新疆哈密卡拉塔格块状硫化物矿床金银赋存状态研究

新疆哈密红海黄土坡VMS矿床位于东天山卡拉塔格隆起带,是卡拉塔格矿集区内新发现的块状硫化物矿床。矿体产于卡拉塔格隆起带核部火山沉积岩建造中,具有典型的VMS型矿床“上层下脉”二元结构特征。该矿床中含金硫化物矿石主要有块状黄铁矿黄铜矿、块状黄铁矿黄铜矿闪锌矿、块状黄铁矿闪锌矿黄铜矿和块状闪锌矿。文中在对各类含金硫化物矿石进行详细的矿相学研究基础上,结合扫描电子显微镜与能谱仪联用技术(SEM/EDS),对硫化物样品中金、银的赋存状态进行研究。结果表明,4种块状硫化物中的主要矿物形成于多个期次,主要包括VMS成矿期(黄铁矿阶段、闪锌矿黄铜矿黝铜矿方铅矿阶段、石英重晶石阶段)、热液叠加期(石英黄铁矿黄铜矿闪锌矿方铅矿阶段)和表生期(铜蓝纤铁矿阶段)。矿区首次发现4颗金银金属互化物(银金矿、碲银矿),其较大的化学成分差异指示了热液环境由中酸性中性转变为更有利于Au、Ag迁移沉淀的偏碱性。后期的偏碱性热液对VMS成矿期形成矿物产生了交代作用,使得Au、Ag活化再富集。由于后期热液叠加改造,红海VMS型矿床中Au、Ag不仅赋存于VMS成矿期后期中低温闪锌矿黄铜矿阶段,也赋存于VMS成矿期早期中高温黄铁矿阶段,并贯穿整个热液叠加期。各含金矿物组合中除4颗金银金属互化物外Au多呈显微不可见状态,推测Au、Ag主要以原子或离子形式赋存于矿物晶格中或矿物空位处。     

内蒙古复兴屯超大型银铅锌矿床成因：闪锌矿微量元素组成的制约

复兴屯矿床位于大兴安岭南段,是一个以银为主,伴生铅锌的超大型矿床。矿体产于早白垩世火山岩及火山碎屑岩中,发育贫铁闪锌矿+方铅矿+黄铜矿+（银）黝铜矿的矿物组合,围岩蚀变以碳酸盐化、高岭土化和叶腊石化为主。其成矿可以划分为以下3个阶段：铜锌硫化物阶段（阶段Ⅰ）、铅锌硫化物阶段（阶段Ⅱ）和银锌硫化物阶段（阶段Ⅲ）。文章对复兴屯矿床闪锌矿开展了LA-ICP-MS微量元素分析,矿床中闪锌矿以富集Cu、Ag、Pb,贫Fe、Cd、Ga、Ge为特征。矿床闪锌矿均为贫铁闪锌矿,暗示复兴屯矿床形成于中低温环境。由阶段Ⅰ至阶段Ⅲ,闪锌矿中的Fe、Mn、In含量逐渐降低,Ga、Ge、Sb含量略有增加,暗示成矿流体温度逐渐下降。复兴屯闪锌矿中Ag可与Cu联合置换Zn进入闪锌矿晶格,这可能是复兴屯矿床闪锌矿中Ag含量高的重要因素。此外,闪锌矿中常见韵律环带,反映了闪锌矿形成过程中成矿流体有多次压力波动,成矿流体多次压力波动引发的流体相分离是矿质沉淀的主要机制之一。闪锌矿微量元素含量与中低温岩浆热液矿床基本一致,明显区别于MVT型矿床、块状硫化物矿床、矽卡岩型矿床和中高温岩浆热液矿床,结合矿床地质特征,认为复兴屯银铅锌矿床属于浅成低温热液矿床。     

