Mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the coal in the Guanbanwusu Mine, Inner Mongolia, China: Further evidence for the existence of an Al (Ga and REE) ore deposit in the Jungar Coalfield

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-40

  Dai, Shifeng ^a   Jiang, Yaofa ^b   Ward, Colin R ^c   Gu, Landing ^a   Seredin, Vladimir V ^d   Liu, Huidong ^a   Zhou, Dao ^a   Wang, Xibo ^a   Sun, Yuzhuang ^e   Zou, Jianhua ^a,f   Ren, Deyi ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Xuzhou Institute of Architectural Technology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^e Heibei Engineering University   (China)

^f CHONGQING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Al Ga REE deposit; Boehmite; Elements in coal; Guanbanwusu; Minerals in coal

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; BOEHMITE; CHAMOSITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHINESE COAL; COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUES; COAL FIELDS; COMBUSTION RESIDUES; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GOYAZITE; GUANBANWUSU; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROXYCHLORIDE; INERTINITE; INNER MONGOLIA; LOW RANK; NEW MINERAL; NEW RESULTS; OXYCHLORIDES; SOURCE REGION; TAIYUAN FORMATION; VITRINITES;

ALUMINUM; BAUXITE DEPOSITS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHLORINE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FLUORINE; GALLIUM; GROUNDWATER; IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; LITHIUM; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ALUMINUM; BOEHMITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOYAZITE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

CHINA; JUNGAR COALFIELD; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84860556625     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

References (107)

1. Admakin L.A. Relationship between ash and germanium content of coal and its genetic significance. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1970, 192:1353-1355.
2. ASTM D 388-99 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
3. ASTM D2492-02 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
4. ASTM D2797-04 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
5. ASTM D2798-05 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
6. ASTM D3173-03 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
7. ASTM D3174-04 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
8. ASTM D3175-02 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
9. ASTM D3177-02 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Gaseous Fuels; Coal and Coke 2005, vol. 05.06.
10. Bailey S.W., Lister J.S. Structures, compositions and X-ray diffraction identification of dioctahedral chlorites. Clays and Clay Minerals 1989, 37:193-202.
11. Bao Z., Zhao Z. Geochemistry of mineralization with exchangeable REY in the weathering crusts of granitic rocks in South China. Ore Geology Reviews 2008, 33:519-535.
12. Bouška V., Pešek J., Sýkorová I. Probable modes of occurrence of chemical elements in coal. Acta Montana. Serie B, Fuel, Carbon, Mineral Processing, Praha 2000, 10(117):53-90.
13. Breger I.A., Schopf J.M. Germanium and uranium in coalified wood from upper Devonian black shale. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1955, 7:287-293.
14. Caswell S.A. Distribution of water-soluble chlorine in coals using stains and acetate peels. Fuel 1981, 60:1164-1166.
15. Caswell S.A., Holmes I.F., Spears D.A. Water-soluble chlorine and associated major cations from the coal and mudrocks of the Cannock and North Staffordshire coalfields. Fuel 1984, 63:774-781.
16. Chou C.-L. Abundances of sulfur, chlorine, and trace elements in Illinois Basin coals, USA. Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference & Workshop, Taiyuan, China, Sept. 23-27, 1997, Section 1 1997, 76-87.
17. Committee Office of the National Mineral Reserves (CONMR) Reference Manual for the Requirements of Industrial Mineral Ores 1987, 195-196. Geological Press, Beijing, (in Chinese).
18. Crowley S.S., Stanton R.W., Ryer T.A. The effects of volcanic ash on the maceral and chemical composition of the C coal bed, Emery Coal Field, Utah. Organic Geochemistry 1989, 14:315-331.
19. Dai S., Chou C.-L. Occurrence and origin of minerals in a chamosite-bearing coal of Late Permian age, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China. American Mineralogist 2007, 92:1253-1261.
20. Dai S., Ren D., Chou C.-L., Li S., Jiang Y. Mineralogy and geochemistry of the No. 6 coal (Pennsylvanian) in the Junger Coalfield, Ordos Basin, China. International Journal of Coal Geology 2006, 66:253-270.
