Mining Situation and Geochemistry Characteristics of Three Ion Adsorption Rare-Earth Deposit in Guangdong Province
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摘要:
广东稀土资源丰富,资源种类较全,但真正具有工业意义只有离子吸附型稀土矿。已有调查表明广东富有重稀土资源,重稀土资源量约占离子吸附型稀土资源总量的1/3。广东现仅有采矿权企业三家(简称A、B、C矿区),2013年度开采指标REO(稀土氧化物含量)仅为2200吨,但广东省离子型稀土年分离能力超万吨,供需矛盾突出。为了解广东稀土矿开采现状,本文在具备采矿证的A、B和C三个矿区采集风化壳剖面和尾砂样品,利用电感耦合等离子体质谱法(ICP-MS)分析稀土元素、微量元素和相关有用元素的含量,获得了一批新数据,研究矿区的地球化学特征和资源潜力。数据分析表明:① 广东稀土资源非常丰富,实际资源量与现有报告评估的资源量有着极大的差别,相差两个数量级。② 三个稀土矿的风化壳原矿的轻稀土/重稀土的比值为1.8~6.6,说明三个稀土矿均为轻稀土矿;只开采轻稀土矿,与市场需求和广东富有重稀土资源的情况都不相符,年稀土开采指标与年冶炼分离能力也存在极大缺口,无论资源类型和数量都无法满足经济对稀土资源的巨大需求,建议考虑适当增加稀土矿证和开采指标。③ A矿区和C矿区的腐植层和半风化层稀土含量都不高,成矿部位在全风化层,成矿模式为浅伏式;B矿区的腐植层和全风化层稀土含量高(最高超过0.3%),为成矿部位,成矿模式为表露式。④ 风化壳采矿位置尚需根据市场情况调整,减少矿体的漏采,尾砂稀土资源有待回收利用。⑤ 风化壳和尾砂样品微量元素含量相对陆壳丰度,多数元素富集倍数低于10,部分元素甚至出现亏损,没有回收利用价值。
Abstract:Guangdong has abundant kinds of rare earth element resources. The resource which could satisfy the industry exploitation is only the ion adsorption type of rare earth ores. According to previous survey, Guangdong possesses heavy rare earth element resource, which is about 1/3 of total ion adsorption type ore resource. Recently, there are only three companies owning mining rights (referred to as A, B, C mine quarry, respectively). Mining quota of REO (rare earth oxides) for 2013 was only 2200 tons, while Annual ionic rare earth separation capacity was more than 10000 tons. The contradiction between supply and demand is outstanding. In order to reveal the exploitation situation of the rare-earth ores in Guangdong, we collected samples from weathering crust profiles and tailings of A, B and C mining areas. Additionally, in order to study the geochemical characteristics and their resource potential, we analyzed the rare earth elements, trace elements and associated elements by ICP-MS. Our results show that: (1) Guangdong has quite rich resource in rare earth ore, and the resource we calculated is two more orders of magnitude than previous official calculation. (2) The LREEs/HREEs ratios from three weathering crust of rare earth ore areas all ranges from 1.8 to 6.6, implying these three ores are enriched in LREEs, rather than HREEs. However, only mining the LREE ore is incompatible with market demand and the enrichment of heavy rare earth resources in Guangdong. Furthermore, there is a great gap between the rare earth mining quota and smelting separation ability. Therefore, we suggest to raise more mining right licenses and quota for mining rare earth ore properly. (3) The rare earth content of the humus layer and semi-weathered layer was not high in A and C mining areas, which is surface magnetic type metallogenic model and mineralization zone was located in weathered layer. In contrast, the rare earth content of humic layer and completely weathered layer was high (more than 0.3%) in B mining area, which is shallow type metallogenic model. (4) We need to adjust the mining area of weathering crusts according to market demand to reduce the mining leakage and recycle tailings of rare earth resources. (5) The enrichment factors of trace element content in weathering crusts and tailings are less than 10, compared with continental crust abundance, even some elements are depleted. Accordingly, we suggest it is not useful for recycling the trace elements from weathering crusts and tailings.
