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{"title":"Silicon isotope behavior during silica diagenesis recorded by silica sinters in a geothermal system, Xizang, China","authors":"Wei Wang ,&nbsp;Shao-Yong Jiang ,&nbsp;Hai-Zhen Wei ,&nbsp;Wen Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107744","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107744","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Silica sinters formed in geothermal systems represent an ideal geochemical archive for studying silicon (Si) isotope (δ³⁰Si) behavior during early diagenesis. Understanding diagenetic processes, including the preservation of Si isotope compositions, is crucial in the matter of paleo-environmental reconstruction. We conducted an investigation in the Dagejia geothermal system located in Xizang, China. This study presents silica diagenetic sequences that span from active geothermal fluids, transitioning from modern and fresh (MF) opal-A to modern and fresh (MF) chalcedony at temperatures ranging from 70 °C to 85 °C and high alkalinity. During diagenesis, the Si isotope values of chalcedony exhibit significant centimeter-scale variations, ranging from −1.89 ‰ to −0.35 ‰. From the top layer MF opal-A to the bottom layer MF chalcedony, the δ³⁰Si values decrease, and the Δ³⁰Si _{chalcedony-opal-A} increases from −1.65 ‰ at 70 °C to −1.05 ‰ at 85 °C.</div><div>In this process, the Si concentration of the pore fluid and the Si isotopic composition of the silica sinter were modeled via C.O model and Rayleigh model, respectively. The results show that the Si concentration of pore fluid is controlled by opal-A precursor dissolution and diagenetic depth. These variations in MF chalcedony are caused primarily by kinetic fractionation and are influenced by the temperature and Si concentration of the pore fluid. In this study, we demonstrate that silica diagenetic processes, coupled with isotopic changes in natural siliceous deposits, heavily depend on specific conditions during the formation of silica sinters. Furthermore, they may effectively preserve the initial information present after the formation of silica sinters. These interlinked controls on Si isotopic compositions are crucial for the application of Si isotopes in cherts for paleo-environmental reconstructions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107744"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143519250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Geochemistry, geochronology and Fe-Mg-S isotopic composition of the Liaoshang gold deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, China: Implications for ore-forming processes and mineral exploration","authors":"Yuan-lin Chen ,&nbsp;Huan Li ,&nbsp;Shang-yi Gu ,&nbsp;Scott A. Whattam ,&nbsp;Chao-yang Zheng ,&nbsp;Li-gong Wang ,&nbsp;Da-dou Li ,&nbsp;Liu-an Duan","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107738","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Liaoshang Au deposit in North China is distinguished by gold occurrence in pyrite-dolomite veins and characterized by large Au endowment (about 69 t Au @ 3.3 g/t), representing a novel gold deposit type within the Jiaodong gold province. To date, the mineralization age and metallogenic mechanism remain controversial, limiting the in-depth understanding of ore-forming processes. The Liaoshang Au mineralization differs from classic orogenic Au metallogeny in close relationships with the occurrence of ore-stage pyrite and dolomite. Here, we use syn-ore stage monazite U-Pb geochronology to constrain the ore-forming age. We also measured Fe and Mg isotope compositions in pyrite and dolomite associated with gold mineralization, combined with in situ LA-(MC)-ICP-MS elemental mapping and S isotopes in pyrite to decipher the iron, magnesium, and sulfur source(s), aiming to provide new insights into the ore-forming processes. Petrographic observation shows that gold in pyrite-dolomite veins mainly occurs as micro-grains (20–100 μm) within pyrite. Elemental mapping and in situ S isotope measurements for pyrite indicate that the main Au mineralization is associated with elevated concentrations of Cu, Ag, As, and Bi, as well as heavy sulfur isotope values (δ³⁴S ~13.6 ‰, compared to ~8.0 ‰ in the early stage). This is attributed to the addition of sulfur with high δ³⁴S from the basement Jingshan Group. The δ⁵⁶Fe values of ankerite and pyrite present a narrow range with an average of −0.21 ‰ and +0.56 ‰, respectively. The inverse enrichment of iron isotopes between ankerite and pyrite may be attributed to thermodynamic equilibrium fractionation in an open system. The δ²⁶Mg values of ankerite yields a wide range from −3.02 ‰ to −0.80 ‰. By comparing the Fe and Mg isotopic signatures of ores with those of local granites and basement rocks, we argue that the Jingshan Group contributed Fe and Mg to form auriferous pyrite and dolomite. The U-Pb dating of monazite in Au-bearing pyrite yields an age of 118.8 ± 1.7 Ma, which may represent the mineralization age of the deposit. The ore-forming fluid sourced from metasomatized mantle