Sheared peridotite xenolith from the V. Grib kimberlite pipe,Arkhangelsk Diamond Province,Russia: Texture,composition, and origin

The petrography and mineral composition of a mantle-derived garnet peridotite xenolith from the V. Grib kimberlite pipe (Arkhangelsk Diamond Province, Russia) was studied. Based on petrographic characteristics, the peridotite xenolith reflects a sheared peridotite. The sheared peridotite experienced a complex evolution with formation of three main mineral assemblages: (1) a relict harzburgite assemblage consist of olivine and orthopyroxene porphyroclasts and cores of garnet grains (Gar1) with sinusoidal rare earth elements (REE) chondrite C1 normalized patterns; (2) a neoblastic olivine and orthopyroxene assemblage; (3) the last assemblage associated with the formation of clinopyroxene and garnet marginal zones (Gar2). Major and trace element compositions of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and garnet indicate that both the neoblast and clinopyroxene-Gar2 mineral assemblages were in equilibrium with a high Fe-Ti carbonate-silicate metasomatic agent. The nature of the metasomatic agent was estimated based on high field strength elements (HFSE) composition of olivine neoblasts, the garnet-clinopyroxene equilibrium condition and calculated by REE-composition of Gar2 and clinopyroxene. All these evidences indicate that the agent was a high temperature carbonate-silicate melt that is geochemically linked to the formation of the protokimberlite melt.     

Melt inclusions from the deep Slave lithosphere: implications for the origin and evolution of mantle-derived carbonatite and kimberlite

Melt inclusions in clinopyroxenes from lherzolitic xenoliths from the deep lithospheric mantle beneath the Slave Craton (Lac de Gras area, Canada) reveal multiple origins for carbonatitic melts. One type of inclusions consists of a series of silicate–carbonate–silicate concentric layers, interpreted to have unmixed under disequilibrium conditions during rapid ascent to the surface. Bulk major- and trace-element compositions are typical of Group 1 kimberlites and quantitative nuclear microprobe imaging of the globules reveals fractionation of related elements (e.g. F–Br, Nb–Ta) between the silicate and carbonate components. The globules probably formed by partial melting of carbonated peridotite, consistent with results of melting experiments and some models for the generation of kimberlite magmas. They provide evidence for a genetic relationship between some carbonate-rich magmas and ultramafic silicate magmas, and for the possibility of unmixing processes of these melts during their evolution.

The second inclusion type comprises carbonate-rich globules interpreted as samples of Mg-carbonatite melt that quenched on ascent to the surface. Bulk major- and trace-element compositions indicate that the melts were derived from a carbonate-rich source and oxygen, carbon, and strontium isotope data are consistent with the involvement of recycled crustal material and suggest that some mantle-derived carbonatites are unrelated to kimberlites.     

Multiple metasomatism in Sulu ultrahigh-P garnet peridotite constrained by petrological and geochemical investigations

The pre‐pilot hole (PP1) of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project (CCSD) recovered drill core samples from a 118 m‐thick section of peridotites located at Zhimafang in the southern Sulu UHP terrane, China. The peridotites consist of phlogopite‐bearing garnet lherzolite, harzburgite, wehrlite and dunite. Some peridotite layers contain magnesite and Ti‐clinohumite, and are characterized by LREE and LILE enrichment and HFSE depletion. Phlogopite (Phl) occurs in the peridotite matrix and is LILE‐enriched with low Zr/Hf ratios (0.19–0.60). Phlogopite shows a mantle signature in H and O isotopes (δ¹⁸O: +5.4‰ to +5.9‰, and δD: ?76‰ to ?91‰). Ti‐clinohumite (Ti‐Chu) is Nb and Ta‐enriched and has higher Ti and HREE concentrations than phlogopite. Magnesite (Mgs) occurs as megacrysts, as a matrix phase, and as veins (±Phl ± Ti‐Chu), and contains low REE^total contents (<0.3 ppm) with a flat REE pattern. The δ¹⁸O values (+5.5‰ to +8.0‰) of magnesite are in the range of primary carbonatite, but the δ¹³C values (?2.4‰ to ?3.4‰) are slightly more positive than those of the mantle and of primary carbonatite. Petrochemical data indicate that the Zhimafang peridotite was subjected to three episodes of metasomatism, listed in succession from oldest to youngest: (1) crystallization of phlogopite in the mantle caused by infiltration of K‐rich hydrous fluid/melt; (2) formation of Mgs and Mgs ± Phl ± Ti‐Chu veins possibly caused by infiltration of mantle‐derived carbonatitic melt with a hydrous silicate component; and (3) replacement of magnesite, garnet and diopside by dolomite and secondary hydrous phases caused by a crust‐related, CO₂‐bearing, aqueous fluid. Stable isotopic compositions of phlogopite and magnesite indicate metasomatic agents for events (1) and (2) are from an enriched mantle. Multiple metasomatism imposed on mantle peridotite of variable composition led to significant compositional heterogeneity at all scales within the Zhimafang peridotite.     

