西藏古堆地热田水热蚀变类型、分布特征及对勘探方向的启示

水热蚀变与泉华作为地热流体水-岩反应和化学沉积的产物,其相关研究可为水热活动发展史、恢复地热流体古温度及水岩反应过程等方面研究提供重要信息。古堆地热田位于错那—沃卡裂谷中部,是继羊八井地热田之后我国大陆最具发电潜力的非火山岩型高温地热田之一,极具开发潜力。为了解古堆地热田泉华和水热蚀变的类型、分布特征及判断有利的勘探方向,本文在野外地热地质调查的基础上,结合室内镜下鉴定和扫描电镜分析等工作,识别出绿泥石化、硅化、高岭石化和碳酸盐化等水热蚀变类型。研究发现,古堆地热田水热蚀变呈现出从蚀变中心向外由酸性蚀变过渡为弱酸性-中性蚀变的分带模式,蚀变中心常由强烈蚀变的硅化带或高岭石带组成;水热蚀变分布受断裂构造的控制,蚀变在断裂交汇处最为强烈,蚀变中心常沿着断裂延伸;根据水热蚀变的分布及蚀变强度,初步判断布雄朗古和杀嘎朗嘎的渗透性相对较好且热储温度高,具有较好的开发前景。在泉华沉积方面,古堆地热田西区主要为钙华区,东区为钙华和硅华叠加区;结合青藏高原动力学背景,认为古堆地热田水热发展史与陆陆碰撞的隆升过程及错那—沃卡裂谷活动密切相关且存在明显的耦合关系。     

伊犁京希—伊尔曼德金矿床的热液蚀变及成矿流体演化特征

京希－伊尔曼德金矿床的热液蚀变在空间上有明显的分带性，中心蚀变带以强烈的硅化为主，典型的蚀变矿物组合为石英或玉髓和地开石，中间带为高级泥化带，以地开石－高岭石－石英或玉髓为特征；外带为以蒙脱石－高岭石－伊利石－其他粘土矿物等矿物组合为主的泥化带，蚀变强度和矿物组合的分带性是温度、压力和化学梯度的反映，是流体在不断的水或流体－岩石反应和成分交换的产物。该矿床成矿流体演化过程为：早期酸性（pH=2-3)含矿流体在沿断裂上升过程中，受围岩灰岩中的流体（pH为中性）缓冲，在其进入高渗透性的碎屑岩层时，流速和水－岩石或流休－岩石反应大大加快，并在与大气降水的混合作用下，pH值逐步升高（3－5），产生了流体的温度及成分梯度，在温度和压力迅速下降的条件下，金及蚀变矿物沉淀、结晶生长，形成了蚀变空间分带，中心带保存完好的多孔状石英和地开石等高级泥化矿物组合说明该矿床是高硫化热液体系作用下的产物。     

东胜砂岩型铀矿氧化酸性流体与还原碱性热液流体过渡界面蚀变带成矿作用研究

位于鄂尔多斯盆地北部地区的东胜砂岩型铀矿在平面上和垂向上具有明显的岩石学和地球化学分带性,矿物学和岩相学特征研究表明其分带性是不同性质流体蚀变作用造成的。根据氧化/还原过渡界面蚀变矿物特征及其相互交代关系,识别出早、晚两个世代蚀变矿物组合,分别反映出早期蚀变流体为氧化环境下的酸性流体,晚期蚀变流体为还原环境下的碱性热液流体。早期氧化环境的酸性流体蚀变作用基础上叠加了晚期还原环境下的碱性热液流体蚀变作用,导致了铀在氧化/还原过渡界面的富集成矿。分析认为,东胜铀矿热液蚀变与鄂尔多斯盆地乃至华北地区燕山期构造活动和岩浆活动产生的区域性热异常事件具有一定联系。     

