Fluid unmixing/immiscibility as an ore-forming process in the giant REE–Nb–Fe deposit, Inner Mongolian, China: Evidence from fluid inclusions

The giant Bayan Obo REE–Nb–Fe deposit consists of replacement bodies hosted in dolomite marble made up of magnetite, REE fluorocarbonates, fluorite, aegirine, amphibole, calcite and barite. Two or three phase CO₂-rich, three phase hypersaline liquid–vapor–solid, and two phase liquid-rich inclusions have been recognized in mineralized fluorite and quartz samples. Microthermometry measurements indicate that the carbonic phase in CO₂-rich inclusions is nearly pure CO₂. Fluids involving in REE–Nb–Fe mineralization at Bayan Obo might be mainly of H₂O–CO₂–NaCl–(F–REE) system. Coexistences of brine inclusions and CO₂-rich inclusions with similar homogenization temperatures give evidence that immiscibility happened during REE mineralization. An unmixing of an original H₂O–CO₂–NaCl fluid probably derived from carbonatitic magma. The presence of REE-carbonates as an abundant solid in fluid inclusions shows that the original ore-forming fluids are very rich in REE, and therefore, have the potential to produce economic REE ores at Bayan Obo.     

白云鄂博碳酸岩型REE-Nb-Fe矿床——一个罕见的中元古代破火山机构成岩成矿实例

白云鄂博碳酸岩型REE-Nb-Fe矿床是世界上最大的稀土矿床。稀土矿石产于整个白云石碳酸岩体和部分脉状碳酸岩中。对比世界上20余个火成碳酸岩地区的特征后发现,白云鄂博地区完全具备国外火成碳酸岩区的地质特征。在岩石、矿石组合上,本区也发育一套碳酸岩+超基性岩+碱性基性岩(含基性熔岩)+碱性岩+稀土矿石+铁矿石组合;在矿物组合上,以白云石为主,方解石次之,伴生一套碱性闪石、长石、霓石、磷灰石、萤石、磁铁矿、稀土矿物组合;在全岩化学成分、微量元素、稀土元素和Sr、Nd、Pb、C、O同位素上,这些岩石具有一定的亲缘关系,有着共同的来源;在岩体的形态与岩石组构上,它们以岩席、岩筒和脉岩的形式出现,并发育有强烈的熔离作用与流动构造;在区域构造上,发育隐伏穹窿构造、岩筒构造和巨型断裂汇聚构造。综合分析上述特征表明:白云鄂博地区具有中元古代破火山机构的痕迹,赋矿白云石碳酸岩体则是顺层侵入的火成碳酸岩体,东矿、主矿可能是一个火山颈构造控矿,而赋矿白云石碳酸岩体西南侧的苏木图矿床则是隐伏岩筒构造控矿。     

松潘-甘孜带：是弧前增生还是弧后消减?

根据多年在该区工作实践，认为松潘—甘孜造山带前身的巴颜喀拉盆地是羌塘—他念他翁晚古生代前缘弧之后的一系列多岛弧—盆系的一个大型弧后盆地。三叠纪时，围限此“三角形”盆地三条边缘的构造动力学作用方式具有不同的特征。其东侧为扬子西缘被动大陆边缘(D—T2)，中三叠晚期(拉丁期)转化为与华北和羌塘陆块有关的前陆盆地(T2—T3)，由于扬子陆块向西双向斜向俯冲作用，在其北侧和南侧边缘形成南昆仑和可可西里—甘孜—理塘俯冲消减杂岩。重建的地层层序和沉积地质特征显示巴颜喀拉盆地主体三叠系复理石沉积是周缘前陆盆地。     

巴彦浩特盆地火成岩的综合地球物理解释

采用综合地球物理方法识别巴彦浩特盆地火成岩,首先利用高精度重磁资料和大地电磁测深资料,初步确定火成岩的平面位置和深度,然后利用钻遇火成岩的已知测井资料,建立人工合成地震记录,在地震剖面上标定出火成岩并分析其波组特征,采用BP神经网络进行火成岩的精细识别.研究表明,综合地球物理解释是提高反演解释精度的有效途径.     