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表 1 A、B和C三矿区离子吸附型稀土矿风化壳和尾砂样品采样位置
Table 1. The sampling locations of weathering crust and tailings from A, B and C ion adsorption type rare earth mines
样品编号 采样位置 样品编号 采样位置 A-1f 风化壳腐植层 B-4f 风化壳半风化层 A-2f 风化壳腐植层 B-1s 尾砂库底部 A-3f 风化壳半风化层 B-2s 浸取池的尾砂 A-4f 风化壳半风化层 C-1f 风化壳腐植层 A-5f 风化壳腐植层 C-2f 风化壳半风化层 A-1s 尾砂库 C-3f 风化壳腐植层 A-2s 尾砂库 C-1s 尾砂库斜坡底部 A-3s 尾砂库 C-2s 尾砂库斜坡中部 B-1f 风化壳腐植层 C-3s 尾砂库斜坡上部 B-2f 风化壳全风化层 C-4s 尾砂库斜坡顶部 B-3f 风化壳全风化层 C-5s 尾砂库斜坡顶部 表 2 A、B和C三矿区离子吸附型稀土矿风化壳原矿和尾砂稀土元素含量
Table 2. REEs content of weathering crust and tailings from the A, B and C ion adsorption type rare earth mine in Guangdong Province
样品编号 稀土元素含量(μg/g) R/H δEu δCe La Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Y ∑REO A-1f 90.9 101 19.3 70.3 16.3 2.5 17.6 2.9 15.9 3.1 10.1 1.5 11.0 1.7 75.2 526 2.1 0.3 0.5 A-2f 59.2 151 15.6 58.5 11.6 1.5 8.2 1.3 7.4 1.4 5.0 0.7 5.6 0.9 34.9 437 4.5 0.3 0.9 A-3f 174 168 38.7 135 26.0 3.0 26.4 4.5 27.8 5.5 16.7 2.2 13.8 2.2 168 975 2.0 0.4 0.5 A-4f 134 238 26.8 94.0 17.2 1.7 15.4 2.5 13.5 2.7 8.4 1.1 8.2 1.2 72.6 767 4.0 0.4 1.1 A-5f 33.8 228 6.6 22.5 4.1 0.6 4.0 0.7 4.6 1.0 3.0 0.5 3.2 0.5 23.8 409 7.1 0.4 3.4 A-1s 195 199 38.2 133 28.8 4.2 33.3 5.2 28.8 5.5 16.6 2.4 15.8 2.3 125 998 2.5 0.3 0.9 A-2s 267 287 57.1 202 33.1 4.1 24.1 3.5 16.4 3.1 9.5 1.2 7.7 1.1 74.3 1184 5.9 0.3 0.2 A-3s 182 145 45 161 24.9 3.0 14.0 2.1 9.0 1.6 5.1 0.6 4.6 0.7 31.9 750 8.0 0.5 11.1 B-1f 793 102 151 559 114 16.0 101 15.0 86.6 16.3 48.2 6.0 40.5 5.9 535 3085 4.8 0.4 2.1 B-2f 1034 122 189 692 138 19.2 128 19.3 109 21.5 62.8 8.2 54.9 8.1 739 3992 6.6 0.5 0.2 B-3f 291 111 68.8 261 44.6 6.3 32.6 4.1 23.4 4.5 13.8 1.8 12.4 1.8 119 1184 1.8 0.4 0.1 B-4f 65.2 272 13.1 43.9 8.1 1.0 5.7 0.8 4.6 0.8 2.8 0.4 3.1 0.4 18.0 533 1.9 0.4 0.1 B-1s 202 111 50.4 192 28.3 3.5 18.3 2.5 13.8 2.7 8.9 1.2 8.2 1.3 63.3 840 11.0 0.4 0.3 B-2s 72.6 90.1 13.2 39.9 5.9 0.8 3.5 0.6 3.6 0.8 2.7 0.4 3.0 0.5 18.1 307 3.6 0.5 0.6 C-1f 12.9 562 2.5 7.4 1.3 0.2 2.1 0.4 2.5 0.6 2.3 0.4 2.4 0.4 15.4 751 22.2 0.4 22 C-2f 13.3 370 2.0 7.0 1.1 0.2 0.8 0.3 2.1 0.5 1.7 0.2 1.4 0.2 10.8 504 21.9 0.5 15 C-3f 290 307 52.0 184 33.7 2.9 28.6 4.9 24.6 4.3 12.1 1.4 8.7 1.3 