Mineral chemistry and genesis of the Permian Cihai and Cinan magnetite deposits,Beishan, NW China

Cihai and Cinan are Permian magnetite deposits related to mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Beishan region, Xinjiang, NW China. The Cihai mafic intrusion is dominantly composed of dolerite, gabbro and fine-grained massive magnetite ore, while gabbro, pyrrhotite + pyrite-bearing clinopyroxenite and magnetite ore comprise the major units in Cinan. Clinopyroxene occurs in both deposits as 0.1–2 mm in diameter subhedral to anhedral grains in dolerite, gabbro and clinopyroxenite. High FeO contents (11.7–28.9 wt%), low SiO₂ (43.6–54.3 wt%) and Al₂O₃ contents (0.15–6.08 wt%), and low total REE and trace element contents of clinopyroxene in the Cinan clinopyroxenite imply crystallization early, at high pressure. This clinopyroxene is FeO-rich and Si and Ti-poor, consistent with the clinopyroxene component of large-scale Cu-Ni sulfide deposits in the Eastern Tianshan and Panxi ares, as well as Tarim mafic intrusion and basalt, implying the Cinan mafic intrusion and sulfide is related to tectonic activity in the Tarim LIP. The similar mineral chemistry of clinopyroxene, apatite and magnetite in the Cihai and Cinan gabbros (e.g., depleted LREE, negative Zr, Hf, Nb and Ta anomalies in clinopyroxene, lack of Eu anomaly in apatite and similarity of oxygen fugacity as indicated by V in magnetite), indicate similar parental magmatic characteristics. Mineral compositions suggest a crystallization sequence of clinopyroxenite/with a small amount of sulfide – gabbro – magnetite ore in the Cinan deposit, and magnetite ore – gabbro – dolerite in Cihai. The basaltic magma was emplaced at depth, with magnetite segregation (and formation of the Cinan magnetite ores) occurring in relatively low fO₂ conditions, after clinopyroxenite and gabbro fractional crystallization. The evolved Fe-rich basaltic magma rapidly rose to intermediate or shallow depths, forming an immiscible Fe-Ti oxide magma as fO₂ increased and leaving a Fe-poor residual magma in the chamber. The residual magmas was emplaced at different levels in the crust, forming the Cihai gabbro and dolerite, respectively. Finally, the immiscible Fe-Ti oxide magma was emplaced into the earlier formed dolerite because of late magma pulse uplift, resulting in a distinct boundary between the magnetite ores and dolerite.     

湘西通道地区新元古代长界橄榄辉石岩中单斜辉石矿物学特征及其板内裂谷成因论证

湘西通道地区长界橄榄辉石岩主要组成矿物为单斜辉石、橄榄石和斜长石,还具有少量的Ti—Fe氧化物。本文利用电子探针对江南造山带西段湘西通道地区长界橄榄辉石岩单斜辉石进行了详细的矿物学研究,研究结果表明单斜辉石属于顽透辉石和普通辉石。长界橄榄辉石岩单斜辉石较富镁而贫铁,并且还具有高硅、贫碱、低钙的特征,其母岩浆属于拉斑玄武系列。单斜辉石温压计算结果显示,橄榄辉石岩的形成温度为1260～1383℃,压力为1.5～2.6GPa,深度为50～86km,平均深度为73km。整体来看,长界橄榄辉石岩形成的温度基本与软流圈地幔的温度(1280～1350℃)相当,其形成深度为约73km的地幔深处,且在这种温压条件下,软流圈地幔可以发生减压熔融。单斜辉石的成分特征显示示长界橄榄辉石岩是板内拉斑玄武岩,指示其构造背景为裂谷环境。另外,单斜辉石具低的Al_2O_3(0.02%～5.51%)、TiO_2(0～0.46%)和Na_2O(0.01%～1.44%)的特征,这可能是单斜辉石寄主岩石岩浆源区受到俯冲熔体/流体的交代改造作用所导致。结合作者和前人的研究结果,我们推测长界橄榄辉石岩源区为软流圈地幔,其形成可能与裂谷作用导致软流圈物质上涌并发生熔融有关,且在形成长界橄榄辉石岩之前,软流圈地幔已经遭受过俯冲熔体/流体的交代改造作用。     

The high-temperature P2/c<Subscript>1</Subscript>–C2/c phase transition in Fe-free Ca-rich P2<Subscript>1</Subscript>/c clinopyroxenes