21. Dai S., Li D., Chou C.-L., Zhao L., Zhang Y., Ren D., Ma Y., Sun Y. Mineralogy and geochemistry of boehmite-rich coals: new insights from the Haerwusu Surface Mine, Jungar Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China. International Journal of Coal Geology 2008, 74:185-202.
22. Dai S., Tian L., Chou C.-L., Zhou Y., Zhang M., Zhao L., Wang J., Yang Z., Cao H., Ren D. Mineralogical and compositional characteristics of Late Permian coals from an area of high lung cancer rate in Xuan Wei, Yunnan, China: occurrence and origin of quartz and chamosite. International Journal of Coal Geology 2008, 76:318-327.
23. Dai S., Zhao L., Peng S., Chou C.-L., Wang X., Zhang Y., Li D., Sun Y. Abundances and distribution of minerals and elements in high-alumina coal fly ash from the Jungar Power Plant, Inner Mongolia, China. International Journal of Coal Geology 2010, 81:320-332.
24. Dai S., Zhou Y., Zhang M., Wang X., Wang J., Song X., Jiang Y., Luo Y., Song Z., Yang Z., Ren D. A new type of Nb (Ta)-Zr(Hf)-REE-Ga polymetallic deposit in the late Permian coal-bearing strata, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China: possible economic significance and genetic implications. International Journal of Coal Geology 2010, 83:55-63.
25. Dai S., Ren D., Chou C.-L., Finkelman R.B., Seredin V.V., Zhou Y. Geochemistry of trace elements in Chinese coals: a review of abundances, genetic types, impacts on human health, and industrial utilization. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 94:3-21.
26. Dai S., Wang X., Seredin V.V., Hower J.C., Ward C.R., O'Keefe J.M.K., Huang W., Li T., Li X., Liu H., Xue W., Zhao L. Petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of the Ge-rich coal from the Wulantuga Ge ore deposit, Inner Mongolia, China: new data and genetic implications. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 90-91:72-99.
27. Dai S., Zou J., Jiang Y., Ward C.R., Wang X., Li T., Xue W., Liu S., Tian H., Sun X., Zhou D. Mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the Pennsylvanian coal in the Adaohai Mine, Daqingshan Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China: modes of occurrence and origin of diaspore, gorceixite, and ammonian illite. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 94:250-270.
28. Daybell G.N., Pringle W.J.S. The mode of occurrence of chlorine in coal. Fuel 1958, 37:283-292.
29. Du G., Zhuang X., Querol X., Izquierdo M., Alastuey A., Moreno T., Font O. Ge distribution in the Wulantuga high-germanium coal deposit in the Shengli coalfield, Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. International Journal of Coal Geology 2009, 78:16-26.
30. Eskenazy G.M. Rare earth elements and yttrium in lithotypes of Bulgarian coals. Organic Geochemistry 1987, 11:83-89.
31. Eskenazy G.M. Zirconium and hafnium in Bulgarian coals. Fuel 1987, 66:1652-1657.
32. Eskenazy G.M. Rare earth elements in a sampled coal from the Pirin Deposit, Bulgaria. International Journal of Coal Geology 1987, 7:301-314.
33. Eskenazy G., Delibatova D., Mincheva E. Geochemistry of boron in Bulgarian coals. International Journal of Coal Geology 1994, 25:93-110.
34. Eskenazy G., Finkelman R.B., Chattarjee S. Some considerations concerning the use of correlation coefficients and cluster analysis in interpreting coal geochemistry data. International Journal of Coal Geology 2010, 83:491-493.
35. Faraj B.S.M., Fielding C.R., Mackinnon D.R. Cleat mineralization of Upper Permian Baralaba/Rangal Coal Measures, Bowen Basin, Australia. Special Publication 1996, vol. 109:151-164. Geological Society, London.
36. Finkelman R.B. Modes of occurrence of trace elements in coal. US Geol Surv Open-File Rep 1981, 81-99. 332 pp.
37. Finkelman R.B. Modes of occurrence of environmentally-sensitive trace elements of coal. Environmental Aspects of Trace Elements of Coal 1995, 24-50. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. D.J. Swaine, F. Goodarzi (Eds.).
