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Manganese ores of Nishikhal occur as distinctly conformable bands in the khondalite suite of rocks belonging to the Precambrian
Eastern Ghats complex of south Orissa, India. Manganese minerals recorded are cryptomelane, romanechite, pyrolusite, with
minor amounts of jacobsite, hausmannite, braunite, lithiophorite, birnessite and pyrophanite. Goethite, graphite, hematite
and magnetite are the other opaque minerals and quartz, orthoclase, garnet, kaolinite, apatite, collophane, fibrolite, zircon,
biotite and muscovite are the gangue minerals associated with these ores. The mineral chemistry of some of the phases, as
well as the modes of association of phosphorous in these ores have been established. The occurrence of well-defined bands
of manganese ore; co-folding of manganese ore bands and associated metasedimentary country rocks; the min-eral assemblage
of spessartite-sillimanite-braunite-jacobsite-hausmannite; the geochemical association of Mn-Ba-Co-Ni-Zn together with the
Si versus Al and Na versus Mg plots of the manganese ores suggest that the Nishikhal deposit is a metamorphosed Precambrian
lacustrine deposit. Continental weathering appears to be the source for manganese and iron. After deposition and probable
diagenesis, the manganese-rich sediments were metamorphosed along with conformable psammitic and pelitic sediments under granulite
facies conditions, and subsequently underwent supergene enrichment to produce the present deposit.
Received: 14 March 1995 / Accepted: 11 April 1996 相似文献
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Manganese oxides from deposits in west-central Arkansas were analyzed by X-ray diffraction for mineralogy and by atomic absorption spectroscopy for Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, V, Al, Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba. We report on 42 samples from 25 sites with more than 25 wt.% Mn and less than 7 wt.% Fe. Most samples were mixtures of two or more of the following minerals, many with concentric deposition: cryptomelane, lithiophorite, psilomelane and pyrolusite. In the purer samples of single minerals, lithiophorite contained the higher concentrations of total base metals (Co + Cu + Ni + Zn) than other minerals. In atom % of Mn these concentrations were: 9.51% in lithiophorite; 0.432% in psilomelane; and 0.275% in cryptomelane. The relative concentration of base metals in the pure minerals, proceeding from highest to lowest concentration, were: lithiophorite (Co = Cu > Ni > Zn); psilomelane (Co > Cu > Zn > Ni) and cryptomelane (Zn > Co = Cu > Ni).The concentration of Li correlates with the metals Al, Co, Cu, Ni and Zn, in the mineral samples containing measurable Li. Correlation coefficients (?) for Li with the various metals and sum of the base metals were: Al (? = 0.976); Co (? = 0.44); Ni (? = 0.954); Cu (? = 0.918); Zn (? = 0.875); and (Co + Cu + Ni + Zn) (? = 0.979). Li is believed to be a measure of lithiophorite. Correlation was found between Al content and base metal contents for all samples: Co (? = 0.354); Ni (? = 0.749); Cu (? = 0.808); Zn (? = 0.632); and (Co + Cu + Ni + Zn) (? = 0.884). The Al correlation extended to published values for these and the minerals hollandite and todorokite, except for Zn. Zn correlated with K in published analyses and in the eastern half of the study area where cryptomelane predominated.A mechanism is proposed to explain the enhancement by Al of base metal incorporation into manganese oxide minerals. The mechanism involves the isomorphous substitution of Al3+ for Mn4+ with charge neutralization by bivalent base metal ions. 相似文献
