乌拉尔南部和印度南部地区隐晶质菱镁矿的地质与地球化学对比研究

印度南部和乌拉尔南部都有隐晶质菱镁矿产出,这两处矿床的产出地质环境相似,在矿物学和地球化学上具有广泛的相似性。印度南部的菱镁矿矿化主要与超镁铁质侵入杂岩体有关,并形成了部分已受变质的火山沉积地层。超镁铁质侵入杂岩体由纯橄岩,橄榄岩,辉石岩,辉长岩及它们的变质产物组成。在乌拉尔地区,菱镁矿床位于一个蛇绿岩带上的超镁铁岩地体中。隐晶质菱镁矿就以网脉状产出于超镁铁质岩地体上部的风化带中。印度和乌拉尔两个地区的矿床中的矿物组合都有菱镁矿,石英,方解石和白云石,但在印度南部的矿区中还含有滑石和菱铁矿。两个地区的菱镁矿矿石的质量都很好,所有的样品的主要成分都为菱镁矿(73～96％),而方解石(1～3％),白云石(0～7％),菱铁矿(0～2％),石英(0～5％)和滑石(O～2％)都只是次要矿物。次生的白云石和菱铁矿使一些矿石含有较高的CaO(最高达2．6％)和FeO(最高达1．6％),石英和滑石等矿物则使矿石中的SiO2较高(5—8％)。滑石指示了低温成因,它的出现说明两个矿区的菱镁矿可能都是内生或外生的成矿流体在上升或下降的过程中在开放裂隙中沉淀而成的。本文研究表明,全球性的超镁铁岩中菱镁矿成矿事件与蛇绿岩带有关,这对菱镁矿的勘探有指导意义。     

论变质重结晶作用对晶质菱镁矿矿床成矿的贡献

晶质菱镁矿矿床赋存于海相碳酸盐岩建造,为富镁碳酸盐经后期变质重结晶的产物,属沉积- 变质型矿床。本次研究将中国境内的晶质菱镁矿矿床按变质重结晶程度分为三类 (高、中和低),并进行了地质和地球化学研究,获得如下认识：① 产于古生代海相碳酸盐岩中的菱镁矿矿床经历低程度变质重结晶作用(绿片岩相),矿石结晶度差,品位相对较低(44. 98%~47. 35%),且保留有海相碳酸盐岩建造的碳同位素地球化学特征(δ13CV- PDB：0. 4‰~+0. 3‰);② 大型(>5000万t)优质(MgO>46%)晶质菱镁矿矿床集中分布在华北克拉通东部的古元古代胶- 辽- 吉活动带海相碳酸盐岩中,矿体后期经历中等程度变质重结晶作用(中—低角闪岩相),矿石发生中等程度的重结晶作用,继承了海相碳同位素地球化学特征(δ13CV- PDB1. 9‰~+1. 7‰);③ 经历高角闪岩相(高级)变质作用的菱镁矿矿床矿石结晶程度最优,但强烈的变质作用引发外源含硅热液流体加入而发生蛇纹石化作用,矿石品位低(MgO=44. 42%~45. 55%),具有较高的TFeO、Mn和Ti含量,整体亦显示较低的碳同位素组成(δ13CV- PDB：4. 1‰~3. 5‰)。因此,沉积- 变质型菱镁矿矿体的镁质富集可能发生在海相沉积成岩期,后期变质作用引发富镁碳酸盐矿物重结晶作用,镁质碳酸盐和钙质碳酸盐矿物进一步发生近原地分离重结晶作用,形成晶质菱镁矿矿体和富镁白云石夹石,但过高(高角闪岩相及以上)或过低(绿片岩相)的变质作用可能均不利于形成大型优质晶质菱镁矿矿床。     

