Al,Ge cation ordering in BaAl2Ge2O8-feldspar: monodomain ordering kinetics

The kinetics of monodomain order-disorder processes in monoclinic (I2/c) BaAl₂Ge₂O₈-feldspar have been investigated by X-ray powder diffraction, Hard Mode IR Spectroscopy, and TEM darkfield imaging on quenched samples. Compared to the behaviour predicted by the TDGL approximation ordering kinetics observed at low temperatures slow down significantly when equilibrium is approached. Such a delay is not observed in disordering experiments starting from essentially ordered cation distributions. The deviation from TDGL behaviour is interpreted in terms of partial order parameter conservation in a non-uniformly ordered phase. Modifications to the uniform TDGL rate equation are tested against the available data. An activation energy of 352 ± 28 kJ/mol is obtained for Al,Ge ordering. The mixing coefficient ξ_c ²/ξ², which describes the degree of order parameter conservation, is obtained as a function of temperature. While this coefficient vanishes in the vicinity of the transformation temperature T _tr, it saturates towards a level of ξ_c ²/ξ²≈0.4 for T→0. ξ _c ²/ξ² determines the kinetic stability of ordered clusters quenched from T≈T _tr. Received: 21 April 1999 / Revised, accepted: 19 July 1999     

A Novel Approach in Hydrogeochemical Exploration for Uranium Mineralization: an Example from West Central Sinai, Egypt

Groundwater in contact with ore deposits may acquire a chemical composition that could be used as a guide for exploration. Eight well-water samples are collected from a known uranium-mineralized area near Abu Zenima, west central Sinai to examine the applicability of using the hydrogeochemical technique in the search for uranium mineralization in similar arid areas. The analytical chemical data of the ground water is compared with ground radiometric measurements. The obtained results indicate that groundwater affected by uranium mineralization has a specific relativity of major anions expressed essentially as SO4>Cl>HCO3 and to a lesser extent as Cl>SO4>HCO3, associated as a rule with low magnesium content. This association constitutes a signature of uranium mineralization on the composition of groundwater in west central Sinai and could be used as an important exploration guide in the search for uranium deposits in similar areas. Anomalies in Ni, Fe, Zn and Cr and other pathfinder elements in groundwater can furnish geochemical guides to uranium ores. The immobile trace element anomalies, including Zn, Ni and Fe are strongly distributed near the orebody; whereas the relatively mobile trace elements, including Co, U, V and Cr, constitute the dispersion haloes away from the orebody. A new hydrogeochemical discrimination diagram is constructed to be used as a quick and cost effective exploration tool in the search for uranium occurrences in environmentally similar arid areas. Based on the obtained results, a new site for uranium occurrence, west of W. Baba, is delineated and recommended for future detailed geological and geochemical surveying.     

青海大柴旦地区低品位硼矿富集加工技术创新效果分析

青海省大柴旦地区是我国硼资源主要产地之一,经数十年的开采,矿体中富矿已基本枯竭。通过对大柴旦地区硼资源的分析,重点介绍了分级富集与沉矿浮选联合流程法和直接分级法两种低品位硼矿富集技术,同时对两种技术的内容、路线以及创新效果进行了讨论,并由创新效果的比较分析,得出两种方法的优点和创新性,同时提出对未来低品位硼矿富集技术的展望。     

内蒙古中部地区中-新元古代黑色岩系中的金矿床及找矿远景

内蒙古中部地区中—新元古代黑色岩系发育,形成于渣尔泰-白云鄂博裂陷槽内,命名为渣尔泰群和白云鄂博群。目前,仅在白云鄂博群的黑色岩系中发现并勘查了一批原生金矿。矿石主要类型为细脉型和蚀变变质岩型。金矿受层位和构造破碎带控制,金平均品位低,可形成大型或超大型矿床。因此,内蒙古中部中—新元古代黑色岩系中金矿资源潜力大,找矿远景好。     

福建德化吉溪铅锌多金属矿异常区地质特征及找矿远景分析

德化吉溪铅锌多金属矿异常位于溪口组中,其Ⅳ号蚀变体(矽卡岩)、V号蚀变体(铅锌矿化脉)均分布在接触带附近.区内断裂是较好的导矿储矿构造,与Pb、Zn异常关系密切.通过对异常区地球化学特征及成矿地质条件等分析,认为该区有一定找矿远景.     

