Genetic aspects of gold mineralization in the Southern Granulite Terrain,India

Gold mineralization in Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT) of India has close spatial relationship with the shear zones (Moyar–Bhavani) present in Cauvery Suture Zone. Gold is found to be associated with primary quartz veins, placers and laterites. The gold prospects in SGT can be broadly grouped into three provinces i) Wynad-Nilgiri, ii) Malappuram and iii) Attappadi. The auriferous quartz veins are within the deformed biotite/hornblende bearing gneisses and amphibolite. Wall rock alteration is conspicuous around the mineralized veins and gives an assemblage of muscovite–calcite–ankerite–chlorite–biotite–pyrite related to fluid–rock interaction at the time of vein formation. Fluid inclusion studies of vein quartz gives an idea of the nature of the ore forming fluids, the fluid involved in gold mineralization is of low saline and aqueous-carbonic in composition and quite similar to the orogenic lode gold deposits reported world-wide. Micro-thermometric data indicates fluid immiscibility (phase separation) during trapping of fluid inclusions and this must have played an important role in gold deposition. Geochronological studies of mineral separates from Wynad-Nilgiri province using Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isochron methods of the auriferous quartz veins gave an age of approximately 450 Ma for the vein formation. The present studies on SGT gold mineralization indicate 1. During the Pan-African orogeny, extensive fluid influx from mantle and metamorphism extracted gold from a mafic source and were focused along major structural discontinuities of Moyar–Bhavani Shear Zone, 2. The aqueous–carbonic ore fluid interacted with rocks of the upper crust and triggered a set of metasomatic changes responsible for the dissolved components such as Ca, Si and Fe and finally precipitating in the veins and 3. The mineralizing fluid with dissolved gold in sulphide complex got destabilized due to fluid immiscibility and wall rock alteration leading to the deposition of gold with associated sulphide minerals in the vein system.     

江西金山剪切带型金矿床两类矿石的地球化学特征—兼论两阶段成矿机制

金山剪切带型金矿床主要发育含金硅质糜棱岩和含金石英脉两类矿石，它们分别在矿化第一和第二阶段形成。含金硅质糜棱岩与围岩－双桥山群上亚群具有一致的稀土和微量元素分布特征及相近的元素比值，后者为矿床第一阶段矿化的形成提供了物质来源。含金石英脉中流体包裹体的化学和同位素组成特征表明，矿化第二阶段的成矿流体为源于大气降水的地下热水，引起自然金沉淀的因素主要是流体的相分离。     

Age and tectonic setting of the first orogenic gold deposit discovered in the Yanbian Region,NE China

The Yangjingou gold deposit in Jilin Province lies 11 km south of the large-scale Xiaoxinancha gold–copper deposit. Yangjingou orebodies are structurally controlled fault- or fracture-related auriferous quartz veins. This type of mineralization is significantly different from that of the Xiaoxinancha porphyry gold–copper deposit, and has mineral assemblages and fluid inclusion compositions typical of orogenic gold deposits. We suggest that the Yangjingou deposit is the first orogenic gold deposit discovered in the Yanbian area, even in all of NE China. Here, we present new isotopic dating and trace element analysis of the ore-hosting monzogranite and auriferous quartz veins within the deposit, in order to determine the age and tectonic setting of metallogenesis, and the geological conditions controlling gold mineralization. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating of zircons separated from the monzogranite yielded an age of 262.3 ± 1.3 Ma, indicating intrusion during the late Permian. Hydrothermal muscovite from auriferous quartz veins yielded a ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau age of 241.57 ± 1.2 Ma, indicating that gold mineralization occurred at 241 Ma. Trace element and REE compositions of the monzogranite and auriferous quartz veins are both indicative of the formation from a region of the upper mantle that previously underwent crustal contamination. Geochronological analysis indicates that the diagenesis and mineralization resulting in the Yangjingou gold deposit occurred during the late Permian–Early Triassic. The tectonic evolution of the region and comparison of this deposit with other mineralizing events indicate that the orebody formed during orogenesis associated with collision between the North China and Siberian cratons.     