东准噶尔北缘早石炭世构造体制转变:来自碱性花岗岩年代学和地球化学制约

新疆东准噶尔北缘位于西伯利亚板块和哈萨克斯坦-准噶尔板块的结合部位,是中亚造山带的重要组成部分,也是新疆北部最重要的成矿带之一。老山口碱性花岗岩和乔夏哈拉碱性花岗岩即位于该区域,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄显示其结晶年龄分别为330.5±3.5 Ma和331.1±3.1 Ma。结合区域内存在的多处近同时期的碱性花岗岩(布尔根碱性花岗岩、哈腊苏碱性花岗斑岩、乌图布拉克碱性花岗岩),指示东准噶尔北缘存在一期重要的早石炭世碱性花岗岩岩浆活动,并大致可分为东、中、西三段。这些早石炭世碱性花岗岩具有高硅(SiO_2=67.14%~83.02%)、富碱(Na_2O+K_2O=5.37%~10.73%)、低钛(TiO_2=0.04%~0.23%)、贫钙(CaO=0.04%~1.19%)的特征,与典型A型花岗岩特征相类似,成因类型上属A1型花岗岩,个别具有A2-A1型花岗岩过渡性质。微量元素组成具有富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb及高场强元素Nb、Zr、Hf、Th,亏损Ba、Sr、P、Eu、Ti的特征。轻稀土元素明显富集(LREE/HREE=3.42~8.11),具强烈的负Eu异常(δEu=0.03~0.74),稀土元素配分模式呈右倾海鸥型。岩石具有较高的ε_(Hf)(t)(7.6~12.4)和ε_(Nd)(t)值(5.4~6.9)。上述特征表明,这些碱性岩的母岩浆具有复杂的成因,推测为幔源岩浆底侵到下地壳,促使下地壳先存的富Nb玄武岩部分熔融,并发生岩浆混合,经过一定程度的分离结晶形成。综合本文数据及地质事实,我们认为东准噶尔北缘在358 Ma部分地区开始进入板内后造山伸展环境,即板内早期环境,但早石炭世(360~327 Ma)整体处于由后碰撞向板内后造山环境转化的过渡阶段。东准噶尔北缘东、中、西段进入板内环境的时间不尽相同,可能与其多俯冲岛弧系统拼贴增生时代的不均一性有关。     

Granulite—facies Middle—Lower Crustal Xenoliths from Nueshan Alkali Basalt in Northeastern Anhui Province, China

Metamorphic xenoliths within the Nushan alkali basalt of northeastern Anhui (NEA),China ,are from the middle-lower crust.They could be divided into two end-members:basic and acid.Interme-diate xenoliths are scarcely found.Basic two-pyroxene granulites(pyriclasites) were formed at 720-810℃ and 7-8kb.Petrological and geochemical studies indicate that the primary magma of the protoliths of basic granulites was derived from the metasomatized upper mantle, while the pa-rental magma of the acid end-member was probably produced by partial melting of the basic rocks. The protoliths of charnockites and grey gneisses represent respectively the early and late crystallization products of the granitic magma.The Nushan granulites are much different in many aspects from the granulites exposed in the northern part of North China ,which implies the inhomogeneity regarding to the early evolution of the North China terranc.     

竹山下铀矿床碱交代岩特征与铀成矿关系

围岩与热液所发生的的置换作用称为交代作用,顾名思义碱交代作用就是钾、钠碱金属性化学物质参与交代作用。碱金属(钾、钠)带进热液蚀变岩称为碱交代岩。所以碱交代作用主要是以热液作用为主体,对金属元素成矿物质的迁移和富集成矿起到了很重要的作用。诠释了热液作用是成矿物质富集的驱动力。碱交代岩是竹山下铀矿床主要的蚀变类型之一。通过对竹山下碱交代型铀矿床的钻孔20-1碱交代岩进行野外踏勘采集样品、室内岩相学分析和电子探针成分分析研究,确定了竹山下地区碱交代作用对铀矿床的实质为钾交代作用,碱交代作用使得富铀岩石中的惰性铀成为活性铀,从而被活化迁移,富集成矿。     