126 892 4.2 0.3 0.5 C-1s 169 339 40.3 146 24.0 2.0 16.8 2.5 14.1 2.7 8.2 1.0 7.2 1.6 65.1 1008 6.0 0.5 11 C-2s 929 285 178 611 102 8.4 83.9 10.4 54.4 9.4 26.8 3.0 19.0 2.7 236 3035 4.6 0.3 0.9 C-3s 21.1 437 3.4 11.7 2.0 0.3 1.6 0.4 2.5 0.6 1.9 0.3 1.7 0.3 13.4 609 21.3 0.3 0.2 C-4s 270 191 65.4 226 47.1 3.5 39.9 6.5 38.1 6.8 21.1 3.1 22.7 3.3 135 1286 2.9 0.2 0.3 C-5s 124 126 24.1 82.4 16.1 1.2 18.9 2.9 18.5 3.8 11.1 1.5 10.3 1.6 109 662 2.1 0.2 0.5 注:∑REO为稀土氧化物总量,f代表风化壳样品,s代表尾砂样品,R/H为轻稀土氧化物与重稀土氧化物的比值。δCe为Ce/Ce*,CeN /(LaN+NdN),δEu为Eu /Eu*,EuN/(SmN+GdN);N为对球粒陨石标准化[13]。 表 3 A、B和C三矿区离子吸附型稀土矿风化壳和尾砂微量元素含量
Table 3. Trace elements content of weathering crust and tailings from A, B and C ion adsorption type rare earth mines in Guangdong Province
样品编号 微量元素含量(μg/g) Li Be Ti V Cr Mn Co Ni Cu Zn Ga A-1f 24.9 3.9 3934 40.0 17.1 655 5.7 7.5 25.7 125 33.3 A-2f 21.6 3.4 4120 40.5 10.2 494 6.1 6.2 14.4 78.1 31.6 A-3f 33.0 6.4 2801 33.1 4.4 469 3.9 3.0 8.3 67.2 37.3 A-4f 26.3 13.6 5436 41.4 4.2 1476 5.8 2.4 16.6 105 39.2 A-5f 3.6 1.8 1646 24.1 4.5 185 4.5 4.8 8.2 45.3 27.7 A-1s 2.6 5.9 3285 35.2 7.5 1013 14.1 5.7 8.4 94.8 39.1 A-2s 8.0 3.4 2352 28.1 5.9 808 13.1 5.6 6.3 102 39.8 A-3s 6.8 3.0 2692 31.0 3.5 737 9.3 4.5 5.5 72.9 33.5 B-1f 88.2 5.6 1851 117 5.6 136 19.2 4.6 13.1 46.9 45.6 B-2f 48.9 5.4 4365 93.2 5.9 358 37.9 5.4 13.4 47.6 51.3 B-3f 70.5 6.2 1762 56.2 5.2 519 6.9 2.8 11.2 36.8 42.9 B-4f 14.1 2.1 7048 129 14.9 347 15.0 17.6 16.8 85.4 31.6 B-1s 41.6 4.2 3890 69.4 6.2 306 9.6 2.7 9.3 38.4 35.8 B-2s 44.7 4.6 4472 83.5 4.3 565 18.1 2.6 14.3 54.4 34.1 C-1f 31.6 1.7 5382 39.0 25.2 100 1.4 10.3 6.2 115 50.8 C-2f 16.7 1.9 2600 4.5 7.4 114 3.2 12.7 4.7 47.5 26.6 C-3f 20.9 3.3 8.7 2898 12.5 4.0 359 3.5 2.5 5.0 78.9 C-1s 41.1 2.6 2942 7.1 6.0 764 2.1 3.5 5.8 63.9 30.5 C-2s 36.1 2.9 2486 5.4 1.2 963 3.4 2.4 4.8 56.7 40.4 C-3s 11.2 2.1 4243 5.6 1.5 368 3.0 3.3 5.4 84.7 30.2 C-4s 110 3.6 6.9 1127 5.9 3.3 472 1.8 2.0 4.4 59.5 C-5s 122 3.3 6.6 1170 5.3 2.3 448 3.9 2.0 4.7 59.0 样品编号 微量元素含量(μg/g) Ge As Rb Sr Zr Nb Mo Cd In Sn Sb A-1f 4.6 < 0.05 359 33.7 901 39.3 3.1 0.3 0.2 12.6 0.2 A-2f 4.1 0.8 275 27.2 649 40.7 1.9 0.2 0.1 11.8 0.2 A-3f 2.5 1.4 253 15.7 471 35.8 1.2 0.1 0.1 11.2 