Quartz resources in the Serra de Santa Helena formation,Brazil: A geochemical and technological study

This study presents an evaluation of Brazilian quartz deposits of Corinto and Olhos D'água, in Minas Gerais State, as potential high purity raw material for the production of silica glass. Both deposits are part of the Serra de Santa Helena formation, which holds other quartz deposits. Several quartz samples from these mines were analyzed to evaluate their chemical purity, by determination of the content of trace elements by ICP-MS after acid digestion. The technological characteristics of the ores after flame-fusion into silica glass were evaluated according to their bubble generation and UV transparency. The results indicate that silica glass with chemistry suitable for crucible applications can be obtained from materials of both mines, and even optical grade silica glass can be manufactured using transparent ore from one of the mines. In addition, this work explores the trace elements composition of each mine, as well as their fluid inclusions, and characterizes the mines as being of hydrothermal origin. Small differences in the physical and chemical characteristics of quartz that could affect the technological behavior of the ores are related to the geological history of the mines and provide interesting insights regarding the exploration of other quartz resources within the same geological formation.     

榴辉岩相峰期流体活动：来自东昆仑榴辉岩石英脉的证据

本文通过对东昆仑温泉地区榴辉岩中石英脉的锆石U-Pb定年和Lu-Hf同位素的综合研究,为榴辉岩相峰期变质阶段的流体活动提供了一定的证据。石英脉中的锆石晶型较好,具有振荡环带或弱分带,排除了从寄主榴辉岩中捕获锆石的可能性。石英脉和寄主榴辉岩中锆石U-Pb年龄的加权平均值分别为450±2Ma和451±2Ma,说明石英脉中锆石的形成年龄与榴辉岩相的峰期变质阶段一致。两种锆石Hf同位素组成的相似性说明形成石英脉的流体/熔体为内部来源,推测可能为榴辉岩中石英发生溶解以及绿辉石和石榴石分子结构中羟基的出溶作用形成。锆石较低的U、Th含量以及Th/U比值说明石英脉更可能是流体活动形成而非熔体。     

巴布亚新几内亚奥克泰迪铜金矿床成矿特征和控制因素

巴布亚新几内亚西部Fubilan山奥克泰迪矿床是一个世界级铜金矿床,在大地构造上位于新几内亚造山带的巴布亚褶皱带。该矿床的铜金矿化赋存于Fubilan二长斑岩及其周边的磁铁矿夕卡岩和硫化物夕卡岩中。矿石类型以原生硫化物矿石为主,金属矿物包括磁铁矿、黄铁矿、磁黄铁矿、白铁矿、黄铜矿、斑铜矿等。蚀变类型包括夕卡岩化、钾化、泥化和青盘岩化。矿床氧化次生富集带发育,表生矿石矿物为蓝辉铜矿、辉铜矿、自然铜、铜蓝和银金矿。成矿作用主要受区域构造、侵入杂岩体、Darai组灰岩地层、断裂等因素的控制。根据矿床的主岩、矿石特征、蚀变特征和控矿因素,认为该矿床成因类型属于较为典型的夕卡岩一斑岩型矿床。     

福建省紫金山铜金矿床原生晕地球化学特征及深部找矿前景

通过系统采集紫金山铜金矿床4~11线共41个钻孔的岩矿样,绘制原生晕剖面图,建立垂向元素分带序列、矿体剥蚀程度准则,结合深部指示元素的特征,进行隐伏矿预测。该矿床金矿近矿晕为Au-Ag-Zn1,尾部晕为BiGa-Mo-Sn-Ti-Co-Ni-W1-V;铜矿前缘晕为Hg-Sb-As,近矿晕为Cu-Pb1-Zn2,尾部晕为Be-W2。矿体剥蚀程度评价表明,高硫型铜矿体往深部已尖灭。深部F-Mn-Pb2-Zn3的异常形态和元素组合符合典型斑岩矿床的外带特征,斑岩体延伸至矿床周边;深部的蚀变矿物组合、金属矿物组合、流体包裹体特征等均表明深部可能存在斑岩铜(钼)矿床。     

