Thermodynamic Modelling of Ore-Forming Mechanism of the Changkeng Gold-Silver Deposits in Guangdong Province

The Changkeng gold-silver deposits consist of a sediment-hosted, disseminated gold deposit and a replacement-type silver deposit. The mineralizations of gold and silver are zoned and closely related to the silicification of carbonate and clastic rocks, so that siliceous ores dominate in the deposit. The mineralizing temperature ranges mainly from 300 to 170℃, and K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and Cl- are the major ions in the ore-forming fluid. Calculations of distribution of metal complexes show that gold is mainly transported by hydrosulphide complexes, but chloride complexes of silver, iron, lead, and zinc, which are transformed into hydroxyl and hydrosulphide complexes under neutral to weak-alkaline circumstances in the late stage, predominate in the ore-forming solutions. Water-rock interaction is confirmed to be the effective mechanism for the formation of silver ores by computer modelling of reaction of hydrothermal solution with carbonate rocks. The solubility analyses demonstrate that the

福建吉花金银矿床地质特征及含矿蚀变带元素迁移对区域成矿的启示

吉花金银矿床为中型浅成中低温热液型矿床,共圈定36个金银矿体,均赋存于北东向断裂蚀变带中。银物相分析表明,银以硫化物银、自然银为主,银、金总体上同体共生,且二者品位具有正相关性。主成矿阶段矿物组合以石英-黄铁矿-黄铜矿-金-辉银矿为特征。沿矿体横向(侧向)划分为4个蚀变分带。为了厘定热液蚀变过程中的物质迁移,对蚀变碎裂岩采用标准化Isocon图解法计算物质迁移特征,结果表明,蚀变过程中Fe、Si、Mg、Ti、Cu、As、Mo、Co、Cr、La、Li、Ni、V呈迁入特征;Na、Ca、Ba、Sr、Nb呈迁出特征,其中Ca、Ba、Sr的迁出表明成矿热液具有富硅、去钙化的特征。通过类比区域内邱村金矿床、东洋金矿床、大冬坑金矿床,四者均为闽中金银成矿系统形成的矿床系列,可能是在古太平洋板块俯冲、后撤动力背景下,含矿流体沿火山机构及酸性岩脉通道运移至到浅部断裂中沉淀成矿的区域成矿模式。该成果可为区域内寻找金银矿提供思路。

Ore Controls and Metallogenesis of Au-Ag Deposits at Atalla Mine,Central Eastern Desert of Egypt

Gold-silver deposits in the Atalla area occur as hydrothermal quartz veins in NE–SW pre-existing fractures within the Atalla granitic pluton.The orientation of such quartz veins has been attributed to extensional behavior related to the Atalla Shear Zone(ASZ).The Atalla area is covered by a variety of lithologies that are(from oldest to youngest):metasedimentary rocks,metavolcanic rocks,ophiolite assemblage(serpentinites/talc-carbonates),Atalla granite and Dokhan volcanic rocks.Microscopically,Atalla granite ranges in composition from granodiorite to monzogranite.Wholerock geochemistry constrains the calc-alkaine affinity of the Atalla granite that was intruded within an orogenic(syncollision)tectonic regime.The ore minerals are represented by gold/silver(electrum),pyrite(Py1&Py2),arsenopyrite,pyrrhotite,sphalerite,chalcopyrite,galena,covellite and goethite.The temperature of ore formation ranges from 240 to 285℃and the estimated fluid pressure is in the range of 20–100 MPa.Based on the geological setting,ore textures and fluid characteristics;the Atalla Au-Ag deposits are considered to be orogenic in nature,formed from a continental collision(~653-590 Ma),synchronous with the emplacement of calc-alkaline magmatism during the evolutionary history of the Arabian Nubian Shield(ANS).The initial ore-forming fluid was primarily derived from a metamorphic source related to ophiolitic-serpentinite rocks under deep regional conditions of greenschist-amphibolite facies,where the Atalla granitic eruption provided the required temperature conditions for the metamorphic process to take place.Under such conditions,the transportation of ore metals as bisulfide complexes is favoured.The deposition of ore minerals was triggered by fluidwallrock interaction through fracture pathways in conjunction with a temperature-pressure drop that is likely to have been related to uplift into the crustal levels.

福建吉花银矿床矿石特征及银的赋存状态

在野外地质调查和总结矿床地质特征的基础上,通过物相鉴定和化学分析,对吉花银矿床的矿石特征及银的赋存状态进行了深入研究。研究结果表明,该矿床的矿石类型以原生硫化物矿石为主,地表及构造地段见少量氧化矿石;矿石中矿物种类多样,金属矿物主要以黄铁矿为主,次为赤铁矿、褐铁矿、少量黄铜矿及金银矿物等;非金属矿物有石英、黑云母、白云母等;黄铁矿和石英是重要的载银矿物。银的赋存状态主要有矿物银和分散银,矿物银占95.0%,分散银占5.0%,银主要以矿物银形式赋存在自然银、辉银矿、硫锑铜银矿等矿物中,其中以辉银矿为主,少量自然银、硫锑铜银矿,这些矿物又主要呈微细粒-细粒状(2~52μm)嵌布在黄铁矿和石英中,分散银以难溶矿物中包裹银为主,少量氧化银中银。