Mineralogy and PT formation conditions of lead-zinc ore at the Dzhimidon deposit, north Ossetia

The mineralogy and PT formation conditions of the Dzhimidon Pb-Zn deposit in the Sadon ore district are considered. The deposit is localized in metamorphic rocks of the Buron Formation, which pertain to the pre-Jurassic basement (lower structural stage) and are cut through by Upper Paleozoic granitoids, and in the Lower Jurassic terrigenous sequence (upper structural stage). Orebodies as quartz-sulfide veins are mainly hosted in the metamorphic rocks. Galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and arsenopyrite are the most abundant sulfides, while quartz, carbonates, chlorite, sericite, and feldspar are gangue minerals. The bismuth mineralization identified at this deposit for the first time is represented by diverse phases of the Ag-Pb-Bi-S system. Five stages of the ore deposit formation are recognized: a premineral stage (quartz-feldspar), three ore-bearing stages (pyrite-arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite, and arsenopyrite-sphalerite-galena), and a postmineral stage (quartz-calcite); each stage comprises one or several mineral assemblages. The study of fluid inclusions in quartz, calcite, and sphalerite of the premineral, ore-forming, and postmineral stages has shown that the ore was deposited mainly from Na chloride solution with a salinity varying from >22 to <1.0 wt % NaCl equiv at a temperature from 460 to ～120°C and 430–290 bars pressure. The third stage was characterized by an abrupt increase in temperature and by the appearance of Mg(Fe,Ca) chloride solutions equally with Na chloride fluids, presumably owing to the emplacement of granite porphyry.     

Lower Eocene phosphorites of the western desert,Iraq

Marine sedimentary phosphorites of Eocene age (Upper Ypresian) are exposed in the extreme west of Iraq within the Dammam Formation. They are associated with limestone and chert, and their deposition seems to have taken place in a shallow marine environment within a structurally controlled basin open to the sea from the northern and western sides only.The studied phosphorites are granular in texture, coarse-grained and cemented by calcite which is occasionally silicified. Bone fragments are present in small amounts. Carbonate-fluorapatite is the only phosphate mineral detected in these phosphorites, with relatively high amounts of the components SO₄^?2, CO₃^?2, F^?1, H₃O¹ and Na¹ substituting in the crystal structure.The Lower Eocene phosphorites of Iraq are part of the Tethyan phosphorite province, and are comparable in many aspects with those of Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous age in the Western Desert of the country.     

新疆西昆仑奥尔托喀讷什锰矿地质、地球化学及成因

近年来,西昆仑玛尔坎苏地区富锰矿找矿取得重大突破,新发现奥尔托喀纳什等大型锰矿床。该矿床层位稳定,厚度较大,Mn平均品位达35%以上,为中国最富的碳酸锰矿床,属于典型的海相沉积型锰矿床。锰矿体主要赋存于晚石炭世喀拉阿特河组地层中,该组岩性为一套浅海碳酸盐岩台地相沉积建造组合,可划分为台内浅滩、潮坪、开阔台地、局限台地等4个相类型。成矿分为三个期次,第一期为沉积成岩成矿期,矿石矿物由菱锰矿、锰方解石、硼锰矿组成;第二期为热液改造期,形成锰镁绿泥石、红锰矿、硫锰矿、锰方解石(脉)、重结晶菱锰矿、蔷薇辉石及滑石、石膏等;第三期为表生氧化期,发育少量软锰矿、水锰矿、硬锰矿等。锰矿石具有较低的Fe/Mn比值、V/(V+Ni)比值和强烈的Ce正异常,表明Mn是在氧化环境下,以氧化物或氢氧化物的形式沉积富集。含锰岩系顶、底板岩石中含较多成熟度较差的中酸性火山岩岩屑,以及具有较低Al/(Al+Fe+Mn)、Y/Ho、Co/Ni比值的锰矿石,说明其成矿物质来源于海底热水活动。奥尔托喀纳什锰矿具有"内源外生"的特点,锰矿石及菱锰矿具有负的δ~(13)C值(-23.3‰～-13.2‰),表明锰矿经历了先成锰氧化物或氢氧化物、再被还原转化成菱锰矿的过程。此外,有机质所导致的更为强烈的还原作用是本矿床富锰矿形成的重要机制。后期构造叠加致使矿体发生变形,矿体形态受褶皱控制。矿石受到强烈改造,形成锰镁绿泥石、红锰矿、蔷薇辉石等,晚期经历氧化淋滤作用形成软锰矿、水锰矿等。     

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.     

