The amphibolite-granulite facies transition in West Uusimaa, S.W. Finland. A fluid inclusion study

This work presents the results of a fluid inclusion study of an amphibolite-granulite facies transition in West Uusimaa, S.W. Finland. Early fluid-inclusions in the granulite facies area are characteristically carbonic (CO₂), in contrast to predominantly aqueous early inclusions in the amphibolite facies area. These early inclusions can be related to peak metamorphic conditions (750-820°C and 3-5 kbar for peak granulite facies metamorphism). Relatively young CO₂ inclusions with low densities (<0.8g/cm³) indicate that the first part of the cooling history of the rocks was characterized by a near isothermal uplift.
N₂-CH₄ inclusions, with compositions ranging between pure CH₄ and pure N₂ (Raman spectral analysis), were found in the whole area. They are probably syn- or even pre-early inclusions. Only nearly critical homogenizing inclusions have been found (low density). Pressure estimates, based on densities of early fluid inclusions, show that the rapid transition of amphibolite towards granulite facies metamorphism is virtually isobaric. Granulite facies metamorphism in West Uusimaa is a thermal event, probably induced by the influx of hot, CO₂-bearing fluids.     

The Carlés copper–gold–molybdenum skarn (Asturias, Spain): geometry, mineral associations and metasomatic evolution

This paper presents the petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the Carlés Cu–Mo–Au ore deposit, located in the Rio Narcea Gold Belt (Cantabrian zone of the Iberian Massif). It is related to a small postkinematic calc-alkaline monzogranite, which intrudes as a cedar-tree laccolith into the upper siliciclastic Furada Formation (late Silurian age) and the Nieva carbonates (early Devonian age). The Carlés deposit consists mainly of a well-developed exoskarn. The exoskarn is mostly calcic skarn made up of early garnet and pyroxene, and later amphibole, magnetite and sulfides. The presence of magnesian skarn has been recorded on the north side of the intrusion (roof of granitoid). Magnesian skarn consists of olivine, which is partially replaced by diopside and phlogopite and spinel. Close to the igneous rock, skarns are overprinted by strong potassic alteration. The ore is related to the skarn retrogradation and post-skarn veining and faulting. The skarn-related ore consists of earlier, uneconomic magnetite and Fe–As sulfide assemblages and economic Cu–Au–Ag (Bi–Te) assemblages on the eastern and western sides of the contact aureole, and uneconomic Mo and subeconomic Fe–As–Cu–Au–Ag on the northern side of the contact. Later subeconomic Fe–As–Sb–(Zn–Sn–Cu–Au–Ag) assemblages crosscut the granitoid, skarn, marbles and mineral associations developed previously, and are related to younger episodes of fracturing and faulting. Fluid inclusions in the first hydrothermal stage consist of an aqueous solution with significant contents of CO₂, which reach unmixing conditions as a result of a decrease in P–T conditions. This led to two types of solutions, aqueous solutions of moderate to high salinity and hydrocarbon solutions of low salinity. This unmixing phenomenon controlled the first stage of gold precipitation. During the late hydrothermal activity, primary low-salinity-aqueous-carbonic inclusions with contrasting densities are found. They homogenize into vapor, critical or liquid phase. Homogenization temperatures are practically the same in all inclusions, indicating a boiling phenomenon that could control a new precipitation of gold.     

云南哀牢山和新疆可可托海伟晶岩矿物中熔融包裹体电子探针研究

运用电子探针测定了云南哀牢山伟晶岩和新疆可可 托海伟晶岩矿物中熔融包裹体及流体-熔融包裹体子矿物成分。据73个包裹体中120个测 点分 析结果,鉴定出锌尖晶石、刚玉、磷灰石、磁铁矿、白云母、黑云母、钾长石、钠长石、绿 柱石和石英等10种 子矿物,并确定矿物组合27个。其中锌尖晶石、刚玉在两地区伟晶岩熔融包裹体中属首次发 现,磷灰石成分属首次测定。两地伟晶岩矿物的熔融及流体-熔融包裹体中子 矿 物成分及矿物组合各异,包裹体中子矿物与主矿物的化学成分存在一定演化规律,可作为了 解伟晶岩浆结晶分异作用、元素演化规律的依据。研究表明,伟晶岩存在局部岩浆分异作 用,岩浆具不混溶性及非均匀性。此成果对了解伟晶岩物质成分、形成机制及成因研究具重 要意义。对岩浆岩、地幔岩及陨石研究也有一定启迪。     