内蒙双尖子山Pb- Zn- Ag矿床金属矿物学研究与银的富集机理

双尖子山Pb- Zn- Ag矿床位于黄岗- 甘珠尔庙多金属成矿带的东北段,是目前发现的中国最大的银矿床。本文通过野外地质调查、矿相学鉴定、电子探针背散射图像以及电子探针化学成分分析,对该矿床金属矿物的矿物学特征进行了详细研究,同时对金属矿物的化学式进行了计算,并对银的富集机理进行了探讨。银矿物主要以可见银(>50μm)的形式产出,包括独立银矿物：硫锑铜银矿、硫银锡矿、辉硒银矿、深红银矿、脆银矿、黝锑银矿、螺状硫银矿、金银矿和自然银等;不可见银含量少,主要以类质同象形式赋存在方铅矿中。矿床成矿阶段细分为：①石英- 高Fe闪锌矿- 富Se和Bi的方铅矿- 富Se富Sb富Sn的银矿物阶段;②石英- 方铅矿- 富Fe闪锌矿- 毒砂- 富Sb富Sn少Se的银矿物阶段;③石英- 闪锌矿- 方铅矿- 银矿物阶段;④黄铁- 碳酸盐阶段。金属矿物沉淀顺序为：(黄铁矿、黄铜矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿)→银的硫盐矿物→银的硫化物→自然银。矿床中的Fe+、Cu+、Zn+、Pb+、Ag+等金属离子在早期中温高硫逸度阶段主要以硫氢络合物形式搬运。随着成矿热液温度的降低,铅、锌等金属硫氢络合物开始分解,方铅矿、黄铜矿和闪锌矿等硫化物得以沉淀,此时部分银以显微和次显微包体银的形式被包裹于这些硫化物中,铅锌硫化物的大量沉淀引起成矿热液组成和性质的显著变化,最终导致银从硫氢络合物中彻底解体,并与Cu+、Sb3+等离子结合形成大量独立银矿物(如深红银矿、硫锑铜银矿等)。随着温度、盐度持续降低,硫逸度也逐渐降低,pH值升高,成矿流体中出现大量自由Ag+并逐渐达到饱和,银矿物开始大量沉淀,Ag+与H2S发生作用形成螺状硫银矿。自然银的大量出现标志着银的沉淀过程趋于结束。金属矿物沉淀顺序为：(黄铁矿、黄铜矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿)→银的硫盐矿物→银的硫化物→银的自然金属。     

甘肃黑虎山矽卡岩型金—铜矿床地质特征及找矿意义

该矿床分布于双井子—黑虎山向斜核部大理岩(下石炭统白山组)中,成矿与东西向断裂有关,矿体严格受大理岩和花岗闪长斑岩体接触带的控制,金-铜矿化与移卡岩化密切相关,矽卡岩化愈强烈矿化也愈强烈。矿石类型有3种:黄铜矿-闪锌矿矿石、含闪锌矿黄铜矿矿石及黄铜矿矿石。矿石有益组分有Au、Ag、Cu和Zn等。该矿床成矿过程可划分为3个成矿期和4个成矿阶段,即矽卡岩期,包括无矿阶段和氧化物阶段;石英—硫化物期,包括黄铁矿黄铜矿-闪锌矿阶段和石英-黄铜矿阶段;表生氧化期。从以上认为,该矿床属矽卡岩型金-铜矿床。本文还指出,现已发现的矿体多与激电异常值对应,因此在岩体超覆大理岩部位若发现激电异常高值时,应注意寻找隐伏的金-铜盲矿体。     

西藏扎西康锌多金属矿床地质特征及银的赋存状态研究

扎西康锌多金属矿床位于西藏特提斯喜马拉雅板片的"金锑多金属"成矿带东段。研究显示,矿体主要呈脉状、透镜状产于近南北向的张性断裂中。热液成矿作用主要可划分为早、晚2个成矿阶段,7个成矿亚阶段,早期以铅锌矿化为主,晚期以锑(铅)矿化为主。岩矿石镜下鉴定和电子探针分析表明,扎西康矿床矿石种类繁多,矿物组合和成矿元素均呈现明显的分带现象,由深至浅(W→E)为含锡(铁)闪锌矿+铁锰碳酸盐+少量方铅矿+少量黄铜矿(深部)→(铁)闪锌矿+铁锰碳酸盐+少量方铅矿+黄铁矿+毒砂+少量银黝铜矿+少量石英(中深部)→方铅矿+闪锌矿+脆硫锑铅矿+铁锰碳酸盐+硫锑铅矿+少量银黝铜矿+石英(中部)→辉锑矿+方铅矿+少量闪锌矿+石英+少量铁锰碳酸盐(浅部),对应的元素分带为Zn(Pb+Ag+Cu+Sn)→Zn(Pb+Ag)→Zn+Pb(Sb+Ag)→Pb+Sb+Ag+Zn。矿区银矿化主要集中在Ⅴ号矿体ZK2703-ZK2302、ZK1502-ZK1105和ZK806三个区域,与铅锑矿化关系密切。矿石中银主要以类质同象的形式存在,独立银矿物相对较少。其中,类质同象银主要赋存在方铅矿中,少量赋存在硫锑铅矿、脆硫锑铅矿、毒砂、黄铁矿等金属硫化物中;独立银矿物有少量的银黝铜矿、硫锑铅银矿、银(含银)硫铜锑矿。成矿流体中铅、锌、锑、银的运移和富集沉淀是受体系中温度、压力、浓度、pH值等多种因素综合控制的结果。     

