金矿床中黄铁矿-毒砂-辉锑矿标型及金的赋存状态——以湖南省金矿床为例

湖南及类似地区的金矿床,金高度富集在黄铁矿、毒砂和辉锑矿中.这些载金的硫（砷）化物具有各自特征性的标型.由于黄铁矿、尤其是毒砂中的金大多属于质点小于0.1 μm的不可见金,不仅在光学显微镜下无法找到,即使利用电子探针和在高倍电镜下进行金的特征X射线扫描亦未发现金矿物富集区.由此引起了这类矿物中的金是呈超微细粒形式存在,还是以类质同像存在于其矿物晶格中的不同看法.所以,研究黄铁矿和毒砂的标型特征,查明金的赋存状态,对金的利用十分重要.经有关矿床多项实验研究及选矿试验结果,认为黄铁矿与毒砂中的不可见金,除次显微金外主要应为“纳米金”（矿物金）,而非晶格金（结构金）.     

金矿床中毒砂标型特征及金的赋存状态——以湖南金矿床为例

湖南含砷金矿资源储量大,分布广,类型多.矿床中的砷矿物主要为毒砂,几乎所有金矿床中的毒砂都含Au（一般120×10^-6~250×10^-6）,且比共生的黄铁矿含Au量高2~5倍,甚至1个数量级以上.毒砂中金的分布率高达64.3%~94.05%.毒砂的生成期有早、晚2期.化学成分为富S亏As型,并以富含微量元素Sb（Se）、Ni、Co而贫Mn及晶胞参数a₀值增大等为标型特征.大多数含Au毒砂均含有相当数量的“不可见金”,即使利用电子探针也难以发现.初步认为毒砂中的“不可见金”多呈纳米级微细粒状存在.     

硫化物中不可见金的研究现状

近年来,不可见金的研究,运用高分辩透射镜和离子探针等综合测试方法取得了很大突破。不可见金,指的是硫化物中以超显微包裹体或固熔体形式存在的超显微金、次显微金。金质点上限近来Cook等定为0.1μm。由加拿大、希腊、美国等一些金矿床研究表明,硫化物中不可见金主要见于卡林金矿床以及热液、块状硫化物及矽卡岩型矿床中,其形成多与载体矿物黄铁矿、毒砂相关,并往往优先富集于毒砂中,如卡林金矿床黄铁矿金含金量为数十至数n×10-n×100×10^-6,而毒砂中则高达近一倍。不可见金的研究,在当前无论对其矿石加工工艺研究,还是对找矿工作,都具有重要意义。     

The Bepkong gold deposit,Northwestern Ghana

The Bepkong gold deposit is located in the Wa–Lawra belt of the Paleoproterozoic Baoulé-Mossi domain of the West African Craton, in NW Ghana. It occurs in pelitic and volcano-sedimentary rocks, metamorphosed to greenschist facies, in genetic association with zones of shear interpreted to form during the regional D₃ deformational event, denominated D_B1 at the deposit scale. The ore zone forms a corridor-like body composed of multiple quartz ± carbonate veins surrounded by an alteration envelope, characterized by the presence of chlorite, calcite, sericite, quartz and disseminated pyrite, arsenopyrite plus subordinate pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. The veins contain only small proportions of pyrite, whereas most of the sulphides, particularly arsenopyrite, occur in the altered host rock, next to the veins. Pyrite is also common outside of the ore zone. Gold is found in arsenopyrite, where it occurs as invisible gold and as visible – albeit micron-size – grains in its rims, and as free gold within fractures cross-cutting this sulphide. More rarely, free gold also occurs in the veins, in fractured quartz. In the ore zone, pyrite forms euhedral crystals surrounding arsenopyrite, but does not contain gold, suggesting that it formed at a late stage, from a gold-free hydrothermal fluid.     

