江西省武功山地区浒坑钨矿床的Re-Os年龄及其地质意义

浒坑钨矿床是位于江西省中部武功山成矿带的大型石英脉型黑钨矿床。为了确定该矿床的成矿时代,笔者选取了浒坑含钨石英脉中与黑钨矿共生的辉钼矿进行了高精度Re-Os同位素定年,并获得5个辉钼矿样品的Re-Os等时线年龄和模式加权平均年龄分别为150.2±2.2Ma和149.82±0.92Ma。测年数据表明浒坑钨矿床的成矿时代为150Ma左右,是华南地区中生代大规模成岩成矿作用高峰期的产物。辉钼矿含铼较低,表明成矿物质可能来自壳源,与形成浒坑花岗岩体的燕山期重熔S型花岗岩岩浆活动有关。该矿床形成于燕山期岩石圈伸展减薄环境。     

云南个旧卡房矽卡岩型铜(锡)矿Re-Os年龄及其地质意义

云南个旧超大型锡多金属矿田是一个驰名中外的超大型锡多金属矿田,卡房是该矿田的一个重要的铜(锡)矿床.本文利用Re-Os同住素定年方法对卡房矽卡岩型矿体中5件辉钼矿样品进行了成矿时代测定,获得辉钼矿Re-Os同位素模式年龄为82.95±1.16Ma～83.54±1.31Ma,等时线年龄为83.4±2.1 Ma.该年龄和老卡岩体的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄85±0.85Ma相吻合,表明成岩和成矿关系密切.辉钼矿Re含量显示成矿过程有地壳和地幔的共同参与.该Re-Os定年结果显示个旧卡房矽卡岩型铜(锡)矿床与云南都龙锡锌矿床、云南白牛厂银多金属矿床、广西大厂锡多金属矿床以及广西王社铜钨矿床的成矿年龄接近,表明这些矿床的形成受控于相同的地球动力学背景,同为华南中生代晚期大规模成矿作用的产物.     

湖南桃江县木瓜园钨矿床地质特征及含矿岩体成岩时代

木瓜园钨矿床是近几年在江南古陆成矿带中新发现的大型白钨矿床。该矿床产于三仙坝花岗斑岩中,白钨矿化主要类型有浸染状、细脉状和网脉状,成矿围岩蚀变类型有钾化、硅化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化和碳酸盐化等,具有斑岩型矿床的矿化和围岩蚀变特征。由于是最新发现,该矿床的矿床地质特征及成岩成矿年龄研究较少,因此笔者选取了与成矿关系密切的三仙坝花岗闪长斑岩和石英斑岩以及不同矿化类型的辉钼矿样品进行Re-Os同位素定年,获得三仙坝花岗闪长斑岩的形成时代为（222±1）Ma,石英斑岩的形成时代为（219±3）Ma,辉钼矿Re-Os模式年龄为228~223 Ma,加权平均值为226 Ma,等时线年龄为（220±21）Ma,该年龄与加权平均年龄一致,表明该矿床形成于晚三叠世。辉钼矿中w（Re）的分布范围为（70~181）×10^-6,平均为112×10^-6,反映其可能为壳幔混合来源。其形成环境为印支晚期后碰撞环境。     

皖南宁国大坞尖钨钼矿床成岩成矿年龄——以花岗闪长斑岩锆石U-Pb 和辉钼矿Re-Os 年龄为依据

大坞尖矿床位于钦杭成矿带东段北缘,是皖南地区典型的层控矽卡岩型矿床,矿床成岩成矿时代的确定对于该矿床成因研究及区域成矿规律认识具有重要意义。在详细的野外地质工作基础上,采集大坞尖矿床与成矿有关的岩浆岩样品和主成矿期的矿石矿物辉钼矿,分别利用LA-ICP-MS U-Pb和Re-Os同位素定年方法,获得岩浆岩的成岩年龄（148.3 ±2.2Ma、148.5±2.1Ma）和成矿年龄（144.4±1.5Ma）。通过区域对比,认为大坞尖矿床属于皖南地区燕山期第一阶段（150～136Ma）岩浆岩侵入的产物,该阶段是皖南地区重要的钨钼矿成矿时期,形成于古特提斯构造域向滨太平洋构造域转换过程中的区域挤压环境。     

