Geostatistical investigations of gabbro occurrences near Savantvadi, Ratnagiri district, India

This paper embodies petrographical and statistical investigations of three gabbro occurrences. The Mangaon and Kunkeri gabbros are similar in petrography and petrochemistry, whereas they are completely different from the Vajrat gabbro. Application of recently developed statistical tests help in classifying these gabbros by using three oxides, CaO, FeO, and K₂O.This study shows that the evolution of the Mangaon and Kunkeri gabbros probably proceeded along different lines as compared to the Vajrat gabbro.     

Petrochemistry of sandstones from Neoproterozoic basins of the Bastar craton, Central Indian Shield: Implications for paleoweathering, provenance and tectonic history

Petrographic analysis and chemical analysis of major and trace elements including rare earth elements of the Neoproterozoic sandstones from the Chandarpur Group and the Tiratgarh Formation have been carried out to determine their provenance, tectonic setting and weathering conditions. All sandstone samples are highly enriched in quartz but very poor in feldspar and lithic fragments. Petrographically and geochemically these sandstones are classified as subarkose, sublitharenite and arenite. The Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA mean 68) and Th/U ratios (mean 4.2) for these sandstones suggest their moderate weathering nature. Generally, all sandstone samples are strongly depleted in major elements (except SiO₂), trace elements (except Zr) and REE in comparison with Post Archean Australian Shale (PAAS) and Upper Continental Crust (UCC). Their mineralogy and mean of elemental ratios suitable for determination of provenance and tectonic setting, e.g. Al₂O₃/SiO₂ (0.02), K₂O/Na₂O (10), Eu/Eu* (0.67), (La/Lu)n (10.4), La/Sc (3), Th/Sc (1.2), La/Co (0.22), Th/Co (0.08), and Cr/Th (7.2), support a felsic source and a passive margin tectonic setting for these sandstones. Also these key elemental ratios do not show much variation over a range of SiO₂. Thus we attest their significance in determining source rock characteristics of quartz rich sandstones. Chondrite‐normalized REE patterns with LREE enrichment and a strong negative Eu anomaly are also attributed to felsic source rock characteristics for these sandstones. The source rocks identified are granite and gneiss of the Bastar craton. Minor amounts may have been derived from older supracrustals of the Bastar craton. However, the major element data of the Paleoproterozoic Sakoli schists when compared with those of the Neoproterozoic sandstones indicate that the schists were derived from a mafic source and deposited in an active continental margin tectonic setting. There is, however, little difference in CIA values between the Paleoproterozoic Sakoli schists and Neoproterozoic sandstones, indicating prevailing of similar (moderate‐intense) weathering conditions throughout the Proterozoic in the Bastar craton. Our study also suggests a change in the provenance and tectonic setting of deposition of sediments from dominantly a mafic source and an active continental margin in the Paleoproterozoic to dominantly granite and gneiss (felsic source) and a passive continental margin in the Neoproterozoic in the Bastar craton.     

福建永定大坪花岗斑岩体的铌钽富集特征研究

福建大坪花岗斑岩体位于永定县城南部的大石凹—蓝地火山喷发盆地,具斑状结构,基质呈霏细结构、细-微粒结构。文章运用电子探针(EMPA)和激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(LA-ICP-MS)等技术,对大坪岩体ZK10001钻孔中不同深度的岩石样品进行了矿物和岩石化学分析。分析结果表明,大坪岩体岩性为黑鳞云母碱长花岗斑岩,属于过铝质钙碱性花岗岩,具有较高的分异演化程度,Nb2O5和Ta2O5含量达到了花岗岩型稀有金属矿床的工业品位。铌钽矿物主要与黄玉、萤石的集合体呈稀疏浸染状、星点状产于基质间隙内,其次以星点状存在于石英和长石斑晶中。矿石矿物赋存特征与宜春钽铌矿床类似,可能具有一定的可选性和经济价值。大坪岩体的铌钽富集特征不同于斑岩型铜、钼矿床,与花岗岩型铌钽矿床也存在较大的差别,铌钽的富集过程经历了深部斑晶阶段和浅部基质阶段两阶段岩浆结晶分异作用,F等挥发分促进了铌钽在结晶残余岩浆中富集,在基质间隙间沉淀。大坪矿化岩体的发现暗示斑岩型铌钽矿床存在的可能性。     