贵州泥堡金矿床热液方解石地球化学特征及地质意义

已有研究表明,右江盆地卡林型金矿成矿期方解石具有独特的中稀土元素富集特点,但其成因还存在诸多争议。贵州泥堡金矿存在成矿期和非成矿期2种热液方解石脉,其中成矿期方解石脉多出现在矿化凝灰质细砾岩与凝灰质（粉）砂岩中,矿物组合为含砷黄铁矿+毒砂+石英+方解石;非成矿期方解石脉在未蚀变灰岩、矿化凝灰质细砾岩与凝灰质（粉）砂岩中均发育,且常穿切成矿期含硫化物方解石脉。文章通过对2种类型方解石脉开展稀土元素与碳、氧同位素、成矿期方解石脉内金属硫化物电子探针与微区原位LA-ICP-MS元素分析,发现与成矿期方解石脉共生的黄铁矿具典型的环带结构,黄铁矿环带和毒砂富Au、As、Sb、Hg、Cu、Co、Ni等元素。成矿期方解石脉显示中稀土元素富集模式和Eu正异常特征,表明金成矿流体为还原性流体,明显不同于非成矿期方解石脉的轻稀土元素富集模式和Eu负异常特征。泥堡金矿成矿期热液方解石的中稀土元素富集模式,与中国西南低温Au-Sb矿床成矿期方解石、萤石、磷灰石等矿物的稀土元素组成特征一致,酸性成矿流体的稀土元素组成可能是导致该金矿区成矿期方解石富集中稀土元素的主要原因。该区热液方解石特有的地球化学特征,使其在低温热液金矿床成矿年代学研究及深部找矿应用方面具有重要前景。     

Post-orogenic exhumation of an auriferous terrane: the paleoplacer potential of the Early Carboniferous St. Marys Basin, Canadian Appalachians

The St. Marys Basin of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, consists of Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous clastic rocks of the Horton Group deposited in the waning stages of the ca. 420–360 Ma Acadian orogeny in the Canadian Appalachians. Clast lithologies and lithogeochemical analyses indicate that the detritus was predominantly derived from the Meguma terrane that occurs to the south of the basin. The Meguma terrane contains abundant mesothermal gold deposits that are coeval with peak magmatic activity from ca. 380 to 370 Ma and underwent rapid uplift and erosion between ca. 370 and 360 Ma. Within the St. Marys Basin, the contact between the lacustrine Little Stewiacke River Formation and the fluviatile Barrens Hills Formation is interpreted to represent a shoreline and a potentially favorable environment for depositing paleoplacer gold. Geochemical analyses of lithologies adjacent to this contact indicate that the siltstones are predominantly derived from Meguma terrane metasedimentary rocks, whereas the sandstones and conglomerates are predominantly derived from Meguma terrane granitoids. Geochemical and mineralogical analysis indicate the accumulation of heavy minerals including zircon and gold. Micron-scale (<150 μm) gold identified in the matrix of the conglomerates has a “nuggety” appearance and flakey microtexture indicative of a detrital origin. This observation indicates that the mesothermal deposits were exhumed by the latest Devonian, consistent with regional tectonic syntheses that invoke rapid uplift of the Meguma terrane following peak orogenic activity. This study suggests that favorable depositional environments for paleoplacer deposits may occur in Horton Group rocks that are derived from the Meguma terrane. Received: 27 May 1999 / Accepted: 16 May 2000     

Mineralogical and sulfur isotopic characteristics of Archean greenstone belt-hosted gold mineralization at the Tau deposit of the Mupane gold mine,Botswana

The Mupane gold deposit, which is one of the numerous gold occurrences in the Tati Greenstone Belt in the northeastern part of Botswana, consists of four orebodies, namely Tau, Tawana, Kwena, and Tholo deposits. The present research, which focuses on the genesis of the Tau deposit, was based on ore petrography, mineral chemistry of sulfides, and sulfur isotope data. Mineralogical characteristics of the host rocks indicate that banded iron formation at the Tau deposit includes iron oxides (magnetite), carbonates (siderite and ankerite), silicates (chlorite and amphibole), and sulfides (arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite). The deposit features arsenopyrite-rich zones associated with biotite-chlorite veins, which are indicative of the precipitation of arsenopyrite concomitant with potassic alteration. The replacement of magnetite by pyrrhotite in some samples suggests that sulfidation was likely the dominant gold precipitation mechanism because it is considered to have destabilized gold-thiocomplexes in the ore-forming fluids. Based on textural relationships and chemical composition, arsenopyrite is interpreted to reflect two generations. Arsenopyrite 1 is possibly early in origin, sieve textured with abundant inclusions of pyrrhotite. Arsenopyrite 1 was then overgrown by late arsenopyrite 2 with no porous textures and rare inclusions of pyrrhotite. Gold mineralization was initiated by focused fluid flow and sulfidation of the oxide facies banded iron formation, leading to an epigenetic gold mineralization. The mineralogical assemblages, textures, and mineral chemistry data at the Tau gold deposit revealed two-stage gold mineralizations commencing with the deposition of invisible gold in arsenopyrite 1 followed by the later formation of native gold during hydrothermal alteration and post-depositional recrystallization of arsenopyrite 1. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric analysis of arsenopyrite from the Tau deposit revealed that the hydrothermal event responsible for the formation of late native gold also affected the distribution of other trace elements within the grains as evidenced by varying trace elements contents in arsenopyrite 1 and arsenopyrite 2. The range of δ³⁴S of gold-bearing assemblages from the Tau deposit is restricted from +1.6 to +3.9‰, which is typical of Archean orogenic gold deposits and indicates that overall reduced hydrothermal conditions prevailed during the gold mineralization process at the Tau deposit. The results from this study suggest that gold mineralization involved multi-processes such as sulfidation, metamorphism, deformation, hydrothermal alteration, and gold remobilization.     