东秦岭南泥湖钼（钨）矿田Re—Os同位素年龄及其地质意义

位于华北克拉通南缘东秦岭钼矿带的南泥湖为一超大型夕卡岩斑岩型钼(钨)矿田,本研究采用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪法对南泥湖钼矿田三个矿床6件辉钼矿进行了Re-Os同位素年龄测定,获得南泥湖矿床的辉钼矿Re-Os模式年龄为141.8±2.1 Ma;三道庄矿床的辉钼矿Re-Os模式年龄为144.5±2.2～145.0±2.2Ma,平均为145.0±2.2 Ma;上房沟矿床的辉钼矿Re-Os模式年龄为143.8士2.1～145.8±2.1 Ma,平均为144.8±2.1 Ma;6件样品的等时线年龄为141.5±7.8 Ma(2σ),准确厘定了成矿时间.Re-Os同位素还表明:南泥湖钼矿的成矿物质来源以下地壳成分为主,但混有少量地幔组分.南泥湖钼矿是在中国东部中生代构造体制大转换中形成,属于中国东部中生代大规模成矿作用的一部分.     

柿竹园钨多金属矿床的Re-0s同位素等时线年龄研究

柿竹园钨多金属矿床产于千里山复式岩体与泥盆系碳酸盐岩的接触部位。其成矿时代以往都是用矿体附近的花岗岩体年龄来间接推断。我们最近采用辉钼矿的Re-Os等时线定年法直接测定了与千里山第一期花岗岩有关的夕卡岩型矿体的矿化年龄为151.0±3.5Ma。该年龄晚于第一期花岗岩,但早于第二期花岗岩,从而证实了钨多金属矿化在花岗岩系列的早期早阶段也可以成矿。该年龄与野外观察的地质情况十分吻合,而辉钼矿是热液矿床中的常见矿物,说明这种测年方法是一种研究热液矿床成矿时代及其成因的重要手段。     

青海纳日贡玛斑岩钼(铜)矿床:蚀变

通过对纳日贡玛斑岩钼（铜）矿床的蚀变类型的详细研究,识别了矿床蚀变的3种主要类型：钾硅酸盐化、青磐岩化和长石分解蚀变.前二者为矿区早期形成的蚀变,长石分解蚀变形成于晚期.钾硅酸盐化蚀变主要以黑云母化、钾长石化为特征,青磐岩化以脉状绿泥石、绿帘石、方解石等蚀变矿物的发育为基本特征,长石分解蚀变则发育绢云母、高岭土、方解石、硬石膏等矿物.研究认为矿化与石英-辉钼矿±硬石膏±黄铜矿±黄铁矿脉、辉钼矿±黄铁矿±黄铜矿脉有较为密切的联系.     

德兴朱砂红矿床含辉钼矿岩石样品Re_Os定年及地质意义

辉钼矿中Re、Os含量高且几乎不含普通Os,通常被认为是开展金属矿床定年的理想对象。然而,在一些矿床中辉钼矿常以浸染状产出,矿物颗粒微小,挑纯难度较大,本文尝试使用含辉钼矿的岩石样品进行测年实验。选择研究程度较高、年龄数据较多的德兴斑岩铜矿田朱砂红矿床的4件含辉钼矿岩石样品进行了Re_Os同位素定年,结果获得等时线年龄为172.6±2.6 Ma,与前人已获得的年龄数据基本一致,说明该年龄数据可靠,样品中的硅酸盐矿物对定年结果没有影响。德兴斑岩铜矿田中3个矿床的辉钼矿Re_Os年龄与花岗闪长斑岩的锆石U_Pb年龄相一致,表明其矿化与斑岩侵入体直接相关。而前人获得的Rb_Sr年龄及K_Ar年龄与近年得到的Re_Os、U_Pb年龄数据存在差别的原因可能是后期热液蚀变及热事件破坏或重置了Rb_Sr和K_Ar同位素体系。     

