Compositional constraints of mica and wolframite on hydrothermal ore-forming process of the Songshugang Ta-Nb-W-Sn deposit, northeastern Jiangxi
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    The compositional evolution of ore and gangue minerals has recorded detailed information concerning the hydrothermal mineralization process. Based on petrographic observation, the authors used the combined EMP and LA-ICP-MS analytical techniques for mica and wolframite to constrain the shallow hydrothermal mineralization process of the Songshugang Ta-Nb-W-Sn deposit in northeastern Jiangxi Province. The W-Sn orebody in the shallow part of the Songshugang deposit contains four different types of quartz veins from early stage to late stage and from deep to shallow:wolframite-quartz vein, cassiterite-quartz vein, sulfide-quartz vein and barren vein, respectively. The four types of quartz veins all contain early crystallized zinnwaldite and late formed muscovite-iron oxides. The mica in the early veins is mainly zinnwaldite, while the mica in the late-stage veins is dominated by muscovite. Compared with the chemical compositions of zinnwaldite, the muscovite contains less Ti, Na, Rb, Cs, W, Nb, Zn, Li2O but significantly higher Pb, Cu and B. From the early veins to the late veins, the mica compositions have following variable trends:Ti, Na, W, Nb concentrations decrease, and Pb, Zn, Cu, Li2O, B concentrations increase. Wolframite-quartz veins of different depths contain two different compositions of wolframite, but they belong to the same period of evolution. Compared with wolframite deposited early in the hydrothermal fluid, the late wolframite has a significantly lower Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Ti, Sn, U, In, and Sc but higher Mo and FeO/MnO ratio. The evolution of trace elements in mica and wolframite implies two different fluids involved in the hydrothermal mineralization process. One was granite-related hydrothermal fluid and the other originated from water-rock reactions. In the early stage of mineralization, magmatic hydrothermal crystallization was dominant, and in the late stage, due to the intensification of water-rock reaction, surrounding rock materials made more contribution.

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薛荣,王汝成,陈光弘,车旭东,谢磊,诸泽颖,2019,松树岗钽铌钨锡矿床石英脉的矿物学研究——云母和黑钨矿成分对热液成矿过程的制约[J].岩石矿物学杂志,38(4):507~520. XUE Rong, WANG Ru-cheng, CHEN Guang-hong, CHE Xu-dong, XIE Lei, ZHU Ze-ying,2019,Compositional constraints of mica and wolframite on hydrothermal ore-forming process of the Songshugang Ta-Nb-W-Sn deposit, northeastern Jiangxi[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,38(4):507~520.

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  • Received:March 07,2019
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