lithosphere leached Fe, Mg, and some heavier sulfur from the Jingshan Group to precipitate pyrite and dolomite in Liaoshang, forming pyrite‑carbonate veins. This is a critical gold mineralization mechanism for forming the Liaoshang-type gold deposits in the Jiaodong Peninsula, North China, which is different from that of the Jiaojia-type (disseminated stockwork-altered wall-rock type) and Linglong-type (quartz-sulfide vein type) gold deposits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107738"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fluid and mineral inclusions of charoitite deposit in the Murun alkaline-carbonatite complex, Eastern Siberia, Russia","authors":"Emilia Yu. Dokuchits,&nbsp;Shao-Yong Jiang,&nbsp;Suo-Fei Xiong,&nbsp;Aleksandr Stepanov,&nbsp;Irina Zhukova,&nbsp;Wen-Tian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107735","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107735","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Murun alkaline‑carbonatite complex in Eastern Siberia, Russia, is known as a unique <em>gem</em> deposit of scenic purple charoitite rocks that consist of up to fifty different minerals, most of which are rare in nature. Charoitites occur in the rocks, which were identified as fenites. Rock-forming minerals of charoitites include charoite, pyroxene, K-feldspar, amphibole, and quartz; various (Ca)-(K)-(Na) silicates often present in large amounts. Apatite, carbonate minerals (mainly strontianite and barytocalcite), baryte, steacyite, dalyite, and various sulfides are typical accessory minerals in charoitites. Several transparent minerals from charoitites were studied in this paper, with special attention given to fluid and mineral inclusions. Fluid inclusions (FIs) are observed in quartz, apatite, tinaksite, dalyite, amphibole, pyroxene, and K-feldspar, including monophase [V (vapor) and L (liquid)], two-phase [L + V (liquid+vapor) and V + L (vapor+liquid)], multicomponent (L + V + S), and solid crystalline inclusions, which are represented by both single grain and composite mineral inclusions. The Raman spectra showed that most two-phase FIs are aqueous with minor N₂ and sometimes contain abundant CH₄ in the vapor phase. Using Raman spectroscopy, the daughter phases in multiphase inclusions were identified as sulfates (baryte and thenardite) and carbonates (witherite and calcite). The following crystalline phases in mineral inclusions were recorded: carbonates (witherite, calcite, barytocalcite, burbankite), sulfates (baryte), sulfides (sphalerite, galena and others), and silicates (quartz, aegirine, amphibole, and some Ca-(K)-(Na) silicate minerals). High-temperature polyphase melt inclusions were found in K-feldspar and tinaksite; however, only partial dissolution was achieved, and total homogenization could not be measured due to decrepitation. The studied fluid inclusions record a complex post-magmatic history, which includes the trapping of an aqueous fluid. The measured total homogenization temperatures (<em>T</em>_h) of FIs in quartz (180–441 °C), apatite (152–364 °C), tinaksite (218–404 °C) and dalyite (264 °C) suggest a secondary origin for all two-phased FIs, while the high-temperature fluid and melt inclusions (<em>T</em>_h &gt; 400–460 °C) recorded in these minerals formed during the magmatic stage. The coexistence of different types of fluid inclusions in transparent minerals associated with charoite, as well as wide ranges of homogenization temperatures, could be evidence of boiling occurring during the formation of charoitites. Fluid evidence and petrographic observations indicate that both magmatic and hydrothermal processes contributed to the formation of the Sirenevyi Kamen charoite deposit.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"274 ","pages":"Article 107735"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143561718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A high-performance extreme gradient boosting outlier detection framework for integrating the outputs of diverse anomaly detectors for detecting mineralization-related geochemical anomalies","authors":"Sheng He,&nbsp;Yongliang Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107741","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107741","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In geochemical exploration, the geochemical anomalies identified in the same area by different unsupervised anomaly detection models are often quite divergent. How to combine these divergent geochemical anomalies into reliable mineral prospecting targets is a problem worth studying. In this regard, the extreme gradient boosting outlier detection (XGBOD) framework was adopted to integrate the anomaly scores produced by diverse unsupervised anomaly detection models to construct a high-performance semi-supervised anomaly detection ensemble for detecting mineralization-related geochemical anomalies. In the XGBOD framework, various unsupervised anomaly detection models are built and used to transform input variables into the transformed outlier scores (TOSs), and the important