Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry and Implications for the Mechanisms of Ore-Grade Gold Mineralization in Epithermal System, Lalab Orebody, Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines

The Sibutad gold deposit has gold associated in quartz veins. The most important of these is the Lalab orebody, which contains ore‐grade gold, predominantly, in milky quartz veins and veinlets. Here, alteration quartz and fine‐grained crystalline clear and milky quartz were formed from hydrothermal fluids in three stages, namely stages I, II and III. Fluid inclusion microthermometry was carried out on stage I milky quartz, stage II fine‐grained alteration quartz and stage III milky quartz ± barite veins and veinlets. Homogenization temperatures (T_H) are >248°C in stage I, 214–232°C in stage II and 186–239°C in stage III. These fluid inclusions have salinity between 1 and 2 wt% NaCl equivalent. In terms of gold assay, stage I drill‐core samples have gold grades 0.53–0.76 g/ton Au, stage II samples have 1.12–3.70 g/ton Au and stage III samples have 9.06–23.88 g/ton Au. This correlation suggests that gold was precipitated from the stage II and III fluids.     

Omphacite breakdown reactions and relation to eclogite exhumation rates

Clinopyroxene + plagioclase (±Hbl ± Qtz) symplectites after omphacite are widely cited as evidence for prior eclogite-facies or high-pressure (HP) metamorphism. Precursor omphacite compositions of retrograde eclogites, used for reconstructing retrograde P–T paths, are commonly estimated by reintegrating symplectite phases with the assumption that the symplectite-forming reactions were isochemical. Comparisons of broadbeam symplectite compositions to adjacent unreacted pyroxene from various symplectites after clinopyroxene from the Appalachian Blue Ridge (ABR) and Western Gneiss Region (WGR) suggest that the symplectite forming reactions are largely isochemical. Endmember calculations based on reintegrated symplectite compositions from the ABR and WGR suggest that a minor Ca-Eskola (CaEs) component (X_CaEs = 0.04–0.15) was present in precursor HP clinopyroxene. WGR symplectites consist of fine-grained (∼1 μm-scale), vermicular intergrowths of Pl + Cpx II ± Hbl that occur at grain boundaries or internally. ABR symplectites contain coarser (∼10 μm-scale) planar lamellae and rods of Pl + Cpx II + Qtz + Hbl within clinopyroxene cores. The contrasting textures correlate with decompression and cooling rate, and degree of overstepping of the retrograde reaction (lamellar: slow, erosionally controlled exhumation with slow/low overstepping; fine-grained, grainboundary symplectite: rapid, tectonic exhumation with rapid/high overstepping). Variations in X_CaEs, X_jd, and X_CaTs of precursor HP omphacite are related to the symplectic mineral assemblages that result from decompression. Quartz-normative symplectities indicate quartz-producing retrograde reactions (e.g., breakdown of precursor CaEs); quartz-free symplectities (e.g., diopside + plagioclase after omphacite) indicate quartz-consuming reactions (jd, CaTs breakdown) outpaced quartz-producing reactions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Investigation of river network evolution using luminescence dating and heavy mineral analysis of Late-Quaternary fluvial sands from the Great Hungarian Plain

To reconstruct the evolution of Late-Quaternary river network in the southeastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain, we have used optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and heavy mineral analysis of 25 sand samples from the upper 2–8 m of the fluvial units, complemented by four radiocarbon ages. The estimated OSL depositional ages vary between 10 and 47 ka. The heavy mineral composition of the OSL samples was compared to the compositional data of recent river sediments using cluster analysis. The new OSL and heavy mineral data show that from 47 to 10 ka ago the sediments were transported mainly from the northeast direction into the southeastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain by the ancestor of the Tisza river and its northern tributaries, and probably by another large river which also flowed northeast–southwest, parallel to the modern Tisza. Between 23 and 14 ka sediments periodically came from the east and reached the eastern part of our study area. Between 15 and 12 ka ago, sands transported from the southeast also occur in the southeastern and central part of the study area. These data suggest that the modern rivers occupied their present courses only in the last 10 ka.     

Age of glacial and periglacial landforms in northern Hokkaido, Japan, using OSL dating of fine grain quartz

The timing of glacial advances, periglacial phenomena, and the ages of two marker tephras in northern Hokkaido were estimated by OSL dating. It appears that the glacier of Yamunai 2 stage on Rishiri Island expanded between 24 and 15 ka. In northern Hokkaido, OSL ages indicate ice wedge formation during the period 24–18 ka. These results indicate that both the glacial advance and the development of ice wedges were synchronous phenomena relating to the Last Glacial Maximum.     

