Geology and Geochemistry of K-feldspar Veins in Lamprophyre at the Zhenyuan Gold Deposit,Yunnan,Southwest China:Implications for Gold Mineralization

Lamprophyres typically appear in hydrothermal gold deposits.The relationship between lamprophyres and gold deposits is investigated widely.Some researchers suggest that the emplacement of lamprophyres triggers gold mineralization,whereas others hypothesize that the formation of lamprophyres increases the fertility of mantle sources and ore-forming fluids.K-feldspar veins,with ages between those of lamprophyres and gold deposits,appear in lamprophyres in Zhenyuan.Therefore,K-feldspar veins are ideal for investigating the relationship between lamprophyres and gold deposits.Phlogopite in K-feldspar veins has lower Mg#,Ni,and Cr contents and higher TiO2,Li,Ba,Sr,Sc,Zr,Nb,and Cs contents than phlogopite in lamprophyres.The in-situ Sr isotopic values of apatites(0.7063–0.7066)in K-feldspar veins are within the range for apatites(0.7064–0.7078)from lamprophyres.High large-ion lithophile element concentrations and low Nb and Ta concentrations in phlogopite from lamprophyres,in addition to high(87Sr/86Sr)i values of apatite(0.7064–0.7078),indicate that the magma parental to these phlogopite and apatite crystals is derived from an enriched mantle.Kfeldspar veins are genetically correlated with lamprophyres,whereas sulfide mineral assemblage and trace element compositions of pyrite in K-feldspar veins suggest that K-feldspar veins in lamprophyres are not directly related to gold mineralization of the Zhenyuan deposit.

Underplating of Mesozoic Mantle-derived Magmas in Tongling, Anhui Province: Evidence from Megacrysts and Xenoliths

Lithological observations and mineralogical analyses on pyroxene and hornblende megacrysts and pyroxene and hornblende cumulates in xenoliths in the Mesozoic plutons of the Tongling region, Anhui Province, provide evidence for the magmatic underplating of mantle-derived alkali-olivine basalt at circa 140 Ma. The pyroxene and hornblende megacrysts and cumulates were formed through the AFC process at depths ranging from 27 to 35 km.

Discovery of Pyrrhotite-Chalcopyrite Bearing Amphibole Megacrysts in Tongling Area, Anhui Province

Some pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-bearing amphibole megacrysts (including pyroxene megacrysts) were discovered in Mesozoic augite diorite-porphyrite at Caoshan in Tongling area, Anhui Province. The amphibole megacrysts,belonging mainly to pargasite and magnesiohastingsite, are characteristic of the amphibole composition derived from mantle and crystallized in lower crust. In general, the aggregates of pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite take the shapes of cylinder and sphere. Three occurrences have been recognized in the amphibole megacrysts: parallel linear, bunchy and scattered. The unique cylinder-like shape of the aggregates and remarkable Ni-poor sulfides in Caoshan are distinctively different from the spherical Ni-rich sulfides in pyroxene megacrysts and any other kinds of megacrysts. In terms of composition, the amphibole megacrysts and their sulfides in Caoshan are similar to those in the pyroxenite xenoliths in Qilin, Guangdong Province. In terms of origin, the pyrrhotite-chalcopyrites as exsolution products resulted from the subsolidus re-equilibration of sulfide solid solution within amphibole megacrysts. Such pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-bearing amphibole megacrysts were first discovered inside and outside China. This discovery is important for the study of regional magma evolution and its associated mineralizations and ore sources as well.