辽宁四道沟金矿成矿流体地球化学研究

辽宁四道的沟金矿定位于鸭绿江断裂西侧。其容矿围岩为辽河群盖县组的变质岩系,成矿流体中富含Ｎａ＾＋、Ｃａ＾２＋、Ｃｌ＾离子和还原性所体（ＣＯ、Ｎ２、ＣＨ４、Ｈ２）。成矿温度为１６０～２８０℃,成矿压力为４５～５５ＭＰａ。Ｅｈ,ｐＨ,ｆｏ２和氢氧同位素值表明,成矿为相对弱还原环境,成矿流体为一种近中性的混合流体。     

流体包裹体在成岩作用研究中的应用

流体包裹体的研究已经被引入到沉积学和和石油地质学领域中,常用的研究方法主要有包裹体测温和包裹体成分分析。利用流体包裹体测温的数据。可以分析,判断沉积成岩和成藏作用发生时的流体特征和古地温梯度,恢复成岩环境。利用流体包裹体的成分特征可以判断成藏和成岩作用发生的时间,从而得出沉积盆地构造运动演化、成岩作用和油气运移的时序。     

川西扎乌龙花岗伟晶岩型锂矿床成矿作用过程——来自流体包裹体与同位素的证据

川西扎乌龙花岗伟晶岩型锂矿床位于甘孜-松潘造山带内,为大型锂矿床.前人基于对扎乌龙系统的流体包裹体研究,认为扎乌龙锂矿形成于500～580℃,压力350 MPa的环境.然而,对于扎乌龙成矿流体的来源及其何种流体挥发分对成矿起主导作用,仍缺乏有效制约.锂辉石型伟晶岩脉是扎乌龙锂矿最富集的类型,脉体内部分带性良好,可划分为4个带:石英-白云母带、斜长石带、钠长石-锂辉石带和石英-锂辉石带.根据地质现象和流体包裹体的岩相学观察,扎乌龙锂辉石型伟晶岩脉可划分为伟晶岩阶段和热液阶段2个主要阶段,锂矿化集中于伟晶岩阶段.文章对扎乌龙成矿流体的来源及成分开展了研究,即对锂辉石型伟晶岩各阶段的流体包裹体进行了激光拉曼光谱、群体包裹体和氢、氧、碳同位素分析.流体包裹体成分揭示,成矿流体由伟晶岩阶段的高温(500～580℃)、低盐度(w(NaCleq)0.8％～8.5％)、富挥发分(Li、P、B等)、弱碱性的硅酸盐水体系,向晚期中高温(300～400℃)、低盐度(w(NaCleq)4.4％～9.6％)、富CO2、弱酸性的盐水体系热液演化.氢、氧同位素组成表明早期成矿流体以岩浆水为主,晚期无明显的大气降水加入.碳同位素分析结果表明,二氧化碳主要来源于岩浆出溶.结合已有的研究成果,笔者认为相对封闭的成矿环境导致挥发组分的大量聚集和弱碱性环境,是扎乌龙锂矿富集与沉淀的主要控制因素.晚期贫F、富Cl的弱酸性热液流体有利于锂辉石的保存.     

THE MICROMORPHOLOGY OF GYPSUM AND HALITE IN REG SOILS—THE NEGEV DESERT,ISRAEL

Gypsum and halite are the most common salts in reg soils developed on alluvial parent material under extremely arid conditions in the Negev Desert, Israel. The aim of this paper is to document the changes in the micromorphology of these salts at different stages of Reg soil development on two alluvial fan chronosequences. The micromorphological analyses included thin section observations and scanning electron microscope and electron microprobe analyses. In this arid soil environment, gypsum and halite possess a variety of crystal forms which may change with depth in a single profile and/or between profiles of different ages. The variety of crystal forms results from changes in the microenvironmental conditions that occur in desert reg soils over time. Poikilitic lenticular gypsum is found in all Reg soils and is distributed throughout the profiles. The conditions needed for such crystals to form are high ionic impurities and deposition in a void system where space is not limiting. Microcrystalline alabastrine gypsum is only found in mature Reg soils and is crystallized when the profile has high amounts of fine material and a well-developed desert pavement. In a well-developed Reg soil, profile indicators, such as a well-developed desert pavement and high amounts of fine earth, limit the leaching depth and cause gypsum deposition from supersaturated soil solutions under high evaporation rates close to the surface. Prismatic and fibrous gypsum are less common. Low amounts of prismatic gypsum are found in young and mature soils while fibrous gypsum is found only in mature soils in re-cemented shattered gravel. The halite crystal form is mainly cubic with low amounts of host material incorporated into the crystal. It occurs predominantly in mature Reg soil profiles through the crystallization from supersaturated soil solutions at the depth of maximum water penetration. Although the alabastrine, prismatic and fibrous gypsum and cubic halite are deposited in a displacive manner, no correlation was found between their occurrence and the distribution of shattered gravel in the soil profile.     

