Fluid sources for the La Guitarra epithermal deposit (Temascaltepec district, Mexico): Volatile and helium isotope analyses in fluid inclusions

The La Guitarra deposit (Temascaltepec district, South-Central Mexico), belongs to the low/intermediate sulfidation epithermal type, has a polymetallic character although it is currently being mined for Ag and Au. The mineralization shows a polyphasic character and formed through several stages and sub-stages (named I, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, and III). The previous structural, mineralogical, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies were used to constrain the selection of samples for volatile and helium isotope analyses portrayed in this study. The N₂/Ar overall range obtained from analytical runs on fluid inclusion volatiles, by means of Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (QMS), is 0 to 2526, and it ranges 0 to 2526 for stage I, 0 to 1264 for stage IIA, 0 to 1369 for stage IIB, 11 to 2401 for stage IIC, 19 to 324 for stage IID, and 0 to 2526 for stage III. These values, combined with the CO₂/CH₄ ratios, and N₂-He-Ar and N₂-CH₄-Ar relationships, suggest the occurrence of fluids from magmatic, crustal, and shallow meteoric sources in the forming epithermal vein deposit. The helium isotope analyses, obtained by means of Noble Gas Mass Spectrometry, display R/Ra average values between 0.5 and 2, pointing to the occurrence of mantle-derived helium that was relatively diluted or “contaminated” by crustal helium. These volatile analyses, when correlated with the stable isotope data from previous works and He isotope data, show the same distribution of data concerning sources for mineralizing fluids, especially those corresponding to magmatic and crustal sources. Thus, the overall geochemical data from mineralizing fluids are revealed as intrinsically consistent when compared to each other.The three main sources for mineralizing fluids (magmatic, and both deep and shallow meteoric fluids) are accountable at any scale, from stages of mineralization down to specific mineral associations. The volatile and helium isotope data obtained in this paper suggest that the precious metal-bearing mineral associations formed after hydrothermal pulses of predominantly oxidized magmatic fluids, and thus it is likely that precious metals were carried by fluids with such origin. Minerals from base-metal sulfide associations record both crustal and magmatic sources for mineralizing fluids, thus suggesting that base metals could be derived from deep leaching of crustal rocks. At the La Guitarra epithermal deposit there is no evidence for an evolution of mineralizing fluids towards any dominant source. Rather than that, volatile analyses in fluid inclusions suggest that this deposit formed as a pulsing hydrothermal system where each pulse or set of pulses accounts for different compositions of mineralizing fluids.The positive correlation between the relative content of magmatic fluids (high N₂/Ar ratios) and H₂S suggests that the necessary sulfur to carry mostly gold as bisulfide complexes came essentially from magmatic sources. Chlorine necessary to carry silver and base metals was found to be abundant in inclusion fluids and although there is no evidence about its source, it is plausible that it may come from magmatic sources as well.     

金属矿床的成矿流体成分和流体包裹体

自然界中的成矿流体按其主要成分,可分为:(1)岩浆,即形成岩浆矿床的岩浆;(2)以H2O为主的流体(含Na Cl);(3)以CO2为主的流体。地壳中的流体类型很多,只有含一定金属元素含量的,并且达到一定浓度时才称为金属矿床的成矿流体。基于对矿床中流体包裹体和天然成矿流体中金属种类和含量的测定,这些金属矿床的成矿流体按金属元素含量可以分为五组,成矿流体可以来自岩浆、岩浆热液、大气降水、盆地卤水和变质流体等地质环境。     

