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随着紫金山金铜矿露天采矿规模的不断扩大,许多与矿床成因密切相关的地质现象被剥露出来,露采场成为进行矿床地质研究的最佳场所。本文对紫金山金铜矿露采场的构造、矿化及蚀变分带特征进行了详细研究,研究表明:在自北向南靠近火山机构的过程中,蚀变带依次为绢云母+地开石化带、地开石+明矾石化带、地开石+褐铁矿化带和强硅化带,各个蚀变带内的主要金属矿物组合变化依次为黄铁矿+斑铜矿±硫砷铜矿±蓝辉铜矿,黄铁矿+蓝辉铜矿+铜蓝+硫砷铜矿±斑铜矿,褐铁矿+针铁矿+自然金+次生铜蓝+孔雀石,黄铁矿+斑铜矿+硫砷铜矿+蓝辉铜矿。在空间分布上,主要的矿石矿物在水平方向上从斑铜矿渐变为蓝辉铜矿,垂直方向上从上部的自然金+褐铁矿向下变为蓝辉铜矿+斑铜矿,深部变为铜蓝±蓝辉铜矿。蚀变分带与金属矿物组合的空间分布都体现出在靠近火山机构及深度增加的过程中成矿热液的硫逸度和氧逸度越来越高。矿石中还出现了具有指示意义的含锡矿物。这些特征都表明紫金山金铜矿是含矿热液多期次叠加的结果。金的富集成矿和金铜的矿化分带受北西向与北东向密集节理交汇带的控制。  相似文献   

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多接收杯电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(MC-ICP-MS)实现了对Cu同位素组成(δ65Cu)的精确测定,推动了Cu同位素在矿床研究中的发展和应用。在收集铜同位素近年来研究进展的基础上,系统归纳了不同铜矿床类型(岩浆熔离铜镍硫化物型矿床、接触交代型铜矿床、斑岩型铜矿床、热液型铜矿床、火山气液型铜矿床、沉积型铜矿床等)以及主要矿物(黄铜矿、辉铜矿、黄铁矿等)的Cu同位素组成特征及变化规律。研究表明,不同类型铜矿床和矿物Cu同位素组成差异较大,岩浆熔离铜镍硫化物型矿床、热液型铜矿床、沉积型铜矿床相对富集轻铜同位素,接触交代型铜矿床、斑岩型铜矿床、火山气液型铜矿床相对富集重铜同位素;黄铜矿、斑铜矿、铜蓝、硫砷铜矿、硅孔雀石等矿物相对富集重铜同位素,辉铜矿、黝铜矿、砷黝铜矿、孔雀石等矿物相对富集轻铜同位素;接触交代型铜矿床、火山气液型铜矿床中的黄铜矿相对富集重铜同位素,岩浆熔离铜镍硫化物矿床、斑岩型铜矿床、热液型铜矿床、沉积型铜矿床中的黄铜矿相对富集轻铜同位素;斑岩型铜矿床中的辉铜矿相对富集重铜同位素,热液型铜矿床、沉积型铜矿床中的辉铜矿相对富集轻铜同位素;接触交代型铜矿床中的黄铁矿相对富集重铜同位素;铜的硫化物和氧化物均相对富集轻铜同位素。  相似文献   

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黄玉锦  阮诗昆 《江苏地质》2018,42(3):440-445
福建紫金山铜矿床属高硫浅成中低温热液矿床,矿石中主要含铜矿物为蓝辉铜矿、铜蓝和硫砷铜矿等,且铜矿物与黄铁矿密切共生。由于铜矿石中硫含量较高,导致铜精矿中硫含量超标,w(S)/w(Cu)比值为2.0~2.1,远高于冶炼要求的1.15~1.20,影响其经济价值。使用X射线荧光(XRF)光谱分析对紫金山铜矿中S元素的分布进行数字化研究,查明硫的空间分布规律和赋存状态,划分铜矿石类型,为紫金山铜矿今后的采选工作提供参考。  相似文献   

