The use of deposit modeling in the assessment of potential resources as exemplified by Caledonian stratabound sulfide deposits

Models for massive Caledonian sulfide deposits, formed in island are and ocean floor environments, are defined in terms of their deposit size and grade distribution, as well as the relation between the total amount of sulfides that could be potentially concentrated and the amount likely to be found in the largest deposit. Given the mineral resource and geological attributes of the island are and ocean floor models, the similarity between the models and unknown areas with a potential for these types of sulfide concentrations can be evaluated. This similarity is expressed as a favorability index whose distribution is probabilistically combined with the metal distribution of the model. This paper was presented at the International Geological Correlation Program (IGCP) Project 98: “Standards for Computer Applications in Resource Studies” held at Taita Hills, Kenya, November 8–15, 1977.     

Characteristics of turnover of carbonyl sulfide in four different soils

Release and uptake of carbonyl sulfide (OCS) were measured at 25°C in samples of three forest soils (BL, BW, PBE) and one soil from a rape field (RA). The soil samples were flushed with a constant flow of either air (oxic conditions) or nitrogen (anoxic conditions) containing defined concentrations of OCS. A cryogenic trapping technique with liquid argon (-186 °C) was used to collect gas samples for analysis in a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame-photometric detector. The dependence of net OCS fluxes between soil and atmosphere could be described by a simple model of simultaneous OCS production and OCS uptake. By using this model, production rates (P), uptake rate constants (k) and compensation concentrations (m _c ) of OCS could be determined as function of the soil type and the incubation conditions. Under oxic conditions, OCS production (P) and uptake were observed in all soils tested. However, the compensation concentrations (<166 ng l^-1; 1 ng OCS l^-1=0.41 ppbv) that were calculated from the model were high relative to the ambient OCS concentration (ca. 0.5 ppbv). The production rates (0.16–1.9 ng h^-1 g^-1 dw) that were actually measured when flushing the soil samples with air containing zero OCS were smaller than those (17–114 ng h^-1 g^-1 dw) calculated from the model. This observation was explained by two different concepts: one assuming the existence of a threshold concentration (m _t ) below which OCS was no longer consumed in the soil; the other assuming the existence of two different OCS consumption processes, of which only the process active at elevated OCS concentrations was covered by the experiments. The latter concept allowed the estimation of OCS compensation concentrations that were partially low enough to allow the uptake of atmospheric OCS by soil. Both OCS production and uptake in PBE soil were dependent on soil temperature (optimum 20 °C) indicating a microbial process. However, both production and consumption of OCS were not consistently inhibited by sterilization of the soil, suggesting that they were not exclusively due to microbiological processes. Under anoxic conditions, OCS was also produced, but was not consumed except in one soil (RA). Production of OCS in the soils was stimulated after addition of thiocyanate, but not thiourea, thiosulfate, thioglycolate, tetrathionate, sulfate, elemental sulfur, cysteine and methionine.     

梯度法观测大气与森林生态系统间羰基硫(COS)的交换通量

本工作用梯度法测定了大气与其下垫的森林间ＣＯＳ的交换通量。测量在德国哥廷根大学的一座５０ｍ高的森林观测塔上进行，该塔坐落在德国中部的Ｓｏｌｌｉｎｇ自然保护区的森林中。观测现场生长着树龄分别为１２０ａ和８０ａ的山毛榉和云杉。树冠线约２８ｍ高。在塔上离地面３２ｍ，３８ｍ和５０ｍ的地方用冷以法同时采集了空气样品。样品用气相色谱－火焰光度检测法测定。ＣＯＳ通量由其梯度及扩散系数求出。扩散系数由与ＣＯＳ一起测得的感热和水蒸气通量导出。在稳定边界层条件下共获得２０条廓线。每条廓线都显示ＣＯＳ浓度随高度下降而降低的趋势，说明森林吸收ＣＯＳ。总的结果表明，ＣＯＳ向森林中的平均输送通量为（１４３±５４）ｎｇＣＯＳｍ－２·ｓ－１．     

对加拿大萨德伯里撞击构造的考察及其启示

简介了近年来萨德伯里撞击构造及超大型铜镍硫化物矿床的研究现状和作者现场考察所得的认识。记述了萨德伯里的撞击构造、陨石撞击事件及其构造效应、岩浆杂岩（SIC）和有关成因争论；叙述了该大陨石坑的变形和邻近格林威尔造山作用导致的NW－SE向缩短和剪切作用；还介绍了萨德伯里铜镍硫化物矿床撞击成矿假说；最后，特别提出在从事地球动力学和成矿作用动力学研究时，应十分注意类似萨德伯里陨石撞击灾变事件及损击成矿作用的研究。     

陕西小秦岭金矿床中金的赋存状态及分布规律

陕西小秦岭脉状金矿床中，金的赋存状态及其分布与硫化物的发育程度密切相关，金优先赋存于硫化矿物中，只有当硫化物不发育时，才主要以金矿物形式赋存于石英等矿物中。金矿物的Ａｇ／Ａｕ比率主要受成矿温度、硫化物发育程度、成矿热液中Ｃｌ／Ｓ浓度比值等因素制约。     

