Granite is an Effective Helium Source Rock: Insights from the Helium Generation and Release Characteristics in Granites from the North Qinling Orogen, China     

ZHANG Wen  LI Yuhong  ZHAO Fenghu  ZHOU Zheng  HAN Wei  ZHOU Junlin  ZHANG Qiao 《《地质学报》英文版》2020,94(1):114-125

Global helium(He) shortage is a challenging problem; however, the types of helium source rock and the mechanisms of He generation and release therein remain still poorly understood. In this study, in order to evaluate the potential of granite as an effective helium source rock, we collected granitic samples from the North Qinling Orogen, Central China, in the south of the helium-rich Weihe Basin. The helium generation and release behaviors in granite were studied through analysis of U and Th concentrations, EMPA images, and He and Ar concentrations and isotopic ratios extracted by crushing and stepwise heating. The results indicate that Ar has a better retention and a lower mobility than He. 3 He/4 He ratios released by crushing and stepwise heating are 0.016–0.056 RA and 0.003–0.572 RA, respectively, where RA is the atmospheric 3 He/4 He of 1.4×10-6, reflecting a crustal and radiogenic source. Helium concentrations extracted by the two ways are 0.13–0.95 ucm3 STP/g and 7.82–115.62 ucm3 STP/g, respectively, suggesting that matrix-sited He accounts for more than 98% of total helium preserved in granite. In addition, the total generated He amounts in granites are calculated based on the measured U and Th concentrations in granitic samples. Dividing the preserved He quantities by the generated He amounts, it turned out that less than 10% of He produced since the formation of the granite is preserved in the rock over geological time, suggesting that more than 90% generated He can be transferred to the Weihe Basin. Temperature and fracture are the two critical factors controlling He release. Based on the relationship between He diffusivity of granites and temperature and the He closure temperatures of a variety of U-and Th-rich minerals(27–250°C), we estimate that He can be partially released out of granite at the depths 400 m and totally released at the depths 7800 m. Fractures provide effective transfer of free He from deep source rocks to shallow reservoirs. Finally, a model on granite as an effective helium source rock is established. We suggest exploring He resources in hydrocarbon basins with granitic basement(or adjacent to granite bodies), high geothermal field, and young active fractures.  相似文献   

浙南花岗岩残积土物质结构及工程地质特性研究     

孙强  张泰丽  伍剑波  王赫生 《地质论评》2020,66(S1):163-166

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准噶尔盆地南缘头屯河地区砂岩型铀矿铀源区及其成矿构造背景分析——来自碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及Hf同位素的证据     

耿英英  刘章月  何中波  黄少华  郭强  许强  宋继叶 《地质论评》2020,66(2):393-409

准噶尔盆地是我国重要的多能源矿产产出盆地之一,而准噶尔盆地南缘头屯河地区也是我国砂岩型铀矿找矿的优选区段,为了厘定头屯河地区砂岩型铀矿赋矿层位沉积期的源区位置、母岩岩性及时代,本文在野外地质调查的基础上,对头屯河地区砂岩型铀矿赋矿层中的碎屑锆石进行了LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年和Hf同位素分析,建立了碎屑锆石的U-Pb年龄及Hf模式年龄谱系。通过与周缘岩浆活动时代对比,并结合古流向数据进一步分析赋矿层位沉积期的源区位置及母岩岩性,讨论砂岩型铀矿的铀源条件。对采自侏罗系和下白垩统的4个砂岩样品进行碎屑锆石年龄分析表明:碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄存在140～180 Ma、240～320 Ma、340～420 Ma、440～480 Ma四个主峰值年龄段,年龄较平均的分布在210～480 Ma宽泛的区间内。研究表明头屯河地区早侏罗世物源来自北天山;中侏罗世物源来自中、南天山;中侏罗晚期开始转变为以北天山为主;早白垩世物源大部分来自中、北天山,少量来自博格达山地区。砂岩型铀矿化层铀源主要来自南侧天山地区的古生代中酸性火成岩,其成矿作用应该发生在盆地处于较稳定的构造环境中。  相似文献   

浅析四川省金矿床资源储量概况及成矿类型     

宋元宝  杨怀超  白富政  张伟  牟昀屹  侯从强  杨志军  王丹 《四川地质学报》2020,40(1):56-59,63

四川省岩金矿主要分布于阿坝州北部-东部及甘孜州和凉山州-盆地西部地区,其次是广元市-绵阳市西北部的"金三角"地区的分布特征。通过研究和归纳,本文将矿床类型归纳为11个三级亚类,并根据该11个类型对矿床规模进行统计,得出了数量上四川省以岩浆热液型金矿为主,其次为砂矿性金矿为主,再次为海相火山岩型金矿的结论。在此基础上,对四川省的金矿勘查工作程度、开发利用情况进行了评述,希望能够起到抛砖引玉作用,为省内金矿的勘查开发利用及找矿提供一定思路。  相似文献   