38. Finkelman R.B., Bostick N.H., Dulong F.T., Senftle F.E., Thorpe A.N. Influence of an igneous intrusion on the inorganic geochemistry of a bituminous coal from Pitkin County, Colorado. International Journal of Coal Geology 1998, 36:223-241.
39. Frazer F.W., Belcher C.B. Quantitative determination of the mineral matter content of coal by a radio-frequency oxidation technique. Fuel 1973, 52:41-46.
40. GB/T 12937-1995 (National Standard of P.R.China) Terms Related to Coal Petrology 1995, (in Chinese).
41. GB/T 3558-1996 (National Standard of P.R.China) Determination of Chlorine in Coal 1996, (in Chinese).
42. GB/T 4633-1997 (National Standard of P.R.China) Determination of Fluorine in Coal 1997, (in Chinese).
43. GB/T 482-2008 (National Standard of P.R.China) Sampling of Coal in Seam 2008, (in Chinese).
44. Godbeer W.C., Swaine D.J. Fluorine in Australian coals. Fuel 1987, 66:794-798.
45. Hallam A., Payne K.W. Germanium enrichment in lignites from the lower Lias of Dorset. Nature 1958, 181:1008-1009.
46. Han D., Ren D., Wang Y., Jin K., Mao H., Qin Y. Coal Petrology of China 1996, 98-168. Publishing House of China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, (in Chinese with English abstract).
47. Hower J.C., Ruppert L.F., Eble C.F. Lanthanide, yttrium, and zirconium anomalies in the fire Clay coal bed, Eastern Kentucky. International Journal of Coal Geology 1999, 39:141-153.
48. Hower J.C., Ruppert L.F., Williams D.A. Controls on boron and germanium distribution in the low-sulfur Amos coal bed, Western Kentucky coalfield, USA. International Journal of Coal Geology 2002, 53:27-43.
49. Hower J.C., O'Keefe J.M.K., Eble C.F., Raymond A., Valentim B., Volk T.J., Richardson A.R., Satterwhite A.B., Hatch R.S., Stucker J.D., Watt M.A. Notes on the origin of inertinite macerals in coal: evidence for fungal and arthropod transformations of degraded macerals. International Journal of Coal Geology 2011, 86:231-240.
50. http://www.trer.com.
51. Huang W., Zhou J., Zheng R. Magmatic influences on coal bed and coal quality in the Jining Coalfield, China. China Coal Geology 2007, 19:16-17. (in Chinese).
52. Huggins F.E., Huffman G.P. Chlorine in coal: an XAFS spectroscopic investigation. Fuel 1995, 74:556-559.
53. International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) The new vitrinite classification (ICCP System 1994). Fuel 1998, 77:349-358.
54. International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) The new inertinite classification (ICCP System 1994). Fuel 2001, 80:459-471.
55. Jenney W.P. The chemistry of ore deposition. American Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions 1903, 33:445-498.
56. Kalaitzidis S., Siavalas G., Skarpelis N., Araujo C.V., Christanis K. Late Cretaceous coal overlying karstic bauxite deposits in the Parnassus-Ghiona Unit, Central Greece: coal characteristics and depositional environment. International Journal of Coal Geology 2010, 81:211-226.
57. Ketris M.P., Yudovich Y.E. Estimations of Clarkes for carbonaceous biolithes: world average for trace element contents in black shales and coals. International Journal of Coal Geology 2009, 78:135-148.
58. Kisch H.J., Taylor G.H. Metamorphism and alteration near an intrusive-coal contact. Economic Geology 1966, 61:343-361.
59. Kolker A., Chou C.-L. Cleat-filling calcite in Illinois Basin coals: trace element evidence for meteoric fluid migration in a coal basin. Journal of Geology 1994, 102:111-116.
60. Kortenski J., Sotirov A. Trace and major element content and distribution in Neogene lignite from the Sofia Basin, Bulgaria. International Journal of Coal Geology 2002, 52:63-82.
61. Koukouzas N., Ward C.R., Li Z. Mineralogy of lignites and associated strata in the Mavropigi field of the Ptolemais Basin, northern Greece. International Journal of Coal Geology 2010, 81:182-190.
