Tectonic environments of sapphire and ruby revealed by a global oxygen isotope compilation

Many sapphire and ruby occurrences are spatially linked with orogenic belts such as the Pan-African Orogen, the Himalayas, and regions of active or former subduction along the western margin of the Pacific Ocean. These gemstones have oxygen isotope compositions (δ¹⁸O) that span >45‰, reflecting the wide range of environments and conditions involved in corundum (Al₂O₃) formation. We compiled a global data base of sapphire and ruby δ¹⁸O, from which the following major groups of gemstones emerge: a dominant population of sapphires with δ¹⁸O centred around 5.5‰ (the mantle value) that is spatially related to regions of former subduction; a lesser population of sapphires and rubies with slightly higher δ¹⁸O that are associated with skarn and pegmatite; rubies with relatively low δ¹⁸O of 0‰–7‰ that occur in hydrothermally altered ultramafic metamorphic rocks in collision zones; and rubies with high δ¹⁸O of 14‰–25‰ that are found, almost exclusively, in Himalayan marble. The spatial distribution of the δ¹⁸O groups relative to plate boundaries provides insight into the two major periods of continental collision involved in sapphire and ruby formation: the Ediacaran collision of East and West Gondwana (the East African Orogeny) and the Cenozoic collision of India and Asia.     

胶东和小秦岭:两类不同构造环境中的造山型金矿省

胶东和小秦岭是我国排名前两位的金矿产地,根据对这两个地区的实地野外考察、室内研究及对已有大量研究成果的总结,我们认为胶东与小秦岭地区的金矿床均可归入造山型金矿的范畴,它们分别形成于增生型造山体制和碰撞型造山体制.胶东金矿床形成于早白垩世(130～120Ma左右)与洋壳俯冲(增生)造山相关的活动大陆边缘环境,矿床主要产于中生代花岗岩岩体中,严格受断裂带(NNE向或NE向为主)控制,成矿流体具有低盐度高CO_2含量的特征,He-Ar同位素研究显示成矿过程有幔源物质的加入.综合金矿床及中生代岩浆岩(特别是与成矿近同时的早白垩世郭家岭花岗岩及基性岩脉)的地质地球化学特征与成岩成矿动力学,我们提出在俯冲的太平洋板块后退的背景下,胶东地区增厚地壳中的榴辉岩相下地壳及下伏岩石圈地幔发生两阶段拆沉,强烈的壳幔相互作用最终导致了早白垩世普遍的岩浆活动及金的爆发成矿的模式.小秦岭地区金矿床主要以大型含金石英脉的形式产出于太华群变质基底的脆性-韧性剪切带(EW向为主)中,而与区域内燕山期大型花岗岩岩基没有直接联系,矿床地质特征(如低盐度高CO_2,以变质流体为主的成矿热液)与造山型金矿吻合,He-Ar同位素特征表明金矿床形成时有幔源物质的加入.小秦岭地区脉状Au-Mo矿床印支期成矿年龄(215～256Ma,辉钼矿Re-Os)表明印支期是小秦岭地区金成矿的主要时期,小秦岭金矿属于陆陆(华北与扬子)碰撞造山过程中形成的造山型金矿.     

南秦岭花岗岩锆石U-Pb定年及其地质意义

锆石Ｕ－Ｐｂ定年结果表明,南秦岭勉、略构造带以北迷坝、光头山和东江口等花岗岩体形成于三叠纪（２０６￣２２０Ｍａ）,与南秦岭勉－略构造带洋盆的闭合时代及大别山超高压变质时代基本一致显示了它们的形成与勉－略古生代洋盆闭合后及华南陆块与华北陆块碰撞之间的内在联系。它支持华南和华北两大陆块最终在印支期碰撞的观点。     

五台山晚太古代碰撞造山带构造演化

应用构造—岩性—事件法将五台山碰撞造山带划分为３个构造片体：弧前混杂岩带、古岛弧系和弧后混杂岩带。提出该造山带构造演化５个阶段：洋盆扩张阶段（＞２６００Ｍａ）;南部洋盆向微陆块下俯冲—微陆块转化为岛弧阶段（２６００～２５００Ｍａ）;弧前碰撞—弧后消减阶段（２５５０～２５００Ｍａ）;陆—陆碰撞阶段（２５５０～２４５０Ｍａ）;伸展作用阶段（２５００～２４００Ｍａ）。     

西准噶尔地区金矿成矿模式

以碰撞型造山带的构造模式为基础,在理论上讨论了碰撞造山过程中成岩成矿作用的特征和时空演化规律,建立了碰撞造山成岩成矿模式,指出碰撞型造山带的超叠壳楔上应依次出现热液矿床带(D带)、花岗岩带(G带)和斑岩带(P带)。西准噶尔地区被认为是碰撞型造山带,其金矿化可按碰撞造山成岩成矿模式研究。模式的D带,即张贻侠等强调的达拉布特断裂北侧,应是找金矿的重点地区。     

