Geological Characteristics and Genesis of Wulonggou Gold Deposit and Evaluation of Gold Metallogenic Potential in East Kunlun

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青海五龙沟金矿成矿时代的进一步研究和确定

五龙沟金矿位于青海省东昆仑中段北缘,是东昆仑成矿带最具找矿潜力的金矿床.通过收集五龙沟地区金矿床成矿大地构造背景、区域地层、岩性、构造、岩浆岩等成矿特征方面的资料,首先采集同位素样品并用α石英活化定年（HAESRDQ）和Ar-Ar法对韧性剪切带围岩和金矿石进行了测年,对韧性变形时代、同构造碱性岩浆岩活动年龄、成矿物质源区年龄、金成矿年龄进行了逐一分析和研究,然后通过本次测得的数据年龄结合前人成果对五龙沟金矿成矿时代进行了综合确定.研究认为五龙沟地区韧性剪切带变形年代大致结束于240 Ma,即早-中三叠世的早印支期;金矿成矿的物源区年龄在235~179 Ma间的晚印支-早燕山期;成矿年龄为91~21 Ma的晚燕山期-早中喜马拉雅期.     

GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ~(Ar)/~(39)Ar DATING IN THE BASEMENT ROCKS IN EASTERN KUNLUN MOUNTAINS AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS

GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ~(Ar)/~(39)Ar DATING IN THE BASEMENT ROCKS IN EASTERN KUNLUN MOUNTAINS AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS     

柴北缘—东昆仑地区造山型金矿床的三级控矿构造系统

不同等级体制的构造分别控制了柴北缘—东昆仑地区造山型金矿的区域、矿化集中区以及矿床和矿体的分布和产出。在一个次级大地构造单元或成矿带内,造山型金矿大多产于构造边界和/或深大断裂旁侧(即造山带构造边界和/或深大断裂是柴北缘—东昆仑地区造山型金矿的第一级控制构造)。发育在上述深断裂旁侧的大型剪切带,控制了矿化集中区或矿田范围内金化探异常和造山型金矿床的分布和产出,是柴北缘—东昆仑地区造山型金矿的第二级控制构造。上述大型剪切带派生的褶皱和断裂系统,是造山型金矿床的第三级控矿构造,它们控制了矿体的分布和产出,滩间山、大场金矿床是褶皱控矿的良好例证,而五龙沟金矿床则是与剪切带伴生的断裂-裂隙系统控矿的典型实例。相比之下,受控于褶皱的金矿床中矿体规模较大、空间上变化较小。上述造山带构造边界和/或深大断裂、大型剪切带和大型剪切带派生的褶皱和断裂系统主要是区域加里东和晚华力西—印支碰撞造山作用的产物,它们具有大致相同或互相联系的几何学、运动学和年代学特征,后者通常是前者的派生、低序次构造。因此,这3个不同级别的构造,构成了柴北缘—东昆仑地区造山型金矿床的控矿构造系统。     

Isotopic Geochronology of the Late Paleozoic Kanggur Gold Deposit of East Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, NW China