中国辽东地区超大型菱镁矿矿床的地球化学特征和成因模式

我国辽东地区早元古代大石桥组镁质碳酸盐-泥质岩建造中赋存有多个超大型菱镁矿矿床。在这些矿床中,菱镁矿矿体均只限定在大石桥组三段岩层中。该层岩石主要由白云质大理岩、菱镁质大理岩、菱镁矿和少量泥质板岩薄层组成。赋矿层位之下地层为大石桥组二段的云母片岩;其下为大石桥组一段的白云质大理岩与云母片岩夹层。在大石桥组一段中未见菱镁矿体产出。研究表明,菱镁矿的δ^18O值为5．2‰～13．8‰,低于围岩大理岩的δ^18O值(11．2‰-22．8‰)。但两者的δ^13C值大多接近零值,其中菱镁矿δ^13C值变化为-1．4‰～1．2‰,大理岩δ^13C值变化为一4、5‰～4．4‰。在菱镁矿层位中发现有石膏成层和脉状产出,其δ^34S值为23.9‰-26.5‰,显示海相蒸发沉积特征。菱镁矿的稀土元素分析表明存在三种不同页岩标准化配分模式。类型Ⅰ显示中稀土富集特征,类型Ⅲ显示重稀土富集和正铕异常特征,它们可能反映了不同时期成矿热液的特征。而类型Ⅱ显示与围岩大理岩相同的平坦型,反映继承了原岩沉积碳酸盐岩的特征。本文认为,辽东地区的镁质碳酸盐岩(镁方解石和白云石)可能是从蒸发的泻湖盆地中沉积的,而菱镁矿石则主要是沉积后富镁卤水下渗交代原岩碳酸盐岩形成的。由于大石桥组二段云母片岩渗透率低隔水性强,因此菱镁矿的矿化交代作用只发生在其上的大石桥组三段镁质碳酸盐岩地层之中。在区域变质作用过程中,菱镁矿层曾发生变质重结晶作用。在更晚期的热液活动中可能也有一些菱镁矿脉形成。     

河南舞阳铁山庙式BIF铁矿的矿物学与地球化学特征及对矿床成因的指示

河南舞阳铁矿位于华北克拉通南缘.铁山庙式铁矿是舞阳铁矿的一部分,赋存于新太古界太华杂岩铁山庙组表壳岩中.本文根据铁山庙式铁矿中三种不同类型矿石(条带状石英-辉石-磁铁矿、块状辉石-磁铁矿、块状石英-磁铁矿)中磁铁矿的矿物成分、全岩/矿的主量元素及微量元素特征,探讨铁山庙式铁矿床的成因.磁铁矿单矿物成分分析表明,条带状石英-辉石-磁铁矿矿石中磁铁矿的FeOT含量90.6％ ～93.1％,平均91.8％;块状辉石-磁铁矿矿石中磁铁矿的FeOT含量90.7％～91.2％,平均91.0％;块状石英-磁铁矿矿石中磁铁矿的FeOT含量92.0％～93.0％,平均92.4％.上述平均值均与磁铁矿FeOT的理论值(93.1％)接近.三种类型矿石的其它元素如TiO2、MgO、MnO、CaO、Al2O3 Cr2O3 NiO等含量均＜0.1％,无明显区别,表明该区磁铁矿为含杂质极少的纯磁铁矿,表现出沉积变质成因磁铁矿的特征.矿石中斜方辉石-单斜辉石及近矿围岩紫苏辉石-长石-石英矿物组合,表明铁山庙式矿床经受了高级变质作用,石英、磁铁矿等矿物普遍发生变质重结晶,颗粒粗大,但仍保存原有的地球化学组成.元素地球化学分析显示,三种类型矿石中SiO2 、TiO2 Al2O3、P2O5的含量相近;块状辉石-磁铁矿较其它二者相对贫铁、富钙、镁,这是由于块状辉石-磁铁矿石中富含铁普通辉石和铁次透辉石所致;矿石中TiO2、Al2O3含量都极低,说明该区成岩成矿过程中未受到碎屑物质的混染.三种不同类型矿石的主量元素含量总体上都与世界典型BIF的相近.对于稀土元素,三种类型矿石均具有轻稀土亏损、重稀土富集((La/Yb)PAAS=0.29～0.995＜1),La、Eu、Y的正异常(La/La*=1.10～1.89;Eu/Eu* =1.30～2.23;Y/Y* =1.47～1.84),较高的Y/Ho比值(39.7 ～51.3),具有现代海水及高温热液混合特征.因此,我们认为铁山庙式铁矿三种不同类型的矿石是极少受到陆源碎屑混染的化学沉积成因,虽遭受后期变质作用,但仍属BIF型铁矿.     