Multistage gold mineralization at the Lapa mine, Abitibi Subprovince: insights into auriferous hydrothermal and metasomatic processes in the Cadillac–Larder Lake Fault Zone

The Lapa gold deposit contains reserves of 2.4 Mt at 6.5 g/t Au and is one of the few deposits located directly within the Cadillac–Larder Lake Fault Zone (CLLFZ), a first-order crustal-scale fault that separates the Archean Abitibi Subprovince from the Pontiac Subprovince to the south. Gold mineralization is predominantly hosted in highly strained and altered, upper greenschist–lower amphibolite facies mafic to ultramafic rocks of the Piché Group. Auriferous ore zones consist of finely disseminated auriferous arsenopyrite–pyrrhotite?±?pyrite and native gold disseminated in biotite- and carbonate-altered wall rocks. Native gold, which is also present in quartz ± dolomite–calcite veinlets, is locally associated with Sb-bearing minerals, especially at depth ≤1 km from surface where the deposit is characterized by a Au–Sb–As association. At vertical depth greater than 1 km, gold is associated with arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite (Au–As association). The mineralogy and paragenesis of the Lapa deposit metamorphosed ore and alteration assemblages record the superposition of three metamorphic episodes (M1, M2, and M3) and three gold mineralizing events. Spatial association between biotitized wall rocks and auriferous arsenopyrite indicates that arsenopyrite precipitation is concomitant with potassic alteration. The predominant Au–As association recognized across the deposit is related to gold in solid solution in arsenopyrite as part of a pre-M2 low-grade auriferous hydrothermal event. However, the occurrence of hornblende?+?oligoclase porphyroblasts overprinting the biotite alteration, and the presence of porous clusters and porphyroblasts of arsenopyrite with native gold and pyrrhotite indicate an auriferous metasomatic event associated with peak M2 prograde metamorphism. Late retrograde metamorphism (M3) overprints the hornblende–oligoclase M2 assemblage within the host rocks proximal to ore by an actinolite–albite assemblage by precipitation of free gold and Sb–sulfosalts at lower P–T. The complex relationships between ore, structural features, and metamorphic assemblages at Lapa are related to the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Cadillac–Larder Lake Fault Zone at different times and crustal levels, and varying heat and fluid flow regimes. The Lapa deposit demonstrates that early, low-grade gold mineralization within the Cadillac–Larder Lake Fault Zone has benefited from late gold enrichment(s) during prograde and retrograde metamorphism, suggesting that multi-stage processes may be important to form gold-rich orogenic deposits in first order crustal-scale structures.     

The Existence of the Negative Charge of Gold in Sulphide Minerals and Its Formation Mechanism1;

Abstract: Through a study, particularly an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA) analysis, of gold-bearing arsenopyrite and pyrite in Carlin-type gold deposits of Guangxi, China, and hydrothermally synthesized gold-bearing pyrite and marcasite, the authors have found that these minerals contain “invisible gold” whose binding energy is lower than that of native gold (Au°). Therefore they suggest that gold occurs in a negative charge state in these sulphide minerals as it replaces some sulphur and is combined with sulphur with the covalent bond. This paper also preliminarily discusses the possibility of its formation from the chemistry and geochemistry of gold, crystal chemistry of arsenopyrite, pyrite and marcasite and geochemical environment.     