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福建省紫金山铜金矿床成矿物理化学条件的研究   总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4  
黄仁生 《福建地质》1994,13(3):159-173
紫金山高硫浅成低温热液型铜金矿床以一套独具特色的由地开石、明矾石组成的高级泥质蚀变和由硫砷铜矿、蓝辉铜矿、铜蓝组成的铜矿物组合为特征。本文根据矿床的蚀变矿物和矿石矿物组合及矿物的相互关系,着重应用热力学的原理与方法研究矿床形成的物理化学条件。认为形成这一类型矿床的流体是一种高氧逸度、高硫逸度的中低温酸性流体。  相似文献   

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岩浆氧逸度是制约Cu、Au成矿的重要因素之一,Cu、Au为亲硫元素,岩浆结晶分异过程中如果S2-大量存在就会导致Cu、Au硫化物过饱和而过早沉淀,不利于残余岩浆中Cu、Au的富集和晚阶段含Cu、Au岩浆流体的形成,因而不利于Cu、Au矿床的形成。高氧逸度条件下,岩浆中的硫绝大多数以SO42-和SO2形式溶解在硅酸盐熔体中,能形成硫化物的S2-含量很低,硫化物  相似文献   

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对路北铜镍矿区主成矿元素、共伴生有益元素在矿体和矿石中的含量及变化特征进行分析研究。路北铜镍矿区Ni/Cu比值平均为1.73,介于东天山铜镍成矿带的中间值(1.11~2.20),与香山铜镍矿最接近。通过对不同品级矿石Ni/Cu比值分析,Pt,Se元素含量具显著差异,特富矿体中最富集(53.03×10~(-6)、33.6×10~(-6)),Pt,Ag,Se元素更趋向富集于晚期的矿浆中。采用电子探针对镍黄铁矿、黄铜矿、磁黄铁矿进行分析,镍黄铁矿中Co与Fe元素呈此消彼长的趋势,随着Fe含量减少,Co含量呈增加趋势,与黄山东铜镍矿一致。路北、黄山东、香山、图拉尔根、白石泉等铜镍矿区镍黄铁矿、黄铜矿、磁黄铁矿中S元素与标准式相比普遍偏高,表明主成矿期S元素充足,利于Ni,Cu等成矿元素从硅酸盐中析出与S结合成矿。通过对路北岩浆铜镍硫化物矿床矿体及矿石中有益元素的分析探讨,认为路北铜镍矿深部存在高纯度硫化物矿浆式铜镍矿体。  相似文献   

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中甸普朗还原性斑岩型铜矿床:矿物组合与流体组成约束   总被引:11,自引:8,他引:3  
刘江涛  杨立强  吕亮 《岩石学报》2013,29(11):3914-3924
成矿流体高氧逸度是斑岩铜矿床模式的一个基本原则。虽然亚洲单个矿体储量最大的普朗铜矿床的成矿母岩——普朗复式岩体具氧化性岩浆特点,但其矿物组合及流体成分却与还原性斑岩型铜金矿床一致:矿石中以发育大量磁黄铁矿为特征,构成黄铜矿-磁黄铁矿-黄铁矿为主的矿物组合,不发育表征高氧逸度的原生磁铁矿和硫酸盐(硬石膏等)矿物;成矿流体中含较多CO2、CO和CH4等还原性组分,氧逸度低于铁橄榄石-磁铁矿-石英缓冲剂。成矿流体中还原性组分可能来源于普朗复式岩体周围的含碳质千枚岩或深部铁镁质岩浆。还原性流体中铜元素的溶解度比氧化性流体中的低,但金元素的溶解度不受氧化还原条件的影响;而CH4可使SO2还原形成S2-,为辉钼矿的形成提供物质基础;可能是导致普朗铜矿床Cu品位偏低而伴生大量Au、Mo矿化的主要原因之一。普朗铜矿床还原性特征的厘定有益于深入研究其矿床成因、乃至区域斑岩型铜矿床成矿机制。  相似文献   

