生物药剂在金矿浮选中的试验探索

生物技术在选矿领域的应用越来越受到人们的重视,而生物药剂浮选技术还处于不断探索研究阶段。本文通过试验研究重点筛选出可生物降解的化学药剂H-3作为生物药剂应用于金矿浮选中。当H-3加工处理产物H-3-2用量为10×10~(-6)/5×10~(-6)时,粗精矿的回收率可以达到95.19%,尾矿品位为w(Au)=0.14×10~(-6)。与单一使用丁黄药和单一使用丁胺黑药相比,粗精矿回收率提高了2%～3%,尾矿品位降低了0.04×10~(-6)～0.09×10~(-6)。其用量仅是丁黄药和丁胺黑药用量的十分之一,降低了化学药剂的用量,且无毒无污染,可以生物降解,基本达到了预期目标。     

广西东平地区碳酸锰矿床Ga含量高异常的发现及成因初探

Ga是一种典型的稀有分散元素,主要产于铝土矿、闪锌矿及煤矿之中。最近,在广西东平地区下三叠统北泗组碳酸锰矿床中发现Ga高异常含量,w(Ga)介于5.16×10~(-6)~82.80×10~(-6)之间,平均为33.76×10~(-6),达到了Ga工业品位标准;锰矿层和围岩中w(Ga)平均分别为46.40×10~(-6)、19.31×10~(-6),高于国内外已报道的大部分锰矿床。文中根据北泗组碳酸锰矿床地球化学特征,揭示了该锰矿床为热水沉积;同时,结合现代大洋铁锰沉积有关Ga的最新报道,提出北泗组碳酸锰矿床中Ga的赋存与含锰矿物密切相关,其来源与海底热液活动有关。最后,文中还利用Mn/Fe-Ga、Co-Ga关系图判别了古代铁锰沉积的成因类型。     

Anomalous Enrichment of Silver in Organic Matter of the Songxi Shale-hosted Ag-Sb Deposit in Northeastern Guangdong

The silver contents of organic matter in the host rocks of the Songxi shale-hosted Ag-Sb deposit of northeastern Guangdong, South China, have been directly determined using the electron microprobe technique. The silver contents in two types of organic matter, marine vitrinite and solid bitumen, vary in the range from 100×10-6to 350×10-6, which are from tens of times to thousands of times higher than those of the host rocks in the ore deposit. The average silver content of the organic matter is also several times higher than the pay grade of silver for commercial mining of the ore deposit. It is quite obvious that the organic matter of the host rocks in the ore district is characterized by an anomalous enrichment of silver. The results of this study indicate that the silver anomalies in the organic matter have been derived from both the host rocks and the silver-bearing fluids of the Songxi black shale ore source. In the course of sedimentation and later hydrothermal reworking, organic matter was able     

In, Sn, Pb and Zn Contents and Their Relationships in Ore-forming Fluids from Some In-rich and In-poor Deposits in China

All the indium-rich deposits with indium contents in ores more than 100×10- 6 seems to be of cassiterite-sulfide deposits or Sn-bearing Pb-Zn deposits, e.g., in the Dachang Sn deposit in Guangxi, the Dulong Sn-Zn deposit in Yunnan, and the Meng'entaolegai Ag-Pb-Zn deposit in Inner Mongolia, the indium contents in ores range from 98×10-6 to 236×10-6 and show a good positive correlation with contents of zinc and tin, and their correlation coefficients are 0.8781 and 0.7430, respectively. The indium contents from such Sn-poor deposits as the Fozichong Pb-Zn deposit in Guangxi and the Huanren Pb-Zn deposit in Liaoning are generally lower than 10×10-6, i.e., whether tin is present or not in a deposit implies the enrichment extent of indium in ores. Whether the In enrichment itself in the ore -forming fluids or the ore-forming conditions has actually caused the enrichment/depletion of indium in the deposits? After studying the fluid inclusions in quartz crystallized at the main stage of mineralization of several In-rich and In-poor deposits in China, this paper analyzed the contents and studied the variation trend of In, Sn, Pb and Zn in the ore-forming fluids. The results show that the contents of lead and zinc in the ore-forming fluids of In-rich and -poor deposits are at the same level, and the lead contents range from 22×10-6 to 81×10-6 and zinc from 164×10-6 to 309×10-6, while the contents of indium and tin in the ore-forming fluids of In-rich deposits are far higher than those of In-poor deposits, with a difference of 1-2 orders of magnitude. Indium and tin contents in ore-forming fluid of In-rich deposits are 1.9×10-6-4.1×10-6 and 7×100-6-55×10-6, and there is a very good positive correlation between the two elements, with a correlation coefficient of 0.9552. Indium and tin contents in ore-forming fluid of In-poor deposits are 0.03×10-6-0.09×10-6 and 0.4×10-6--2.0×10-6, respectively, and there is no apparent correlation between them. This indicates, on one hand, that In-rich ore-forming fluids are the material basis for the formation of In-rich deposits, and, on the other hand, tin probably played a very important role in the transport and enrichment of indium.     

