阿希金矿是新疆西天山产出的一个大型浅成低温热液型金矿,赋矿围岩为晚泥盆世火山岩,矿体以石英脉型为主,其热液成矿期由以下4个阶段组成:玉髓状石英阶段(Ⅰ),黄铁矿-石英脉阶段(Ⅱ),白铁矿-碳酸盐-石英脉阶段(Ⅲ),重晶石-碳酸盐脉阶段(Ⅳ),其中阶段Ⅱ和阶段Ⅲ是主要的金成矿阶段,银金矿为主要的含金矿物。从阶段Ⅱ[195~285℃,logf(S2)=6.7~-13]到阶段Ⅲ(95~190℃,logf(S2)=-15.8~-25.6],成矿流体的温度和硫逸度明显降低。成矿流体与围岩作用导致流体中大离子亲石元素含量升高。阶段Ⅰ(δEu=1.17~1.52)和阶段Ⅱ(δEu-0.44~0.93)脉体的Eu异常和Eu含量区别显著,表明阶段Ⅱ成矿作用发生在相对还原的环境。阶段Ⅰ脉体具有轻稀土元素强烈富集而重稀土元素相对亏损的稀土元素配分模式(La/Yb=4.5~36.2),而阶段Ⅱ和阶段Ⅳ脉体轻重稀土元素分馏较弱(La/Yb=1.2~2.0),阶段Ⅳ重晶石-碳酸盐脉(∑REE=67.5×10^-6)以较高的稀土元素含量而区别于阶段Ⅱ(∑REE-1.0×10~4.2×10^-6),说明重晶石和碳酸盐矿物对REE的分异有重要影响。不同阶段脉体与围岩火山岩的地球化学特征表明,阶段Ⅰ成矿流体以与火山岩围岩有关的火山热液为主,进入阶段Ⅱ,大气水开始加入,引起成矿流体温度和硫逸度强烈降低,并导致金在阶段Ⅱ和阶段Ⅲ沉淀成矿。
The Axi gold deposit is a large epithermal gold deposit in West Tianshan Mountain of Xinjiang. Its ore-forming process can he divided into four stages, namely, chalcedony quartz stage ( Ⅰ ), pyrite-quartz stage ( Ⅱ ), marcasite-carbonate-quartz stage ( Ⅲ ) and barite-carbonate stage (Ⅳ). Electrum occurs as the most important gold-bearing mineral. Stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ are the major periods for gold deposition. From Stage Ⅱ [195-285 ℃, logf(S2 ) = -6.7-- 13] to Stage Ⅲ [95-190 ℃, logf(S2 ) = - 15.8--25.6], the temperature and sulfur fugacity of the ore-forming fluid decrease obviously. The reactions between the ore-forming fluid and the wall rocks caused the increase of LILE contents in the ore-forming fluid. The variations of Eu behaviors in veins formed at different stage suggest that Stage Ⅰ vein crystallized in a rather oxidized fluid relative to Stage Ⅱ vein. Stage Ⅰ vein is strongly enriched in LREE (La/Yb = 4.5-36.2) in comparison with veins formed at Stages Ⅱ and Ⅳ (La/Yb = 1.2-2.0). Stage Ⅳ vein (∑REE : 67.5×10^-6) is different from Stage Ⅱ vein (∑REE = 1.0×10^-6-4.2×10^-6). CO3^2- and SO4^2- are important in transporting and enriching REE in the ore-forming fluid. Geochemistry of volcanic rocks and veins formed at different stage suggests that the magmatic fluid was the primary ore-forming fluid, and meteoric water participated in the mineralization from Stage Ⅱ to Stage Ⅳ, which caused obvious decrease of temperature and sulfur fugacity, and hence induced the electrum precipitation at Stages Ⅱ and Ⅲ.