南京栖霞山铅锌矿床地质特征与成因

栖霞山铅锌矿位于长江中下游成矿带东部,是我国东部最大的铅锌矿床。通过矿区接替资源勘查,在深部取得重大突破,主矿体控制深度由-650 m延深至-1 079 m,且在深部发现了绿帘石、透闪石、透辉石等矽卡岩蚀变矿物。结合最新成果,从控矿地质因素、矿体地质、成矿元素的空间分带特征等入手,全面总结了矿床地质特征。通过分析黄铁矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿、黄铜矿中S同位素组成,发现黄铁矿中的硫来源于沉积岩和岩浆,而闪锌矿、方铅矿和黄铜矿中的硫来源于岩浆;硫化物中Pb同位素的分布特征指示矿石铅主要来源于上地壳与地幔混合;碳酸盐矿物C、O同位素组成反映成矿流体与岩浆热液的亲缘关系;H、O同位素特征反映成矿流体主要为深部岩浆期后热液,并有大气水的加入。综合地质与同位素地球化学研究成果,对栖霞山铅锌矿床的成因进行了探讨。     

猫岭——王家崴子金矿区伴生元素的分布特征

对猫岭－王家葳子金矿区矿石中伴生的微量元素研究表明，猫岭金矿的As,Cd,B,Be,Sn,Bi,Pb,Sb明显偏高，其中As,Cd,B高度富集，Bi,Sb,Sn,Be,Pb中度富集；王家崴子金矿Pb,Cr,Cd,Zn,Be,Sn,As明显偏高，其中Cd,Bi,As,Pb,Sn高度富集，Cu为中度富集。矿石中As,Bi,B含量较高与赋矿围岩中该元素高的原始富集有关。岩矿显微鉴定和多种数理统计分析综合研究表明，Pb,Zn,Cu主要以方铅矿、闪锌矿、黄铜矿和黝铜矿等独立矿物形式存在，部分呈类质同像形式分布于黄铁矿、毒砂等硫化物中。As以毒砂形式存在，部分以类质同像形式存在于黄铁矿、雌黄铁矿、白铁矿和黝铜矿中：Sb,Bi以固溶体混入物形式分布于黄铁矿、毒砂和黝铜矿中；Sn,B以独立矿物形式赋存于黄铁矿、方铅矿和黝铜矿中；Cd与方铅矿和闪锌矿、黝铜矿有关；部分Cr,Be,B与云母和粘土矿物有关。     

大兴安岭中段铜多金属矿床矿物微量元素研究

对大兴安岭中段铜多金属矿床硫化物矿同量元素研究表明,虽然该区矿床类型不同,但闪锌矿种属一致,多为铁闪锌矿和含铁闪锌矿,而方铅矿中Ｓｂ,Ｂｉ,Ａｇ含量却明显不同;黄铜矿中的Ｃｏ,Ｎｉ含量明显大于黄铁矿中的Ｃｏ,Ｎｉ含量;各类型矿床中方铅矿,闪锌矿,黄铜矿,黄铁矿等硫化物中Ａｇ普遍有较高的含量,反映了大兴安岭中段银处于高异常区,银,金,镉,铟往往具有综合利用价值。     

