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Approximately 160 Ma old basaltic lavas obtained from ODP Site 801 in the Pigafetta Basin represent the first Jurassic oceanic crust recovered in the Pacific Ocean and the oldest in situ oceanic crust discovered anywhere. The basement consists of an upper alkali olivine basalt sequence and a lower tholeiitic sequence separated by a yellow Fe-rich hydrothermal sedimentary deposit. The aphyric and sparsely plagiodase-olivine±spinel phyric tholeiites exhibit depleted, open–system fractionated characteristics with trace element abundances and Pb–Nd isotopic compositions similar to normal mid-ocean ridge basalts (N-MORB). The aphyric alkali basalts, although showing some overlap in isotopic composition with MORB, exhibit strong similarities in terms of incompatible element abundances to ocean island basalts (OIB). They could represent either OIB-type off-axis volcanism or an alkalic event possibly associated with the waning stages of spreading axis volcanism in the Pigafetta Basin. All lavas have undergone low-grade anoxic smectite–carbonate alteration, although flows underlying the Fe-rich sediments have suffered hydrothermal alteration and fracturing. 相似文献
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Basalt in the Furutobe District of the Kuroko mine area in Japan is characterized by abundant chlorite and epidote. Fluid inclusion studies indicate that chlorite is formed at lower temperatures (230–250°C) than epidote (250–280°C). The seawater/basalt mass ratio for the early chlorite-rich alteration was high (max. 40), but that for the later alteration was low (0.1–1.8). The CaO, Na2O and SiO2 of the bulk rock correlate negatively with MgO, while FeO and Σ Fe correlate positively with MgO. These changes in the characteristic features of hydrothermal alteration from early to late are generally similar to those for a mid-ocean ridge geothermal system accompanying basalt alteration.The MgO/FeO ratios of chlorite and actinolite and the Fe2O3 concentration of epidote from the basalt are greater than those of mid-ocean ridge basalt probably owing to the differences in the Fe2O3/FeO and MgO/FeO ratios of the parent rocks. The lower CaO concentration and the higher Na2O concentration of the bulk rock compared with altered mid-ocean ridge basalt can be interpreted in terms of the difference in original bulk rock compositions.The Furutobe basalt, as well as other submarine back arc basalts, contains more vesicles filled with hydrothermal minerals (epidote, calcite, quartz, chlorite, pyrite) than do the mid-ocean ridge basalts. The abundance of vesicles plays an important role in controlling the secondary mineralogy and geochemistry of hydrothermally altered submarine back arc basin basalts. 相似文献
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南木火山盆地位于大兴安岭中北段的林西-扎兰屯多金属成矿带中,是华北板块北部大陆边缘与西伯利亚板块东南陆缘增生带的交汇部位. 侵入岩以岩株、岩脉出露为特征,岩性以花岗斑岩、石英斑岩为主. 蚀变类型主要有绢云母化、褐铁矿化、硅化和绿泥石化,构成多条蚀变带. 在1:5万矿产调查评价工作基础上,采用激电中梯与激电测深两种方法进行金属矿产勘查. 研究发现低阻、高极化异常带与地表岩脉矿化部位及土壤地球化学异常吻合良好. 研究区圈定激电异常4处,测深穿过JD2高极化、中低阻层,推测地下存在含铜石英斑岩体. 综合地质、化探及物探特征,南木地区斑岩体、孔雀石化和激电异常均有存在,具有一定的深部找矿前景. 相似文献
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Indresh Kumar S. Vijaya Kumar V. Ramesh Babu B. V. L. Kumar J. K. Dash A. K. Chaturvedi 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2017,89(1):12-20
Cuddapah basin is known for hosting unconformity proximal uranium deposits viz., Lambapur, Peddagattu, Chitirial and Koppunuru along the northern margin of the basin. It is well known that these deposits are mostly associated with basement granitoids in Srisailam Sub-basin, and with cover sediments in Palnad subbasin where basement topography and fault/fracture system influence the fluid flow causing basement alteration and ore deposition. Geological setup, surface manifestation of uranium anomalies and association of the hydro-uranium anomalies near Durgi area in southern part of the Palnad sub-basin, have prompted detail investigation by geophysical methods to probe greater depths. Controlled Source Audio Magneto Telluric (CSAMT) survey conducted over five decades of frequency (0.1-9600 Hz) delineated the various lithounits of Kurnool and Nallamalai Groups along with their thicknesses as there exist an appreciable resistivity contrast. Interpretation of CSAMT sounding data are constrained by resistivity logs and litholog data obtained from the boreholes drilled within the basin indicated three to four layered structure. Sub-surface 2-D