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为了示踪德能铜多金属矿床成矿物质来源,本文利用电子探针技术对黄铁矿、黄铜矿、方铅矿和绿泥石进行了矿物化学成分分析,测定了硫化物闪锌矿、方铅矿、黄铁矿的Pb和S同位素组成.结果表明,硫化物中硫含量均低于理论值,其中黄铁矿S/Fe值为1.067~1.094(平均1.083),Co/Ni1,立方体{100}晶形发育,指示其形成于较高温度、较高氧逸度和低硫逸度环境;绿泥石为富铁蠕绿泥石,形成温度为185℃~266℃,反映中低温、酸性、还原条件环境.硫化物铅同位素组成较稳定,208Pb/204Pb比值为38.937~39.217,207Pb/204Pb为15.640~15.718,206Pb/204Pb为18.521~18.601,μ值9.53~9.68,ω值38.29~39.76,指示其铅可能来源于念青唐古拉群基底变质岩;硫化物δ34S值为6.6‰~9.3‰,反映硫可能来自花岗质岩浆.  相似文献   

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安徽铜陵冬瓜山矿床矿石硫化物环带及地质意义   总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0  
安徽冬瓜山矿床是铜陵矿集区内一个重要的大型铜(金)矿床,颇受关注,成因认识分歧较大。矿床内块状硫化物矿石中普遍发育以黄铁矿为核部、黄铜矿为中间带、磁黄铁矿为边部带的硫化物环带。这些环带核部黄铁矿多呈自形-半自形晶,黄铜矿呈他形晶围绕黄铁矿沉淀,磁黄铁矿呈他形分布在黄铜矿外围,内带常被外带硫化物溶蚀交代。硫同位素分析结果显示,环带中硫化物矿物的硫同位素(δ34S=1.6‰~5.1‰)具有岩浆硫源特征,同时从核部黄铁矿到中间带黄铜矿,再到边部磁黄铁矿δ34S值逐渐降低。以上特征表明环带从内到外硫化物之间并非平衡共生关系,而是黄铁矿、黄铜矿和磁黄铁矿先后依次晶出。硫化物环带核部粗粒黄铁矿(粒径大于1.5cm)的Co、Ni含量分别为292×10-6~1504×10-6和32.7×10-6~39.9×10-6,Co/Ni=7.32~46.0(平均26.7),与海底火山喷流沉积型黄铁矿的Co、Ni特征基本一致。核部黄铁矿由颗粒中心向边缘,Fe/S原子比值、Mo和Co含量先逐渐升高,再逐渐降低,而Cu、Zn等成矿元素主要富集于颗粒边缘,并向边缘有逐渐升高趋势。与此同时,细粒黄铁矿(粒径小于0.5cm)中的Cu、Zn等元素的含量明显高于粗粒黄铁矿。环带中三种硫化物矿物的REE配分曲线和微量元素蛛网图极为相似,相对富集LREE、Rb、Th等元素,而亏损Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、Sr、Ba和HREE等元素,由环带核部到边部δEu逐渐减小,与矿区石英二长闪长(玢)岩表现出较高的相似性。以上特征综合分析表明,冬瓜山铜(金)矿床中硫化物环带经历了以下形成过程:石炭纪海底喷流沉积作用在矿区形成沉积黄铁矿,到燕山期,在区内强烈的构造-岩浆活动作用下,致使早期沉积的黄铁矿首先发生变质重结晶作用,形成粒状黄铁矿,随后岩浆热液对其进行叠加改造,并在岩浆热液作用下相继围绕粒状黄铁矿增生,依次沉淀出热液型黄铁矿、黄铜矿和磁黄铁矿,最终形成硫化物环带。这一认识,结合硫化物环带中元素及硫同位素特征进一步表明冬瓜山铜(金)矿床的形成先后经历了古生代海底喷流沉积成矿作用和燕山期岩浆热液成矿作用,矿床中的成矿物质(特别是Cu、Zn等成矿元素)主要来源于燕山期岩浆热液,但石炭系海底喷流沉积作用也提供了部分物质(例如,Fe、S、Mo、Co和Ni等)。此外,环带中微量元素的变化特征表明,随着硫化物环带的形成,成矿热液系统的温度、硫逸度和氧逸度逐渐降低和(或)p H值升高。  相似文献   

