Pyrite paragenesis and multiple sulfur isotope distribution in late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic Hamersley Basin sediments

The sulfur isotope record in late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic rocks is of considerable importance because it provides evidence for changes in early Earth atmospheric oxygen levels and potentially constrains the origin and relative impact of various microbial metabolisms during the transition from an anoxic to oxic atmosphere. Mass independently fractionated (MIF) sulfur isotopes reveal late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic sulfur sources in different pyrite morphologies in Western Australia's Hamersley Basin. Multiple sulfur isotope values in late Archean pyrite vary according to morphology. Fine grained pyrite has positive sulfur MIF, indicating a reduced elemental sulfur source, whereas pyrite nodules have negative sulfur MIF, potentially derived from soluble sulfate via microbial sulfate reduction. The Hamersley Basin δ³⁴S–Δ³³S record suggests that the extent of oxygenation of the surface ocean fluctuated through the Late Archean from at least 2.6 Ga, more than 150 million yr before the Great Oxidation Event. In the early Paleoproterozoic, there is less distinction between pyrite morphologies with respect to sulfur isotope fractionation, and pyrite from the Brockman Iron Formation trends toward modern sulfur isotope values. An important exception to this is the strong negative MIF recorded in layer parallel pyrite in Paleoproterozoic carbonate facies iron formation. This may suggest that deeper water hydrothermal environments remained anoxic while shallower water environments became more oxidised by the early Paleoproterozoic. The results of the current study indicate that sulfide paragenesis is highly significant when investigating Archean and early Paleoproterozoic multiple sulfur isotope compositions and sulfur sources.     

胶东乳山金矿双山子矿区黄铁矿环带结构研究

胶东乳山金矿双山子矿区黄铁绢英岩中的粗粒黄铁矿发育规则环带结构。本文通过黄铁矿单晶发育过程中形态、热电性和化学成分特征的研究，阐明了黄铁矿多阶段生长的历史；揭示了成矿溶液中S、Fe过饱和度和黄铁矿形成温度变化的韵律性或多旋回性；探讨了黄铁矿中微量组分与其导电类型之间、黄铁矿形态与其热电性和含金性之间的有机联系；进一步肯定了黄铁矿{21I}、{211}习性晶、P导型、As、Sb、Se、Te杂质的金矿示矿功能。     

下庄竹山下铀矿床黄铁矿元素地球化学特征及其表征意义

竹山下铀矿床是粤北下庄铀矿田内大型铀矿床之一,铀矿化类型为"交点"型和硅化带型。在详细的野外地质调查基础上,对竹山下铀矿床4种不同类型黄铁矿进行元素含量分析及硫同位素测试,结果表明:"交点"型矿石中黄铁矿相对富集Pb、 Cu、 Co、 As、 Ni、 Se、 Bi、 U、 Sb、 Zn等微量元素;"交点"型铀矿化形成于中深部高温环境,成矿热液具有地幔流体特征,成矿过程硫来源与该区花岗岩中黄铁矿的硫来源一致或者相似,花岗岩中的黄铁矿可能为该期成矿事件的产物;竹山下矿床在垂向上表现出越往深部硫逸度越低的特征;"交点"型和硅化带型中黄铁矿具有相似的微量元素配分曲线,表明二者具有相同的成矿热液来源,且与辉绿岩中黄铁矿配分曲线相似,表明该区成矿热液具有深源性。     

安徽铜陵冬瓜山铜矿床的叠加改造成矿机制：来自矿石结构的证据

长江中、下游地区块状硫化物矿床普遍受到燕山期岩浆及其热液的改造与叠加.本文以铜陵冬瓜山矿床为例,探讨这类矿床的成矿机制.该矿床主要由层状硫化物矿体组成,伴有矽卡岩型和斑岩型矿体.野外地质观察及室内矿相学的研究表明,冬瓜山层状矿体中矿石遭受了强烈的热变质作用及热液交代作用.进变质过程中形成的结构主要为黄铁矿受燕山期岩浆侵...     

