Fluorite Deposits at Voznesenka in the Khanka Massif, Russia: Geology and Age of Mineralization

Abstract. A huge fluorite deposit at Voznesenka in the Khanka massif, Far East Russia is concluded to have formed at ca. 450 Ma in Late Ordovician time based on the K‐Ar ages for Li‐micas in the fluorite ore and greisenized leucogranite within the deposit. This conclusion is inconsistent with the current view of Devonian mineralization that stemmed from widely scattered whole‐rock Rb‐Sr isotope data for the heterogeneous leucogranite stocks influenced by strong alteration. The Voznesenka and neighboring fluorite deposits may have formed in Cambrian limestone in relation to the intrusion of the Li‐F‐rich felsic magma which has a similar chemistry to representative Li‐F‐rich felsic rocks including topaz granite and ongonite or topaz rhyolite; these rocks may be classified as a specific group of highly fractionated felsic magmas. Biotite granite plutons exposed in the Voznesenka district are divided in age into two groups based on the CHIME age data for zircon, monazite and xenotime: Ordovician and Permian. The Ordovician plutons seem to be coeval to the fluorite deposits and are characterized by F‐rich chemistry, reduced nature and association of tin mineralization with the deposition of fluorite and tourmaline. The biotite granite magmas of initially enhanced F contents could have been highly fractionated to form Li‐F‐rich leucogranite cupolas that provided fluorite deposits within the host limestone. Future prospecting for similar fluorite deposits is to be focused on areas of intersection between Ordovician Li‐F‐rich granite and Cambrian carbonate sequences. The Permian granite of southeastern margin of the Grodekovo batholith is characterized by lesser F content, oxidized nature and the lack of tin and fluorite mineralization in contrast to the Ordovician granite. The result of Permian age does not support the current view of Silurian age for the batholith and requires overall chronological reinvestigation in connection with the tectonic history of the Khanka massif because the Grodekovo is a representative of Paleozoic batholiths in Primorie.     

湖南东坡矿田金船塘、红旗岭锡多金属矿床Rb-Sr、Sm-Nd同位素年代学研究

与千里山岩体有密切时空联系的东坡矿田是我国主要钨锡多金属矿产资源基地之一。在前人对千里山复式岩体成岩时代和金船塘与千里山岩体第一期似斑状花岗岩侵入活动有关的成矿作用研究的基础上,笔者选择金船塘及红旗岭矿床含矿石英脉中的石英和金船塘矿床矽卡岩矿石中的单矿物,进行石英流体包裹体Rb-Sr和矽卡岩矿物(包括符山石和石榴石)Sm-Nd同位素年代学研究,得出金船塘及红旗岭矿床石英流体包裹体Rb-Sr等时线年龄分别为133.4±5.9 Ma(MSWD=1.3)和143.1±8.7 Ma(MSWD=47),金船塘矿床矽卡岩矿物Sm-Nd等时线年龄为141±11 Ma(MSWD=0.27)。同位素年代学研究表明金船塘矿床至少存在164 Ma±、133~141 Ma两期成矿作用,在测定误差范围内,它们分别与千里山岩体第一期似斑状花岗岩(152 Ma)和第二期等粒黑云母花岗岩(136~137Ma)的侵入活动有关,而红旗岭矿床的成矿作用与千里山岩体第二期岩浆侵入活动有关。     

