We have examined the fluid inclusion data and fluid chemistry of Australian orogenic and intrusion-related gold deposits to determine if similar mineralization processes apply to both styles of deposits.The fluid incl...We have examined the fluid inclusion data and fluid chemistry of Australian orogenic and intrusion-related gold deposits to determine if similar mineralization processes apply to both styles of deposits.The fluid inclusion data from the Yilgarn craton,the western subprovince of the Lachlan orogen,the Tanami,Tennant Creek and Pine Creek regions,and the Telfer gold mine show that mineralization involved fluids with broadly similar major chemical components(i.e.H_2O+NaCl+CO_2±CH_4±N_2).These deposits formed over a wide range of temperature-pressure conditions(<200 to>500℃,<100～400MPa).Low salinity, CO_2-bearing inclusions and low salinity aqueous inclusions occur in both systems but the main difference between these two types of deposits is that most intrusion-related gold deposits also contain at least one population of high-salinity aqueous brine.Oxygen and hydrogen isotope data for both styles of deposit usually cannot distinguish between a magmatic or metamorphic source for the ore-bearing fluids.However,sulfur and lead isotope data for the intrusion-related gold deposits generally indicate either a magmatic source or mixing between magmatic and sedimentary sources of fluid.The metamorphic geothermal gradients associated with intrusion-related gold deposits are characterized by low pressure,high temperature metamorphism and high crustal geothermal gradients of>30/km.Where amphibole breakdown occurs in a granite source region,the spatially related deposits are more commonly associated with Cu-Au deposits rather than Au-only deposits that are associated with lower temperature granites.The dominant processes thought to cause gold precipitation in both types of deposits are fluid-rock interaction(e.g.desulfidation)or phase separation.Consideration of the physical and chemical properties of the H_2O-NaCl-CO_2 system on the nature of gold precipitation mechanisms at different crustal levels infers different roles of chemical(fluid-rock interaction)versus rheological(phase separation and/or fluid mixing)host-rock controls on gold deposition.This also implies that at the site of deposition,similar precipitation mechanisms operate at similar crustal levels for both orogenic and intrusion-related gold deposits.展开更多
文摘安徽沿江地区地处长江深大断裂带的中部,构造上隶属由华北板块与扬子板块在 T_2—J_2发生陆-陆碰撞形成的大别造山带的前陆带。在 J_3—K_1时期,区内发生了岩石圈伸展减薄背景下的碰撞后到岩石圈拆沉背景下的造山后岩浆活动和相应的壳幔相互作用,形成了广泛分布的碰撞后到造山后火山-侵入杂岩组合。碰撞后岩浆活动大致发生在125～145Ma,铜陵地区辉长岩包体和大量堆积岩的形成标志着这一时期的开始,而富碱岩浆岩的形成标志着这一时期的结束。在这一时期形成的岩石中,繁昌盆地中的中分村组和赤砂组火山岩以及南部侵入岩属于碰撞后岩浆岩组合中的过铝质的长英质岩套;由中部铜陵地区的中酸性侵入岩和北外带侵入岩等构成的中钾-高钾钙碱性岩系和由铜陵地区的中基性侵入岩、庐枞盆地龙门院组和砖桥组火山岩、宁芜盆地龙王山组和大王山组火山岩以及沿长江两岸呈 NE 方向分布的富碱岩浆岩构成的橄榄安粗岩系属于碰撞后岩浆岩组合中的准铝质的镁铁质-长英质火成岩岩套。造山后岩浆作用大致发生在105～125Ma。宁芜地区辉长岩的侵入标志着这一时期的开始,而宁芜和庐枞地区过碱性岩的形成标志着这一时期的结束。在这一时期形成的岩石中,由繁昌盆地蝌蚪山组火山岩和庐枞盆地双庙组火山岩以及宁芜盆地辉长岩侵入体组成的碱性岩系和由庐枞盆地浮山组火山岩和宁芜盆地娘娘山组火山岩组成的过碱性岩系属于造山后碱性-过碱性火成岩岩套。与碰撞后到造山后岩浆活动相对应,在安徽沿江地区中生代发生了两期壳幔相互作用。其中早期壳幔相互作用表现为起源于岩石圈地幔上部圈层的底侵玄武岩浆与中下地壳间强烈的相互作用,而晚期壳幔相互作用表现为起源于岩石圈地幔下部圈层的玄武岩浆与中下地壳间微弱的相互作用。
文摘We have examined the fluid inclusion data and fluid chemistry of Australian orogenic and intrusion-related gold deposits to determine if similar mineralization processes apply to both styles of deposits.The fluid inclusion data from the Yilgarn craton,the western subprovince of the Lachlan orogen,the Tanami,Tennant Creek and Pine Creek regions,and the Telfer gold mine show that mineralization involved fluids with broadly similar major chemical components(i.e.H_2O+NaCl+CO_2±CH_4±N_2).These deposits formed over a wide range of temperature-pressure conditions(<200 to>500℃,<100～400MPa).Low salinity, CO_2-bearing inclusions and low salinity aqueous inclusions occur in both systems but the main difference between these two types of deposits is that most intrusion-related gold deposits also contain at least one population of high-salinity aqueous brine.Oxygen and hydrogen isotope data for both styles of deposit usually cannot distinguish between a magmatic or metamorphic source for the ore-bearing fluids.However,sulfur and lead isotope data for the intrusion-related gold deposits generally indicate either a magmatic source or mixing between magmatic and sedimentary sources of fluid.The metamorphic geothermal gradients associated with intrusion-related gold deposits are characterized by low pressure,high temperature metamorphism and high crustal geothermal gradients of>30/km.Where amphibole breakdown occurs in a granite source region,the spatially related deposits are more commonly associated with Cu-Au deposits rather than Au-only deposits that are associated with lower temperature granites.The dominant processes thought to cause gold precipitation in both types of deposits are fluid-rock interaction(e.g.desulfidation)or phase separation.Consideration of the physical and chemical properties of the H_2O-NaCl-CO_2 system on the nature of gold precipitation mechanisms at different crustal levels infers different roles of chemical(fluid-rock interaction)versus rheological(phase separation and/or fluid mixing)host-rock controls on gold deposition.This also implies that at the site of deposition,similar precipitation mechanisms operate at similar crustal levels for both orogenic and intrusion-related gold deposits.