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紫金山金铜矿二元铜硫化物成分特点的初步研究   总被引:6,自引:3,他引:3  
刘羽  刘文元  王少怀 《矿床地质》2011,30(4):735-741
文章在电子显微成分分析的基础上,结合XRD、振动光谱等研究手段,对高硫型浅成热液形成的紫金山金铜矿床中铜硫化物的成分、物相特点进行了研究.首次在该区找到了久辉铜矿(Cu1.97S)、雅硫铜矿(Cu1.25S)等铜硫二元组分系列矿物,并发现了铜蓝被蓝辉铜矿明显交代的现象,进而推断它们基本上是同期形成的,但其所处的氧化-还...  相似文献   

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中甸铜钼多金属矿集区位于义敦岛弧南段,区内绝大多数矿床与晚三叠世和晚白垩世岩浆活动有关,目前两期斑岩锆石氧逸度及差异性成矿研究薄弱.对4个斑岩体5类岩石的锆石开展LA-ICPMS微量元素分析,数据经筛选检验后进行了氧逸度估算.氧逸度结果由高到低为:地苏嘎铜矿晚三叠世石英闪长玢岩(Ce4+/Ce3+比值为515)、休瓦促...  相似文献   

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The elemental accumulation and recycling in the metamorphosed Keketale VMS-type Pb-Zn deposit of the Altai Mountains are presented in this study. Based on detailed fieldwork and microscopic observation, the formation of the deposit involved syngenetic massive sulfide mineralization and epigenetic superimposed mineralization. Different generations of iron sulfides (i.e., pyrite and pyrrhotite) with contrasting textural, elemental, and sulfur isotopic features were generated in primary mineralization (including hydrothermal iron sulfides, colloform pyrite) and secondary modification (including annealed iron sulfides, oriented iron sulfides, and vein-pyrite). It is revealed that the spatial variation in textures and elements of hydrothermal iron sulfides depends on the inhomogeneous fluid compositions and varied environment in VMS hydrothermal system. Both leached sulfur from the footwall volcanic rocks and reduced sulfur by the TSR process are regarded as important sulfur sources. Furthermore, large sulfur isotopic fractionation and negative δ34S values were mainly caused by varied oxygen fugacity, and to a lesser extent, temperature fluctuation. The epigenetic polymetallic veins that contain sulfides and sulfosalts (e.g., jordanite-geocronite, bournonite-seligmannite, boulangerite) were considered as the products of metamorphic fluid scavenged the metal-rich strata. All things considered, it is indicated that two episodes of fluid with distinct origins were essential for the formation of the deposit. The predominant evolved seawater along with subordinate magmatic fluid mobilized metals from volcanic rocks and precipitated massive sulfides near the seafloor are vital for primary mineralization. The metamorphic fluid remobilized metals (i.e., FMEs: fluid mobile elements, e.g., Pb, As, Sb) from neighboring volcanic and pyroclastic rocks and destabilized them within the fractured zone are responsible for secondary mineralization, which enhances the economic value of the deposit. Accordingly, metal-rich Devonian strata had been successively swept by different origins of fluid, leading to progressively elemental enrichment and the formation of a large deposit. Furthermore, the current study enlightens that FME-bearing veins with economic benefits can be discovered near the metamorphosed VMS deposits.  相似文献   