长江中下游典型火山盆地的水岩相互作用和金属矿床蚀变分带

长江中下游火山岩盆地中金属矿床和蚀变分带的的地球化学研究表明,它们具有内带深色蚀变带和外带浅色蚀变带,形成于600℃到100℃范围。两类蚀变带分界温度大致是300℃。大金属矿床蚀变分带剖面显示出热液系统存在有明显的温度梯度。通过与背景岩石(玄武岩石)对比研究表明,自下而上的不同蚀变岩石中主要元素含量显著变化,交代作用中的代出和代入元素在空间上是演化的。25~400℃和23MPa下矿物(钠长石、阳起石、透辉石、钙铁辉石)-H2O、岩石(玄武岩)-H2O反应的化学动力学实验表明,金属元素释放速率是温度的函数。在恒压升温过程中,从20℃到400℃,硅酸盐矿物、玄武岩中Si溶解速率不断上升;在300~350℃时,Si、Al溶解速率到最大数值。随后,温度再上升导致溶解速率下降。在300℃时,大部分矿物中Ca、Mg、Fe、Na溶解速率较高,溶液里的Ca/Si、Mg/Si、Fe/Si、Na/Si等都高于矿物中对应元素的计量比。矿物反应后的表面存在富集硅的淋失层,或有富硅铝矿物(粘土矿物)出现。在300℃时,Si溶解快于其他金属元素,溶液中金属元素与硅摩尔浓度比(Ca/Si、Mg/Si、Fe/Si、Na/Si)等都低于矿物中的计量比。矿物反应后的表面缺少硅的淋失层,或者有贫硅矿物和铁氧化物出现。作者还进行23~35MPa、20~550℃玄武岩与水反应实验。上述高温高压下矿物在水溶液中的溶解反应动力学实验和流体-玄武岩相互作用实验,对于理解金属矿床及蚀变分带形成机制提供新的依据。     

造山带背景铜镍矿床蚀变过程与水的来源——东天山黄山南矿床氢氧同位素的指示

造山带背景铜镍矿床以富水为主要特征,但水(流体)在成矿中的作用以及其对岩石的改造过程仍不明确。本文以黄山南铜镍矿床为例,通过辉橄岩和橄辉岩等超镁铁岩的蚀变矿物组合和H-O同位素变化规律,限定蚀变过程与流体性质及来源。黄山南超镁铁岩原生矿物主要有尖晶石、橄榄石、斜方辉石、单斜辉石和少量填隙状角闪石、云母,蚀变矿物有角闪石(浅闪石、阳起石、透闪石、普通角闪石以及镁闪石)、滑石、绿泥石和蛇纹石等。根据岩石结构与蚀变矿物比例,将超镁铁岩分为弱蚀变、中等蚀变和强蚀变3类。蚀变矿物组合与角闪石成分指示超镁铁岩经历了高温蚀变阶段(>700℃),形成了镁质闪石+滑石+绿泥石;中温蚀变阶段(700～550℃)和低温蚀变阶段(<550℃),分别形成了钙质闪石+滑石+绿泥石+蛇纹石与滑石+碳酸盐+蛇纹石的矿物组合。蚀变岩石普遍以中低温蚀变为主,可能与中低温阶段的叠加-改造作用相关。岩石随蚀变程度增加,Si、Na、K、Mn等主量元素和Rb、Ba等微量元素呈现明显降低趋势,表明大多数元素在流体改造过程中从岩石中迁出,说明蚀变过程为开放体系。中-强蚀变岩石中,硫化物矿物边部的形态呈锯齿状,但主体仍为磁...     

粤北棉花坑铀矿床蚀变花岗岩副矿物特征研究

采用电子探针等测试方法,对采自棉花坑铀矿床特富矿体蚀变花岗岩中的副矿物,特别是富铀副矿物进行研究。蚀变花岗岩中的副矿物有锆石、直氟碳钙铈矿、铀石-钍石、磷灰石、磷钇矿、褐帘石等,其中主要富铀副矿物有铀石-钍石、磷钇矿、独居石。研究表明,热液作用能使副矿物的晶体结构和成分发生改变,甚至形成新的矿物,同时使富铀副矿物释放大量的铀进入成矿流体,如磷钇矿蚀变为磷灰石、铀钍石蚀变为铅钍石、独居石可蚀变为直氟碳钙铈矿等;磷灰石、锆石、褐帘石等副矿物铀含量较低,而且在蚀变过程中,它们保持相对稳定,且晶形完好,释放的铀量少;部分蚀变锆石出现相反情况,其铀含量不降反升。研究还表明,富铀副矿物受热液作用越强,即距热液活动中心越近,铀含量的降低越明显,释放的铀就越多,从而为铀矿床的形成提供了丰富的铀源。     