山东昌乐刚玉巨晶中的流体和熔融包裹体及其流体组分特征

山东昌乐第三纪玄武岩中产有刚玉巨晶,内含丰富的原生和假次生流体包裹体和熔融包裹体。流体包裹体可分为CO2单相包裹体、H2O-CO2两相和三相包裹体。熔融包裹体类型复杂,其中富流体相包裹体可分为含CO2收缩气泡两相熔融包裹体和气-液-固多相熔融包裹体。诸类包裹体主要赋含在刚玉晶核外的“主体”部分,以CO2单相流体包裹体和两相熔融包裹体最为发育,并且不同类型包裹体常密切伴生,表明它们形成时流体发生了不混溶作用:出现熔浆相(富含挥发分)、气相(CO2为主)和富水相(H2O-CO2为主)等多相体系。激光拉曼分析结果显示,各类包裹体中的气体组分主要是CO2,另有不等量的N2和H2S,据此划分为纯CO2、CO2-N2、CO2-H2S和CO2-N2-H2S等气体组合类型,没有发现O2、CH4和H2等组分。此外,拉曼分析也证实了流体包裹体和熔融包裹体中存在H2O。上述资料表明,昌乐地区深部流体以CO2为主,同时包含H2O、N2和H2S在内的多种组分,这些流体组分也是刚玉母浆系统的重要成分。     

梅县嵩溪银（锑）矿流体包裹体轻烃组成及其矿床成因意义

嵩溪是一个新发现的大型银（锑）矿,位于永梅拗陷南段寨岗上火山沉积盆地的边缘。前人多认为其形成与火山活动有关,主要有海底基性火山喷流和中低温火山热液充填等成因观点。但矿物流体包裹体超高真空四极气相质谱系统测定表明其中存在多种轻烃气体,它们主要由C1~4饱和烷烃组成,仅含微量C2~4不饱和烯烃和芳烃,说明成矿过程基本未受到岩浆作用的影响。这些轻烃气为微生物作用成因和沉积岩围岩中Ⅱ类干酪根热解成因的混合气体。从有机气体组成看,嵩溪矿床的成矿背景属裂谷环境。本文的研究从一个侧面支持了作者等提出的嵩溪银(锑)矿可能属沉积热卤水改造型矿床的看法。     

Plagioclase ultraphyric basalts in Iceland: the mush of the rift

Glassy, plagioclase ultraphyric basalts from six locations in Iceland have bimodal phenocryst size distributions where microphenocrysts (ol+plg±cpx±mt) are in equilibrium with the matrix glass, but macrophenocrysts (ol+plg±cpx) are too primitive to be so. Matrix glass compositions are similar to those of other rift zone glasses from Iceland, and oxygen isotope variations suggest they interacted with the Icelandic crust. A lack of negative Eu-anomalies in matrix glasses precludes large amounts of plagioclase crystallisation from their parental liquids. Compositions of glass inclusions in plagioclase and olivine macrophenocrysts indicate that parental magma compositions of the macrophenocryst assemblage are similar to those of primitive, Icelandic rift zone glasses. Temperatures for plagioclase macrophenocryst crystallisation obtained from Linkam^® heating stage experiments, and from glass inclusion compositions corrected for post-entrapment crystallisation, give temperatures up to 1260°C, corresponding to crystallisation at middle to deep crustal levels. Temperature differences of less than 100°C between plagioclase-hosted glass inclusions before and after post-entrapment plagioclase crystallisation show that the macrophenocrysts must have been kept at elevated temperatures prior to incorporation in their present host magmas. We suggest that the macrophenocrysts of the plagioclase ultraphyric basalts accumulated in crystal mush bodies underneath the rift zone and were picked up by their present hosts during a rifting event with increased magma supply from the mantle.