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新疆温泉县达巴特铜矿火山机构的厘定及其意义   总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4       下载免费PDF全文
通过岩石学、岩石化学、微量元素、稀土元素等研究确定了达巴特铜矿与-火山机构密切相关,该火山机构由火山管道相的流纹质熔岩和次花岗斑岩组成,铜矿化主要产于火山管道两侧,并指出应在火山管道南侧下盘寻找隐伏铜矿体。  相似文献   

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黄沙坪矿床是湘南地区最大的铅锌矿床,除铅、锌外,可供开采利用的矿种还包括钨、锡、钼、铜、铁、硫等。矿区内岩浆作用复杂、成矿元素多样、矿化类型丰富,是研究湘南地区斑岩-矽卡岩-热液脉型Cu多金属与矽卡岩W-Sn多金属复合成矿作用的理想对象。为查明矿区Cu多金属与W多金属复合成矿机理,本文在已有研究的基础上,从岩石学、矿物学及元素地球化学等方面分别对区内石英斑岩和花岗斑岩这两类成矿岩体开展了系统研究。结果表明,两类岩体具有相似的源区特征,但在源区性质及其演化过程方面仍存在差异:石英斑岩侵位深度更浅,具有相对较高的氧逸度和较低的形成温度;而花岗斑岩则侵位相对更深,具有更高的形成温度和极高的分异演化程度、更低的氧逸度。这些地球化学特征差异可能是制约石英斑岩成铜矿而花岗斑岩成钨矿的重要原因。  相似文献   

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Typical magmatic sulfides are dominated by pyrrhotite and pentlandite with minor chalcopyrite, and the bulk atomic Cu/Fe ratio of these sulfides is typically less than unity. However, there are rare magmatic sulfide occurrences that are dominated by Cu-rich sulfides (e.g., bornite, digenite, and chalcopyrite, sometimes coexisting with metallic Cu) with atomic Cu/Fe as high as 5. Typically, these types of sulfide assemblages occur in the upper parts of moderately to highly fractionated layered mafic–ultramafic intrusions, a well-known example being the Pd/Au reef in the Upper Middle Zone of the Skaergaard intrusion. Processes proposed to explain why these sulfides are so unusually rich in Cu include fractional crystallization of Fe/(Ni) monosulfide and infiltration of postmagmatic Cu-rich fluids. In this contribution, we explore and experimentally evaluate a third possibility: that Cu-rich magmatic sulfides may be the result of magmatic oxidation. FeS-dominated Ni/Cu-bearing sulfides were equilibrated at variable oxygen fugacities in both open and closed system. Our results show that the Cu/Fe ratio of the sulfide melt increases as a function of oxygen fugacity due to the preferential conversion of FeS into FeO and FeO1.5, and the resistance of Cu2S to being converted into an oxide component even at oxygen fugacities characteristic of the sulfide/sulfate transition (above FMQ?+?1). This phenomenon will lead to an increase in the metal/S ratio of a sulfide liquid and will also depress its liquidus temperature. As such, any modeling of the sulfide liquid line of descent in magmatic sulfide complexes needs to address this issue.  相似文献   

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黑云母化学成分差异可反映出岩浆岩的性质(全岩铝饱和指数、I/S型花岗岩)、氧逸度、挥发分特征并指示岩浆源区。为了探究不同岩浆体系的性质对成矿差异性的影响,本文选择与长江中下游成矿带的武山铜矿和江南造山带的竹溪岭钨(钼)矿相关的花岗闪长斑岩中的黑云母作为研究对象,对其开展了岩相学、主量元素和原位微量元素分析。结果表明,两地黑云母均富镁贫铁,竹溪岭岩体中的黑云母相对富集Li、Nb等不相容元素,而武山岩体的黑云母富集Ni、V等相容元素。基于黑云母地球化学特征建立了成岩体系与成矿体系的联系:武山铜矿与黑云母相平衡的岩浆体系具有高Cl、高氧逸度特征,有利于Cu富集成矿;而竹溪岭钨(钼)矿的岩浆体系具高F、低氧逸度特征,有利于W富集成矿。  相似文献   

