9: Processes of tectonism, magmatism and mineralization: Lessons from Europe

Metallogenic provinces in Europe range in age from the Archaean to the Neogene. Deposit types include porphyry copper and epithermal Cu–Au, volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VMS), orogenic gold, Fe-oxide–Cu–Au, anorthosite Fe–Ti-oxide and sediment-hosted base-metal deposits. Most of them formed during short-lived magmatic events in a wide range of tectonic settings; many can be related to specific tectonic processes such as subduction, hinge retreat, accretion of island arcs, continental collision, lithosphere delamination or slab tear. In contrast, most sediment-hosted deposits in Europe evolved in extensional, continental settings over significant periods of time. In Europe, as elsewhere, ore formation is an integral part of the geodynamic evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle. Many tectonic settings create conditions conducive to the generation of water-rich magma, but the generation of ore deposits appears to be restricted to locations and short periods of change in temperature and stress, imposed by transitory plate motions. Crustal influence is evident in the strong structural controls on the location and morphology of many ore deposits in Europe. Crustal-scale fault–fracture systems, many involving strike-slip elements, have provided the fabric for major plumbing systems. Rapid uplift, as in metamorphic core complexes, and hydraulic fracturing can generate or focus magmatic–hydrothermal fluid flow that may be active for time spans significantly less than a million years. Once a hydrologically stable flow is established, ore formation is strongly dependent on the steep temperature and pressure gradients experienced by the fluid, particularly within the upper crust. In Europe, significant fracture porosity deep in the crystalline basement (1%) is not only important for magmatic–hydrothermal systems, but allows brines to circulate down through sedimentary basins and then episodically upward, expelled seismically to produce sediment-hosted base-metal deposits and Kupferschiefer copper deposits. Emerging research, stimulated by GEODE, can improve the predicting power of numerical simulations of ore-forming processes and help discover the presence of orebodies beneath barren overburden.     

Dissolution characteristics of deep?buried dolostone in the Member 5 of Ordovician Majiagou Formation in southern Ordos Basin

The different types of deep-buried dissolution process in the Member 5 of Ordovician Majiagou Formation in the southern Ordos Basin and its influence on the reservoir properties are studied in this paper. It shows that three types of mechanisms include organic acid fluid, hydrothermal fluid and TSR are identified through studies of core observation, thin section analysis, inclusion temperature, trace elements and rare earth elements. It is found that the dissolution of organic acid fluid causes the stratified dissolution pores, film-like asphaltene and ring-like asphaltene, while hydrothermal fluid causes the non-selective dissolution pores without petrofabric, veins of pyrites, massive pyrites and the association of hypothermal minerals. Four occurrence models of dissolution include, (1) the deep-buried dissolution of low-temperature hydrothermal fluid occurs in Zhiluo Period of Middle Jurassic; (2) the deep-buried dissolution of organic acid fluid started from the late Middle Jurassic followed by the first hydrocarbon injection; (3) the deep-buried dissolution of middle-high temperature hydrothermal fluid occurred in the Dongsheng Period of Early Cretaceous; (4) TSR occurred at the end of Early Cretaceous with the second larger hydrocarbon injection. Both organic acid fluid and hydrothermal fluid can improve the porosity and permeability of reservoir, but the hydrothermal fluid is more effective than that of organic acid fluid.     

热液锆石U-Pb定年与石英脉型金矿成矿时代:评述与展望

石英脉型金矿床是最重要的金矿床类型之一,对其成矿时代的精确测定却一直是一道难题.近年来同位素质谱技术的发展使得通过含金石英脉中热液锆石的U-Pb定年来精确限定石英脉型金矿床成矿时代成为可能.但含金石英脉中的锆石组成通常较复杂,除有热液锆石外,还可能出现从围岩中捕获的岩浆锆石和变质锆石.锆石成因和组成的这种复杂性,经常导致所获得的U-Pb年龄数据难以解释或缺乏明确的地质意义.因此石英脉型金矿床锆石U-Pb定年的关键是有效区分从成矿流体中直接生长的热液锆石和从围岩中捕获的岩浆锆石或变质锆石.通过锆石形貌、结构、微量元素组成(含稀土元素)、矿物或流体包裹体特征等的系统分析和综合研究,可以较好地区分含金石英脉中的不同成因锆石.在此基础上利用先进的SHRIMP或LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb分析技术对石英脉中的热液锆石进行微区原位定年,可以获得石英脉型金矿床可靠的成矿年龄.     