特提斯喜马拉雅错那洞穹隆的岩石组合、构造特征与成因

目前关于新近发现的错那洞穹隆的精细构造、岩石组成、变质变形运动学特征等方面均不清楚,严重阻碍了其演化历程的还原以及成穹与成矿耦合关系的解剖工作.在详实的野外地质调查基础上,补充采集了穹隆中新发现的岩浆岩进行年代学研究.结果表明,错那洞穹隆由上（边部）-中（幔部）-下（核部）3个构造层组成,分别以上、下拆离断层为分界线.核部岩石组合主要为片麻岩、淡色花岗岩以及少量深熔混合岩,可见大量伟晶岩脉穿插;幔部为古生界,岩石组合为一套强变质变形片岩夹碳酸盐岩,从内至外具有蓝晶石+十字石+石榴石+黑云母的蓝晶石带→十字石+石榴石+黑云母的十字石带→石榴石+堇青石+黑云母的石榴石带→绿泥石+黑云母的绿泥石带的巴罗式变质分带特征;边部主要为三叠纪-侏罗纪浅变质沉积岩系,岩石组合为一套砂板岩及少量千枚岩.穹隆内从早至晚经历了南北向逆冲推覆、南北向伸展、东西向伸展3期次的构造运动,穹隆的形成主要与南北向伸展作用有关.穹隆中岩浆活动从早至晚可见有早古生代片麻岩（约500 Ma）、中生代辉绿岩（140 Ma）、渐新世变形二云母花岗岩/伟晶岩（26 Ma）、中新世弱定向二云母花岗岩（18 Ma）、含石榴石电气石花岗岩（16.8~15.9 Ma）5期.综合研究表明,错那洞穹隆的形成是早期伸展拆离核杂岩叠加晚期岩浆底劈热穹隆综合作用的结果,成穹构造的初始阶段与始新世-渐新世藏南拆离系（STDS）的运动密切相关.      

A mechanical interpretation of the vein and dyke systems of the S. W. England orefield

Geological plans and sections showing the traces of veins, faults and porphyry dykes associated with the Hercynian batholith, have been used to construct diagrams representing the trajectories of the minimum and intermediate principal stress axes as they were at the time of intrusion of the dykes and as the veinlode fissures formed. The dykes and veins were emplaced during a complicated series of events and the trajectory diagrams represent stress conditions during these overlapping periods of time towards the end of intrusion of the batholith. The mineralizing fluids emanated from the cores of plutons by means of pregranite faults, primary igneous joints, and structures created by intrusion, including faults and extension fissures. The trajectory diagrams indicate that the mapped configuration of veins and porphyry dykes results from fluid pressures, exerted by the mobile cores of granitic cupolas situated within a regional stress field. The stress models also indicate that fugitive dyke magma or hydrothermal fluids, emanating from a cupola, will make the mechanically easiest exit through the flanks of the intrusion. This explains the asymmetrical disposition of belts of mineralization which border the granite cupolas of southwest England.     

福建武平十二排钼矿床辉钼矿Re-Os 同位素年龄及其地质意义

福建武平十二排铝矿床是近年来在闽西南地区找到的又一处铝矿床.钼矿化在中细粒黑云母花岗岩岩体与新元古界楼子坝群、晚古生界变质岩接触带内呈浸染状和脉状产出,并且构成透镜状矿体.本次研究过程中,对5件代表性辉钼矿样品进行了Re-Os同位素年龄测定,模式年龄值变化范围为149.7 ～ 152.8Ma,等时线年龄为(151 ±2) Ma,略晚于黑云母花岗岩的成岩年龄,由此认为十二排钼矿床与黑云母花岗岩的形成时间均为晚侏罗世,属燕山早期构造—岩浆活动的产物.结合矿区外围其他钼矿床同位素年龄数据,可以推测闽西南大规模钼矿化发生在印支期台地向活动大陆边缘转变阶段,并伴随燕山早期挤压隆升(约160 ～ 145 Ma)和燕山晚期由挤压向拉张机制转换(约105 ～90 Ma)作用所诱发的岩浆活动是导致钼矿床形成的主导因素.     

川西甲基卡烧碳沟地区伟晶岩脉地球化学特征

通过对烧碳沟地区伟晶岩的岩石学特征及地球化学特征进行分析,探讨了其成矿构造背景及物质来源等成矿地质条件.结果表明:烧碳沟一带伟晶岩的SiO2含量为73.46％～75.96％,全碱含量为4.71％～7.36％,里特曼指数为0.70～1.84,反映了伟晶岩的钙碱性特征;铝饱和指数A/CNK 为1.54～2.49,全部大于1...     