江西宁冈岩体的形成时代、地球化学特征及其构造意义

宁岗岩体是湘赣交界部位呈南北向展布的加里东花岗岩带的重要组成部分,它主要由二长花岗岩组成。锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄为433.8±2.2Ma,属于加里东期岩浆活动产物。虽然宁冈岩体的SiO₂含量变化明显(67.46%~74.85%),但它们的ACNK值都大于1.1,钾大于钠(K₂O/Na₂O=1.36~2.37),CaO/Na₂O比值大于0.3,富集Rb、Th、Cs,亏损Nb、Ta、Ba、Sr,LREE富集 (LREE/HREE=5.8~12.2)和Eu亏损相对明显(δEu=0.28~0.61)。同时,它们还具有较低的ε_Nd(t)值(-9.3~-8.6)、较高的(⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i值(0.71172~0.71937)和古老的Nd模式年龄(1838~1909Ma)。这些特征表明,宁冈岩体属于典型的壳源型花岗岩,很可能是在华夏古陆残块与扬子地块之间发生陆-陆碰撞拼贴而引发的地壳伸展-减薄的构造背景下, 通过砂质岩石部分熔融的方式形成。     

陕西省华县金堆城斑岩型钼矿床流体包裹体研究

陕西省华县金堆城钼矿床位于东秦岭钼矿带西部,形成于燕山期大陆碰撞体制.矿体产出于金堆城花岗斑岩体内部及其内外接触带.流体成矿过程包括早、中、晚3个阶段,分别以石英-钾长石组合、石英-(钾长石)-多金属硫化物-(碳酸盐)组合和石英-碳酸盐组合为标志,矿石矿物主要沉淀于中阶段.早、中阶段石英中可见纯CO_2包裹体(PC型)、CO_2-H_2O型包裹体(C型)、水溶液包裹体(W型)和含子晶多相包裹体(S型),但晚阶段只发育水溶液包裹体(W型).早阶段C型和W型包裹体均一温度集中于280～370℃,盐度为5.68～11.05 wt%NaCl.eqv;中阶段C型和W型流体包裹体均一温度集中于170～270℃,盐度为5.14～12.63 wt%NaCl.eqv.早、中阶段石英中见S型包裹体,加热过程中子矿物不溶.晚阶段流体包裹体均一温度集中于110～1900C,盐度介于7.17%～11.22 wt%NaCl.eqv之间.估算的早、中阶段流体捕获压力分别为143～243MPa和22～115MPa,推测成矿深度约为2.2～8.1km.金堆城钼矿的成矿流体以富CO_2、贫Cl~-为特征.     

与陆-陆碰撞作用相关的盆-山构造数值模拟

陆-陆碰撞作用是导致大陆岩石圈各种地质作用发生的最重要的驱动机制,如何识别和标定陆-陆碰撞作用,特别是其四维时空演化,是地学界长期以来关注和研究的重点。陆-陆碰撞作用的主要表现形式为下伏地块沿陆内俯冲带的强烈下插(俯冲)和上覆地块沿陆内俯冲带的不断仰冲(逆冲扩展),在垂直俯冲带方向出现盆-山相间的构造格局和MOHO的弯曲、错断。通过数值模拟计算,详细论述了在仰冲(逆冲扩展)和俯冲作用过程中,盆地坳陷、山体抬升、MOHO上抬和下坳等各种位移量和位移速率之间的耦合关系及盆地中心的迁移规律。说明它们有可能成为判断或标定陆-陆碰撞作用的一种标志或尺度。     

柴北缘锡铁山地区滩间山群构造变形分析

初步构造变形分析表明 ,柴北缘锡铁山地区的早古生代变质火山岩系 -滩间山群在加里东期碰撞造山过程中经历了两期构造变形 :第一期为垂直造山带的挤压缩短变形 ,形成一系列紧闭褶皱、区域片理和大型韧性剪切带 ;第二期为平行造山带的挤压缩短变形 ,形成区域透入性共轭破劈理或膝折带。这两期变形是柴北缘加里东期碰撞造山带的斜向碰撞造山过程中不同阶段变形特征的体现。这种构造型式可能对于认识斜向碰撞造山带的构造动力学的转换过程具有重要意义。     

The Longmala and Mengya’a skarn Pb–Zn deposits,Gangdese region,Tibet: evidence from U–Pb and Re–Os geochronology for formation during early India–Asia collision

The Longmala and Mengya’a deposits are two representative skarn Pb–Zn deposits of the Nyainqêntanglha Pb–Zn–(Cu–Mo–Ag) polymetallic belt in the Gangdese region, Tibet, China. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) zircon U–Pb dating of the mineralization-related biotite monzogranite from the Longmala deposit yielded a weighted mean age of 55.7 Ma, which can be interpreted as the emplacement age of the pluton. Re–Os dating of three molybdenite samples from the Longmala deposit yielded model ages of 51.8–54.3 Ma, with a weighted mean age of 53.3 Ma, which is interpreted as the mineralization age of the deposit and overlaps the age of the causative intrusion. The Re–Os dating of four molybdenite samples from the Mengya’a deposit yielded model ages of 60.4–65.8 Ma, with a weighted mean age of 63.6 Ma, which represents the mineralization age of this deposit. Our new precise age data for these two deposits are consistent with the existing ages of ca. 65–51 Ma for other skarn polymetallic deposits in the Nyainqêntanglha metallogenic belt. In addition, these new age data, combined with existing information on the geological evolution history of the Lhasa terrane, indicate that the belt of skarn deposits is closely related to initial collision between India and the Asian continents.