and 3-D geo-electrical models are simulated by stitching 1-D layered inverted resistivity earth models. Stitched 1-D inverted resistivity sections revealed the unconformity between the Kurnool Group and Nallamalai Group along with basement undulations. The faults/fractures delineated from the CSAMT data corroborated well with the results of gravity data acquired over the same area. Simulated 3-D voxel resistivity model helped in visualising the faults/fractures, their depth extent, thickness of the Banganapalle quartzite and basement configuration. Integrated interpretation of CSAMT, gravity and borehole data facilitated in delineating the unconformity and the structural features favourable for uranium mineralisation in deeper parts of the Palnad sub-basin. 相似文献
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Farahnaz Daliran 《Mineralium Deposita》2008,43(4):383-404
The disseminated gold deposit of Agdarreh (24.5 t at 3.7 g/t Au) is hosted in hydrothermally leached Miocene reefal limestone
in the Takab geothermal field, which is part of the Cenozoic Urumieh–Dokhtar volcanic arc of NW Iran. Alteration and mineralisation
are largely bedding controlled blanket-like and include: (1) pre-ore decalcification; (2) first-stage silicification associated
with pyrite (early pyrite with 3–4 wt% As, late pyrite with <1–3 wt% As) and sphalerite; (3) second-stage silicification with
precipitation of galena, Pb–Sb–As sulphides, sulphosalts, tellurides and native bismuth; (4) late-stage cinnabar and barite
in vugs; (5) oxide ore stage and carbonate alteration (complex Mn–Fe-rich oxyhydroxides, arsenates, sulphates, APS minerals
and rutile in residual leached rock and infill of karstic cavities). Gold occurs invisibly in the jasperoids and is enriched
in the Mn–Fe oxyhydroxide surface cap of the jasperoids. Gold mineralisation is associated with the hydrothermal metal suite
of As, Sb, Hg, Te, Se, Tl, Ba, Zn, Ag, Cd, Bi and Pb, and is characterised by very low Cu contents. Arsenian pyrite probably
carried most of the primary (invisible) gold. Native gold occurs in association with the late-stage cinnabar and the oxide
ore.
The Agdarreh deposit shows many similarities with Carlin-type ore and is interpreted to have resulted from near-surface hydrothermal
activity related to the Cenozoic arc volcanism that developed within the extensional Takab graben. The extensive oxidation
at Agdarreh may be partly due to the waning stages of hydrothermal activity. Active H2S-bearing thermal springs are locally depositing extremely high contents of Au and Ag, and travertine is present over large
areas, suggesting that ore-forming hydrothermal activity occurred periodically from the Miocene to Recent in the Takab geothermal
field.
The present paper deals with the geological framework, host rocks, characteristic features of hydrothermal alteration and
mineralisation, and genesis of the Agdarreh deposit. The results of fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies are in progress
and will be given in a forthcoming paper. 相似文献
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Mineralisation at the Zarshuran, NW Iran, occurs on the flank of an inlier of Precambrian rocks hosted in black silty calcareous
and carbonaceous shale with interbedded dolomite and limestone varying in thickness from 5 to 60 m and extending along strike
for approximately 5–6 km. Two major, steeply dipping sets of faults with distinct trends occur in the Zarshuran: (1) northwest
(310–325) and (2) southwest (255–265). The main arsenic mineralisation occurs at the intersection of these faults. The mineral
assemblage includes micron to angstrom-size gold, orpiment, realgar, stibnite, getchellite, cinnabar, thallium minerals, barite,
Au-As-bearing pyrite, base metal sulphides and sulphosalts. Hydrothermal alteration features are developed in black shale
and limestone around the mineralisation Types of alteration include: (1) decalcification, (2) silicification, (3) argillisation,
(4) dolomitisation, (5) oxidation and acid leaching and (6) supergene alteration. The early stage of mineralisation involved
removal of carbonates from the host rocks, followed by quartz precipitation. The main stage includes massive silicification
associated with argillic alteration. In the late stage veining became more dominant and the main arsenic ore was deposited
along fault cross cuts and gouge. These characteristics are typical of Carlin-type sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits.