秦岭微细浸染型层控锑—金矿床金赋存状态研究

对秦岭沉积岩为岩矿岩石的微细浸染型金矿中－高含量金样品的光学，背散射电子－二次离子和高分辨透射电镜图象分析表明，金与砷具有显微尺率的强相关性。矿床中Ａｕ／Ａｓ值是变化的，但在提供分析样品中金和砷是正相关的。     

Emissions of marine biogenic sulfur to the atmosphere of northern Europe

Measurements of DMS and other reduced sulfur compounds in surface waters have been carried out from a helicopter in the seas surrounding Scandinavia. Average summer time concentrations of DMS ranged from 70 to 150 ngS L^-1. Simultaneous measurements of biological and physical parameters revealed no correlation between DMS and phytoplankton species, species assemblages, total phytoplankton biomass, chlorophyll a, temperature, and salinity. The only exception was a correlation between DMS concentration, Chrysochromulina spp. belonging to the Prymnesiophyceae, and salinity over a narrow range of salinity in the Baltic Sea.The flux of reduced sulfur to the atmosphere in July in this region is estimated to be 120–170 gS m^-2 d^-1 from the Baltic, 240–810 in the Kattegat/Skagerrak, and 120–690 in the North Sea. Annual fluxes are roughly 100 times higher than these daily fluxes. On an annual basis, biogenic sulfur emissions from the coastal seas are negligible (<1%) compared to the anthropogenic emissions in northern Europe. However, during the summer months, the biogenic sulfur emissions from the seas surrounding the Scandinavian peninsula are estimated to be as high as 20–70% of the anthropogenic emissions in Scandinavia. This makes it of interest to incorporate the biogenic emissions in calculations of long-range transport and deposition of sulfur within the region.Other volatile sulfur species, mainly methyl mercaptan, contribute about 10% of the total flux of reduced sulfur. Estimated fluxes of CS₂ to the atmosphere ranged from 1 gS m^-2 d^-1 in the Baltic Sea to 6 gS m^-2 d^-1 in the North Sea. No emissions for H₂S or COS were detected.     

金在硫化物矿物中呈负价态存在及其形成机理初探

通过对中国广西卡林型金矿的含金毒沙、黄铁矿及用热液实验方法合成的含黄铁矿、白铁矿的分析和研究,特别是光电子能谱分析,发现其中存在电子结合能低于自然金（Ａｕ＾０）的“不可见金”。因而提出金在上述硫化物矿物中由于取代部分硫并与硫呈共价键结合而负价态点。本文料从金的化学及地球化学性质,毒砂,黄铁矿及白铁矿的晶体化学特征和产出的地球化学环境等三方面初步探讨了其形成的可能性。     

运用正交函数拟合预测新疆阿舍勒地区块状硫化物矿床

新疆阿舍勒块状硫化物铜锌矿床,是一个正在勘探的大型富铜矿床,矿体呈厚大透镜状,具层控特征,矿体和围岩之间密度差较大。地面重力方法,理应是最有效的勘探方法,但是,由于阿舍勒矿区地质构造过分复杂,地下不同深度的多种密度体叠合在一起,往往掩盖了矿体所产生的重力异常。为了解决这个疑难问题,通过研究,选择适当的正交函数去进行拟合,实现目标信息分离,将成矿层位的重力异常从实测重力异常值中分离出来,勾绘出了矿区线状构造成矿带的轮廓,揭示了矿区构造;指出找矿方向,圈出１１个重力异常,根据矿区矿石的最低密度大于围岩最高密度的实事,可以说：“凡有矿的地方必然显示出重力异常”。故使用本方法处理重力资料,在阿舍勒这类矿区,可具直接找矿效果。     

The determination of sulfide in seawater by flow-analysis with voltammetric detection

Preliminary measurements of sulfide in seawater using cathodic stripping voltammetry and a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) in batch-mode showed that the sulfide peak decreased rapidly with time. This decrease was not caused by O₂, H₂O₂ or IO₃⁻, and the sulfide peak was not stabilised by trace metal additions. A home-made flow-cell was constructed to enable the determination of sulfide in seawater using voltammetry with an HMDE. A stable sulfide peak was obtained by flow-analysis with voltammetric detection, with a precision of 2.8% and detection limit of 0.5 nM at a 60 s adsorption time. Several thiol compounds were found to produce a peak at, or very close to, the peak potential for sulfide. Their interference was evaluated by allowing the sulfide peak in conventional (batch) voltammetry to decay. Comparative experiments showed that waste metallic mercury is responsible for removal of sulfide in batch-mode analysis due to formation of insoluble mercuric sulfide salts causing the rapid decay of the sulfide peak. The problem is circumvented by using flow-analysis to determine sulfide.