赣西北大雾塘钨矿区地质特征及Re-Os同位素年代学研究

通过对大湖塘钨矿田的大雾塘钨矿区辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年代学的研究,测得辉钼矿的w(Re)为0.3368×10~(-6)~8.256×10~(-6),获得的5个模式年龄比较一致,介于(136.6±2.2)Ma~(138.4±2.4)Ma,加权平均年龄为(137.7±2.7)Ma(MSWD=0.07)。将5个模式年龄进行等时线年龄计算,获得一条相关性较好的~(187)Re-~(187)Os等时线,计算得到辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄为(137.9±2.0)Ma(MSWD=0.20),与加权平均年龄一致,可代表辉钼矿的形成年龄。结合石门寺和狮尾洞矿区典型矿床地质、地球化学特征和成岩作用时空关系,认为大雾塘矿床的形成是大湖塘钨矿田的第二期次(140 Ma)大规模成矿作用的产物,2期成矿作用可能是大湖塘钨矿田巨量成矿元素堆积的重要原因之一。     

Late Triassic U-bearing and barren granites in the Miao'ershan batholith,South China: Petrogenetic discrimination and exploration significance

The Miao'ershan uranium ore district is one of the most important granite-hosted uranium producers in South China. There are several Triassic granite plutons in the Miao'ershan batholith, but uranium ore deposits mainly occur within the Douzhashan granitic body. Precise zircon U–Pb dating indicated that these Triassic granite plutons were emplaced during 204 to 215 Ma. The Douzhashan U-bearing granite lies in the central part of the Miao'ershan batholith, and has higher U contents (8.0 to 26.1 ppm, average 17.0 ppm) than the nearby Xiangcaoping granite (5.0 to 9.3 ppm, average 7.0 ppm) and the Yangqiaoling granite (6.4 to 18.3 ppm, average 11.5 ppm) in the south part of the batholith. The Douzhashan granite is composed of medium-grained two-mica granite, whereas the Xiangcaoping and Yangqiaoling granites are composed of porphyritic biotite granite. Both the Xiangcaoping and Douzhashan granites have high A/CNK ratios (> 1.10), high (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i ratios (> 0.720) and low ε_Nd(t) values (− 11.3 to − 10.4), suggesting that they belong to strongly peraluminous S-type granites. The Douzhashan granite has low CaO/Na₂O ratios, high Rb/Sr and Rb/Ba ratios, indicating a partial melting origin of clay-rich pelitic rocks. In contrast, the Xiangcaoping granite formed from clay-poor psammite-derived melt. The Yangqiaoling granite shows different geochemical characteristics with the Douzhashan and Xiangcaoping granites, indicating a different magma source. The Yangqiaoling granite has higher ε_Nd(t) of − 9.4 to − 8.3 and variable A/CNK values from 0.98 to 1.19, suggesting a mixture source of meta-sedimentary rocks and meta-igneous rocks. Crystallization fractionation is not the main mechanism for U enrichment in the Douzhashan granite. We suggest that U-rich pelitic rock sources may be the key factor to generate peraluminous U-bearing granites in South China. Searching for those granites which are reduced, strongly peraluminous and were derived from U-rich pelitic rocks, is the most effective way for exploring granite-hosted U deposits.     