辽宁五龙金矿铋矿物与金矿化关系研究

辽宁五龙金矿的铋矿物为辉铋矿，自然铋和辉铅铋矿，它们与金矿化关系非常密切，在高温条件下，Ｂｉ与Ａｕ呈固溶体形式或某种化合物形式存在，随着温度的下降，Ｂｉ与Ａｕ分离构成两种独立矿物，二者紧密共生，在含金石英矿体中，铋矿物的多少直接影响矿石品位，铋矿物是重要的金矿化指示矿物。     

Synvolcanic gold mineralization within a deformation zone: the Chevrier deposit, Chibougamau, Abitibi Subprovince, Canada

The Chevrier gold deposit is located in the northeastern part of the Abitibi Subprovince within the Chevrier volcanic centre (CVC). This calc-alkaline volcanic centre evolved from mafic to felsic in a submarine environment, and the Chevrier deposit is spatially associated with the uppermost unit composed mostly of massive dacite to rhyolite, dated at 2730 Ma. The Chevrier deposit is divided in two zones. The North Zone is composed of high-grade, discordant quartz-carbonate veins and disseminated pyrite mostly within melanocratic gabbro dykes, whereas, the South Zone is within a low-grade, concordant pyrite envelope associated with quartz-carbonate-pyrite veinlets. Both zones are highly deformed and show strong carbonate, sericite and chlorite alterations. Although these zones share many characteristics with orogenic deposits, the crosscutting of the Chevrier deposit by structures associated with the major deformation events suggests that mineralization was prior to these events. Furthermore, felsic dykes associated with the formation of the CVC crosscut auriferous veins and zones, therefore suggesting a synvolcanic timing for the gold mineralization. Characteristics of the zones, such as similar vein composition and alteration mineral assemblages and location within the volcanic pile, suggest that they are part of a single hydrothermal event where the South Zone represents the shallower part of the deposit. The Chevrier deposit is classified as a noncarbonate-hosted stockwork and disseminated deposit and shows many similarities with strata-bound gold deposits of the Andacollo mining district of Chile. Dating of mineralization at the Chevrier deposit indicates that the emplacement of gold occurred more than 25 Ma before the onset of the orogeny affecting this part of the Abitibi subprovince. It also illustrates how synvolcanic mineralization can be misinterpreted as an orogenic deposit without the presence of crosscutting relationships with dykes, faults or other structures.Contribution No. 2005-5130-01 of the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec.     

广东高凤金矿形成时代的Rb-Sr、40Ar-39Ar年龄测定

用含金石英脉流体包裹体Rb-Sr和⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar方法测定了广东高凤金矿的形成时代为印支期(215×10⁶a)。两种方法的结果在误差范围内完全一致，两种测定方法相互验证，结果准确可靠。研究表明含金石英脉流体包裹体Rb-Sr和⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年代方法对于解决石英脉型金矿的成矿时代具有很好的应用前景。     

GENERAL CHARACTER OF MULTISTAGES OF METALLOGENESIS FOR MICRO-MESOTHERMAL GOLD DEPOSITS:EXAMPLES FROM ZHANG-BALING TECTONIC BELT,ANHUI,CHINA