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Effective exploration for polymetallic ore deposits in the Cobar region is hampered by incomplete knowledge of the mineralogical controls on element dispersion in the different regolith-landform settings throughout the area. A detailed mineralogical and geochemical study of regolith profiles over two major mineralised shear zones in a strongly weathered but dominantly erosional setting has delineated the important host minerals for a range of base metal cations. Iron oxides/oxyhydroxides, particularly goethite and to a much lesser extent hematite, are major hosts for Pb, Cu, and Zn as substituted/adsorbed cations and as constituents of associated or intergrown minerals, probably including members of the jarosite–alunite group. Correlations between elements and major regolith minerals suggest that goethite is also a host phase for As, Bi and Sb. Minor manganese minerals, including lithiophorite and cryptomelane group minerals, also host base metals in appreciable amounts. No clear association was found between gold and any particular secondary mineral. It is likely that gold is present largely as elemental gold particles associated with a range of minerals.Sampling strategies for geochemical exploration in variably leached and stripped regolith in the Cobar area should take into account the relative abundance of goethite and manganese oxides/oxyhydroxides within the profiles and overlying lag. Goethite would appear to be the preferred sampling medium for base metals. Highly ferruginous lag has a high proportion of hematite with variable maghemite and very low manganese oxide contents. Most of the base metal content in this surface material is strongly bound to the crystalline oxides/oxyhydroxides. More work is required to understand the effects of surface transformation of goethite to hematite and maghemite on the mobility and distribution of base metal cations in soil and ferruginous lags. 相似文献
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《矿物学报》2013,(Z1)
China’s manganese resources are usually associated with the valuable elements such as silver, lead, zinc, cobalt, nickel, scandium, etc which should be comprehensively recovered during the manganese beneficiation. A manganese ore from western China contains Mn 23.18%, Co 0.073%, Ni 0.21% and Sc 0.013%. The mineralogy composition of ore and the occurrence of associated elements of Sc, Co as well as Ni are studied in this paper. According to the results, the manganese minerals in this ore are mainly lithiophorite and a little secondary pyrolusite. The lithiophorite in this ore is rich in aluminum and actually it is the generic name for the multi-mineral aggregates mixed by silicon, aluminum and iron, which is quite different with the ordinary psilomelane. There is not any Sc, Ni or Co mineral in this ore and more than 98% of Sc, Ni and Ni exists in lithiophorite and pyrolusite. The distribution of Sc, Co and Ni in lithiophorite is further studied by EPMA and the results indicate that Sc and Co in lithiophorite is sparse and dispersed distribution while Ni usually distributes in the argillaceous lithiophorite and is local enrichment. Reduction-sulfuric acid leaching tests show that the dissolution of Sc and Co happens before lithiophorite dissolves; the dissolution rate of Sc and Co is almost the same, which is significantly higher than the dissolution rate of manganese. However, the dissolution rate of Ni is extremely low with the dissolution of manganse, which indicates that Ni is hard to dissolve and its dissolution rate obviously lags behind that of Mn, Sc and Co. The conclusion can be drawn that Sc and Co exist in the lithiophorite crystals as interface adsorption while Ni exists in the clay (kaolinite) mixed up with lithiophorite as interface adsorption. The conclusion indicates that Sc and Co can dissolve before the dissolution of manganese at a high dissolution rate in the hydrometallurgical process while Ni is also into the solution through desorption from the interface of clay but its dissolution rate is rather slow because of the insoluble nature of clay. 相似文献
