Geochemical Characteristics of Granitoids of the Erdenet Porphyry Copper Deposit, Mongolia

Abstract. The Erdenet porphyry copper deposit is one of the major mineral deposits in Mongolia. The geochemical data of granitoids acquired for the Erdenet and its surrounding areas are re-examined. The granitoids of the Erdenet deposit with hypogene type mineralization show the lowest TiO₂ content. Although Ti was possibly lost through the pyritization, it is also possible that the hypogene type mineralization occurred accompanied with the most differentiated granitoids. The variation of the element contents related to the mineralization of the Erdenet deposit shows the decrease of MgO and CaO contents, rather constant K₂O content, rather constant to decrease of Na₂O content, with respect to the Cu contents. The rather constant Na₂O in the mineralized zone is owing to the residual albite against the sericitic alteration. The granitoids of the Erdenet area show an increase of Na₂O content and a decrease of K₂O content with an increase of SiO₂ content. This trend makes clear contrast to granitoids in the surrounding areas. The granitoids of the Erdenet area might have the adakitic nature based on the Sr and Y contents.     

Metallogenesis of Porphyry Cu Deposits of the Western Luzon Arc, Philippines: K-Ar ages, SO3 Contents of Microphenocrystic Apatite and Significance of Intrusive Rocks

Abstract: K–Ar ages of the following porphyry Cu deposits in the western Luzon arc are determined: Lobo-Boneng (10.50.4 Ma), Santo Niño (9.50.3 Ma), Black Mountain (2.10.1 Ma), Dizon (2.50.2 Ma) and Taysan (7.30.2 Ma). Microphenocrys-tic apatite in the late Cenozoic intermediate to silicic intrusions associated with porphyry Cu deposits in the western Luzon arc contains sulfur as SO₃ detectable by electron probe microanalyzer. Sulfur is supposed to have been accommodated dominantly as oxidized species in oxidizing hydrous magmas that generated porphyry Cu deposits. Likewise, such high SO₃ contents in microphenocrystic apatite are common characteristics of the intermediate to silicic magmatism of the western Luzon arc, from tonalitic rocks of the Luzon Central Cordillera of about 15 Ma to an active magmatism at Mount Pinatubo. Thus, the western Luzon arc has been generating porphyry Cu mineralization associated with oxidizing hydrous intermediate to silicic magmatism related to eastward subduction, since Miocene to the present day. Intermediate to silicic rocks since 15 Ma to present-day western Luzon arc generally show high whole-rock Sr/Y ratio ranging from 20 to 184. However, porphyry Cu deposit is not necessarily related to the rocks that show higher Sr/Y ratios compared to the other barren rocks in the western Luzon arc. The characteristics of the intermediate to silicic magma associated with porphyry Cu deposit are not attributed to the composition of the source material of the magma, but to the properties defined by the high activity of oxidized species of sulfur in the fluid phase that is encountered during the generation of intermediate to silicic magmas.     

埃达克岩及其成矿作用和相关问题的讨论

本文初步探讨了埃达克岩与相关大型矿床的关系，指出与埃达克岩浆有关的分异同化作用在一定条件下可以形成大型矿床；同时也强调了成矿后矿床保存的重要性。由于造山带的剥蚀速率快，导致和埃达克岩浆演化密切相关的形成于地壳浅部的大型斑岩矿床的保存有时限。因此在中国东部及“三北”地区中生代以前的造山带中，埃达克岩能否作为寻找相关大型矿床的标志值得商榷；但在新生代的西藏地区则是有可能的。近十年的研究认为中国东部侏罗纪—白垩纪的类似岩石并不属于埃达克岩系列，而是橄榄安粗岩及高钾钙碱性岩石系列。它们主要来源于富集地幔的部分熔融(不排除有下地壳物质混染的可能)及其后的结晶分异；一些中生代的斑岩型铜—金矿床和浅成低温热液矿床与此有关。     

Formation of the adakite-like granitoid complex and porphyry copper-gold deposit in Shaxi from southern Tancheng-Lujiang fault belt： A clue to the West Pacific plate subduction

On the basis of the geological and geochemical studies, including chemical analysis of bulk rocks, rare-earth and trace element studies, fluid inclusion, and S and O isotopic analyses, the authors described the geo-logical background of the deposit in detail and presented significant proofs for the conditions of formation of the Shaxi porphyry copper-gold deposit. Compared with other large and supper-large porphyry copper deposits in China and the adjacent Cu-Au mineralized areas, the ore-forming processes and conditions were analyzed; and the possibil-ity of forming large porphyry copper deposits in the Shaxi area was discussed. The present study indicated that the ore-forming fluid and material were mainly of magmatic origin, while meteoric water played a certain role in the ore-forming processes. Interactions between subducting and overriding plates provided a major driving force for the formation of igneous rocks and the deposition of metal elements in East China since Jurassic. Based on the geo-chemical data of the Shaxi intrusive, it is found that the copper (gold) mineralization is closely related to the genesis of adakite-like intrusive in the Shaxi area. This adakite-like intrusive was formed in the subduction environment as a result of the subduction of the West Pacific plate toward the East China continent, where there is a great potential-ity to form a large porphyry copper deposit.     