斑岩型铜钼矿床重要共(伴)生元素赋存状态与分布规律

斑岩型铜钼矿床除主要成矿元素Cu,Mo外,还往往共(伴)生Re,Co,Au,Ag等重要元素,综合回收利用共(伴)生金属具有重大资源及环境效益。通过研究斑岩型铜钼矿床中共(伴)生元素Re,Co,Au,Ag的品位、储量、赋存状态及分布规律,认为Co主要以类质同象形式赋存于黄铁矿中,其分布与黄铁矿密切相关,通常浓集于绢英岩化带外侧;Au,Ag主要以自然金、银与金银系列矿物的形式产出,Au,Ag在不同硫化物中的含量、颗粒粒度以及赋存形式差异很大,Au在各蚀变带均有可能富集,但主要浓集区域是钾化带与石英-绢云母化带;Ag在早期主要以Cu-Ag-Au的形式富集于绢英岩化带,晚期以Pb-Zn-Ag形式赋存于青磐岩化带;Re的分布与绢云母化带的辉钼矿密切相关。     

西藏冈底斯南缘中新世含矿斑岩源区组成与成因

青藏高原南部中新世下地壳流动是当前大陆动力学研究的热点,关键科学问题是下地壳的流动方向。LA-ICP-MS定年结果表明冲江斑状黑云母二长花岗岩的形成时代为14.9~14.8 Ma,朱诺斑状花岗岩的形成时代为15.3~14.9 Ma。含矿埃达克质斑岩的特征如下:Si O2含量67.72%~74.49%,K2O含量2.85%~5.98%,Sr含量93~804μg/g,高Sr/Y(16~139)、(La/Yb)N(21~43)比值,Eu/Eu*值为0.6~0.91。冲江岩体锆石εHf(t)值为1.2~5.1,朱诺岩体锆石εHf(t)值为–6.9~–0.1,他们与徐旺春等报道的镁铁质麻粒岩的锆石Hf值(–2.5~4.8)具有很好的叠合性,暗示镁铁质麻粒岩(印度镁铁质下地壳)可以作为他们的岩浆源区。此外,Sr-Nd同位素表现出雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩和拉萨地块两个端元混合的特征,Pb同位素表现出雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩和喜马拉雅富集陆壳端元的特征。上述同位素地球化学特征表明,冈底斯中新世埃达克质斑岩的岩浆源区物质组成包括:拉萨陆壳、印度陆壳、雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩(地幔成分),表现出加厚下地壳部分熔融特征,暗示青藏高原南部由南向北的下地壳流动方向。     

西藏尼木县岗讲铜钼矿找矿方向研究

通过对岗讲矿区100多个钻孔资料的对比研究,三维模拟和区域矿床(点)对比分析,提出了岗讲铜钼矿床的成矿模型为,四周以"井字型"断裂环绕,平面以"似环状"形态分布,核部主体为不含矿英云闪长玢岩,并以30°~50°夹角从"柱状"体向四周以岩枝形态侵入,上部呈"蘑菇状"覆盖含矿二长花岗斑岩,在英云闪长玢岩与二长花岗斑岩接触带常伴随强烈的断裂破碎和泥化现象,二长花岗斑岩体内常形成一定规模的斑岩铜钼矿体。根据其成矿模型,寻找闪长玢岩(或者英云闪长玢岩)与二长花岗斑岩接触带及断裂构造交汇部位是今后找矿勘查工作的关键所在。     

Copper‐gold mineralisation in New Guinea: Numerical modelling of collision,fluid flow and intrusion‐related hydrothermal systems