伊犁蒙其古尔铀矿床含矿层砂岩中黄铁矿形成机制及对铀成矿的指示意义

蒙其古尔铀矿床为伊犁盆地南缘大型层间氧化带砂岩型铀矿床,为查明该矿床含矿层中黄铁矿成因及其形成机制,探讨微生物参与铀成矿过程。文章对含矿层砂岩中黄铁矿与铀矿物矿物学特征、黄铁矿S同位素与碳酸盐胶结物的C-O同位素开展细致研究。研究表明:①蒙其古尔铀矿床中铀主要以铀矿物与吸附铀形式存在,吸附铀主要为有机质吸附铀,铀矿物以沥青铀矿为主,多与黄铁矿、炭屑共生;②蒙其古尔铀矿床含矿层砂岩中黄铁矿主要以自形晶、草莓状和不规则状集合体产出,多与沥青铀矿、碳酸盐胶结物共生,其中黄铁矿S同位素(δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)=-68.4‰～22.1‰)与碳酸盐胶结物的C-O同位素(δ~(13)C_(V-PDB)=-10.2‰～-7.4‰,δ~(18)O_(V-PDB)=-9.6‰～-5.8‰)分析表明黄铁矿具有细菌硫酸盐还原(BSR)与有机物热解2种成因,并探讨了这2种不同成因黄铁矿的形成机制。③结合前人研究成果,认为硫酸盐还原菌(SRB)参与蒙其古尔铀矿床铀成矿过程,以间接还原方式为主,在有机质、黏土矿物与颗粒表面吸附U(Ⅵ)的基础上,通过硫酸盐还原菌(SRB)还原SO_4~(2-)产生的H_2S将U(Ⅵ)被还原成U(Ⅳ),形成铀矿物。     

粤东北桃源铀矿床黄铁矿地球化学特征及其地质意义

粤东北桃源铀矿床位于华南铀成矿省武夷山铀成矿带,其矿床成因、成矿物理化学环境特征等还未开展深入研究。黄铁矿的地球化学特征往往能够有效地反映其形成时的地球化学环境。桃源铀矿床中黄铁矿与沥青铀矿成因关系密切。因此笔者在野外地质调查和岩相学基础上,利用LA- ICP- MS原位分析技术,对桃源矿床黄铁矿主、微量元素开展研究。结果表明：①黄铁矿主量元素w（Fe）=41.64% ~ 49.39%,平均值为45.83%;w（S）=50.56% ~ 57.62%,平均值为53.73%,w（Fe）/w（S）=0.73 ~ 0.98,平均值为0.85,表明其形成环境是一个微弱缺铁,相对富硫的相对封闭的地球化学环境;②黄铁矿中相对富集Si、Na、Al、K、Ca、Cr、Co、Ni、Ti、Cu、Ge、As、Se、Bi、Pb等微量元素;③绝大多数微量元素与主量元素Fe、S无明显线性关系,表明在黄铁矿形成过程中,这些微量元素的地球化学行为除受到类质同象因素的影响外,还受其他因素影响;④成矿元素U与部分微量元素显示出较好的正相关关系,其中Na、Ti等元素含量高表明与铀矿物在空间上紧密相关的黄铁矿形成于成矿早期的碱性热液蚀变阶段,而非成矿期,要早于铀成矿时间,并为铀成矿提供还原剂;⑤黄铁矿内部微裂隙发育,成矿期铀矿物容易进入其中,从而引起裂隙附近铀矿含量升高。伴随的高含量As表明其形成于中低温热液环境。     

Geochronology and fluid inclusion study of the Yinjiagou porphyry–skarn Mo–Cu–pyrite deposit in the East Qinling orogenic belt,China