蒙古国伊罗河铁矿床地质特征及找矿标志

蒙古国伊罗河铁矿床属于华力西晚期形成的接触交代型铁矿床,探获资源量近10×10⁸t,矿床平均品位＞50%,外围有多个探明铁矿产地及找矿远景区,周边潜在资源量30×10⁸~40×10⁸t。为探讨该区域接触交代型铁矿床的成矿地质规律,本文从伊罗河铁矿的成矿地质背景、矿区地层、构造、岩浆岩、变质作用分析入手,以其东矿段Ⅰ号矿体为例详细论述矿体形态、规模、产状、赋矿岩性特征,通过矿石样品测试分析阐述矿物组成特征、化学成分、矿石结构构造、磁铁矿粒度及成矿阶段等,初步总结了矿床成因和找矿标志。     

Biodeposition by a fouling community in the Indian River,Florida

Biodeposition rates were studied for a fouling community with a biomass of 6–10 kg per m² dry wt including shells in which the barnacle Balanus eburneus was a dominant species. The fouling community filtered Indian River lagoon water containing 2–15 mg per 1 mud-size particles and deposited them as sand-size fecal pellets. Measurements of the fecal pellet flux by sediment traps indicated seasonal variations between 16.7 and 74.8 g per m² per day. A significant correlation was found between fecal pellet flux and temperature (r=0.90; p<0.001). The average flux of fecal pellet deposition was four times greater than the average flux of suspended particle settling without biological influence. Suspended sediment concentration did not significantly affect the rate of biodeposition. Annual biodeposition was 18 kg per m².     

坦桑尼亚恩泽加绿岩带玛汀杰金矿地质特征及成因初析

通过对坦桑尼亚恩泽加绿岩带玛汀杰金成矿区的4个金矿（化）体的成矿背景和地质特征进行分析,初步了解该区金矿体地质特征及矿床成因。玛汀杰金矿为产自韧性剪切带的石英脉型金矿,赋矿层位为太古代尼安兹超群绿片岩,矿体由NW向和EW向两组构造控制,矿石类型包括石英脉型、蚀变岩型和构造角砾岩型。普遍发育黄铁绢英云化。矿石w（Au）=0.62×10^-6~3.04×10^-6,部分矿石w（Au）值大于100×10^-6。玛汀杰地区金矿为典型的产自绿岩带韧性剪切带的石英脉型金矿,矿床成因为热液成因。     

Variation in the value of mineral resources. Part I. The USA

The value of mineral resources produced in the USA during the 93 years, 1880–1972, deflated to 1967=100, totals 921 billions of dollars; this yields a value of $303,289 per mi² for the conterminous 48 states. Alaska has aggregated some 4160 millions of dollars during the same period, an average yield of some 7107 deflated dollars per mi². If we assume Alaska will achieve the average level of the “lower 48,”the potential value of its mineral resources is 178 billions of deflated 1967 dollars. Fuels account for about two-thirds of this value followed by about 20 percent for each of the aggregates, nonmetals and metals. The deflated dollar value of these four aggregate figures, fuels, nonmetals, metals, and total, during the period 1880–1972 are four time series and the economic processes which produced these series may be modelled through Box-Jenkins procedures. The value of fuels has steadily increased through the period, except for the depression years of the 1930s; this series may be represented as a multiplicative seasonal ARIMA(1,1,0)(1,0,1) model with periods at 4 and 3 yr for the autoregressive (AR) and moving average (MA) terms. Forecasts for 1973 to 1980, using the model, show the value of fuels produced to be about 20 billions of dollars per annum. The value of nonmetals also increased throughout the period except for a somewhat larger drop during the depression years of the 1930s. A multiplicative seasonal ARMA(1,0,0)(1,0,1) model with period at 7 yr for both the AR (autoregressive) and MA (moving average) terms appears to best reflect this series; the forecasts with this model fluctuate around their present annual value of some 6 billions of dollars. The value of metals behaves less consistently; it was much more strongly affected by the Great Depression and its subsequent growth is slower and less consistent than those of the fuels and nonmetals. It is appropriately represented by a multiplicative seasonal ARMA(1,0,0)(0,0,2) model with moving average (MA) periods at 6 and 11 yr respectively. Forecasts with this model show a decline in value for years beyond 1972; the large residual “error” \((\hat \sigma _e = 0.0925)\) , which is about twice as large as the equivalent errors for the value of fuels and nonmetals ( \(\hat \sigma _e = 0.0408\) and 0.0532, respectively), makes this forecast less firm. The total value of mineral resources is composed of all three series and, because fuels account for two-thirds of the total value, the two series closely resemble each other. The total value is not a simple aggregate of the three series; it is appropriately fitted by a multiplicative seasonal IMA(0,1,0)(0,0,2) model with periods at 7 and 11 yr (and error \(\hat \sigma _e = 0.0423\) ). Forecasts using this model imply that the total value of mineral resources produced will be over 30 billions of dollars per annum through 1980.     