K-Ar Ages of Granitic Magmatism and Related Pegmatite Formation at the Umanotani-Shiroyama Mine, Shimane Prefecture, SW Japan and Their Bearings on Cooling History

Abstract. The Umanotani-Shiroyama pegmatite deposits, the largest producer of K-feldspar and quartz in Japan, are of typical granitic pegmatite. Ilmenite-series biotite granite and granite porphyry, hosting the ore deposits, and biotites separated from these rocks yielded K-Ar ages ranging from 89.0 to 81.4 Ma and 95.2 to 93.7 Ma, respectively. Muscovite and K-feldspar separated from the ore zone yielded K-Ar ages with the range of 96.2 to 93.1 Ma and 87.3 to 80.7 Ma, respectively. Muscovites from quartz-muscovite veins in the ore zone and in the granite porphyry yielded K-Ar ages of 90.4 and 76.3 Ma, respectively. K-feldspar is much younger in age than coexisting muscovite. It is noted that the K-Ar ages of biotite separates and the whole-rock ages are identical to those of muscovite and K-feldspar in the ore zone, respectively. These time relations, as well as field occurrence, indicate that the formation of the pegmatite deposits at the Umanotani-Shiroyama mine is closely related in space and time to a series of granitic magmatism of ilmenite-series nature. Using closure temperatures of the K-Ar system for biotite and K-feldspar (microcline), cooling rate of the pegmatite deposits is estimated to be about 82C/m.y. at the beginning, but slowed down to about 15C/m.y. in the later period.     

花岗岩浆侵位与结晶固化时差的研究与构造意义:以南岭骑田岭花岗岩基为例

通过对南岭中段骑田岭花岗岩基地质-岩石地球化学特征研究, 判明了该岩基的侵位深度（5.5 km）、围岩温度（196℃）及岩浆初始温度（950 ℃ ）,建立起骑田岭花岗岩基的数学计算模型,计算得出： 骑田岭花岗岩熔体侵位后,其初始温度降低至结晶温度所需的时间（Δt col） 为4.1 Ma;由于结晶潜热释放而使结晶过程延长的时间（Δt L）为2.6 Ma; 由于骑田岭花岗岩基放射性元素含量 （U-15.3×10-6,Th-51.35×10-6,K2O-5.02%）是世界平均花岗岩放射性元素含量（U-5×10-6,Th-20×10-6,K2O-2.66%）的2~3 倍,骑田岭花岗岩浆侵位后产生的放射成因热使结晶过程延长的时间（Δt A） 为35.4 Ma,远长于世界平均花岗岩计算的Δt A（2.93 Ma） 。因此, 骑田岭花岗岩基的岩浆侵位- 结晶固化时差 （Δt ECTD）为42.1 Ma, 结合锆石U-Pb 年龄值（161 Ma）, 通过反演计算得出骑田岭花岗岩基侵位年龄值（t E ）为203.1 Ma,从而为骑田岭花岗岩基属于印支期侵位提供了重要的岩浆动力学佐证。     

内蒙古西沙德盖钼矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及其地质意义

西沙德盖钼矿床是近年来在内蒙古中西部地区找到的一处中型钼矿床。钼矿化在西沙德盖斑状钾长花岗岩株及其与太古界乌拉山群变质岩接触带内呈浸染状和脉状产出,并且构成透镜状矿体。本次研究过程中,对9件代表性辉钼矿样品进行了Re-Os同位素年龄测定,Re-Os同位素模式年龄值变化范围为222.4～226.3 Ma,等时线年龄为(226.4±3.3) Ma,与赋矿围岩花岗斑岩的成岩年龄一致,由此认为西沙德盖钼矿床与斑状钾长花岗岩的形成时间均为晚三叠世,属印支晚期构造_岩浆活动的产物。结合矿区外围其他钼矿床同位素年龄数据,可以推测,内蒙古中西部大规模钼矿化发生的时间为印支晚期。古大陆内部张裂构造作用所诱发的岩浆活动是导致钼矿床形成的主导因素。     

