Geology,fluid inclusion and stable isotope study of the Yueyang Ag-Au-Cu deposit,Zijinshan orefield,Fujian Province,China

The large Yueyang Ag-Au-Cu deposit is commonly regarded as a low-sulfidation epithermal deposit in the Zijinshan orefield, Fujian Province, southeastern China. The Ag-Ag-Cu orebodies hosted in the Zijinshan granitic batholith are mainly stratoid and lens in shape, and controlled by a series of NW-trending listric faults with shallow dip angles. Four mineralization stages are recognized on the basis of mineral assemblage, ore fabrics, and crosscutting relationships of the ore veins, namely: pre-ore (pyrite + sericite + quartz ± chlorite), main Cu (chalcopyrite + pyrite + sericite + quartz ± bornite), main Ag-Au (Ag and Au minerals + pyrite + quartz + adularia ± calcite ± apatite ± chalcopyrite ± galena ± sphalerite) and post-ore (quartz ± chalcedony ± calcite) stages. Fluid inclusions (FIs) in the deposit include aqueous liquid-rich (WL-), aqueous vapor-rich (WV-), and minor carbonic (C-) and daughter mineral-bearing (S-) type ones. WL-subtype is the main inclusion type in the Yueyang deposit, accounting for more than 90% in proportion in each stage. Minor WV-subtype inclusions occur in both the main Cu and Ag stages, while the C-type and S-type ones are only observed in the main Cu stage. Fluid inclusion and H-O isotope study indicated that the ore-forming fluid of the main Cu stage is primarily magmatic vapor, which further underwent fluid boiling and mixing with meteoric water, while the ore-forming fluid of the main Ag stage is meteoric water-dominated, and the precipitation of silver and gold was mainly resulted from fluid boiling and the precipitation of other sulfides. On the basis of the aforementioned geological, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies, we proposed a two-stage model for the Yueyang deposit, including a magmatic vapor-related porphyry type Cu mineralization and meteoric water-related low-sulfidation epithermal Ag-Au-Cu mineralization, although the porphyry Cu mineralization is very limited in scale. The mineralization and exhumation depths of the Yueyang deposit are estimated to be 448‒527 m and 18‒97 m, respectively. By comparison with the exhumation depths of other deposits in the Zijinshan orefield, it is suggested that more epithermal deposits could be found in the southwest of the orefield due to less uplift and exhumation therein.     

辽宁四道沟金矿床的脉动构造

辽宁四道沟金矿床内直接控制矿化的主要为一系列不规则的小型微型裂隙,这些控矿裂隙形成于叠加褶曲作用晚期,是一种脉动构造。叠加褶曲轴都是脉动构造发育的良好地段。根据流体包裹体特征,可将脉动作用划分为四个阶段,表明了成矿的多阶段性。     

Paleogeothermal gradient and geologic thermal history of the Turpan-Hami Basin, Xinjiang

Synthetical research has been done on the geological thermal history of the Turpan-Hami Basin by using vitrinite reflectance, fluid inclusion geothermometry and fission track. The geotcmperature of the Turpan-Hami Basin has the character that suggests higher temperature in the past, in the east and south of the basin, and in the areas of large-fracture, and lower temperature in the present day and in the west and north of the basin. This feature is controlled by the difference of burial depth of basement and heat flow values, which made Permian source rock mature in the late Triassic and Jurassic source rock mature at the end of Jurassic and the early Tertiary. Project supported by the Chinese Tnrpan-Hami Oil Field cooperation project.     

华北地台北缘及北邻地区铜、铅、锌、锡矿床流体包裹体研究

在对华北地台北缘及北邻地区 5 2个铜、铅、锌、锡矿床流体包裹体研究的基础上 ,概括总结出岩控型、层控型和混控型三大类型及多个亚类型矿床的主要成矿物理化学条件 ,建立了各类型矿床矿物流体包裹体成矿模式 ,并用以找矿。     

大别山麻粒岩包体的氧同位素研究

对北大别变质杂岩中的麻粒岩包体进行详细的氧同位素地球化学研究,发现其全岩δ~(18)O值偏低,为3.3‰～4.4‰。在麻粒岩相变质条件下,大别山麻粒岩包体的共存矿物对之间达到并保存了氧同位素平衡,后期退变质作用未明显破坏这种平衡。由矿物氧同位素地质测温得到的顶峰变质温度800～875C,与一般麻粒岩相变质温度相吻合。在变质作用之前或顶峰变质作用过程中,大别山麻粒岩包体的原岩曾与一δ~(18)O值低于3‰的外来流体发生了高温水—岩交换作用,并且这种交换作用在一定范围内是相对均一的。     

湖北英山刚玉矿物学研究

湖北英山刚玉矿床是本世纪五、六十年代发现的,由于多种原因未能对其进行研究和开发利用。本文系统地研究了英山刚玉矿物学特征,测定了各种物性和参数,观测了刚玉包裹体;并利用电子探针、粉晶Ｘ射线分析、可见光谱等现代测试手段,较详细地分析了刚玉的化学成分、晶体结构及光谱特征,并进行了热处理实验研究。指出湖北英山产出的刚玉颗粒大,晶形好,颜色较浅,可用热处理的方法改成蓝色、黄色、肉红色,但由于裂隙发育,包裹体     

