Study on Metallogenic Mechanism of Shima—Hujiazhuang Rare Earth Deposit in Western Shandong Province——New Evidence from Geochemistry and Electron Probe
A large number of carbonate bodies containing rare earth ores are distributed in Shima, Hujiazhuang, Badou and Xueye in Laiwu-Zibo area in western Shandong province. Most of rare earth deposits developed in these carbonate rocks are endogenetic light rare earth deposits. The total REE content of Shima—Hujiazhuang carbonate rocks in western Shandong varies from 920×10-6 to 111742×10-6. Light rare earths are enriched especially. LREE/HREE=21.56~35.36, (La/Yb)N=55.81~207.82, and the heavy REE content is significantly different, (Gd/Yb)N=5.33~13.41. The fractionation of light rare earth is relatively weak, (La/Sm)N=4.36~6.27. It has a weak europium negative anomaly (δEu =0.8~0.90). The δ13CVPDB of calcite ranges from5.83‰ to 1.55‰, and δ18OVSMOW ranges from 9.47‰ to 16.81‰. Electron microprobe analysis shows that there are a large number of altered minerals, such as vermiculite and chlorite in carbonate rocks in western Shandong. Its biotite belongs to magnesian biotite. Rare earth deposits in Shima—Hujiazhuang area belong to magmatic hydrothermal deposits. It is the product of active continental margin.