The early stage of mineralisation contains only two-phase aqueous fluid inclusions. The main stage has two groups of three-phase
CO2-bearing inclusions with minor CH4 ± N2, associated with high temperature, two-phase aqueous inclusions. During the late stage, fluids exhibit a wide range in composition,
salinity and temperature, and CH4 becomes the dominant carbonic fluid with minor CO2 associated with a variety of two-phase aqueous fluid inclusions. The characteristics of fluids at the Zarshuran imply the
presence of at least two separate fluids during mineralisation. The intersections of coexisting carbonic and aqueous inclusion
isochores, together with stratigraphic and mineral stability evidence, indicate that mineralisation occurred at 945 ± 445
bar and 243 ± 59 °C, implying a depth for mineralisation of at least 3.8 ± 1.8 km (assuming a lithostatic pressure gradient).
Fluid density fluctuations and the inferred depth of formation suggest that the mineralisation occurred at the transition
between overpressured and normally pressured regimes. Geochronologic studies utilising K/Ar and Ar/Ar techniques on hydrothermal
argillic alteration (whole rock and separated clay size fractions) and on volcanic rocks, indicates that mineralisation at
Zarshuran formed at 14.2 ± 0.4 Ma, and was contemporaneous with nearby Miocene volcanic activity, 13.7 ± 2.9 Ma. It is proposed
that mineralisation was the result of the infiltration of hydrothermal fluids containing a magmatic gas component, and that
it was localised in the Zarshuran Unit because of the redox boundary that it provided and/or because it lay between an overpressured
region at depth and a zone of circulating, hydrostatically pressured fluids above.
Received: 10 December 1997 / Accepted: 5 March 1999 相似文献
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P. J. Williams 《Mineralium Deposita》1991,26(1):11-17
Au-Ag mineralization in the Mt-Shamrock — Mt. Ophir area of SE Queensland is related to a geographically-isolated calc-alkaline igneous centre consisting of high level plutonic and minor intrusions emplaced into the eroded remains of a silicic volcanic ediface and its basement. Mineralization occurs in both the igneous rocks and in the Permian siltstone country rocks and is controlled by a NE-trending structure parallel to Late Triassic lineaments. This structure is unrelated to, and younger than the exposed intrusions. Au-Ag-As-rich, Cu-Mo-poor mineralization occurs in breccias and veinlet networks within pervasively altered rocks characterized by silicification and H (sericite), CO2 (calcite-ankerite), Na (albite), B (tourmaline), and S (pyrite) metasomatism. Secondary mineral compositions suggest that most of this alteration occurred at temperatures between 350 ° and 400 °C. The alteration was complex in detail and characterized by multiple hydrothermal events and space and/or time variations of physico-chemical conditions. Although some of these features are similar to prophyry deposits the chemical character of the alteration and mineralization is not typical of Cu-Mo-Au porphyries and has more in common with tectonometamorphic Au deposits formed at considerably greater depths. 相似文献
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The Midsommersø dolerites and the flood basalts of the Zig-Zag Dal Basalt Formation, eastern North Greenland, represent a major Mesoproterozoic (∼1,380 Ma) igneous event. The intrusive rocks form large sheets within a succession of feldspathic sandstones which underlie the basalts. The geochemistry of the basalts has recently been re-investigated and reported elsewhere in this Journal; here we present new trace element and Nd-, Sr- and Pb-isotopic data for the intrusive rocks. Unlike the basalts, the intrusions yield evidence of considerable interaction and contamination with upper crustal rocks, especially the sandstones. High-silica rocks (80–90 wt% SiO2) occur in sheets, up to 60 m thick. They were formed by mobilisation of sandstones, and indicate a very high rate of emplacement of hot basic magma into the sandstones at depth. These mobilised sandstones (‘rheopsammites’) are among the most SiO2-rich intrusive rocks on earth. Sheets of remobilised granitoid rocks from the crystalline basement (∼70% SiO2) are also present. Hydrothermal activity, associated with the igneous