hydrothermal solution of medium salinity.     

还原性围岩在斑岩钼矿成矿中的作用

斑岩钼(铜)矿是重要的钼矿资源类型,高氧逸度岩浆是公认的评价斑岩成矿的有效指标。但前人关注的焦点是成矿母岩浆的起源与演化,还原性围岩在斑岩成矿中的作用长期被忽视,是什么触发了高氧化性含矿岩浆热液的还原与成矿还存在不同的认识。文章在前人工作基础上,以中国秦岭-大别、华北克拉通北缘的南泥湖-三道庄-上房沟、沙坪沟、曹四夭等斑岩型钼矿和美国Climax-Henderson巨型斑岩钼矿带中Mt. Emmons等斑岩钼矿为例,重点研究了斑岩钼矿的区域分布与还原性围岩之间的空间关系及成因联系,探讨了斑岩成矿系统氧化还原状态在成矿过程中的变化及触发机制。笔者发现斑岩钼矿的区域分布明显受黑色含碳质地层和中基性火山岩控制,在成矿过程中黑色含碳质围岩普遍发生褪色蚀变;主成矿期矿物流体包裹体中普遍含有甲烷,蚀变围岩和矿床中热液方解石的δ¹³C值普遍较低。因此,笔者提出含碳质地层和中基性火山岩等围岩中还原性组分的加入是引发斑岩钼(铜)矿成矿系统氧化-还原状态转变和成矿金属沉淀的关键。碳质围岩中有机质热解/碳-水反应产生的甲烷是重要还原剂,CH₄沿构造裂隙扩散进入斑岩...     

还原性斑岩型Cu与Mo-Cu矿特征与形成机制

还原性斑岩型Cu矿是近年新识别的一类斑岩型矿床,以岩浆阶段发育大量磁黄铁矿和成矿流体富CH4为主要特征。成因上,还原性斑岩型Cu矿与钛铁矿系列I型花岗岩伴生,形成于俯冲环境或者后碰撞环境。成矿流体为岩浆流体。岩浆阶段磁黄铁矿的结晶沉淀将导致岩浆中成矿元素Cu进入硫化物相而贫化,不利于成矿元素在流体中富集,结果导致还原性斑岩型Cu矿的矿化和蚀变规模较小。对比研究发现西准噶尔宏远Mo-Cu矿也具有还原性斑岩型矿床的特征,可能为还原性斑岩型矿床的新类型。     

黄岩海山链俯冲与吕宋岛斑岩铜金成矿

菲律宾吕宋岛上约5Ma以来的斑岩铜金矿床主要集中在北部的Baguio和Mankayan地区,它们在时空上与黄岩海山链密切相关。1907~2013年间的地震数据表明,在吕宋岛中部(16°N)附近存在地震稀疏带。吕宋岛上的斑岩铜金矿床分布在该地震稀疏带的两侧。收集到的相应时期埃达克岩的Sr/Y-(La/Yb)N、Sr/Y-Y和La/Yb-Yb图解表明,这些埃达克岩几乎都是洋壳部分熔融形成的。与吕宋岛北部侵入型埃达克岩相比,位于16°N附近的埃达克岩具有更高的Sr含量,这可能与南海古扩张脊俯冲撕裂形成的板片窗有关。斜长石是辉长岩的主要矿物之一,因此,撕裂的洋壳边缘的辉长岩层部分熔融,形成具有更高Sr含量的埃达克质岩浆。而位于吕宋岛南部Bataan弧中的埃达克质火山岩,可能是在南海古扩张脊俯冲之前形成的。根据已发表的斑岩铜金矿床数据,Mankayan地区的成矿年龄在约3.5~1.4Ma,Baguio地区的成矿年龄在约3.1~0.5Ma之间,有从北向南变年轻的趋势,这与黄岩海山链沿马尼拉海沟向南迁移一致。此外,吕宋岛北部Mt.Cagua到Baguio之间存在一个延伸了220km的第四纪火山活动的空隙,该区域大部分火山已经在中新世停止活动。这可能是黄岩海山链的俯冲使得俯冲倾角逐渐变缓、挤压加强而导致的。同时期的斑岩铜矿床正好分布在这一火山空隙中,是俯冲洋壳部分熔融的产物。     

