Environment and Deep-Sea Mining: A Perspective     

B. Nagender Nath  R. Sharma 《Marine Georesources & Geotechnology》2013,31(3):285-294

Abstract

As the quest for deep-sea mineral resources is gaining momentum, environment and ocean mining have become important aspects of study. Because many of these deposits occur in international waters, the concern for environmental conservation in view of the effects of deep-sea mining is resulting in these effects being studied in different oceans, and efforts to develop regulations governing this exploitation are also underway at national and international levels. The impact assessment of deep-sea mining needs to encompass a variety of subjects, including environmental, socioeconomic, technological, and legal aspects. At the same time, effects of in situ environmental conditions on mining activities also need to be considered for effecient performance by the mining system. Differences in the degree of impact have been noticed during the mining simulation experiments by different investigating agencies. Therefore, interparameter comparisons, standardization of methods, and improvement in mining design are important considerations for proper utilization of resources, conservation of environment, and cost efficiency of the mining operations.  相似文献   

Composition and Useful Properties of Tailings of Marine Manganese Nodules and Crusts     

Zhimin Bai  John C. Wiltshire 《Marine Georesources & Geotechnology》2013,31(1-2):13-24

ABSTRACT

Marine manganese nodules and crusts, when processed, yield tailings which may be utilized for environmental and economic benefit. The key to the reasonable and effective utilization of these tailings lies in making a systematic appraisal of their composition and properties. This article gives an introduction to the investigation of manganese tailings properties. The tailings have a high iron and/or manganese content, high surface area, high porosity, and fine grain size. Some tailings have a high rare earth element content which is valuable. They may also have high SO₃, arsenic, and uranium contents which are harmful. Depending on the process used to produce the tailings, there will likely be some differences in chemical composition, mineral assemblages, surface area and adsorption capability, pore diameter and volume, density and pH. In assigning potentially beneficial applications for these tailings, these differences should be taken into account to optimize utilization.  相似文献   

On the use of Atterberg limits on marine soils     

Bernard Chassefiere  Andre Monaco 《Marine Georesources & Geotechnology》2013,31(2):153-179

Abstract

On the basis of the Atterberg indexes of various sediments collected in the Mediterranean Sea, we select two major parameters indicative of the mechanical behavior of marine soils: the sedimentary facies (i.e., mechanism of deposition expressed by silt content) and the clay mineral association characterized by smectite content in the fraction finer than 2 μm. Activity and real thixotropic ability appear to be particularly important parameters in marine engineering; better values are obtained by a double test operation in distilled and marine water.  相似文献   

湖南省铅锌金银多金属矿床地质特征与成矿规律     

付胜云  陈启亮  邓蕾 《中国地质调查》2022,9(2):50-62

在对前人典型矿床研究的基础上,总结了湖南省铅锌金银多金属矿床的地质特征、成因类型及成矿规律,重点分析了13处铅锌金银多金属(铜、钨、锡等)矿床(体)的地质特征及成矿机制.湖南省铅锌金银多金属矿床包括接触交代型(夕卡岩型)、岩浆热液型(充填交代型及蚀变岩型)和浅成中-低温热液型(沉积热液再造型)3个三级(四级)成因类型....  相似文献   

延边东部五道沟脉型白钨矿矿床地质特征及流体包裹体   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

任云生  鞠楠  赵华雷  王辉  卢秀全  吴昌志 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2011,41(6):1736-1744