内蒙古拜仁达坝银铅锌矿区成矿前围岩蚀变与元素迁移规律

为了厘清内蒙古拜仁达坝银铅锌矿床围岩蚀变特征,探索蚀变流体-岩石相互作用过程中的元素迁移规律,在野外地质工作的基础上,文章开展蚀变岩岩相学研究,发现矿区内存在多期围岩蚀变,其中成矿前蚀变规模大、强度强、范围集中、类型丰富、多阶段叠加：从早阶段硅化-绢云母化、中间阶段黏土化-绿泥石化到晚阶段碳酸盐化,且蚀变程度逐步增强。文章对矿区内不同蚀变程度的石英闪长岩和黑云斜长片麻岩的主微量元素测试和质量平衡计算表明,随着蚀变过程中原生矿物减少、蚀变矿物增加,主微量元素发生规律性迁移。结合成矿作用以高中温硫化物充填为主,矿化脉穿切各类蚀变岩、成矿元素未随蚀变增强而富集等地质事实,文章认为该期蚀变与成矿并不是同一次流体-岩石相互作用的结果,该期蚀变的体积效应可能仅有利于后期成矿物质充填的构造-围岩条件的形成。     

赣东北地区矽卡岩典型矿物形成与演化的光谱证据:以朱溪钨多金属矿为例SCIEI北大核心CSCD

朱溪是近年来在江西塔前-赋春成矿带发现的一个世界级超大型钨铜矿床。本文采用短波红外+热红外光谱技术对矿区13个钻孔进行了光谱测量,结合岩石-矿物地球化学分析,探讨了朱溪矿床矽卡岩中典型蚀变矿物的形成与演化过程,厘定了矽卡岩形成不同阶段矿物组合的光谱特征,构建了朱溪矿床的短波红外+热红外光谱勘查模型。研究发现:(1)区内不同矿物组合形成了明显的蚀变分带,由内向外依次为绢云母(富Si)+长石(岩体顶层蚀变,多期流体叠加综合作用)→外矽卡岩:钙铝榴石+透辉石+(绢云母)→透辉石+蛇纹石+绿泥(帘)石+滑石→绢云母(富Al)+绿泥(帘)石(基底不整合面蚀变);(2)Al-OH波长的移动可指示成矿流体压力、温度及pH值的变化;(3)研究区透辉石的形成、演化与矿体之间关系密切,虽然富矿体赋存于矽卡岩形成早期的透辉石-石榴子石蚀变带,但大量矿体则赋存于矽卡岩退蚀变阶段的蛇纹石-绿泥石蚀变带;(4)矿体的形成与流体的混合作用关系极大,伊利石光谱吸收特征能够指示外部冷水(大气降水或地下水)的灌入轨迹。     

胶东三山岛北部海域金矿蚀变特征与微量元素迁移规律

胶东地区是中国最重要的金矿矿集区，区内众多大型–超大型金矿集中产出，已探明金矿资源量占全国30%以上。构造蚀变岩型金矿是胶东区内重要的类型之一，三山岛北部海域金矿是该类型的典型代表。胶东三山岛北部海域金矿是近年来新发现的超大型金矿，对该矿床的蚀变岩石进行研究具有重要意义。通过详实地岩心编录与室内研究，查明了该矿床的主要蚀变类型及矿物组合特征，系统采集了典型蚀变岩石样品并进行了微量元素地球化学分析，运用质量平衡技术方法总结了热液蚀变过程中的元素迁移规律，同时探讨了黄铁绢英岩中微量元素特征。结果表明，在标高-1 200～-1 400 m范围内蚀变强烈。蚀变类型有钾化、绢英岩化和黄铁绢英岩化等，其中与成矿关系最为密切的是绢英岩化和黄铁绢英岩化；从原岩到黄铁绢英岩的整个蚀变过程中，流体向围岩提供了大量（迁移量> 2）的As、 Sb、 Te等低温元素，中量（迁移量为1～2）的Pb、Zn、Cu等中温元素，少量（迁移量<1）的Co、Ni、Cr等高温元素，表明在标高-1 200～-1 400 m处，流体以中低温元素组合为主，预测-1 200～-1 400 m处矿体仍处于中上部，深部还有很好...     

