The Permo-Carboniferous Schmidgaden, Weiden, Erbendorf and Stockheim basins from southern Germany host discontinuous seams of high ash coal and carbargillites which were mined for hard coal, explored for uranium and only recently have proved their source rock potential for gaseous and fluid hydrocarbons. Alteration and facies of these carbonaceous beds were geologically and chemically investigated. During silicification which is exclusively confined to the carbonaceous interbeds of pyroclastic depositions, element depletion prograded except for Zn, Pb, U. The anoxic environments under consideration may be subdivided into fluvial/swamp (Upper Westphalian beds from Schmidgaden, Weiden, Erbendorf and Stockheim) and lacustrine depositions (Upper Stephanian and Upper Autunian carbargillites from Erbendorf, Weiden-Bechtsrieth). SiO2, MgO, CaO, Mo and Zr have proved to be most suitable for recognition of these environments, whereas, U, K2O and notably Cu/Zn are less appropriate. In the ternary plots displaying the organic chemistry of extracts of these carbonaceous beds fluvial swamps have low and lacustrine beds high contents of saturated hydrocarbons. All samples show a pronounced OEP (=odd even predominance) of n-alkanes which partly are environment-controlled (terrestrial origin), partly maturity-controlled. The high iso- and cyclo-alkanes of Schmidgaden and bimodal n-alkyl distribution point to a contribution of algal material. Finally four basin types bearing carbonaceous rocks are discussed with respect to their economic potential and compared with basins elsewhere (Cerilly, Lodève, St. Hippolyte, Uinta): type I: intramontane fault-bounded basin (swamp), type II: volcanic-depression with steep relief (swamps), type III: halfgraben (lake), type IV: volcanic-depression with smooth relief (lake). Types I and II are of interest for hard coal, organic-hosted U-deposits and mainly gasprone; types III and IV, however, show good source-rock potential for crude oil. 相似文献
Most of the U occurrences situated at the western edge of the Bohemian Massif show in their upper parts secondary U minerals. The immigration (P, V, As and Se) from the country rocks and the ore body, via saprolite and paleosoils into the secondary ore minerals is investigated. The P content is suggested to be closely related to hydromorphic paleosoils. From those intermediate stages it may have been brought into the upper parts of the vein structures. No laterogenic impoverishment in the wall rocks with respect to phosphorus or apatite could be determined. The arsenic distributions is also governed as at other sulfide deposits by underlying sulfides and reducing conditions of a primary hypogene ore zone, whereas vanadium content in U secondary minerals is closely related to the enclosing country rocks. Granites, on account of their low content in mafic minerals, have low V contents in U secondary minerals. Besides the Schwarzach Area, U ore mineralisations from other U occurrences have been investigated. Some of the U deposits are certainly of “per ascensum” origin and their secondary U mineralisation can well be interpreted as having been derived from the underlying primary “black ores”. However, some mineralisations cannot be classified with certainty as being “per ascensum”. They include some properties pointing to “per ascensum” (e. g. sulfide association) as well as characteristics typical for “per descensum” (small depth, large amounts of U-VI minerals). The mode of formation may in some cases be as follows: Variscan or Alpine ore mineralisations of no economic significance may have formed a reducing environment and caused U to be concentrated. Younger redistribution processes influenced by modern tectonics (uplifting) and the fluviatile drainage pattern have taken place and in some cases destroyed the primary deposits or enhanced the ore mineralisation. These processes roughly resemble those described from sandstone — hosted roll front deposits. 相似文献
Zusammenfassung Innerhalb der Blei-Kupfer-Zink-Vererzung der Grube Accesa tritt Strahlenblende auf. Sie besteht zum größten Teil aus Sphalerit und geringen Mengen Wurtzit. Die Chalkopyriteinschlüsse dieses Zinksulfids lassen sich den die Altersstellung der Blende kennzeichnenden Strukturtypen zuordnen. Die Strahlenblende wird als eine frühe Ausscheidung angesehen, die sich im Verlauf der Vererzung in spätige Zinkblende umwandelt. Ihre Eigenschaften und ihre Veränderungen während der Mineralisation werden im folgenden dargestellt.
