Distribution of dissolved species and suspended particulate copper in an intertidal ecosystem affected by copper mine tailings in Northern Chile

The coastline near Chañaral in Northern Chile is one of the most highly Cu-contaminated zones in the world due to discharges from mining activities for more than 60 years. The speciation of Cu has been studied to determine the importance of organic complexation in highly contaminated areas, and to assess the likely physiological impacts of Cu on marine organisms. Dissolved Cu concentrations of up to 500 nM were measured, completely saturating organic ligands and leading to free Cu²⁺ concentrations in excess of 10^− 8 M. These values are higher than those reported in any other marine environment, and because they occur over an extensive area, provide a unique opportunity to study the effects of Cu on marine ecosystems and to see how Cu behaves when its speciation is predominantly inorganic. We found strong gradients in free Cu²⁺ between Chañaral and adjacent areas with lower Cu, where speciation is dominated by organic complexation. There is also a significant increase in the partitioning of Cu onto suspended particles in the contaminated areas, consistent with previous studies that showed that organic ligands stabilize Cu in the dissolved phase, whilst “excess” Cu is rapidly scavenged. Those high dissolved Cu concentrations persist in spite of solid phase partitioning and advective processes along this open-ocean coastline, suggesting that Cu inputs into the system are still very large. Measurements were made using anodic stripping voltammetry with a thin mercury film coated with Nafion, which previous workers have shown can mitigate ambiguity in the data arising from inadvertent reduction of organic complexes. Our findings suggest that this is a useful methodology for contaminated systems.     

内蒙古克什克腾旗黄岗山锡铜矿激电测量方法应用分析

内蒙古克什克腾旗黄岗山锡铜矿区北部及中部为第四纪冰川遗迹,在植被极其发育的地表之下为冰渍物、残坡积物等组成的碎石层,厚度多大于3m,因此开展地表地质工作有一定的难度。为提高找矿效果,开展了1∶1万激电测量工作。通过对激电异常的查证分析,在DJH-1号激电异常南西侧边界,燕山早期似斑状中细粒黑云母二长花岗岩与两侧石英闪长岩、花岗斑岩的内、外接触带附近发现有多期次岩浆侵入,矿化蚀变强烈,目前共圈定锡矿体10个、铜矿体8个;圈定的矿体和发现的激电异常具有较好的对应性,为进一步开展地质勘查工作提供了重要的依据。     

中条铜矿峪超大型斑岩铜矿床:地质、蚀变与成矿

山西中条山铜矿峪超大型斑岩铜矿床位于华北板块南部,秦岭造山带北侧,处在聚合板块活动大陆边缘的挤压-伸展的构造转换环境。矿区地层主要为古元古界"铜矿峪亚群",即火山-次火山岩,岩石经变质作用为绿片岩相和低角闪岩相。铜矿床在空间上与元古代钙碱性S型花岗斑(杂)岩体紧密共生,严格受火山机构控制。据辉钼矿Re-Os年龄,成矿时代为(2 108±32)Ma,是我国最古老的斑岩型铜矿床。铜矿床呈厚板状透镜体产出,矿石以细脉浸染状构造为主,有少量块状矿石产出。铜矿平均品位为0.68%,其中30%为富铜矿,并伴生钼、金。成矿热液主要源自深部地幔,也与地壳成分和天水渗入有关。因火山喷气和二次沸腾,在高侵位后,由分离作用形成碱质交代及石英绢云母化叠加红长石化的围岩蚀变,无面型环状分带特征。矿床成因推测为变火山热液斑岩型铜矿床。预测矿床深部可能赋存有岩浆房,找矿潜力很大。     

云南易门凤山铜矿床59#矿体分布区断裂构造地球化学特征及成矿预测

作者采用构造地球化学方法,对59#矿体分布区进行研究。通过R型聚类分析、因子分析结果圈定矿化元素组合异常。该异常分布在刺穿体构造的外缘,与59#矿体产出位置基本一致;同时出现(Bi-Cu)、(TFe-W-Mo-Cu-Bi)、(Zn-Cd-Cu-Ag-Pb-Bi-Mo)的异常叠加,指示叠加成矿作用的特点;根据异常特征和分布规律,推测成矿流体的运移方向、矿体产状,为深部找矿预测提供了重要依据。     

华北陆块北缘西段中元古代与裂谷作用有关的铁、稀土、多金属矿床特征及成因

华北陆块北缘西段狼山—白云鄂博裂谷系中元古代形成的大型多金属矿床 ,是我国重要的铁、稀土、铜、铅、锌矿产地。矿床为产于沉积岩中热水沉积型多金属矿床。其形成受地层、构造控制 ,与裂谷作用有着密切的关系。裂谷系内外分支的地质环境及矿床矿种不同 ,导致矿床特征及成因具有一定差异。白云鄂博铁、稀土矿床为钾、钠、磷等含量较高的热水沉积型 ,霍各乞铜、铅、锌多金属矿床为与中基性火山岩有关的过渡热水沉积型 ,东升庙和甲生盘等铅、锌多金属矿床为热水沉积型。文中将对上述矿床分别进行论述。     