肯德可克铁多金属矿床矿石矿物标型特征及成因意义

肯德可克矿床是祁漫塔格成矿带最重要的铁多金属矿床之一。前人对肯德可克矿床的地质特征、地球化学特征、成矿年代与物质来源以及成因进行了研究,但对于成矿类型与成矿环境存在不同的认识。肯德可克矿床中的黄铁矿、黄铜矿、磁铁矿、磁黄铁矿、闪锌矿和方铅矿电子探针分析结果表明,黄铁矿与磁黄铁矿均富Co贫Ni,且磁黄铁矿以单斜磁黄铁矿为主;黄铜矿、闪锌矿与方铅矿硫含量较高,且早期磁铁矿较晚期磁铁矿更富集MnO、TiO2。综合各矿物标型特征认为,肯德可克矿床为具矽卡岩型和热液型特征的中低温矿床。     

内蒙古拜仁达坝-维拉斯托银多金属矿床的矿相学特征

拜仁达坝和维拉斯托是近年来在内蒙古东部地区发现的2个大型银多金属矿床。文章通过岩相学、BSE图像与电镜能谱等手段对其矿相学特征进行了系统研究。笔者结合矿床地质特征,厘清了2个矿区金属矿物的种类、产出状态及生成顺序,共确定3期4个阶段的矿化作用。第1期成矿作用主要形成胶状黄铁矿,代表低温热（水）的沉积环境。第2期成矿作用是一次中高温热液成矿作用,以高温矿物毒砂与锡石为标志,形成As-S金属硫化物矿化：黄铁矿+闪锌矿+方铅矿+磁黄铁矿+黄铜矿+毒砂+锡石,随后经历了强烈的构造破碎和强烈的糜棱岩化,形成了一系列具有脆性变形-角砾状和塑性变形-糜棱状结构构造特征的矿石类型。第3期成矿作用包括2个成矿阶段：第1阶段为中高温热液成矿阶段,形成一系列富S的金属矿化和Bi+Ag的金属硫化物：毒砂→黄铁矿→自然Bi+硫银铋矿→方铅矿+磁黄铁矿+闪锌矿+黄铜矿等;第2阶段为中-低温热液活动,形成一系列贫S富Sb+Ag的金属硫化物：磁黄铁矿+方铅矿+闪锌矿→纤硫锑铅矿+银黝铜矿→六方锑银矿+锑银矿→自然银。其中铅锌矿化与第2、3期成矿作用有关,而银矿化主要与第3期成矿作用的第4阶段有关。     

Gold–Silver mineralization in porphyry–epithermal systems of the Baimka trend,western Chukchi Peninsula,Russia

Mineralogical, fluid inclusion, and geochemical studies of precious metal mineralization within the Baimka trend in the western Chukchi Peninsula have been preformed. Porphyry copper–molybdenum–gold deposits and prospects of the Baimka trend are spatially related to monzonitic rocks of the Early Cretaceous Egdygkych Complex. Four types of precious metal-bearing assemblages have been identified: (1) chalcopyrite + bornite + quartz with high-fineness native gold enclosed in bornite, (2) low-Mn dolomite + quartz + sulfide (chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, tennantite-tetrahedrite) ± tourmaline with low-fineness native gold and hessite, (3) rhodochrosite + high-Mn dolomite + quartz + sulfide (chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, tennantite- tetrahedrite) with low-fineness native gold, electrum, acanthite, Ag and Au–Ag tellurides, and Ag sulfosalts, and (4) calcite + quartz + sulfide (chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena) with low-fineness native gold, Ag sulfides and selenides, and Ag-bearing sulfosalts. Study of fluid inclusions from quartz, sphalerite, and fluorite have revealed that hydrothermal ores within the Baimka trend precipitated from fluids with strongly variable salinity at temperatures and pressures ranging from 594 to 104°C and from 1200 to 170 bar, respectively. An indicator of vertical AgPbZn/CuBiMo geochemical zoning is proposed. The value range of this indicator makes it possible to estimate the erosion level of the porphyry–epithermal system. The erosion level of the Baimka deposits and prospects deepens in the following order: Vesenny deposit → Pryamoi prospect → Nakhodka prospect → Peschanka deposit → III Vesenny prospect.     