渔塘坝硒矿床多元素富集与沉积环境

对采自湖北西部渔塘坝二叠系独立硒矿区的硅质岩和页岩样品进行了元素测试（微量元素、总铁、总有机碳、总硫）,分析了该区域的多元素富集及沉积环境。该区域V、Cu、As、Cd、Tl、Se、Mo、V、 Sb、 U、Ag、 Cr、Ni相对富集, Ba、Hf、Ta、W、Pb、Th相对贫化或亏损。全硫—全铁（TS—TFe）的关系表明页岩及部分硅质岩的S/Fe比值均大于1.15,说明有过量的硫存在,可能为有机硫或为其他亲硫元素沉淀提供条件。TOC—TS—TFe三角图及V/(V + Ni)表明该区域的岩石形成于缺氧或静海相环境。U/Th、Zr—Cr、P—Y等微量元素地球化学参数表明该区域有热水沉积的存在。通过对微量元素可能的来源研究分析,该区域的微量元素可能存在多种来源:热水来源、海水沉积、峨眉山玄武岩。     

巴基斯坦印度扇近海盆地油气地质条件分析

南秦岭柞水银洞子—山阳桐木沟铅银锌矿带地处陕西柞山地区中部,位于中秦岭晚古生代弧前盆地的柞水—山阳矿集区内。该带东西长约71 km,南北宽1～7 km。对带内银洞子（铜）铅银菱铁矿床、黑沟铅锌菱铁矿床、桐木沟锌矿床、南沟（银）铅矿床和松林沟铅矿点的地质、矿体、蚀变、矿化规律进行总结,发现矿体均严格产于中-上泥盆统青石垭组,具有明显的时控、层控、岩控及后期热液改造成矿特征,属典型的海底热水喷流沉积-热液改造层控矿床,构成与晚古生代海底热水喷流沉积-热液改造作用有关的铅锌银成矿系列。建立以层控+热液改造为主控矿条件,以青石垭组热水沉积岩+断裂+化探异常+硫化物、重晶石、菱铁矿蚀变分带为组合的找矿模型,对柞山地区金属矿的找矿突破具有重要的指导意义。     

新疆尉犁县双峰岭金矿床特征及资源潜力分析

双峰岭金矿床处于塔里木板块东北缘的库鲁克塔格陆缘地块,北邻艾尔宾晚古生代残余盆地,南为塔里木中央地块;金矿体严格受地层岩性、韧性剪切带、脉岩三重控制。矿石类型有石英脉型和石英脉蚀变岩复合型;蚀变主要有绿泥石化、褐铁矿化、黄钾铁矾化、绢云母化、碳化和碳酸盐化、硅化等。金矿成矿物质主要来自变质热液,由于矿体受断裂构造控制,断裂构造的多期活动为其提供了有利的运移通道和容矿空间,来自深部的成矿物质沿其通道上升、运移,由于热液作用,使Au元素进一步活化迁移并携带围岩中的Au元素在构造有利部位沉淀富集形成金矿;笔者详细描述了双峰岭金矿的地质特征及控矿因素,总结出含Au石英脉标志、矿物标志、断裂构造标志、围岩蚀变标志、地球化学标志5个方面的找矿标志。最后结合双峰岭金矿区3个矿段矿体特征,初步预测了整个矿区的资源潜力。     

From Predictive Mapping of Mineral Prospectivity to Quantitative Estimation of Number of Undiscovered Prospects

This paper proposes that the spatial pattern of known prospects of the deposit‐type sought is the key to link predictive mapping of mineral prospectivity (PMMP) and quantitative mineral resource assessment (QMRA). This proposition is demonstrated by PMMP for hydrothermal Au‐Cu deposits (HACD) and by estimating the number of undiscovered prospects for HACD in Catanduanes Island (Philippines). The results of analyses of the spatial pattern of known prospects of HACD and their spatial associations with geological features are consistent with existing knowledge of geological controls on hydrothermal Au‐Cu mineralization in the island and elsewhere, and are used to define spatial recognition criteria of regional‐scale prospectivity for HACD. Integration of layers of evidence representing the spatial recognition criteria of prospectivity via application of data‐driven evidential belief functions results in a map of prospective areas occupying 20% of the island with fitting‐ and prediction‐rates of 76% and 70%, respectively. The predictive map of prospective areas and a proxy measure for degrees of exploration based on the spatial pattern of known prospects of HACD were used in one‐level prediction of undiscovered mineral endowment, which yielded estimates of 79 to 112 undiscovered prospects of HACD. Application of radial‐density fractal analysis of the spatial pattern of known prospects of HACD results in an estimate of 113 undiscovered prospects of HACD. Thus, the results of the study support the proposition that PMMP can be a part of QMRA if the spatial pattern of discovered prospects of the deposit‐type sought is considered in both PMMP and QMRA.     