event, significantly changed the compositions of the silicic rocks as well as that of many dolerites. Sheets of hydrothermally altered (‘red’) dolerites and silicic rocks invariably have borders of dark, fresh dolerite; this is interpreted to be the result of intrusion from zoned magma chambers. Nd isotope data confirm the crustal origin of the silicic rocks as well as the contamination of some dolerites by components derived from crustal sources, while Sr- and Pb-isotopic systems are strongly affected by the hydrothermal alteration, and give little information on the petrogenesis of the rocks. Recent loss of Sr from hydrothermally altered rocks further affected the Sr isotope systems, and earlier age determinations by the Rb–Sr whole-rock isochron method (1,230 Ma) have proved to be in error. The dolerites and the basalts are geochemically very similar, but most dolerites have moderately negative Eu anomalies that are not observed in the basalts. Eu anomalies in the dolerites could be related to contamination by sandstone at depth, but it is not clear why the basalts escaped a similar contamination. 相似文献
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Trace element analyses have been carried out on hydrothermally altered pillow basalts of greenschist facies dredged from the median valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Sr is leached from the rock, and its behavior is apparently controlled by the same reactions as Ca. Cu is also leached from the basalt, but often shows local precipitation in veins as sulfides. Fe, B, Li, Ba, Mn, Ni and Co show sufficient variations in concentration and location within the altered basalts to indicate that some mobilisation occurs, but there may be subsequent uptake or precipitation into the secondary mineral assemblages. V, Y, Zr and Cr do not appear to be affected by hydrothermal alteration.The production of a metal-enriched solution by hydrothermal alteration and subsequent precipitation of metal salts to form metalliferous sediments is indicated, as is precipitation of metal sulfides in the basaltic basement. 相似文献
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Geophysical exploration for epithermal gold deposits 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Epithermal gold deposits are highly variable in form, ranging from thin quartz veins to large disseminated deposits, and are located in a variety of geological environments. Consequently, they exhibit a wide range of geophysical signatures. Hydrothermal alteration accompanying these deposits causes pronounced changes in the physical properties of the rocks. Magnetic susceptibility and remanence decrease; the potassium content commonly increases causing an increase in radioactivity; the electrical resistivity changes by up to two orders of magnitude; and the density increases or decreases depending on the nature of the host rock and alteration processes.Airborne magnetic surveys are effective in delineating major structures which may control the locations of epithermal gold deposits, and also in detecting magnetic lows or “flat zones” resulting from the destruction of magnetite by hydrothermal alteration. Radiometric surveys may detect potassium enrichment accompanying this alteration. Filtering and image-processing techniques are particularly useful in enhancing magnetic and radiometric data to reveal subtle structures and alteration systems.Ground geophysical techniques can play an important in defining drill targets. Well controlled gravity surveys may assist in the delineation of major structures, basement highs and alteration zones. Buried conductive alteration systems can be defined by resistivity, electromagnetic and magnetotelluric methods. Resistive gold-bearing silicified zones and shallow quartz vein systems are commonly detectable by conventional galvanic or inductive resistivity techniques.Geophysical surveys over a number of epithermal gold deposits are presented, including Bimurra-Conway (northeast Queensland, Australia), Gold Ridge (Solomon Islands), Ohui (Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand), McLaughlin (California, USA), Rhyolite Creek (Victoria, Australia) and Mt Aubrey (New South Wales, Australia).Provided there is a clear appreciation of survey objectives and a good understanding of the changes in physical properties which rocks undergo during hydrothermal alteration, geophysics can make a substantial contribution to epithermal gold exploration. 相似文献