62. Li, S., 2005. Elemental geochemistry of the late Paleozoic coals from Ordos Basin, China. Ph.D. Thesis, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China, pp. 25-64 (in Chinese with English abstract).
63. 2) in organic phase of Chinese super-high sulfur coal. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology 2001, 29:385-389. (in Chinese with English abstract).
64. Liu H., Zhang Y., Wang H., Jia R., Long Y. Study on Lithofacies Paleogeography of Coal-bearing Formations from the Jungar Coalfield 1991, 1-35. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, (in Chinese with English abstract).
65. Lu B. Occurrences of fluorine and chlorine in Chinese coals. Coal Geology & Exploration 1996, 24:9-12. (in Chinese with English abstract).
66. Mastalerz M., Drobniak A. Gallium and germanium in selected Indiana coals. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 94:302-313.
67. McIntyre N.S., Martin R.R., Chauvin W.J., Winder C.G., Brown J.R., MacPhee J.A. Studies of elemental distributions within discrete coal macerals: use of secondary ion mass spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Fuel 1985, 64:1705-1711.
68. Nong H. A preliminary discussion on the effects of magmatic hydrothermal solutions on coal metamorphism of some coals from Guangxi Province, China. China Coal Geology 1999, 11:11-13. (in Chinese).
69. Palmer C.A., Filby R.H. Distribution of trace elements in coal from the Powhatan No. 6 mine, Ohio. Fuel 1984, 63:318-328.
70. Qi H., Hu R., Zhang Q. Concentration and distribution of trace elements in lignite from the Shengli Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China: implications on origin of the associated Wulantuga Germanium Deposit. International Journal of Coal Geology 2007, 71:129-152.
71. Querol X., Whateley M.K.G., Fernandez-Turiel J.L., Tuncali E. Geological controls on the mineralogy of the Beypazari lignite, central Anatolia, Turkey. International Journal of Coal Geology 1997, 33:255-271.
72. Rietveld H.M. A profile refinement method for nuclear and magnetic structures. Journal of Applied Crystallography 1969, 2:65-71.
73. Ruan C.-D., Ward C.R. Quantitative X-ray powder diffraction analysis of clay minerals in Australian coals using Rietveld methods. Applied Clay Science 2002, 21:227-240.
74. Seredin V.V. Major regularities of the REE distribution in coal. Doklady Earth Sciences 2001, 377:250-253.
75. Seredin V.V. Anomalous trace elements contents in the Spetsugli germanium deposit (Pavlovka brown coal deposit) southern Primorye: communication 1. Antimony. Lithology and Mineral Resources 2003, 38:154-161.
76. Seredin V.V. Anomalous concentrations of trace elements in the Spetsugli Germanium deposits (Pavlovka Brown Coal Deposit, Southern Primorye): communication 2. Rubidium and Cesium. Lithology and Mineral Resources 2003, 38:233-241.
77. Seredin V.V. The Au-PGE mineralization at the Pavlovsk Brown Coal Deposit, Primorye. Geology of Ore Deposits 2004, 46:36-63.
78. Seredin V.V. From coal science to metal production and environmental protection: a new story of success. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 90-91:1-3.
79. Seredin V.V., Dai S. Coal deposits as a potential alternative source for lanthanides and yttrium. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 94:67-93.
80. Seredin V.V., Finkelman R.B. Metalliferous coals: a review of the main genetic and geochemical types. International Journal of Coal Geology 2008, 76:253-289.
81. Skipsey E. Relations between chlorine in coal and the salinity of strata water. Fuel 1975, 54:121-125.
82. Spears D.A. A review of chlorine and bromine in some United Kingdom coals. International Journal of Coal Geology 2005, 64:257-265.
83. Spears D.A. Origin of tonsteins, an overview, and links with seatearths, fireclays and fragmental clay rocks. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 94:22-31.
84. Stone R.W. Coal near the Black Hills Wyoming-South Dakota. U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1912, 499:1-66.
85. Susilawati R., Ward C.R. Metamorphism of mineral matter in coal from the Bukit Asam deposit, south Sumatra, Indonesia. International Journal of Coal Geology 2006, 68:171-195.