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Located in northeast Scotland, the Lecht manganiferous ironstone occurs as several minor and one principal outcrop within deeply weathered Dalradian meta-sediments. The distribution of these shows is controlled primarily by an underlying porous breccia pipe and not by Dalradian stratigraphy or faulting, as previously suggested. The deposit is composed principally of goethite and cryptomelane, with minor hematite, ramsdellite, pyrolusite, lithiophorite, chalcophanite and woodruffite. The ironstone is enriched in several target and pathfinder elements, particularly Zn and Ba which are primarily concentrated in the manganese oxides. Detailed examination of the geochemistry demonstrates that the enrichments are actually more typical of non-economic ironstones (particularly bog-ore) than gossans (a conclusion supported by field, textural and mineralogical evidence), illustrating the danger of relying upon simple geochemical surveys alone for ironstone-gossan discrimination. No relict sulphides, secondary ore minerals, native metals, gangue minerals or “boxwork” textures were observed in either hand specimen or polished section. The morphology and textures of the Lecht ironstone are typical of those observed in bog-iron ores and in weathered profiles.The Lecht ironstone is considered to have been derived from prolonged weathering of the local Dalradian meta-sediments. These are enriched in target and pathfinder elements and are regarded as a prospective sequence. Cementation of the subsequent regolith by solutions rich in iron, manganese and other elements, combined with bog-ore formation and penetration of the breccia pipe by these solutions, produced the complex and varied morphology and geochemistry seen in the deposit today. The Lecht deposit may represent the distal manganiferous expression of a goldrich zinc-lead exhalative deposit hosted by the Dalradian meta-sediments of the region. 相似文献
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随着我国钢铁工业和化学工业的迅猛发展,对锰矿资源的需求,日益增加.梅县锰矿公司对该县的锰矿地质和锰矿生产做了大量工作.在前人工作的基础上,我们在锰矿资源的调研中,曾对广东省梅县的宝山岗、白沙坪、桃尧大华、宝坑、仙水塘、磔角坑、车陂等地的锰矿体、进行过采样工作.经室内鉴定后、梅县的锰矿石有优质的放电锰矿石和冶金用锰矿石、矿床规模属于中小型.梅县锰矿资源的生产,继续已有20多年的历史,在矿床的质和量方面尚需做更深入的研究,以便为矿山开采和锰矿生产提供更充分的依据.本文是对锰矿物质成分初步研究的部分结果. 相似文献
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J. Ostwald 《Mineralium Deposita》1992,27(4):326-335
The Mary Valley manganese deposits exhibit mineralogy and textures characteristic of at least four parageneses. The deposits consist mainly of isolated occurrences of braunite, together with a number of lower and higher valency manganese oxides, and manganese silicates, in bedded radiolarian cherts and jaspers of Permian age. The parageneses are: (a) Braunite — quartz (primary), (b) Braunite — hausmannite — spessartine — tephroite — quartz (metamorphic). (c) Hydrated manganese silicates — barite — braunite — hausmannite (hydrothermal veins), (d) Tetravalent manganese oxides (pyrolusite, cryptomelane, manjiroite, nsutite) (supergene). The primary mineralisation is interpreted as the result of the geochemical separation of Mn from Fe in a submarine exhalative system, and the precipitation of Mn as oxide within bedded radiolarian oozes and submarine lavas. During diagenesis this hydrothermal manganese oxide reacted with silica to produce primary braunite. The later geological of evolution of this volcanogenicsedimentary deposit involved metamorphism, hydrothermal veining by remobilised manganese, and supergene enrichment. 相似文献
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Detrital type of manganese ore bodies in the Precambrian Iron Ore Group of rocks occur in the Bonai-Keonjhar belt, Orissa
besides stratiform (bedded type) and stratabound-replacement types of deposits. These ores appear in form of large boulders
within lateritised aprons at various depths, often reaching beyond 30 m from the surface. Overprinting of primary structures,
presence of mixed Fe-clasts and Mnooliths/pisoliths, mineral species of different generations and wide chemical variation
amongst morphological varieties and from boulder to boulder are the characteristic hallmarks of such ore bodies. Features
associated with ores occurring in different morphologies, namely: spongy, platy, recemented, and massive varieties from a
typical profile of Orahari Mn-ore body in Keonjhar district are described. Recemented variety may be further classified into
sub-varieties such as canga, agglomerate, and mangcrete. Common primary Fe-minerals are hematite, martite with relict magnetite.