An in situ, high-temperature, powder diffraction investigation was performed for iron-free clinopyroxenes with compositions Ca_0.40Mg_1.60Si₂O₆, Ca_0.52Mg_1.46Al_0.05Si_1.98O₆, Ca_0.59Mg_1.41Si₂O₆ and Ca_0.70Mg_1.30Si₂O₆, up to 850 °C using synchrotron radiation (ESRF, Grenoble). In samples with compositions Ca_0.52Mg_1.46Al_0.05Si_1.98O₆ and Ca_0.59Mg_1.41Si₂O₆, evidence of for the P2₁/c-C2/c displacive phase transition was seen in changes in lattice parameters at T 550 and 300 °C respectively. Landau modelling of the phase transition behaviour for the sample with composition Ca_0.52Mg_1.46Al_0.05Si_1.98O₆ shows a tricritical behaviour [T _c =547(16)]. Comparison with the transition behaviour in other samples with lower Ca contents along the join diopside–enstatite indicates that a decrease in T _{c ,} and a switch from first-order to tricritical behavior occurs with increasing Ca content. The change in the transition behaviour was related to an interaction with the antiphase domains at the nanoscale.     

Petrology of alkali basalts of Zlot, Timok Magmatic Complex (Eastern Serbia)

Alkali basalts were discovered in the Timok Magmatic Complex only in a borehole near Zlot. They are composed of plagioclase and clinopyroxene phenocrysts lying in intersertal to pilotaxitic groundmass. The characteristic feature of these rocks is the high content of needle shaped magnetite.

Various disequilibrium features in alkali basalt of Zlot reflect complex convection effects and recharge, most probably in a shallow magma chamber. Major and trace elements data indicate that alkali basalts of Zlot originated from magmas deriving from metasomatized mantle wedge above a subducting and dehydrating plate. However the investigated rocks did not originate from primary magmas, but from a magma which has undergone considerable fractional crystallization.     

Time-dependent geochemistry of clinopyroxene from the Alban Hills (Central Italy): Clues to the source and evolution of ultrapotassic magmas

We investigated chemical and isotopic compositions of clinopyroxene crystals from well age-constrained juvenile scoria clasts, lava flows, and hypoabyssal magmatic ejecta representative of the whole eruptive history of the Alban Hills Volcanic District. The Alban Hills is a Quaternary ultra-potassic district that was emplaced into thick limestone units along the Tyrrhenian margin of Italy. Alban Hills volcanic products, even the most differentiated, are characterised by low SiO₂ content. We suggest that the low silica activity in evolving magmas can be ultimately due to a decarbonation process occurring at the magma/limestone interface. According to the liquid line of descent we propose, the differentiation process is driven by crystallisation of clinopyroxene + leucite ± apatite ± magnetite coupled with assimilation of a small amount of calcite and/or with interaction with crustal CO₂. By combining age, chemical data, strontium and oxygen isotopic compositions, and REE content of clinopyroxene, we give insights into the evolution of primitive ultrapotassic magmas of the Alban Hills Volcanic District over an elapsed period of about 600 kyr. Geochemical features of clinopyroxene crystals, consistent with data coming from other Italian ultrapotassic magmas, indicate that Alban Hills primary magmas were generated from a metasomatized lithospheric mantle source. In addition, our study shows that the ⁸⁷Sr / ⁸⁶Sr and LREE/HREE of Alban Hills magmas continuously diminished during the 600–35 ka time interval of the Alban Hills eruptive history, possibly reflecting the progressive depletion of the metasomatized mantle source of magmas.     

哈拉达拉辉长岩以及其中磁铁矿-辉石脉的岩石学和地球化学研究

西南天山哈拉达拉杂岩体主要由橄长岩、橄榄辉长岩和辉长岩组成,岩浆通过早期橄榄石和斜长石结晶分离后,残余岩浆侵位形成了辉长岩.辉长岩中单斜辉石(Cpx-Ⅰ)的稀土元素含量低(REE ＜51 × 10-6),Eu负异常不明显,其他微量元素(如Sc、Cr)的含量和Mg#值(80～ 95)变化大(透辉石-普通辉石).磁铁矿-辉石脉穿切辉长岩,其中单斜辉石(Cpx-Ⅱ)的成分比较均一(透辉石).与Cpx-Ⅰ相比,Cpx-Ⅱ的稀土元素含量明显高(REE＞ 100× 10-6),且Eu负异常非常显著.与晚期富Fe基性岩浆的快速侵位不同,辉长岩的形成经历了复杂的演化过程.Cpx-Ⅰ和Cpx-Ⅱ均发育出溶结构,表明晚期富Fe基性岩浆快速侵位形成磁铁矿-辉石脉之后,哈拉达拉岩体或者经历了快速抬升(或者快速降温)的过程.岩浆过程结束后,低温热演活动形成了含金方解石-磁铁矿脉.研究这种热液脉,对本地区开展金矿找矿勘探有重要意义.