Biomediation of calcrete at the gold anomaly of the Barns prospect,Gawler Craton,South Australia     

Andreas Schmidt Mumm  Frank Reith 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》2007

Anomalously high Au concentrations (2.5 to 50 ppb) in regolith carbonate accumulations, such as calcrete and calcareous sands in aeolian sand dunes overlying Au mineralisation of the Gawler Craton, South Australia, show a marked covariance of Au with K, Mg and most notably Ca. This relationship appears to be linked to the authigenic formation of smectites and carbonates within the aeolian dunes in the region. However, little is known about the processes involved in the formation of carbonates under semi-arid and arid conditions. In this study the geochemical properties of aeolian dunes along several depth profiles of 2 to 4 m are investigated in order to assess the relationship between Au mobility and calcrete formation. In the profiles a strongly systematic relationship between Au and the increasing Ca–Mg contents at depth highlights the close association between the enrichment of Au in the calcrete and the underlying hydrothermal mineralisation. Intense calcrete formation and concurrent Au enrichment also occurs in the vicinity of roots penetrating the dune. Thin section petrography and cathodoluminescence show that most of the calcrete in the regolith profiles is micritic; some sparic crystallites have also been identified. To demonstrate the presence of microbial processes that may mediate the formation of calcrete, samples from a depth profile in the dune were taken under sterile conditions. After amendment with urea and incubation of up to 24 h, up to 18 mg/l of NH₄⁺ were detected in near surface samples. At depth of 2.3 m 1 mg/l NH₄⁺ were detected compared to a control that contained below 0.05 mg/l NH₄⁺. These results suggest that the genesis of calcrete and pedogenic carbonate in the area may be partly biologically mediated via processes such as the metabolic breakdown of urea by resident microbiota which generates a pH and pCO₂ environment conducive to the precipitation of carbonate. In the process of urea breakdown organic Au complexes such as Au-amino acid complexes may become destabilised in solution and Au may be co-precipitated, resulting in the fine, non-particulate distribution of Au throughout the micritic calcrete carbonate. In conclusion, this study suggests a coupled mechanism of biologically mediated and inorganic mechanisms that lead to the formation of Au-in-calcrete anomalies.  相似文献   

广西桂林庙头上泥盆统融县组中的灰岩脉和角砾灰岩体及其成因   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：3       下载免费PDF全文

彭阳  李岩  胡贵昂  陆刚  乔秀夫 《地质论评》2007,53(6):736-742

广西桂林庙头上泥盆统融县组台地边缘相具鸟眼或溶孔砂屑生屑藻粘结灰岩中发育了大量灰岩脉，灰岩脉呈岩墙状近直立地切过围岩，露头上可见连续垂直延伸长度达十余米，脉内仍是上泥盆统融县组灰岩组分，仅比围岩稍晚或同时代的：角砾状退白云石化藻粘结灰岩、角砾状藻粘结灰岩（快速堆积，角砾多数来自围岩）、细鲕粒颗粒灰岩、含钙球砂屑粒泥灰岩、藻砂屑腹足泥粒灰岩（正常沉积或液化变形软沉积流，均高于围岩层位）及大量栉壳状方解石脉（张性环境）等，灰岩脉内可见软沉积物变形痕迹及液化脉（地震液化），晚期灰岩脉可穿插早期灰岩脉；在其西侧同层位共生有一套楔状（地裂缝）、不规则状角砾灰岩体，角砾棱角状，大小不等，成分是灰色中厚层角砾状藻粘结灰岩、含钙球砂屑粒泥灰岩等。笔者等注意到灰岩脉均出露在北东向正断层的下盘（东侧），而角砾灰岩体则均出露在该断层的上盘（西侧），事实上，灰岩脉及角砾灰岩体分布走向与北东向断层走向一致，角砾灰岩体中的角砾成分显示其来自较灰岩脉围岩稍高层位，与灰岩脉内充填岩性相近，因此，是该断层控制了当时的沉积，此断层是晚泥盆世台地边缘同沉积正断层；灰岩脉是与断层伴生的张性裂隙被围岩角砾或稍晚时段的沉积物充填；角砾灰岩体是同沉积正断层形成的断层崖崩落角砾岩，指示一个消失殆尽的晚泥盆世碳酸盐岩同沉积正断层陡崖，因而，桂林台地，至少西段台地边缘，是与右江各孤立台地边缘一样——在地质图上应标示为同沉积正断层边界。其构造意义是：庙头地区的灰岩脉、角砾灰岩体及同沉积断层是桂林台地对晚泥盆世构造伸展作用的响应，从而说明广西晚古生代的板块拉张，不是从二叠纪才开始的，而是至少从晚泥盆世就开始了；晚古生代至早三叠世持续的孤立台地与深水盆地相间的古地理格局，是在晚泥盆世就奠定了基础。  相似文献   