The golden ark: arsenopyrite crystal plasticity and the retention of gold through high strain and metamorphism

Quantitative electron backscatter diffraction analysis and ion microprobe imaging of gold‐rich arsenopyrites provide the first insights into the crystal plasticity and element mobility behaviour of arsenopyrites through metamorphism (340°–460° and 2 kbar). Remarkably, the gold‐rich arsenopyrites remained structurally and chemically robust during high strain deformation. It was only during a superimposed lower strain deformation event, at a high angle to the preferred orientation of the arsenopyrites, that small amounts of crystal plasticity affected the arsenopyrites. During the low strain event, a dissolution–reprecipitation reaction resulted in loss of gold from the crystal lattice, facilitated by localised domains of recrystallisation, most likely due to fluid percolation along sub‐ and new grain boundaries. We suggest that the abundance and rheologically robust nature of gold‐rich arsenopyrite in giant gold deposits, affected by greenschist–amphibolite metamorphism, is actually critical in the preservation of those deposits.     

湖南黄金洞金矿毒砂中Au赋存状态的电子探针研究

本文利用ＪＸＡ－８８００Ｍ超大型电子探针，以湖南黄金洞金矿含金毒砂为研究对象。利用金特征Ｘ－射线扫描方法和微区含金含量，对不可见金赋存状态的研究方法和温试条件进行了探索，先观察背散射电子图像，排除金在含金矿物毒砂中呈显显微颗粒存在的可能性，继而用ＬｉＦ晶体测定金Ｌ＝８８．７６Ｌａｌ峰位，然后逐渐放大倍数（ｘ３００，ｘ１０００，ｘ５０００，ｘ３００００，ｘ２０００００）进行金特征，Ｘ－射线连续测量，，结果发现金元素总 是均匀分布在重砂中，从而证实了金呈品格金形式存在的推测。     

黄铁矿微量元素LA-ICP-MS原位微区分析方法及其在金矿床研究中的应用

LA-ICP-MS原位微区分析技术具有空间分辨率高、检出限低等突出优点,可以有效地获得矿床不同成矿阶段矿物的微量元素组成信息。黄铁矿广泛分布在不同类型的金矿床中,是认识矿床成因的一个重要载体矿物。文章总结了近些年来LA-ICP-MS分析技术的发展趋势和其在分析黄铁矿微量元素指示金矿床成因方面的研究进展。研究提出了在详细的岩相学工作基础之上,利用LA-ICP-MS原位微区分析技术准确测定黄铁矿微量元素并结合元素面扫描可以有效限定微量元素在黄铁矿中的分布赋存状态,探讨了元素进入黄铁矿机理和富集过程;利用典型元素含量（组合或比值）可以有效地反演成矿流体性质、指示成矿物质来源,进而约束金矿床的成因。此外,文章还总结了近些年来黄铁矿微量元素在找矿勘查领域取得的系列成果,认为其在成矿潜力评价以及指导选矿加工等领域具有巨大的应用前景。总之,LA-ICP-MS分析技术是建立矿床学从宏观到微观研究的重要桥梁,与BSE、SEM、TEM以及同位素分析等技术结合,可以有效刻画金矿床形成的精细过程,对于约束成矿金属来源以及金富集沉淀机制等方面研究具有重要意义。     

湖南金矿床中黄铁矿和毒砂的含金性探讨

(?)南的共生与(?)生金矿庆中的金,大部分为次显微金和(?)显微金.(?)中的黄铁矿和毒砂是金的主要载(?)矿物.金主要以机械混合物或微包体形式赋存,主要形成于硫(?)化物矿化(?)或晚期.矿石合金量的高低与载金矿物的晶形,(?)度,生成期及碎裂程度等有关.(?)黄铁矿、毒砂是金矿床的主要标型矿物.As是标型指示元素.     