The complexity of sediment recycling as revealed by common Pb isotopes in K-feldspar

Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology has become the gold standard in evaluating source to sink relationships in sedimentary basins. However, the physical and chemical robustness of zircon, which make it such a useful mineral for provenance studies, is also a hindrance as zircon can be recycled through numerous sedimentary basins, thus obscuring the first cycle source to sink relationship. An elegant approach to addressing this potential issue is to compare the Pb isotope composition of detrital K-feldspar, a mineral which is unlikely to survive more than one erosion-transport-deposition cycle, with that of magmatic K-feldspar from potential basement source terranes. Here we present new in situ Pb isotope data on detrital K-feldspar from two Proterozoic arkosic sandstones from Western Australia, and magmatic K-feldspar grains from potential igneous source rocks, as inferred by the age and Hf isotope composition of detrital zircon grains. The data indicate that the detrital zircon and K-feldspar grains could not have been liberated from the same source rocks, and that the zircon has most likely been recycled through older sedimentary basins. These results provide a more complete understanding of apparently simple source to sink relationships in this part of Proterozoic Western Australia.

Effects of BaCl_2 on K-feldspar flotation using dodecyl amine chloride under natural pH

The effects of BaCl2 on the flotation of K-feldspar using dodecyl amine chloride as the collector under natural pH wereinvestigated by flotation tests, absorption measurements, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） and X-ray photoelectronspectroscopy （XPS）. The results indicated that lower BaCl2 concentration can increase the floatability of K-feldspar, whereas higherBaCl2 concentration can significantly inhibit the flotation of K-feldspar. Peaks at 3548.18, 3475.56 and 3414.35 cm？1in the FTIRspectra of K-feldspar adsorbed by dodecyl amine chloride revealed three forms of -OH. XPS analyses of K-feldspar adsorbed byBa2＋ showed that the concentration of K atom was reduced by nearly twice as those of Si, Al, and O. The activation of BaCl2 at a lowconcentration was mainly caused by Ba2＋ in the form of the ion exchange between K＋ and Ba2＋. The inhibitory action of BaCl2 at ahigh concentration is mainly attributed to the physical absorption of Ba2＋ on the surface of K-feldspar and the fact that a highconcentration of Cl？ causes the chemical equilibrium of dodecyl amine chloride to be changed, and the dodecyl amine chloride in theform of RNH2H＋ is reduced.

Extraction of potassium from K-feldspar via the CaCl_2 calcination route

The extraction of potassium from K-feldspar via a calcium chloride calcination route was studied with a focus on the effects of the calcination atmosphere, calcination temperature and time, mass ratio of CaCl2 to K-feldspar ore and particle size of the K-feldspar ore. The results demonstrated that a competing high-temperature hydrolysis reaction of calcium chloride with moisture in a damp atmosphere occurred concurrently with the conversion reaction of K-feldspar with CaCl2, thus reducing the amount of potassium extracted. The conversion reaction started at approximately 600 °C and accelerated with increasing temperature. When the temperature rose above 900 °C, the extraction of potassium gradually decreased due to the volatilization of the product, KCl.As much as approximately 41% of the potassium was volatilized in 40 min at 1100 °C. The mass ratio of CaCl2/K-feldspar ore significantly affected the extraction. At a mass ratio of 1.15 and 900 °C, the potassium extraction reached 91% in 40 min, while the extraction was reduced to only 22% at the theoretical mass ratio of 0.2. Optimal process conditions are as follows: ore particle size of 50–75 μm, tablet forming pressure of 3 MPa, dry nitrogen atmosphere, mass ratio of CaCl2/ore 1.15:1, calcination temperature of 900 °C, and calcination time of 40 min.The XRD analysis revealed that a complex phase transition of the product SiO2 was also accompanied by the conversion reaction of K-feldspar/CaCl2. The SiO2 product formed at the initial stage was in the quartz phase at 900 °C and was gradually transformed into cristobalite after 30 min.