Two‐ and three‐dimensional numerical modelling techniques, constrained by key geodynamic data, provide insights into the controls on development of porphyry‐related Cu–Au mineralisation in the Tertiary collision zone of New Guinea. Modelling shows that the creation of local dilation to facilitate magma emplacement can be caused by reactivation of arc‐normal transfer faults, where they cut the weakened fold belt. Additionally, dilation occurs where fluid overpressuring is caused by collision‐related, south‐directed fluid flow being localised into the more permeable units of the Mesozoic passive‐margin sedimentary succession. Rapid uplift and erosion, which may be a mechanism for magmatic fluid release in these systems, is shown to be greatest in the west of West Papua, where the stronger Australian crust acts as a buttress. Within the Papuan Fold Belt, uplift is greatest near the margins, where the weaker fold belt abuts the stronger crust and/or major faults have been reactivated. Increased orographically induced precipitation and erosion exposes the lower parts of the stratigraphy within or on the margins of these uplifted zones. On a smaller scale, 2–D coupled fluid‐flow ‐ thermal‐chemical modelling uses a scenario of fluid mixing to calculate metal precipitation distribution and magnitude around an individual intrusive complex. Modelling highlights the interdependence of the spatial permeability structure, the regional temperature gradient, and the geometry of the convection cells and how this impacts on the distribution of metal precipitation.     

江西德兴斑岩铜矿石英闪长玢岩成因及成矿学意义

为探究石英闪长玢岩成因及幔源基性岩浆对斑岩铜矿的贡献,本文选取德兴矿床石英闪长玢岩开展了锆石U-Pb定年、Hf同位素和全岩地球化学研究。获得石英闪长玢岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为169 Ma,与成矿花岗闪长斑岩侵位时间一致,岩体为中侏罗世岩浆活动的产物。石英闪长玢岩具有低的SiO₂(58.41%~63.12%)和K₂O(1.68%~2.94%)含量及A/CNK值(0.85~1.04),富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti和重稀土元素,属于钙碱性到高钾钙碱性系列岩石。具有相对亏损的锆石Hf同位素组成,εHf(t)=2.20~7.93(最大值7.93),指示其源区为岩石圈地幔。锆石稀土元素配分模式图显示出明显的正Ce异常,岩浆氧逸度(lg f_O2)为-20.05~-6.66,达到磁铁矿-赤铁矿氧逸度等级,指示石英闪长玢岩结晶自高氧逸度岩浆。全岩地球化学特征显示,德兴石英闪长玢岩与成矿花岗闪长斑岩及其暗色包体符合岩浆混合的演化趋势,说明成矿花岗闪长斑岩可能是中侏罗世幔源基性岩浆和地壳酸性岩浆大规模混合作用的产物,并且石英闪长玢岩代表了岩浆混合过程中的幔源基性端员。结合前人研究成果,认为在中侏罗世伸展构造背景下,软流圈物质上涌导致新元古代受交代的岩石圈地幔部分熔融形成幔源基性岩浆,基性岩浆的底侵作用诱发下地壳物质熔融并与之发生一定程度的岩浆混合作用,形成了花岗闪长斑岩的母岩浆。高氧逸度幔源岩浆的加入可抑制斑岩体系硫化物的过早饱和,同时为德兴矿床注入了成矿所需的部分挥发分和金属元素。     

西藏多不杂斑岩铜(金)矿床磁铁矿元素地球化学特征及其对成矿过程的指示

多不杂铜(金)矿床是西藏多龙矿集区重要的斑岩型铜矿床之一。详细的岩心编录和岩相学研究显示,多不杂铜(金)矿床发育4类磁铁矿:磁铁矿-1(Mt₁)反射色呈灰白色,它形粒状,部分颗粒包含在黑云母内部;磁铁矿-2(Mt₂)反射色呈粉棕色,半自形-它形粒状,边缘被赤铁矿交代,颗粒内部见少量黄铜矿;磁铁矿-3(Mt₃)反射色呈粉棕色,自形-半自形,粒度小,表面平整,主要产于角岩化蚀变内;磁铁矿-4(Mt₄)反射色呈深灰色,颗粒间隙被黄铁矿、黄铜矿交代。Mt₁、Mt₂属岩浆磁铁矿或岩浆-热液磁铁矿的过渡类型;Mt₃、Mt₄属岩浆-热液磁铁矿的过渡类型。Mt₁、Mt₂、Mt₄磁铁矿形成温度大致在300～500℃,Mt₃形成温度明显低于其他三类磁铁矿,大致在200～500℃。4类磁铁矿具有明显的地球化学差异,其中Mt₁具...