TOSs are then selected and added into the original input data to train the extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) model, and a high-performance semi-supervised XGBoost model is established finally for detecting mineralization-related geochemical anomalies. The superiority of the XGBOD framework was demonstrated by a case study implemented in the Baishan area (Jilin, China). The <em>K</em>-nearest neighbor, local outlier factor, histogram-based outlier score, one-class support vector machine and isolation forest were used to transform element concentrations to TOSs, and the TOSs were used as the input data of the XGBoost model together with the original input element concentration data. The XGBoost model was finally established to detect mineralization-related geochemical anomalies. The results show that the semi-supervised XGBoost model performs significantly better than the five unsupervised anomaly detection models. Therefore, the XGBOD framework is a viable tool for combining diverse anomaly scores produced by various anomaly detectors to build a high-performance semi-supervised ensemble for detecting mineralization-related geochemical anomalies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107741"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143508828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The use of EDTA leaching method to predict arsenic and antimony Neutral Mine Drainage from the Eleonore tailings","authors":"Vincent Marmier ,&nbsp;Benoît Plante ,&nbsp;Isabelle Demers ,&nbsp;Mostafa Benzaazoua","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107734","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107734","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The prediction of neutral mine drainage (NMD) is difficult using classical kinetic techniques due to the sorption and precipitation processes that retain the contaminant within the material, hiding the actual geochemical behaviour. A method for NMD prediction using sorption experiments and modified kinetic experiments with a complexing agent such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was developed to predict metal leaching in mine waste. The objective of this study was to assess the applicability of the leaching procedure to oxyanions such as As and Sb as well as the evolution of the risk of Eleonore mine tailings towards As and Sb leaching in the long-term. The study found that the Eleonore tailings contained 527 mg/kg of As and 59 mg/kg of Sb, mostly found within löllingite and arsenopyrite. The leaching of As and Sb through complexation with EDTA was found to be effective in kinetic experiments for prediction purposes, despite EDTA's classification as a cation complexing agent. The tailings sorption capacity for As was estimated to be between 43 and 76 mg/kg. By comparing the sorption capacity and the metalloid content, the ratio sorption/metalloid content was found to be below 1 (0.07–0.13), indicating a high risk towards NMD. Furthermore, no notable change in sorption capacity was observed over the course of the column experiments, suggesting that sorption is unlikely to influence the As leaching dynamic. However, it is probable that As retention in the tailings is not primarily driven by sorption; given the high iron (Fe) loadings, coprecipitation may be the dominant mechanism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107734"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of buried historical copper slags on contemporary soil contamination","authors":"Krzysztof Kupczak ,&nbsp;Rafał Warchulski ,&nbsp;Vojtěch Ettler ,&nbsp;Martin Mihaljevič","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107743","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107743","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study focuses on the impact of historical metallurgical slags on contemporary soil and soil pore water contamination, and potential phytoavailibility of metal(loid)s based on the example of the former smelter (16th–18th century) in Miedziana Góra (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). The slags buried in soil exhibit elevated concentrations of Pb (57,400 mg·kg⁻¹), Zn (9000 mg·kg⁻¹), Cu (8890 mg·kg⁻¹), and As (325 mg·kg⁻¹). Mineralogical analysis reveals that the main carriers of these metal(loid)s are sulfides (Cu, As), metallic phases (Cu), and glass (Pb, Zn). Based on leaching tests using deionized water, it was found that the metal(loid)s contained in the slags are hardly mobilized. Similarly, the pH-static leaching tests indicate that, under natural soil pH conditions (~ 6.5), contaminants leaching from slag is limited, with metals stabilizing primarily in secondary phases, mainly in the form of oxides, carbonates, and phosphates. Despite the limited mobility, surrounding soils show high concentrations of Pb (up to 31,200 mg·kg⁻¹), Cu (up to 13,900 mg·kg⁻¹), Zn (up to 11,800 mg·kg⁻¹), and As (up to 985 mg·kg⁻¹). Leaching tests on soil samples using CaCl₂ as a leaching agent reveal mobilized concentrations up to 19.1 mg·kg⁻¹ Zn, 7.20 mg·kg⁻¹ Cu, and 