新疆京希-伊尔曼德金矿床矿化类型热液蚀变及流体包裹体证据

京希_伊尔曼德金矿床位于新疆伊宁县北部。金矿 (化 )体赋存于下石炭统大哈拉军山组下部粗碎屑岩中 ,同时受控于断裂构造和岩性。该矿床形成于浅成低温环境的高硫化体系中。初始强酸性的含金热液流体在沿断裂构造向上迁移时 ,与围岩发生水_岩反应形成由内向外的物理化学梯度变化 ,表现为以硅化 (发育酸性淋滤形成的多孔状石英构造 )、高级泥化和泥化构成蚀变分带。迪开石 +高岭石 +多孔状_硅化石英等热液蚀变矿物构成高级泥化主蚀变。金主要沉淀富集于硅化带和高级泥化带。蚀变矿物组合及流体包裹体资料确定的成矿流体性质为 :酸性 (pH早期为 2～ 3,晚期为 3～ 5 )、低盐度〔w(NaCl) eq<5 %〕及低温 (成矿温度为 180～ 2 70℃ )。     

Volcanic Activity, Hydrothermal Alteration and Epithermal Gold-Silver Mineralization in the Ryuo Mine Area in the Kitami Metallogenic Province, Hokkaido, Japan

Abstract: Characterization of Neogene magmatism in the Ryuo mine area in the Kitami metallogenic province was carried out on the basis of K-Ar data for felsic–to–mafic terrestrial extrusive and intrusive volcanism from Late Miocene to Early Pliocene. The Ryuo epithermal gold-silver deposit occurs primarily in the felsic volcaniclastic rocks of the Ikutahara Formation and in Ryuo Rhyolite. The Ryuo mineralization age of 7. 7 – 8. 1 Ma coincides well with the hydrothermal alteration age (7. 7 Ma) of Ryuo Rhyolite hosting ore veins. It is concluded that the Ryuo mineralization was essentially accompanied by felsic volcanic activity during the sedimentation of the Ikutahara Formation, and was closely related both temporally and spatially to the intrusive activity of Ryuo Rhyolite. Hydrothermal alteration related to the epithermal gold-silver mineralization of the Ryuo deposit is primarily characterized by early regional and vein-related alterations, and late steam-heated alteration. Early regional alteration consists of a smectite halo (smectite+pyrite±quartz±opal–CT±mordenite°Clinoptilolite–heulandite series mineral). Early vein-related alteration is primarily marked by potassic alteration. This alteration halo can be subdivided into a K-feldspar halo (quartz+adular–ia+pyrite±illite±interstratified illite/smectite±smectite), an illite halo (quartz+illite + chlorite + pyrite ± interstratified illite/smec–tite±smectite) and an interstratified illite/smectite halo (quartz + interstratified illite/smectite+pyrite±smectite). Late steam-heated alteration characterized by kaolinite or alunite locally overprints the early K-feldspar halo. The style of the Ryuo gold-silver deposit is a low-sulfidation epithermal type. The gold–silver–bearing quartz vein precipitates during boiling of ore fluid. The origin of the ore fluid might be meteoric water. The temperature and sulfur fugacity conditions during precipitation of electrum and acanthite are estimated to be 206°– 238°C and 10^-13.5 – 10^-11.6 atm, respectively.     

Mapping hydrothermal alteration in the Comstock mining district,Nevada, using simulated satellite‐borne hyperspectral data

Hydrothermal alteration mapping with spaceborne hyperspectral data was simulated in the Comstock mining district, Nevada in order to evaluate the mineral mapping capabilities of the proposed Australian Resource Information and Environment Satellite (ARIES‐1). As a result, a suite of hydrothermal alteration minerals, including kaolinite, dickite, illite, chlorite, alunite and carbonate was identified from the simulated data in the 0.4–2.5 μm wavelength region and their areal abundance variations mapped accordingly. The recognised alteration zoning shows a major change in alteration assemblages across the Comstock and Silver City Faults, and a gradual variation from north to south along the faults. In the bleached Miocene volcanic rocks, dickite, kaolinite, illite and alunite were recognised. Coexistence of dickite of relatively high temperature, high‐crystallinity kaolinite of medium temperature and low‐crystallinity kaolinite of low temperature suggests supergene processes overprinting earlier hypogene alteration. The bleached rocks probably represent hydrothermal alteration in the fluid up‐flow zones in the central and shallower parts of the hydrothermal system. Illite in the bleached zones is characterised by relatively short AI–OH band wavelengths (2190–2200 nm), indicating no or very low Fe and/or Mg contents. Fault‐controlled propylitic alteration is mapped in the central part of the district mainly in the footwall of the Comstock Fault. The associated illite is characterised mainly by medium AI–OH band wavelengths (2200–2208 nm). This propylitic alteration may be contemporaneous with Au–Ag mineralisation. Additional and more extensive propylitic zones, containing illite with long AI–OH band wavelengths (2204–2216 nm), were mapped in the southern part of the district. These zones resulted from either a pre‐mineralisation propylitic alteration, or the peripheral hydrothermal alteration in the fluid down‐flow zones of the Miocene hydrothermal system.     