粤东北嵩溪银-锑矿有机质中银的异常富集及其矿床勘探意义

运用电子探针测定了粤东北嵩溪黑色页岩型Ag-Sb矿床岩石中海相镜质体和固体沥青两种不同类型有机质中银的含量。矿区有机质中银含量的变化在100×10^-6～350×10^-6范围内,是原岩石中银含量的几十至上百倍。有机质中银的平均值也高出该矿床工业开采矿石品位的数倍之多,具有显著的银异常富集特征。本项研究认为有机质中银的异常值主要来源于嵩溪黑色页岩矿源层的原岩和含矿流体。在沉积成岩和后期热液改造过程中,有机质能够通过化学络合作用和还原作用捕获矿源层中岩石和含银流体中的成矿元素银,并使之进一步富集(或沉淀)在固体沥青中;据此建议矿区中沥青的分布和沥青中银矿化的特征可作为矿床勘探中一种新的找矿标志。     

Crystal size distribution (CSD) in rocks and the kinetics and dynamics of crystallization II: Makaopuhi lava lake

Crystal size distribution (CSD) theory has been applied to drill core samples from Makaopuhi lava lake, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Plagioclase and Fe-Ti oxide size distribution spectra were measured and population densities (n)were calculated and analyzed using a steady state crystal population balance equation: n=n ⁰ exp(-L/G). Slopes on ln(n) versus crystal size (L) plots determine the parameter G, a. product of average crystal growth rate (G) and average crystal growth time (). The intercept is J/G where J is nucleation rate. Known temperature-depth distributions for the lava lake provide an estimate of effective growth time (), allowing nucleation and growth rates to be determined that are independent of any kinetic model. Plagioclase growth rates decrease with increasing crystallinity (9.9–5.4×10^–11 cm/s), as do plagioclase nucleation rates (33.9–1.6×10^–3/cm³ s). Ilmenite growth and nucleation rates also decrease with increasing crystallinity (4.9–3.4 ×10^–10 cm/s and 15–2.2×10^–3/cm³ s, respectively). Magnetite growth and nucleation rates are also estimated from the one sample collected below the magnetite liquidus (G =2.9×10^–10 cm/s, J=7.6×10^–2/cm³ s). Moments of the population density function were used to examine the change in crystallization rates with time. Preliminary results suggest that total crystal volume increases approximately linearly with time after 50% crystallization; a more complete set of samples is needed for material with <50% crystals to define the entire crystallization history. Comparisons of calculated crystallization rates with experimental data suggests that crystallization in the lava lake occurred at very small values of undercooling. This interpretation is consistent with proposed thermal models of magmatic cooling, where heat loss is balanced by latent heat production to maintain equilibrium cooling.     

Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south China

Based on the oxygen isotopic compositions of 133 wolframite samples and 110 quartz samples collected from 30 tungsten ore deposits in south China, in conjunction withδD values and other data, these deposits can be divided into four types.