The secondary Fe-Mn phases are goethite, specularite, cryptomelane, lithiophorite, chalcophanite, manganite, and pyrolusite.These
are ore bodies of allochthonous nature developed through a number of stages during terrain evolution and lateritisation. Secondary
processes such as reworking of pre-existing crust through remobilisation, solution, precipitation, cementation, transport,
etc. are responsible for the development of such detrital ore bodies in the Bonai-Keonjhar belt of Eastern India. 相似文献
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High-grade fault-hosted manganese deposits at the Woodie Woodie Mine, East Pilbara, are predominantly hydrothermal in origin with a late supergene overprint. The dominant manganese minerals are pyrolusite, braunite, and cryptomelane. The ore bodies are located on, or near the unconformities between the Neoarchean Carawine Dolomite and the Paleoproterozoic Pinjian Chert breccia (weathering product of Carawine Dolomite), and sedimentary units of the overlying ca 1300–1100 Ma Manganese Group. Stratabound manganese is typically located above or adjacent to steep fault-hosted manganese. The ore bodies range in size from 0.2 to 5.5 Mt with an average of 0.5 Mt. Historically, over 35 Mt of manganese has been mined at Woodie Woodie, and current ore resources are 29.94 Mt at 39.94% Mn, 6.96% Fe (resource and reserves statement, June 2011, Consolidated Minerals Pty Ltd).Manganese mineralization at Woodie Woodie is related to northwest–southeast directed extension and basin formation during the Mesoproterozoic. Basin architecture is generally well preserved and major manganese occurrences are localised along growth faults which down-throw the Pinjian Chert Breccia into local extensional basins. Manganese ore bodies are typically located on steep 2nd and 3rd order structures that extend off the major growth faults. Mineralized structures display a dominant northeast-trend reflecting the direction of maximum dilation during northwest–southeast extension.A paragenetic sequence is identified for the manganese ore at Woodie Woodie, with early hydrothermal braunite–pyrolusite–cryptomelane–todorokite–hausmannite, overprinted by late supergene oxides. Preliminary fluid inclusion studies in quartz crystals intergrown with pyrolusite and cryptomelane indicate that primary and pseudosecondary inclusions display a range of salinities from 1 to 18 eq. wt.% NaCl and trapping temperatures estimated to be from 220º to 290º at 1 kbar pressure.A lead–manganese oxide (coronadite) is common in manganese ores at Woodie Woodie, and Pb-isotope studies of 40 lead-rich ore samples from 16 pits indicate mineralization occurred within an age range of 955–1100 Ma. A mixed source is suggested for the lead, but was predominantly basalts and/or volcanogenic sedimentary units (e.g., Jeerinah Formation) of the ca 2700 Ma Fortescue Group. The typically high Mn:Fe ratios and enrichment in elements such as Pb, As, Cu, Mo, Zn are consistent with a dominantly hydrothermal origin for the manganese at Woodie Woodie. Supergene manganese is distinguished from hypogene manganese by a marked enrichment in REE in the supergene manganese.An early structural framework, established during Neoarchean rifting, provides a major structural control on manganese ore distribution. The Woodie Woodie mine corridor is located in a zone of oblique strike-slip extension on major northwest-trending transform faults and north-trending oblique normal faults. A major transform structure at the southern end of the Woodie Woodie mine corridor (Jewel-Southwest Fault Zone) likely acted as a major fluid conduit for manganese-bearing hydrothermal fluids and this would account for the concentration of significant manganese ore occurrences to the north and south of this structure. 相似文献