Clay petrology of the Upper Triassic/Lower Jurassic terrestrial strata of the Newark Supergroup,Connecticut Valley,U.S.A.

The clay mineralogy of the Newark Supergroup (Upper Triassic/Lower Jurassic) in the Connecticut Valley was studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. Clay minerals identified in 126 samples are illite, chlorite, smectite, kaolinite, vermiculite, expandable chlorite, mixed-layer illite/smectite, mixed-layer chlorite/smectite, and mixed-layer chlorite/vermiculite. In general, the rocks are illitic with subordinate amounts of chlorite. However, the various lithofacies in the Newark Supergroup are characterized by distinct clay-mineral assemblages. Red beds of floodplain origin contain clays mainly of detrital nature with 2M illite most abundant. Subordinate amounts of chlorite, smectite, vermiculite, kaolinite and mixed-layer illite/smectite are also present. An interstratified chlorite/vermiculite occurs in red mudstone underlying basalt flows. Lacustrine gray beds are generally characterized by the clay-mineral assemblage 1Md illite + chlorite with minor amounts of smectite ane expandable chlorite. An interstratified chlorite/smectite predominates in gray mudstone associated with perennial lake cycles in the East Berlin Formation. Black shales of deeper lacustrine origin contain the assemblage 1Md ifillite + trioctahedral smectite and traces of chlorite. Illite and smectite also occur as mixed-layer phases.In many respects, the distribution of clay minerals in the Connecticut Valley can be likened to the general scheme proposed for the Permo-Triassic basins of Europe and Africa. These display both vertical and horizontal variations in clay-mineral assemblages that reflect the chemical and spatiotemporal evolution of intrabasin depositional and diagenetic environments. Chemical data indicate that magnesium, especially, was concentrated in the black muds of large perennial lakes that intermittently occupied the Connecticut rift valley. Pore waters derived from these sediments played an important role in the development of Mg-rich 2 : 1 and interstratified clay minerals during early diagenesis.     

Rosia Poieni copper deposit,Apuseni Mountains,Romania: advanced argillic overprint of a porphyry system