云南安宁磷矿中稀土元素分布规律和赋存状态研究

磷矿伴生稀土元素是获取稀土资源的重要途径。我国磷块岩型稀土矿分布广,稀土含量高,具有综合回收价值,是仅次于独立稀土矿床的伴生稀土资源。本文主要研究云南安宁磷矿中稀土元素分布规律和赋存状态,并比较了磷矿石中稀土元素总量与磷含量的关系,结果表明磷矿石中稀土氧化物总量为72×10^-6～1 050×10^-6,与磷含量呈一定的正相关关系。另外通过光学显微镜及电子显微镜观察发现,安宁磷矿中缺乏独立的稀土矿物,只在部分海绿石中找到了独立的稀土矿物(可能为独居石和褐帘石)。LA-ICP-MS分析结果表明,胶磷矿单矿物稀土元素含量在770×10^-6～920×10^-6之间,而白云石单矿物稀土元素含量均低于34×10^-6,石英单矿物的稀土元素平均含量为180×10^-6。由于部分独立的稀土矿物的存在,海绿石矿物中稀土元素总量可高达2 947.27×10^-6～3 159.87×10^-6。综合分析结果表明,安宁磷矿中稀土元素主要以类质同像的...     

Isotope tracers for deep-seated fluids and noble gases

The role of He and Ar isotopes in tracing the source of ore fluids has aroused great attention of the broad masses of the geological researchers. On the basis of lots of test and measurement of He and Ar isotopes in sulfides from Au, Ag polymetallic ore deposits in northern China, statistics has been made on the published He and Ar isotope data from 27 gold deposits, 13 silver polymetallic ore deposits, 8 polymetallic ore deposits, 1 rare-earth deposit, 3 oceanic incrustations, 3 volcanic springs and their wall rocks and granites. The statistical results indicate that the 3 He/ 4 Ar (×10-6 ) values of the Au, Ag polymetallic ore deposits are within the range of 0.24 9.39, with an average of 3.34×10-6 ; the He/Ar values, 0.007 6.01,with an average of 2.37; the 40 Ar/ 36 Ar values, 265.75 2361, with an average of 699.0; the 4 He/ 40 Ar values, 0.0020 643.86, with an average of 5.85, the 3 He/ 4 Ar (×10-6 ) values of gneiss and granite surrounding the mining area, 0.001 1.79, with an average of 1.00×10-6 , reflecting great differences in source. Mantle-source He in 48 Au, Ag polymetallic ore deposits accounts for 4.55% 83.06%, averaging 29.91%. It falls near the mantle-source region which can be seen in the He isotopic concentration diagram and the 3 He/ 4 He(R/Ra) 40 Ar/ 36 Ar plot. Studies suggested that the ore-forming materials for endogenic Au, Ag polymetallic ore deposits should be derived from the deep interior of the Earth, and with the multi-stage evolution of mantle plumes the deep-seated ore fluids would be transported from the deep interior of the Earth to the shallow levels. During this process the mixing of crust/mantle-source fluids would inevitably occur, therefore, the value range always lies between the mantle and the crust.     

粤北良源铌钽铷钨矿床地质、成岩成矿时代与成矿模式

良源铌钽铷钨矿床位于南岭东西向构造岩浆带与武夷山北东向构造带交汇部位.良源铌钽铷钨矿床是粤北地区近年在石英型钨矿、云英岩型铌钽铷钨矿和花岗岩型铌钽铷多金属矿勘查评价取得最重要突破矿区,新发现铌钽铷钨矿体4条,共、伴生Nb2O5资源量3425.72吨,平均品位0.0108％;Ta2O5资源量1428.99吨,平均品位0....     

Risk assessment for the Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository site: Estimation of volcanic disruption

In this article, we model the volcanism near the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S.A. by estimating the instantaneous recurrence rate using a nonhomogeneous Poisson process with Weibull intensity and by using a homogeneous Poisson process to predict future eruptions. We then quantify the probability that any single eruption is disruptive in terms of a (prior) probability distribution, since not every eruption would result in disruption of the repository. Bayesian analysis is performed to evaluate the volcanic risk. Based on the Quaternary data, a 90% confidence interval for the instantaneous recurrence rate near the Yucca Mountain site is (1.85×10^–6/yr, 1.26×10^–5/yr). Also, using-these confidence bounds, the corresponding 90% confidence interval for the risk (probability of at least one disruptive eruption) for an isolation time of 10⁴ years is (1.0×10^–3, 6.7×10^–3), if it is assumed that the intensity remains constant during the projected time frame.     