延边东部五道沟矿床内的钨矿体主要呈平行脉状赋存于华力西晚期蚀变花岗闪长岩中,与相邻的杨金沟大型钨矿相比,具有矿脉数量少、单脉厚度大和品位高的特点;矿石中金属矿物以白钨矿为主,呈团块状、粗粒浸染状、细脉状产于石英脉及碎裂蚀变围岩中,具有热液脉型矿床的矿化特征。主成矿阶段形成的粗粒白钨矿及石英颗粒中主要发育气液两相包裹体,白钨矿颗粒中尚含少量的含CO₂三相包裹体。石英中气液两相包裹体均一温度主要介于171.2～268.0℃,热液盐度(w(NaCl))为0.70%～10.74%;白钨矿中气液两相包裹体的均一温度变化范围为209.6～253.3℃,热液盐度为1.39%～8.67%;白钨矿中2个含CO₂三相包裹体完全均一温度分别为287.2℃和294.7℃。结合单个包裹体气相组分分析,认为五道沟白钨矿矿床的成矿流体为中温、低盐度的NaCl-H₂O-CO₂体系,并含一定数量的N₂等气体。该矿床与杨金沟大型钨矿综合对比表明：两矿床具有相似的成矿地质背景和控矿条件,围岩蚀变、矿石矿物组成、矿石组构及白钨矿赋存状态等矿化特征基本相同,不同赋矿围岩中含矿构造性质不同应是两矿区钨矿体形态、产状和规模差异的主控因素。  相似文献   

Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology of Granite from the Xiazhuang Uranium Ore Field, South China: Implications for Exhumation History and Ore Preservation     

SUN Yue  CHEN Zhengle  PAN Jiayong  HUO Hailong  LI Haidong  SUN Junjie  XU Guangchun 《《地质学报》英文版》2024,98(2):430-440

Xiazhuang uranium ore field, located in the southern part of the Nanling Metallogenic Belt, is considered one of the largest granite-related U regions in South China. In this paper, we contribute new apatite fission track data and thermal history modeling to constrain the exhumation history and evaluate preservation potential of the Xiazhuang Uranium ore field. Nine Triassic outcrop granite samples collected from different locations of Xiazhuang Uranium ore field yield AFT ages ranging from 43 to 24 Ma with similar mean confined fission track lengths ranging from 11.8 ± 2.0 to 12.9 ± 1.9 μm and Dpar values between 1.01 and 1.51 μm. The robustness time-temperature reconstructions of samples from the hanging wall of Huangpi fault show that the Xiazhuang Uranium ore field experienced a time of monotonous and slow cooling starting from middle Paleocene to middle Miocene (~60–10 Ma), followed by relatively rapid exhumation in the late Miocene (~10–5 Ma) and nearly thermal stability in the Pliocene–Quaternary (~5–0 Ma). The amount of exhumation after U mineralization since the Middle Paleogene was estimated as ~4.3 ± 1.8 km according to the integrated thermal history model. Previous studies indicate that the ore-forming ages of U deposits in the Xiazhuang ore field are mainly before Middle Paleocene and the mineralization depths are more than 4.4 ± 1.2 km. Therefore, the exhumation history since middle Paleocene plays important roles in the preservation of the Xiazhuang Uranium ore field.  相似文献   

黔北地区桃园向斜铝土矿矿床地质特征及找矿方向     

吴先彪  邓虎  王兵  朱尤青 《地质与资源》2013,22(3):218-223

桃园向斜铝土矿位于道真县东部,是务川-正安-道真地区铝土矿的一个组成部分.该铝土矿产于二叠纪梁山组地层中,属于沉积型铝土矿床,其中地质历史时期的沉积间断对铝土矿的形成有重要作用.通过对其成矿地质背景、矿床地质特征的分析,总结了桃园向斜铝土矿的控矿因素及其找矿标志,并指出向斜的深部及西翼中部和南部具有较大的找矿潜力.  相似文献   

西藏甲玛铜多金属矿床深部斑岩矿体找矿突破及其意义   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

唐菊兴  郑文宝  陈毓川  王登红  应立娟  秦志鹏 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2013,43(4):1100-1110