In Zhangbaling Tectonic Belt,two types of mineralization,auriferous quartz veins and alteration halos,can observed within many deposits.The pressure of metallogenesis of auriferous alteration halos is much higher than that of quartz vein,the temperatures of metallogeneses of these two types of orebodies are don't the same Geochemistry study indicates that both of them are micro-mesothermal deposits related to Yanshanian granites.The results of proton microprobe analysis of sulphides from the gold deposits in the area show that the "invisible" gold existed in sulphides is in the form of micro inclusions,and the concentration of "invisible" gold in sulphide minerals within quartz vein is poorer than that from alteration halos.Field observation shows that the structural modality of the fractures controlling the orebodies of auriferous quartz vein is different from that of the auriferous alteration zones.The fracture controlling the orebodies of auriferous alteration halos is compress-shear fracture,auriferous quartz vein is controlled by extensive fault.The alteration halos crosscut by auriferous quartz vein.The wallrocks of the former altered strongly and developed alteration zones well.The wallrocks of auriferous quartz vein altered slightly.The results of tectonogeochemical study shows that the concentration of associated metallogenesis elements and intensity of alteration are positively correlated with tectonic deformation strength for auriferous alteration halos.It indicates that it is probably a general character for micro-mesothermal gold deposits due to the multistages of metallogeneses took place.The tectonic environment is the most important fact determining the mechanism of fluid flow and precipitation of gold,and then the types of mineralization and modes of gold.     

吉林省海沟石英脉型金矿床流体包裹体特征及地质意义

海沟金矿床地处夹皮沟-海沟成矿带东南端,为典型的石英脉型金矿。该矿床产于海西期花岗杂岩体中,由多条含金石英脉组成。成矿过程可分为4个阶段:Ⅰ. 钾长石-石英脉阶段;II. 乳白色石英-(少)黄铁矿-(少)金阶段;III. 多金属硫化物-石英-金阶段;IV. 碳酸盐-石英-黄铁矿阶段。流体包裹体研究表明,海沟金矿各阶段流体包裹体存在一定差异,早期成矿阶段(第Ⅱ阶段)以H₂O-NaCl包裹体(Ⅰ类)为主,偶见含子晶包裹体(Ⅳ类);主成矿阶段(第Ⅲ阶段)以CO₂-H₂O-NaCl包裹体(II类)为主,并含有少量纯CO₂包裹体(III类);成矿后阶段(第Ⅳ阶段)以H₂O-NaCl包裹体(Ⅰ类)为主。早期成矿阶段、主成矿阶段、成矿后阶段均一温度范围分别为227~497℃、189~427℃、130~267℃,对应盐度分别为0.53%~10.23% NaCleqv、0.35%~9.23% NaCleqv、0.18%~3.27% NaCleqv。早期成矿阶段和主成矿阶段包裹体均一温度、盐度相对较高,成矿后阶段包裹体均一温度、盐度明显降低;在空间上,主成矿阶段矿床深部包裹体的盐度较矿床浅部偏高。拉曼和气相色谱结果显示,包裹体气相成分以H₂O、CO₂、N₂、CH₄、C₂H₆为主,并含有少量H₂S,成矿流体为低盐度的H₂O-CO₂-NaCl±CH₄流体;包裹体液相离子成分主要为Na⁺、K⁺、Ca²⁺、Cl^-,个别包裹体中含有少量Mg²⁺、F^-离子。主成矿阶段不同类型、不同相比包裹体均一温度相近,显示不混溶特征。流体减压引起的不混溶作用可能是海沟金矿金沉淀的主要原因。     

辽南丹东地区中生代金成矿的FIP的证据

辽南丹东地区产出有五龙、四道沟两个大型金矿床,两矿床与中生代燕山期三股流花岗岩体存在密切的空间华生关系。长期以来,对这一地区金的成矿作用时代存在有不同的认识,一种观点认为金的成矿作用只有一期,即中徨代（燕山期）;另一种观战认为金的成矿作用有两期,即元古代和中生代（燕山期）分别以四道沟金矿和五龙金矿为代表,作者利用流体包裹体面（ＦＩＰ）研究的新方法对金矿床及伴生花岗岩进行了研究。结果表明,三股流花岗     