Radionuclides measurements and mineralogical studies on beach sands, East Rosetta Estuary, Egypt

Radiometric measurements were carried out for the beach sands from East Rosetta estuary to determine the activity concentrations of 238 U, 226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K, using a Hyper Pure Germanium spectrometer, to estimate the dose rates and radiation hazard indices. The average specific activities are 778.20 Bq/kg for 238 U; 646.89 Bq/kg for 226 Ra; 621.92 and 627.85 Bq/kg for the 222 Rn daughters 214 Pb and 214 Bi respectively. The average specific activity of 232 Th is 1510.25 Bq/kg, while the calculated specific activity for 40 K has an average of 8.41 Bq/kg. The average specific activity of 235 U is 38.61 Bq/kg. The average absorbed dose rate is 1211.36 nGy/h, 20 times higher than the estimated average global primordial radiation of 60 nGy/h and 6 times higher than that of the world range (10-200 nGy/h). The radium equivalent (Ra eq ) values are from 6 to 9 times the recommended value. The internal and external hazard indices (H int , H ex ) indicate that their values are from 6 to 11 times the permissible values of these indices. These higher values may be due to the presence of economic heavy minerals containing radionuclides as zircon and monazite as well as some trace minerals, thorite and uranothorite. The mineralogical study indicates the beach sands contain heavy minerals, zircon, monazite, rutile, ilmenite, leucoxene, magnetite and garnet. The average abundance of zircon is 0.175 wt% ranging from 0.125 wt% to 0.239 wt%, while it is 0.004wt% ranging from 0.001 wt% to 0.007 wt% for monazite. The average abundance is 0.087 wt% for rutile; 2.029 wt% for ilmenite; 1.084 wt% for magnetite; 0.384 wt% for leucoxene and 0.295 wt% for garnet.     

Hydrogen isotopic fractionation factor between brucite and water in the temperature range from 100° to 510° C

The hydrogen isotopic fractionation factor between brucite and water has been determined in the temperature range of 100°–510° C. Brucite is always depleted in deuterium relative to the coexisting water, and the degree of depletion becomes larger with decreasing temperature. The fractionation factor changes smoothly in the temperature range of 144°–510° C and its temperature dependence was obtained by the method of least square fit in the following form: 10³In=8.72×10⁶ T ^–2–3.86×10⁴ T ^–1+14.5However, a marked decrease of about 5 was observed at 100°–144° C. The D/H fractionation factor for the brucite-water system is not similar to that for serpentine-water system presented by Sakai and Tsutsumi (1978), though all the hydroxyl ions coordinate to magnesium ion in both minerals. This discrepancy cannot be attributed to hydrogen bonding but to distortion of Mg-octahedron of serpentine, in which the Mg-OH bonding length is shorter than the sum of ionic radius of Mg²⁺ and O^2– and there is no distortion in brucite. It is indicated that aside from hydrogen bonding, the structure effect also controls the D/H fractionation between hydrous mineral and water.     

冀北张麻井铀钼矿床叠加成矿:矿石地球化学质量 平衡迁移计算的制约

张麻井铀钼矿床位于沽源-红山子铀成矿带西南段,是中国重要的与火山岩有关的热液铀矿床,其铀、钼储量均达到大型矿床的标准。铀-钼矿矿体主要分布于流纹斑岩岩体的内外接触带,钼矿化的分布范围略大于铀矿化,两者在空间上高度重叠。在铀-钼矿矿体外发育一层单钼矿体,与铀-钼矿矿体界限清晰,两者为截然分开的接触关系。为了研究该矿床铀成矿与钼成矿的关系,对张麻井的铀矿石、钼矿石进行主微量元素分析,采用质量平衡迁移计算方法,选择Yb元素作为不活动组分,使用Grant公式对其组分迁移定量计算。地球化学数据显示,铀矿石的平均w(U)、w(Mo)为1589×10-6、3837×10-6;钼矿石的平均w(U)、w(Mo)为493×10-6、5706×10-6,显示钼矿石具有更高的Mo含量,更低的U含量。计算结果显示铀矿石的Isocon均小于以1(分别为0.48、0.58、0.46、0.53),相较流纹斑岩整体发生了组分带入,其中最明显的特点是带入大量SiO2,还带入Mo、U、Zn、Cu、Ni、V、Pb、Co等成矿元素,K2O、Na2O、Rb、Cs等碱金属,以及Ba、Sr等大离子亲石元素,Cd、Bi、Sc、Eu等组分也表现出较大程度的带入,仅碱金属Li,MnO等少量组分显示带出;钼矿石的Isocon均小于以1(分别为0.73、0.67、0.90、0.39),相较于流纹斑岩整体也发生了组分带入,带入的主要有成矿元素Mo、U、Ni、Zn、V、Co、Cu、Pb,碱金属K2O、Na2O、Rb、Li,大离子亲石元素Ba、Sr,以及TFeO、Cd、Bi、Sc等组分,仅Cr、MnO组分显示带出。质量平衡迁移计算之后,铀、钼矿石平均w(Mo)分别增加到7217×10-6、7759×10-6,显示两者增加的Mo基本一致。铀、钼矿石平均w(U)分别增加到3131×10-6、604×10-6,显示前者增加的U远远大于后者。在标准化Isocon图解中,铀矿石和钼矿石的组分迁移具有一定相似性,但具体迁移特征也有一定的差异,整体上表现出相似而不相同的特点。结合矿石从铀-钼矿矿体到外侧的单钼矿体,U含量迅速下降的地球化学特征,铀、钼矿体的空间分布特征以及其接触关系,文章认为两者极有可能是不同的成矿过程,而且可能是后期富铀成矿流体叠加在早期的钼矿之上。     

