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    15 January 2013
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    A review of origins of mineral deposits hosted in black rock series and the mineralizing functions of their sea water, hydrothermal fluid and bioorganics.
    2013, 20(1): 19-31. 
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    Abstract: The mineral deposits hosted in black rock series are important objects in the study of economic geology. Their origin is debatable because the mineralization is complex. In order to provide new reference information for understanding the complexity and shedding some light on the controversy, the origins of the mineral deposits were reviewed by analyzing worldwide representative examples thoroughly, and the future research directions are further suggested based on these results. It is showed that the mineral deposits have a wide occurrence. The formation of the deposits was influenced by multiple factors, which can be summarized into three main types, i. e., sea water, hydrothermal and bioorganic mineralizations. The sea and hydrothermal waters provide elements for the mineralization and favorable mineralizing conditions such as a reducing depositional environment. By contrast, the bioorganic mineralization is mainly the enriching of elements provided by sea and/or hydrothermal waters. The deposits were formed under favorable conditions. These three types of mineralizations resulted in the complexity of ore genesis. This is one of the important reasons that lead to the uncertainty of the origin of many deposits. Two future research directions are suggested. One is to reveal the multiple mineralization stages and complex process. The other is to study the bioorganic mineralization.

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    Sulfur and lead isotopic composition characteristics of the Zhesang gold deposit in Funing County, Yunnan.
    ZHANG Yong-Mei, GU Xue-Xiang, BAI Xiang, LIU Rui-Ping, ZHENG Ge, TUN Cheng-Bin, BANG Xi-Wei
    2013, 20(1): 32-39. 
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    The Zhesang gold deposit hosted in the Upper Permian sedimentary clastic rocks of the Wujiaping Formation is a typical Carlintype gold deposit in Southeast Yunnan metallogenic belt. Bedlike and lenticular ore bodies are restricted to fractured zone. The studies of sulfur isotopes indicate that the δ34S values of hydrothermal sulfides (pyrite and arsenopyrite) range from 8.3‰ to 11.3‰, which is generally similar to that of diagenetic pyrite and Permian marine sulfates, suggesting the sulfur was mainly derived from strata. Sulfur dynamic fractionation was mainly controlled by organic thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR). The research of lead isotope shows that 206Pb/204Pb values have a relatively wide variation range, while 207Pb/204Pb and 208Pb/204Pb values have little change. The calculated model ages of lead have a great varying range (-62 Ma to 389 Ma), and even contain negative age, showing that there was an addition of radiogenic lead to common lead. The lead of ore and orebearing strata was mainly provided by upper crust, with a little mixed source of magma. In brief, both sulfur and lead isotopic data show an inheritance between ore and orebearing strata, that is, oreforming materials mainly came from strata.

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    Ore geology, S and Pbisotopic compositions of the Wulagen Zn-Pb deposit, Wuqia County, Xinjiang.
    2013, 20(1): 40-54. 
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    Abstract: The Wulagen zinclead deposit occurring in the Kashi MesozoicCenozoic sedimentary sag, Xinjiang, is a newly explored deposit, with perspective of a superlarge scale. The ZnPb orebodies of tabular shape occur in the northern and southern flanks of the Wulagen syncline, which are in parallel with the stratum and hosted in the faded gray sandstoneconglomerate of the fifth Member of Lower Cretaceous Kezilesu Group(K1kz5) and the muddolostones of Paleocene Aertashi Formation(E1a). The ores are characterized mainly by massive structure, microdisseminated structure, veinlet structure, porphyritic structure, cemented texture, and metasomatic reaction edge texture. The sulfide δ34SVCDT of the Wulagen deposit varies from -27.9‰ to 14.6‰, which indicates that the gypsum, celestite and other sulfate in the adjacent stratum provided sulfur, and that the thermal decomposition of sulfurbearing organic matter may also be the source of the sulfur. Reduced sulfurs were mainly derived from the biogenic sulfate reduction and the thermochemical reduction of organic matter. The compositions of Pb isotopes of Wulagen deposit are homogenous (206Pb/204Pb=18.52818.663, 207Pb/204Pb=15.61115.669, 208Pb/204Pb=38.61638.839), which indicates that the oreforming materials came from the upper crust and orogenic erosion zone. Integrated analysis of geological characteristics and geochemistry of the Wulagen deposit and compared with the previous understanding of its genesis, we concluded that the Wulagen deposit is a basin fluidrelated sandstonetype zinclead deposit.