吉林省大横路钴铜矿床地质特征及成矿流体来源讨论

大横路钴铜矿床为大型铜伴生钴矿床,矿体主要赋存于大栗子组中段含碳绢云千枚岩之中。矿床经历了海底喷流沉积、变质改造、热液叠加及表生氧化4期成矿作用。热液叠加期形成脉状与浸染状矿石并对层状矿体起到了局部改造的作用,可进一步划分为Ⅰ石英-黄铁矿阶段、Ⅱ石英-方铅矿阶段。流体包裹体岩相学、显微测温及C、H、O同位素研究,表明Ⅰ阶段石英中发育气液两相流体包裹体,均一温度为178~229℃,盐度为6.0%~11.8% NaCleqv,属于中温、低盐度的H2O-NaCl体系。流体包裹体的δDH2O约为-82.3‰~-84.8‰,δ18OH2O为5.5‰~6.4‰,δ13CPDB为-9.7‰~-5.1‰,反应成矿流体主要来自岩浆水。Ⅱ阶段石英中也以气液两相包裹体为主,均一温度为113~169℃,盐度为3.0%~8.5% NaCleqv,属于低温、低盐度的H2O-NaCl体系。流体包裹体的δD为-96.3‰~-90.7‰,δ18OH2O为1.2‰~2.5‰,δ13CPDB为-20.7‰~-16.7‰,反映成矿流体具有岩浆水与大气水混合的特点。     

从流体包裹体研究探讨金属矿床成矿条件

根据作者多年来对流体包裹体的研究成果，参考了国内外的研究结论，提出了一个新的成矿流体分类方案，并评述了我国若干典型金属矿床的研究状况，由此探讨了金属矿床的形成机制。     

陕西大西沟喷流沉积型菱铁矿矿床地质特征及矿床成因

陕西大西沟铁矿床位于秦岭造山带山-柞盆地西北部,与银洞子大型银铅矿床毗邻。矿体主要赋存在泥盆系青石垭组中上段,容矿岩石为一套海相复理石碎屑岩和碳酸盐岩建造。矿床的金属矿物主要有菱铁矿、磁铁矿、黄铁矿,其次为黄铜矿、磁黄铁矿等;非金属矿物主要是重晶石、石英、铁白云石,其次为方解石、绢云母、绿泥石、黑云母、斜长石、钠长石、堇青石等,局部地段由于表生氧化和次生富集作用而形成针铁矿、赤铁矿、蓝辉铜矿等。与矿化有关的围岩蚀变较弱,主要有硅化、绢云母化、绿泥石化和碳酸盐化。基于野外地质观察、矿物共生组合和矿石结构构造的系统研究,将大西沟铁矿床的形成划分为3期6阶段,分别是:①喷流沉积期:硅质岩-黄铁矿-菱铁矿阶段(Ⅰ)、重晶石-磁铁矿阶段(Ⅱ);②热液改造期:堇青石-黄铁矿-磁铁矿阶段(Ⅲ)、石英-碳酸盐阶段(Ⅳ)、碳酸盐-硫化物-磁铁矿阶段(Ⅴ);③表生氧化期(Ⅵ)。流体包裹体显微测温结果表明,喷流沉积期Ⅰ阶段菱铁矿完全均一温度和盐度w(NaCl_(eq))峰值区间分别为230～270℃和13%～14.5%,Ⅱ阶段重晶石中流体包裹体的完全均一温度和盐度w(NaCl_(eq))峰值区间分别为220～290℃和9%～13%;热液改造期Ⅳ阶段菱铁矿和石英中气液两相包裹体均一温度峰值区间为240～300℃,盐度w(NaCl_(eq))为2.6%～15.7%;热液改造期Ⅴ阶段菱铁矿与石英中流体包裹体,除大量气液两相包裹体外,还发育有含子矿物多相包裹体,其中,气液两相包裹体均一温度峰值区间为290～340℃,盐度w(NaCl_(eq))为5.1%～13.4%,含子矿物多相包裹体均一温度峰值区间为380～440℃,盐度w(NaCl_(eq))为40.6%～59.7%。含子晶流体包裹体可能是流体不混溶或/和高盐度流体加入的反映。矿区内不同产状碳酸盐矿物的C、O同位素组成比较均一,δ~(13)C_(PDB)值集中在-3.58‰～-1.15‰之间,δ~(18)O_(SMOW)值为21.22‰～21.82‰,均表现出海相碳酸盐或海底喷流热液溶解海相碳酸盐的特征。大西沟矿床的地质、矿化和流体特征与海底热液喷流沉积型矿床一致,可能属于典型的喷流沉积型菱铁矿床,但后期受到秦岭造山作用的影响及热液叠加改造并形成磁铁矿和少量硫化物。大西沟菱铁矿矿床与邻近的银洞子铅锌矿组成一个较完整的喷流沉积成矿系统,两者可能分别代表了喷流沉积的边缘相和中心相。     