Abstract: The Kanggur gold deposit lies in East Tianshan mountains, eastern section of Central Asia orogenic belt. The gold mineralization occurs on the northern margin of the Aqishan‐Yamansu Paleozoic island arc in the Tarim Plate. It was hosted mainly in Middle‐Lower Carboniferous calc‐alkaline volcanic rocks, and controlled by the distributions of syn‐tectonic intrusions and ductile shear zones. In order to determine ore‐forming age of the Kanggur deposit, samples were collected from ores, wall rocks, altered rocks and intrusions. The dating methods include Rb‐Sr isochron and Sm‐Nd isochron, and secondly ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age spectrum, U‐Pb and Pb‐Pb methods. Based on the mineral assemblage and crosscutting relationship of ore veins, five mineralization stages are identified. This result is confirmed by isotope geochronologic data. The first stage featuring formation of pyrite‐bearing phyllic rock, is mineralogically represented by pyrite, sericite and quartz with poor native gold. The Rb‐Sr isochron age of this stage is 2905 Ma. The second stage represents the main ore‐forming stage and is characterized by native gold–quartz–pyrite–magnetite–chlorite assemblage. Magnetite and pyrite of this stage are dated by Sm‐Nd isochron at 290.47.2 Ma and fluid inclusion in quartz is dated by Rb‐Sr isochron at 282.35 Ma. The third mineralization stage features native gold–quartz–pyrite vein. In the fourth stage, Au‐bearing polymetallic sulfide‐quartz veins formed. Fluid inclusions in quartz are dated by Rb‐Sr isochron method at 25821 Ma. The fifth stage is composed of sulfide‐free quartz–carbonate veins with Rb‐Sr age of 2547 Ma. The first and second stages are related to ductile‐brittle deformation of shear zones, and are named dynamo‐metamorphic hydrothermal period. The third to fifth stages related to intrusive processes of tonalite and brittle fracturing of the shear zones, are called magmato‐hydrothermal mineralization period. The Rb‐Sr isochron age of 2905 Ma of the altered andesite in the Kanggur mine area may reflect timing of regional ductile shear zone. The Rb‐Sr isochron age of 28216 Ma of the quartz‐syenite porphyry and the zircon U‐Pb age of 2757 Ma of tonalite in the north of Kanggur gold mine area are consistent with the age of gold mineralization (290‐254 Ma). This correspondence indicates that the tonalite and subvolcanic rocks may have been related to gold mineralization. The Rb–Sr, Sm‐Nd and U‐Pb ages and regional geology support the hypothesis that the Kanggur gold deposit was formed during collisional orogenesis process in Late Variscan.     

Episodes of Cenozoic Gold Mineralization on the Eastern Margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau:~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar Dating and Implication for Geodynamic Events

A lot of new gold deposits have been found on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during the past two decades. Among them, three main types of gold deposits have been recognized, including quartz-vein-type, shearzone-type and porphyry-type. The former two types of gold deposits are mainly hosted within metamorphic rocks, while the latter is related to Cenozoic magmatism. Although all of these gold deposits are believed to have been formed during the uplift process of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the Cenozoic era (Wang et al., 2002b), precise isotopic age constraints have still been lacking until quite recently. This paper presents new ^40Ar/^39Ar data of some gold deposits on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which indicate that gold mineralization in the region occurred in response to the episodic stages of the orogenies. Recently obtained ^40Ar/^39Ar data on quartz and feldspars from several gold deposits, such as the Sandiao deposit, the Baijintaizi deposit, the Pusagang deposits, provide new constraints on gold mineralization on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Geochronological studies of gold deposits along the Daduhe River indicate that there are three stages of gold mineralization. The early two stages occurred as early as 65.1 Ma in the Shuibaiyang deposit and 58.95 Ma in the Ruoji deposit, while the latter stage occurred as late as 25.35 Ma in Baijintaizi and 24.70 Ma in Sandiao. Isotopic dating of three plagioclases from the Beiya deposit, Zhifanggou deposit and Luobodi deposit and a K-feldspar from the Jinchangqing deposit in Yunnan Province indicates that these deposits were formed at two stages. The Zhifanggou and Jinchangqing deposits have early stage records as old as 58.82 Ma in Zhifanggou and 55.49 Ma in Jinchangqing, but all of the above four deposits in Yunnan have late stage records of 23.18 Ma in Jinchangqing, 24.54 Ma in Zhifanggou, 24.60 Ma in Luobodi and 24.56 Ma in Hongnitang. The above results suggest that the gold deposits on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were formed concentratedly at two main episodes, i.e. the end of the Paleocene (about 58 Ma) and the boundary between the Paleogene and the Neogene (about 25 Ma). The later episode appears to be looks like more important and was coupled with the Sichuan movement, which was extensively activated at that period. The beginning of the Cenozoic Era (about 65 Ma) might be another episode of gold mineralization, but only one deposit (Shuibaiyang) in this study has been proved to have been be formed at this stage and might be earlier than the initial collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasia Plate. In view of geology, the above three episodes of gold mineralization are associated with three events of tectonicmagmatism and/or fluid events. Even though the gold deposits (for example, the Shuibaiyang deposit, Ruoji deposit and Pusagang deposit) were formed at different episodes, all of them are genetically related to tectonic movements in largescale shear zones. It looks like theat tectonic events (including large-scale strike-slip) between Paleogene and Neogene had a wide influence upon gold mineralization, with new deposits formed and old deposits enriched or superimposed to be a higher grade by new stage of mineralization. The above data suggest that gold deposits were not only concentrated in some areas, but also formed mainly at different boundaries of geological times, indicating that there existed some peak stages of gold mineralization (metallogenic episodes), and that the gold deposits were formed mainly by episodic mineralization.     