Geology and rare-earth element geochemistry of highly evolved, molybdenite-bearing granitic plutons, Southeastern Desert, Egypt     

Gehad M. Saleh 《中国地球化学学报》2007,26(4):333-344

The field relations, mineralogy, and major and trace elements (including REE analyses of whole-rock samples and minerals) of granites and their associated molybdenite uranium mineralized aplites in Southeastern Desert, Egypt, have been studied. The granites are leucocratic and mostly peraluminous in nature with muscovite increasing at the expense of biotite. The chemical and mineralogical characteristics of the granitic rocks indicate that their melts originated from the LILE-enriched mantle wedge by partial melting and are contaminated by crustal melts, followed by thermogravitational processes. Leucogranites with higher Na2O/K2O ratios from Um Dargag and Um Maiat crystallized under H2O-saturated equilibrium conditions in which the exsolved vapor continuously migrated away. The REE patterns of the granites studied are characterized by LREE enrichments and negative Eu anomalies. In comparison, the potassic aplites and the more sodic leucogranites are depleted in LREE, enriched in HREE and show more remarkable negative Eu anomalies. Allanite and monazite are the most important REE carriers in the granites. These minerals are strongly enriched in LREE, whereas fluorite and xenotime, which are more abundant in the aplites, are enriched in HREE. The average Lu/Ce ratio represents the fractionation trend with respect to HREE. It is 0.71 for radioactive fluorite, and it increases to 1.22 for non-radioactive fluorite. The high REE contents of molybdenite represent re-deposition of the mobilized Mo and REE. Due to the strong control of accessory minerals, the REEs are of limited use in petrogenetic modelling of highly evolved granitic systems.  相似文献   

表生地球化学异常形成机理及异常解释     

刘炳璋  陈治才  田中保 《四川地质学报》2007,27(3):215-219

目前对异常的解释和评价处于以元素浓度论异常,以异常强度定靶区的简单化过程中。本文试图拓宽异常解释思路,将次生异常的形成机理、地球化学环境、异常特征及地质背景一并考虑,通过综合分析,充实异常解释依据,建立地球化学标志,增强找矿信息。  相似文献   

综合物探技术在石家庄凹陷地热勘查中的应用   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

许德树  冯创业 《物探与化探》2007,31(5):440-443

在岩石密度、磁性、电性综合分析的基础上,提出用重力资料反演广义新生界基底,利用航磁资料研究太古宇、下元古界结晶基底的研究思路.根据大地电磁测深资料,对新生界、中生界和古生界垂向分布进行了深入研究,结合重力剖面反演进一步予以证实.工作结果在石家庄凹陷内发现槐底低凸起存在,是寻找寒武系、奥陶系灰岩类型的地热远景有利地区;发现石家庄市区内存在南北、东西2个新生界深洼槽,分别为石家庄火车站至永壁深洼槽和永壁至二十里铺深洼槽.  相似文献   

论兰坪金顶超大型铅锌矿容矿角砾岩的成因   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11       下载免费PDF全文