黄骅坳陷横向变换带的构造特征及成因

讨论了黄骅坳陷横向变换带的构造特征和成因。根据利用地震反射剖面对盆地构造几何学的研究，圈定了不同尺度的横向变换带，确定了伸展构造背景下的横向变换带是为了保持区域伸展应变调节构造变形的一种调节体系。这种伸展应变守恒是靠三维空间上断层位移沿走向的变化实现的。横向变换带的构造样式为横向地垒状凸起和鼻状凸起或鼻状背斜，并具伸展性质的正断层。横向凸起与非叠复的和叠复的分段断层系伴生及发育在断层位移最小处等事实表明，横向凸起或横向鼻状背斜是由于分段断层系位移沿走向变化形成的。     

白云鄂博稀土矿床中辉钼矿的铼-锇同位素年龄

白云鄂博铁稀土矿床的形成年龄一直是个有争论的问题，采自该矿床东采场的辉钼矿样，通过镜下对矿物结构构造的研究，认为辉钼矿是矿区晚期矿脉形成阶段的矿物，它的铼－锇同位素年龄为（４３９±８）×１０＾６ａ。此结果从另一侧面说明该矿床在加里东期有一期成矿作用。     

内蒙古渣尔泰山群和白云鄂博群中Pt、Pd地球化学特征及找矿建议

内蒙古渣尔泰山群和白云鄂博群是一套陆源碎屑岩、泥页岩、碳酸盐岩，地层中Pt、Pd的含量与原岩中泥质、有机碳、有机质的含量有关。其中渣尔泰山群中的阿古鲁沟组炭质板岩、增隆昌组硅质炭质板岩为含Pt、Pd最佳层位(岩性)，白云鄂博群中的比鲁特组干枚状板岩也为含Pt、Pd的最佳层位(岩性)。通过研究Pt、Pd的富集状况、存在形式、矿物学特征等，可查明渣尔泰山群、白云鄂博群中的含矿层位，以达到寻找铂、钯矿床的目的。     

Methane-rich fluid inclusions in skarn near the giant REE–Nb–Fe deposit at Bayan Obo, Northern China

We report fluid inclusion data for skarn, formed at the contact between Hercynian granitoids and dolomite of the Proterozoic Bayan Obo Group, in the vicinity of Bayan Obo REE–Nb–Fe deposit, Inner Mongolia, China. Three types of fluid inclusions are identified: two-phase CH₄-rich, three-phase liquid–vapour–solid and two-phase aqueous inclusions. Using microthermometry and laser Raman microprobe analysis to calculate isochores for CH₄-bearing inclusions, we estimate fluid trapping conditions at T=280 to 344 °C and P<1 to 2.3 kbar. Such conditions are compatible with formation of CH₄ inclusions as a result of reaction between graphite in the country rocks (black slate sequence) and fluids derived from magma. The lack of carbonaceous material in the inclusions supports the hypothesis that CH₄ was generated during fluid migration rather than by in situ reaction. In contrast to the skarn, and despite the fact that similar graphite-bearing slates are found in the host rocks, no CH₄-bearing inclusions have been so far reported from Bayan Obo REE ores. We therefore conclude that the skarn-forming fluids in the contact aureole of the Hercynian granitoids were not involved at any stage in the formation of the Bayan Obo deposit.     

白云鄂博矿田碳酸岩墙年代学再研究

白云鄂博地区发育侵入于白云鄂博群的碳酸岩墙。碳酸岩墙(00BYC19)中锆石的SHRIMPU-Pb下交点年龄为1984±180Ma,其ID-TIMS上交点年龄为2085±330Ma。碳酸岩墙(02BY80)中锆石SHRIMP的上交点年龄为2035±51Ma;02BY81中锆石的ID-TIMS上交点年龄为1934±64Ma。主矿北碳酸岩墙(00BYC21)的全岩Pb-Pb等时线年龄为1236±300Ma。本文及前人对白云鄂博地区的碳酸岩墙的定年结果表明该地区碳酸岩墙至少有两个阶段的侵入事件,第一阶段在2.0Ga左右,第二阶段在1.2Ga左右。前者是白云鄂博地区以至阴山地块北缘的一次主要的构造—岩浆事件,标志白云鄂博裂谷和白云鄂博群地层的形成。第二阶段的碳酸岩墙,代表白云鄂博裂谷在中元古代的活化,且与成矿有密切关系。     

白云鄂博矿床东矿段深部及白云向斜核部探矿的可行性探讨

白云鄂博东矿（铁矿石）已属于轻度危机矿山,解决白云鄂博东矿的资源接续问题已迫在眉睫。依据老地质资料和生产过程中的新发现,参考多位矿床成因研究专家的成果,笔者等认为在白云鄂博东矿体深部及白云向斜核部探矿是可行的。