滇西兰坪盆地白秧坪Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag多金属矿床东矿带成矿年代学探讨

白秧坪Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag多金属矿集区夹持于金沙江和澜沧江断裂之间,隶属兰坪盆地北部,分为东、西2个矿带。文章采用闪锌矿、方铅矿的Rb-Sr法和成矿阶段方解石的Sm-Nd法,对白秧坪Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag多金属矿床东矿带华昌山和下区五矿段进行了成矿年代厘定,获得方铅矿以及闪锌矿和方铅矿的矿物组合Rb-Sr等时线年龄为(32.8±1.5)Ma,方解石的Sm-Nd等时线年龄为(33.32±0.43)Ma。研究表明,通过对特定矿床的主要矿石矿物采用Rb-Sr法和Sm-Nd法获得的年龄在误差范围内是一致的,从而起到了相互验证的作用,并对矿床的成矿背景具有一定的指示性。通过成矿年龄的探讨,认为东矿带铅锌为主的矿化期主要产生于青藏高原东缘晚碰撞阶段(40~26)Ma,伴随印度-亚洲大陆碰撞造山,形成逆冲推覆构造和赋矿地层,控制了Pb-Zn矿床的形成和发育。该期Pb-Zn矿床与兰坪盆地金顶和西矿带Pb-Zn矿床、囊谦盆地Pb-Zn矿床和沱沱河盆地Pb-Zn矿床具有一定的可比性。     

西昆仑北部地区铅锌铜矿带遥感构造蚀变信息提取与成矿预测

根据遥感异常信息提取的需要,在西昆仑北部地区的典型矿区——铁克里克-卡兰古铅锌铜矿带采集地表蚀变岩石样品,应用短波红外矿物分析技术对其矿物组合进行波谱分析,以ASTER和ETM+数据为基础提取矿化蚀变信息;同时通过图像增强等多种数据处理方法提取研究区的线性构造及环形构造,得到研究区1∶100000的遥感异常图.从已知矿...     

RESEARCH PROGRESS OF ALTYN FAULT IN WESTERN CHINA

RESEARCH PROGRESS OF ALTYN FAULT IN WESTERN CHINATheresearchisfundedbyNSFC (No.4 9772 157)     

中国北方中生代大规模成矿作用的期次及其地球动力学背景

本文论述了中国北方(包括华北、东北及长江中下游地区)金属矿床的空间分布特点,分析和讨论了主要成矿区带(长江中下游、小秦岭-熊耳山、西秦岭、华北克拉通北缘和大兴安岭南段)及一些大型矿集区(胶东、鲁西和乌奴格吐-甲乌拉)中矿化组合和成矿期次以及地球动力学背景。提出中国北方大规模成矿作用出现在200-160Ma,140Ma左右和120Ma左右三个峰期。通过对中生代地球动力学演化的分析研究,认为三大成矿事件所对应的地球动力学背景分别为后碰撞造山过程、构造体制大转折晚期和岩石圈大规模快速减薄。在200-160Ma时期主要表现为大厚度岩石圈局部伸展有关的岩浆-热成矿,在140Ma左右时期成矿表现为与深源花岗质岩石有关的斑岩-夕卡岩矿床,而120Ma左右时期的成矿是在岩石圈快速减薄过程有大量地幔流体参与成矿作用。     

LA-ICP-MS trace element analysis of pyrite from the Xiaoqinling gold district, China: Implications for ore genesis