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Pyrite composition and ore genesis in the Prince Lyell copper deposit, Mt Lyell mineral field, western Tasmania, Australia 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
Oliver L. Raymond 《Ore Geology Reviews》1996,10(3-6)
The Prince Lyell copper-gold-silver deposit occurs in the late Cambrian Mt Read Volcanics, at Queenstown, Tasmania. Steeply plunging, broadly conformable lenses of disseminated and stringer pyrite-chalcopyrite mineralisation occur in quartz-sericite-chlorite rocks derived from intense alteration of predominantly felsic lavas and volcaniclastic rocks. Middle Devonian deformation has substantially modified primary sulphide textures.Although extensively fractured, pyrite grains in the ore have retained their original pre-deformation internal structure and chemistry which are revealed by etching and electron microprobe analysis. Earliest sulphide mineralisation produced oscillatory zoned, cobalt-rich pyrite (Pyrite I), coeval with chalcopyrite mineralisation. Cobalt-rich pyrite is commonly associated with Cambrian volcanic rocks in western Tasmania and suggests a volcanogenic origin for the ore fluids at Prince Lyell. Pyrite I was corroded by later hydrothermal fluids and reprecipitated as unzoned, trace element-poor pyrite (Pyrite II), commonly as overgrowths on Pyrite I cores. Minor amounts of a second cobalt-rich pyrite (Pyrite III) occurs with Pyrite II in composite pyrite overgrowths. Sulphur isotope ratios from all pyrite generations fall within a small range (3 to 11‰). In situ isotopic analyses showed no consistent δ34S variation between the various pyrite generations, suggesting recycling of sulphur derived from a single Cambrian volcanogenic source.Hematite alteration, derived from oxidised fluids possibly from the adjacent hematitic Owen Conglomerate, occurs in the structural footwall volcanics and the Great Lyell fault zone. Hematite inclusions in Pyrite II and III indicate that these pyrite generations occurred after or during deposition of the conglomerate. It is postulated that Pyrite II and III were deposited during waning volcanism, contemporaneous with Owen Conglomerate sedimentation in the late Cambrian or early Ordovician. The Great Lyell fault would have acted as a growth fault margin between a terrestrial basin, filling rapidly from the east, and the volcanic terrane to the west. The scenario raises the possibility that the concentration of mineral deposits and hematitic alteration along the Great Lyell fault resulted from the subsurface interaction of reduced volcanogenic fluids and oxidised basin waters along the growth fault contact. 相似文献
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The late Archaean volcanic rocks of the Rwamagaza area in the Sukumaland Greenstone Belt consists of basalts and basaltic andesites associated with volumetrically minor rhyodacites and rhyolites. Most basalts and basaltic andesites yield nearly flat patterns (La/SmCN = 0.89–1.34) indicating derivation by partial melting of the mantle at relatively low pressure outside the garnet stability field. On primitive mantle normalized trace element diagrams, the basalts and basaltic andesites can be subdivided into two groups. The first group is characterised by moderately negative Nb anomalies (Nb/Lapm = 0.51–0.73, mean = 0.61 ± 0.08) with slight enrichment of LREE relative to both Th and HREE. The second group is characterised by nearly flat patterns with no Nb anomalies (Nb/Lapm = 0.77 ± 0.39). The observed Nb and Th anomalies in the Rwamagaza basalts and basaltic andesites, cannot be explained by alteration, crustal contamination or melt–solid equilibria. Rather, the anomalies are interpreted, on the basis of Nb–Th–La–Ce systematics, as having formed by partial melting of a heterogeneous mantle consisting of variable mixtures of components derived from two distinct sources. These sources are depleted mantle similar to that generating modern MORB and an LREE-enriched and HFSE-depleted source similar to that feeding volcanism along modern convergent margins.The rhyolites are characterised by high Na2O/K2O ratios (>1) and Al2O3 (>15 wt.