西藏甲玛铜多金属矿床深部斑岩矿体找矿突破及其意义

甲玛铜多金属矿是西藏冈底斯成矿带中东段勘查程度最高、成矿元素与矿体类型复杂的超大型斑岩-矽卡岩型矿床。通过4年多、近350 个钻孔的验证,不仅实现了矽卡岩矿体的找矿突破,同时在0-40线深部发现了产于二长花岗斑岩与石英闪长玢岩中的斑岩钼（铜）矿体,建立了“四位一体”的找矿勘查模式。斑岩矿体赋存标高一般处于4 600 m以下,矿体走向NW-SE,倾向NE,近直立,矿体垂向延伸大于350 m;斑岩矿石以发育细脉-浸染状、网脉状构造为特征;矿石中的矿石矿物主要为黄铜矿与辉钼矿,少见斑铜矿;脉石矿物主要为石英。初步查明:与铜矿化有关的含矿岩体主要为偏中性的石英闪长玢岩,蚀变以典型的细粒热液黑云母交代角闪石斑晶和基质而成的黑云母化蚀变为主;与钼矿化有关的含矿岩体主要为二长花岗斑岩,蚀变以硅化为主,次为绿帘石化、泥化和钾化。斑岩体与碳酸盐岩接触带常产出厚度超过200 m的巨厚矽卡岩矿体,且在岩体一侧有内矽卡岩产出。甲玛深部斑岩矿体的发现不仅证实了“斑岩-矽卡岩型”的矿床成因观点,而且完善了甲玛矿床成矿模式与勘查模型。     

安徽滁州琅琊山铜矿辉钼矿铼-锇同位素定年及其地质意义

首次运用铼-锇同位素方法对滁州琅琊山铜矿床中的辉钼矿进行定年。5件辉钼矿样品的模式年龄为(128.9±1.8)Ma～(130.3±1.9)Ma,187Re-187Os等时线年龄为(128.6±2.2)Ma,其加权平均方差(MSWD)为0.45,为滁州琅琊山铜矿床提供了准确的形成时限。分析结果表明,滁州琅琊山铜矿床是早白垩纪(燕山晚期)区域构造-岩浆活动的产物。琅琊山铜矿床辉钼矿中铼含量较高,推断成矿物质主要是壳幔混源,且主要是幔源。     

甘肃省斑岩铜矿成矿作用及找矿方向

从甘肃斑岩铜矿的时空分布、地质特征和成矿远景浅析3个方面，讨论了甘肃区域构造演化和区域岩浆演化与斑岩铜矿成矿作用的关系，并提出了找矿建议。为解决铜矿资源缺乏问题，甘肃省应锁定斑岩铜矿为主攻类型。找矿的战略靶区选定北山和西秦岭北带。     

滇中郝家河砂岩型铜矿床成岩期和改造期热液蚀变作用——来自组分迁移计算的证据

通过牟定郝家河砂岩型铜矿床两类典型矿化的围岩蚀变类型、空间分布、蚀变矿物组合特征的综合分析,识别出该矿床存在成岩期与改造期两期热液蚀变。成岩期热液蚀变分布于浅紫交互带浅色砂岩一侧,呈现大范围面状硅化、碳酸盐化、黄铁矿化,并具蚀变分带:全浅色砂岩中的强硅化、黄铁矿化亚带;浅紫过渡砂岩中的强碳酸盐化、绢云母化、绿泥石化、弱硅化亚带,并具辉铜矿-斑铜矿-黄铜矿-黄铁矿的金属矿物分带。改造期热液蚀变主要分布于断裂、节理旁侧,表现为带状、网脉状的硅化、碳酸盐化。以1580 m中段实测剖面为研究对象,采集各蚀变亚带的代表样品,以紫色砂岩为原岩,进行主量元素、微量元素及稀土元素的组分迁入、迁出计算,结果显示各亚带组分的迁入、迁出特征与镜下观察的蚀变矿物组合吻合。分析表明,蚀变矿物组合与组分迁移特征还间接指示了不同亚带的形成条件:成岩期紫色砂岩(围岩)呈氧化-碱性条件,浅色砂岩呈还原-酸性条件,浅紫过渡矿化带则处于氧化还原-酸碱转化面上;改造期构造热液属还原-中偏碱性的中温构造流体。在此基础上,探讨了两期成矿流体分别形成层状矿体及脉状富矿体的机理,为深化研究该类矿床的"矿源-构造-流体耦合成矿"机制提供了重要证据。     

Geochemical Studies of Sodium Enriched Metavolcanite Series in the Area of Longbohe Copper Deposit,Yunnan Province,SW China：Nd,Sr and Pb Isotopic Characteristics and Chronology

The chronological data obtained by a variety of dating methods have confirmed that the sodium enriched metavolcanite series in the area of the Longbohe copper deposit at Jinping, Yunnan Province, was formed during the Proterozoic (its Pb−Pb isochron age=1595±75 Ma), corresponding to the Dahongshan Group sodium enriched metavolcanites. The Sm−Nd isochron age of 1336±46Ma should represent the time at which this series of volcanic rocks experienced spilitization in response to sodium metasomatism, equivalent to the time of sedimentation of the Ailaoshan Group and Yashan Group rocks. The Rb−Sr ages of the volcanic rocks and the Pb−Pb ages of copper ores have recorded the events of strong dynamic metamorphism and of strong reworking-metallogenesis of copper during the Jinningian period. Similarities in forming age, rock assemblage and isotopic characteristics between the sodium enriched metavolcanite series and the Dahongshan Group sodium enriched metavolcanite series have provided new clues to the exploration of the Dahongshan-type copper deposits in this area. Granted jointly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 49702022, 40073001) and the State 973 Program (No. G1999043215).