Hydrogeochemical controls on surface and groundwater chemistry in naturally acidic, porphyry-related mineralized areas, southern Rocky Mountains     

Philip L. Verplanck D. Kirk Nordstrom Geoff S. Plumlee Richard B. Wanty Dana J. Bove Jonathan S. Caine 《中国地球化学学报》2006,25(B08):231-231

In southern Rocky Mountains, catchments characterized by acidic, metalliferous waters that are relatively unaffected by human activity usually occur within areas that have active or historical mining activity. The US Geological Survey has utilized these mineralized but unmined catchments to constrain geochemical processes that control the surface- and ground-water chemistry associated with near surface acid weathering as well as to estimate premining conditions. Study areas include the upper Animas River watershed, Lake City, Mt. Emmons, and Montezuma in Colorado and Questa in New Mexico. Although host-rock lithologies range from Precambrian gneisses to Cretaceous sedimentary units to Tertiary volcanic complexes, mineralization is Tertiary in age and associated with intermediate to felsic composition, porphyritic plutons. Pyrite is ubiquitous. Variability of metal concentrations in water is caused by two main factors： mineralogy and hydrology. Parameters that potentially affect water chemistry include： host-rock lithology, intensity of hydrothermal alteration, sulfide mineralogy and chemistry, gangue mineralogy, length of flow path, precipitation, evaporation, and redox conditions. Springs and headwater streams have pH values as low as 2.5, sulfate up to 3700 mg/L and high dissolved metal concentrations （for example： Al up to 170 mg/L; Fe up to 250 mg/L; Cu up to 3.5 mg/L and Zn up to 14 mg/L）. With the exception of evaporative waters, the lowest pH values and highest Fe and Al concentrations occur in water draining the most intense hydrothermally altered areas consisting of the mineral assemblage quartz-sericite-pyrite. Stream beds tend to be coated with iron floc, and some reaches are underlain by ferricrete. When iron-rich ground water interacts with oxygenated waters in the stream or hyporheic zone, ferrous iron is oxidized to ferric iron, which is less soluble, leading to the precipitation of iron oxyhydroxides.  相似文献   

Naturally acidic and metalliferous waters at unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in the Bonnifield mining district, Alaska Range, east-central Alaska     

Robert G. Eppinger Paul H. Briggs Cynthia Dusel-Bacon Stuart A. Giles Larry P. Gough Jane M.Hammarstrom Bernard E. Hubbard 《中国地球化学学报》2006,25(B08):232-232

The Bonnifield district hosts 26 tmmined volcanogenic massive sulfide （VMS） occurrences. Environmental geochemical samples of water and stream sediment were collected at several occurrences, concentrating on the two best-exposed and largest deposits, Red Mountain （RM） and Sheep Creek （SC）. Limited samples were also collected at the poorly exposed WTF deposit. The deposits are Late Devonian to Early Mississippian, and are hosted by felsic metavolcanic and carbonaceous schist members of the Totatlanika Schist or Keevy Peak Fm. Spring and stream waters at RM and SC have pH values commonly 〈3.5 （as low as 2.4 at RM and 2.5 at SC）, high conductivity （up to 11000 μS/cm）, and very high （Is to 100s mg/L） dissolved contents of Al, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Pb. Waters at RM are characterized by extremely high REE contents （summed REE median 3200 μg/L, n=33）. At both RM and SC, pyrite oxidation and dissolution produce low pH waters that interact with and dissolve bedrock minerals, resulting in acidic, metal-laden, naturally degraded streams that are mostly devoid of aquatic life. Ferricrete is common. In contrast, WTF barely produces a surficial environmental footprint, mostly due to topography and relief. RM and SC are well exposed in the areas of relatively high relief, and both exhibit extensive areas of quartz-sericite-pyrite-alteration. While WTF shares many of the same deposit-and alteration characteristics, it is concealed by tundra in a large, nearly flat area. Surface water at WTF is absent and outcrops are sparse. Even though WTF is roughly the same size as Red Mountain （both around 3 million tonnes） and has similar base- and precious-metal grades, the surficial geochemical manifestation of WTF is minimal. However, exposure through mining of the altered, mineralized rock at WTF potentially could initiate the same processes of pyrite oxidation, acid generation, and mineral dissolution that are observed naturally at RM and SC.  相似文献   

不同岩性火山岩力学性质实验研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李春林  刘立 《化工矿产地质》2006,28(3):129-132

黄沙坨地区位于辽河断陷盆地东部凹陷中段,古近纪沙河街组第三段沉积时期发育了巨厚的火山岩,为该区形成火山岩油气藏奠定了成藏条件。由于油层岩石的力学性质,影响着油田生产,因此,经过实验室对不同岩性的火山岩力学性质的试验测试,得到油田生产所需的相关的力学参数及相关的地质信息,为油田勘探、开发及相关的工程设计发挥重要作用。试验结果表明,粗面岩以张性破裂为主,玄武岩以剪切破裂为主。这对油田研究水力压裂裂缝形态及储层天然裂缝形态提供了重要的地质依据。软化系数的较大波动,表现出地下流体对油层岩石的环境作用。  相似文献   

