Th-and U-bearing minerals in the SE Mediterranean margin of Spain

This paper presents the first specific study of the Th-and U-bearing minerals, which were recently found in the SE Mediterranean margin of Spain (El Hoyazo area,Almeria province). These minerals are REE phosphates (mainly monazite) which occur as amoeboidal-to-elongate inclusions,from around 10 120μm to 120μm, hosted in single garnet crystals from dacite lavas and metamorphic rocks from the El Hoyazo Volcanic Complex. Th and U contents are higher than 1 wt%, with 3.04 to 5.62wt% for Th02, and 0.7 to 1.75 wt% for UO2. Both elements are also found in xenotime (ThO2:0.24,UO2:0.27wt%). Given that the erosion of the volcanic source rocks has generated a “placer-type” deposit of monazite sands and that garnets (main carriers of monazite) are being commercialised, an environmental monitoring and management plan should be urgently executed in the area.     

广西环江县北山铅锌黄铁矿矿床发现史

广西环江北山铅锌矿床是由古人发现的，始于何时尚难断定。其采矿历史较悠久，据文献记载与考证，采铅锌矿炼银始于宋王朝，距今约８００年左右；炼锌始于明王朝，距今约３８０余年，１９７１年广西冶金地质勘探公司二一五队曾在北山一带普查评价褐铁矿，首先提出了该区褐铁矿＂属小型热液多金属铅锌硫化物矿床铁帽＂的概念。经广西地质局第九地质队（现广西第七地质队）１０年（１９７５－１９８６）的勘查，证实为一个以锌为主的大型多金属黄铁矿矿床，探明储量，其中锌、锗、黄铁矿为大型矿床规模，银、镉为中型矿床规模，铅、铁为小型矿床。为此该队荣获地矿部１９８９年度找矿成果二等笑。现今由中国有色金属工业总公司与广西壮族自治区人民政府合资兴建的北山铅锌硫铁矿已初具规模，一座新兴的矿山城镇已耸立在桂北群山之中，它将成为广西有色金属工业重要原料基地之一。