The giant tin polymetallic mineralization in southwest China:Integrated geochemical and isotopic constraints and implications for Cretaceous tectonomagmatic event

The Gejiu-Bozushan-Laojunshan W-Sn polymetallic metallogenic belt(GBLB) in southeast Yunnan Province is an important part of the southwestern Yangtze Block in South China.Tin polymetallic mineralization in this belt includes the Niusipo,Malage,Songshujiao,Laochang and Kafang ore fields in the Gejiu area which are spatially and temporally associated with the Kafang-Laochang and Songshujiao granite plutons.These granites are characterized by variable A/CNK values(mostly 1.1,except for two samples with 1.09),high contents of SiO_2(74.38-76.84 wt.%) and Al_2 O_3(12.46-14.05 wt.%) and variable CaO/Na_2 O ratios(0.2-0.65) as well as high zircon δ~(18)O values(7.74‰-9.86‰),indicative of S-type affinities.These rocks are depleted in Rb,Th,U,Ti,LREE[(La/Yb)N=1.4-20.51],Ba,Nb,Sr,and Ti and display strong negative Eu and Ba anomalies.The rocks possess high Rb/Sr and Rb/Ba ratios,relatively low initial ~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr ratios(0.6917-0.7101),and less radiogenic εNd(t)values(-8.0 to-9.1).The zircon grains from these rocks show negative ε_(Hf)(t) values in the range of-3.7 to-9.9 with mean T_(DM2)(Nd) and T_(DM2)(Hf) values of 1.57 Ga and 1.55 Ga.They show initial ~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb ranging from15.69 to 15.71 and ~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb from 18.36 to 18.70.Monazite from Songshujiao granites exhibits higher U and lower Th/U ratios,lower δ~(18)O values and higher ε_(Hf)(t) values than those of the zircon grains in the KafangLaochang granites.The geochemical and isotopic features indicate that the Laochang-Kafang granites originated by partial melting of Mesoproterozoic crustal components including biotite-rich metapelite and metagraywacke,whereas the Songshujiao granites were derived from Mesoproterozoic muscovite-rich metapelite crustal source.Most zircon grains from the Songshujiao,Laochang and Kafang granites have high-U concentrations and their SIMS U-Pb ages show age scatter from 81.6 Ma to 88.6 Ma,80.7 Ma to 86.1 Ma and 82.3 Ma to 87.0 Ma,suggesting formation earlier than the monazite and cassiterite.Monazite SIMS U-Pb ages and Th-Pb ages of three same granite samples are consistent and show yielded 206 Pb/~(238)U ages of 83.7 ± 0.6 Ma,83.7±0.6 Ma,and 83.4±0.6 Ma,and ~(208)Pb/~(232)Th ages of 83.2 ± 0.5 Ma,83.8 ± 0.4 Ma,and 83.5±0.9 Ma,which are within the range of the SIMS zircon U-Pb ages from these rocks.The data constrain the crystallization of the granites at ca.83 Ma.In situ U-Pb dating of two cassiterite samples from the cassiterite-sulfide ore in the Songshujiao ore field and Kafang ore field,and two from the cassiterite-oxide+cassiterite bearing dolomite in the Laochang ore field yielded weighted mean 206 Pb/~(238)U ages of 83.5±0.4 Ma(MSWD=0.6),83.5 ± 0.4 Ma(MSWD=0.5),83.6 ±0.4 Ma(MSWD=0.6) and 83.2 ±0.7 Ma(MSWD=0.6),respectively.Combined with geological characteristics,the new geochronological data indicate that the formation of the granites and Sn polymetallic deposits are coeval.We correlate the magmatic and metallogenic event with lithospheric thinning and asthenosphere upwelling in continental extension setting in relation to the eastward subduction of the Neo-Tethys beneath the Sanjiang tectonic domain during Late Cretaceous.     

鄂尔多斯地块西南缘古元古代辉绿岩年代学、地球化学及构造意义

在鄂尔多斯地块西南缘的六盘山断裂带内出露铁马河辉绿岩。铁马河辉绿岩相对贫CaO、MgO和K_2O;富集FeOT、TiO_2和Na_2O。轻稀土相对富集,重稀土平坦,不显示Eu异常,稀土配分曲线显示右倾型;高场强元素无异常,大离子亲石元素K、Rb、Ba相对富集,显示富集地幔源的地球化学特征。对辉绿岩样品进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得上交点年龄2018±16Ma,说明岩体形成于古元古代。样品具有低的(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)i值(07003～07064)和正的εNd(t)值(+514～+433),Nd同位素一阶段模式年龄(约20Ga)与LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄基本一致,暗示其来源于软流圈地幔的部分熔融。结合区域地质资料的研究表明,华北克拉通西部地块(鄂尔多斯地块)在20Ga期间的伸展背景与东部陆块一致,暗示整个华北克拉通在20Ga左右存在广泛的裂解事件。     

