南岭地区正冲锂铷铯矿床云英斑岩成因

刘湘华; 许金梅; 韦桂妹; 林寿洪; 唐汉; 张博; 赖健清; 李斌

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Liu Xianghua, Xu Jinmei, Wei Guimei, Lin Shouhong, Tang Han, Zhang Bo, Lai Jianqing, Li Bin, 2026. Genesis of Quartz-Zinnwaldite-Topaz Porphyritic Rocks from the Zhengchong Lithium-Rubidium-Cesium Deposit, Nanling Region. Earth Science, 51(9): 3484-3500. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2025.245

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Liu Xianghua, Xu Jinmei, Wei Guimei, Lin Shouhong, Tang Han, Zhang Bo, Lai Jianqing, Li Bin, 2026. Genesis of Quartz-Zinnwaldite-Topaz Porphyritic Rocks from the Zhengchong Lithium-Rubidium-Cesium Deposit, Nanling Region. Earth Science, 51(9): 3484-3500. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2025.245

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Liu Xianghua, Xu Jinmei, Wei Guimei, Lin Shouhong, Tang Han, Zhang Bo, Lai Jianqing, Li Bin, 2026. Genesis of Quartz-Zinnwaldite-Topaz Porphyritic Rocks from the Zhengchong Lithium-Rubidium-Cesium Deposit, Nanling Region. Earth Science, 51(9): 3484-3500. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2025.245

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Genesis of Quartz-Zinnwaldite-Topaz Porphyritic Rocks from the Zhengchong Lithium-Rubidium-Cesium Deposit, Nanling Region

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2025.245

Liu Xianghua^{1, 2, 4
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Xu Jinmei²,
Wei Guimei¹,
Lin Shouhong³,
Tang Han¹,
Zhang Bo²,
Lai Jianqing²,
Li Bin^{2
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School of Intelligent Construction, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning 530006, China
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School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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Zijin Mining Group Company Limited, Shanghang 361008, China
4.
Geophysical and Geochemical Survey Institute of Hunan, Changsha 410000, China

Received Date: 2025-07-30
Publish Date: 2026-09-25

Abstract

Abstract

The Zhengchong lithium-rubidium-cesium deposit in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, is a large rare metal deposit being developed in the Nanling region. The ore-forming geological body is dominated by pervasively mineralized quartz-zinnwaldite-topaz porphyritic rocks. However, the genesis of the quartz-zinnwaldite-topaz porphyritic rocks in this deposit remains controversial: magmatic versus metasomatic origin. It is essential to elucidate their genesis for refining the metallogenic mechanisms of rare metal deposits, since such distinctive greisen-type rocks in the Nanling region are critical hosts for rare metal mineralization. Based on field geological investigations and laboratory analyses, it is concluded that the quartz-zinnwaldite-topaz porphyritic rocks are not products of greisenization. The principal lines of evidence are as follows: (1) the contact boundary between the quartz-zinnwaldite-topaz porphyritic rocks and granites (or granite porphyries) is marked by an abrupt change in mineral proportions, and granite xenoliths occur within the quartz-zinnwaldite-topaz porphyritic rocks; (2) the quartz-zinnwaldite-topaz porphyritic rocks display a typical porphyritic texture with mostly euhedral phenocrysts, in which mineral-melt inclusions are widely developed. Cathodoluminescence (CL) images of quartz phenocrysts reveal primary growth zoning; (3) Al contents in quartz are relatively homogeneous, with an average Ti content as high as 21.8 μg/g; (4) micas are dominated by zinnwaldite with scarce muscovite. The high F content of zinnwaldite and the low F content of coexisting topaz collectively support a magmatic origin; (5) monazite lacks hydrothermal alteration textures and alteration minerals, with magmatic geochemical characteristics; (6) whole-rock Y/Ho, Nb/Ta ratios, and TE_1-3 values (the deviation of the first and third tetrad of granite REE patterns from a hypothetical tetrad effect-free REE pattern) show characteristic behavior of trace elements in silicate melts, which differ from those of granitic rocks or greisens that have undergone significant magmatic-hydrothermal alteration. Geochemical modeling results indicate that the quartz-zinnwaldite-topaz porphyritic rocks are likely formed by multistage in situ crystallization of the Jinjiling complex.
- highly fractionated granite,
- magmatic evolution,
- rare metal deposit,
- Jinjiling complex,
- Nanling region,
- ore deposit,
- geochemistry

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