四川巴塘夏塞花岗岩和银多金属矿床年龄及ち颉⑶ν位素组成

为了解四川西部夏塞银多金属矿区黑云母二长花岗岩形成和矿化发生的时代及成矿物质来源,测定了该矿区绒依措和若洛隆花岗岩的Rb_Sr年龄和钾长石、黑云母及主要银矿化阶段石英的40Ar/39Ar年龄及矿石的硫、铅同位素组成。花岗岩的结晶年龄约为93Ma,银矿化年龄约为75Ma。矿石硫可能源于花岗岩,但不能排除源于弱沉积围岩的可能性;矿石、花岗岩和弱变质沉积围岩的铅同位素组成相似,铅主要源于上地壳,少量源于下地壳。     

湘南圳口石英脉型黑钨矿床白云母Ar-Ar同位素测年及其对区域找矿勘查的指示

彭公庙岩体是南岭地区早古生代大花岗岩基的典型代表之一,在其周围发育有圳口、张家垄及杨梅坑等大-中型的钨矿床(点)。由于钨矿化主要产出于彭公庙岩体的内部及其周缘地层中,这些矿床过去一直被认为形成于早古生代,与彭公庙岩体有着紧密的成因联系。然而,这些矿床与大花岗岩基的时间及成因关系尚未准确厘定。文章在已有研究的基础上,对圳口钨矿进行了高精度白云母Ar-Ar测年,获得坪年龄为(148.0±0.7)Ma(MSDW=3.1),对应的等时线年龄为(148.1±0.8)Ma(MSDW=2.6),反等时线年龄为(148.1±0.8)Ma(MSDW=2.6),表明圳口钨矿床形成于晚侏罗世,明显晚于早古生代彭公庙大花岗岩基的侵位时间,是南岭地区中-晚侏罗世大规模钨锡成矿事件的一部分。通过总结研究发现,区域上早古生代花岗岩基周缘的钨锡矿床均形成于晚侏罗世,该结论不仅表明研究区深部晚侏罗世岩浆活动强烈,而且指示区内不同矿床之间在成因上密切相关。整个区域上的矿床类型和空间分布显示出不同的围岩性质制约了不同的矿化过程,从而形成不同的矿床类型。含矿热液沿着裂隙通道向上运移,当围岩为花岗岩时,形成了石英脉-云英岩型矿床,而当围岩为碎屑岩时,则形成石英脉型矿床。这些不同类型矿床可以构成一套矿床组合模型,互为找矿指示。     

The Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam metamorphic complexes in central Iran: New geological data, relationships and tectonic implications

The Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam metamorphic complexes occupy the NW part of the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent and are juxtaposed with the Great Kavir block and Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. Our recent findings redefine the origin of these complexes, so far attributed to the Precambrian–Early Paleozoic orogenic episodes, and now directly related to the tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. This tectonic evolution was initiated by Late Ordovician–Early Devonian rifting events and terminated in the Triassic by the Eocimmerian collision event due to the docking of the Cimmerian blocks with the Asiatic Turan block.

The “Variscan accretionary complex” is a new name we proposed for the most widely distributed metamorphic rocks connected to the Anarak and Jandaq complexes. This accretionary complex exposed from SW of Jandaq to the Anarak and Kabudan areas is a thick and fine grain siliciclastic sequence accompanied by marginal-sea ophiolitic remnants, including gabbro-basalts with a supra-subduction-geochemical signature. New ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages are obtained as 333–320 Ma for the metamorphism of this sequence under greenschist to amphibolite facies. Moreover, the limy intercalations in the volcano-sedimentary part of this complex in Godar-e-Siah yielded Upper Devonian–Tournaisian conodonts. The northeastern part of this complex in the Jandaq area was intruded by 215 ± 15 Ma arc to collisional granite and pegmatites dated by ID-TIMS and its metamorphic rocks are characterized by some ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar radiometric ages of 163–156 Ma.