美姑河断裂活动性研究及对水电工程影响评价

美姑河断裂带穿越拟建的美姑河瓦洛水电站，其展布及活动性直接影响工程建设。通过地貌、第四系、地质构造及地震等野外地质调查和断裂带石英形貌扫描、ESR测年等方法综合研究表明，美姑河断裂带是由3条断层组成的叠瓦断层带，在中更新世（Q2）以来已不具活动性，不属于活动断层，亦不具有诱发地震的能力，因此断裂带活动性对工程建设影响不大。     

新疆东昆仑白干湖钨锡矿田矿化体模型

白干湖钨锡矿田矿床类型属构造导控的高温热液型,矿化体几何形状取决于导控构造及容矿岩石的性质.该矿床容矿岩石有绢云石英片岩、石英透闪石岩、变质辉长岩、蚀变花岗岩等区内所有岩石类型.矿化是以均匀的微细脉浸染为主,矿化岩石与同类型未矿化岩石特征差别无几,矿化期交代作用十分微弱.矿石类型属于微细脉浸染及富细脉型.矿化体模型是在基本了解矿床地质特征,成控规律以及地表主要矿体形态数据基础上拟建的.理论上,矿化体是以导矿构造为骨架的简化板状矿化体,与易矿化岩层贯通所形成的似层状矿化体构成的复合体.这种复合体即使在高精度矿产勘查过程中也不能保证取得相对准确的数据.因此,准确识别矿化体性质十分重要.     

山东纪山金矿矿物标型的空间分布

胶东半岛西北部招掖金矿带内的纪山金矿，3号脉和3号支脉是主要的工业矿体。矿物标型的空间分带：3号脉矿体上部，黄铁矿形态以八面体晶面发育的聚形晶体(Fo)为主，黄铁矿热电动势(Vn)绝对值小于18．5mV，石英中水的相对吸光度(D1)为6．00—4．50，石英中二氟化碳的相对吸光度(D2)为1．05—0．75；矿体下部，黄铁矿以立方体晶面发育的聚形晶体(Fc)为主，Vn绝对值大于18．5mV，D1为4．50—3．00，D2为0．75—0．55。3号支脉矿体上部，黄铁矿形态主要以Fo类聚形晶体为主，Vn绝对值小于21．0mV，D1为4．50—4．00，D2为0．80—0．70；矿体下部，黄铁矿形态主要出现Fc类聚形晶体，Vn绝对值大于21．0mV，D1为4．00—3．00，D2为0．70—0．55。矿物标型特征与矿石金品位相关。     

阿尔金大平沟金矿床成矿时代Rb-Sr定年

首次测定的阿尔金北缘地区大平沟金矿石英包裹体Rb-Sr等时线年龄(487±21) Ma,初始87Sr/86Sr值0.710 06±0.000 18(2σ),表明成矿作用可能发生在加里东中期,属早奥陶世.矿床成矿年龄与本区加里东期大陆俯冲碰撞事件中岩浆活动、变质作用、构造运动相一致.矿床初始87Sr/86Sr值与矿区西部加里东期花岗岩相同,与矿区东部出露的晚古生代—中生代花岗岩有明显差别,加里东期花岗岩可能是本区金成矿的重要物(热)源,说明加里东期是阿尔金北缘地区重要的成矿阶段;因此,在今后的找矿工作中,应重视阿尔金北缘断裂带早古生代岩体和蛇绿混杂岩带.     

河南三门峡市曲里石英闪长斑岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年及其地质意义

河南省三门峡市曲里石英闪长斑岩中锆石的阴极发光图像显示其具有两种类型,即具有细微震荡环带的自形锆石和具有继承核与生长边的浑圆状锆石。具有细微震荡环带岩浆锆石的SHRIMPU-Pb年龄(117.7±1.6Ma)显示该石英闪长斑岩体的形成时间为早白垩世;浑圆状锆石核部SHRIMPU-Pb谐和年龄为620Ma和219Ma,这表明该石英闪长斑岩的母岩浆可能起源于经历了超高压变质作用改造的华南地块基底物质的部分熔融。     

内蒙古大青山北前壕石英闪长岩锆石 U-Pb年龄及地质意义

前壕石英闪长岩侵入到新太古界色尔腾山岩群中,它们与斜长花岗岩等共同构成了新太古代花岗岩-绿岩带,石英闪长岩岩石化学、地球化学显示为I型花岗岩系,与太古宙高铝型TTG花岗岩系特征一致,为不同源岩部分熔融的产物(可能有幔源岩浆参与).选自石英闪长岩中的锆石具岩浆型锆石的特点,5个单颗粒锆石U-Pb同位素年龄不一致曲线上交点年龄(2 535±16)Ma,代表了该岩体的结晶年龄.结合色尔腾山岩群的年龄分析,大青山地区花岗岩-绿岩带形成于2 500～2 900 Ma之间.该年龄的确定为华北陆台(或华北克拉通)的地壳演化提供了新证据.