俄罗斯极地乌拉尔硬玉岩成因矿物学研究

俯冲带是壳-幔物质循环的重要场所,硬玉岩可以记录这一循环过程。文中总结了俄罗斯极地乌拉尔硬玉岩的研究进展。硬玉岩呈脉状或透镜状产在蛇纹石化的方辉橄榄岩中,主要由硬玉和绿辉石组成。根据结构和颜色,硬玉可识别出两个世代。硬玉韵律环带发育,含有H₂O和CH₄流体包裹体,显示从流体中结晶的特征。硬玉岩中的锆石为热液锆石,锆石稀土元素中La_N/Yb_N=0.001~0.01,Lu_N/Gd_N=10~83,Ce/Ce^*=2.8~72,显示正异常,δEu=0.53~1.02,类似于岩浆锆石。锆石的¹⁷⁶Hf/¹⁷⁷Hf=0.282 708~0.283 017,ε_Hf(t)=+6~+17,类似于N-MORB的Hf同位素组成,锆石δ¹⁸O组成为5.03‰~6.04‰,平均δ¹⁸O为(5.45±0.11)‰,类似于岩浆热液和地幔的氧同位素组成。这可能反映了锆石是被俯冲带流体从途经火成岩中捕获的或者形成锆石的流体与寄主岩(方辉橄榄岩)达到了平衡。硬玉岩稀土元素配分模式近平坦或轻稀土元素略显富集,La_N/Yb_N比值为0.82~2.42,δEu为1.2~1.6,显示正异常,这与寄主岩稀土元素配分模式相似。富集Sr、Ba、Zr、Hf,Nb为负异常,与岛弧岩浆特征类似。(⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_t为0.703 400~0.703 519(t=368 Ma),变化较小,与古海水差别明显;ε_Nd(t)值为+0.77~+5.61,变化较大,与寄主岩(方辉橄榄岩)的Nd同位素组成类似,但不同于海水及沉积物的Nd同位素组成,表明硬玉岩的物质来源与寄主岩有明显继承关系,海水与沉积物的贡献不是主要的。矿物学和岩石学证据支持极地乌拉尔的硬玉岩主要是俯冲带流体与橄榄岩相互作用后并在其中结晶的产物。     

Pb-Pb age of sedimentary phosphorite reworking in Lower Riphean carbonate sediments,the Satka Formation of Southern Urals

The mineral composition and U-Pb and Rb-Sr systematics of phosphorites from the Satka Formation of Lower Riphean carbonates, the Burzyan Group of Southern Urals, are studied. Phosphorites occurring as small lenses between stromatolite layers are composed largely of fluorapatite with admixture of detrital quartz, feldspars, illite, and chlorite. Phosphorite samples have been subjected to stepwise dissolution in 1 N (fraction L-1) and 2 N (fraction L-2) HCl. As is established, the maximum apatite content is characteristic of fraction L-1, while fraction L-2 is enriched in products of dolomite and sulfide dissolution and in elements leached from siliciclastic components. The Sr content in the Satka apatites (280–560 ppm) is substantially lower as compared with that in unaltered marine apatite. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr “initial ratio in the phosphorites studied (0.71705–0.72484) and host dolomites from the lower part of the Satka Formation is significantly higher than in the Early Riphean seawater that indicates a reset of the Rb-Sr original systems in sediments. The Pb-Pb age of 1340 ± 30 Ma (MSWD = 6.4) estimated based on 7 data points characterizing fractions L-1 and L-2 is younger than the formation time of overlying Burzyan sediments, being consistent, within the error range, with date of the Mashak rifting event recorded at the Early-Middle Riphean boundary. The comparative U-Pb characteristics of two soluble fractions (L-1 and L-2) and silicate residue of phosphorites show that epigenetic redistribution of Pb and U was characteristic of the phosphorite horizon only. The initial Pb isotope composition and μ (²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb) estimated according to model by Stacey and Kramers for the early diagenetic fluids in carbonate and phosphate sediments of the Satka Formation suggest that they were in isotopic equilibrium with erosion products of the Taratash crystalline complex.     

Calcretes,fluviolacustrine sediments and subsidence patterns in Permo‐Triassic salt‐walled minibasins of the south Urals,Russia

The south Uralian foreland basin forms part of the giant, yet sparsely documented, PreCaspian salt tectonic province. The basin can potentially add much to the understanding of fluviolacustrine sedimentation within salt‐walled minibasins, where the literature has been highly reliant on only a few examples (such as the Paradox Basin of Utah). This paper describes the Late Permian terrestrial fill of the Kul’chumovo salt minibasin near Orenburg in the south Urals in which sediments were deposited in a range of channel, overbank and lacustrine environments. Palaeomagnetic stratigraphy shows that, during the Late Permian, the basin had a relatively slow and uniform subsidence pattern with widespread pedogenesis and calcrete development. Angular unconformities or halokinetic sequence boundaries cannot be recognized within the relatively fine‐grained fill, and stratigraphic and spatial variations in facies are therefore critical to understanding the subsidence history of the salt minibasin. Coarse‐grained channel belts show evidence for lateral relocation within the minibasin while the development of a thick stack of calcrete hardpans indicates that opposing parts of the minibasin became largely inactive for prolonged periods (possibly in the order of one million years). The regular vertical stacking of calcrete hardpans within floodplain mudstones provides further evidence that halokinetic minibasin growth is inherently episodic and cyclical.     