86. Swaine D.J. Trace Elements in Coal 1990, Butterworths, London, 270 pp.
87. Tang X., Huang W. Trace Elements in Chinese Coals 2004, The Commercial Press, Beijing, pp. 6-11, 24-25 (in Chinese).
88. Taylor J.C. Computer programs for standardless quantitative analysis of minerals using the full powder diffraction profile. Powder Diffraction 1991, 6:2-9.
89. Taylor S.R., McLennan S.M. The Continental Crust: Its Composition and Evolution 1985, Blackwell, London, 312 pp.
90. Taylor G.H., Teichmüller M., Davis A., Diessel C.F.K., Littke R., Robert P. Organic Petrology 1998, Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 704 pp.
91. Tian, L., 2005. Coal Combustion Emissions and Lung Cancer in Xuan Wei, China. Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
92. Vassilev S., Kitano K., Vassileva G. Some relationships between coal rank chemical and mineral composition. Fuel 1996, 75:1537-1542.
93. Vassilev S.V., Eskenazy G.M., Vassileva C.G. Contents, modes of occurrence and origin of chlorine and bromine in coal. Fuel 2000, 79:903-921.
94. Coal Accumulation and Coal Resources Evaluation of Ordos Basin, China 1996, 437. China Coal Industry Publishing House, Beijing, (in Chinese with English abstract). S.(I.C. Wang (Ed.).
95. Wang X., Dai S., Ren D., Yang J. Mineralogy and geochemistry of Al-hydroxide/oxyhydroxide minerals-bearing coals of the Late Paleozoic age from the Weibei coalfield in southeastern Ordos Basin, China. Applied Geochemistry 2011, 26:1086-1096.
96. Wang X., Dai S., Sun Y., Li D., Zhang W., Zhang Y., Luo Y. Modes of occurrence of fluorine in the Late Paleozoic No. 6 coal from the Haerwusu Surface Mine, Inner Mongolia, China. Fuel 2011, 90:248-254.
97. Ward C.R. Minerals in bituminous coals of the Sydney Basin (Australia) and the Illinois Basin (U.S.A.). International Journal of Coal Geology 1989, 13:455-479.
98. Ward C.R. Analysis and significance of mineral matter in coal seams. International Journal of Coal Geology 2002, 50:135-168.
99. Ward C.R., Warbrooke P.R., Roberts F.I. Geochemical and mineralogical changes in a coal seam due to contact metamorphism, Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology 1989, 11:105-125.
100. Ward C.R., Corcoran J.F., Saxby J.D., Read H.W. Occurrence of phosphorus minerals in Australian coal seams. International Journal of Coal Geology 1996, 31:185-210.
101. Ward C.R., Spears D.A., Booth C.A., Staton I., Gurba L.W. Mineral matter and trace elements in coals of the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology 1999, 40:281-308.
102. Ward C.R., Matulis C.E., Taylor J.C., Dale L.S. Quantification of mineral matter in the Argonne Premium Coals using interactive Rietveld-based X-ray diffraction. International Journal of Coal Geology 2001, 46:67-82.
103. Yan M., Chi Q. Geochemical Compositions of Earth Crust and Rocks in Eastern China 1997, 1-292. Science Press, Beijing, (in Chinese).
104. Zhang, Y., 2008. Extraction method for gallium from high-aluminum fly ash. M.E. Thesis, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, 53 pp. (in Chinese with English abstract).
105. Zhang Q., Jin K. Characteristics of magmatic invasion and its influences on coal bed in the Jinxiang exploration area of Jining Coalfield. Journal of Hebei Institute of Architectural Science and Technology 1999, 16:72-78. (in Chinese with English abstract).
106. Zhao, L., 2007. Chemical composition and mineralogical characteristics of high-alumina fly ash from the Jungar power plant. M.E. Thesis, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing. 82 pp. (in Chinese with English abstract).
107. Zhuang X., Querol X., Alastuey A., Juan R., Plana F., Lopez-Soler A., Du G., Martynov V.V. Geochemistry and mineralogy of the Cretaceous Wulantuga high germanium coal deposit in Shengli coal field, Inner Mongolia, Northeastern China. International Journal of Coal Geology 2006, 66:119-136.