The Xiaoqinling district, the second largest gold producing district in China, is located on the southern margin of the North China Craton. It consists of three ore belts, namely, the northern ore belt, the middle ore belt and the southern ore belt. Pyrite from the Dahu gold deposit in the northern ore belt and Wenyu and Yinxin gold deposits in the southern ore belt were investigated using a combination of ore microscopy and in-situ laser-ablation inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). A range of trace elements was analyzed, including Au, Te, Ag, Pb, Bi, Cu, Co, Ni, Zn, Mo, Hg, As and Si. The results show that there are no systematic differences between the trace element compositions of pyrite in the three deposits from different ore belts. In general, Au concentrations in pyrite are low (from < 0.01 ppm to 2.2 ppm) but Ni concentrations are rather high (up to 8425 ppm). A four-stage mineralization process is indicated by microscopic and field observations and this can be related to the systematic trace element differences between distinct generations of pyrite. Stage I precedes the main gold mineralization stage; pyrite of this stage has the lowest Au concentrations. Stages II and III contributed most of the gold to the ore-forming system. The corresponding pyrite yielded the highest concentrations of Au and Ni. Our microscopic observations suggest that pyrite in the main gold mineralization stage precipitated simultaneously with molybdenite that has been previously dated as Indosinian (~ 218 Ma by Re–Os molybdenite dating), indicating the Indosinian as the main gold mineralization stage. The Indosinian mineralization age and the geological and geochemical features of these gold deposits (e.g., low salinity, CO₂-rich ore fluids; spatial association with large-scale compressional structures of the Qinling orogen; δ¹⁸O and δD data suggestive of mixing between metamorphic and meteoric waters; δ³⁴S and Pb-isotopic data that point to a mixed crustal-mantle source) all point to typical orogenic-type gold deposits. High Ni concentrations (up to 8425 ppm) of pyrite possibly linked to deep-seated mafic/ultramafic metamorphic rocks provide further evidence on the orogenic gold deposit affinity, but against the model of a granitic derivation of the mineralizing fluid as previously suggested by some workers. Generally low Au concentration in pyrite is also consistent with those from worldwide orogenic gold deposits. Therefore, the gold mineralization in the Xiaoqinling district is described as orogenic type, and is probably related to Indosinian collision between the North China Craton and the Yangtze Craton.     

柴北缘—东昆仑地区造山型金矿床的Ar-Ar测年及其地质意义

通过对柴北缘-东昆仑地区一批金矿床中绢云母的Ar-Ar测年，确定金矿床形成于晚加里东期和晚华力西-印支期，是该区加里东和晚华力西-印支复合造山过程的产物，是典型的造山型金矿床。金成矿作用主要发生在碰撞造山过程的晚期。金成矿与柴北缘-东昆仑地区的复合造山作用在时空上的“构造迁移”相一致。     

Laser probe <Superscript>40</Superscript>Ar/<Superscript>39</Superscript>Ar dating for quartz from auriferous quartz veins in the Shihu gold deposit,western Hebei Province,North China

The Shihu gold deposit is situated in the central shear zone of the Meso-Cenozoic Fuping metamorphic core complex in the middle-northern part of the Taihang Mountains. This kind of gold deposits named after ‘Shihu type’ widely occurs in this region. Gold-bearing quartz veins are their most important industrial orebodies. Detailed laser ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of the mineralized quartz veins in the study area reveals details of its tectono-magmatic history. The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages for the quartz are between 134.4 Ma and 155.9 Ma with a mean age of 141±4 Ma on the isochron line and 139±7 Ma on the inverse isochron line, respectively, which is interpreted to be the best estimate of the crystalline age of the quartz veins. The gold mineralization was most likely related to an underplating event that took place in the northern part of the Taihang Mountain at ca. 140 Ma. The timing of gold mineralization in the area is similar to those observed in other major gold-producing provinces in the NCC. This episode is simultaneous with those in the eastern NCC, indicative of a widespread late Yanshanian metallogenic event that was a response either to the subduction of the Izanagi-Pacific plate beneath eastern China or to the removal of the Early Cretaceous lithosphere in the eastern NCC. The ore-forming material sources may be the Early Precambrian metamorphic basement, instead of intermediate-acid rock bodies and dykes.     

