Interactive effects of the type of milling media and copper sulphate addition on the flotation performance of sulphide minerals from Merensky ore Part I: Pulp chemistry

It is well known that the chemical environment determines the success of the flotation process, however its characterisation and control is difficult to achieve. This paper, as two parts, Part I and Part II, evaluates the use of various measurements and their interpretation to gain an understanding of the influence of varying parameters such as the type of milling media and copper sulphate addition on the flotation performance of sulphide minerals from a platinum group mineral (PGM) bearing Merensky ore. It shows the complexity of interpretation and the importance of analysing flotation performance holistically. Part I focuses on the pulp chemistry and mineral potential measurements have been used to show the differences in the response of the various mineral electrodes to different conditions. The final flotation recoveries of the sulphide minerals in the ore followed the same trend as the decrease in mineral potential due to collector addition viz. chalcopyrite > pentlandite > pyrrhotite. Type of milling media and copper sulphate addition slightly affected the mineral electrode potential and flotation recovery of chalcopyrite. Addition of copper sulphate increased the recovery of pentlandite and particularly pyrrhotite due to activation by copper (II) ions. The copper activation mechanism was likely to be in the form of initial adsorption of copper hydroxide followed by reduction to Cu⁺ at the surface. However, the changes in flotation performance of the different minerals in the ore could not be completely described by the electrochemical changes, demonstrating the limitations of these measurements. Part II addresses the effect of froth stability as demonstrated by the variations in the mass and water recovery data resulting from the different milling conditions and addition of copper sulphate which emphasised the importance of considering the froth phase in the evaluation of flotation data.     

桂林地区大气降水的D和18Ｏ同位素的研究

研究了桂林地区近16年( 1983- 1998年)大气降水的氢、氧同位素组成,提出了大气降水线方程为δD= 8. 42,δ18O+ 16. 28,并与全国及全球降水线进行比较,揭示了该降水线方程的特征。研究表明,桂林地区全年降水来源较为单一,主要为海洋性气团,夏季大气降水同位素组成主要受夏季风或夏季台风的影响,降水δ值与平均降水、气温均呈负相关关系; 降水中δD与δ18O 的降水量效应明显,且该影响远远掩盖了温度效应。      

再论大陆地壳断裂拗陷带中的华南型块状硫化物矿床

华南海西-印支断裂拗陷带中的块状硫化物矿床(MSD)主要产于晚古生代海侵岩系底部附近碎屑岩向碳酸盐地层的过渡部位，含矿岩系中伴有少量双峰式火山岩和大量喷流岩，矿床中最基本的矿物共生关系是变质反应关系，金属元素和矿物相的分布往往显示地层学垂直分带和侧向分带，这种分带是同生沉积-成岩、活化转移和后期改造叠加等因素综合作用的产物。层状矿体下盘可以存在着代表海底热液通道的脉状、角砾状和浸染状矿化，与之伴生的硅化、绢云母化和钾长石化等蚀变反映了大陆地壳及其沉积物的富硅、富钾特征。与块状硫化物呈相变关系的层状铁锰矿床下方可存在脉状铅锌和金矿床。南岭地区的断裂拗陷带形成于后加里东大陆内部，而长江中下游则处于向被动陆缘演化的环境。两个地区晚古生代MSD在成分和成矿特征等方面的一系列差异，反映了成矿时基底陆壳成熟度的差异，而钨和锡则是成熟陆壳上MSD的特征元素。与国外苏利文型明显不同的是，华南地区矿床除了与确定无疑的火山岩伴生外，所含有用金属更加丰富多彩，并且往往受到后期花岗岩类岩浆及其热液的改造和叠加，因此可称之为华南型矿床。并以此代表大陆地壳上MSD的成矿特征。     

四川鲜水河-安宁河断裂带温泉氢氧稳定同位素特征

温泉地下水同位素特征对确定断裂带地下水来源、循环过程和断裂带活动性至关重要.为了确定青藏高原东缘温泉的地下水同位素特征和流体来源,本研究采集了鲜水河-安宁河断裂带上温泉水、冷泉水、河流和积雪融水等样品,进行了氢氧稳定同位素和水化学组分测定,并进行了同位素特征的对比研究.分析结果表明,温泉水体δ18O变化范围为-19.0...     

小秦岭大湖矿区钼、金矿体地质、地球化学特征与差异性分析

本文针对小秦岭金矿田大湖钼金矿矿床地质、地球化学特征进行了系统的分析。矿区浅部为石英脉型金矿体,向深部延伸出现石英脉型钼矿体,F5断层是大湖矿区内金、钼矿主要的含矿构造,钼矿体与金矿体共生或独立存在。钼矿体顶板围岩主要发育钾长石化,而金矿体顶底板围岩则发育硅化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化,其中绢云母化和中细粒黄铁矿化与金矿体关系最为密切。含金石英脉流体包裹体气相组分以CO2、H2O为主,含有少量CH4、C2H2等还原性气体,液相组分主要为Na+、Ca2+、Cl-、F-等离子。钼矿体与金矿体的H、O同位素数据显示钼矿脉与金矿脉的成矿流体主要都是来自岩浆水,但是两种矿体的H、O同位素组成又表现出一定的差异。辉钼矿化石英脉与金矿体中钾长石化和黄铁矿化石英脉中的稀土组成具有明显的不同,辉钼矿化石英脉具有较高的的∑REE和轻重稀土分馏,指示金矿体与钼矿体成矿流体来源不同,金、钼可能形成于不同的成矿期。     