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At Azul (state of Para, Brazil) the lateritic weathering of organic shales with rhodochrosite and phyllosilicates (mainly muscovite) has led to one of the largest maganese deposits of Brazil (45 Mt of reserves with 42.65% Mn).The oxidation of the rhodochrosite-rich levels produces ore that typically breaks into plates preserving the original bedding of the rock. This oxidation corresponds to a sequence of transformation (rhodochrosite cryptomelane nsutite pyrolusite) by pseudomorphic replacement of the initial textures. At the top of this platy ore layer the late weathering of the micas releases potassium, and the nsutite and pyrolusite plasmas undergo a true retromorphic evolution toward cryptomelane, which is subsequently epigenized by lithiophorite.The geochemical balance computation at each stage and the modeling of this evolution show that acid and reducing conditions of the superficial layer favor the recycling of the Mn to the bottom of the profiles. Cryptomelane and lithiophorite constitute the more stable forms of manganese in the superficial layers of the lateritic profiles. 相似文献
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红土型风化壳和次生锰矿床形成于温暖和潮湿的古气候条件 ,其中含有丰富的表生钾锰矿物。因此 ,对表生钾锰矿物进行精确的40 Ar/ 3 9Ar年龄测定 ,不仅能查明大陆化学风化和矿床次生富集的时间和过程 ,而且可以为区域古气候的反演提供重要的年代学资料。透射电子显微镜、热重分析、离子交换实验和40 Ar/ 3 9Ar同位素分析表明 ,层状结构的黑锌锰矿、锂锰矿和钠水锰矿以及具有 1× 1隧道结构的软锰矿不适合于40 Ar/ 3 9Ar年龄测定 ;而隐钾锰矿、锰钡矿和锰铅矿因具有致密和稳定的 2× 2隧道结构及很强的保存K Ar体系的能力 ,是40 Ar/ 3 9Ar同位素定年的理想对象。硬锰矿和钙锰矿分别具有 2× 3和 3× 3隧道结构 ,由于隧道孔径过大 ,晶体结构的稳定性较差 ,其作为40Ar/ 3 9Ar测年的适用性有待于进一步证实。采用精细的激光阶段加热技术 ,可以有效克服表生钾锰矿物40 Ar/ 3 9Ar测年过程中3 9ArK 的反冲损失、多世代表生钾锰矿物的共生 ,以及表生钾锰矿物中原生矿物的污染和过量大气氩的存在等问题 ,并获得有意义的风化年龄。已有数据表明 ,表生钾锰矿物的形成主要集中在白垩纪末期、始新世末期—渐新世早期、中新世和上新世中期等 4个时期 ,可能记录了地史时期周期性的化学风化及气候的交替演变 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》1993,8(1):37-49
The U.S. Bureau of Mines is investigating the feasibility of extracting Mn using in situ leach mining methods. Among the deposits being examined are the iron formations of the Cuyuna range, Minnesota, which contain high-tonnage, low grade deposits of manganese oxides. Manganese minerals identified include pyrolusite, cryptomelane-hollandite, manganite, braunite and lithiophorite. Ore reactivities, as measured by batch leaching tests using aqueous SO2, are compared to theoretical estimates of the leaching behavior of individual manganese minerals based on kinetic and thermodynamic evaluations. Experimental results in some cases show opposite trends to those predicted by theoretical estimates. In batch leaching tests of Cuyuna Range ores, texture was shown to be of greater importance, than thermodynamic reactivity in determining amenability to leaching. Predicting the practical potential for recovery of Mn by in situ leaching must involve identification of the effects of texture (massive, fractured-host, or interstitial) in addition to ore mineral reactivity. 相似文献
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荣华锰矿赋存于桂西三叠系百逢组中,为该层位首次发现的中型规模锰矿。笔者通过参与矿区锰矿勘查工作,采用室内外观测、测试、工程揭露和验证等手段,对研究区地层、构造、沉积演化、含矿层位、矿体及矿石矿物特征、矿床成因和找矿标志等方面进行了分析探讨。研究发现荣华锰矿为典型的沉积-锰帽型矿床,严格受地层和构造因素控制;矿石类型主要为氧化锰矿贫锰矿石;氧化锰矿物主要为水羟锰矿、硬锰矿及软锰矿;矿床成因与原始沉积作用、后期风化淋滤等有重要关系;百逢组浊积岩之下、罗楼组碳酸盐岩之上的狭窄范围是荣华锰矿的典型找矿标志,该标志对大量出露三叠系百逢组的桂西地区具有普遍意义,同时指出桂西地区该组地层内具有良好的找矿前景。 相似文献
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鹰咀山锰矿床产出在桐柏—大别造山带中，目前已发现有4条锰矿（化）体，其产出受控于红安群黄麦岭组和七角山组。本文基于矿区锰矿勘查工作和室内观察、测试研究相结合等手段，对研究区含矿岩系（建造）特征、矿体及矿石矿物特征、成矿过程和找矿标志等方面进行了分析探讨。结果表明：鹰咀山锰矿为沉积变质型矿床，锰矿（化）体主要赋存在黄麦岭组云母石英片岩夹硅质（有时含少量泥质）大理岩建造的岩性段中；矿石类型主要为片岩型锰矿石和大理岩型锰矿石，矿石中锰矿物主要为硬锰矿、软锰矿、菱锰矿、锰白云石和黑锰矿等；初步认为锰矿的形成经历了沉积、变质改造和次生氧化富集的成矿阶段；含锰硅质大理岩和含锰云母石英片岩可作为该地区锰矿的典型找矿标志，该标志对鄂东北地区锰矿找矿具有重要意义。 相似文献