The “Variscan” accretionary complex was northwardly accreted to the Airekan granitic terrane dated at 549 ± 15 Ma. Later, from the Late Carboniferous to Triassic, huge amounts of oceanic material were accreted to its southern side and penetrated by several seamounts such as the Anarak and Kabudan. This new period of accretion is supported by the 280–230 Ma ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages for the Anarak mild high-pressure metamorphic rocks and a 262 Ma U–Pb age for the trondhjemite–rhyolite association of that area. The Triassic Bayazeh flysch filled the foreland basin during the final closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean and was partly deposited and/or thrusted onto the Cimmerian Yazd block.

The Paleo-Tethys magmatic arc products have been well-preserved in the Late Devonian–Carboniferous Godar-e-Siah intra-arc deposits and the Triassic Nakhlak fore-arc succession. On the passive margin of the Cimmerian block, in the Yazd region, the nearly continuous Upper Paleozoic platform-type deposition was totally interrupted during the Middle to Late Triassic. Local erosion, down to Lower Paleozoic levels, may be related to flexural bulge erosion. The platform was finally unconformably covered by Liassic continental molassic deposits of the Shemshak.

One of the extensional periods related to Neo-Tethyan back-arc rifting in Late Cretaceous time finally separated parts of the Eocimmerian collisional domain from the Eurasian Turan domain. The opening and closing of this new ocean, characterized by the Nain and Sabzevar ophiolitic mélanges, finally transported the Anarak–Jandaq composite terrane to Central Iran, accompanied by large scale rotation of the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent (CEIM). Due to many similarities between the Posht-e-Badam metamorphic complex and the Anarak–Jandaq composite terrane, the former could be part of the latter, if it was transported further south during Tertiary time.     

东秦岭钼矿带成矿特征及其与美国克莱马克斯-亨德森钼矿带的对比

东秦岭钼矿带是中国最主要的钼矿带,钼矿呈近东西向展布。钼矿以斑岩型为主,从南到北,钼矿带钼矿大体有斑岩Cu-Mo矿、斑岩Mo矿、斑岩Au-Mo矿分带的趋势,与从俯冲带到克拉通边缘斑岩Cu矿、斑岩Cu-Mo矿、斑岩Mo矿依次发育的分带现象相似,表明钼矿的形成与扬子地块向华北地块俯冲有关。根据钼矿Re-Os年龄资料统计钼矿分为～220Ma、～140Ma和～110Ma三期,其成矿动力学背景分别为碰撞造山、碰撞造山后伸展和中国东部岩石圈减薄。钼矿流体包裹体均一温度介于83℃～424℃;平衡盐度介于0.61%～42.5%。流体包裹体水的δD介于-100‰～-40‰,δ18OH2O介于-4.3‰～8.7‰;且从成矿早期到晚期流体包裹体水的δD和δ18OH2O分别变小,表明钼矿的成矿流体主要来源于岩浆,后期有大气水的加入。东秦岭钼矿的铅同位素为206Pb/204Pb=17.12～17.89、207Pb/204Pb=15.23～15.70、208Pb/204Pb=37.57～39.10,与区域下地壳铅同位素一致;小斑岩体的Sri=0.705～0.714,δ18O=7.2‰～12.1‰,与I型花岗岩的锶、氧同位素相一致,表明钼矿的成矿物质主要来源于下地壳。东秦岭钼矿带的钼资源总量占中国钼资源的51%以上,美国克莱马克斯-亨德森钼矿带(Climax and Hender-son)的钼资源总量占美国钼矿资源的42%以上,美国和中国的钼资源在世界上的排名分别为第一和第二位,两钼矿带是世界钼资源高度集中的两个区域。克莱马克斯-亨德森钼矿带位于美国中西部、美洲克拉通西缘;钼矿主要形成于33～18Ma,稍晚于拉腊米(Laramide,75～54Ma)陆内造山运动;钼矿形成于碰撞造山后伸展环境。东秦岭与克莱马克斯两钼矿带相比:1)两钼矿带都位于克拉通边缘;2)两钼矿带的钼矿化都形成于陆内碰撞造山之后的伸展环境,与成矿有关的岩体都为花岗斑岩小岩体;3)两钼矿带钼矿的辉钼矿平均丰度分别为0.073%～0.140%和0.171%～0.264%,东秦岭钼矿的丰度明显较低;4)两钼矿带钼矿的辉钼矿成矿温度分别为300～400℃和460～600℃,东秦岭钼矿明显较低,反映与其成矿有关的岩浆的侵位深度较浅。通过两钼矿带间的综合对比得出:克拉通边缘经历陆内碰撞造山作用后在伸展环境下有利于斑岩钼矿的形成;与钼矿有关的小斑岩体岩浆的侵位深度影响钼矿中辉钼矿的丰度,岩浆的侵出深度越深其钼矿的辉钼矿品位越高。     