^(40)Ar-^(39)Ar Age of K-feldspar from K-feldspar Granite in the Qiaohuote Copper Deposit, Bayanbulak, Xinjiang, and Its Geological Significance

By using the 40Ar-39Ar chronological method to date K-feldspar from K-feldspar granite in the Qiaohuote copper district, the authors obtained a plateau age of 274.78±0.44 Ma and an isochron age of 272.7±3.0 Ma. Because there is no tectonic deformation overprinted or hydrothermal alteration in the K-feldspar granite intrusion after its emplacement, the 40Ar-39Ar age represents the crystallization age of K-feldspar in K-feldspar granite, i.e. the late crystallization age of the K-feldspar granite intrusion, which indicates that the K-feldspar granite formed in the intraplate extensional stage during the Early Permian. Moreover, based on the spatial relationship between the K-feldspar granite intrusion and copper orebodies, variations of copper ore grade, REE characteristics of K-feldspar granite and copper ores, and H and O isotopic compositions of fluid inclusions in copper ores, the metallogenesis of the Qiaohuote copper deposit is directly related to intrusive activities of the K-feldspar granite, and thus the crystallization age of K-feldspar in the granite approximately approaches the metallogenic epoch of the Qiaohuote copper deposit.

An efficient methodology for utilization of K-feldspar and phosphogypsum with reduced energy consumption and CO2 emissions

The issues of reducing CO_2 emissions, sustainably utilizing natural mineral resources, and dealing with industrial waste offer challenges for sustainable development in energy and the environment. We propose an efficient methodology via the co-reaction of K-feldspar and phosphogypsum for the extraction of soluble potassium salts and recovery of SO_2 with reduced CO_2 emission and energy consumption. The results of characterization and reactivity evaluation indicated that the partial melting of K-feldspar and phosphogypsum in the hightemperature co-reaction significantly facilitated the reduction of phosphogypsum to SO_2 and the exchange of K^+(K-feldspar) with Ca^(2+)(CaSO_4 in phosphogypsum). The reaction parameters were systematically investigated with the highest sulfur recovery ratio of ~ 60% and K extraction ratio of ~ 87.7%. This novel methodology possesses an energy consumption reduction of ~ 28% and CO_2 emission reduction of ~ 55% comparing with the present typical commercial technologies for utilization of K-feldspar and the treatment of phosphogypsum.

Surface and structure characteristics of commercial K-Feldspar powders:Effects of temperature and leaching media

This study presents morphological and structural variations of K-Feldspar mineral after acid treatment. Both organic and inorganic acids such as C2H2O4, HCl, HNO3 and H2SO4 were employed for this purpose. Another aim of this study was to find an optimum experimental condition for iron(Fe) removal with a minimum damage on the structure of K-Feldspar in which high whiteness index is obtained. The effect of different parameters such as concentration, pH and temperature on the final structure of this mineral was investigated. To find out the chemical composition of powder, XRF was utilized. FTIR, XRD and SEM were employed to study the structure of mineral. Spectrophotometry was chosen to analyze whiteness index of powder after acid treatment. It was found that O—Al—O bond at 647 cm^-1 for H2SO4 and HNO3 treated sample disappeared. However, HCl and C2H2O4 were ineffective at this band. In addition, the results revealed an increase in K-Feldspar content, a decrease in Fe content, an increase in whiteness index and no significant structural change for C2H2O4 leached sample. Whiteness index of 91% was obtained for C2H2O4 leached sample with the pH of 2.5 to 3 at temperature of 50 ℃ and during 1 h.

Oxidation Experiment of Natural Megacrystal Clinopyroxene:Implications for Assignment of Mssbauer Spectra

The M?ssbauer spectra of natural megacrystal clinopyroxene are usually fitted by 4 sets of symmetric doublets, A-A', B-B', C-C' and D-D', respectively, in terms of increasing Qs value in literature. But the assignments of those doublets are quite different, except the D-D' doublet assigned to Fe3+at the lattice site M***1 in previous papers. Particularly, the assignment and interpretation of the C-C' doublet are diverse.