6.40 mg·kg⁻¹ Pb, with Sb (1.81 % of the total) and Cd (1.56 % of the total) showing the highest mobility. A Pb concentration exceeding 100 μg·l⁻¹ in the tested pore water sample indicates poor water quality, underscoring the significant environmental impact of historical metallurgy on present ecosystem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107743"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ore genesis of the Baishizhang Mo(-W) deposit in the Nanling Range, South China: Constraints from wolframite geochronology and chemical composition","authors":"Yue Hou ,&nbsp;Huan Li ,&nbsp;Thomas J. Algeo ,&nbsp;Jianjun Liu ,&nbsp;Zhekai Zhou ,&nbsp;Zhaoyang Luo ,&nbsp;Weidong Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107733","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107733","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The South China Block (SCB), as one of the most important molybdenum metallogenic provinces in China, contains &gt;40 Mo deposits including porphyry, skarn, and quartz-vein systems. In this work, we examine the ore geology and wolframite chemistry of the Baishizhang (BSZ) quartz vein-type Mo(-W) deposit in the Nanling Metallogenic Belt, using in-situ laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometric (LA-ICP-MS) analysis of U-Pb isotopes and trace elements. The hydrothermal history of the BSZ deposit can be divided into three stages (i.e., quartz-wolframite, sulfide, and calcite), the first two of which are the two main mineralization stages and wolframite shows petrological evidence for these two stages. Wol(I) yielded a U-Pb age of 154.0 ± 1.2 Ma (1σ; <em>n</em> = 20; MSWD = 0.86) and Wol(II) ages of 150.8 ± 0.5 Ma (Wol(II-1);1σ; <em>n</em> = 19; MSWD = 1.0) and 146.1 ± 2.3 Ma (Wol(II-2); 1σ; <em>n</em> = 12; MSWD = 2.6), bracketing the transition from the quartz-wolframite stage to the sulfide stage. The Wol(II-1) mineralization may be genetically related to emplacement of biotite K-feldspar granite (150.3 ± 1.1 Ma), and the large-scale Mo mineralization may be related to deep concealed granites at BSZ. Our results show that the composition of wolframite was constrained by both crystallochemical effects and the composition of the mineralizing fluid, and that the substitution mechanisms controlling the chemical compositions of Wol(I) and Wol(II) were different. Wol(II) exhibits changes in composition and Eu anomaly from the core to the rim, likely reflecting the influence of an external reducing fluid enriched in Sn and Mo from concealed granites that caused Mo mineralization. A metallogenic model of the BSZ deposit can be applied to better interpret the various formation processes of the two main mineralization stages.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107733"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial heterogeneity and driving factors of temperature sensitivity of soil respiration (Q10) at national scale","authors":"Mi Tian ,&nbsp;Chao Wu ,&nbsp;Xueqiu Wang ,&nbsp;Binbin Sun ,&nbsp;Jian Zhou ,&nbsp;Qinghai Hu ,&nbsp;Wei Wang ,&nbsp;Hanliang Liu ,&nbsp;Baoyun Zhang ,&nbsp;Yu Qiao","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107742","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107742","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration (Q10) plays an important role in terrestrial soil carbon-climate feedback. However, Q10 exhibits significant spatial heterogeneity on a large scale, and the factors influencing its spatial variability are not yet fully understood. In this research, we collected Q10 values from 236 field studies in China to explore the spatial heterogeneity and controlling factors of Q10 values at national scale. The relative importance of different climate factors such as annual average temperature (MAT), annual average temperature (MAP) and evapotranspiration (ET), soil geochemical factors including pH, soil organic carbon, soil total nitrogen, C/N, metal oxides, vegetation types and geological backgrounds in predicting Q10 values were explored using a random forest model. The study found that the range of Q10 values in China is 1.17–5.51, with a median of 2.3 and a mean of 2.47. The main influencing factors of the spatial variation of temperature sensitivity of soil respiration Q10 at the national scale are the supply and quality of soil respiration substrates. The more soil organic carbon content, the bigger the Q10. The more difficult it is to decompose (the more complex the molecular structure presented by correlations between Q10 and C/N, and the more mineral-bounded organic carbon presented by correlations between Q10 and FeO), the stronger the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. In comparison, the influence of climate factors on Q10 is less important and complex, Q10 increases nonlinearly with the increase of ET and decreases with the increase of temperature. The Q10 value is higher when the precipitation is moderate (800-1200 mm), and decreases when there is excessive or insufficient rainfall. In summary, the interaction between soil geochemical factors and climate controls the storage and turnover of soil organic carbon, and soil geochemistry plays the most important role. The results of this study are helpful for accurately assessing the global soil organic carbon storage and spatiotemporal changes, and are of great significance for studying the feedback mechanism of organic carbon under the background of global carbon cycle and global warming.