Mercury mines in Guizhou province are the main base of mercury production and the most important resource base in China. The San-Dan mercury belt in Guizhou province contains a series of important mercury deposits. However, the source of metallogenic materials and the properties of metallogenic fluid of these mercury deposits have long been a controversial issue. In this study, we used cathode luminescence techniques to distinguish different stages of dolomite and calcite, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to analyze the trace elements, and stable isotope mass spectrometry techniques to analyze C–O isotopes compositions of dolomite and calcite in the Sixiangchang mercury deposit in San-Dan mercury belt. We also measured the sulfur isotope composition of cinnabar. Our study showed that dolomite can be divided into two stages, the lumpy dolomite associated with cinnabar in Dol 1 stage and dolomite vein in Dol 2 stage, which is associated with Cal 2 stage calcite vein. With the progress of mineralization, Al, As, Mo, Sb, and Sr elements were gradually enriched in the ore-forming fluid. The rare earth element (REE) partition curve of Dol 1 stage dolomite showed a trend of light REE enrichment. Cal 2 stage calcite and Dol 2 stage dolomite exhibited a flat-type REE partition curve, and Dol 2 stage dolomite showed a strong negative anomaly for Eu. δ13C of carbonate mineral variation ranges from − 6.89 to − 2.16 ‰, while δ18O variation ranges from 13.80 to 23.09 ‰, and the δ34S variation range of cinnabar is 16.51–24.28 ‰. Carbonate mineral trace elements and C–O isotopes compositions suggested that early ore-forming fluid was reduced, and late ore-forming fluid was oxidized. The ore-forming fluid of the Sixiangchang mercury deposit is a mixture of deep crustal fluid and meteoric water in deep thermal circulation, and involved in the oxidation of organic matter. The cinnabar δ34S results showed that sulfur mainly came from seawater sulfate with the participation of microbial reduction. Sulfur is sedimentary in origin and was derived mainly from the host-rock strata.
Dianchi Lake is one of the lakes with the richest phosphorus source in the world, in which the P2O5 content in the bottom sediments reaches averagely 0.51 wt % and maximally 1.92%. Studies indicate that this: extremely P-rich state is attributed mainly to the large volume (as high as hundred thousands of tons) of phosphatic matter coming into the lake as many rivers feeding the lake pass through a vast area of phosphate-mining districts, which then undergo weathering and particularly some human activities, including waste water discharge. When phosphatic matter enters the lake, its grained parts are firstly decomposed by phosphorus-decomposing bacteria, and finally accumulated in some geographically special parts of the lake, such as a bay area where water flow is much more slower than elsewhere in the lake. With the involvement of phosphorus-concentrating bacteria, the accumulated phosphates in the bottom sludge ultimately form phosphate minerals through deep-burial diagenesis. 相似文献
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