桂东北铅锌矿床银的富集规律

作者对桂东北地区铅锌矿床中银的产出特征和富集规律进行了阐述。银主要以首次发现的含银硫盐矿物（深红银矿、银黝铜矿和含银锌黝铜矿等）产出，其次呈杂质元素分散在金属硫化物中，银的含量按方铅矿、黄铜矿、闪锌矿、黄铁矿的顺序依次降低，矿体从上向下具Ｃｕ、Ｐｂ（Ａｇ），Ｚｎ→Ｐｂ，Ｚｎ→Ｚｎ的垂向变化规律，银主要富集于上部，并与方铅矿、黄铜矿紧密伴生。     

夏塞银多金属矿床中硫化物和硫盐系列矿物特征及其意义

夏塞矿主档是大型的热液脉型银多金属矿床,通过对大量矿石光（薄）片观察和电子探针分析表明,除主要（方铅矿、富铁闪锌矿）和次要（黄铁矿、毒砂、磁黄铁矿、黄铜矿等）硫化物外,硫盐毓硫物十分发育,主要有Ｃｕ－Ｓｂ－Ａｇ硫盐（黝铜矿、含银黝铜矿和银黝铜矿）、Ｓｂ－Ａｇ硫盐（深红银矿、辉锑银矿）、Ｐｂ－Ｓｂ硫盐（脆硫锑铅矿、硫锑铅矿）和Ｂｉ－Ｐｂ硫盐（斜方辉饿铅矿）。此外,尚有少（微）量黄锡矿、锡石、自然饿和银金矿等。银的硫盐硫物和硫化物（辉银矿）乃是获得银的主要工业矿物,这些硫盐毓矿物常与硫化物伴生,多沿方铅矿、富铁闪锌矿、黄铁矿等的解理、裂隙或粒间产出,这些研究结果不仅有助于了解矿化作用过程,而且为矿床评价,组分综合利用和选冶提供重要依据。     

Petrology,Geochemistry, and Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry of Sphalerite from the Laloki and Federal Flag Strata‐Bound Massive Sulfide Deposits,Papua New Guinea: Implications for Gold Mineralization

The Laloki and Federal Flag deposits are two of the many (over 45) polymetallic massive sulfide deposits that occur in the Astrolabe Mineral Field, Papua New Guinea. New data of the mineralogical compositions, mineral textures, and fluid inclusion studies on sphalerite from Laloki and Federal Flag deposits were investigated to clarify physiochemical conditions of the mineralization at both deposits. The two deposits are located about 2 km apart and they are stratigraphically hosted by siliceous to carbonaceous claystone and rare gray chert of Paleocene–Eocene age. Massive sulfide ore and host rock samples were collected from each deposit for mineralogical, geochemical, and fluid inclusion studies. Mineralization at the Laloki deposit consists of early‐stage massive sulfide mineralization (sphalerite‐barite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite–marcasite) and late‐stage brecciation and remobilization of early‐stage massive sulfides that was accompanied by late‐stage sphalerite mineralization. Occurrence of native gold blebs in early‐stage massive pyrite–marcasite‐chalcopyrite ore with the association of pyrrhotite‐hematite and abundant planktonic foraminifera remnants was due to reduction of hydrothermal fluids by the reaction with organic‐rich sediments and seawater mixing. Precipitation of fine‐grained gold blebs in late‐stage Fe‐rich sphalerite resulted from low temperature and higher salinity ore fluids in sulfur reducing conditions. In contrast, the massive sulfide ores from the Federal Flag deposit contain Fe‐rich sphalerite and subordinate sulfarsenides. Native gold blebs occur as inclusions in Fe‐rich sphalerite, along sphalerite grain boundaries, and in the siliceous‐hematitic matrix. Such occurrences of native gold suggest that gold was initially precipitated from high‐temperature, moderate to highly reduced, low‐sulfur ore fluids. Concentrations of Au and Ag from both Laloki and Federal Flag deposits were within the range (<10 ppm Au and <100 ppm Ag) of massive sulfides at a mid‐ocean ridge setting rather than typical arc‐type massive sulfides. The complex relationship between FeS contents in sphalerite and gold grades of both deposits is probably due to the initial deposition of gold on the seafloor that may have been controlled by factors such as Au complexes, pH, and fO₂ in combination with temperature and sulfur fugacity.     