阿拉善地块新生代构造作用——兼论阿尔金断裂新生代东向延伸问题

阿拉善地块在新生代的变形是青藏高原北部活动的直接结果,各方面的资料显示这种影响仅发生在中新世中晚期,前的活动性已经很低。阿尔金断裂的延伸并不能穿过阿拉善与南蒙古相关断裂相连,我们的研究更偏重认为阿尔金断裂没有进入阿拉善地区,而是经过金塔—花海盆地南缘的宽滩山—黑山地区与合黎山—龙首山南缘断裂相连,中新世中晚期,由于青藏高原北部重要的构造事件,青藏高原由南向北挤压河西走廊地区,造成了金塔—花海盆地内部由近南北向构造转变为近东西向构造。同时形成北山地区控制上第三系沉积(上新统)的东西向断裂。而阿拉善南缘产生右行走滑运动,地块的北部及内部则产生了近南北向的第三纪伸展构造,这些伸展构造以及金塔—花海盆地第三纪断裂控制的沉积与前人认为的强前陆、弱限制性边界的侧向挤出类似。我们认为阿拉善及蒙古地区中新世—上新世期间,由于受到青藏高原近南北向的挤压,产生区域性的"共轭"断裂系统,由于这些地区早期构造的控制,这些新活动的断裂主要迁就于老构造,以脆性活动为主,在蒙古国形成了沿阿尔泰山的北西—南东向断裂和东南部的北东—南西向"共轭"断裂系统,而阿尔金断裂与合黎山—龙首山南缘断裂则形成南侧的"共轭"断裂系统。北山以及金塔—花海地区则是这两组断裂的交汇地区,挤压作用明显,控制了新生代的沉积,并导致了新生代金塔—花海盆地的形成。阿拉善地块作为夹持在这两组断裂之间的地块,发生了一定程度的向东挤出运动,在其东缘贺兰山西侧形成了新生代的挤压构造,而在其东北缘和西南缘则迁就早期的韧性剪切带分别向北东和南西运动,产生相应的变形。该模型能够合理地解释阿拉善周围地区及其内部中新世以来的变形及其与青藏高原北部构造运动之间的关系。     

Geochemistry and Zircon U-Pb Geochronology of EarlyPaleozoic S-type Granites in the Eastern Qilian Block,Northwest China

The Qilian Block(QB) is a Precambrian micro-continent located in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.Prevalent Lower Paleozoic granitic magmatic rocks crop out in the QB. A new integrated study of zircon U-Pb ages and systematic whole-rock geochemical data for the Xindian, Dongjiazhuang and Xiaogaoling granites in the eastern segment of the QB constrains their emplacement ages, petrogenesis, and regional evolutionary history. U-Pb dating reveals that the Xindian granite was emplaced 454 Ma, and both the Dongjiazhuang and Xiaogaoling granites were emplaced ca. 440 Ma.Geochemical study shows that all granites belong to the high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic series and are S-type granites formed by partial melting of continental crust, mainly metagraywacke. We infer that these ca. 454–445 Ma granites formed in a syn-collisional setting during the continental collisional between the Qaidam and Qilian blocks.     

白云鄂博地区早前寒武纪基底岩浆作用和变质作用:锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年和LA-MC-ICPMS Hf同位素分析

白云鄂博位于华北克拉通北缘,是阴山地块的重要组成部分.本文对该区变质基底的5个花岗质岩石样品进行了锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年,获得了2.63Ga和1.89～2.20Ga的岩浆锆石年龄以及2.47～2.51Ga和1.86～ 1.94Ga的变质锆石年龄.新太古代早期片麻状英云闪长岩的岩浆锆石εHf(t)值和tDM2(C...     

华北陆块东南缘凤台组岩相古地理分析

对华北陆块南缘凤台组的沉积相和沉积微相研究表明,凤台组具有海底扇的沉积模式。根据凤台组的沉积分布特征,其总体为海底扇的水道沉积。这一水道相似于陡倾大陆边缘的海底峡谷,其产生可能与断裂作用有关。     