西秦岭李坝金矿床地质、同位素地球化学及其成因探讨

李坝金矿床位于西秦岭造山带中的礼-岷矿集区内,赋矿围岩为泥盆系浅变质细碎屑岩,矿床产于中川岩体的外侧热接触变质带内,矿体主要受断裂破碎带控制.本文在李坝金矿床地质特征研究的基础上,对赋矿围岩、花岗斑岩岩脉、矿石硫化物进行了LA-MC-ICPMS原位微区硫同位素测试及化学溶样法分析,对不同地质体的铅同位素进行了系统测定与...     

Neogene basanites in western Kamchatka: Mineralogy,geochemistry, and geodynamic setting

Neogene (N ₁ ² -N ₂ ¹ ?) K-Na alkaline rocks were found in western Kamchatka as a subvolcanic basanite body at Mount Khukhch. The basanites have a microphyric texture with olivine phenocrysts in a fine-grained doleritic groundmass. The olivine contains inclusions of Al-Cr spinel. The microlites consist of clinopyroxene, plagioclase, magnetite, and apatite, and the interstitial phases are leucite, nepheline, and analcime. The Mount Khukhch basanites are characterized by elevated concentrations of MgO, TiO₂, Na₂O, and K₂O, high concentrations of Co, Ni, Cr, Nb, Ta, Th, U, LREE (La_N/Yb_N = 10.8?12.6, Dy_N/Yb_N = 1.4?1.6) at moderate concentrations of Zr, Hf, Rb, Ba, Sr, Pb, and Cu. The values of indicator trace-element ratios suggest that basanites in western Kamchatka affiliate with the group of basaltoids of the within-plate geochemical type: Ba/Nb = 10?12, Sr/Nb = 17?18, Ta/Yb = 1.3?1.6. The basanites of western Kamchatka show many compositional similarities with the Miocene basanites of eastern Kamchatka, basanites of some continental rifts, and basalts of oceanic islands (OIB). The geochemistry of these rocks suggests that the basanite magma was derived via the ～6% partial melting of garnet-bearing peridotite source material. The crystallization temperatures of the first liquidus phases (olivine and spinel) in the parental basanite melt (1372–1369°C) and pressures determined for the conditions of the “mantle” equilibrium of the melt (25–26 kbar) are consistent with the model for the derivation of basanite magma at the garnet depth facies in the mantle. The geodynamic environment in which Neogene alkaline basaltic magmas occur in western Kamchatka was controlled by the termination of the Oligocene—Early Miocene subduction of the Kula oceanic plate beneath the continental margin of Kamchatka and the development of rifting processes in its rear zone. The deep faulting of the lithosphere and decompression-induced magma generation simultaneous with mantle heating at that time could be favorable for the derivation of mantle basite magmas.     

西秦岭凤太矿集区丝毛岭金矿床地质地球化学特征

西秦岭凤太矿集区丝毛岭金矿床位于八卦庙造山型金矿床西侧5km左右,是一个新探明的剪切带型金矿。其成矿作用过程可分为早期石英-绢云母-硫化物阶段、中期多金属-硫化物阶段和晚期碳酸盐阶段。对早、中期的石英流体包裹体测试结果表明,丝毛岭金矿床成矿流体以富CO2、中温、低盐度为特征,总体上属于中温低盐度CO2-H2O体系,流体包裹体类型的多样性是流体不混溶性的产物。从早阶段到主成矿阶段成矿流体的温度、压力和盐度均有降低,硫逸度增高,有利于金的沉淀富集。H、O、S、C同位素研究结果,以及与八卦庙金矿床的对比分析表明,二者的成矿流体具有相似性和同源性,都是以深部来源为主的多源流体。由于丝毛岭金矿床产出的层位高于八卦庙金矿床,其成矿环境相对开放。     