The extraction of potassium from K-feldspar ore by low temperature molten salt method

The low temperature molten salt method was used to extract potassium from K-feldspar ore, and some related factors including mass ratio between NaNO_3, NaOH, H_2O and K-feldspar ore, particle size of K-feldspar ore,reaction temperature and time were investigated, respectively. In addition, the optimum condition for this method was determined by a series of condition experiments. What was more, the K-feldspar ore and the leach residue after reaction based on the above optimum condition were analyzed by XRD, SEM and EDS,separately. The results of which indicated that the mechanism of extraction of potassium for this method was according to the ion exchange reaction between sodium ion and potassium ion, and the extraction ratio of potassium had an obvious improvement than that of traditional methods, which could reach up to 96.25%.Therefore, this method can be a feasible solution to extract potassium from K-feldspar ore for its low energy consumption and high efficiency.

Ar-Ar Geochronology Study on K-feldspar in Xishan W-Sn Ore Deposit in Yangchun, Guangdong Province

1 Introduction Yangchun basin locates in the west of Guangdong Province,where more than 50 deposits have been discovered to date,including Xishan W-Sn deposit,Shilv Cu-Mo deposits,Tiantang Cu-Pb-Zn polymetallic

M1 Site Splitting Due to Next Nearest Neighbor Effects and Ferric Iron in Tetrahedral Site in Clinopyroxene Megacrysts

It is well known that in pyroxene structure, there are two metal sites, M1 and M2.Generally speaking, ferrous iron in each of these sites would normally be expected to give rise to a doublet. However, anomies have been found in the relative areas of the peaks in the room temperature spectra of some clinopyroxene (CPX) when the above assigninent is folowed. Ac-cording to the calculation of Next Nearest Neighbor configurations of divalent cations in M1,we found that the four configurations of M1 can be divided into two groups. One group is 3Ca configuration that increases with the content of Ca (p. f. u); the other group is made up of three No-3Ca configurations that decrease with the content of Ca. The two groups contribute to the spectrum structure of M1, so in this study we fit two doublets for ferrous iron in M1.Though there were severa reports on Fe3+ in tetrahedral site previously, it wa not sure that Fe3+ occupies the T site is a universal fact in CPX, despite of the content of A1. We found that the Fe3+ in the T site fitted by Medauer spectroscopy is negatively correlated to the Si content in the T site and positively correlated to the Fe3 + in the T site estimated on the suppo-sition that Fe3+ and Al occupy the T site randomly. If it is true, it is important in the model-ing of ion exchange geobarometries and gepthermornetries.

Melt Pockets in Garnet Megacrysts from Cenozoic Alkali Basalts of the Shavaryn Tsaram Vicinity,Mongolia

Garnet megacryst with a multiphase inclusion from intraplate alkali basalts of the Shavaryn Tsaram(Tariat,Mongolia)was the object of the study.This unusual aggregate consists of porous glass,Ti-rich biotite,orthopyroxene,spinel,clinopyroxene,olivine,and ilmenite.Win TWQ 2.32 thermodynamic simulation of this system revealed a few intervals of equilibrium.Pressure and temperature adjustment reflected in the paragenetic minerals of the melt pocket.The capture of already crystallised garnet megacryst was at P=0.8-1 GPa and T=1120-1160℃.Mineral crystallisation inside the melt pocket,accompanied by external inputs,occurred at P=0.75-0.95 GPa;T=790-1120℃.Symplectite assemblage formed in the garnet megacryst due to decomposition at(P=0.55-0.7 GPa;T=850-930℃).The study of the oxygen isotope content in primary garnet and biotite of the melt pocket showed that the δ^(18)O_(VSMOW) values are the same and correspond to that of typical mantle xenoliths.However,the chemical and microcomponent composition of the melt pocket minerals reveals a material that differs from basalts and peridotites.Thus,it has been revealed that the multiphase inclusion in the garnet megacryst formed not only on account of the garnet’s substance,but also due to the entrapped material of the Earth’s interior.