西藏弄如日金矿床蚀变绢云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年龄及其地质意义

西藏弄如日金矿是冈底斯成矿带发现的第一个浅成低温热液型金矿床。为确定金矿床的成矿时代,对该矿床与金矿化有关的蚀变花岗斑岩中绢云母进行了40Ar-39Ar年龄测试,获得绢云母的加权平均年龄和等时线年龄分别为19.87±0.96Ma和19.70±0.30Ma。结果表明,弄如日金矿床金矿化的主要成矿时代为中新世。该成果的获得对于进一步认识弄如日金矿成因机制、地球动力学背景以及区域找金突破具有重要意义。     

豫西熊耳山矿集区栾灵金矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及其地质意义

豫西栾灵金矿床地处熊耳山金多金属矿集区南部马超营断裂带北侧,金矿体产于构造破碎带中,呈钾长石石英脉体和蚀变岩产出,为本区一种新的金矿化类型。文章为厘定栾灵金矿床的成矿时代,采用辉钼矿Re-Os同位素定年方法,测得栾灵金矿6件辉钼矿样品的Re-Os同位素模式年龄为(161±3)Ma~(164±2)Ma,加权平均年龄(163±1)Ma(MSWD=0.68),等时线年龄(163±2)Ma(MSWD=1.5),表明栾灵金矿床形成于晚侏罗世早期。与祁雨沟、前河金矿等早白垩世(125 Ma)金矿相比,栾灵金矿的成矿作用早约38 Ma。这些年龄数据表明,该矿床在区域上可能与南泥湖-三道庄、上房沟钼矿等形成于同一成矿系统,它的发现为在熊耳山地区寻找相似成矿地质条件的金、钼矿床提供了依据。     

阿尔金山地区铜金矿化富集规律

阿尔金走滑断裂系不同级次构造控制阿尔金山地区铜、金成矿带、矿田及矿床的分布,区域上可以划分为阿尔金北缘金-铜-铁多金属成矿带和阿尔金铁-铜-金多金属成矿带。通过岩石铜、金含量数理统计和40Ar/39Ar热年代学研究结果,将其划分为两个主成矿期,年龄分别为502.3Ma士10.1Ma和207.6Ma±4.2Ma;构造应力场和矿化富集过程分为3期:前中生代——挤压期;中生代——伸展期和新生代——走滑期。相对低应力值区为矿化富集的有利部位。      

~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar Age and Geological Significance of the Sawur Gold Belt in Northern Xinjiang, China

1 IntroductionThe Sawur gold belt is an eastward extending section ofthe Zarma-Sawur gold-copper belt in Kazakhstan, locatedin the Sawur Mountain, northern Xinjiang, and mainlycomprises two large- to medium-sized gold deposits,accompanied by five small gold deposits and a series ofgold ore spots (Yin et al., 1996, 2003; Wang et al., 1999; Liet al., 2000; Liu et al., 2003; Shen et al., 2004a). TheKuo'erzhenkuola and Bu'erkesidai gold deposits are thebiggest and most important ones in this …     

东昆仑热液金成矿带及其找矿方向

东昆化热液金成矿作用较强,构造控制明显。作划分出两条金成矿带,分别称为北昆仑金成矿带和南昆仑金成矿带,它们受区域地质演化控制,呈近ＥＷ向分布,各民矿和容矿构造均呈ＮＷ向。中论述了各成矿带的主要特征和具体差异,指出了成矿远景和找矿方向。     

东昆仑金成矿作用与区域构造演化的关系

东昆仑分布有丰富的多种热液金矿床，成矿时代以印支期和燕山早期为主。热液金成矿作用受控于构造热事件。板块构造活动，特别是陆内造山作用是热液金成矿作用的原动力。昆中断裂带和昆南断裂带控制区域成矿带，北西向次级构造既控制成矿亚带又是主干导矿构造，容矿构造亦以北西向或近北西向断裂占优势。     

秦岭造山带柞水-山阳矿集区夏家店金矿床成矿时代及其地质意义

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