Massive sulfides of Mount Jourdanne along the super-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge and their genesis

Modern massive sulfide deposits are known to occur in diverse tectonic settings and it is generally expected that hydrothermal deposits of similar geological settings shall have more or less similar mineralogical and geochemical signatures. However, the Mount Jourdanne sulfide deposits along the super-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge deviate from this common concept. These sulfide precipitates are Zn-rich (up to 35 wt.%) and are characterized by high concentrations of Pb (≤ 3.5 wt.%), As (≤ 1.1 wt.%), Ag (≤ 0.12 wt.%), Au (≤ 11 ppm), Sb (≤ 967 ppm), and Cd (≤ 0.2 wt.%) which are unusual for a modern sediment-free mid-oceanic ridge system. Therefore, we have reinvestigated the sulfide samples collected during the INDOYO cruise in 1998, in order to explain their unusual mineralogy and geochemical composition. The sulfide samples are polymetallic and are classified as: a) chimneys, b) mounds, and c) hydrothermal breccias. The chimneys are small tube-like symmetrical bodies (30–40 cm high; ~ 10 cm diameter) and consist mainly of sphalerite and less chalcopyrite, set in a matrix of late amorphous silica. The inner wall shows a late-stage colloform sphalerite containing co-precipitates of galena and/or Pb–As sulfosalts. In contrast, the mound samples are dominated either by Fe-sulfides (pyrite) or by a mixture of pyrite and chalcopyrite with less sphalerite, pyrrhotite, amorphous silica and barite. Both, the chimney and mound samples, are characterized by layering and mineral zonation. The hydrothermal breccias are highly altered and mineralogically heterogeneous. They consist of silicified basaltic material that are impregnated with sulfides and contain cm-sized chimney fragments within a matrix of low-temperature minerals such as sphalerite and pyrite. The latter fragments mainly consist of chalcopyrite with isocubanite lamellae. In addition, these breccias contain late-stage realgar, boulangerite, galena, Pb–As sulfosalts and barite that are mostly confined to vugs or fractures. At least five mineralogical associations are distinguished that indicate different thermal episodes ranging from black smoker mineralization conditions to cessation of the hydrothermal activity. Based on the mineralogical associations and established literature in this regard, it is inferred that the mineralization at Mt. Jourdanne occurred mainly in three temperature domains. Above 300 °C, the chalcopyrite (with isocubanite)–pyrrhotite association formed whereas the sphalerite dominated assemblage with much less chalcopyrite and pyrite formed around and below 300 °C. The late-stage mineralization (below 200 °C) contains colloform sphalerite, galena, Pb–As sulfosalts, realgar and barite. The unusual mineralogy and trace element chemistry for this modern VHMS deposit could be explained assuming hydrothermal leaching of some felsic differentiates underneath the basaltic cover and subsequent zone refining processes.     

Indium Enrichment in the Meng'entaolegai Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China

Abstract. The Meng'entaolegai In-rich Ag-Pb-Zn deposit is located in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia. It is one of the In-richest deposits in China. Large amounts of quartz and sulfide minerals constitute a hydrothermal quartz-sulfide vein deposit within a Hercynian acidic granite massif, which occupies an area of about 400 km². Thirty-six orebodies, controlled strictly by the E-W trend faults, are found in the orefield of 6 km in length from east to west and 200 to 1,000 m in width from south to north. The ore minerals are mainly galena, sphalerite and pyrite, and subordinate chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, cassiterite and stannite with many Ag-minerals. The gangue minerals are mainly quartz, calcite, sericite and chlorite. Economic components of the deposit are dominated by Pb andZn (reserves of Pb and Zn are 0.17 Mt and 0.37 Mt, and their grades are 1 % and 2.3 %, respectively), with Ag, Sn, In and Cd (1,800 t Ag, >2,000 t Sn, >500 t In and 1,800 t Cd) as by-products. Indium is highly enriched in ores and its contents are 9 to 295 ppm in ores and 85 to 2,660 ppm in sphalerite. Analytical results show that the ore-forming fluid of this deposit contains 0.8–3.5 ppm In and 4–36 ppm Sn, and the two elements show a very good positive correlation with a correlation coefficient of 0.8672, while the correlation between In and Zn in the ore-forming fluids, with a correlation coefficient of 0.5723, is not as good as that between In and Sn. This indicates that indium has an affinity with tin in the ore-forming fluids. The authors think that this is probably the main reason why those In-rich deposits spread over the world are simultaneously enriched in tin.     