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    Multiple types of high density methane inclusions and their relationships with exploration and assessment of oilcracked gas and shale gas discovered in NE Sichuan.
    2013, 20(1): 64-71. 
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    worIn recent years, multiple types of high density methane inclusions have been discovered in northeast Sichuan. The geological occurrences of methane inclusions were investigated, and their microscopic Raman spectra were analyzed. Pyrobitumenbearing high density methane inclusions occur in Triassic carbonate and clastic reservoir rocks in Puguang gas field,and were postulated resulting from later stage high temperature cracking of oil inclusions trapped at early stage of oil reservoir formation; H2Sbearing, instead of pyrobitumenbearing, high density methane inclusions occur in carbonate reservoir rocks in the well Puguang 5, indicating that CH4 inclusions and “TSR”formed H2S fluid inclusions were trapped in newly grown calcite crystals at the stage of high temperature cracking of old oil reservoirs; abundant high density methane inclusions and small quantity of light hydrocarbon inclusions occur in lower Silurian siliceous rocks drilled from the well Wuke 1, indicating that the organicrich lower Silurian black shale showing high maturation contains high pressure methane and light hydrocarbon in its geological history. These different types of high density methane inclusions listed above show different genetic mechanisms and different high temperature and high pressure conditions. The authors believe that the results would be helpful for exploration and assessment of gas resulting from cracking of old oil reservoirs and gas from Silurian shale in northeast Sichuan.

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    Fluid inclusion evidences for the mineralization of the organic fluid in the Yanwuping mercury deposit, Guizhou.
    2013, 20(1): 72-81. 
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    The Yanwuping mercury deposit is an important mercury deposit in TongFeng mercury belt. The studies of fluid inclusions show that there are several types of inclusions in this deposit, including H2O inclusions, hydrocarbonH2O inclusions, hydrocarbon inclusions and solid cinnabar inclusions. The homogenization temperatures of the gasliquid H2O inclusions vary between of 82.4 ℃ and 176.5 ℃, with salinity ranging from 13.40% to 21.75%NaCl and density varying between 1.05 g/cm3 and 1.10 g/cm3. The oreforming fluid has the characteristics of oilfield brine with high salinity and high density. Asphalt and cinnabar inclusions are typically found in the same microfissures, and asphalt inclusions are also captured in cinnabar crystals. Asphalt wraps cinnabar particles while hydrocarbon inclusions and solid cinnabar inclusions coexist. Evidence shows that the mercury mineralization was closely related to the organic matter, which provides important information for the study of the role of organic matter in the mercury mineralization process.

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    Characteristics of oreforming fluid and mineralization process of the Yangla copper deposit, Yunnan.
    2013, 20(1): 82-91. 
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    The Yangla copper deposit is located in the middle part of the Jinshajiang belt. It was formed by the westward subduction of the Jinshajiang oceanic basin and collisional orogeny during the MidLate Triassic. Ore bodies are typically layered or bedded and controlled by interlayer fracture zones in the wall rocks. Based on the study of fluid inclusions, the present paper is to discuss characteristics and evolution of oreforming fluids and to evaluate the relationship between fluid immiscibility and mineralization. According to the petrographic study, various types of fluid inclusions including predominant vapor or liquidrich aqueous inclusions and daughter mineralsbearing multiphase inclusions, and subordinately monophase liquid and organic vapor inclusions, are present in anhydrous skarn stage (Ⅰ), hydrous skarnmagnetite stage (Ⅱ), quartzsulfide stage (Ⅲ) and calcitesulfide stage (Ⅳ). Daughter mineralsbearing multiphase inclusions are abundant in garnet (Ⅰ), epidote (Ⅱ) and especially in quartz (Ⅲ). Oreforming fluids of stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ have high homogenization temperatures (413593 ℃ and 336498 ℃,respectively) and high salinities (19.1%49.7% NaCleq and 15.7%53.3% NaCleq, respectively). Stage Ⅲ oreforming fluid has a wide homogenization temperature range (148398 ℃) and is characterized by existence of both highsalinity (35.5%65.3% NaCleq) and lowsalinity (2.1%9.6% NaCleq) end members. Stage Ⅳ oreforming fluid is characterized by low temperature (132179 ℃) and low salinity (3.4%10.4% NaCleq). Based on the characteristics of fluid inclusions together with geological features, fluid immiscibility (boiling) is suggested to be the main mechanism for metal precipitations in this deposit.