Influence of anisotropy on the electrical conductivity and diffusion coefficient of dry K-feldspar： Implications of the mechanism of conduction

The electrical conductivities of single-crystal K-feldspar along three different crystallographic directions are investigated by the Solartron-1260 Impedance/Gain-phase analyzer at 873 K–1223 K and 1.0 GPa–3.0 GPa in a frequency range of 10-1 Hz–106 Hz. The measured electrical conductivity along the ⊥ [001] axis direction decreases with increasing pressure, and the activation energy and activation volume of charge carriers are determined to be 1.04 ± 0.06 e V and 2.51 ± 0.19 cm~3/mole, respectively. The electrical conductivity of K-feldspar is highly anisotropic, and its value along the⊥ [001] axis is approximately three times higher than that along the ⊥ [100] axis. At 2.0 GPa, the diffusion coefficient of ionic potassium is obtained from the electrical conductivity data using the Nernst–Einstein equation. The measured electrical conductivity and calculated diffusion coefficient of potassium suggest that the main conduction mechanism is of ionic conduction, therefore the dominant charge carrier is transferred between normal lattice potassium positions and adjacent interstitial sites along the thermally activated electric field.

花岗岩类中钾长石巨晶成因研究进展

本文回顾了钾长石巨晶成因认识的发展历程:梳理了钾长石巨晶的各种地质特征,讨论了认识过程中存在的若干争论,特别是两种针锋相对的模型;指出钾长石在成核生长过程中经历了一个复杂的物理化学过程,包括物质和能量的交换,强调在这个反复的过程中,外部热源(基性端员或新侵位的岩浆)、结晶潜热和差应力对流等所供给的热源可使钾长石的近于固相线附近维持较长的时间。最后指出了研究中存在的问题以及未来研究方向。

北京周口店岩体中钾长石巨晶的特征及成因

花岗岩类岩石中的钾长石巨晶,有的认为是斑晶,有的认为是变斑晶。本文通过对北京周口店岩体中钾长石巨晶的野外产状、显微结构、矿物化学等特征研究,证明巨晶是在岩浆结晶作用的早—中期阶段,直接从不饱和水的熔体中生长而成的斑晶。钾长石巨晶多见于较贫钾长石组分的花岗岩类岩石(石英二长岩-花岗闪长岩)中,其原因可能是,与花岗岩和白岗岩岩浆相比,这种成分的岩浆温度较高,粘度较小,组分扩散较快,钾长石的成核速率较小,而生长速度较大。周口店岩体中钾长石巨晶的大小和含量的变异,可能主要受冷凝梯度dT/dt的控制。

黑龙江省科洛—二克山富钾火山岩的辉石和长石巨晶

本文对富钾火山岩中单斜辉石、斜方辉石、长石巨晶的物理性质、化学成分、微量元素等特征进行了研究。文中还对巨晶的成因及对岩浆的影响问题,提出了作者自己的观点。

碱性玄武岩中长石巨晶的结构水:红外光谱和核磁共振谱研究

运用傅立叶变换红外光谱技术 (FTIR,红外区和近红外区 )和质子魔角旋转核磁共振技术 (1 H MAS NMR)对来自安徽女山、江苏盘石山和河北汉诺坝新生代碱性玄武岩中的 4个歪长石巨晶进行了观察 ,结果显示 ,这些巨晶含有结构水 ,主要以 H2 O的形式存在 ,其中 3个样品的结构水含量 (H2 O)分别为 40 5μg/ g,915μg/ g和 36 5μg/ g。这些数据和文献中已有的资料表明 。

强烈热液交代金矿石Rb-Sr等时线意义讨论

本文以曾经遭受强烈热液交代的含金石英闪长岩为研究对象，首次尝试性探索金矿石ＲｂＳｒ等时线测年研究。结果表明，在特定的热液蚀变矿物组合（不含绿帘石，以石英±绿泥石±绢云母±钠长石为主），强烈热液蚀变（黄铁矿化度（ＤＯＰ）＞７０％）以及锶同位素初始组成基本达到均一化的前提条件下，其ＲｂＳｒ等时线具确定的成矿地质意义，可代表后期热液蚀变年龄，这将为研究热液成矿年龄并进而探讨成矿机理提供又一可能的新途经。