加纳西南部毕雷绵岩系中含稀有金属矿化的花岗质伟晶岩及其流体包裹体特征

加纳西南部的伟晶岩区沿大西洋海岸线从开普口斯特市经索特旁德镇到门凯德兹镇最后到威尼巴镇,总共延伸上百千米,这些伟晶岩主要产于加纳毕雷绵岩系之中,形成了依镖尼造山作用（约２．０Ｇａ）的减弱期,与侵入了毕雷绵岩系中的开普口斯特花岗质杂岩（ＣＣＧＣ）密切相关,ＣＣＧＣ杂岩主要由二云母花岗岩,变闪长岩和细晶岩组成。其中花岗岩为铝过饱和度的Ｉ型花岗岩,富碱质（Ｎａ＝２％～４．２％,Ｋ＝２．３％～５．８％）,     

Geochemistry of Jinman Copper Vein Deposit West Yunnan province,China—Ⅱ.Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Geochemical Characteristics

The Jinman deposit is a Ag-bearing copper vein deposit located at the north margin of the Lanping-Simao back-arc basin in West Yunnan. Systematic studies of fluid inclusions and stable isotopes are presented in this paper. The filling-replacement stage and the boiling-exhalative precipitation stage of mineralization took place atT ₁ = 140–280°3 andT ₂ = 94–204°C under pressure of (600 – 1200) x 10⁵ Pa. The salinity of ore-forming solutions ranges from 5 wt% –20.8 wt% (NaCl). Sulphide δ³⁴S(CDT) values are in the range of -9.6%.– +11.03%. with a range of 22. 66%. showing an apparent “pagoda”-shaped distribution in histogram. Meanwhile, the δ³⁴S values of the various sulphides are consistent with the characters of isotope equilibrium fractionation, i.e., δ³⁴ S_Py>δ³⁴S_Cp>δ³⁴S_Bn. The TS/TOC ratios of the ores are widely variable between 0.16 and 5.54 with no correlation of any kind can be established. According to the model of Ohmoto, the oxidation-reduction ratios of sulfur species in ore-forming solutions at the two mineralization stages were calculated to be R′₁ = 2.16 x 10^-17 and R′₂ = 1.55 x 10⁴. δ¹³Coo₂(PDB) values obtained from fluid inclusions in calcite and quartz are between -8.12%.-3.18%., averaging -5.26%., which are comparable with the isotopic composition of mantle-derived CO₂. Inclusions in quartz yield δ¹³CCH₄ (PEB) between -32. 11%. and -22.04%. (averaging -26.69%.), similar to that of methane in modern geothermal gases. For the ore-forming solutions, δ¹⁸ OH₂O (SMOW) values are between -10.57%. and +9.77%. and δDH₂O (SMOW) are between -51%. and -135%. Considering the effect of isotope exchange during water-rock reactions, most of the data are plotted along or close to the line defined by the reaction of meteoric water with clastic rocks, while a small part of the points fall near the reaction line of magmatic water with clastic rocks. In δ¹³C vs. δ18O diagram, the ore-forming solutions are plotted for the most part into the mixing area between the meteoric fluid and the deep-seated fluid and partially on the mixing line of P = 1. This project was founded by the “Eighth Five-Year Plan Period” State Key Program (85–901) and the Open Lab. of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.     

Submarine flank eruption preceding caldera subsidence during the 2000 eruption of Miyakejima Volcano, Japan

During the early part of a seismic swarm preceding eruption and caldera formation at Miyakejima Volcano, discoloured sea surfaces were observed 1.5 km off the western coast of Miyakejima on 27 June 2000. A later survey of the area using a multi-beam side scan sonar and a remotely operated small submarine revealed four craters of 20–30 m diameter aligned east-west in a 100×10–30 m area on the seafloor, with hot water at 140°C being released from one of the centres. Each crater consists of submarine spatter overlain in part by scoria lapilli. Dredged spatter from the craters was fresh, and there was no evidence of activity of marine organisms on the spatter surface, indicating that the discoloured sea surface resulted from magmatic eruption on the seafloor. This eruption occurred when a westward-propagating seismic swarm, initiated beneath Miyakejimas summit, passed through the area. Finding new magma on the seafloor demonstrates that this seismic swarm was associated with intruding magma, moving outward from beneath Miyakejima. Submarine spatter shows flattened shapes with a brittle crust formed by cooling in water, and its composition is aphyric andesite of 54 wt% SiO₂. The spatter is similar in whole rock and mineral composition to spatter erupted in 1983. However, the wide range of Cl in melt inclusions in plagioclase of the 27 June submarine spatter shows that it is not simply a remnant of the 1983 magma, which has only high Cl melt inclusions in plagioclase. The mixed character of melt inclusions suggests involvement of a magma with low Cl melt inclusions. The magma erupted explosively on 18 August from Miyakejimas summit, considered as the second juvenile magma in this eruption, contains low Cl melt inclusions in plagioclase. Based on these observations and the eruption sequence, we present the following model: (1) A shallow magma chamber was filled with a remnant of 1983 magma that had evolved to a composition of 54–55 wt% SiO₂. (2) Injection of the 18 August magma into this chamber generated a mixed magma having a wide range of Cl in melt inclusions contained plagioclase. The magma mixing might have occurred shortly before the submarine eruption and could have been a trigger for the initiation of the removal of magma from the chamber as an extensive dyke, which eventually led to caldera subsidence.Editorial responsibility: S Nakada, T Druitt     

Petrogenesis of Songshugou dunite body in the Qinling orogenic belt,Central China: Constraints from geochemistry and melt inclusions

The chemical variation of the Earth’s mantle rocks has been interpreted to reflect multiple episodes of partial melting. With the increasing of melt generation and extraction, the readily molten minerals and incompatible elements decrease in the residual mantle peridotite. The present-day gladiate of the Earth, however, cannot cause mantle batch melting[1], nor 40% partial melting that allows pyroxenes to be completely dissolved into melt and forms dunite[2,3]. Recent studies show that mantl…