Impacts of confining pressure and safety thickness on water and mud inrush in weathered granite     

Jinquan Liu  Weizhong Chen  Zhiping Deng  Taogen Liu 《Marine Georesources & Geotechnology》2020,38(2):144-153

Abstract

Due to the strong disintegration and water erosion of completely weathered granite, water and mud inrush disasters are apt to take place in this zone during underwater tunnel construction. The pore, compactness, seepage path length, fracture geometries and their interconnections for water and mud transfer are strongly influenced by confining pressure and waterproof-resistant slab safety thickness. In order to inspect the influence, a series of experiments based on a self-designed testing system and non-Darcy testing method were performed. The results indicated that the water and mud inrush evolution increased with the increase of confining pressure and decreased with the increase of safety thickness. In particular, the confining pressure mainly influences the initial evolution stage, and a critical safety thickness to prevent water and mud inrush is obtained. Besides, the non-Darcy testing method results shows that the water and mud inrush evolution affects the influence of non-Darcy flow. For example, while the safety thickness was smaller than the critical value, the evolution was large and unstable and its behavior transferred into nonlinear. In this case, the flow changed to non-Darcy flow.  相似文献   

辽北开原地区房木花岗斑岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及地球化学特征     

豆世勇 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2020,50(6):1752-1765

研究区位于华北克拉通北缘东段、华北克拉通与兴蒙造山带的交接部位。本文通过对辽北开原地区房木花岗斑岩的岩石学、年代学和地球化学研究，探讨了其形成时代、岩石成因和构造环境，并进一步探讨了华北克拉通东部岩石圈减薄的起始时间。用LA-ICP-MS技术测定了花岗斑岩的锆石U-Pb同位素，获得其锆石²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄为（117±1）Ma，表明花岗斑岩形成于早白垩世。花岗斑岩具有高硅、富碱、贫镁和钙的特征，富集大离子亲石元素（K、Rb）和高场强元素（Th、Ta、Nb），亏损Sr、Ba、P、Ti元素，稀土配分曲线均呈现右倾海鸥型，具有明显的负Eu异常；显示研究区花岗斑岩为A型（A₁亚型）花岗岩，形成于古太平洋俯冲的后造山伸展环境，其岩浆源于地幔物质上涌而导致的地壳物质重熔。研究区在（156±1）Ma之前，属于挤压造山环境，表明研究区岩石圈减薄时间应处于156~117 Ma之间。  相似文献   

Deep gold mineralization features of Jiaojia metallogenic belt,Jiaodong gold Province: Based on the breakthrough of 3000 m exploration drilling     

《China Geology》2020,3(3):385-401

Recently, continuous breakthroughs have been made about deep gold prospecting in the Jiaodong gold province area of China. Approximately 5000 t of cumulative gold resources have been explored in Jiaodong, which has thus become an internationally noteworthy gold ore cluster. The gold exploration depth has been increased to about 2000 m from the previous <1000 m. To further explore the mineralization potential of the Jiaodong area at a depth of about 3000 m, the Shandong Institute of Geological Sciences has drilled an exploratory drillhole named “Deep drillhole ZK01” to a depth of 3266 m. Hence, as reported herein, the mineralization characteristics of the Jiaojia metallogenic belt have been successfully documented. ZK01 is, to date, the deepest borehole with an gold intersect in China, and constitutes a significant advance in deep gold prospecting in China. The findings of this study further indicate that the depth interval of 2000 m to 4000 m below the ground surface in the Wuyi Village area incorporates 912 t of inferred gold resources, while the depth interval of 2000 m to 4000 m below the surface across the Jiaodong area possesses about 4000 t of inferred gold resources. The Jiaojia Fault Belt tends to gently dip downward, having dip angles of about 25° and about 20° at vertical depths of 2000 m and 2850 m, respectively. The deep part of the Jiaojia metallogenic belt differs from the shallow and moderately deep parts about fracturing, alteration, mineralization, and tectonic type. The deep zones can generally be categorized from inside outward as cataclastic granite, granitic cataclasite, weakly beresitized granitic cataclasite, beresitized cataclasite, and gouge. These zones exhibit a gradual transitional relation or occur alternately and repeatedly. The mineralization degree of the pyritized cataclastic granite-type ore in the deep part of the Jiaojia metallogenic belt is closely related to the degree of pyrite vein development; that is, the higher the pyrite content, the wider the veins and the higher the gold grade. Compared to the shallow gold ores, the deep-seated gold ores have higher fineness and contain joseite, tetradymite, and native bismuth, suggesting that the deep gold mineralization temperature is higher and that mantle-sourced material may have contributed to this mineralization. ZK01 has also revealed that the deep-seated ore bodies in the Jiaojia metallogenic belt are principally situated above the main fracture plane (gouge) and hosted within the Linglong Granite, contradicting previous findings indicating that the moderately shallow gold ore bodies are usually hosted in the contact zone between the Linglong Granite and Jiaodong Group or meta-gabbro. These new discoveries are particularly significant because they can help correct mineralization prospecting models, determine favorable positions for deep prospecting, and improve metallogenic prediction and resource potential evaluation.  相似文献   