甲玛铜多金属矿是西藏冈底斯成矿带中东段勘查程度最高、成矿元素与矿体类型复杂的超大型斑岩-矽卡岩型矿床。通过4年多、近350 个钻孔的验证,不仅实现了矽卡岩矿体的找矿突破,同时在0-40线深部发现了产于二长花岗斑岩与石英闪长玢岩中的斑岩钼（铜）矿体,建立了“四位一体”的找矿勘查模式。斑岩矿体赋存标高一般处于4 600 m以下,矿体走向NW-SE,倾向NE,近直立,矿体垂向延伸大于350 m;斑岩矿石以发育细脉-浸染状、网脉状构造为特征;矿石中的矿石矿物主要为黄铜矿与辉钼矿,少见斑铜矿;脉石矿物主要为石英。初步查明:与铜矿化有关的含矿岩体主要为偏中性的石英闪长玢岩,蚀变以典型的细粒热液黑云母交代角闪石斑晶和基质而成的黑云母化蚀变为主;与钼矿化有关的含矿岩体主要为二长花岗斑岩,蚀变以硅化为主,次为绿帘石化、泥化和钾化。斑岩体与碳酸盐岩接触带常产出厚度超过200 m的巨厚矽卡岩矿体,且在岩体一侧有内矽卡岩产出。甲玛深部斑岩矿体的发现不仅证实了“斑岩-矽卡岩型”的矿床成因观点,而且完善了甲玛矿床成矿模式与勘查模型。  相似文献   

黔东南天锦黎地区矿田级金矿定位预测——兼论勘查及研究程度较低地区的矿产预测方法     

陶平  陈启飞  王亮  胡从亮 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2013,43(4):1235-1245

黔东南天柱-锦屏-黎平地区金矿勘查及研究程度较低,在进行矿产预测时必须有针对性地进行成矿地质背景、成矿规律、物化遥信息、找矿标志、预测要素等专题研究,更多关注成矿地质背景、成矿规律对矿产预测的主导作用,找准影响矿产预测的主要因素,客观适度地赋予物化遥信息对矿产预测的权重。同时,在条件不成熟时可将预测精度降至矿田-矿床级的定位预测,从整体上评价每个金矿田的找矿远景,并对某些部位找到矿床的可能性作进一步评述。采用了多种预测要素权重的简单相加法进行定位预测,而未具体开展基于GIS的定量预测,意在强调地质勘查及研究程度较低地区开展各项专题研究的重要性,并探讨简化矿产预测程序的可行性。经尝试,适宜于该类地区矿田级定位预测的简化流程为：a.相关专题研究;b.预测要素研究及赋值;c.各矿田成矿概率的计算及找矿远景分类;d.各矿田资源潜力评价。通过该方法尝试,该区获得找矿远景区A类4个、B类3个、C类3个。  相似文献   

吉林省新华龙钼矿床流体包裹体     

张勇  孙景贵  邢树文  赵克强  邱殿明 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2013,43(6):1878

新华龙钼矿床位于中国东北地区吉林省东部,是一个新发现的斑岩型钼矿床。矿床产于花岗闪长斑岩中。矿床成矿阶段包括石英-浸染状辉钼矿、石英-网脉状辉钼矿、石英-黄铁矿-黄铜矿、石英-多金属硫化物和石英-碳酸盐化5个阶段。流体包裹体实验结果表明：流体包裹体的类型主要为气液两相包裹体,其次为纯气相和纯液相包裹体,还有少量含子矿物的多相包裹体。流体包裹体的均一温度为172～385 ℃,盐度(w(NaCl))为8.51%～45.44%。从早阶段到晚阶段成矿流体温度具有规律的演化,均一温度分别为360～390 ℃、270～350 ℃、250～260 ℃、220～230 ℃、170～190 ℃。其中:含子矿物多相包裹体均一温度为272～385 ℃,盐度为35.79％～45.44％,密度为1.07～1.08 g/cm³;气液两相包裹体均一温度为172～381 ℃,盐度为8.51％～23.36％,密度为0.70～0.99 g/cm³。激光拉曼光谱分析表明,包裹体的气体成分主要为CO₂、H₂O、N₂和CH₄。包裹体岩相学及测温表明,流体由早期的高温、高盐度、含二氧化碳的含矿流体在主成矿阶段发生流体包裹体的沸腾、CO₂逸出、温度降低等过程,导致大量金属硫化物沉淀。结合氢氧同位素特征,初步确定该矿床的成矿流体主要以岩浆水为主,后期有大气水的加入。流体沸腾是新华龙钼矿床成矿的重要机制。  相似文献