The Yinjiagou Mo–Cu–pyrite deposit of Henan Province is located in the Huaxiong block on the southern margin of the North China craton. It differs from other Mo deposits in the East Qingling area because of its large pyrite resource and complex associated elements. The deposit’s mineralization process can be divided into skarn, sulfide, and supergene episodes with five stages, marking formation of magnetite in the skarn episode, quartz–molybdenite, quartz–calcite–pyrite–chalcopyrite–bornite–sphalerite, and calcite–galena–sphalerite in the sulfide episode, and chalcedony–limonite in the supergene episode. Re–Os and ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar dating indicates that both the skarn-type and porphyry-type orebodies of the Yinjiagou deposit formed approximately 143 Ma ago during the Early Cretaceous. Four types of fluid inclusions (FIs) have been distinguished in quartz phenocryst, various quartz veins, and calcite vein. Based on petrographic observations and microthermometric criteria the FIs include liquid-rich, gas-rich, H₂O–CO₂, and daughter mineral-bearing inclusions. The homogenization temperature of FIs in quartz phenocrysts of K-feldspar granite porphyry ranges from 341 °C to >550 °C, and the salinity is 0.4–44.0 wt% NaCl eqv. The homogenization temperature of FIs in quartz–molybdenite veins is 382–416 °C, and the salinity is 3.6–40.8 wt% NaCl eqv. The homogenization temperature of FIs in quartz–calcite–pyrite–chalcopyrite–bornite–sphalerite ranges from 318 °C to 436 °C, and the salinity is 5.6–42.4 wt% NaCl eqv. The homogenization temperature of FIs in quartz–molybdenite stockworks is in a range of 321–411 °C, and the salinity is 6.3–16.4 wt% NaCl eqv. The homogenization temperature of FIs in quartz–sericite–pyrite is in a range of 326–419 °C, and the salinity is 4.7–49.4 wt% NaCl eqv. The ore-forming fluids of the Yinjiagou deposit are mainly high-temperature, high-salinity fluids, generally with affinities to an H₂O–NaCl–KCl ± CO₂ system. The δ¹⁸O_H2O values of ore-forming hydrothermal fluids are 4.0–8.6‰, and the δD_V-SMOW values are between −64‰ and −52‰, indicating that the ore-forming fluids were primarily magmatic. The δ³⁴S_V-CDT values of sulfides range between −0.2‰ and 6.3‰ with a mean of 1.6‰, sharing similar features with deeply sourced sulfur, implying that the sulfur mainly came from the lower crust composed of poorly differentiated igneous materials, but part of the heavy sulfur came from the Guandaokou Group dolostone. The ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb values of sulfides are in the range of 17.331–18.043, 15.444–15.575, and 37.783–38.236, respectively, which is generally consistent with the Pb isotopic signature of the Yinjiagou intrusion, suggesting that the Pb chiefly originated from the felsic–intermediate intrusive rocks in the mine area, with a small amount of lead from strata. The Yinjiagou deposit is a porphyry–skarn deposit formed during the Mesozoic transition of a tectonic regime that is EW-trending to NNE-trending, and the multiepisode boiling of ore-forming fluids was the primary mechanism for mineral deposition.     

广西大厂矿区黄铁矿的标型特征研究

本文从化学成分和物理性质方面对大厂黄铁矿进行了标型特征研究。指出大厂黄铁矿的标型特征是:高s/Fe值,高As、Se,低Co、Ni、Te,Co/Ni<1;热电系数高正值;晶胞参数a_0偏大;弱顺磁性。黄铁矿的微量元素特征表明矿床形成与岩浆热液有关,并反映了矿化演化的方向。应用黄铁矿的Sn/Cu比值可以区分矿区内不同的矿床类型。大厂锡矿体中锡石品位与黄铁矿含砷量呈正相关关系,因此,黄铁矿的高砷含量可作为寻找矿体内富锡地段的标志。     

普弄巴金矿床黄铁矿的标型特征

笔者对本地区金矿床中黄铁矿的晶体结构形态、物理性质、微量元素及同位素进行了研究，结果表明：黄铁矿晶形呈五角十二面体，八面体－五角十二面体、立方体－五角十二面体聚晶富Ａｕ；黄铁矿的晶胞参数（ａ）、热电系数（α）与砷、金关系密切，基本上成正相关关系；黄铁矿质变热电系数的测定表明本区金矿床为中低温矿床；本区金矿床中的黄铁矿多数为空穴型，据其空间分布特征，认为本区金矿床深部可能有一定勘探远景；同位素研究表     

悦洋银多金属矿床黄铁矿化学成分标型特征及其矿床学意义

悦洋银多金属矿目前的保有储量已不能满足矿山持续生产的需求,需要进行深-边部找矿工作。本文基于成因矿物学理论,通过矿物地球化学方法对矿区内的黄铁矿化学成分标型特征进行了研究。结果表明：(1)黄铁矿中w(Co)/w(Ni)值、As-Co-Ni三角图解、w(Au)/w(Ag)值、w(S)/w(Se)值等特征,联合显示该黄铁矿的成因为岩浆热液(火山热液成因)型;(2)悦洋银多金属矿中稀散元素Se、Ga、Ge可以作为伴生资源开发利用;(3)由黄铁矿微量元素中简化的前缘晕元素组合(As-Sb-Ag)、近矿晕元素组合(Au-Cu-Pb-Zn)、尾晕元素组合(Co-Ni)的三元相图显示,采区矿脉主要处于矿体的中下部,说明在深-边部还有一定的找矿前景;(4)基于该矿床硫化物的研究,结合区域地质、矿区地质特征,岩相学特征等,认为蚀变分带是悦洋银多金属硫化物矿体的找矿标志,即浅部碳酸盐化带、中部硅化+冰长石化带、深部绢英岩化带、硅化+冰长石化带是寻找矿体的直接标志。