Fibrous sphalerite from accesa, Southwest Tuscany, Italy
Summary Within the lead-copper-zinc-mineralization at Accesa Mina a Strahlenblende (fibrous sphalerite) has been found. The main component is sphalerite with very small amounts of wurtzite. The chalcopyrite inclusions in this zinc sulfide may be attributed to certain types of texture according with their age of formation. The Strahlenblende is believed to have formed early in the succession, grading into younger sparlike sphalerite. Its properties and later alteration during ore mineralization will be described.
Pyrometallurgical relics from smelting of iron as well as base metal ores are mineralogically and chemically investigated and dated using the radiocarbon method and optically stimulated luminescence. This study addresses the question whether these pyrometallurgical remains may be used as an exploration tool enabling geologists to discriminate between false and true gossans. Moreover, these investigations make a historical contribution and demonstrate how mining and smelting activities spread across NE Bavaria, Germany. 相似文献
An interdisciplinary study (major and minor elements, C and O isotopes, heavy and light minerals, phyllosilicates, wireline logs) in northern Namibia unraveled the hydrographic and hydraulic evolution of alluvial–fluvial sediments of the Kunene and Cubango megafans (Etosha-Cuvelai Basin). Three principal aquatic regimes were operative within the megafan complex: (1) the hydrographic regime, (2) the proximal hydraulic regime, (3) the distal hydraulic regime. The allogenic mineral assemblages mirror the hydrographic variation or drainage system and the lithological evolution of the fan sediments (alluvial–fluvial fan, lacustrine environment with evaporites, fan delta progradation). Authigenic heavy minerals are markers of the physical–chemical condition (Eh and pH values) of the hydraulic regime within the proximal fan at the basin margin. Authigenic heavy, light and clay minerals equally contribute to the determination of the fluid chemistry and temperature, as well as the source of chemical constituents of the former pore fluids percolating through the distal fan. Carbonatization was the most pronounced event in the distal hydraulic system and controlled by the presence of biogenic as well as atmospheric carbon. The isotope-based determination of the temperatures, albeit strongly fluctuating, do not exceed 40 °C. The overall pH values determined for the hydraulic regime within the distal fan range from slightly acidic to alkaline. The presence of zeolites attests to some short-lasting but strong deviations from the pH range, mainly towards more alkaline conditions. Heavy, light and clay mineral analyses proved to be a useful tool to determine the (paleo)hydrology of alluvial–fluvial fan systems in tropical arid to semiarid climates. 相似文献
Consolidated to friable carbonate rocks found in the Lee Stocking Island area in the Exuma Cays include: (1) reef rock, (2) channel stromatolites, (3) shallow-water hardgrounds, (4) beachrock rimming the islands and (5) Pleistocene bedrock.
The most common cement fabrics observed are: aragonitic fibers, which include acicular fan-druse and square-tipped coarse fibers cementing beachrock and stromatolites; and an isopachous needle-fiber rim cementing hardgrounds and stromatolites.
Less common are high-Mg calcite bladed textures of the reef rock and stromatolites. Two types of blades are present: the more common stubby variety of either high-Mg or low-Mg calcite, and an elongated variety of high-Mg calcite which was found in only three beachrock samples.
Aragonitic micrite envelopes usually surround grains in beachrock, hardgrounds and stromatolites, but only in association with fibrous cement. An aragonitic crust cements the surfaces of lime mud beds of the tidal channel, while a high-Mg calcite cryptocrystalline cement occurs in all the rock types. Calcified algal filaments of high-Mg calcite, from the abundant green and blue-green algae in the area, are a primary cement in stromatolites and a secondary cement in hardgrounds and beachrock. A low-Mg calcite equant spar cements the Pleistocene samples and is associated with meteoric diagenesis and cementation of the Pleistocene surface.