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Sajjad Maghfouri Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh Abdorrahman Rajabi Flavien Choulet 《地学前缘(英文版)》2018,9(1):249-272
The numerous non-sulfide zinc ore deposits were the historical basis for the development of zinc mining in Iran.They include the Mehdiabad,Irankouh and Angouran world-class deposits,as well as the Zarigan and Haft-har deposits.These deposits were formed by supergene oxidation of primary sulfide minerals during the complex interplay of tectonic uplift,karst development,changes in the level of the water table,and weathering.Zn(Pb)carbonates,Zn-hydrosilicates and associated hydrated phases directly replace the primary ore bodies or fill cavities along fractures related to uplift tectonics.Direct replacement of primary sulfides is accompanied by distal precipitation of zinc non-sulfide minerals in cavities or internal sediments filling.The mineralogy of the non-sulfide mineralization in all six deposits is generally complex and consists of smithsonite,hydrozincite,and hemimorphite as the main economic minerals,accompanied by iron and manganese oxy-hydroxides and residual clays.Commonly,non-sulfide minerals in these deposits consist of two types of ore:red zinc ore(RZO),rich in Zn,Fe,Pb-(As)and white zinc ore(WZO),typically with very high zinc grades but low concentrations of iron and lead.Typical minerals of the RZO are Fe-oxyhydroxides,goethite,hematite,hemimorphite,smithsonite and/or hydrozincite and cerussite.Common minerals of the WZO are smithsonite or hydrozincite and only minor amounts of Fe-oxyhydroxides and hemimorphite. 相似文献
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Roger G Burns 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1976,40(1):95-102
Strong enrichments of cobalt occur in marine manganese nodules, soils, wads, and natural and synthetic minerals such as hollandite, cryptomelane, psilomelane, lithiophorite, birnessite, and δ-MnO2. Previously, it was suggested that Co3+ ions in these minerals replace either Mn3+ or substitute for Fe3+ in incipient goethite epitaxially intergrown with δ-MnO2. Neither of these interpretations is now considered to be satisfactory on account of the large discrepancy of ionic radius between octahedrally coordinated low-spin Co3+ and high-spin Mn3+ or Fe3+ in oxide structures. The close agreement between the ionic radii of Co3+ and Mn4+ suggests that some cobalt substitutes for Mn4+ ions in edge-shared [MnO6] octahedra in many manganese(IV) oxide mineral structures. It is proposed that hydrated cations, including Co2+ ions, are initially adsorbed on to the surfaces of certain Mn(IV) oxides in the vicinity of essential vacancies found in the chains or sheets of edge-shared [MnO6] octahedra. Subsequently, fixation of cobalt takes place as a result of oxidation of adsorbed Co2+ ions by Mn4+ and replacement of the displaced manganese by low-spin Co3+ ions in the [MnO6] octahedra or vacancies. 相似文献
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R. Del Rio Salas J. Ruiz L. Ochoa-Landín O. Noriega F. Barra D. Meza-Figueroa F. Paz-Moreno 《Mineralium Deposita》2008,43(4):467-482
The manganese ores in the Santa Rosalía region, western Mexico, are mainly stratiform horizons or mantos, constrained to the
initial stages of sedimentary cycles of the Miocene Boléo Formation. The manganese mineralization is generally restricted
to isolated paleo-basins and related to NW–SE faults formed during the early stages of the opening of the Gulf of California.