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王占彬 《地质与勘探》2020,56(1):102-112
河北怀安朱家洼矿区位于华北板块北缘中段太古宙、元古宙、中生代金银铅锌铁硫铁矿成矿带,为火山热液型金多金属矿。为查明该区成矿规律,明确找矿方向,在区内开展了水系沉积物测量、土壤地球化学测量等工作。通过对元素分布、元素相关性、元素异常等特征研究表明,Au、Mo为本区主成矿元素;各元素异常平面分布具有分带性,高温元素W、Sn、Bi异常位于骆驼山火山机构中心,中低温元素Pb、Zn、As、Ag等异常分布于火山机构边部及周边围岩中,成矿元素Au、Mo异常主要位于火山机构西侧围岩中。异常查证发现金钼矿化体2条,金钼矿化受火山机构和北西向构造带控制。依据成矿地质条件、地球化学异常及查证成果认为,朱家洼矿区Au、Mo成矿潜力大,火山机构西侧围岩区是该区重点找矿地段。  相似文献   

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位于西南三江构造火成岩带义敦弧南段的中甸弧,以发育印支期斑岩型铜矿床和燕山期矽卡岩-热液石英脉型钼-钨-铜矿而著称.针对普朗、地苏嘎和休瓦促成矿岩体中的榍石单矿物,利用EMPA和LA-ICP-MS测定化学成分,探讨化学成分对成岩成矿的指示意义.普朗、地苏嘎和休瓦促岩体榍石均为岩浆来源.普朗岩体榍石形成温度为743~754℃,休瓦促岩体榍石形成温度为702~753℃.根据榍石的δCe、δEu推断三个岩体氧逸度高低顺序为:普朗>地苏嘎>休瓦促,榍石中的Cu含量对母岩浆中的Cu金属量变化不敏感,不能单独作为母岩浆Cu金属量的判别标志;钼成矿对岩体的氧逸度要求不高,在利用榍石中的Mo含量判断母岩浆中的Mo金属量时要综合考虑氧逸度和辉钼矿结晶的影响;岩体中的F含量能降低岩浆粘度,对钼成矿有促进作用,可以作为Mo成矿的指标;榍石中的W、Sn含量对Mo-W矿床具有指示作用,休瓦促Mo-W矿岩体中榍石的W、Sn含量要高于普朗和地苏嘎不成Mo-W矿的岩体.   相似文献   

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The classical mechanism “source-transport-storage” of the formation of porphyry copper deposit has been advanced in recent studies, as the “source” is not the main factor for the mineralization in some Cu deposits, and the metallogeny may be affected by other variables factors during the magma-fluid transportation or storage. We recommend the essential role of trans-magmatic fluid in the ore-forming process, this fluid is released from the melting of the sedimentary overlying the subducted plate with high water and volatiles concentrations and high oxygen fugacity. The Baoshan granodioritic cryptoexplosion breccia representing the influence of hydrothermal events as well as the unaltered Baoshan granodiorite porphyry are conducted by LA-MC-ICP-MS analysis, to identify the contribution of trans-magmatic fluid. In case of the εNd(t) of whole rock do not increase with the MgO increasing and SiO2 decreasing, the large variations of zircons εHf(t) values in Baoshan granodiorite porphyry (BGP, ?14.24 to ?6.38) and Baoshan granodioritic crypto-explosion breccia (BGCB, ?25.24 to ?6.62) were considered to be the interaction of partial melting of ancient mafic lower crust and Neoproterozoic juvenile crust. However, the copper mineralization requires high oxygen fugacity and a large amount of water, according to the tectonic settings of Baoshan, we recommend that it is the trans-magmatic fluid trapping and concentrating Cu from the whole pluton during the upwelling driven by magma convection. The initial magma was stalled by the ductile-brittle transition at shallow depths of upper-crust. The trans-magmatic fluid leads to the pressure increases at the top of the initial magma, then the overlying rock is ruptured and cryptoexplosion produced. Moreover, after the cryptoexplosion, the sudden reduction of circumference temperature and pressure leads to the decrease in the oxygen fugacity of the ore-forming system, which will change the valence state of sulfur from S6+ to S2?. Finally, sulfur precipitates with chalcophile elements like copper in the metallogenic system and forms porphyry copper deposits with the low Sr/Y ratio. This study highlights the use of trans-magmatic fluid and ductile-brittle transition in the formation of the Baoshan porphyry copper deposits.  相似文献   