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    The genetic relationship between MVT Pb-Zn deposits and paleooil/gas reservoirs at Heba, Southeastern Sichuan Basin.
    WANG Guo-Zhi, LIU Shu-Gen, CHEN Cui-Hua, WANG Dong, SUN Wei
    2013, 20(1): 107-116. 
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    Abstract: The intimate coexistence of MVT PbZn deposits with oilgas reservoir suggests a genetic linkage between mineralization and hydrocarbon accumulation. The PbZn deposit from Heba in southeastern Sichuan Basin occurred in the paleogas reservoir in Dengying Formation, and its distribution area of PbZn deposit is much smaller than that of paleogas reservoir although both of them coexisted intimately. The mineralization fluid of PbZn deposit is characterized by high salinity(21.33%23.83% NaCl) and enrichment of organic matter, and its homogeneous temperature concentrated in 122134 ℃. The ages of RbSr and SmNd of fluorite coexisting with sphalerite suggest that the mineralization took place in 128130 Ma. Multiphase accumulation and destruction of hydrocarbon can be recognized in this paleooil/gas reservoir. The first hydrocarbon accumulation and destruction took place in the OrdovicianMiddle Silurian and the end of the Silurian, respectively. The second accumulation of hydrocarbon took place during the Permian and the middle Triassic, the oil began thermal cracking and formed gas reservoir as the burial depth of oil reservoir increased during the late Triassic and Jurassic; the paleogas reservoir was destroyed during the Yanshanian. The thermal cracking of oil and destruction of paleogas reservoir are responsible for mineralization of PbZn deposit. The thermal cracking of oil produced some H2S and the super pressure resulting from thermal cracking had the H2S dissolved in the water to supply sulphur for mineralization of PbZn deposit;tectonic uplift resulted in the destruction of the paleogas reservoir, and the brine with H2S lying under the paleogas reservoir migrated up and mixed with mineralization fluid leading to the formation of PbZn deposit.

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    Organic petrography and geochemistry of the Huijiabao gold field, Southwestern Guizhou.
    BANG Xi-Wei, GU Xue-Xiang-*, TUN Cheng-Bin, ZHANG Yong-Mei, CHEN Sai-Yao
    2013, 20(1): 117-128. 
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     Characteristics and geological significances of the organic matter in the Wulagen Zn-Pb deposit, Kashi sag, Xinjiang.
    DONG Xin-Feng, XUE Chun-Ji, LI Zhi-Dan, LIU Ceng-Ren
    2013, 20(1): 129-145. 
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    Wulagen zinclead deposit in Xinjiang Province is located in north margin of Kashi sag. Large quantity of organic matter exists in the mining area and the periphery of Wulagen zinclead deposit, and the relationship between organic matter and zinclead mineralization has attracted the attention. By the organic extraction, family components separation and quantitative, saturated hydrocarbons chromatogrammass spectrum, the chloroform bitumen “A” and biomarkers were analyzed, and the characteristics of the organic matter and its geological significances and the relationship between organic matter and zinclead mineralization were discussed. The chloroform bitumen“A” family components and main eigenvalues of biomarkers in the wallrocks and the periphery of Wulagen zinclead deposit have a similar and smaller variational range (CPI=1.111.17; Pr/Ph=0.681.08; C27, C28 and C29 sterane has a pattern of C27>C28<C29; steranes/17α(H)hopanes=0.550.93; C29/C30 hopanes=0.360.52), indicating that the organic matter have the same nature and origin, and the organic matter were derived mainly from continental shale. The features of biomarkers (OEP=1.011.15; C31αβhopane 22S/(22S+22R)=0.560.58; βαMO alkyl/αβhopane=0.130.21) show a high maturity of the organic matter in the mining area and the periphery of Wulagen zinclead deposit. The Pr/Ph ratio of the samples were low (<0.85) and all samples were detected having a certain amount of gammacerane, indicating that organic matter has undergone a high salinity and reduction conditions. The “hump” phenomenon of gas chromatography baseline of saturated hydrocarbons is not obvious, suggesting that the organic matter biodegradation effect was weaker. Combining these with the characteristics of geology, petrography, mineragraphy and geochemistry of the mining area, it is suggested that the oreforming fluids was the basin oilfield brine, which contained organic matter with reduction fluid and thus made the fifth member of LowerCretaceous Kezilesu Group purple rock faded. Because the hydrocarbons of organic matter in oreforming fluids reacted with SO2-4 to produce H2S, the H2S generation was the main cause of the lead and zinc precipitation and mineralization.