Cement precipitation coincides with the path of the cool oceanic water from Exuma Sound as it warms and loses CO2 and moves up onto the bank near Lee Stocking with the incoming tide. Cryptocrystalline cement is the first and commonest cement forming to the seaward while platformward, fibrous cements become predominant. As suggested by their crystal size and location on the shelf margin, we think that the reef rock cryptocrystalline material are the fastest forming of the cements, where the incoming oceanic water is more saturated with respect to calcium carbonate and undergoes the most significant warming. The rate of the warming and degassing process is thought to increase in the tidal channel though the cementation rate is thought to fall slightly in response to a reduced availability of calcium carbonate. On the platform interior further warming and degassing are believed to cause cement precipitation and the development of hardgrounds, but these may form at a slower rate than that of the margin, though this rate is still quite high. Cementation gradients occur from the tidal channel to the intertidal zones of: (1) west Norman's Pond Cay, where cement fabric suggests a reduced calcium carbonate availability, and (2) west Lee Stocking Island, where a change in mineralogy suggests a change in water chemistry.
Thus, a sequence of cement fabrics and mineralogies can be traced. Micritic textures occur in a more seaward position; fine, fibrous aragonite fibers in a more lagoonal and levee position; and coarser aragonite fibers and Mg-calcite cements in the intertidal and supratidal position. This sequence is thought to track the evolution of the water mass. 相似文献
The applicability of two vulnerability assessment methods in evaluating the impact of agricultural activities on groundwater quality, is tested in two areas in the south of Portugal with modest results. Intensive citri- and horticulture require large amounts of fertiliser and water supplied by irrigation, which induces groundwater salinisation and contamination by nitrates. The degree of contamination varies highly within and between the study areas and is related to hydrogeological factors as well as intensity of agricultural practices. Vulnerability mapping is performed with the intrinsic DRASTIC method and the specific Susceptibility Index (SI), which is an adaptation of DRASTIC. These methods can constitute useful groundwater management tools, for instance when designating new Nitrate Vulnerable Zones as defined in the European Directive 91/676/EEC. However, in the case of DRASTIC, little correspondence exists between the most vulnerable and the most contaminated areas. This is mainly a result of underestimating the dilution capacity and overemphasising the attenuating potential of the unsaturated zone and aquifer, as both chloride and nitrate prove to be very stable contaminants. By including a parameter for land use, SI manages to produce more reliable results, although in many areas the vulnerability is overestimated.
Resumen Se evalúa la aplicabilidad de dos métodos de estimación de vulnerabilidad en evaluar el impacto de actividades agrícolas en la calidad del agua subterránea para dos áreas en el sur de Portugal obteniendo resultados modestos. La horticultura y citricultura intensiva requiere grandes cantidades de fertilizantes y agua abastecida por riego, lo cual induce salinización de agua subterránea y contaminación por nitratos. El grado de contaminación varía fuertemente dentro y entre las áreas de estudio y se relaciona con factores hidrogeológicos así como con la intensidad de las prácticas agrícolas. El mapeo de vulnerabilidad se lleva a cabo con el método intrínsico DRASTIC y el Índice de Susceptibilidad específica (SI), el cual es una adaptación de DRASTIC. Estos métodos pueden constituir herramientas de manejo de aguas subterráneas útiles, por ejemplo al designar nuevas Zonas Vulnerables por Nitratos del modo que se definen en la Directiva Europea 91/676/EEC. Sin embargo, en el caso de DRASTIC, existen poca correspondencia entre las zonas más vulnerables y las áreas más contaminadas. Esto se debe principalmente a la subestimación de la capacidad de dilución y a al sobre énfasis del potencial de atenuación de la zona no saturada y el acuífero, ya que tanto cloruro como nitrato han probado ser contaminantes muy estables. Al incluir un parámetro del uso de la tierra, SI genera resultados más confiables, aunque en muchas áreas se sobrestima la vulnerabilidad.