中亚造山带中斑岩铜钼矿的Re，Pt，Pd和Au含量

Precious metal(Pt,Pd and Au)and Re contents in rocks,ores and flotation concentrates of Siberian(Russia)andMongolian porphyry Cu-Mo and Mo-Cu deposits were studied.The following deposits are discussed:Early Devonian porphyry Mo-CuSora deposit(Kuznetsk Alatau Mountains,Russia)and porphyry Cu-Mo Aksug deposit,(northeastern Tuva,Russia);Triassicporphyry Cu-Mo Erdenetiin Ovoo deposit(northern Mongolia).The samples analyzed include unaltered host rocks of plutons,porphyryrocks of ore-bearing series,different types of altered rocks,mineral separate analyses of molybdenite,chalcopyrite and magnetite,aswell as flotation concentrates.Pt,Pd,Au and Re contents were determined using ICP/MS,AAS and inversion voltammetric analysis.PGE abundances in rocks and poorly mineralized samples span a large range from below detection limit to 65 ppb Pt and 74 ppbPd.Re concentrations in whole rock samples range from below detection limit to 89 ppb.Molybdenite has been shown to be the majorhost phase for Re.The results presented show that Aksug deposit reveals elevated PGE and Au contents in ore minerals and flotationconcentrates.High Pd contents in ores of the Aksug deposit are in accordance with the presence of palladium mineralization in the formof palladium telluride merenskyite(Pd,Pt)Te_2.The variety of precious metals and Re contents in the studied deposits could be caused by a complex interplay of several factors,including importance of primary metal concentrations derived from the source,transport of metals to the deposition area,physicochemical properties of the fluid(fo_2,pH,fs,T,P),and depositional conditions.Higher Re contents in molybdenite andchalcopyrite separates are typical for copper-rich Aksug and Erdenetiin Ovoo deposits.Rhenium concentration in sulfides frommolybdenum-rich Sora deposit is significantly lower.Highly oxidized,Cl-rich fluid style at Aksug and Erdenetiin Ovoo was favorable forhigh rhenium solubility and transport to depositional area.The occurrence of significant precious metals contents at Aksug were likelydue to:1)PGE and Au enriched source,2)favorable fluid style(high fo_2,high Cl-activity),promoting high solubility andtransportation of precious metals in ore-forming fluid as chloride complexes;3)moderately reducing depositional conditions from PGE-bearing solutions containing As and Te,facilitating PGM deposition.As for the porphyry systems at the Sora and Erdenetiin Ovoodeposits,they were probably devoid of precursors favorable for the enrichment in PGE and Au or the role of such precursors wasinsignificant.     

Cu diffusivity in granitic melts with application to the formation of porphyry Cu deposits

We report new experimental data of Cu diffusivity in granite porphyry melts with 0.01 and 3.9 wt% H₂O at 0.15–1.0 GPa and 973–1523 K. A diffusion couple method was used for the nominally anhydrous granitic melt, whereas a Cu diffusion-in method using Pt₉₅Cu₅ as the source of Cu was applied to the hydrous granitic melt. The diffusion couple experiments also generate Cu diffusion-out profiles due to Cu loss to Pt capsule walls. Cu diffusivities were extracted from error function fits of the Cu concentration profiles measured by LA-ICP-MS. At 1 GPa, we obtain \({D_{{\text{Cu, dry, 1 GPa}}}}=\exp \left[ {( - {\text{13.89}} \pm {\text{0.42}}) - \frac{{{\text{12878}} \pm {\text{540}}}}{T}} \right],\) and \({D_{{\text{Cu, 3}}{\text{.9 wt\% }}{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}{\text{O}},{\text{ 1 GPa}}}}=\exp \left[ {( - 16.31 \pm 1.30) - \frac{{{\text{8148}} \pm {\text{1670}}}}{T}} \right],\) where D is Cu diffusivity in m²/s and T is temperature in K. The above expressions are in good agreement with a recent study on Cu diffusion in rhyolitic melt using the approach of Cu₂S dissolution. The observed pressure effect over 0.15–1.0 GPa can be described by an activation volume of 5.9 cm³/mol for Cu diffusion. Comparison of Cu diffusivity to alkali diffusivity and its variation with melt composition implies fourfold-coordinated Cu⁺ in silicate melts. Our experimental results indicate that in the formation of porphyry Cu deposits, the diffusive transport of magmatic Cu to sulfide liquids or fluid bubbles is highly efficient. The obtained Cu diffusivity data can also be used to assess whether equilibrium Cu partitioning can be reached within certain experimental durations.     

云南省宁蒗-祥云地区斑岩型矿床成矿条件浅析

斑岩型矿床是云南省重要矿床类型之一,文章结合近年采相关的研究成果资料,对宁蒗-祥云地区斑岩型矿床的地质特征及成矿条件进行了论述,对在云南寻找斑岩型矿床的找矿实践具有一定的指导意义.     

浙江萤石矿床的空间分布

本文应用单元递归法和分形丛集分析方法对浙江３个不同区域范围内６２９个萤石矿床（点）的空间及储量数据进行统计分析,提示了这些矿床在空间上遵循分形丛集分布,在０．５～１５ｋｍ尺度内具有较一致的分维数,分别为０．５３９、０．５５２和０．４０５,表明这些矿床尽管成矿地质环境及赋矿岩性没相同,但可能有着同一的成因机制;萤石矿床丛集分布形成的密集区的空间尺度为２５０ｋｍ＾２左右。在矿产勘查中可以依据这一尺度来     

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