含辉钼矿全岩样品Re-Os同位素定年研究:在北京大庄科钼矿床中的应用

采用硝酸在比色管中对辉钼矿样品中Re含量进行初测的方法,测得辉钼矿标准样品JDC Re含量与推荐值在误差范围内基本一致,与传统的Carius管法相比,该方法具有简便快速的特点。传统的辉钼矿Re-Os同位素定年分析对象为辉钼矿单矿物,根据所测得的187Re/187Os值获得辉钼矿的Re-Os年龄,Re、Os在辉钼矿中大量富集,而在硅酸盐矿物中几乎没有,探索性地对含有辉钼矿的全岩样品进行Re-Os同位素定年,虽然所得Re、Os含量偏低,但187Re/187Os值不会变。该方法省去了选样过程花费的大量时间,避免了选样过程中可能造成的交叉污染。采用同位素稀释Carius管逆王水法探索性地对北京大庄科钼矿床中含辉钼矿全岩样品进行Re-Os同位素年龄测定,获得了(137.6±3.7)Ma精确的等时线年龄,与挑选出辉钼矿单矿物样品的Re-Os同位素等时线年龄(136.8±2.6)Ma吻合较好,直接厘定了大庄科钼矿的成矿时代。该年龄与矿区汉家川石英二长岩锆石U-Pb年龄一致,表明大庄科钼矿的形成与汉家川石英二长岩关系较为密切,为中国东部第二期大规模成矿作用的产物,形成于中国东部岩石圈伸展环境。     

内蒙古红花尔基钨钼矿云英岩化白云母Ar-Ar定年及其地质意义

红花尔基钨多金属矿是近年在大兴安岭中北部地区发现的一处大型钨多金属矿床,主要矿化蚀变为云英岩化、绢英岩化,主要有用金属矿物为白钨矿和辉钼矿,岩体内辉钼矿与白钨矿有上钼下钨的带状分布特点,地质特征显示该矿床为一高温热液型钨(钼)矿床。为准确限定成矿热液活动时间,本文对矿区典型蚀变矿物——云英岩化蚀变带白云母进行Ar-Ar同位素定年,获得Ar-Ar坪年龄为174.4±1.2 Ma,等时线年龄为173.2±4.3 Ma。根据矿区云英岩化带与钨钼矿化带空间上重合和密切共生的关系,可知白云母的形成是与白钨矿、辉钼矿形成同源、同时,且辉钼矿Re-Os年龄(176.8±2.2 Ma)与Ar-Ar年龄在误差范围内具有一致性,该年龄代表了钨钼矿热液成矿时代。结合野外地质特征及锆石U-Pb、辉钼矿Re-Os年龄,进一步限定该矿床成矿时代为早中侏罗世,属燕山期构造岩浆活动的产物。     

Geochemical constraints on the genesis of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE deposit in Inner Mongolia, China

Trace element and isotopic compositions of carbonate from ore bodies, country rock which hosts the ore bodies (H8 dolomite), a carbonatite dyke exposed in Dulahala near Bayan Obo, and rare earth element (REE)-rich dolomite in Bayan Obo have been determined to understand the genesis of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE ore deposit, the world’s largest resource of REE. The REE and trace element distribution patterns of samples from the REE-rich carbonatite dykes are identical to those of mineralized carbonate rocks, indicating a genetic linkage between the REE-rich carbonatite and mineralization in this region. By contrast, carbon and oxygen isotopes in the mineralized carbonate varied significantly, δ¹³C = −7.98‰ to −1.12‰, δ¹⁸O = 8.60-25.69‰, which are distinctively different from those in mantle-derived carbonatite. Abnormal isotopic fractionations between dolomite and calcite suggest that these two minerals are in disequilibrium in the carbonatite dyke, ore bodies, and H8 marble from Bayan Obo. This isotopic characteristic is also found in mineralized sedimentary marine micrite from Heinaobao, ∼25 km southeast of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE ore deposit. These facts imply that the carbonate minerals in the Bayan Obo deposit have resulted from sedimentary carbonate rocks being metasomatised by mantle-derived fluids, likely derived from a REE-enriched carbonatitic magma. The initial Nd isotope values of ore bodies and carbonatite dykes are identical, indicating that ore bodies, carbonatite dykes and veins may have a similar REE source.     