Résumé Lapplication de deux méthodes de calcul de la vulnérabilité permettant dévaluer limpact des activités agricoles sur la qualité des eaux souterraines, est testée dans deux zones du Sud du Portugal, avec des résultats modestes. La citriculture et lhorticulture intensives nécessitent de grandes quantités e fertilisants et deau souterraine pour lirrigation, ce qui induit la salinisation et la contamination des eaux souterraines par les nitrates. Le degré de contamination varie grandement à lintérieur et entre les zones détudes, en fonction des facteurs hydrogéologiques et de lintensité des pratiques agricoles. La cartographie de la vulnérabilité est mise en oeuvre via la méthodologie DRASTIC et lIndex de Susceptibilité (SI) spécifique, qui est une adaptation de la méthode DRASTIC. Ces méthodes êuvent constituer des outils de management des eaux souterraines, par exemple lors de la désignation de nouvelles zones de vulnérabilité aux Nitrates selon la n Directive Européenne 91/676/EEC. Par ailleurs dans le cas de DRASTIC, de petites correspondances existent entre les zones les plus vulnérables et les plus contaminées. Ceci est principalement le résultat dune sous-estimation de la capacité de dilution et de la sur-accentuation du potentiel datténuation de la zone non-saturée de laquifère, car et le chlore et les nitrates sont des contaminants très stables. En incluant un paramètre dutilisation des sols, SI produit des résultats plus réalistes, bien que dans de nombreuses zones la vulnérabilité soit surestimée.
Zusammenfassung Das Uranvorkommen bei Mähring/Oberpfalz liegt im Grenzbereich Moldanubikum-Saxothuringikum. Die erzführenden Strukturen streichen ± N–S (Gang II) und NNWSSE (Gang I). Sie durchschlagen ein aus Kalifeldspat-Biotit-Granitoiden und chloritisierten Biotitglimmerschiefern aufgebautes Nebengestein vermutlich präkambrischen Alters. Die Gangquarze liegen in mehreren Generationen vor; sie werden stark kataklastisch beansprucht und umgelagert. In den Drusen und im Intergranularraum des Quarzganges schieden sich die Phosphate, Eisenbisulfide, Molybdänsulfide und U-Titanate, U-Oxide und U-Silikate ab. Diese Vererzung läßt sich mit der in Höhensteinweg bei Poppenreuth aufgefundenen monotonen S-akkordanten U-Mineralisation vergleichen. Sie weist innerhalb der Vererzung eine nebengesteinsbezogene Bindung der Uranerzminerale dahingehend auf, daß die Urantitanate an die chloritisierten Nebengesteinsbereiche gebunden sind, während die Uranoxide vornehmlich in den reinen Gangquarzen konzentriert sind. Eine polymetallische U-Mineralisation kommt nicht vor. Vergleiche mit Uranerzvorkommen in der CSSR legen niedrig-thermale Bildungsbedingungen für das Vorkommen Wäldel nahe. Die Elementassoziation U-P-Mo-C deutet auf eine Karbonatoder/und Schwarzschiefereinschaltung in der Bunten Gruppe als Muttergestein hin. Die Elementanreicherung geht primär auf eine Mobilisationen durch den jungvariszischen Magmatismus zurück. Eine postvariszische Umlagerung ist nach den Spurenelemenlvergleichen mit anderen U-Vorkommen und nach den mineralogischen Daten (z. B. kein radiogener Bleiglanz, viel metamorphes Bitumen) anzunehmen. Die Lagerstätte wird nicht als Gangvorkommen s. Str., sondern als mineralisierte Strukturzone bezeichnet. Diese Strukturzonen weisen häufig eine sehr große Teufenerstreckung auf.
The uranium occurrence near Mähring/Upper Palatinate is situated in the border zone between the Moldanubian and Saxothuringian. The ore-bearing structures run NNW-SSE (lode I) and more or less N-S (lode II). They intersect Precambrian country rocks composed of potassium feldspar-biotite-granitic-mobilisates and chloritised biotite mica schists. The gangue material has formed at different stages and has been affected by intensive cataclastie deformation and recrystallisation. The phosphates, iron sulfides, molybdenum sulfides and U-titanates, U-oxides and U-silicates crystallised in cavities and interstices of the vein quartz. The whole mineralisation can well be compared with the monotonous subconcordant U-mineralisation found in the Höhensteinweg uranium deposit, which is in the neighbourhood of the Wäldel uranium deposit. There is a close relationship between the type of U-mineral and the lithology of the wall rock. Brannerites, for example, are closely associated with chloritised rocks, whereas U-oxides are predominantly encountered in pure vein quartz. No polymetallic U-mineralisation has been found up to now. Comparisons with U-occurrences in Czechoslovakia point to a low temperature of formation for this U-mineralisation. Judgeing from the main elements such as U, P, Mo and C, the mineralisation may have been derived from a deeper-lying metachert and/or carbonate horizon of the Varied Group. The late Variscan thermal events were probably responsible for the mobilisation of these elements. Mineralogical features (e.g. no radiogenic galena, impsonites) and trace element distribution suggest that this mineralisation was redeposited during the Alpidic period. The deposit cannot be classified as a vein-type deposit s.s. as has been done in the past, since it lacks any gangue material paragenetically associated with the U-ores. It is better described as a mineralised fault zone. They are well known for their deep reaching ore bodies.