秦楼铜金矿成矿控制条件及矿床成因分析

秦楼铜金矿区位于淮北铁铜金最有利的成矿区三铺岩体北接触带东段,以金、铜矿为主,并含有多种金属元素。本文对秦楼铜金矿的矿床特征、成因以及控制因素做了分析与研究。     

四川杨柳坪Cu—Ni—PGE富矿体的成因及意义

Cu-Ni-PGE矿床绝大多数赋存在基性超基性岩岩体内部,在成因上主要与岩浆结晶分异熔离作用有关,岩浆期后或者独立的热液对于矿床的形成往往起叠加富集的作用。但在四川杨柳坪矿区,除了一般岩浆结晶分异熔离作用形成的Cu-Ni-PGE矿体之外,新近还发现存在独立的完全由热液形成的Cu-Ni-PGE矿体,矿体赋存在基性超基性岩体之外的大理岩片岩中,与基性超基性岩没有直接的关系,矿石品位很高,而且已经成为首要的开采对象。考虑到这样的富矿体在国外文献中鲜有报道,本文介绍其地质概况及初步的研究结果。     

新疆阿图什彻依布拉克锡多金属矿点地质特征

南天山是重要的锡锑多金属成矿带，目前已发现几处锡矿床(点)和大量锡化探异常，具有良好的成矿前景．彻依布拉克锡多金属矿点赋存于塔木岩体围岩的夕卡岩中．塔木碱长花岗岩侵入时代为晚二叠世，化学成分具有富Si、富碱，贫Mg、Al的特点，Ga／Al比值大，富轻稀土，具强Eu负异常，具有A型花岗岩的特点．矿体严格受夕卡岩带控制，呈似层状、透镜状，与夕卡岩产状一致，二呈渐变过渡关系，矿体变化较大．矿石类型有：锡铁矿石、金(铜)矿石、锡矿石和锌铜矿石．成矿具有多阶段性，划分为夕卡岩阶段硼酸盐阶段、硫化物阶段和表生阶段，其中硼酸盐阶段是锡成矿的主要阶段．岩浆活动为成矿提供了热源和主要物质来源．     

海南岛陆缘扩张带形成及新生代岩石圈动力学机制:来自幔源包体的地球化学证据

海南岛陆缘扩张带蓬莱地区新生代玄武岩中捕获大量尖晶石二辉橄榄岩和方辉橄榄岩幔源包体。激光剥蚀等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)分析结果表明,蓬莱地幔橄榄岩含有三种不同地球化学特征的单斜辉石(Cpx):(1)a类单斜辉石Mg~#=92.3~93.4,来自富集Cpx的二辉橄榄岩,具有极低的LREE和不相容元素含量,HREE平坦,Th、U、La、Sr正异常,经历了7%~10%的尖晶石相部分熔融,仅受到极低程度强不相容元素(Th、U、La、Sr)初期富集交代作用;(2)b类单斜辉石Mg~#=89.9~90.3,来自较富集Cpx的二辉橄榄岩,具有中等的LREE和LILE含量,HREE平坦,微量元素蛛网图上显示Th、U正异常,Rb、Ba、Nb、Ta、Sr、Ti负异常,经历4%~5%的尖晶石相部分熔融,可能受到了含LREE和Th、U等不相容元素的硅酸盐熔体交代;(3)c类单斜辉石Mg~#=91.4~92.8,来自贫Cpx的二辉橄榄岩和方辉橄榄岩,具有富集的LREE和LILE含量,HREE弱分异,微量元素蛛网图上显示Th、U正异常及强烈的Nb、Ta、Ti负异常,经历了8%~20%的尖晶石相部分熔融,其交代熔体可能是来自源区有石榴子石残留的碳酸盐熔体。全岩主、微量元素及模拟计算结果表明,这些幔源包体的主量元素主要受部分熔融程度影响,并且方辉橄榄岩经历的部分熔融程度大于二辉橄榄岩。地幔橄榄岩的Sr-Nd同位素组成表明该区具有MORB-OIB型亏损地幔特征。此外,蓬莱部分地幔橄榄岩包体显示正斜率的HREE分异特征((Gd/Yb)_N=0.4~0.7),暗示该区地幔经历了源自石榴子石稳定区的变压熔融,总体熔融程度为18%以上,指示了较高的地幔潜能温度。综合前人对海南岛新生代玄武岩最新研究成果,我们认为海南地幔柱可能为该区软流圈地幔置换古老岩石圈地幔提供了热源,导致了区域岩石圈地幔的破坏,从而引起包括地幔柱本身、软流圈和富集岩石圈的熔融。岩石圈地幔性质的改变和不均一性可能是海南岛陆缘扩张带新生代岩石圈减薄的主要动力学机制。