Is the Bayan Obo ore deposit a micrite mound? A comparison with the Sailinhudong micrite mound

The origin of the Bayan Obo ore deposit, the largest REE deposit in the world, has long been debated and various hypotheses have been proposed. Among them is that the Bayan Obo ore deposit is correlated with and has the same origin as the Sailinhudong micrite mound in the southern limb of the Bayan Obo synclinorium. To test this model, the Bayan Obo ore deposit and the Sailinhudong micrite mound are systematically compared for their geological features, elemental geochemistry, and C, O, and Mg isotopic geochemistry. We show that the Bayan Obo ore deposit and the Sailinhudong micrite mound are both calcareous, lens-like in shape, lack bedding features, and are both hosted in a sedimentary formation that consists of clastic sediments and carbonates, unconformably overlying the Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic crystalline basement. However, their geochemical characteristics differ markedly. Compared with the Sailinhudong micrite carbonates, the Bayan Obo ore-hosting dolomite marbles are strongly enriched in LREEs, Ba, Th, Nb, Pb, and Sr, and have very different (PAAS)-normalized REE patterns. Sailinhudong micrite carbonates have higher δ¹³C_PDB and δ¹⁸O_SMOW values, falling into the typical sedimentary field, but the Bayan Obo ore-hosting dolomites are isotopically intermediate between primary igneous carbonatite and typical sedimentary limestone. The δ²⁶ Mg values of the Sailinhudong micrite carbonates are lighter than those of normal Mesoproterozoic sedimentary dolostone, while those of the Bayan Obo ore-hosting dolomite marble are isotopically heavier, similar to δ²⁶ Mg of mantle xenoliths and Bayan Obo intrusive carbonatite. We conclude that the Bayan Obo ore deposit is not correlated with the Sailinhudong micrite mound; it is neither a micrite mound nor an altered micrite mound.     

Integrated U–Pb and Sm–Nd geochronology for a REE-rich carbonatite dyke at the giant Bayan Obo REE deposit,Northern China

The Bayan Obo deposit in North China contains the largest rare-earth element (REE) resources in the world, but its forming time remains controversial. Nearly one hundred carbonatite dykes occur around the Bayan Obo deposit, including dolomite, calcite and calcite–dolomite carbonatite varieties. Zircons from a REE-rich carbonatite dyke and wallrock quartz conglomerate at Bayan Obo have been analyzed for U–Pb to determine the age of the dyke. Zircon from the carbonatite dyke, analyzed by conventional isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS), yielded an upper intercept age of 1417 ± 19 Ma. This age is confirmed by SHRIMP U–Pb analysis of zircon from the same carbonatite dyke, which gave a ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb weighted mean age of 1418 ± 29 Ma. In situ Nd isotope measurements of monazite collected from the carbonatite dyke gave an isochron age of 1275 ± 87 Ma. These results demonstrate that the dyke intruded ~ 1400 Ma. In view of predecessor's results, it is clarified that the REE mineralization at Bayan Obo occurred at ca. 1400 Ma, consistent with the timing of carbonatite dyke intrusion in the region. The youngest detrital zircons from the quartz conglomerate yielded a ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb weighted mean age of 1941 ± 7 Ma using LA ICP-MS U–Pb method. Detrital zircons in the carbonatite dyke also gave a mean apparent age of 1932 ± 3 Ma using ID-TIMS U–Pb method and 1914 ± 14 Ma using SHRIMP U–Pb method. These ages constrain the beginning active time of the Zha'ertai–Bayan Obo rift in the northern margin of the North China Craton after ~ 1900 Ma.     