西秦岭地区金矿类型及其成矿作用

西秦岭地区是中国最重要的金矿矿集区之一,除产出少数夕卡岩型金矿床外,几乎所有的其他金矿床都可归并为造山型、卡林型和类卡林型3种类型。研究表明,西秦岭地区中生代花岗岩主要形成于中晚三叠世,而金矿成矿主要集中在晚三叠世,它们都是华北板块与华南板块碰撞导致的秦岭造山作用的产物。西秦岭地区造山型金矿床主要赋存在泥盆系和石炭系一套复杂的构造变形和区域变质的绿片岩相岩中,主要受北西西向脆韧性剪切带控制,成矿元素组合主要为Au-Ag。矿石中含有大量显微自然金、银金矿,明金可见。成矿流体主要为变质流体。由造山作用引起的强烈构造运动为成矿流体提供了运移通道,为矿质沉淀提供了有利的场所。虽然一些造山型金矿床与中酸性岩体相邻,但矿化与岩浆活动不具直接的成因关系。西秦岭地区卡林型金矿床主要产于轻微变质的寒武系至三叠系沉积岩中,明显受地层、岩性和构造控制。金矿床中的金以超显微金和存在于含砷黄铁矿与毒砂晶格中的固溶体金为主。成矿元素组合为Au-As-Hg-Sb-Ba。成矿流体由早期形成的地层水被后期大气降水补给活化形成,也有部分岩浆水或变质水的加入。在伸展背景下大气降水通过循环演化形成了较浅层次的流体系统,导致Au等成矿元素发生沉淀而形成浸染状矿石。西秦岭地区类卡林型金矿床主要产于浅变质沉积岩建造中,受脆韧性剪切带的控制,并形成于花岗岩岩体附近。与造山型、卡林型金矿床最大的不同之处在于,类卡林型金矿床的形成与同时期的岩浆活动有密切的成因关系。矿石中存在显微自然金,载金矿物主要为黄铁矿、含砷黄铁矿和碲化物。成矿热液主要是岩浆水与变质水、建造水的混合流体。与造山型金矿床类似,流体不混溶导致类卡林型金矿床的形成。     

Trace element and REE geochemistry of the Zhewang gold deposit,southeastern Guizhou Province,China

The quartz vein-type gold deposits are widely hosted by the Neoproterozoic （Xiajiang Group） epimeta- morphic clastic rock series in southeastern Guizhou Province, China. The Zhewang gold deposit studied in this paper occurs in the second lithologieal member of the Pinglue Formation of the Xiajiang Group. Trace element geochemis- try of host rocks, quartz veins and arsenopyrite has revealed that ore-forming fluid was enriched in sulphophile ele- ments such as Au, Ag, As, Sb, Pb and Zn, and simultaneously concentrated some magmaphile elements such as W and Mo, which probably provides some evidence for multi-stage mineralization or overprinting of magmatic hydro- therm. Quartz veins and arsenopyrite were characterized by depletion in HFSE and enrichment in LREE. Hf/Sm, Nb/La and Th/La imply that the ore-forming fluid was probably a NaC1-H20 solution system enriched in more C1 than F; Th/U values reflect the strong reducibility of the ore-forming fluid, coincident with the sulfide assemblages. The values of Co/Ni reflect that magmatic fluids may have partly participated in the ore-forming process and Y/Ho values have proved that the ore-forming fluid was associated with metamorphism and exotic hydrotherm which has reformed former quartz veins during late mineralization. The concentrations of REE, Eu anomalies and Ce anomalies of this deposit display that ore-forming elements mainly were derived from host rocks and possibly from a mixed deep source, and the ore-forming fluid was mixed by dominant metamorphic fluid and minor other sources. The physical-chemical conditions of ore-forming fluid changed from the initial stage to the late stage. The metamorphic fluid is responsible for the mineralization. Therefore, the Zhewang gold deposit is classified as a quartz vein-type gold deposit which may have been reformed by magmatic fluids during the late stage.     

祁连山西段党河南山北坡3个不同特征的金矿床研究

黑刺沟金矿床以富As和Sb的微细浸染蚀变岩型金矿化和部分石英脉型锑－金矿化为特征,典型矿物组合为黄铁矿-毒砂(辉锑矿)-石英;贾公台金矿床以少硫化物石英脉型金矿化和蚀变岩型金矿化为特征,As和Sb的质量分数不高,典型矿物组合为黄铁矿-自然金(方铅矿)-石英-钾长石;鸡叫沟金矿床以蚀变岩型金矿化为主,次之为石英脉型金矿化,典型矿物组合为黄铁矿-黄铜矿-石英.3个金矿床的成因均与岩浆岩有密切联系,但各矿区的岩浆岩在岩石学、岩石化学、微量元素及稀土元素特征具有差异,表明其成因不尽相同.这可能是造成3个金矿床地质特征差异的主要原因.     