%), low HREE contents (Yb = 0.24–0.68 ppm) leading to highly fractionated REE patterns (La/YbCN = 18.4–54.7) and large negative Nb anomalies (Nb/Lapm = 0.11–0.20), characteristics that are typical of Cenozoic adakites and Archaean TTG which form by partial melting of the hydrated basaltic crust at pressures high enough to stabilize garnet ± amphibole. The Rwamagaza basalts and basaltic andesites are geochemically analogous to the Phanerozoic Mariana Trough Back Arc Basin Basalts and the overall geochemical diversity of Rwamagaza volcanic rocks is interpreted in terms of a geodynamic model involving the interaction of a depleted mantle, a melting subducting oceanic slab in a back arc setting. 相似文献
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Richard J. Squire Walter Herrmann Daniel Pape D. Ian Chalmers 《Mineralium Deposita》2007,42(5):489-503
The early Palaeozoic Macquarie Arc, southeastern Australia, hosts a variety of major late Ordovician to earliest Silurian
subduction-related deposits (e.g., Cadia East, Ridgeway, Cadia Hill, Cowal and Northparkes). However, there is uncertainty
about whether coeval high-sulfidation epithermal deposits, which occur in intra-oceanic metallogenic belts elsewhere in the
West Pacific, (e.g., Lepanto and Chinkuashih), are also present in the Macquarie Arc. This has led to suggestions that their
absence may be due to the poor preservation potential of deposits that form at relatively shallow crustal levels in ancient
rocks. We present here an interpretation for evolution of the Peak Hill Au–Cu deposit based on the distribution of alteration
facies, sulfur isotope data from several textural forms of pyrite and barite, and an assessment of the regional volcanic and
sedimentary facies architecture. These data show that the Peak Hill deposit displays a distinct sub-vertical zoning with a
pyrophyllite and vuggy-quartz core, that today extends about 350 m east–west and at least 550 m north–south, which grades
out through paragonite+muscovite, kaolinite to a chlorite+epidote alteration zone at the margin. The alteration zoning reflects
both lower temperatures and neutralisation of acid fluids with increasing distance from the core, which represents the conduit
along which hot acidic hydrothermal fluids were channelled. Several temporally overlapping events of silicification, bladed-quartz-pyrite
veining, brecciation and pyrite veining occurred during the last stages of hydrothermal alteration, although most appear to
predate mineralisation. Au–Cu mineralisation was associated with late quartz-pyrite-barite veins, and the highest gold grades
occur mainly in microcrystalline-quartz-altered rocks in the paragonite+muscovite alteration zone, generally within 50 m outward
from the boundary of the pyrophyllite and vuggy-quartz core. Sulfur- and lead-isotope data, and the characteristic zoning
of ore minerals and alteration assemblages support a magmatic source for the hydrothermal fluids. Similarities in many of
the isotopic signatures between Peak Hill and deposits such as Northparkes support generation of the high-sulfidation mineralisation
during the Late Ordovician to earliest Silurian (possibly ca. 440 Ma) metallogenic event. The Late Ordovician to Early Silurian
volcanic and sedimentary facies associations at Peak Hill are consistent with alteration and mineralisation occurring in rocks
deposited in a submarine setting. 相似文献
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Swarnapriya Chowdari Bijendra Singh B Nageswara Rao Niraj Kumar A P Singh D V Chandrasekhar 《Journal of Earth System Science》2017,126(6):84
Intracratonic South Rewa Gondwana Basin occupies the northern part of NW–SE trending Son–Mahanadi rift basin of India. The new gravity data acquired over the northern part of the basin depicts WNW–ESE and ENE–WSW anomaly trends in the southern and northern part of the study area respectively. 3D inversion of residual gravity anomalies has brought out undulations in the basement delineating two major depressions (i) near Tihki in the north and (ii) near Shahdol in the south, which divided into two sub-basins by an ENE–WSW trending basement ridge near Sidi. Maximum depth to the basement is about 5.5 km within the northern depression. The new magnetic data acquired over the basin has brought out ENE–WSW to E–W trending short wavelength magnetic anomalies which are attributed to volcanic dykes and intrusive having remanent magnetization corresponding to upper normal and reverse polarity (29N and 29R) of the Deccan basalt magnetostratigrahy. Analysis of remote sensing and geological data also reveals the predominance of ENE–WSW structural faults. Integration of remote sensing, geological and potential field data suggest reactivation of ENE–WSW trending basement faults during Deccan volcanism through emplacement of mafic dykes and sills. Therefore, it is suggested that South Rewa Gondwana basin has witnessed post rift tectonic event due to Deccan volcanism. 相似文献
