川西龙门山中段天然硅石资源地质特征及评价

介绍了龙门山中段脉石英、石英砂岩等硅石矿产地质特征,分析其工业应用评价,提出勘查开发利用与保护的意义。     

北淮阳浅变质岩带卢镇关群变质压力及其对大别造山带演化的指示

卢镇关群是北淮阳浅变质岩带的重要组成部分,其俯冲历史对于证明超高压岩石经历了深俯冲及获得完整的大别造山带演化历史具有重要意义.本次工作在霍山牛角冲、与儿街卢镇关群岩石中采集了含石榴子石的黑云二长片麻岩和石榴黑云片麻岩进行电子探针分析,并通过石榴子石—黑云母—斜长石—石英压力计计算获得了卢镇关群的变质压力变化于1.89～1.99 GPa,其平均值为1.94 GPa.根据造山带内中—上地壳岩石的平均密度,获得了卢镇关群曾俯冲于地下64.7 km的深度.这表明位于大别造山带最北缘的北淮阳带曾俯冲于较大深度,支持前人关于华南、华北板块缝合线位于北淮阳带以北的结论.     

利用宽谱系岩墙群进行勘查靶区预测的初步尝试: 以南阿拉套山为例

本文提出了一种利用宽谱系岩墙群(WSDS)进行内生金属矿床勘查靶区预测的新方法。南阿拉套山出露有一套由二叠纪煌斑岩质、玄武质、安山质、英安质和流纹质岩墙(脉)组成的岩墙群,可称为宽谱系岩墙群。该岩墙群侵位于花岗质岩基及其围岩中,是区内最晚一期岩浆活动的产物。以下特征暗示岩墙群的形成伴随着大规模含矿流体活动:(1)许多岩墙岩石具有气孔状构造,且含有大量含水暗色矿物; (2)部分岩墙岩石具有多斑斑状结构,基质为隐晶质或玻璃质结构; (3)部分岩墙岩石含有浸染状硫化物; (4)各类岩墙具有相似的不相容元素和成矿元素分配型式; (5)不同时代、不同岩性的地层具有相似的成矿元素分配形式。因此,宽谱系岩墙群及其围岩经受过含矿流体的浸润和改造,可作为确定性找矿标志。岩墙群的空间展布形式同时受区域性裂隙系统和局部性裂隙系统控制,可以解释为岩墙同时侵位于先存裂隙和自生长裂隙中。因此,宽谱系岩墙群是熔体-流体流快速侵位的产物,具有较强的成矿潜力。岩墙的空间展布形式可能暗示了含矿流体的运移方式,因而可以用来预测成矿金属大规模堆积的可能位置:(1)流体在运移路径上与碳酸盐岩相遇的部位; (2)流体在运移路径上与块状少裂隙火成岩体相遇的部位; (3)流体运移路径上适度破碎的断裂交汇部位; (4)流体在运移路径上与高渗透率地层相遇的部位; (5)岩墙密集区的小岩体。据此,可在南阿拉套山划出为六个勘查靶区(A、夏尔敖腊靶区,B、米尔其克岩体靶区,C、勒根乌苏-科克塔舒根乌苏靶区,D、阿尔夏提靶区,E、布图哈马尔西南岩体靶区,F、诺尔特靶区),涵盖了区域矿产调查发现的20个矿点(床)中的8个。如果将预测靶区的范围稍微扩大,则可以涵盖15个矿点(床)。据此,可以认为利用宽谱系岩墙群进行成矿预测是有效的。     

Stable isotopes and noble gases in the Xishimen gold deposit,central North China Craton: metallogeny associated with lithospheric thinning and crust–mantle interaction