广西八渡金矿床含金硫化物矿物学与地球化学研究

广西田林县八渡金矿床主要产于辉绿岩侵入体中,广泛发育乳白色石英网脉,蚀变辉绿岩体即为金矿体,具有硅化、粘土化、碳酸盐化和硫化物化等卡林型金矿热液蚀变特征。本文采用电子探针(EPMA)背散射电子图像(BSE)、波谱(WDS)和能谱(EDS)分析技术,对该矿床原生矿石中含金硫化物显微岩相学结构以及主量和微量元素含量和分布规律进行了系统研究,认为金主要是以不可见化学结合态金(Au+)的形式赋存于含砷黄铁矿和毒砂之中。含金硫化物与热液交代形成的金红石密切共生,并保留含钛铁辉石或钛铁矿等矿物的假象,金红石的形成是辉绿岩中含钛铁辉石或钛铁矿热液蚀变的产物,含金硫化物形成所需要的Fe来自辉绿岩中含钛辉石或钛铁矿等矿物的溶解,Fe的硫化物化过程是导致含金硫化物形成的重要机制。     

Mineralogy,geochemistry, and genesis of the bauxite deposits on the Gove and Mitchell Plateaux,northern Australia

For optimum bauxitisation conditions a relatively stable geomorphological history is essential. On the Gove and Mitchell Plateaux therefore, the adverse effects of land emergence and ensuing planation are counteracted by associated mild synclinal warping, so that the deposits constituted coastal hinge zones of at least two successive land (erosion) cycles. Nevertheless, following the main Cretaceous and Tertiary period of bauxitisation by leaching, the deposits were partially submerged by the sea and, particularly at Mitchell Plateau, extensively reworked. Assisted by quantitative heavy mineral studies distinct unconformities within several bauxite profiles can be established. Finally, the quantitative mineralogy of both deposits is discussed in some detail and an origin (supported by experimental studies) proposed.

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Zusammenfassung Die beste Voraussetzung für eine optimale Bauxitisation ist geomorphologische Stabilität. Auf den Gove- und Mitchell-Plateaus wirken den gegensätzlichen Auswirkungen von Landhebung (epirogenetischer Bewegung) und darauf folgender Abflachung (durch Erosion) damit verbundene schwache synklinale Verzerrungen entgegen, so daß die Bauxit-Lager Übergangszonen zweier Küstengebiete von mindestens zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Erosions(gelände)zyklen bildeten. Nach der Kreide- und Tertiär-Periode der Bauxitisation durch Eigenauslaugung lagen diese Gebiete teilweise unter dem Meeresspiegel und wurden vor allem am Mitchell Plateau weitgehend aufgearbeitet. Mit Hilfe von quantitativen Analysen von Schwermineralen können deutliche Diskordanzen zwischen mehreren Bauxitprofilen festgestellt werden. Abschließend wird die quantitative Mineralogie beider Lager detailliert diskutiert und deren Ursprung (gestützt auf experimentelle Untersuchungen) vorgeschlagen.

     