Estimation of groundwater recharge in Wadi Al-Yammaniyah,Saudi Arabia

Groundwater recharge by natural replenishment for the unconsolidated alluvial aquifer in Wadi Al-Yammaniyah is estimated on a daily basis instead of the conventional monthly basis The study reveals that during the two-year period (1978 and 1979), the estimated recharge in the area is about 40% of the total average annual rainfall of 155 mm Subsurface underflow estimated at 36×10⁻⁶ m³/yr from the Wadi Al-Yammaniyah aquifer occurs in the vicinity of Wadi Ash-Shamiyah A comparison of the recharge and extracted volumes of water from the aquifer indicates that there is a net increase of 10 million m³ and 38 million m³ of water in the storage for 1978 and 1979, respectively     

Interaction of model F-bearing silicic melt with chloride fluid,uraninite, and columbite at 750°C and 1000–2000 bar and its implications for estimation of the ore-forming capability of the upper crustal magma chamber beneath the Strel’tsovka caldera,eastern Transbaikalia

The experimental study of an F-bearing silicic melt—U, Nb, Ta minerals—chloride-fluoride fluid system is focused on ascertaining the origin of uranium deposits spatially related to intraplate silicic volcanism. The first series of experiments on uranium solubility in silicic melts close in composition to ore-bearing rhyolite of the unique Strel’tsovka Mo-U ore field has been performed in order to determine more precisely the ore genesis. As starting solid phases, model homogeneous glass of the chemical composition (wt %) 72.18 SiO₂, 12.19 Al₂O₃, 1.02 FeO, 0.20 MgO, 0.33 CaO, 4.78 Na₂O, 3.82 K₂O, 1.44 Li₂O, and 2.4 F (LiF, NaF, KF, CaF₂, MgF₂); synthetic UO₂ and UO₃·0.33H₂O; and natural columbite were used. The starting solutions contained 1.0 m Cl and 10⁻² m F. The runs were conducted in a gas vessel at a pressure of 1000 bar and in a high-pressure hydrothermal vessel at 2000 bar. The O₂ (H₂) fugacity was set by Ni-NiO, Co-CoO, Fe₃O₄-Fe₂O₃, and Cu-Cu₂O buffers. The equilibrium between melt and solution for major elements is reached during the first day, whereas 5–7 days are required for ore elements (U, Nb, Ta) to come into equilibrium. The solubility of Nb and especially Ta in Cl-F solutions equilibrated with F-bearing melt is extremely low. The solubility of U is much higher (10⁻⁴−10⁻⁵ mol/kg H₂O). The energy dispersive spectroscopy of run products allowed us to establish that columbite dissolved incongruently with formation of U- and F-bearing pyrochlores. The performed experiments have shown that a silicic melt close to the rhyolitic magma of the Strel’tsovka caldera in composition is not able to generate postmagmatic ore-forming solutions containing more than 10⁻⁶−10⁻⁵ mol U/kg H₂O under the relatively low pressure necessary for the existence of the first type of fluid. The amount of uranium that could have precipitated from this fluid in the zone of ore deposition is estimated at 216–9000 t. This estimate is two orders of magnitude lower than the total uranium resources of the deposits localized in the Strel’tsovka caldera. Thus, the upper crustal silicic magma chamber hardly was a source of uranium for Mo-U deposits of the Strel’tsovka ore field.