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107742"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Valorization of sulfide rich tailings with nature-based solutions for pasture lands","authors":"Diego Arán ,&nbsp;Adelaida Patrasc-Lungu ,&nbsp;Amaia Nogales ,&nbsp;Maria Manuela Abreu ,&nbsp;Erika S. Santos","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107731","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107731","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil degradation caused by the mining activities is one of the major impacts and challenges for society. Nature-based solutions, such as Technosols, are an alternative for their recovery, which can be accelerated by the use of microorganisms. The objective of this study was to evaluate the viability of implementing risk-free grazing land on sulfide-rich tailings recovered with a Tecnosol with/without a fungal inoculum (<em>Rhizoglomus irregulare</em> and <em>Trichoderma</em> sp.). A mesocosm assay was carried out, under greenhouse and controlled conditions, with sulfide-rich tailings from the Aznalcóllar mine and a Technosol designed with alkaline and eutrophic properties for eight months. Three treatments were established (Tailing + Technosol with fungal inoculation (YM), Tailing + Technosol without fungal inoculation (NM), and Tailing with fungal inoculation (Control)) and a commercial pasture was sown. Several parameters related to the materials collected in each treatment, plant development and multielemental composition of the shoots in two growth cycles were determined. The single application of the fungal inoculum was not sufficient to improve the sulfide-rich tailings and to allow plant germination. Independently of the inoculum application, the Technosol improved the physico-chemical characteristics of the tailings (e.g., increased pH, fertility and decreased the availability of potentially toxic elements). Shoots from the YM and NM treatments showed no significant differences in yield and development and no any risk to animal consumption. The results confirmed that sulfide-rich tailings can be environmentally recovered and socio-economically valorized through the application of a Technosol and pasture land.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107731"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143508830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ore-forming simulation of the Axi low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit, Western China: Genetic implications on mineralization pattern","authors":"Shaofeng Xie ,&nbsp;Zhankun Liu ,&nbsp;Xiancheng Mao ,&nbsp;Cheng Wang ,&nbsp;Longbo Li","doi":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107740","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107740","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Improving the understanding of fluid migration and mineralization localization within epithermal gold systems is of utmost significance for mineral exploration. In this study, a series of numerical simulation experiments were carried out at the Axi low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit in western China under variable stress conditions by employing the FLAC^3D software. The objective was to explore the fluid migration process during the ore-forming period. The results demonstrate that the extensional deformation and fluid migration patterns of simple compressive or tensional model cannot yield the known mineralization distribution, while the corrected 30° tension model leads to sinistral strike-slip, resulting in the current gold mineralization pattern. The NE-trending fault extension zone associated with the deformation setting is inferred as the migration pathway of the deep-seated ore-forming fluids. Several deep fluid migration pathways beneath the known mineralization are determined. Numerical simulation of the metallogenic process reveals that the fault structure controls the scale and extent of fluid migration. The gold distribution in the Axi deposit can be ascribed to shear strain localization, the development of dilation, and the focusing of fluids into the dilatant fault. By means of thermo-fluid-mechanical coupling, the models have generated several potential gold mineralization targets in the southern and northern segments. This case study emphasizes that the mineralization of the Axi gold deposit is predominantly controlled by fault geometry associated with specific stress directions and demonstrates that numerical modeling is a robust tool for identifying potential mineralization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":"273 ","pages":"Article 107740"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}