Rare earth elements in tourmaline and chlorite from tin-bearing assemblages: Factors controlling fractionation of REE in hydrothermal systems

The REE distribution in minerals from tin-bearing ore-magmatic systems of the Russian Far East, including the Komsomolsk, Khingan, and Badzhal districts in the Amur region and the Kavalerovo, Lesozavodsk, Voznesenka, Furmanovo, and other districts in Primorsky krai, has been studied. The main attention was focused on tourmaline and chlorite; in addition, associated biotite, feldspar, apatite, fluorite, and carbonates were examined. The major factors affecting the REE distribution in the studied minerals are the temperature, Eh, and pH of the mineral-forming medium; crystal chemistry; partition coefficients of REE between fluid and minerals; and complexation that disturbs the coherent behavior of REE. Fluid evolution at different stages is characterized.     

History of the Formation of the Tsentral'noe Titanium–Zirconium Sand Deposit in the European Part of Russia

Based on the study of the Tsentral'noe deposit, specific features of the formation of mineral assemblages of complex titanium–zirconium placers are considered. The placers formed during the multiple redeposition of clastogenic minerals from source rocks and younger sedimentary rocks (intermediate collectors of titanium–zirconium minerals). The location of erosion and sedimentation zones significantly varied in the Phanerozoic in the adjacent region, resulting in the development of intricate relationships between different-aged terrigenous rocks (possible intermediate collectors) that provided the formation of new mineral assemblages of clastogenic ore minerals. In addition, erosional processes during the continental evolution of the study region could promote the exposure of more ancient rock complexes, the local washout of crystalline basement rocks, and the delivery of ore minerals from the latter rocks to the coastal zone of sedimentary basins. The aim of this communication is to attract the attention of researchers to the issue of the formation of mineral assemblages of complex placers of heavy minerals with similar hydraulic grain dimension and migration capacity for concentration in a rather narrow grain size range. Such mineral assemblages only slightly inherit the primary compositional features of provenances and primarily reflect changes in the sedimentation environment.     

Age of tin ore from the Solnechnoe quartz-tourmaline-cassiterite deposit, the Khabarovsk krai, Russia from the results of Rb-Sr dating of quartz and adularia

The age of the main productive phase of ore formation at the large Solnechnoe tin deposit has been estimated for the first time based on the study of the Rb-Sr isotopic system of hydrothermal quartz and adularia from ore veins and metasomatic rocks. The Rb-Sr isochron age (84 ± 1 Ma) of mineralization coincides with the age of intrusive rocks pertaining to the third phase of the Silinka Complex, which control tin mineralization. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of ore-forming solution and granitic rocks of the final intrusive phase are close to each other, indicating that the granitic melt was most likely one of the main sources of metals. The long and multistage formation history of the deposit could have been caused by complex geodynamic evolution of the Sikhote-Alin accretionary fold region in the Cretaceous.     

Degana (Rajasthan, India) and Tigrinoe (Primorye, Russia) tungsten and tin-tungsten deposits: Composition of mineral-forming fluids and conditions of wolframite deposition

Formation conditions of orebodies and conditions of wolframite deposition at the Degana tungsten deposits in Rajasthan, India and the Tigrinoe tin-tungsten deposit in the Russian Far East were studied. Differences in the composition and state of fluid systems were established by microthermometric study of fluid inclusions (FI) and thorough petrographic examination of FI. At the Degana deposit, the ore veins in granite were formed from K-Na-Ca-(Mg, Fe, etc.) chloride solutions with a salinity up to 36 wt % NaCl equiv at a temperature of >420 to 120°C and under a pressure reaching 1550 bar. The formation temperature of the orebodies hosted in breccia reached 450°C and pressure was below 400 bar. The salinity of mainly Nachloride aqueous solutions was no higher than 18 wt % NaCl equiv. At the Tigrinoe deposit, the temperature during formation of quartz-wolframite-cassiterite veins varied from 420 to 240°C and the pressure was no higher than 300 bar. The salt concentration of Na-chloride solutions was 7-3 wt %. Wolframite crystallized at the very beginning of ore deposition. Probable sources of fluids are discussed. It is suggested that the factors controlling wolframite deposition could have been different even at the same deposit.     

Explosion breccias of the Vysokogorskoe tin–porphyry deposit: Genesis and role in ore formation (Kavalerovo ore district,Primorye)

Detailed geological observations and analytical studies make it possible to distinguish two groups of fluid-explosion breccias (FEB) in the Vysokogorskoe tin deposit of the Kavalerovo ore district. These breccias are assumed to be related to different stages of geological (geodynamic) evolution and played different roles in ore formation. The earlier breccias (79–69 Ma), which were altered by boron metasomatism and subsequent main tin mineralization, were most probably formed at the Cretaceous subduction stage. The later breccias (55–51 Ma) are syngenetic to the dacite (rhyolite) porphyry dikes of the Paleocene–Eocene transform stage. They were formed after precipitation of the majority of the cassiterite, but prior to the latest quartz–fluorite–carbonate stage of ore formation. According to the Sillitoe classification, the explosion breccias of the Vysokogorskoe deposit correspond to a magmatic–hydrothermal genetic type. They are characterized by multiple brecciation and intersection by small bodies of porphyritic rhyolites.     

Erratum to: Rare Arsenates of REEs Chernovite-(Y) and Gasparite-(Ce) in Sn-W Greisen Deposits from Karadub Ore Field (the Khingan–Olonoiskii District (Primorye,Russia))

Doklady Earth Sciences - An Erratum to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X22330017     

The Dzhalinda Deposit in the Amur Region,Russia: Genesis and position in the classification of tin deposits

The Dzhalinda wood tin deposit is located at the eastern margin of the Bureya Massif and, according to the Russian classification of tin deposits, is referred to the rhyolite-hosted type. The Dzhalinda deposit is compared with the deposits located in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. In spite of some similar features, the Dzhalinda deposit differs significantly from the American deposits in the composition of ore-bearing rhyolite and the type and composition of host rocks. It is suggested that the ore-bearing rhyolitic melt at the Dzhalinda deposit evolved with the formation of a highly silicic residual melt depleted in P and Li and enriched in Sn, being opposed in this respect to the ongonite model typical of such deposits. The drastic change in the physicochemical parameters of the system caused by the evolution of the melt under near-surface conditions of a volcanic vent led to the separation of Si-Sn complexes, which broke down into various silica modifications and oolite-like wood tin.