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    The correlation between sandstone uranium orebody and the coal bed in Jurassic System, Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia.
    LIU Zheng-Bang, JIAO Yang-Quan, XUE Chun-Ji, MIAO Ai-Sheng, GU Gao, TUN E-Beng, RONG Hui, DING Xie
    2013, 20(1): 146-153. 
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    Research on soil organic carbon distribution and change trend in middleeast plain and its vicinity in China.
    XI Xiao-Huan, LI Min-*, ZHANG Xiu-Zhi, ZHANG Yan-Beng, ZHANG De-Cun, ZHANG Jian-Xin, DOU Lei, YANG Yi
    2013, 20(1): 154-165. 
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    Thermal state and rheological strength of the lithosphere beneath western part of China and its adjacent region.
    HONG Xiang, CHENG Su-Hua
    2013, 20(1): 182-189. 
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    Geochronology, geochemistry and metallogenic implications of the Lamasu intrusion in western Tianshan, NW China.
    JIE Hong-Jing, WU An, SHU Meng-Tian, JIN Jian-Beng, ZHONG Wei, LIU Jun, MEI Mei
    2013, 20(1): 190-205. 
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    The zircon UPb geochronology,major and trace elements and SrNd isotopes determination of the Lamasu intrusion in western Chinese Tianshan were conducted to understand its petrogenesis and geodynamic setting. The Lamasu intrusion is mainly composed of quartz monzodiorite,granodiorite porphyry and tonalite porphyry. Among them the quartz monzodiorite was formed in 394.8±4.9 Ma,while the granodiorite porphyry and tonalite porphyry were intruded in 380.9±3.9 Ma. The rocks display the adakitic affinity and show a calcalkaline and highK calcalkaline differentiation trend. They display REE patterns characterized by relative enrichment of LREE ((La/Yb)N: 3.5515.52) with slightly negative or positive Eu anomalies (δEu:0.531.12). They have high Sr ((322808)×10-6) and low Y contents ((12.9018.86)×10-6) and also enriched in LILE but depleted in HFSE with negative Nb,Ta and Ti anomalies. Initial SrNd isotopic compositions are εNd(t)=-4.29 to 0.75 and ISr=0.706052 to 0.708263. The Nd model ages vary from 1.03 to 1.46 Ga. The Pb isotopic ratios of granodiorite porphyry and tonalite porphyry are 206Pb/204Pb=18.50019.044,207Pb/204Pb=15.57515.626,208Pb/204Pb=38.44338.864,while the quartz monzodiorite are 206Pb/204Pb=18.69418.711,207Pb/204Pb=15.62215.630,208Pb/204Pb=38.64838.660. All these geochemical data demonstrate that the Lamasu intrusion is likely derived from the partial melting of oceanic crust,with the subsequent melts interacted during their uplift with the overlying mantle wedge metasomatized by the subducted sediments and subordinately contaminated by ancient crust. The Lamasu intrusion was emplaced in a continental arc setting during the southward subduction of the Junggar Remnant Ocean Basin in the Late Devonian and are closely related with Cu (Au) mineralization of that region.