挪威某些铜镍矿石中单斜磁黄铁矿出溶体的退火和粗化

在挪威某些正岩浆铜镍矿床的矿石中，六万磁黄铁矿基质内的单斜磁黄铁矿叶片是高温时形成的磁黄铁矿固溶体在降温过程中出溶的产物。出溶叶片宽度和间距的加大、叶片的带状分布、楔形尖端、箱状扭曲和复杂叶片等结构，表明出溶产物在不高于单斜-六方转变温度（254℃）的条件下发生过显著的退火和粗化。重结晶的六方磁黄铁矿基质中所保存的单斜变种甚少，表明变质作用所引起的矿石重结晶，可使磁黄铁矿吸收其中的单斜出溶体而发生均匀化。     

Geological and geochemical characteristics of the Baimazhai Ni-Cu-（PGE） sulphide deposit in Yunnan, China

The sulphide ores of the Baimazhai deposit, although typically orthomagmatic, locally exhibit peculiar textural features and are intimately associated with hydrothermal minerals, such as biotite, amphibole and chlorite. This association suggests that the magmatic sulphide ores were subjected to hydrothermal alteration and subsequent redistribution, resulting in the observed textural features. Geochemically, the Baimazhai sulphide ores are enriched in Cu, Pd and Au, which,according to previous studies, reflects the action of hydrothermal fluids. Interestingly, Ar-Ar dating yielded the plateau ages of about 160–170 Ma, which are at odds with the established Permian age of the Emeishan large igneous province. We interpreted these younger ages as due to thermal resetting during post-Permian tectonothermal events. We have proposed a model in which tectonic movements and hydrothermal fluids related to these events modified the pre-existing magmatic sulphides. Given the degree of overprint, we suggested two possible scenarios: 1) the sulphide disseminations that surround the massive magmatic ores are the result of deformation and hydrothermal alteration; and 2) there were both magmatic massive and disseminated sulphides, in which case the scale and relocation of remobilization would have been smaller, but still detectable.     

Biostratigraphy versus isotope geochronology: Testing the Urals island arc model

Formation of the Urals volcanic-hosted massive sulphide(VHMS) deposits is considered to be related with the intra-oceanic stage of island arc(s) development in the Upper Ordoviciane Middle Devonian based on the biostratigraphic record of ore-hosting sedimentary rocks. However, the direct Re-Os dating of four known VHMS systems in the Urals gives significantly younger Re-Os isochron ages ranging from355 ± 15 Ma up to 366 ± 2 Ma. To address this discrepancy, we performed SHRIMP U-Pb dating on zircons extracted from rhyodacites(Eifelian biostratigraphic age of 393 -388 Ma) from the footwall of the Alexandrinka VHMS deposit which has a Re-Os isochron age of sulphides of 355 ± 15 Ma.New ²⁰⁶ Pb/²³⁸ U mean age of 374 ± 3 Ma(MSWD ? 1.4 and probability ? 0.11) is considered to be the crystallisation age of the host volcanic rock. This age is ca. 15 Ma younger than the Eifelian(393 -388 Ma)biostratigraphic age and overlaps the Frasniane Famennian boundary(372 ± 2 Ma), characterised by the final stages of Magnitogorsk Arc e East European continent collision. Such an inconsistency with geochronological age may be due to a reburial of conodonts during resedimentation as a result of erosion of older rocks in younger sedimentary sequences.     

内蒙古西拉沐伦成矿带碾子沟钼矿床成矿流体地球化学特征

碾子沟钼矿床是内蒙古西拉沐伦钼多金属成矿带中石英脉型钼矿床的典型代表,矿体以石英大脉形式产于燕山期中粗粒黑云母二长花岗岩内,受断裂构造控制。流体包裹体研究发现包裹体均为气液两相,按照相比不同,可进一步分为WL型(5%～20%)和WV型(20%～50%)。Ⅰ阶段流体为低温(89.3～245.2℃)、中低盐度(2.07%～17.96%NaCleqv)流体;Ⅱ阶段流体具有中低温(134.4～458.8℃,峰值170℃～240℃)、中低盐度(0.53%～19.92%NaCleqv)特征;Ⅲ阶段流体为低温(134.9～202.4℃)、中低盐度(4.96%～14.97%NaCleqv)流体。流体成分均以H2O为主(96.1mol%),含少量挥发份CO2、N2、CH4、C2H6、Ar、H2S,阳离子以Na+为主,阴离子以SO42-、Cl-为主,属NaCl-H2O体系。各阶段成矿热液氢、氧同位素特征为:δ18OH2O介于-5.75‰～-1.90‰、δD介于-128.821‰～-109.234‰,说明成矿流体是岩浆热液与古大气降水混合而成。开放的断裂体系为流体混合创造了条件,流体的混合作用是造成碾子沟辉钼矿沉淀成矿的主要原因。这与斑岩型钼矿床的高盐度流体以及以沸腾为主的矿石沉淀机制具有显著区别。     

河道水体中氢氧稳定同位素组成的微分方程模型

介绍了前人提出并被广泛应用的瑞利分馏模型,指出了其优缺点。针对其不足,在作了一定的假定和简化的前提下,基于瑞利分馏原理和水力学基本定律分别推导了:①静止水体的氢氧稳定同位素组成随时间变化的微分方程模型,揭示了静止水体的同位素组成与时间、分馏系数和蒸发率之间的关系;②河道中运动水体的同位素组成随时间和空间变化的微分方程模型,导出了河道运动水体中稳定同位素组成与分馏系数、流速、流量、蒸发率之间的定量关系。最后通过数学推导论述了上述各模型之间的内在联系。上述模型的建立为定量计算和精确模拟运动水体中氢氧稳定同位素组成的变化提供了确定性的数学基础,也为更客观、更充分的解译水的稳定同位素数据提供了帮助。