Granite-cored domes and gold mineralisation: Architectural and geodynamic controls around the Archaean Scotia-Kanowna Dome,Kalgoorlie Terrane,Western Australia

Granite-cored domes are associated with many of the larger gold deposits of the Archaean Eastern Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. The Scotia-Kanowna Dome is eroded to sufficiently deep levels to provide insights into the role granite-cored domes play in controlling fluid flow and gold deposition. At the centre of the Scotia-Kanowna Dome is a granite batholith, which is surrounded by outward-dipping greenstone belts and associated shear zones. This upper-crustal dome sits above mid-crustal domes, providing a series of stacked geometries favourable to focussed fluid flow. A number of small- to medium-sized gold deposits occur on the limbs and the centre of the dome, and the world-class Kanowna Belle gold mine occurs on the nose of the dome. At least three separate gold mineralising events are defined, each of regional significance, which can be correlated with other well known gold deposits of the Eastern Yilgarn Craton.     

Horizontal Strain Rate in Relation to Vein Formation of the Hishikari Gold Deposits, Southern Kyushu, Japan

Abstract: The Hishikari deposits comprise the Honko (Main), Yamada, and Sanjin deposits. The horizontal strain in the direction (approx. N40°W normal to the general NE-SW strike of the Hishikari vein system was calculated, based on the measured total vein widths to the distance along three crosscuts. Veins were assumed to accompany no significant fault displacement in the calculation. Veins in the eastern and the middle parts of the Honko-Sanjin deposits spatially occupy 3. 2% and 1. 3%, respectively, and veins in the Yamada deposit occupy 6. 7%. Significant local variation of strain is observed in some areas. Reported K-Ar ages on adularia-quartz veins indicate the duration of vein opening to be 2. 6 × 10⁵ yr in the Honko-Sanjin deposits and 5. 9 × 10⁵ yr in the Yamada deposit. Horizontal strain rates were calculated to be 5. 0–12 × 10^-8 yr^-1through the Hishikari deposits. The calculated strain rates at the Hishikari deposits are roughly comparable to the regional horizontal strain rate in the Recent. Widespread extensional movement in southern Kyushu seems to have been able to provide sufficient strain for the formation of the Hishikari deposits, rather than contribution of local movements.     

北京怀柔崎峰茶-得田沟金矿田稀土元素地球化学特征

崎峰茶-得田沟金矿田位于华北地块东北部,是华北地块北缘巨型EW向金矿带的组成部分。本文研究了该矿田各类岩石的稀土元素特征。通过与含金石英脉和金属硫化物的对比分析,探讨了它们与成矿的关系。结果显示,金属硫化物、含金石英脉及蚀变岩石的稀土元素特征很相似,它们与矿田内的燕山期正长斑岩脉和花岗岩(脉)具有很大相似性,从而确定了它们之间的成因联系,为找矿预测提供了依据。      

Paleoproterozoic gold deposits in the Bald Hill and Coyote areas, Western Tanami, Western Australia