Re—Os Isotope Ages of Molybdenum Deposits in East Qinling and Their Significance

Dating of metallic ore deposits has been one of the problems concerned with by ore geologists for many years.The establishment of the Re-Os Isotope Laboratory at the Institute of Rock and Mineral Analysis,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, has provided us with a new technique to carry out geochronological studies of molybdenum ores.As one of the most important Re-bearing minerals, molybdenite contains almost no common osmium, but ^187Os was derived completely from decay of ^187Re, with ^187Os content as the function of Re content in the mineral .An ID-ICP-MS technique has been used in this study,and Re-Os isotopic ages of several large molybdenum deposits of differ-ent types from the East Qinling molybdenum belt have been determined.It is indicated that the Huanglongpu carbonatite vein-type molybdenum-(lead) deposit has a Re-Os age corresponding to Indosinian,while the rest porphyry-type molybdenum deposits and porphyry-skarn-type molybdenum-(tungsten) deposits have Re-Os ages corresponding to Yenshanian.     

Geochemical characteristics of the Bayan Obo giant REE–Nb–Fe deposit: Constraints on its genesis

Geochemical characteristics of different dolomites in the Bayan Obo giant REE–Nb–Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia have been studied. Intensively REE-mineralized dolomites (total REE over 800 ppm) show similar geochemical characteristics to associated carbonatite dykes, with Ba, Th, REE enrichments and Sr, Nb, Ti, Cu depletions, which is different from those of dolomites in the deposit with low REE contents (total REE less than 800 ppm). The low REE dolomites display some transitional characteristics between carbonatite dyke and sedimentary carbonate, with La depletion and Nb enrichment. This indicates that the genesis of the REE-mineralized dolomites might be related to both carbonatite magma and sedimentary carbonates. Sulfur isotope data indicates two sulfur sources, a mantle source (δ³⁴S c.a. 0‰) and seawater (δ³⁴S c.a. +25‰). It is proposed that mineralized dolomites in the Bayan Obo giant REE–Nb–Fe deposit are the product of sedimentary carbonate hydrothermally metasomatised by carbonatite magma and/or associated fluids. These dolomites formed the large-scale rare earth mineralization in the unique Bayan Obo REE–Nb–Fe deposit.     

Tectono-thermal evolution of the India-Asia collision zone based on<Superscript>40</Superscript>Ar-<Superscript>39</Superscript>Ar thermochronology in Ladakh,India

New⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar thermochronological results from the Ladakh region in the India-Asia collision zone provide a tectono-thermal evolutionary scenario. The characteristic granodiorite of the Ladakh batholith near Leh yielded a plateau age of 46.3 ± 0.6 Ma (2σ). Biotite from the same rock yielded a plateau age of 44.6 ± 0.3 Ma (2σ). The youngest phase of the Ladakh batholith, the leucogranite near Himya, yielded a cooling pattern with a plateau-like age of ∼ 36 Ma. The plateau age of muscovite from the same rock is 29.8 ±0.2 Ma (2σ). These ages indicate post-collision tectono-thermal activity, which may have been responsible for partial melting within the Ladakh batholith. Two basalt samples from Sumdo Nala have also recorded the post-collision tectono-thermal event, which lasted at least for 8 MY in the suture zone since the collision, whereas in the western part of the Indus Suture, pillow lava of Chiktan showed no effect of this event and yielded an age of emplacement of 128.2 ±2.6 Ma (2σ). The available data indicate that post-collision deformation led to the crustal thickening causing an increase in temperature, which may have caused partial melting at the base of the thickened crust. The high thermal regime propagated away from the suture with time.     