滇西金宝山铂钯矿床元素地球化学

金宝山铂钯矿床位于扬子板块西缘红河断裂东侧,宁蒗-弥渡镁铁-超镁铁岩带内,矿体呈似层状、透镜状产于辉石橄榄岩中。辉石橄榄岩和铂钯矿石均富集LREE,具有弱的Eu负异常和较强的Sr、Ba负异常;与N-MORB相比,辉石橄榄岩具有较低的(Nb/Th)PM比值和较高的(Th/Yb)PM比值,表明金宝山岩体受到了地壳物质混染;通过(Th/Yb)PM-(Nb/Yb)PM图解估算得到地壳混染程度在55%~70%之间,强烈地壳混染表明岩浆中的S达到饱和并使得硫化物发生大规模熔离。而利用硅酸盐岩浆/硫化物的质量比值(R因子)方程进行模拟计算,得到金宝山矿床R因子集中于5000~1000之间,明显大于金川、图拉尔根、白马寨等典型岩浆硫化物矿床,说明金宝山岩体形成时岩浆中的硫化物熔离程度较低。辉石橄榄岩和铂钯矿石的S/Se和Cu/Pd比值也同样反映了硫化物低程度熔离的特征。与Nb、Th等元素含量相对稳定的高场强元素相比,S、Se、Pd等元素在硫化物部分熔解以及热液作用过程中更容易发生迁移。类似于River Valley和Platreef矿床等大型层状PGE矿床,金宝山铂钯矿床的形成是一个两阶段的过程,早阶段在岩浆通道或深部岩浆房中,地壳混染使得硫化物发生强烈熔离并在有限的空间内大量聚集,产生富PGE岩浆;后由于硫化物的部分熔解,岩浆中硫化物熔体富集Se、Pd,亏损S、Fe,岩浆中的S由饱和变为不饱和。晚阶段在浅部岩浆房,少量地壳S的加入并未使得S饱和从而发生硫化物大规模熔离。金宝山岩体具有较低的Cu/Pd、Cu/Pt比值,即出现Cu/Pd比值较低的岩体也可能有较大的成矿潜力,这与传统意义上所认为的具有较高Cu/Pd、Cu/Pt比值的矿体不同。     

青海尕林格铁矿床电气石矿物学、元素地球化学及成因研究

尕林格矽卡岩型铁多金属矿床位于青海东昆仑祁漫塔格造山带与柴达木盆地结合带中部。电气石作为矿区内普遍出现的矿物,部分呈半自形-自形粒状出现在正接触带矽卡岩化蚀变火山岩中(Tour-Ⅰ),也有呈他形粒状形式出现在外接触带变质砂岩中(Tour-Ⅱ)。因其生长化学行为与寄主岩石和流体的化学属性强烈相关,所以电气石的主、微量元素成分为研究热液体系背景下的流体演化及成矿物质来源提供了渠道。尕林格电气石的化学成分包括富Na-Mg的镁电气石和富Ca-Mg的钙镁电气石。Tour-Ⅰ中的环带电气石存在早期核部(Gen-1)被晚期边部(Gen-2)交代的不连续反应边特征。Gen-1为钙镁电气石,而Gen-2为镁电气石。由于镁铁质火山岩的缓冲作用,Gen-1更多地显示出原地寄主岩石的化学成分。随着流体的持续补充,Gen-2则更多地与流体成分保持平衡,显示出较窄的变化范围,与成矿密切相关。Gen-1比Gen-2更加富Fe,意味着流体中Fe浓度降低;而Na含量逐渐上升则暗示流体p H值的升高。尕林格绝大部分矽卡岩电气石都是在早期成核阶段结晶生长的,因为电气石在酸性和中酸性溶液中更加稳定。除此之外,部分Tour-I中还存在沿早期电气石颗粒边缘生长的增生边结构(Gen-3)。Gen-3比Gen-1更加富Ca,推测Gen-3是在相对封闭环境下颗粒间隙溶液作用下的产物。Tour-Ⅱ则既包括钙镁电气石,又含有镁电气石。在Tour-Ⅰ中,Fe和Mg的含量变化范围较大,这与实际观测的Tour-Ⅰ围岩为镁铁质中-基性火山岩密不可分。Tour-Ⅱ比Tour-Ⅰ更加富集B、Ti、Sc、V、Cr、Ga、LREE等元素,这与B的溶解度随流体p H值的升高而升高有关。随着岩浆演化流体p H值的升高,B在相对碱性溶液中大量富集,而大部分微量元素和LREE易与挥发分结合成络合物的形式迁移,因此,B含量高的溶液中部分微量元素和稀土元素含量也会升高。     

Immobile elements and mass changes geochemistry at Sar-Faryab bauxite deposit,Zagros Mountains,Iran

The Sar-Faryab bauxite deposit is located in 250 km east of Ahvaz city in southwestern Iran. Structurally the deposit located in the Zagros Simply Folded Mountain Belt. Outcrops of the bauxite horizons in the area are distributed irregularly over an area of about 20 km² but have fairly uniform thickness averaging 1 to 1.5 m. The Sar-Faryab bauxite is situated in NW–SE trending Mandan anticline and occurs in karst horizons near or at the boundary between the Sarvak and Ilam Formations. Based on field observation, mineralogy and stratigraphy an unconformity during Cenomanian–Turonian times has exposed the Sarvak Limestone to karst weathering and the layers of Marly Limestone, Argillite, Oolitic–Pisolitic, Yellow, Red and White Bauxite were formed and accumulated in the karstic areas.     