Significant gold deposits in the western Tanami region of Western Australia include deposits in the Bald Hill and Coyote areas. The ca. 1,864 Ma Bald Hill sequence of turbiditic and mafic volcanic rocks hosts the Kookaburra and Sandpiper deposits and a number of smaller prospects. The ca. 1,835 Ma turbiditic Killi Killi Formation hosts the Coyote deposit and several nearby prospects. The Kookaburra deposit forms as a saddle reef within a syncline, and the Sandpiper deposit is localized within graphitic metasedimentary rocks along a limb of an anticline. Gold in these deposits is hosted by anastomosing quartz–(–pyrite–arsenopyrite) veins within quartz–sericite schist with disseminated arsenopyrite, pyrite, and marcasite (after pyrrhotite). Based on relative timing relationships with structural elements, the auriferous veins are interpreted to have been emplaced before or during the ca. 1,835–1,825 Ma Tanami Orogeny (regional D₁). Gold deposition is thought to have been caused by pressure drops associated with saddle reef formation (Kookaburra) and chemical reactions with graphitic rocks (Sandpiper). The Coyote deposit, the largest in the western Tanami region, consists of a number of ore lenses localized along the limbs of the Coyote Anticline, which formed during the Tanami Orogeny. The largest lenses are associated with the Gonzalez Fault, which is located along the steeply dipping southern limb of this fold. Gold was introduced at ca. 1,790 Ma into dilatant zones that formed in local perturbations along this fault during later reactivation (regional D₅) towards the end of a period of granite emplacement. Gold is associated with quartz–chlorite–pyrite–(arsenopyrite–galena–sphalerite) veins with narrow (<?5 mm) chloritic selvages. A quartz–muscovite–biotite–K–feldspar–(tourmaline–actinolite–arsenopyrite) assemblage, which is interpreted to relate to granite emplacement, overprints the regional greenschist facies metamorphic assemblage. The mineralogical similarity between this overprinting assemblage and the vein assemblage suggests that the auriferous veins at the Coyote deposit are associated with the granite-related metamorphic–metasomatic assemblage. Gold deposition is thought to have been caused by pressure drops within dilatant zones.     

The Las Chacras-Potrerillos batholith (Pampean Ranges,Argentina): structural evidences,emplacement and timing of the intrusion

Within the southern part of the Sierra Pampeanas (the Sierra de San Luis, Argentina), a series of extensive intrusive bodies are regarded to post-date the Famatinian cycle but were emplaced during the Achalian, a period of heterogeneous deformation along crustal scale fault zones. The largest of those is the Las Chacras-Potrerillos batholith that is situated at the northern end of the transpressive, sinistral Guzmán shear zone. This composite pluton exhibits three sub-domains that comprise two granitoid sub-units each: The southern Potrerillos stock (muscovite-bearing red granite and biotite-bearing red granite) and the central (biotite porphyritic granite and giant porphyritic granite) and northern domain (equigranular granite and porphyritic granite) of the Las Chacras stock. The crystallisation ages of the biotite porphyritic granite is around 381 Ma (U/Pb on zircons and Pb/Pb on sphene), while the host rock was already cooled below 350 °C at 420 Ma. Thermal modelling approaches favour a pulsed intrusion with a duration of 1.5 Ma. The emplacement was followed by rapid cooling below the muscovite cooling temperature. Biotite cooling ages in different sub-units reflect either a long-lasting cooling history of approximately 30 Ma (which is supported by the modelling) or a reheating effect at around 350 Ma. Devonian-age determinations on the fault rocks and granitoids point to a syn-tectonic emplacement of the batholith. The pluton is interpreted to be positioned at the crossover of sinistral shear zones. The origin of this NNE directed extensional setting in a transpressive regime seems to be related to the transfer of displacement along a secondary set of NNW-trending sinistral faults. The final emplacement is due to a subsequent ballooning of the batholith following the direction of space creation. This model is based on the relative timing of the emplacement sequence and macroscopically visible planar fabrics in the field as well as magnetic fabric data. Our results indicate that the emplacement is syn-kinematic with respect to the Achalian deformation event.