A rare earth element-rich carbonatite dyke at Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, North China

Summary ?A carbonatite dyke, extremely enriched in rare earth elements (REE), is reported from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, North China. The REE content in the dyke varies from 1 wt% to up to 20 wt%. The light REEs are enriched and highly fractionated relative to the heavy REEs, and there is no Eu anomaly. Although carbon isotope δ¹³C (PDB) values of the carbonatites (−7.3 to −4.7‰) are within the range of normal mantle (−5±2‰), oxygen isotope δ¹⁸O (SMOW) (11.9 to 17.7‰) ratios apparently are higher than those of the mantle (5.7±1.0‰), indicating varying degrees of exchange with hydrothermal fluids during or after magmatic crystallization. The carbonatite is the result of partial melting followed by fractional crystallization. Primary carbonatite melt was formed by less than 1% partial melting of enriched mantle, leaving a garnet-bearing residue. The melt then rose to a crustal magma chamber and underwent fractional crystallization, producing further REE enrichment. The REE and trace element distribution patterns of the carbonatites are similar to those of fine-grained dolomite marble, the ore-host rock of the Bayan Obo REE–Nb–Fe giant mineral deposit. This fact may indicate a petrogenetic link between the dykes described here and the Bayan Obo mineral deposit. Received November 1, 2001; revised version accepted June 16, 2002     

Samarium–Neodymium and Rubidium–Strontium Isotopic Dating of Veined REE Mineralization for the Bayan Obo REE‐Nb‐Fe Deposit,Northern China

The Bayan Obo REE‐Nb‐Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia, China, consists of later REE‐mineralizing fluorocarbonate veins cutting the earlier banded and massive ores in the deposit. Samarium–neodymium dating using the minerals including huanghoite and rubidium–strontium dating using single‐grain biotites both from the later veins show concordant isochrons corresponding to 442 ± 42 Ma (2σ uncertainty) and 459 ± 41 Ma, respectively. The isochron ages suggest that the later REE vein mineralization took place during the middle Paleozoic at Bayan Obo, consistent with geological observations and age data previously reported.     

Zircon from the East Orebody of the Bayan Obo Fe–Nb–REE deposit,China, and SHRIMP ages for carbonatite-related magmatism and REE mineralization events

Extremely U-depleted (<1 ppm) zircons from H8 banded ores in the East Orebody of the Bayan Obo REE–Nb–Fe deposit are presented, with mineral compositions, textures, ²³²Th–²⁰⁸Pb SHRIMP ages and petrological context. Cores of East Orebody zircon contain up to 7 wt% HfO₂ and are zoned, depicting bipyramidal crystal forms. A distinct generation of patchy, epitaxial rim zircon, similarly depleted in U, is intergrown with rare earth ore minerals (bastnäsite, parisite, monazite). Overprinting aegirine textures indicate paragenetically late, reactive Na-rich fluids. Chondrite-normalized REE patterns without Eu anomalies match closely with those from the Mud Tank and Kovdor carbonatitic zircons. Increased HREE in rims ((Lu/Gd)_N 43–112) relative to cores ((Lu/Gd)_N 6–7.5) and the localized presence of xenotime are attributable to reactive, mineralizing fluid compositions enriched in Y, REE and P. Cathodoluminescence further reveals HREE fractionation in rims, evidenced by a narrow-band Er³⁺ emission at 405 nm. The extreme depletion of U in core and rim zircon is characteristic for this mineral deposit and is indicative of a persistent common source. U depletion is also a characteristic for zircons from carbonatitic or kimberlitic systems. ²³²Th–²⁰⁸Pb (SHRIMP II) geochronological data reveal the age of zircon cores as 1,325 ± 60 Ma and a rim-alteration event as 455.6 ± 28.27 Ma. The combined findings are consistent with a protolithic igneous origin for zircon cores, from a period of intrusive, alkaline–carbonatitic magmatism. Fluid processes responsible for the REE–Nb mineralizations affected zircon rim growth and degradation during the widely reported Caledonian events, providing a new example in a localized context of HREE enrichment processes.