江南造山带中段正冲金矿矿床成因:来自流体包裹体和黄铁矿微量元素的证据

江南造山带上产出有大量金矿,但其成因存在争议,为厘清其成因,对该造山带上的正冲金矿床中的黄铁矿进行了LA-ICP-MS微量元素分析和流体包裹体研究.结果显示,正冲金矿的流体包裹体有含CO2包裹体、富CO2包裹体和水溶液包裹体,其中富CO2包裹体与水溶液包裹体共存,具有相似的均一温度,但盐度不同,说明流体不混溶可能导致了...     

新疆北部准噶尔-东天山地区金矿床成矿流体主要特征

产于新疆北部准噶尔-东天山地区的金矿床,主要形成于石炭和二叠纪,与该区的碰撞造山作用发生时间、空间、地球动力学背景完全吻合,代表了新疆北部后碰撞构造-岩浆-成矿活动的产物。该区典型金矿床石英流体包裹体小,以气液包裹体为主,未见含子矿物包裹体,含CO_2包裹体相对小、少,流体的盐度低,流体的温度主要是中低温。相同类型金矿床成矿流体水的来源相近,不同类型金矿床水的来源不同。矿物中S、Pb同位素及黄铁矿和矿物包裹体流体中REE主要为深源,佐证了本区成矿物质金是深源,深源的金主要以金硫络和物形式向上迁移。流体中C为地幔与地层的混源,其中直接侵入于含炭碎屑岩建造的构造蚀变脉岩型金矿成矿流体中C主要为有机碳,凸显出本区沉积地层生物成因有机碳对深源的金在浅部的搬运及卸载成矿有重要作用。     

Vostok-2 gold-base-metal-tungsten skarn deposit,Central Sikhote-Alin,Russia

Vostok-2—East Russia’s largest skarn deposit of high-grade sulfide-scheelite ore with substantial base-metal and gold mineralization—was formed during the Mesozoic orogenic epoch of evolution of the Far East marginal continental system as an element of the gold-tin-tungsten metallogenic belt. The deposit is related to the multistage monzodiorite-granodiorite-granite complex pertaining to the ilmenite series and spatially associated with a minor granodiorite porphyry (?) stock, which bears petrological features transi- tional to those of intrusive rocks occurring at Au-W and Au deposits. The hydrothermal metasomatic alteration of host rocks evolved from pyroxene skarn via retrograde postskarn and propylitic (hydrosilicate) metasomatic rocks to the late, low-temperature quartz-sericite metasomatic rocks often with albite, chlorite, carbonate, and apatite. The mineral assemblages of skarn and postskarn metasomatic rocks correspond to those at the reduced-type tungsten skarn deposits. Zoning of the postskarn metasomatic rocks is controlled by granodiorite stock. The hydrothermal metasomatic alteration was accompanied by development of mineralization from scheelite via sulfide-scheelite with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite to the gold-base-metal-scheelite assemblage with arsenopyrite, Bi-Sb-Te-Pb-Zn sulfides and sulfosalts. Several scheelite generations are recognized. Scheelite of the late generations is enriched in Eu, as is typical of gold deposits. The associated gold mineralization comprises both native gold varying in fineness and Au-bearing arsenopyrite. The significant gold mineralization emphasizes genetic links of this deposit with intrusion-related Au-W and Au deposits of the reduced type.     

Mode of Occurrence of Gold in Micro-Disseminated Strata-Bound Sb-Au Deposits,Qinling Region,China

Optical studies,backscattered electron images,secondary ion spectrometry and highprecision transmission electron imaging demonstrate that gold is strongly correlated with arsenic on a microscopic scale in the sediment-hosted micro-disseminated gold deposits.The positive correlation between Au and As,despite varying Au/As ratio,is persistent in arsenian pyrite overgrowths and arsenopyrite,It is found that gold occurs in native state as submicro beads in association with arsenic-bearing sulfides,The extremely small grain size of gold may indicate a very rapid process of deposition.