Quartz-vein type gold mineralization at Xishimen is a recently discovered gold deposit in the central North China Craton. More than 50 auriferous quartz veins occur in this region within a NNW–SSE-trending fault zone 4600 m in length and 3–10 m wide. Wall rocks are mainly Precambrian tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) gneisses and associated supracrustals, modified by K-feldspathization and pyrite-phyllic hydrothermal alteration. Based on detailed field and petrographic studies, we identify five episodes of mineralization: pyrite-phyllic stage (I), coarse-grained pyrite-milky white quartz stage (II), fine-grained smoky grey quartz-pyrite stage (III), fine-grained smoky grey quartz-polymetallic sulphide stage (IV), and quartz-carbonate stage (V). We present results of δ³⁴S analysis of sulphide minerals from the different stages which show tightly clustered values in the range of –1.0‰ to 2.1‰, close to those of mantle and meteorite sulphur. Lead isotopic ratios of pyrite from the early to main stages also show restricted ranges with ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb of 16.289–17.286, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb of 15.217–15.453, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb of 37.012–38.232, implying lower crustal input. ³He/⁴He and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratios of fluid trapped in pyrite are 0.68 Ra to 1.20 Ra (where Ra is the ³He/⁴He ratio of air = 1.4 × 10^?6) and 540.9–1065, respectively. ³He and ⁴Ar concentrations vary from 10.05 to 18.5 (10^?7 cm³STP/g) and 6.15 to 17.4 (10^?7cm³STP/g), respectively, with calculated mantle helium ranging from 8.47% to 14.96% (average 11.01%). δ¹⁸O_Q and δ¹⁸D_Q values of quartz range from 8.0‰ to 13.2‰ and –101.9‰ to –70.5‰, respectively, with calculated δ¹⁸O_W values of the mineralizing fluid ranging from 1.11‰ to 5.72‰, suggesting the mixing of magmatic aqueous fluid with meteoric water during gold precipitation. We correlate the mixed crust–mantle signature of the ore-forming sources to magmatism and metallogeny associated with Mesozoic inhomogeneous lithosphere thinning in the central North China Craton.     

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Cambrian (~518 Ma) Chagantaolegai ophiolite in northern West Junggar (NW China): constraints on spatiotemporal characteristics of the Chingiz–Tarbagatai megazone

The Chingiz–Tarbagatai megazone is a well-known early Palaeozoic unit in eastern Kazakhstan that extends into northern West Junggar along the Tarbagatai–Xiemisitai–Sharbuti Mountains. Here, we report new geochronological and geochemical data for the Chagantaolegai ophiolite, discovered in the south Xiemisitai Mountains, north of the Heshituoluogai Valley in West Junggar. The laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry zircon U–Pb ages of a gabbro in the Chagantaolegai ophiolite are 517 ± 3 and 519 ± 3 Ma, corresponding to the early to middle Cambrian. Serpentinized peridotites in the ophiolite show low rare earth element (REE) abundances (0.61–0.94 μg/g) and slight loss of middle REEs. Chagantaolegai metagabbro samples have flat to very slightly depleted patterns in light REEs, with a narrow range of REE abundances. The Chagantaolegai spilites and metagabbros display similar flat patterns, which show a geochemical signature similar to mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) between Yb and Zr, and diverge from MORB towards the most incompatible elements in MORB-normalized multi-element diagrams. The Th/Yb vs. Nb/Yb diagram for the spilite samples also suggests a mid-ocean ridge (MOR) setting. To summarize, all the geochemical characteristics of the Chagantaolegai ophiolite point to MOR ophiolite. The positive ε_Nd(t) values (0.78 to +9.85) suggest that the gabbros and spilites were derived from a depleted mantle source with chemical inhomogeneity. The Chagantaolegai ophiolite spatiotemporal characteristics correlate well with the Kujibai and Hongguleleng ophiolites in the northern part of West Junggar, and the Zhaur and Balkybek ophiolites in eastern Kazakhstan. These data show that early Palaeozoic oceanic crust started to develop in the early to middle Cambrian in northern West Junggar. Stratigraphic correlations also suggest that the South Saur Fault and an inferred fault buried in the Heshituoluogai depression are the northern and southern boundary of the Chingiz–Tarbagatai megazone, respectively.     

Geomorphologic assessment of relative tectonic activity in the Maharlou Lake Basin,Zagros Mountains of Iran

Spatial differences of Quaternary deformation and intensity of tectonic activity are assessed through a detailed quantitative geomorphic study of the fault‐generated mountain fronts and alluvial/fluvial systems around the Maharlou Lake Basin in the Zagros Fold–Thrust Belt of Iran. The Maharlou Lake Basin is defined as an approximately northwest–southeast trending, linear, topographic depression located in the central Zagros Mountains of Iran. The lake is located in a tectonically active area delineated by the Ghareh and Maharlou faults. Combined geomorphic and morphometric data reveal differences between the Ghareh and Maharlou mountain front faults indicating different levels of tectonic activity along each mountain front. Geomorphic indices show a relatively high degree of tectonic activity along the Ghareh Mountain Front in the southwest, in contrast with less tectonic activity along the Ahmadi Mountain Front northeast of the lake which is consistent with field evidence and seismotectonic data for the study area. A ramp valley tectonic setting is proposed to explain the tectonosedimentary evolution of the lake. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