C-and Sr-isotope chemostratigraphy as a tool for verifying age of Riphean deposits in the Kama-Belaya aulacogen,the east European platform

The Kyrpy Group of the East European platform is regarded by tradition as correlative with the Lower Riphean Burzyan Group of the Bashkirian meganticlinorium in the southern Urals. Age and correlation of the Kyrpy Group remain problematic, however, because of a limited geochronological information and controversial interpretation of paleontological materials. Data of C-and Sr-isotope chemostratigraphy contribute much to the problem solution. In the Kyrpy Group of the Kama-Belaya aulacogen, the Kaltasy Formation carbonates 1300 to 2400 m thick (boreholes 133 and 203 of the Azino-Pal’nikovo and Bedryazh areas) show ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios ranging around 0.7040 and narrow diapasons of δ¹³C values: about 0.5‰ (V-PDB) in shallow-water facies and-2.0‰ (V-PDB) in sediments of deeper origin. Despite the facies dependence of carbon isotope composition, δ¹³C variations not greater than ±1.0‰ are depicted in chemostratigraphic profiles of carbonate rocks characterizing separate stratigraphic intervals up to 800 m thick in the above borehole sections. Low ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios and almost invariant δ¹³C values in carbonates of the Kaltasy Formation are obviously contrasting with these parameters in the Middle and Upper Riphean deposits, being comparable with isotopic characteristics of the Lower Riphean sediments (Mesoproterozoic deposits older than 1300 Ma). Consequently, the results obtained evidence in favor of the Early Riphean age of the Kaltasy Formation and the Kyrpy Group as a whole.     

Y/Ho Ratios in the Late Cenozoic Basalts from the Eastern Tuva, Russia: An ICP-MS Study with Enhanced Data Quality

A set of forty seven Late Cenozoic basaltic rocks from the Eastern Tuva (southern Siberia, Russia) have been studied by ICP-MS using In as an internal standard. Yttrium and Ho concentrations, determined along with other trace elements, varied systematically from one analytical run to another and covered the entire charge-and-radius-controlled field within the range 24 < Y/Ho < 34, so obscuring any geochemical interpretation. A correction procedure was therefore developed in which the Y/Ho ratios were recalculated using concentrations of these elements determined in international and in-house reference materials (BHVO-1, AGV-1, BIR-1 and U-94-5). Statistical analysis of the recalculated data set revealed two groups of samples not related by their genesis but rather by their respective analytical runs. Fourteen samples originally analysed in five different runs were then re-measured by the same instrument in peak-hopping mode using only specific mass peaks (m/z = 89, 115 and 165). All of these samples yielded Y/Ho ratios in a narrow range between 29 and 31, thus illustrating how analytical problems in the determination of Y and Ho by routine ICP-MS procedures can be overcome. Finally, a mean value of Y/Ho = 30.3 ± 1.1 (1s) was derived for the basaltic rocks of the Eastern Tuva. This is close to the value of 28.8 accepted for chondrites and for ocean island basalts. Despite the uniform Y/Ho ratio, the element concentrations in basaltic rocks from the Eastern Tuva show systematic enrichment in heavy rare earth elements and yttrium from the Miocene to the Quaternary.     

安徽庐枞盆地砖桥深部钻孔内电气石对铀钍成矿流体在高温阶段的指示意义

安徽庐枞盆地砖桥深部钻孔深部(1 500~1 900 m)岩体内存在大量铀钍矿化,局部达到工业品位,为区域铀钍矿床(点)在盆地深部、高温热液阶段的产物。钻孔内存在大量电气石族矿物,电气石经历了生长-溶蚀、交代、再沉积-再生长的过程,可至少划分为3个期次,具有以下特点:①晶体因化学成分不同而呈现不同的颜色、结构;②存在于高温阶段;③由于氧化还原状态、流体成分的改变,化学成分发生Fe-Al、Fe-Mg等置换;④从早到晚的3个期次电气石中Mg含量均较高且相对稳定,Fe3+含量逐渐升高,反映氧逸度逐渐升高。电气石族矿物常在高中温热液矿床内出现,因具有多期次且颜色可随成分不同而异,常认为在找矿和勘察中具有重大意义。深钻内多期次的电气石化揭示了流体早期相对富镁,而后镁、铝含量有所降低,铁的含量相对升高。电气石反映出流体氧逸度逐渐升高和富F、B、H2O等挥发分的特征,这些为U6+的形成和运移提供了环境,反映了铀钍成矿流体在盆地深部高温阶段的演化特征。     

Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of a Precambrian/Cambrian boundary section in the Three Gorge area, South China: Prominent global-scale isotope excursions just before the Cambrian Explosion

Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy has been used for worldwide correlation of Precambrian/Cambrian (Pc/C) boundary sections, and has elucidated significant change of the carbon cycle during the rapid diversification of skeletal metazoa (i.e. the Cambrian Explosion). Nevertheless, the standard δ¹³C curve of the Early Cambrian has been poorly established mainly due to the lack of a continuous stratigraphic record. Here we report high-resolution δ¹³C chemostratigraphy of a drill core sample across the Pc/C boundary in the Three Gorge area, South China. This section extends from an uppermost Ediacaran dolostone (Dengying Fm.), through a lowermost Early Cambrian muddy limestone (Yanjiahe Fm.) to a middle Early Cambrian calcareous black shale (Shuijingtuo Fm.). As a result, we have identified two positive and two negative isotope excursions within this interval. Near the Pc/C boundary, the δ¹³C_carb increases moderately from 0 to + 2‰ (positive excursion 1: P1), and then drops dramatically down to − 7‰ (negative excursion 1: N1). Subsequently, the δ¹³C_carb increases continuously up to about + 5‰ at the upper part of the Nemakit–Daldynian stage. After this positive excursion, δ¹³C_carb sharply decreases down to about − 9‰ (N2) just below the basal Tommotian unconformity. These continuous patterns of the δ¹³C shift are irrespective of lithotype, suggesting a primary origin of the record. Moreover, the obtained δ¹³C profile, except for the sharp excursion N2, is comparable to records of other sections within and outside of the Yangtze Platform. Hence, we conclude that the general feature of our δ¹³C profile best represents the global change in seawater chemistry. The minimum δ¹³C of the N1 (− 7‰) is slightly lower than carbon input from the mantle, thus implying an enhanced flux of ¹³C-depleted carbon just across the Pc/C boundary. Hence, the ocean at that time probably became anoxic, which may have affected the survival of sessile or benthic Ediacaran biota. The subsequent δ¹³C rise up to + 5‰ (P2) indicates an increase of primary productivity or an enhanced rate of organic carbon burial, which should have resulted in lowering pCO₂ and following global cooling. This scenario accounts for the cause of the global-scale sea-level fall at the base of the Tommotian stage. The subsequent, very short-term, and exceptionally low δ¹³C (− 9‰) in N2 could have been associated with the release of methane from gas hydrates due to the sea-level fall. The inferred dramatic environmental changes (i.e., ocean anoxia, increasing productivity, global cooling and subsequent sea-level fall with methane release) appear to coincide with or occur just before the Cambrian Explosion. This may indicate synchronism between the environmental changes and rapid diversification of skeletal metazoa.     

Cl/Br of scapolite as a fluid tracer in the earth's crust: insights into fluid sources in the Mary Kathleen Fold Belt,Mt. Isa Inlier,Australia

A combination of analytical methods, including trace element analysis of Br in scapolite by LA‐ICP‐MS, was employed to unravel the fluid–rock interaction history of the Mary Kathleen Fold Belt of northern Australia. Halogen ratios in the metamorphic and hydrothermally derived scapolite from a range of rock‐types record interaction between the host rocks and magmatic‐hydrothermal fluids derived from granite plutons and regional metamorphism. The results show that halite‐dissolution supplied at best only minor chlorine to fluids in the Fold Belt. Chlorine/bromine ratios in metamorphic scapolite indicate that fluids were dominantly derived from basinal brines formed from sub‐aerial evaporation of seawater beyond the point of halite saturation. This bittern fluid infiltrated the underlying sedimentary sequences prior to regional metamorphism. Zoned scapolite in a major late metamorphic mineralized shear‐zone records three discrete pulses of magmatic and metamorphic fluid, and it is suggested that fluid mixing may have assisted mineralization along and around this shear‐zone. As a crucial prerequisite for halogen fluid tracer studies using scapolite, we find in our samples that Cl and Br do not fractionate when incorporated in scapolite. Furthermore, unaltered rims of heavily retrogressed scapolite show indistinguishable Cl/Br signatures compared with fresh grains from the same sample indicating retrograde metamorphism did not significantly affect Cl and Br signatures in scapolite group minerals.