新疆阿尔泰山南缘泥盆纪弧型苦橄岩铂族元素地球化学特征及其地质意义

全球岛弧火山岩的铂族元素数据非常少。本研究对新疆阿尔泰山南缘中泥盆世北塔山组地层中的苦橄岩的铂族元素进行了分析,结果表明:其铂族元素的含量总体变化不大,其原始地幔标准化曲线总体上和已经报道的大西洋Lesser Antilles岛弧的G renada苦橄岩相似,均以富集钯组铂族元素(PPGE)为特征,但总体含量比后者高,而比大火成岩省的苦橄岩低。一些铂族元素的特征比值指示了苦橄岩和富辉玄武岩起源于软流圈地幔,而高的w(Os)/w(Ir)比值则暗示了源区中有深海沉积物的加入。w(Pd)/w(Ir)-w(N i)/w(Cu)图解说明本区的苦橄岩不是原始岩浆,而是原始的高镁玄武岩中有过剩橄榄石的加入,而w(Pd)-w(Cu)图解则说明原始岩浆硫不饱和。IPGE在俯冲带流体中相对稳定,而PPGE在俯冲带流体中的活动性相对较高。     

Geology,Geochemistry, and Geochronology of the Fenghuangshan Skarn‐type Copper Deposit in the Tongling Ore Cluster,Anhui Province,East China

The Fenghuangshan skarn-type Cu deposit, Tongling Ore Cluster, Anhui Province, is an important component in the Middle–Lower Yangtze River ore-forming belt. To better understand magmatism and its relationship to mineralization, we investigated geochemical features, ore-forming fluids, and geochronology of the Xinwuli intrusion and the related Fenghuangshan Cu deposit. Lithogeochemical characteristics show that the Xinwuli quartz monzodiorite is formed by mixing magma derived from upper mantle alkaline basalt that has been contaminated by crust materials. C, H and O isotopes indicate that ore-forming fluids mainly come from the magma, with minor amounts of meteoric fluids involved at the late stage. S and Pb isotopic components indicate that ore-forming materials are derived from the mantle. Molybdenite Re–Os isotopic dating yields Re–Os model ages ranging from 139.1±2.4 Ma to 142.0±2.2 Ma, with an isochronal age of 141.1±1.4 Ma, which is consistent with sensitive, high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon U–Pb ages of quartz monzodiorite and granodiorite in the mining area. Dating analysis yields ages from 136.0±2.0 Ma to 143.0±2.4 Ma for the quartz monzodiorite (a weighted average of 139.4±1.2 Ma) and ages from 136.7±2.0 Ma to 145.3±2.4 Ma for granodiorite (a weighted average of 141.0±1.1 Ma).     

超临界流体热力学函数的理论计算

Ｄｕａｎ等（１９９２。１９９６）基于分子间相互作用势能模型,建立了一个适合于超临界流体的状态方程,此方程能反演出世界上几十个实验室测定的成千上万个纯组分及混合物的ＰＶＴ（压力、体积、温度）数据（温压范围：Ｐ〈２ＧＰａ,Ｔｃ〈Ｔ〈２０００Ｋ）。最近的研究发现,此方程能准确预测Ｈ２Ｏ、ＣＯ２、ＣＨ４、Ｎ２及它们的混合物在Ｔ＝１．３Ｔｃ,Ｐ＝０到Ｔ＝２０００Ｋ,Ｐ＝１０ＧＰａ这一温压范围内的压力、体积、     

阿尔金山两侧盐湖物质来源、成钾作用及其控制因素研究

塔里木盆地东部的罗布泊盐湖和柴达木盆地西部的盐湖分别位于阿尔金山两侧,均产出有大量富钾卤水,在油气藏开采中还伴随产出富钾油田水.为探讨阿尔金山两侧盐类资源富集机制及其控制因素,综合分析了罗布泊盐湖、柴达木盆地西部盐湖以及油田水的水化学和氢氧同位素地球化学特征,发现:富钾卤水的形成除依靠地表汇入水体的蒸发浓缩作用外,罗布...