川中地区中二叠统栖霞组滩控岩溶型白云岩储层特征及主控因素

四川盆地中部地区栖霞组的白云岩是该区主要储层,储层成因的主流观点是热液白云岩化.目前勘探实践发现,优质储渗体形成与早期相控岩溶作用有关.通过取芯及测录井资料进行了详细分析,研究结果表明,该类白云岩储层主要位于栖霞组中上部颗粒滩发育的地层中,按其宏微观产出状态可分为溶斑状云岩、溶洞充填云岩、针孔状基质云岩和致密基质云岩....     

广西五圩矿田箭猪坡锑多金属矿综合信息找矿模型

【研究目的】通过箭猪坡锑多金属矿综合信息找矿模型的研究,对于进一步开展深部矿体定位预测具有重要意义。【研究方法】本文基于箭猪坡矿床锑多金属矿找矿工作,研究了深部成矿模式,分析了可控源音频大地电磁测深（CSAMT）、瞬变电磁测量（TEM）、地电化学测量等方法在深部找矿中的作用和效果。【研究结果】可控源测量能反映深部断裂带的延深情况,瞬变电磁测量低电阻率能有效识别矿化带或控矿断裂带,地电化学测量Pb、Zn、Sb元素变化曲线峰值能指示矿化体的存在。【结论】箭猪坡锑多金属矿地质-物探-化探测量综合信息找矿模型的建立为五圩地区深部找矿提供了可以识别的探测目标,CSAMT、TEM及地电化学测量综合方法能探测控矿断裂的深部特征,综合信息特征的找矿方法是构造控矿的有效技术手段。创新点：采用地质-物探-化探综合找矿方法构建多源信息找矿模型,预测深部矿体的位置、规模。     

Mapping hydrothermal alteration in the Comstock mining district,Nevada, using simulated satellite‐borne hyperspectral data

Hydrothermal alteration mapping with spaceborne hyperspectral data was simulated in the Comstock mining district, Nevada in order to evaluate the mineral mapping capabilities of the proposed Australian Resource Information and Environment Satellite (ARIES‐1). As a result, a suite of hydrothermal alteration minerals, including kaolinite, dickite, illite, chlorite, alunite and carbonate was identified from the simulated data in the 0.4–2.5 μm wavelength region and their areal abundance variations mapped accordingly. The recognised alteration zoning shows a major change in alteration assemblages across the Comstock and Silver City Faults, and a gradual variation from north to south along the faults. In the bleached Miocene volcanic rocks, dickite, kaolinite, illite and alunite were recognised. Coexistence of dickite of relatively high temperature, high‐crystallinity kaolinite of medium temperature and low‐crystallinity kaolinite of low temperature suggests supergene processes overprinting earlier hypogene alteration. The bleached rocks probably represent hydrothermal alteration in the fluid up‐flow zones in the central and shallower parts of the hydrothermal system. Illite in the bleached zones is characterised by relatively short AI–OH band wavelengths (2190–2200 nm), indicating no or very low Fe and/or Mg contents. Fault‐controlled propylitic alteration is mapped in the central part of the district mainly in the footwall of the Comstock Fault. The associated illite is characterised mainly by medium AI–OH band wavelengths (2200–2208 nm). This propylitic alteration may be contemporaneous with Au–Ag mineralisation. Additional and more extensive propylitic zones, containing illite with long AI–OH band wavelengths (2204–2216 nm), were mapped in the southern part of the district. These zones resulted from either a pre‐mineralisation propylitic alteration, or the peripheral hydrothermal alteration in the fluid down‐flow zones of the Miocene hydrothermal system.