王安建 高兰刘俊来  曹殿华修群业 范世家 《地质学报》2007,81(7):891-897

兰坪金顶超大型铅锌矿容矿角砾岩分为两类：一是构造-膏溶角砾岩,不含矿,胶结物孢粉组合显示晚三叠世特征;二是底辟-侵位角砾岩,含铅锌、黄铁矿、天青石和硬石膏矿化,是重要的矿石类型之一,呈脉状产出,系构造-膏溶角砾岩底辟-侵位的产物。它们并非是古新世滑塌堆积成因的角砾岩,不应划归于老第三系云龙组。流行的金顶超大型铅锌矿成矿模式需要重新审定。  相似文献   

重磁异常解释中的一些复杂因素与对策 ——在海口区域物探成果交流会上的发言提纲     

刘士毅 《物探与化探》2007,31(5):386-390,398

列出了不重视推断解释可靠性问题而导致的严重后果;论述了复杂情况下重、磁异常解释的思路和对策,即如何正确、合理使用方法技术;提出了推断成果可靠性划分方案的建议和新的成果表达方式的建议.  相似文献   

冀北红旗营子杂岩的锆石、独居石年代学及地质意义   总被引：19，自引：0，他引：19  

刘树文吕勇军  凤永刚柳小明  闫全人张臣 田伟 《地质通报》2007,26(9):1086-1100

较为详细的SHRIMP、LA-ICPMS锆石U-pb年代学和独居石电子探针Th-U-b化学法定年揭示，隆化-山地块的石英闪长质片麻岩和石榴黑云二长花岗质片麻岩分别形成于2484Ma和2180Ma，同时存在3164～2553Ma的锆石记录和约1854Ma的变质改造事件；细粒二长花岗岩形成于413Ma，独居石内核记录了约628Ma的继承年龄。凤山-宁地块的钾长花岗质糜棱片麻岩、角闪黑云石英闪长质片麻岩和黑云母二长花岗岩分别形成于1876Ma、1838Ma和1810Ma，其中存在2042-1904Ma的捕获锆石，遭受了1756Ma、1694Ma和313．5Ma的多期改造，其中晚古生代的构造-浆-质事件的改造尤为强烈。赤城-礼地块的角闪黑云花岗闪长质片麻岩分别形成于2535Ma和2529-2480Ma，石榴英云闪长质片麻岩和石榴黑云斜长变粒岩分别形成于1871Ma和1841Ma，发现有约2602Ma的继承锆石，并记录了从古元古代到晚古生代多阶段的改造事件，尤其清楚地记录了343-320Ma的地质事件。结合前人的年代学资料，综合分析上述地质年代学的特征，认为红旗营子杂岩从东到西可能由不同来源的微陆块组成，这些微陆块都经历了晚古生代的构造-岩浆-变质事件，可能在古生代晚期才与华北克拉通北缘拼贴。  相似文献   

河南桐柏下黄竹园金矿床地球化学特征研究     

马宏卫  张燕平  李诗言  邱顺才  韩存强 《地质与勘探》2007,43(3):31-36

下黄竹园金矿是老湾金矿成矿带的重要组成部分,文章通过对地层各组段和主要岩石类型中微量元素地球化学参数特征,以及异常元素空间分布、异常浓度分带、分带序列、元素对比值的研究,表明成矿元素含量变化与地层层序、岩石类型密切相关.龟山岩组二云石英片岩是金矿体的直接赋矿围岩,与斜长角闪片岩共同构成矿源层.根据异常元素组份分带、垂向分带序列和不同标高元素对比值的研究,建立了地球化学评价指标,为矿床深部及外围找矿提供了地球化学依据.  相似文献   

宝山西部矿区砂页岩型铅-锌矿成矿地质特征及新区找矿预测   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

张金河 《矿产与地质》2007,21(1):56-58

宝山西部矿区砂页岩型铅-锌矿是近年来探获的一种新类型铅-锌矿体,赋存在次级倒转背斜核部测水组砂页岩地层中,层间滑动带的虚脱空间是其容矿空间,断层规模决定其长度规模,矿体产状严格受构造控制。根据其成矿特征及成矿条件,利用类比法,预测新的找矿靶区。  相似文献