Genesis of the Guangou karstic bauxite deposit in western Henan,China

The Guangou bauxite deposit in western Henan, China, is located in the North China Block and to the north of the North Qinling orogenic belt. The orebody is hosted within the lower member of the Carboniferous Benxi Formation, which overlies unconformably upon the Ordovician Majiagou Formation. In the lower member of the Benxi Formation, the bauxite orebody (with a diaspore–illite–anatase mineral assemblage) is sandwiched between underlying ferric clay (illite–hematite–goethite) and overlying top clay (kaolinite–quartz–goethite). According to field observations and geochemical evidence including trace- and rare-earth-element (REE) compositions, especially Zr/Hf ratios, the ferric clays were weathered from the underlying argillaceous limestones in the Majiagou Formation. During this weathering process, trace elements S, Zn, Ni, Cr, V, Sc, F, Ba, and Be are depleted; Li, Rb, and B are enriched; and Zr, Hf, Bi, Ta, Ga, Nb, and Th are relatively immobile. REEs exhibit evident differentiation with enrichment of La, Ce, Pr, and Nd and depletion of Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu. The bauxite formed in weak reducing, slightly basic water conditions according to the geneses of coexisting diaspore and anatase, and it was altered during the epigenetic and second exposure periods, forming kaolinite and goethite, respectively. Interelemental relationship analyses of the ores suggest that the elemental behaviors of trace elements and REEs in the bauxitization process are mainly controlled by the mineral compositions in bauxite ore and chemical properties of the elements. For instance, zircon, rutile, and anatase contain Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, W, and U. Based on geochemical evidence, together with age data and chemical compositions of the detrital minerals, both distant igneous rocks in the plate margin and Paleozoic carbonates and Precambrian rocks inside North China Block provide the miscellaneous material for the bauxite ore and the top clay.     

新疆哈图金矿蚀变岩型矿体地质和地球化学研究

哈图金矿主要由石英脉型和蚀变岩型矿体组成。蚀变岩型矿体的矿化蚀变主要包括钠长石化、黄铁矿化、毒砂化、碳酸盐化和绢云母化,其中黄铁矿化、毒砂化和碳酸盐化与成矿作用密切相关。矿体中主要金属矿物为黄铁矿、毒砂、黄铜矿、闪锌矿、磁黄铁矿和自然金。自然金主要存在于毒砂颗粒间隙内或被黄铁矿包裹。蚀变岩型矿体成矿作用可划分为5个阶段:石英-钠长石阶段(Ⅰ)、黄铁矿-钠长石阶段(Ⅱ)、毒砂-碳酸盐阶段(Ⅲ)、黄铜矿-碳酸盐阶段(Ⅳ)和石英-方解石阶段(Ⅴ),其中Ⅲ—Ⅳ阶段是主要的成矿期。黄铜矿-碳酸盐阶段(Ⅳ)沉淀了大量黄铜矿和少量辉铜矿。不同程度蚀变的玄武岩围岩具有相似的平坦型球粒陨石标准化稀土元素配分模式,并富集Cs、Ba、Rb、Sr和Pb等大离子亲石元素。石英-钠长石脉的轻、重稀土元素发生了弱分馏,呈弱右倾式配分模式,显示弱的Eu正异常。石英-方解石脉的轻、重稀土元素分馏和Eu正异常较石英-钠长石脉明显,说明成矿作用过程中,成矿流体向轻稀土元素富集和Eu正异常增强的方向演化。     