大别造山带北缘西部中生代晚期火山、沉积地层的时代     

丁莉  杜晓冉  周世全 《华南地质与矿产》2006,(2):48-54

大别造山带北缘西部的一套火山岩及其上的"红层",依据叶肢介、同位素年龄值和较丰富的恐龙蛋和少量介形虫化石,从下而上划分为陈棚组、周家湾组,时代归属早、晚白垩世.陈棚组角度不整合于上侏罗统朱集组或段集组之上,向东与安徽省境内的早白垩世毛坦厂组、白大畈组为相同层位.周家湾组角度不整合于陈棚组之上,含较丰富的恐龙蛋化石,始-古新世李庄群不整合覆于其上.  相似文献   

A study on the geochemical characteristics of Upper Permian continental marginal arc volcanic rocks in the northern segment of South Lancangjiang Belt     

沈上越冯庆来  魏启荣张志斌 张虎 《中国地球化学学报》2006,25(3):216-222

1IntroductionThe northern segment of the South LancangjiangBelt refers to the terrain about200km east of theYunxian-Lingcang granite in the South LancangjiangBelt(Fig.1).During the seventh Five-Year Plan peri-od,Mo Xuanxue et al.(1993)undertook the resear…  相似文献   

浙江景宁大源山火山岩地貌景观及开发远景     

马振兴  周文峰 《华东地质学院学报》2006,(Z1)

浙江景宁大源山是一处尚待开发的地质旅游景区,由晚侏罗世陆相火山岩组成,火山作用强烈,岩石类型齐全,火山机构发育典型。火山岩地貌景观独特,以峰柱、峰丛、造型石为特色,融畲族风情和生态景观于一体,具有很高科学品位及研究价值,兼具观光游览、科普休闲等多项功能,具备建立地质公园的科学基础,具有很好的开发前景。  相似文献   

Influence of heavy metals and pH on sulfate reduction metabolism     

《中国地球化学学报》2006,25(B08):130-130

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延边地区中生代火山岩的岩浆源区:来自Sr-Nd同位素和深源捕虏体(晶)的证据   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

赵全国  许文良  靳克  裴福萍 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2005,35(4):416-422

延边地区中侏罗世和早白垩世火山岩中包含有较多的辉石岩捕虏体和角闪石捕虏晶,前者为普通辉石变种,其化学成分类似于中国东部新生代玄武岩中单斜辉石巨晶的成分,具有岩浆堆积成因特征;后者为韭闪石和镁质绿钠闪石变种,其成分类似于中生代晚期玄武岩中角闪二辉石岩包体里的角闪石和新生代玄武岩中的角闪石巨晶.矿物温压计算结果显示,它们形成深度介于25～37km.延边地区中生代火山岩的(87Sr/86Sr)i值介于0.704 3～0.705 0,εNd(t)值介于2.33～4.71,表明岩浆源区应是一套具有亏损性质的新增生的地幔物质.综合上述结果,可以判定延边地区中生代火山岩的原始岩浆应来源于新增生的壳幔过渡带物质的部分熔融,地壳增生事件的时间为新元古代.  相似文献   

四川昌台农都柯金银矿矿床地质特征及成矿远景     

许远平  姚丽  李继军 《物探化探计算技术》2005,27(3):241-245

农都柯火山岩浅成低温热液型金银矿床系在三江地区义敦岛弧带被首次发现,经初步评价达到中型规模。矿床赋存于流纹质火山碎屑岩中,受北北西向剪切带控制,矿体呈透镜状或似层状,基本顺层产出。围岩蚀变强烈,以硅化为主,次为绢云母化和重晶石化。矿石由黄铁矿、闪锌矿、自然金、辉锑铅矿、砷黝铜矿、辉锑矿、辉锑银铅矿、雄黄、雌黄等组成,为典型的低温热液矿物组合。主矿化温度发生在200℃以下,矿化元素除Ag、Au外,As、Sb、Hg也达到或接近工业品位。通过地球物理、地球化学方法的测量,成矿远景较好。  相似文献   

土壤天然热释光法在相山火山岩型铀矿床中的应用   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

许军才  黄临平  刘庆成  董业才  魏海  龙期华 《物探与化探》2005,29(3):224-226

介绍了天然热释光法在火山岩铀矿床上的应用效果,表明矿体上方热释光异常较大,无矿区域异常较小,矿体的分布范围与高值异常范围一致,还发现在一些构造薄弱带,裂隙、断层处出现大的异常,试验证明土壤天然热释光测量可以为评价火山岩铀资源提供线索。  相似文献