内蒙古赤峰柴胡栏子金矿及周边地区构造形迹的“米字型”分布及其控矿特征

柴胡栏子金矿位于中国东部大兴安岭北北东向构造带与华北地块北缘近东西向构造带的交汇部位。该交汇区经历了多期构造-岩浆活动,产出了柴胡栏子、莲花山、红花沟等多个大-中型金矿床。航磁和遥感资料解译结果表明,矿田内发育北北西向、北西西向、北北东向和北东东向共4个方向的构造形迹,呈现“米字型”结构的展布特点,分别控制了晚古生代岩浆岩(脉岩)和主要金矿床的展布。在柴胡栏子金矿区,4个方向的构造形迹也组成了“米字型”结构,控制了矿体(矿化带)和化探异常的展布。矿田和矿区级别的构造形迹均呈现“米字型”分布特点,是新华夏构造体系分级控岩控矿规律的具体表现。上述认识为矿床成因研究和矿田成矿预测提供了重要的依据。     

Petrological and Geochemical Constraints on the Protoliths of Serpentine‐Magnetite Ores in the Zhaoanzhuang Iron Deposit,Southern North China Craton

The uncommon Mg-rich and Ti-poor Zhaoanzhuang serpentine-magnetite ores within Taihua Group of the North China Craton(NCC) remain unclear whether the protolith was sourced from ultramafic rocks or chemical sedimentary sequences. Here we present integrated petrographic and geochemical studies to characterize the protoliths and to gain insights on the ore-forming processes. Iron ores mainly contain low-Ti magnetite(TiO_2 ~0.1 wt%) and serpentine(Mg#=92.42–96.55), as well as residual olivine(Fo=89–90), orthopyroxene(En=89–90) and hornblende. Magnetite in the iron ores shows lower Al, Sc, Ti, Cr, Zn relative to that from ultramafic Fe-Ti-V iron ores, but similar to that from metamorphic chemical sedimentary iron deposit. In addition, interstitial minerals of dolomite, calcite, apatite and anhydrite are intergrown with magnetite and serpentine, revealing they were metamorphic, but not magmatic or late hydrothermal minerals. Wall rocks principally contain magnesian silicates of olivine(Fo=83–87), orthopyroxene(En=82–86), humite(Mg#=82–84) and hornblende [XMg=0.87–0.96]. Dolomite, apatite and anhydrite together with minor magnetite, thorianite(Th-rich oxide) and monazite(LREE-rich phosphate) are often seen as relicts or inclusions within magnesian silicates in the wall rocks, revealing that they were primary or earlier metamorphic minerals than magnesian silicates. And olivine exists as subhedral interstitial texture between hornblende, which shows later formation of olivine than hornblende and does not conform with sequence of magmatic crystallization. All these mineralogical features thus bias towards their metamorphic, rather than magmatic origin. The dominant chemical components of the iron ores are SiO_2(4.77–25.23 wt%), Fe_2O_3 T(32.9–80.39 wt%) and MgO(5.72–27.17 wt%) and uniformly, those of the wall rocks are also SiO_2(16.34–48.72 wt%), Mg O(16.71–33.97 wt%) and Fe_2O_3 T(6.98–30.92 wt%). The striking high Fe-Mg-Si contents reveal that protolith of the Zhaoanzhuang iron deposit was more likely to be chemical sedimentary rocks. The distinct high-Mg feature and presence of abundant anhydrite possibly indicate it primarily precipitated in a confined seawater basin under an evaporitic environment. Besides, higher contents of Al, Ti, P, Th, U, Pb, REE relative to other Precambrian iron-rich chemical precipitates(BIF) suggest some clastic terrestrial materials were probably input. As a result, we think the Zhaoanzhuang iron deposit had experienced the initial Fe-Mg-Si marine precipitation, followed by further Mg enrichment through marine evaporated process, subsequent high-grade metamorphism and late-stage hydrothermal fluid modification.     