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The Prominent Hill deposit is a world-class iron oxide copper–gold (IOCG) deposit in South Australia, characterized by a high Cu/S ratio of the dominant Cu-(Fe) sulfides hosted by hematite breccias. It contains a total resource of 278 Mt of ore at 0.98% Cu and 0.75 g/t Au. Prominent Hill is one of several IOCG deposits and numerous prospects in the Olympic IOCG province that are temporally associated with the 1603–1575 Ma Gawler Range Volcanics, a large igneous province including co-magmatic granitoid intrusions of the Hiltaba Suite. Globally, IOCG deposits share many similar features in terms of their geological environment and mineral association. However, it is not yet clear whether sulfur and copper originate from the same source rocks and which hydrothermal redox processes created the characteristic iron oxide enrichment. Highly variable sulfur isotope compositions of sulfides and sulfates in IOCG deposits have previously been interpreted in terms of diverse sulfur sources that may include contributions from magmatic, sedimentary, seawater or evaporitic sulfur. In order to test these alternatives, we performed a detailed sulfur isotope study of Cu-(Fe) sulfides from Prominent Hill and IOCG prospects nearby. The Prominent Hill deposit shows a wide range in δ34SV-CDT between − 33.5‰ and 29.9‰ for Cu-(Fe) sulfides, and a narrower range of 4.3‰ to 15.8‰ for barite. Iron sulfides (pyrite, pyrrhotite) show a narrow range in sulfur isotope composition, whereas Cu-bearing sulfides show a much wider range, and more negative δ34SV-CDT values on average. We propose a two-stage sulfide mineralization model for the IOCG system in the Prominent Hill area, in which all hydrothermal sulfur is ultimately derived from a magmatic source that had a composition of 4.4 ± 2‰. The diversity in sulfur isotope composition can be produced by different fluid evolution pathways along reducing or oxidizing trajectories. A reduced sulfur evolution pathway is responsible for stage I mineralization, when intrusion-derived magmatic-hydrothermal fluids produced early pyrite and minor chalcopyrite at Prominent Hill, and iron ± copper sulfides in regional magnetite skarns and in some pervasively altered volcanic rocks of the Gawler Range Volcanics. Shallow-venting magmatic-hydrothermal fluids and subaerial volcanic gases that became completely oxidized by reaction with atmospheric oxygen produced sulfate and sulfuric acid with a sulfur isotope composition equal to their magmatic source. This highly oxidized ore fluid probably consisted dominantly of water from the hydrosphere, but contained magmatic solute components, notably sulfate, acidity and Cu. Sulfate reduction produced hydrothermal Cu sulfides with a wide range in sulfur isotope compositions from very negative to moderately positive values. Partial reaction of the Cu-rich stage II fluid with earlier stage I sulfides resulted in mixing of sulfur derived from sulfate reduction and from sulfides deposited during stage I. Modeling of the sulfur isotope fractionation processes in response to reducing and oxidizing pathways demonstrates that the entire spectrum of sulfur isotope data from stage I and stage II mineralization can be explained with a single, ultimately magmatic sulfur source. Such a magmatic sulfur source is also adequate to explain the complete spectrum of sulfur isotope data of other IOCG prospects and deposits in the Olympic province, including Olympic Dam. The results of our study challenge the conventional model that suggests the requirement of multiple and compositionally diverse sulfur sources in hematite-breccia hosted IOCG style mineralization.  相似文献   

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