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Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits of the Eastern Pontides, Turkey, are hosted by the Maastrichtian–Eocene dacite and rhyodacite series, accompanied by lesser andesite and basalts, as well as their pyroclastic equivalents, with tholeiitic to calc-alkaline affinity. The ore mineral assemblages are chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcocite, covellite, bornite, and tetrahedrite. Potassic-, phyllitic- (sericitic), argillic- (kaolinitic and smectitic), silicic-, propylitic- and hematitic-alteration is commonly associated with these deposits.HFSE, LILE, TRTE and REE contents show strong variability in different alteration types resulting from interaction with acid or alkaline fluids. Sample groups showed chondrite-normalized enrichment of LREE relative to HREE and sub-parallel trends, except for the hematitic- and phyllitic-alteration types. MREE are strongly depleted in the zones of most intense silicification and kaolinization. Most sample groups have strongly- to slightly-negative Eu anomalies, ranging from 0.35 to 0.88 (mean); hematitic- (1.45) and propylitic-altered rocks (1.11) have slightly- to moderately-positive anomalies. The negative Eu anomalies indicate the low temperatures of fluids (< 200 °C). In contrast, the positive Eu anomalies result from high-temperature hydrothermal conditions (> 200 °C). No Ce anomaly was observed, except for phyllitic alteration where a slight positive anomaly was noted. The chondrite-normalized trace and REE patterns of the altered rocks are similar to each other, suggesting that they were derived from a common felsic source. The alteration groups formed from acid, intermediate, and alkaline hydrothermal solutions. Some transition, base and precious metals and volatile elements were clearly enriched, especially in the hematitic-, silicic-, kaolinitic- and phyllitic-altered samples. The other elements exhibit different behaviors in different sample groups. REE behavior is relatively immobile in the silicic-, hematitic-, kaolinitic- and partially in moderately- and propylitic-altered rocks, based on mass-balance calculations. LILE and HFSE appear mobile in the altered sample groups, except in the propylitic-altered rocks. TRTE behave as relatively immobile in most of samples, except in some of the silicic- and phyllitic-altered rocks, and especially in the hematitic-altered samples. HFSE, most of the transition (W, Mo, Cu, and Sb) and some other trace elements (Pb, As, Hg, Bi, Se and Tl), are enriched in the hematitic-altered samples and in the some silicic-altered samples. The highest As, Bi, Mo, Se and Hg concentrations in the hematite-altered samples can be used to distinguish other alteration types and may be a useful indicator in a prospect-scale base metal exploration. 相似文献
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Island chains off western Kyushu are the surface exposure in the northern margin of the Taiwan–Sinzi Folded Zone that spreads along the arc–trench system in the back-arc side from SW Japan to Taiwan. Intermittent igneous activity between the Middle Miocene and Holocene occurred on these islands and widely covered or intruded sedimentary rocks of Early–Middle Miocene. Geochemistry of the volcanic rocks from the Hirado, Ikitsuki and Takushima islands believed to relate to the back-arc opening along the East China and Japan Seas shows a temporal change in source material. Submarine to sub-aerial volcanism occurred on Hirado Island at 15 Ma during the final opening stage of the East China Sea producing tholeiitic basalt and associated andesite–dacite. These eruptives show low incompatible element