广西钦州-防城地区次生氧化锰矿床矿物学和地球化学研究及矿床成因意义

钦州-防城锰矿带是中国次生氧化锰矿的重要产地之一,其含锰岩系为上泥盆统榴江组含锰硅质岩。锰矿床主要赋存在以腐岩带为主的风化壳中,矿石的主要矿物为软锰矿、锰钡矿、隐钾锰矿、锂硬锰矿、钙锰矿等,与之伴生的其他表生矿物有赤铁矿、针铁矿、石英、高岭石和其他粘土矿物。矿石多呈葡萄状、块状、网脉状构造。与原生含锰硅质岩相比,次生氧化锰矿矿石的品位明显提高,Mn含量平均达到42.6%。矿石化学分析和单矿物电子探针成分分析表明,氧化锰矿石中还普遍出现Co、Ni、Cu、Zn等元素的富集,其平均含量分别为0.05%(最高0.40%)、0.09%(最高0.53%)、0.08%(最高0.53%)和1%(最高2.2%);它们主要以类质同象和吸附的形式赋存在锂硬锰矿及隐钾锰矿中。氧化锰矿石和锰氧化物的Mn/Fe比值均较高,一般大于6～10,说明该区化学风化强烈,铁、锰分离显著,有利于形成高品位的优质锰矿。有害杂质元素P主要存在于针铁矿等铁的氧化物中。氧化锰矿的形成和空间分布受气候、构造、含锰岩系及地形地貌等多种因素的影响和控制。     

湘西合仁坪金矿床硫、铅同位素地球化学

湘西柳林汊一带广泛分布钠长石_石英脉型金矿,合仁坪金矿床是其典型代表。文章对合仁坪金矿床的硫、铅同位素进行了研究,并与区域石英脉型金矿床进行对比,探讨了该矿的成矿物质来源,并初步确定了其矿床成因。研究表明,合仁坪金矿床硫化物的δ34S值范围较窄(-4.8‰~4.4‰),平均为-0.6‰,该矿床的硫为深源硫,由深部变质流体带入;铅的同位素组成较均一,并表现出明显的造山带铅的特点。结合区域成矿作用,进一步研究揭示,合仁坪金矿床为一典型的造山型金矿,其成矿可能与湘西雪峰山地区加里东期的造山作用有关。     

Mineralogy and geochemistry of El Dorado epithermal gold deposit, El Sauce district, central-northern Chile

Summary The El Dorado Au-Cu deposit is located in an extensive intra-caldera zone of hydrothermal alteration affecting Upper Cretaceous andesites of the Los Elquinos Formation at La Serena (≈ 29°47′S Lat., 70°43′W Long., Chile). Quartz-sulfide veins of economic potential are hosted by N25W and N20E fault structures associated with quartz-illite alteration (+supergene kaolinite). The main ore minerals in the deposit are pyrite, chalcopyrite ± fahlore (As/(As + Sb): 0.06−0.98), with electrum, sphalerite, galena, bournonite-seligmanite (As/(As + Sb): 0.21−0.31), marcasite, pyrrhotite being accessory phases. Electrum, with an Ag content between 32 and 37 at.%, occurs interstitial to pyrite aggregates or along pyrite fractures. Pyrite commonly exhibits chemical zonation with some zones up to 1.96 at.% As. Electron probe microanalyses of pyrite indicate that As-rich zones do not exhibit detectable Au values. Fluid inclusion microthermometry shows homogenization temperatures between 130 and 352 °C and salinities between 1.6 and 6.9 wt.% NaCl eq. Isotope data for quartz, ankerite and phyllosilicates and estimated temperatures show that δ¹⁸O and δD for the hydrothermal fluids were between 3 and 10‰ and between −95 and −75‰, respectively. These results suggest the mineralizing fluids were a mixture of meteoric and magmatic waters. An epithermal intermediate-sulfidation model is proposed for the formation of the El Dorado deposit. Author’s present address: J. Carrillo-Rosúa, Dpto. de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja, 18071, Granada, Spain     