火焰原子吸收光谱法和电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定硫化矿中的银铜铅锌

过渡金属Cu、Co、Ni、Zn、Pb等及贵金属元素(铂族元素和Au、Ag)高度富集在硫化物中,尤其是富集在岩浆硫化物中,常形成具有工业开采价值的矿产,因而硫化物矿物具有重大的经济价值。而硫化物矿种类多,不同类型硫化物矿中Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn含量高低不同,有些被强酸分解不完全,产生沉淀,导致检测结果波动性较大、精密度偏低。本文针对含黄铁矿、铅和铜分别以方铅矿和黄铜矿形式存在的较难溶的硫化物矿,在矿样中先加盐酸加热除硫后,再用硝酸-氢氟酸-高氯酸三种强酸分解,以新配制的王水提取,使该类样品获得了理想的分解效果,特别是对银、铅含量较高的样品分解效果改善较显著。试液用火焰原子吸收光谱和电感耦合等离子体发射光谱都能准确测定Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn,两种方法的相对误差在±2.32%以内,测定值基本一致,相对标准偏差(RSD,n=12)均小于3.5%,四个元素的检出限均低于0.0090!g/m L,低于文献检出限。     

U-Pb SHRIMP-II ages of titanite and timing constraints on apatite-nepheline mineralization in the Khibiny and Lovozero alkaline massifs (Kola Peninsula)

Results of this study of titanite samples collected from silicate rocks and apatite-nepheline-(sphene) ores from Paleozoic polyphase alkaline nepheline syenite complexes of the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs revealed the possibility of their in-situ U-Pb dating using sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe SHRIMP-II with an accuracy of 1.0-1.5%, which is comparable with that of U-Pb zircon analysis. Employing different approaches to age determination of the formation of the U-Pb system of titanites, the combined isochrons and mixing lines were plotted from the data obtained from the differentiated complex samples (121 analyses of five Khibiny samples and 52 analyses of one Lovozero sample) and apatite-nepheline ores (120 analyses of five Khibiny samples and 88 analyses of three Lovozero samples). They indicate synchronous crystallization of titanite in silicate rocks throughout the complexes: 374.1 ± 3.7 Ma for the Khibiny massif and 380.9 ± 4.5 Ma for the Lovozero massif, and attest to the later formation of phosphate-rare-metal ores: 371.0 ± 4.2 and 361.4 ± 3.2 Ma, respectively. The relatively delayed ore mineralization specific to the Lovozero massif can be accounted for the significantly lower volumes of magmatic melt and ore fluid involved, different thermal conditions, and the pattern of the investigated mineralization. As such, the obtained U-Pb data from titanite make it possible to limit significantly the time interval (most likely, not exceeding 15-20 Ma) comprising the evolution and activity of the ore-magmatic system of major agpaitic complexes, which is probably associated with plume magmatism.     

乙醇增敏-电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定矿石及选冶样品中的铌钽

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法(ICP-AES)在铌钽测定方面获得广泛应用,但灵敏度较低、检出限较高,不能满足矿石和选冶样品中的低含量铌钽的检测要求。本文优化了ICP-AES测试过程中多种有机试剂的增敏效果,结果表明:样品采用氢氟酸-硝酸-硫酸敞开酸溶,选择乙醇作增敏剂,雾化效率最佳,当乙醇浓度为6%时,原子线Nb 292.781 nm、Ta 240.063 nm的灵敏度分别增强了180.5%和265.5%;铌的检出限由不加乙醇的5.85μg/g降低到3.22μg/g,钽的检出限由不加乙醇的10.65μg/g降低到5.03μg/g;Nb2O5回收率为97.7%~101.9%,Ta2O5回收率为96.8%~97.2%;方法精密度(RSD)6%。本方法适用于低含量和高含量铌钽的同时测定,尤其有利于选冶流程样品中同一批次的精矿、中矿和尾矿的同时测定,克服了以往分别采用光谱法和质谱法测定所产生的仪器间误差导致回收率吻合程度不好的缺陷。