冈底斯中段容果地区二长花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地球化学特征     

胡林  徐刚  刘大明 《中国地质调查》2020,7(4):67-75

为确定容果地区二长花岗岩的形成时代、成因及其地质意义,对容果地区二长花岗岩进行了岩相学、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及地球化学研究。结果表明: 二长花岗岩中的锆石为岩浆成因,²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄加权平均值为(69±1) Ma,侵入时代属于晚白垩世; 二长花岗岩中Al₂O₃含量为13.83%~14.41%,Na₂O含量为3.68%~3.94%,K₂O含量为4.28%~4.35%, K₂O/Na₂O为1.08~1.18,相对富钾,铝饱和指数A/CNK平均为1.02,属弱过铝质岩石; 微量元素特征表现为相对富集Rb、U、K等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素的特征。结合区域构造演化背景,可得出在80~69 Ma之间,该区的岩浆活动并未停止,仍然持续在发生,所生成的岩体是新特提斯洋壳俯冲的岩浆产物,形成于造山环境下,形成过程贯穿整个造山运动。  相似文献   

新疆库车县盐水沟北铜矿床地质特征及成因探讨          下载免费PDF全文

刘传朋 《山东国土资源》2018,34(4)

盐水沟北铜矿区位于新疆库车县北部,其大地构造位置处于塔吉克-塔里木陆块区、塔里木陆块、塔里木北缘隆起、库车前陆盆地,区内构造活动强烈。铜矿床赋存于新近纪中新统康村组第一岩性段,矿体呈层状,严格受地层控制。区内共圈定10个铜矿体,矿石矿物主要为孔雀石、赤铜矿、水胆矾、自然铜等,矿体内无夹石,顶、底板围岩均为褐红色及浅红色粉质泥岩。该矿床为砂岩型铜矿床。  相似文献   

鲁西地区矽卡岩型铜金矿He—Ar同位素测定及其地质意义——以沂南地区铜井式铜金矿为例          下载免费PDF全文

祝德成  田瑞聪  田京祥  于学峰  杨振毅  杨仕鹏 《山东国土资源》2018,34(8)

铜井式铜金矿(包括铜井铜金矿、金场铜金矿)是鲁西地区发现和开采最早、矿化最普遍的矽卡岩型铜金矿。该文通过矿床的He-Ar同位素测试分析,并结合前人的H,O,S,C稳定同位素分析和年代学测试结果,对铜井式铜金矿成因及成矿机制进行探讨。研究认为,铜井式金矿主要形成于燕山晚期(128~121Ma),黄铁矿中流体包裹体的~(3 )He/~(4 )He值为0.112 9~0.120 9R/Ra,高于地壳物质值,低于典型地幔物质值;~(40 )Ar/~(36 )Ar=364.1~458.0,高于大气值,低于地幔值,成矿流体中存在来源于地壳的放射成因Ar;~(4 )He/~(40 )Ar=1.16~3.433,平均2.296 5,略高于地幔值(1.36~2.23),低于典型地壳值(6.4),表明成矿流体中存在地幔He,Ar;同时有地壳He,Ar加入。综上认为,矿床成矿物质和流体具有深源特征,应来自地幔或下地壳,金成矿主要是与燕山晚期浅成—超浅成中酸性侵入岩有关,这些侵入体在侵位过程中与古生代碳酸盐岩地层发生接触交代作用,形成矽卡岩型铜金矿床。  相似文献