化探背景与异常划分中的C型转换法

化学背景与异常在统计学上的差异同时表现在浓度和变差两个方面。在划分背景与异常时,把这两方面信息提取出来并作显化处理,使背景与异常的差别更大,以利划分,这就是Ｃ型转换的基本思想。介绍了Ｃ型转换法的基本原理及其在条件模拟和实际金矿区中的应用。     

中祁连西段晚寒武世埃达克岩的发现及地质意义

乌尔格拉特岩体位于中祁连西段,由花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩组成。花岗闪长岩锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄为490.5±1.4 Ma(MSWD=0.85),侵位时代为晚寒武世。岩石中Si O2含量为65.10%~71.21%,Al2O3含量为14.94%~16.82%,Mg O含量为0.23%~1.24%,A/NKC为0.9~1.0,Na2O/K2O为1.01~2.33,属准铝质花岗岩类;富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素(Ba、U和Sr),亏损高场强元素(Nb、Ta、Ti和P)和重稀土元素,其中Sr含量为345×10-6~541×10-6(平均402×10-6),Yb为0.72×10-6~1.19×10-6(平均0.97×10-6),Y为6.09×10-6~11.3×10-6(平均8.67×10-6),无铕异常(δEu=0.91~1.27),高Sr/Y值(32.6~74.3),具埃达克岩地球化学特征。结合区域地质背景,认为乌尔格拉特岩体形成于俯冲环境,为晚寒武世北祁连洋向中祁连地块俯冲的产物。     

内蒙古东部博克图地区石炭纪埃达克质花岗岩地质特征及构造意义

报道了大兴安岭东部博克图地区二支沟岩体的岩相学、岩石地球化学以及地质年代学特征,探讨了它们的形成时代、岩石成因以及成岩构造背景。根据LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年结果,二支沟岩体的侵位年龄为(317.2±2.2) Ma与(319.2±2.3) Ma。二支沟岩体岩性为花岗闪长岩,具高硅、富碱,低MgO、CaO的特征,属于准铝质-过铝质,高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩。二支沟岩体的Ba/Nb=70.44~98.20,Ba/La=17.85~28.12,δEu具负异常,暗示源区可能为壳源,存在少量地幔物质与强氧化流体混入。此外,二支沟岩体具有高Sr和低Y、Yb的特征(Sr含量>400×10^-6,Y含量<18×10^-6,Yb含量<1.9×10^-6),与埃达克岩类似,但其更为富钾,表明二支沟岩体具有C型埃达克岩特征。二支沟岩体富集大离子亲石元素(LILE) Rb、K、Ba、Th,相对亏损Ta、Nb、P、Hf、Zr等高强场元素(HFSE),其 (La/Yb)_N=12.05~18.03,轻稀土元素(LREE)富集,重稀土元素(HREE)亏损。其Rb、Ba含量和Rb/Yb(51.49~148.93)、Ba/Yb(430.17~698.83)比值明显高于MORB,与海拉尔盆地和西藏冈底斯埃达克岩相似,表明其成因为底侵作用新生的增厚的玄武质下地壳的熔融。研究区晚石炭世岩浆形成于造山阶段挤压环境。额尔古纳-兴安地块与松嫩地块于晚石炭世((317.2±2.2) Ma之后)构造背景由碰撞造山晚期的挤压、地壳加厚向造山后期的伸展、垮塌的环境转换,并向更加稳定的板内构造环境演变。     

埃达克岩研究的几个问题

在简略分析中国埃达克岩研究情况的基础上,讨论了新近在有关埃达克岩研究方面取得的主要进展,探讨了先前埃达克岩研究中很少或者没有注意到的特殊的地球动力学意义。强调O型埃达克岩的出现标志着大洋萎缩消减的开始,C型埃达克岩的出现则暗示地壳在此之前就已经加厚,同时认为要解决埃达克岩研究中存在的一些问题,在很大程度上还有赖于青藏高原的埃达克岩研究。     

埃达克岩研究现状

埃达克岩是一套钙碱系列岩浆岩,其主要地球化学特征为SiO2 ≥ 56%,Al2O3 ≥ 15%,MgO通常小于3%,低重稀土元素和Y(Y ≤ 18×10-6,Yb ≤ 1.9×10-6),高Sr(多数大于400×10-6),无Eu异常或有轻微的负Eu异常,其成因主要有两类,一种为由俯冲板片的熔融形成,另一种由底侵玄武质下地壳熔融形成,埃达克岩具有重要的成矿意义。     

内蒙古阿拉善地块北缘雅布赖地区埃达克岩锆石U-Pb年龄、岩石成因和构造背景

雅布赖地区位于阿拉善地块北缘,埃达克岩岩石类型主要为闪长岩和石英闪长岩。用LA-ICP-MS方法测得埃达克岩中的锆石206Pb/238U年龄为275±1 Ma（MSWD=1.00,n=27,闪长岩）和277±2 Ma（MSWD=0.64,n=26,石英闪长岩）,故认为雅布赖地区埃达克岩侵位年龄为275±1~277±2 Ma,形成时代为早二叠世。地球化学特征表明,该岩体具有较高的SiO2（60.56%~63.41%）、Al2O3（15.86%~17.33%）、Sr（572×10-6~758×10-6）含量,较低的MgO（1.45%~3.06%）、Y（11.10×10-6~14.7×10-6）、Yb（1.06×10-6~1.55×10-6）含量,富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb、Ba、Sr等,亏损高场强元素Ta、Nb、Ti、P等。岩石重稀土元素强烈亏损,轻、重稀土元素分馏明显,Eu异常较弱（0.81 < δEu < 1.04）,Mg#值较高（38~53）,Y/Yb值为7.35~11.89,Na2O/K2O值为1.18~1.77,具有C型埃达克岩特征,为拆沉下地売部分熔融产生的流体与地幔橄榄岩相互作用形成的产物。结合前人研究,其可能形成于碰撞后伸展环境。