Distribution Patterns of Ag in Hydrothermal Precipitates from the Okinawa Trough

The Okinawa Trough is characterized by enrichment of Ag in hydrothermal precipitates; however, the distribution of this enrichment remains poorly constrained. This study presents the results of a field-emission scanning electron microscopy and electron-microprobe analysis based mineralogical and geochemical investigation of the spatial distribution of Ag within Ag-rich sulfide samples from the Okinawa Trough. The tetrahedrite, covellite, and galena in these samples contain high concentrations of Ag(average values of 1.60, 0.78, and 0.23 wt%, respectively) and also various Ag sulfosalts. Examination of the Ag budget of these samples indicates that most of the Ag is hosted by tetrahedrite followed by galena. The Ag within tetrahedrite is incorporated by substitution into the Cu site, whereas galena becomes Ag-enriched by the coupled incorporation of monovalent Ag, Tl, and Cu, and trivalent Sb and Bi into Pb lattice sites. Tetrahedrite and galena containing higher concentrations of Sb favor increased Ag substitution. Four sets of Ag host minerals are identified with distinct ore formation temperatures. Tetrahedrite and galena concentrate the majority of Ag at medium temperatures(150–300°C). Other Ag host minerals concentrate only minor or trace amounts of Ag, including massive sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite at high temperatures(300°C), colloform pyrite and sphalerite at low temperatures(150°C), and Ag-sulfosalts at even lower temperatures(100°C).     

湖南几个大型银矿床银的分配和矿物学特征

湖南几个大型银矿床的特征是:银在矿石中主要以银的硫化矿及其类似化合物形式存在;银矿物的主要载体是方铅矿、闪锌矿和硫铁矿;银矿物主要是Cu、Sb、As的银黝铜矿系复硫盐类,粒度极细微。     

Ag-Cu-Pb-Bi-S Minerals Newly Discovered from the Ohori Base Metal Deposit, Yamagata Prefecture, NE Japan: Implications for Bi-metallogenesis in the Green-Tuff Region

The Ohori deposit, one of the base metal deposits in the Green-Tuff region, NE Japan, is composed of two types of mineralization; a skarn-type (Kaninomata orebody) made by the replacement of the Miocene calcareous layer, and a vein-type (Nakanomata orebody). While the ore mineral assemblage of the deposit (chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galena) has been known for being rather simple, some Pb-Bi-S minerals have been discovered for the first time in the present study. The minerals mainly occur in the chalcopyrite-rich ores of both orebodies. They essentially belong to the Pb-Bi-S system and contain Cu and Ag in minor amounts, which correspond to the lillianite–gustavite solid solution series (phases Z and X), cosalite, neyite, felbertalite, krupkaite and Bi-bearing galena. The chalcopyrite-rich (Bi-bearing) ores from both orebodies are richer in chalcopyrite, pyrite and chlorite, and have higher homogenization temperatures (>300°C) of fluid inclusions, and higher FeS contents in sphalerite compared to the Bi-free ores. In the Green-Tuff region, Bi-minerals have been reported from many base metal deposits. Most of these Bi-bearing ore deposits are referred to as xenothermal-type deposits, and are characterized by the following common features; composite mineralization of high- and low-temperatures in the shallower environments, and close relationships with the Tertiary granitic rocks. The whole mineralization at the Ohori deposit also has a similar xenothermal character because of the coexistence of high-temperature chalcopyrite-rich ores with Pb-Bi-S minerals, which were formed by the influence of the Tertiary granitic rocks at a shallow depth.     

Ore-microscopic and geochemical characteristics of gold-bearing sulfide minerals,El Sid Gold mine,Eastern Desert,Egypt

Gold deposits at El Sid are confined to hydrothermal quartz veins which contain pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite and galena. These veins occur at the contact between granite and serpentinite and extend into the serpentinite through a thick zone of graphite schist. Gold occurs in the mineralized zone either as free gold in quartz gangue or dissolved in the sulfide minerals. Ore-microscopic study revealed that Au-bearing sulfides were deposited in two successive stages with early pyrite and arsenopyrite followed by sphalerite and galena. Gold was deposited during both stages, largely intergrown with sphalerite and filling microfractures in pyrite and arsenopyrite.Spectrochemical analyses of separated pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite and galena showed that these sulfides have similar average Au contents. Pyrite is relatively depleted in Ag and Te. This suggests that native gold was deposited in the early stage of mineralization. Arsenopyrite and galena show relatively high concentrations of Te. They are also respectively rich in Au and Ag. Tellurides are, thus, expected to be deposited together with arsenopyrite and galena.