The Rosia Poieni deposit is the largest porphyry copper deposit in the Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization are related to the Middle Miocene emplacement of a subvolcanic body, the Fundoaia microdiorite. Zonation of the alteration associated with the porphyry copper deposit is recognized from the deep and central part of the porphyritic intrusion towards shallower and outer portions. Four alteration types have been distinguished: potassic, phyllic, advanced argillic, and propylitic. Potassic alteration affects mainly the Fundoaia subvolcanic body. The andesitic host rocks are altered only in the immediate contact zone with the Fundoaia intrusion. Mg-biotite and K-feldspar are the main alteration minerals of the potassic assemblage, accompanied by ubiquitous quartz; chlorite, and anhydrite are also present. Magnetite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and minor bornite, are associated with this alteration. Phyllic alteration has overprinted the margin of the potassic zone, and formed peripheral to it. It is characterized by the replacement of almost all early minerals by abundant quartz, phengite, illite, variable amounts of illite-smectite mixed-layer minerals, minor smectite, and kaolinite. Pyrite is abundant and represents the main sulfide in this alteration zone. Advanced argillic alteration affects the upper part of the volcanic structure. The mineral assemblage comprises alunite, kaolinite, dickite, pyrophyllite, diaspore, aluminium-phosphate-sulphate minerals (woodhouseite-svanbergite series), zunyite, minamyite, pyrite, and enargite (luzonite). Alunite forms well-developed crystals. Veins with enargite (luzonite) and pyrite in a gangue of quartz, pyrophyllite and diaspore, are present within and around the subvolcanic intrusion. This alteration type is partially controlled by fractures. A zonal distribution of alteration minerals is observed from the centre of fractures outwards with: (1) vuggy quartz; (2) quartz + alunite; (3) quartz + kaolinite ± alunite and, in the deeper part of the argillic zone, quartz + pyrophyllite + diaspore; (4) illite + illite-smectite mixed-layer minerals ± kaolinite ± alunite, and e) chlorite + albite + epidote. Propylitic alteration is present distal to all other alteration types and consists of chlorite, epidote, albite, and carbonates. Mineral parageneses, mineral stability fields, and alteration mineral geothermometers indicate that the different alteration assemblages are the result of changes in both fluid composition and temperature of the system. The alteration minerals reflect cooling of the hydrothermal system from >400 °C (biotite), to 300–200 °C (chlorite and illite in veinlets) and to lower temperatures of kaolinite, illite-smectite mixed layers, and smectite crystallization. Hydrothermal alteration started with an extensive potassic zone in the central part of the system that passed laterally to the propylitic zone. It was followed by phyllic overprint of the early-altered rocks. Nearly barren advanced argillic alteration subsequently superimposed the upper levels of the porphyry copper alteration zones. The close spatial association between porphyry mineralization and advanced argillic alteration suggests that they are genetically part of the same magmatic-hydrothermal system that includes a porphyry intrusion at depth and an epithermal environment of the advanced argillic type near the surface.Editorial handling: B. Lehmann     

Relationships between Volcanism, Hydrothermal Alteration and Epithermal Gold-Silver Mineralization in the Muka Mine Area in the Kitami Metallogenic Province, Hokkaido, Japan

Abstract: Neogene magmatism in the Muka mine area in the Kitami metallogenic province was characterized on the basis of K-Ar age data by felsic–to–mafic terrestrial extrusive and intrusive volcanism from Late Miocene to Early Pliocene. The geology of the Muka mine area comprises the Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene Yubetsu Group, consisting primarily of sandstone and shale; Upper Miocene Ikutahara Formation, consisting of clastic and felsic volcaniclastic rocks and Kane-hana Lava (rhyolite) of 7. 5 Ma; Upper Miocene Yahagi Formation, consisting of clastics, felsic volcaniclastics and rhyolite lavas; Late Miocene andesite and rhyolite dikes (Chidanosawa Rhyolite of 7. 2 Ma and Hon-Mukagawa Andesite of 6. 6 Ma); Lower Pliocene Hakugindai Lava (basalt: 4. 0 Ma); and Quaternary System. The volcanism consists of earlier Late Miocene felsic extrusive activity during the sedimentation of the Ikutahara Formation, later Late Miocene felsic extrusive and intrusive activities during the sedimentation of the Yahagi Formation and intermediate intrusive activity after the sedimentation of the Yahagi Formation and Early Pliocene mafic extrusive activity. The Muka gold-silver ore deposit occurs primarily in the felsic volcaniclastic rocks and Kanehana Lava of the Ikutahara Formation and in Hon-Mukagawa Andesite. These wall–rocks, the clastic rocks of the Ikutahara Formation and the clastic and felsic volcaniclastic rocks of the Yahagi Formation were affected to various extents by hydrothermal alteration. The hydrother-mal alteration can be divided into two stages (early and late) based on the modes of occurrence and mineral assemblages. Early hydrothermal alteration is characterized by regional and vein-related alterations associated with epithermal gold-silver mineralization in a near-neutral hydrothermal system. Regional alteration can be subdivided into a zeolite zone (mordenite+adularia±heulandite–clinoptilolite series mineral±smectite±quartz°Cristobalite±opal–CT) and a smectite zone (smec–tite±quartz±opal–CT). Vein-related alteration can be subdivided into a K-feldspar zone (quartz+adularia±illite±interstratified illite/smectite±pyrite), an illite zone (quartz+illite°Chlorite±interstratified illite/smectite±smectite±pyrite) and an interstratified illite/smectite zone (quartz+interstratified illite/smectite±smectite±pyrite). The adularization age of 6. 8 Ma in the K-feldspar zone that developed in Kanehana Lava hosting ore veins coincides well with the epithermal gold-silver mineralization age of 6. 6 Ma. Late hydrothermal alteration is characterized by a kaolinite zone (kaolinite±dickite±alunite±quartz°Cristobalite± tridymite±pyrite) in an acid hydrothermal system, and cuts early alteration zones such as the K-feldspar zone. Other modes of occurrence of acid alteration are a 7Å halloysite-kaolinite vein in the hydrothermal explosion breccia dike and smectite–kaoli–nite veins along joint planes of Kanehana Lava. The style of the gold-silver deposit associated with early near-neutral hydrothermal alteration is a low-sulfidation epithermal type. The low-sulfidation epithermal gold-silver mineralization of 6. 6 Ma in the vicinity of the Muka ore deposit was essentially accompanied by felsic volcanic activity during the sedimentation of the Yahagi Formation, and was closely related both temporally and spatially to the felsic intrusive activity of Chidanosawa Rhyolite of 7. 2 Ma. The related hydrother-mal activity of the gold-silver mineralization took place at intervals of approximately 0. 4–0. 6 Ma after the volcanic activity related to the mineralization.     