0.2 A-4f 5.0 0.5 260 61.8 686 53.0 6.7 1.1 0.2 22.2 0.1 A-5f 2.9 0.3 72 6.5 208 25.4 0.6 0.0 0.1 6.1 - A-1s 3.1 - 278 16.0 379 33.8 1.3 0.2 0.1 9.7 0.1 A-2s 3.7 0.6 225 21.0 353 29.5 1.2 0.1 0.1 8.2 0.1 A-3s 3.1 0.8 152 12.6 249 26.7 0.9 0.1 0.1 7.7 0.1 B-1f 11.9 - 392 33.1 145 15.4 1.2 0.0 0.1 12.0 0.7 B-2f 15.7 - 251 23.4 259 27.5 2.3 0.1 0.1 28.6 0.1 B-3f 8.3 2.1 312 26.4 186 15.4 6.8 0.1 0.1 13.3 0.1 B-4f 4.9 9.2 107 13.1 562 34.5 2.6 0.0 0.1 27.4 0.2 B-1s 6.1 10.4 161 9.0 302 24.6 2.1 0.1 0.1 25.4 - B-2s 3.5 36.0 233 22.2 386 26.9 1.0 0.2 0.2 28.3 - C-1f 2.4 9.5 15.5 5.8 876 52.9 3.6 0.1 0.2 6.2 0.5 C-2f 1.9 4.1 25.6 3.0 739 52.4 1.8 0.1 0.1 4.4 0.2 C-3f 38.3 2.5 1.1 318 2.5 42.5 1.7 0.1 0.1 4.3 0.2 C-1s 2.1 2.3 209 11.1 588 56.4 3.5 0.2 0.1 5.8 0.1 C-2s 5.2 2.5 157 9.3 651 49.0 3.0 0.3 0.1 5.0 0.2 C-3s 1.9 1.5 44.9 1.7 752 75.9 2.7 0.1 0.1 6.0 0.1 C-4s 30.2 2.7 1.3 196 2.7 46.7 1.3 0.1 0.1 5.8 0.3 C-5s 26.7 1.9 1.2 1778 1.9 48.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 5.2 0.1 样品编号 微量元素含量(μg/g) Cs Ba Hf Ta W Tl Pb Bi Th U A-1f 12.6 314 25.8 5.3 5.1 2.3 47.9 2.5 62.1 17.0 A-2f 12.3 209 20.3 4.9 12.2 1.9 59.9 1.7 57.9 12.1 A-3f 6.9 261 15.5 4.8 7.7 1.3 27.6 0.5 49.0 6.9 A-4f 5.2 333 21.2 7.2 8.3 1.6 31.3 2.1 78.3 15.4 A-5f 4.4 45 8.0 2.3 1.4 0.8 88.7 0.4 44.8 8.2 A-1s 18.1 255 11.7 5.3 3.3 1.9 76.5 1.3 52.8 25.1 A-2s 11.0 348 11.1 5.0 5.0 2.1 134 1.1 54.8 12.5 A-3s 10.6 148 8.1 3.3 3.1 1.8 123 0.7 32.9 12.8 B-1f 19.5 517 5.7 2.3 16.6 3.1 119 0.6 44.3 10.7 B-2f 31.2 233 10.2 4.2 6.2 2.4 174 0.4 61.9 16.9 B-3f 21.8 252 7.2 3.0 12.6 2.0 215 0.6 104 8.6 B-4f 11.3 83 17.9 4.7 9.5 1.3 166 1.0 80.3 22.7 B-1s 16.6 60 10.6 3.8 7.2 1.4 151 0.3 82.3 10.4 B-2s 19.5 311 13.3 3.6 15.8 1.9 81 1.0 62.5 12.2 C-1f 2.7 23.2 19.8 4.4 5.1 0.4 26.9 0.4 60.5 5.1 C-2f 1.7 16.3 22.9 5.3 4.6 0.2 363 0.2 57.1 5.2 C-3f 12.1 124 18.0 3.7 3.2 1.3 60.6 0.1 46.2 3.3 C-1s 3.6 201 16.9 5.0 3.7 1.5 86.8 0.1 64.3 4.1 C-2s 3.3 150 19.3 4.2 3.1 1.5 133 0.1 63.4 3.8 C-3s 2.3 19.5 22.4 6.7 4.8 0.4 93.2 0.1 46.3 5.0 C-4s 5.3 56.4 8.6 4.3 2.1 1.1 62.8 0.6 68.4 5.1 C-5s 5.2 40.4 9.1 4.3 1.9 0.8 86.9 0.4 57.1 5.2 注:“-”代表该值低于检测下限。 -
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