中条山涑水杂岩的同位素年代学研究及其地质意义

中条山是中国重要的铜多金属成矿带,拥有著名的晚太古代“变斑岩型”铜矿峪大型铜矿床和元古代“层控型”胡家峪-篦子沟铜矿床,近年来又在中条山西南段的涑水杂岩中发现以变基性火山岩（斜长角闪岩）为容矿岩石的桃花洞铜矿。为了弄清楚该铜矿的形成时代及其成矿地质背景,利用电感耦合等离子质谱（LA-MC-ICP—MS）方法对桃花洞铜矿容矿围岩涑水杂岩中的寨子-西姚灰色片麻岩、斜长角闪岩及二长花岗岩进行了同位素年代学研究。结果表明：寨子-西姚灰色片麻岩、斜长角闪岩脉和二长花岗岩中锆石的岩浆结晶年龄分别为（2625±11）、（2592±16）、（2548±15）Ma;岩石中古老继承性锆石的年龄分别为（2790±15）、（2773±24）、（2782±34）Ma;三种不同成生顺序的岩石中均有大于2700Ma的锆石存在,且年龄相当接近;中条山地区涑水杂岩可能最初形成于太古代。涑水杂岩作为与成矿关系密切的容矿围岩,其成岩时代可以间接指示成矿时代,由此得出赋存在变基性火山岩层中的古火山含矿原岩建造型铜矿有可能是中国最古老的铜矿之一。     

新疆西天山巴音沟与蛇绿岩伴生的洋岛玄武岩——主微量元素证据

对巴音沟蛇绿混杂岩内发育的两套玄武岩进行了主、微量元素研究,结果表明,其中一套TiO2的含量较低,在0.81%~1.00%之间,REE含量低,LREE相对于HREE具轻微亏损,稀土元素配分图和微量元素的原始地幔标准化图上呈平坦分布型式,Nb、Ta略亏损,为大洋中脊玄武岩。结合其他微量元素特征,初步认为该玄武岩源于大洋形成的初期,源区是还没有经历大规模岩浆提取阶段的洋中脊玄武岩。另一套玄武岩则具有典型的洋岛玄武岩特征,具有较高的TiO2含量(1.89%~3.14%),富碱质,同时富集LREE和HFSE元素,高Nb、Ta含量,在微量元素原始地幔标准化图上显示明显的Nb、Ta正异常,微量地球化学元素具有EMⅡ型OIB特征。     

阿尔泰山南缘白垩纪以来的剥露历史和古地形恢复

应用裂变径迹技术研究阿尔泰山南缘中新生代以来的隆升剥露历史,并对古地形进行恢复。对所获得的11个磷灰石样品的裂变径迹年龄分析表明,裂变径迹年龄变化分布于99.1~43.7 Ma之间。该地区晚白垩世以来平均视剥露速率为0.050 mm/a。热史模拟结果表明,阿尔泰山南缘自白垩纪以来经历了多期冷却剥露历史:早白垩世至晚白垩世晚期(约120~75 Ma),剥露速率为0.044 mm/a;晚白垩世晚期至始新世(约75-70~50 Ma),剥露速率为0.070 mm/a;中新世以来(约20-15 Ma~现今),剥露速率为0.081 mm/a。对研究区进行古地形恢复显示,自白垩纪(120 Ma)至今,平均剥露幅度达约5 km,古地形海拔降低约0.8 km。阿尔泰山南缘白垩纪以来古地形海拔仅在17.5~50 Ma期间保持基本稳定,其他阶段均有降低的趋势。早白垩世的构造抬升与蒙古-鄂霍茨克海最后阶段的闭合以及西伯利亚板块和中朝-蒙古板块的最终收敛和碰撞有关;晚白垩世晚期至始新世的构造活动则是受拉萨地块、Kohistan-Dras岛弧增生的远距离影响;中新世以来快速隆升可能与印度板块与欧亚板块碰撞的远程效应有关。     

论岷山地区冰缘岩溶

岷山地区冰缘岩溶是处于岷山雪线下部冰缘环境的碳酸盐岩之溶蚀与冻融相互渗合、叠加的岩溶地质类型,具有碳酸盐岩溶场和冰缘岩屑与冰期、间冰期堆积物岩溶场的二元结构。岷山地区大多数碳酸盐岩处于较低的海拔区,在第四纪气温振荡回暖的影响下冰缘岩溶已经衰退,仅残留着早期冰缘岩溶形成的地貌和钙华体,现在的黄龙沟冰缘岩溶因其碳酸盐岩海拔高,仍处在第四纪末期冰川退缩后的冰缘环境,冰缘岩溶地貌和钙华体还在发育,不过现今全球性气温升高和人类的活动对冰缘岩溶都将产生负面影响,以钙华体为核心景观的黄龙、九寨沟风景区的管理部门应予加强监测和保护。