云南腾冲地热区主要蚀变矿物含量与蚀变母岩的关系

腾冲地热区出露有众多热泉泉群,地热活动频繁,岩石发生强烈蚀变,形成的主要蚀变矿物包括高岭石、绢云母、蒙脱石、I/M间层矿物、石英和蛋白石。主要蚀变矿物的种类和含量受蚀变母岩性质的控制,花岗质砂砾岩和花岗岩形成高岭石,玄武岩形成伊利石和蒙托石,安山岩中发育硅化作用。泥化作用增强的趋势是安山岩→花岗岩→玄武岩→花岗质砂砾岩。由于花岗质砂砾岩在热区内广泛分布,通过蚀变作用形成了有经济价值的高岭土矿床。     

Diagenetic evolution of the volcaniclastic deposits: an example from Neoproterozoic Dokhan Volcanics in Wadi Queih basin,central Eastern Desert,Egypt

Wadi Queih basin hosts a ～2,500-m thick Neoproterozoic volcanoclastic successions that unconformably lie over the oldest Precambrian basement. These successions were deposited in alluvial fan, fluviatile, lacustrine, and aeolian depositional environments. Diagenetic minerals from these volcaniclastic successions were studied by X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, and analytical electron microscopy. The diagenetic processes recognized include mechanical compaction, cementation, and dissolution. Based on the framework grain–cement relationships, precipitation of the early calcite cement was either accompanied or followed by the development of part of the pore-lining and pore-filling clay cements. Secondary porosity development occurred due to partial to complete dissolution of early calcite cement and feldspar grains. In addition to calcite, several different clay minerals including kaolinite, illite, and chlorite with minor smectite occur as pore-filling and pore-lining cements. Chlorite coating grains helps to retain primary porosity by retarding the envelopment of quartz overgrowths. Clay minerals and their diagenetic assemblages has been distinguished between primary volcaniclastics directly produced by pyroclastic eruptions and epiclastic volcaniclastics derived from erosion of the pre-existing volcanic rocks. Phyllosilicates of the epiclastic rocks display wider compositional variations owing to wide variations in the mineralogical and chemical compositions of the parent material. Most of the phyllosilicates (kaolinite, illite, chlorite, mica, and smectite) are inherited minerals derived from the erosion of the volcanic basement complex, which had undergone hydrothermal alteration. Smectites of the epiclastic rocks are beidellite–montmorillonite derived from the altered volcanic materials of the sedimentary environment. Conversely, phyllosilicate minerals of the pyroclastic rocks are dominated by kaolinite, illite, and mica, which were formed by pedogenetic processes through the hydrothermal influence.     