contents and high FeO*/MgO ratios and reflect a tholeiitic differentiation trend. High Sr and Pb and low Nd isotopic ratios suggest the involvement of EM2-like lithospheric mantle and crustal material in the formation of these syn-opening volcanic rocks. Post-opening alkali basalt volcanism occurred at 9–6 Ma on the islands is characterized by OIB-like higher large ionic lithophile elements (LILE) and high field strength elements (HFSE) compared to 15 Ma basalts in this region and Quaternary basalts along the volcanic front. They have variable range of incompatible element concentrations and ratios along with variable Sr, Pb and Nd isotopic ratios suggesting the involvement of both lithospheric and asthenospheric sources at variable melting degrees (from 4% to less than 15%). The observation that the isotopic compositions of Quaternary alkali basalts south of the studied area are even more depleted suggests an increase in the involvement of asthenospheric source with time. 相似文献
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Abstract. Magnetotelluric (MT) surveys were carried out around the Muine volcano, Hokkaido, Japan, where it is expected that the heat and metal source forming the polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu-In Toyoha deposit is present at depth. Measurements were performed at 20 sites, 18 of which were located along a WSW-ENE profile traversing the north ridge of Mt. Muine. A resistivity model obtained from 2D inversion of the MT data shows subsurface specific conductive and resistive features. Conductive layers are present at the surface of Mt. Muine. The low resistivity is probably due to the clay-rich rocks associated with the hydrothermal alteration. A high resistivity layer, which corresponds to the pre-Tertiary Usubetsu Formation, crops out east of Mt. Muine and dips westward. At the west foot of Mt. Muine, relatively high resistive layers are widely exposed. The resistivity increases with depth and exceeds 1000 ohm-m. This fact indicates that this region is not influenced by the recent hydrothermal activity. An extremely conductive zone about 3–6 km wide and 6–9 km thick exists at a depth of 2 km below Mt. Muine. This zone mostly corresponds to an elastic wave attenuation zone detected by a seismic survey. It is interpreted as a large hydrothermal reservoir or melted magma, which is a heat source of the hydrothermal system in this area. 相似文献
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Petrographic and geochemical study of basalts in the Kerguelen Plateau basement revealed changes in the composition and character of volcanism during the development of this tectonovolcanic structure. The Kerguelen Plateau is one of the largest intraplate rises in the World Ocean. It started to form about 120 Ma ago. The age of basalts and overlying sediments shows that the plateau formation succeeded in the northwestern direction. Basalts of the Kerguelen Plateau basement are products of tholeiitic melts in terms of geochemistry, but differ from the mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB). They are enriched in incompatible trace elements and rare earth elements (REE) relative to MORB, and the degree of enrichment varies in basalts from different segments of the plateau. The composition of basalts does not directly depend on their age. Specific features of the plateau magmatism are commonly explained in terms of a long-living deep magma plume, which variously interacted with a depleted upper mantle source at different stages of the plateau formation. However, taking into account block morphology and deep structure of the plateau, one can suggest that the plateau volcanism was initiated by a large fault. As the volcanism prograded to the northwest, the depth of fault penetration into the mantle changed. The composition of basalts in the plateau basement was also governed by the formation depth of primary melts. 相似文献
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峨眉山大火成岩省出露有少量酸性火山岩,它们与基性火山岩共生,表现出双峰式的特征,为研究峨眉山地幔柱晚期岩浆活动提供了重要的窗口。本文通过对双峰式火山岩主、微量元素和斑晶电子探针分析研究表明,基性火山岩属于碱性玄武岩,酸性火山岩主要由粗面岩组成;相对玄武岩,粗面岩中MgO、Fe2O3、P2O5、TiO2、CaO含量明显降低;粗面岩与玄武岩具有相互平行的REE配分模式,但粗面岩出现明显的Eu负异常,以及Sr、Ti等元素的强烈亏损;粗面岩与玄武岩具有同源的特征,通过稀土元素模拟计算表明粗面岩可以由玄武质岩浆经过80%分离结晶作用(辉石、斜长石和Fe-Ti氧化物)而形成。在峨眉山大火成岩省晚期出现双峰式火山岩,可能与地幔柱活动晚期岩浆供给少,在地壳岩浆房中停留时间长,岩浆发生强烈分离结晶作用有关。 相似文献