     

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    Characteristics and petrogenesis of zoned amphiboles in Wengeqi maficultramafic complex, Inner Mongolia.
    LIU Fei, SU Chang-Guo, TU Xiao-Yan, LIANG Feng-Hua, HU Yan, NIU Xiao-Lou
    2013, 20(1): 206-222. 
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    Geological controlling factors of gas hydrate occurrence in Qilian Mountain permafrost, China.
    LONG Shou-Ji, SU Xin, HE Gao, DIAO Qian, CHU Wei-Hai, WANG Beng-Kang, LI Yong-Gong, LI Qing-Hai
    2013, 20(1): 223-239. 
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    The growth of Archean continental crust in Aqtashtagh Area of Southeast Tarim, China: Constraints from petrochemistry and chronology about Milan Group and TTGgneiss.
    XIN Hou-Tian, LIU Yong-Shun, LUO Zhao-Hua, SONG Shun-Chang, WANG Shu-Qiang
    2013, 20(1): 240-259. 
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    An approach to Caledonian unconformities and sequence stratigraphic patterns and distribution of reservoirs of Ordovician carbonate in the western Tazhong area, Tarim Basin.
    JIAN Yi-Xiong, SHA Xu-Guang, LI Hui-Chi, CHEN Xiang-Cun, LI Yu-Lan, JIA Yong-Chao, LIU Zhong-Bao
    2013, 20(1): 260-274. 
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    The Hierarchy of stratigraphy unconformities and sequence interfaces in different tectonic parts has played an important role in distribution of reservoirs of carbonate rocks. An integrated study of Caledonian unconformities (seismic reflection of stratigraphic surfaces of T27 and T47), structure patterns of margin and platform in the Late Ordovician, depositional sequence and statistic data of reservoirs developed in 32 wells, as well as carbon and oxygen and strontium isotope for calcites filled in fracturesvugs and the Ordovician carbonate rocks in 11 wells, in the Western Tazhong is reported. The results show that the first episode of the Middle and Late Caledonian is of the characteristic of transformation from tectonic extensional to compressional loading, and the stratigraphy unconformities of T47 is composed of toptruncation and erosion developed from the margin into intraplatform as well as a strong karstification, and later attributed to deepened submerge sequence (drowned) with fillingup; while the stratigraphy unconformities of T27 would be defined as overlying deepened submerge sequence and above possibly forming of condense section, and erosion and subaerialkarstification seemed to occur in highposition area. The aggradation would be gradually replaced by progradation in the Upper Ordovician margin toward the interior platform, associated with the highstand systems tract (HST) predominantly and the transgressive systems tract (TST) secondary; while distribution of larger slope angle of the Upper and Middle Ordovician would have significantly contributed to a greater remanent strata of Lialitaga and Yijianfang Group. The stack patterns of 3th or above parasequence or cycles in the Ordovician are much similar to each other in the Western Tazhong, the similar average value of δ18O and δ13C, 87Sr/86Sr for either Ordovician carbonate rocks and calcites or dolomites in vugs and fractures suggested the latter intimately inherited from or associated with that of the pervious matrix rocks; the significantly depleted δ13C PDB and δ18O PDB in calcareous dolostone and dolostone and calcites or dolomites in vugs and fractures in Yingshan group of the Middle and Lower Ordovician may respond to the degree of erosion of strata or karstification developed in different tectonic belts; unlike lower 87Sr/86Sr in rocks or calcites in vugs and fractures of Lialitaga and Yijianfang Group, the rather higher contents of 87Sr/86Sr in Yingshan Group is composed of terrestrial strontium and the dissolved strontium with a rather higher terrestrialderived strontium, indicating the different sedimentary environment and widespread development of karstification for Yingshan group. The reservoirs of Yingshan formation of the Middle and Lower Ordovician, in great extent, depended on the development of karstification that was closely associated with faultrelated folding uplift, denudation and subaerialunconformity development(T47). In the areas of inherited developed structures, topographic rising and the hanging wall of thrustingfaults, the forming of reservoirs of carbonate rocks would be defined as “residues of phreatic zone”, which was formed by a series of continued geological stages, i.e., uplift linked to tectonic compressional loading, development and partly erosion of freshwater phreatic zone, and overlapping of multiepisode karstification;whereas “undifferentiated freshwater phreatic and leaching zone” likely occurred either in the weak transformation parts or in the gentle topographic slope or in the footwall.

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