Jasper, Fe, and Mn oxides associated to the NW–SE structures may represent feeder zones for the mineralized system. The manganese
oxide minerals include pyrolusite, cryptomelane, todorokite, hollandite, jacobsite, and pyrochroite. Trace elements in the
manganese ores indicate a hydrothermal origin for the deposits of the Santa Rosalía area. Rare earth elements (REE) patterns
obtained for manganese minerals from the Lucifer and El Gavilán deposits also support a hydrothermal origin, whereas the middle
REE enrichment observed in samples from the Boléo district indicates mixing between hydrothermal and hydrogenous sources.
Osmium and rhenium concentrations of the manganese minerals range between 33–173 ppt and 0.14–89 ppb, respectively. The initial
187Os/188Os ratios in the manganese oxides from Lucifer and the Boléo district range between 0.43 to 0.51 and 0.70 to 0.74, respectively.
These ratios are different from seawater at 7 Ma (0.84–0.89), which suggests important contributions of osmium from underlying
rocks such as the Miocene volcanic rocks and the Cretaceous quartz–monzonite basement. Field evidence, manganese oxide mineralogy
coupled with major and trace element geochemistry and Re–Os systematics support a hydrothermal origin for the manganese deposits
from the Santa Rosalía region. The ore deposition style indicates an exhalative-intraformational environment restricted to
isolated basins in a diagenetic stage related to the initial evolution of the Gulf of California. 相似文献
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J. Ostwald 《Mineralium Deposita》1993,28(3):198-209
Supergene manganese oxides, occurring in shales, breccias and dolomites of Proterozoic Age, in the Western Australian Pilbara Manganese Group, have Mn/Fe ranging from 1.9 to 254 and Mn4+ to Mn (Total) of 0.49–0.94. The manganese mineralogy is dominated by tetravalent manganese oxides, especially by cryptomelane, with lesser amounts of pyrolusite, nsutite, manjiroite, romanechite and other manganese oxide minerals. The manganese minerals are commonly associated with iron oxides, chiefly goethite, indicating incomplete separation of Mn from Fe during Tertiary Age arid climate weathering of older, manganiferous formations. These manganese oxides also contain variable amounts of braunite and very minor hausmannite and bixbyite. The braunite occurs in three generations: sedimentary-diagenetic, recrystallised sedimentary-diagenetic, and supergene. The mode of origin of the hausmannite and bixbyite is uncertain but it is possible that they resulted from diagenesis and/or low-grade regional metamorphism. The supergene manganese deposits appear to have been derived from manganiferous Lower Proterozoic banded iron formations and dolomites of the Hamersley Basin and overlying Middle Proterozoic Bangemali Basin braunite-containing sediments. 相似文献
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Using the Pauzhetka and Nizhnee Koshelevskoe geothermal deposits (South Kamchatka), we studied physical-chemical characteristics
of hydrothermal clays that form thick (on average, 1.5–1.8 m) and spacious (up to few km2 in area) subsurface horizon with peculiar petrophysical and mineralogical-geochemical properties. It was established that
the properties of hydrothermal clays are determined by their micro- and nanostructure, which is made up of nanoparticles of
aluminosilicates, sulfates, accessory and ore minerals (primarily, sulfides and iron oxides), and amorphous phases. The subsurface
horizon of hydrothermal clays represents a long-lived (up to 10 ka and more) highly dynamic colloidal-dispersed mineralogical-geochemical
system, which reflects the interaction of deep-seated metalliferous fluids with geological medium in the supergene zone of
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