滇西阿面根铅锌矿床成因研究——硫、铅同位素和闪锌矿微量元素证据

保山地块南部的芦子园地区是我国西南重要的铁铜铅锌多金属矿集区之一, 阿面根铅锌矿床是该区近年来新发现的铅锌矿床, 但目前研究程度低, 成矿物质来源、矿床成因不明。本文在详细的野外地质调查和显微观察基础上, 通过阿面根矿床的金属硫化物硫同位素、铅同位素探讨矿质来源, 利用闪锌矿微量元素特征判定矿床成因。结果显示, 阿面根矿床硫化物的δ34SV-CDT值(9.44‰~12.16‰)介于壳源花岗岩硫与围岩地层同期海水硫之间, 显示出二者混合特征; 铅主要来自上地壳; 闪锌矿以富集Fe、Mn、Co、Cu、Cd而贫Ga、Ge、As、Sn、Cr、Ni为特征, 其中Fe、Cd、Mn、Co、Ag、Sb、Ga主要以类质同象形式产出, Cu则以类质同象和矿物包裹体的形式同时进入闪锌矿晶格中, 可能存在Zn2+?Fe2+、Zn2+?Cd2+、2Zn2+?Ag++Sb3+等方式的替代关系; 闪锌矿微量元素组成特征与VMS型、MVT型、矽卡岩型和浅成低温热液型矿床中的闪锌矿明显不同, 其Cd/Fe(0.02~0.04, 均值0.03)、Co/Ni(15~1 019, 均值1 275)和Ga/In(0.11~1.10, 均值0.31)比值特征和较低的Ge元素含量均表明闪锌矿形成与岩浆热液关系密切。综上证据, 本文认为阿面根矿床的成矿物质主要来源于深部隐伏中酸性侵入岩, 有少量地层围岩物质加入。结合矿床地质特征, 认为阿面根矿床属于岩浆热液充填交代型铅锌矿床。     

多桩段工程边坡3维建模方法研究

使用多桩段边坡的角点数据插值生成边坡场景的地形数据，运用OpenGL的自动化技术实现了多桩段边坡的3维建模。使用分块纹理映射的方法，克服了OpenGL渲染机对影像纹理大小的限制。应用低分辨率纹理映射和选择边坡增强纹理分辨率的映射的方法实现了场景的快速建立和漫游，解决了对多桩段边坡的大场景渲染效率与分析时需要的视觉效果的冲突问题。研究成果能够被用于实际工程中，为边坡的辅助设计提供了支持。     

Palaeomagnetically defined rotations of fault-bounded continental blocks in the North Anatolian Shear Zone, North Central Anatolia

The 1200 km-long North Anatolian Transform Fault connects the East Anatolian post-collisional compressional regime in the east with the Aegean back-arc extensional regime to the west. This active dextral fault system lies within a shear zone reaching up to 100 km in width, and consists of southward splining branches. These branches, which have less frequent and smaller magnitude earthquake activity compare to the major transform, cut and divide the shear zone into fault delimited blocks. Comparison of palaeomagnetic data from 46 sites in the Eocene volcanics from different blocks indicate that each fault-bounded block has been affected by vertical block rotations. Although clockwise rotations are dominant as expected from dextral fault-bounded blocks, anticlockwise rotations have also been documented. These anticlockwise rotations are interpreted as due to anticlockwise rotation of the Anatolian Block, as indicated by GPS measurements, and the effects of unmapped faults or pre-North Anatolian Fault tectonic events.     

Prediction of in-situ block size distributions with reference to armourstone for breakwaters

Understanding a quarry in terms of its potential for breakwater construction materials presents a special challenge for the engineering geologist. Unlike blasting in aggregates and mining operations, optimisation of the extraction process has a focus on the potential for production of large blocks for armourstone. These blocks weighing many tonnes are used for cover layers to resist wave action. The quarry-run is used for breakwater core. If the quarry has been developed as a source of materials dedicated to a breakwater construction project, the success of the project depends greatly on the blasting and production of rock sizes that are required and the avoidance of leaving a massive quantity of unused materials behind in the quarry after project completion. Prediction of in-situ block sizes such as from joint spacing data, provides the most critical input for the prediction of the blast pile block size distribution (BBSD), which in turn is a vital early design input if the constructed breakwater is to be economical as well as effective.This paper is part of a series of papers that introduces the coastal engineering motivation for this work on engineering geology, giving reasons why the prediction of the fragmentation curve of the blast products in a dedicated quarry is of such economic importance for breakwater projects. The first step towards blasted block size distribution (BBSD) prediction is the prediction of the in-situ block sized distribution (IBSD), the main subject of this paper. Drawing together research methods from the 1990s and the rock mechanics principles of discontinuity analysis, a practical step by step methodology for IBSD assessment that includes approaches that are not reliant on specialised computer software is presented. Continuing on the practical theme, a new extension of the volumetric joint count approach is suggested for IBSD prediction for the case when sparse borehole data is all that is available. A case study of IBSD assessment and the associated BBSD and blast assessment is presented from a Carboniferous limestone quarry. For clarity, details of blast design and yield curve prediction that are recommended for use in the context of armourstone production, have been presented in a companion paper. The Rosin-Rammler equation is used as an example form for the BBSD prediction of a dedicated quarry and the potential for breakwater project optimisation is illustrated. The final section sets out a method for directly comparing yield curves together with the demand for materials set by the breakwater design. On the same plot, sizes where there is a relative shortfall in production can be identified. The dependence of effective breakwater design on accurate quarry yield prediction and quarry blasting performance is discussed.