四川木落寨稀土矿床与成矿有关的花岗岩问题及其意义

通过对四川木落寨稀土矿床及与成矿有关的花岗岩的岩石特征、岩石化学以及稀土元素地球化学研究表明，与成矿有关的岩石是英碱正长岩，而不是前人认为的黑云母花岗岩。岩石Pb-Sr-Nd同位素研究说明矿区英碱正长岩及矿石具深源、甚至幔源特征，不同于通常具壳源特征的黑云母花岗岩。木落寨矿床与邻近的冕宁牦牛坪大型稀土矿床的成矿岩石相同，都为英碱正长岩，它们的矿床特征也相似。木落寨英碱正长岩的厘定对研究区域岩浆活动、寻找同类型的稀土金属矿产有重要意义。     

扬子块体西缘新元古代双峰式火山岩的锆石U-Pb年龄和岩石化学特征

川西地区早震旦世苏雄组火山岩以流纹岩为主,夹有少量玄武岩。苏雄组流纹岩的SHRIMP锆石UPb年龄为803±12Ma,代表了火山岩的喷发年龄。系统的岩石化学资料表明,苏雄组火山岩是一套典型的弱碱性双峰式火山岩,形成于大陆裂谷环境。扬子块体西缘康滇裂谷非常类似于现代与地幔柱活动有关的高火山活动型裂谷,支持约825Ma华南地幔柱模式。     

措勤盆地冈底斯构造带侵入岩岩石地球化学特征及构造成因分析

冈底斯构造带为措勤盆地－主要Ⅱ级构造单元。该带中、新生代岩浆活动异常强烈，形成从中性闪长岩到酸性花岗岩完整的中酸性花岗岩侵入岩带。通过对侵入岩体的岩石类型、岩石化学特征、岩石地球化学特征研究，认为该岩浆岩带侵入岩体主要为花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩、石英二长岩等，属钙碱性岩石系列，具“Ⅰ”型花岗岩的特征，是新特提斯洋壳沿雅鲁藏布江断裂带向北俯冲引起下地壳物质熔融向上侵入所致，为燕山晚期－喜山早期岩浆活动的产物。     

大兴安岭东南缘中酸性浅成侵入体地质地球化学特征与铜矿化

大兴安岭东南缘（突泉－天山）是重要的多金属成矿带，该区铜矿化主要与中生代酸性浅成－超浅成侵入体有密切的成因联系，文章论述了与铜矿化有关的中酸性浅成一超浅成侵入体的岩石学，岩石化学，微量元素特征，并阐述了该类型铜矿化的基本特点。     

一种新的计算岩石中实际矿物含量的方法—线性规划法

利用岩石化学分析数据,运用线性规划理论计算岩石中主要造岩矿物和副矿物的含量是可行的。本文详细论述了该方法的基本原理、计算方法及步骤,并对一些实例进行了计算,其结果令人满意.该方法排除了传统算法中的一些人为规定性.应用广泛.     

河北兴隆M111稀有金属花岗岩体地质和岩石学特征

本文报道了河北燕山地区一个稀有金属花岗岩体的地质特征、岩石学、矿物学和岩石化学特征.这个两次侵入形成的复式岩体,Rb-Sr同位素年龄171Ma。造岩矿物为石英、钠长石、微斜长石、含锂云母。化学成分铝过饱和富钠偏碱性.发育良好的岩性垂直分带,岩石结构、矿物和化学成分均呈规律性的变化.岩浆成分向富钠富稀碱富挥发分的方向分异演化导至Nb、Ta、Li、Be、Rb、Cs等稀有金属矿化。