Clay Minerals in an Active Hydrothermal Field at Iheya‐North‐Knoll,Okinawa Trough

Iheya‐North‐Knoll is one of the small knolls covered with thick sediments in the Okinawa Trough back‐arc basin. At the east slope of Iheya‐North‐Knoll, nine hydrothermal vents with sulfide mounds are present. The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 331 studied Iheya‐North‐Knoll in September 2010. The expedition provided us with the opportunity to study clay minerals in deep sediments in Iheya‐North‐Knoll. To reveal characteristics of clay minerals in the deep sediments, samples from the drilling cores at three sites close to the most active hydrothermal vent were analyzed by X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. The sediments are classified into Layer 0 (shallow), Layer 1 (deep), Layer 2 (deeper) and Layer 3 (deepest) on the basis of the assemblage of clay minerals. Layer 0 contains no clay minerals. Layer 1 contains smectite, kaolinite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral. Layer 2 contains chlorite, corrensite and chlorite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral. Layer 3 is grouped into three sub‐layers, 3A, 3B and 3C; Sub‐layer 3A contains chlorite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral, sub‐layer 3B contains chlorite/smectite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer minerals, and sub‐layer 3C contains chlorite and illite. Large amounts of di‐octahedral clay minerals such as smectite, kaolinite, illite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral are found in Iheya‐North‐Knoll, which is rarely observed in hydrothermal fields in mid‐ocean ridges. Tri‐octahedral clay minerals such as chlorite, corrensite and chlorite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral in Iheya‐North‐Knoll have low Fe/(Fe + Mg) ratios compared with those in mid‐ocean ridges. In conclusion, the characteristics of clay minerals in Iheya‐North‐Knoll differ from those in mid‐ocean ridges; di‐octahedral clay minerals and Fe‐poor tri‐octahedral clay minerals occur in Iheya‐North‐Knoll but not in mid‐ocean ridges.     

黑龙江金厂金矿床18号矿体围岩蚀变及短波红外光谱特征

金厂金矿18号矿体围岩蚀变发育顺序从早到晚为:钾化、硅化、绿泥石化、绢云母化、碳酸盐化、高蛉土化,从内往外依次发育青磐岩化带、绢英岩化带和钾化带.矿化出现在泥化和绢英岩化叠加处,以及泥化和青磐岩化叠加处.通过短波红外光谱测试技术,识别出本矿区有26种蚀交矿物,其中白云母含量与金矿体呈正相关,说明绢云母化与金矿化关系密切;青磐岩化带蚀变矿物组合为绿泥石+绿帘石+伊利石±埃洛石±蒙脱石±石英;钾化带蚀变矿物组合为钾长石+高岭石+埃洛石±蒙脱石±石英;绢英岩化带蚀变矿物组合为绢云母+埃洛石±蒙脱石±高岭石±石英.     

Metamorphism of mineral matter in coal from the Bukit Asam deposit, south Sumatra, Indonesia

The coal of the Miocene Bukit Asam deposit in south Sumatra is mostly sub-bituminous in rank, consistent with regional trends due to burial processes. However, effects associated with Plio–Pleistocene igneous intrusions have produced coal with vitrinite reflectance up to at least 4.17% (anthracite) in different parts of the deposit. The un-metamorphosed to slightly metamorphosed coals, with Rv_max values of 0.45–0.65%, contain a mineral assemblage made up almost entirely of well-ordered kaolinite and quartz. The more strongly heat-affected coals, with Rv_max values of more than 1.0%, are dominated by irregularly and regularly interstratified illite/smectite, poorly crystallized kaolinite and paragonite (Na mica), with chlorite in some of the anthracite materials. Kaolinite is abundant in the partings of the lower-rank coals, but is absent from the partings in the higher-rank areas, even at similar horizons in the same coal seam. Regularly interstratified illite/smectite, which is totally absent from the partings in the lower-rank coals, dominates the mineralogy in the partings associated with the higher-rank coal beds. A number of reactions involving the alteration of silicate minerals appear to have occurred in both the coal and the associated non-coal lithologies during the thermal metamorphism generated by the intrusions. The most prominent involve the disappearance of kaolinite, the appearance of irregularly interstratified illite/smectite, and the formation of regular I/S, paragonite and chlorite. Although regular I/S is identified in all of the non-coal partings associated with the higher-rank coals, illite/smectite with an ordered structure is only recognised in the coal samples collected from near the bases of the seams. The I/S in the coal samples adjacent to the floor of the highest rank seam also appears to have a greater proportion of illitic components. The availability of sodium and other non-mineral inorganic elements in the original coal to interact with the kaolinite, under different thermal and geochemical conditions, appears to be the significant factor in the formation of these new minerals, and distinguishes the mineralogical changes at Bukit Asam from those developed more generally with rank increases due to burial, and from the effects of intrusions into coals that were already at higher rank levels.