Résumé Le gisement d'uranium de Mähring, en Haut-Palatinat, se trouve sur la limite des zones moldanubienne et saxo-thuringienne. Les structures minéralisées sont orientées ± N-S (filon II) et NNW-SSE (filon I). Elles recoupent une roche encaissante d'âge probablement précambrien, constituée de granitoides à biotite et feldspath potassique et de micaschistes chloritisés à biotite. Plusieurs générations se retrouvent dans le quartz filonien qui a subi une forte contrainte cataclastique et a été remanié. Des phosphates, des disulfures de fer, des sulfures de molybdène, des titanates, des oxydes et des silicates d'uranium se sont déposés dans les géodes et dans les espaces intergranulaires du filon de quartz. On peut comparer ce gite avec le minéralisation uranifère, monotone, de plan S, de Höhensteinweg, près de Poppenreuth. Le fait que les titanates uranifères sont liés aux zones chloritisées de la roche encaissante, alors que les oxydes d'uranium sont le plus souvent limités aux filons de quartz pur, indique une liaison avec lá roche encaissante au sein de la minéralisation. Il n'y a pas de minéralisation polymétallique uranifère. La comparaison avec d'autres gisements d'uranium d'Europe centrale suggère une formation à basse température pour le gisement dé Wäldel. L'association des éléments U-P-Mo-C indique une intercalation de schistes noirs et/ou de carbonates dans la roche-mère, la «Bunte Gruppe». A l'origine, l'enrichissement des éléments est dû à une mobilisation contrôlée par des phénomènes magmatiques d'une phase jeune du cycle varisque. La comparaison des éléments en traces avec ceux d'autres gisements d'uranium, ainsi que les données minéralogiques (pas de galène radiogène, beaucoup de bitume) suggèrent qu'il y a eu un remaniement et une phase de minéralisation postvarisques. Ce gisement n'est pas considéré comme un gisement filonien au sens strict, mais plutôt comme une «zone structurale minéralisée». Ce genre de zones structurales montre souvent une très grande étendue en profondeur.
Der Begriff Struktur wird zur Kennzeichnung eines im Streichen verfolgbaren Erzvorkommens verwendet. Es handelt sich um einen rein deskriptiven Begriff, der auf den durch die Exploration gewonnenen Daten basiert und frei von einer präjudizierenden lagerstättengenetischen Deutung sein soll. 相似文献
Specimens from strata-bound/stratiform Kieslager, lineament-bound, and unconformity-related Pb occurrences from the NE Bavarian Saxothuringian and Moldanubian belts and samples from stibnite and polymetallic Sb-Au quartz veins were analyzed for their lead isotope composition.The strata-bound Pb at Bodenmais yielded an Upper Proterozoic 207Pb/206Pb model age which correlates with the assumed stratigraphic age of the host rock. Late Precambrian rift activity may have triggered the formation of this ore mineralization. This type of Pb was also found in the Kieslager at Waldsassen hosted by Early Paleozoic country rocks and in the fluorite veins at Kittenrain.The vein-type lineament-bound, and unconformity-related Pb occurrences show a similar isotopic pattern which suggests that this type of Pb originated from the same source. The 207Pb/206Pb model ages which are too old compared to the assumed age of formation and the accelerated 208Pb evolution indicate that the detritus of the source rock underwent a high-grade metamorphism in the Precambrian.The formation of the unconformity-related Pb concentrated in galena of fluorite-barite veins is correlated with late Variscan magmatic intrusions. The older model ages of about 100–150 Ma from the lineament-bound lead, located along deep-seated lineamentary fault zones, suggest an earlier separation of this type of Pb possibly triggered by the Caledonian A-subduction-related metamorphism. 相似文献