新疆可可塔勒铅锌矿成矿流体稀土元素地球化学特征

本文采用四极等离子质谱仪(ICP-MS)方法测定了可可塔勒铅锌矿矿物流体包裹体的稀土元素含量。研究表明,成矿流体稀土元素配分模式均为轻稀土富集,Eu具有明显正异常。矿石硫化物流体包裹体稀土特征具有3种稀土配分模式,即平滑右倾型、平坦型、倒“V”字型,矿体下盘围岩的稀土总量明显高于上盘围岩的稀土总量,具有明显的Eu的负异常,成矿流体具有多来源、成矿具有多阶段叠加特点,具有双淋滤模式特征。     

Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Au-Ag ore deposits of the South Korean Peninsula

Pyrite and arsenopyrite are the predominant ore minerals in the Korean Au-Ag deposits of this study. The X _Ni ^py , X _Co ^py , X _Ni ^apy , and X _Co ^apy values range between 100 and 3,000 ppm, 200 and 6,000 ppm, 200 and 8,200 ppm, and 100 and 10,200 ppm, respectively. Most X _Ni ^py /X _Co ^py values fall in the field lower than values varying 0.16–1.30. Arsenopyrite also tends to prefer cobalt rather than nickel showing X _Ni ^apy /X _Co ^apy values between 0.20 and 1.40. The concentrations of minor elements in ores and gangue minerals vary 1–55 ppm Au and 1–1,120 ppm Ag for the former and 4–57 ppm Ni and 2–45 ppm Co for the latter. The Au/Ag ratio in ore has a good correlation to the Ni/Co ratio of arsenopyrite to gangue. The (Ni/Co)_py-(Ni/Co)_gangue and (Ni/Co)_apy-(Ni/Co)_gangue diagrams revealed that the values from the Korean Au-Ag deposits plot in the field lower than 900 °C which is the lowermost temperature determined by previous partitioning experiments.     

Genesis of REE minerals in the karstic bauxite in western Guangxi,China, and its constraints on the deposit formation conditions

Karstic bauxites in western Guangxi, China, comprise two subtypes: Permian bauxite and Quaternary bauxite. The Quaternary bauxite originated from the breaking up, rolling, and accumulating of Permian bauxite in karstic depressions in Quaternary. Various types of rare earth element (REE) minerals were discovered during the formation of the Permian and Quaternary bauxites from the Xinxu, Longhe, and Tianyang bauxite deposits in this study. Five types of REE minerals, including bastnäsite, parisite, cerianite, rhabdophane, and churchite, were identified. Bastnäsite and parisite are the most abundant, and they are widely developed in the Permian ore and also present in the Quaternary ore. Obvious variations in bastnäsite and parisite REE compositions were observed, which is ascribed to distinctions in the source materials in the primary weathering profile from different areas. The mode of occurrence of bastnäsite and parisite suggests they were mainly precipitated under alkaline and reducing conditions during the Permian bauxite-forming stage and underwent intensive corrosion in the Quaternary. Churchite was formed during the Permian weathering stage under acidic condition. Both cerianite and rhabdophane occur in fractures within the Permian bauxite ore, indicating that both formed during the Quaternary weathering stage. It is considered that the rhabdophane enriched in Ce have formed locally, in the process of that the Ce^3 +, released from bastnäsite rapidly, entered the rhabdophane lattice before being oxidized to Ce^4 +. Cerianite was mainly found in association with Mn–Al hydroxides, suggesting that the released Ce^3 + was oxidized into Ce^4 + and precipitated cerianite in fractures within the Permian bauxite ore. Mass balance equations reveal a depletion in nearly all REEs during the transformation from the Permian to the Quaternary bauxite ore, mainly caused by the dissolution of bastnäsite and parisite. The genesis of the REE minerals, together with the occurrence of other minerals, indicates that intensively acidic and oxidizing conditions developed before the formation of the Permian bauxite ore. Towards the end of the Permian, the conditions became reducing and alkaline, favorable for the large-scale bauxitization. The Quaternary bauxite-forming stage was characterized by variable pH and Eh conditions, with acidic (pH = 4–6) and oxidizing (Eh > 2) conditions at the surface of the exposed Permian bauxite ore.