甘肃北山拾金坡金矿床地质特征及成因分析

拾金坡金矿是甘肃北山南带较为典型的含金硫化物石英脉型金矿床,矿化富集与加里东晚期—海西早期拾金坡复式岩体密切相关。矿体产于岩体的内接触带,产出部位明显受近EW向断裂破碎带的控制。矿体主要为大脉状、脉状、透镜状。矿床中发育一套典型的中温热液成因的矿物组合,矿石以强烈的绢云母化、碳酸盐化、硅化和黄铁矿化为特征,矿石的金属矿物组合为自然金_银金矿_黄铁矿_方铅矿_闪锌矿_黄铜矿,矿化属中温热液成因。硫和铅同位素显示成矿金属物质主要来自围岩,即斑状花岗岩;氢和氧同位素组成表明成矿流体来自花岗岩浆水。成矿时代属早—中海西期。因此可推断,拾金坡金矿床属于与构造_岩浆活动有关的中温岩浆热液成因矿床。     

大坪金矿床主矿体控矿构造与矿化富集规律

大坪金矿床位于哀牢山金矿带南部,为研究其规模最大的V1-2-3号矿体的控矿构造和矿化富集规律,本文研究总结了矿体地质特征,对矿体的多级控矿构造及力学性质进行剖析,采用矿体垂直纵投影图对厚度、品位及其剩余值、趋势值等值线图进行分析。研究结果表明:金矿主要受三级断裂构造控制:红河-哀牢山深大断裂控制整个金矿成矿带;小新街断裂为导矿构造;小新街断裂的次级断裂带为容矿构造。在构造应力机制发生转换的大规模成矿时期,矿区受到由顺时针旋转变为逆时针旋转的构造应力场作用,控矿断裂性质由左行压扭性转变为张性。构造应力场严格控制了矿体的空间位置、规模、形态、矿体厚度与品位变化特征。成矿流体运移方向为北西-南东方向,在多期、多阶段成矿作用下,形成层状分布矿化富集带。研究厘定了V1-2-3号矿体共有3个矿化富集带,包括7个矿化富集中心,其侧伏方向为北西-南东方向。矿化富集中心大多形成于构造引张的部位,形成透镜状富厚矿体;在构造闭合的地方,矿脉变薄、品位降低,形成贫化带或无矿段。     

Gold-Related Sulfide Mineralization and Ore Genesis of the Penjom Gold Deposit, Pahang, Malaysia

The Penjom gold deposit lies on the eastern side of the Raub‐Bentong Suture line within the Central Belt of Permo‐Triassic rocks, near Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia. The geology of the deposit is dominated by a sequence of fine‐ to coarse‐grained rhyolitic to rhyodacitic tuff, tuff‐breccia and a minor rhyolitic–rhyodacitic volcanic series, associated with argillaceous marine sedimentary rocks consisting of shale with subordinate shalely limestone of Padang Tungku Formation and Pahang Volcanic Series. Fine‐ to coarse‐grained tonalite and quartz porphyry intruded this unit. The main structural features of the area are north–south‐trending left‐lateral strike‐slip faults and their subsidiaries, which generally strike north–south and dip moderately to the east (350°–360°/40°–60°). Mineralization at the Penjom gold deposit is structurally controlled and also erratic laterally and vertically. The gold mineralization can be categorized as (i) gold associated with carbonate‐rich zones hosted within dilated quartz veins carrying significant amount of sulfides; (ii) gold disseminated within stockwork of quartz–carbonate veins affiliated with tonalite; and (iii) gold often associated with arsenopyrite and pyrite in quartz–carbonate veins and stringers hosted within shear zones of brittle–ductile nature in all rock types and in brittle fractured rhyodacitic volcanic rocks. Sphalerite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite and pyrrhotite are the minerals accompanying the early stage of gold mineralization. These minerals also suffered from local brittle deformation. However, most of the gold mineralization took place after the deposition of these sulfides. Galena appears somewhat towards the end of gold mineralization, whereas tellurium and bismuth accompanied gold contemporaneously. The gold mineralization occurred most probably due to the metamorphogenic deformational origin concentrated mostly in the shear zone. The mineralization is strongly controlled by the wall rock (e.g. graphitic shale), the sulfide minerals and fluid–rock interaction.     

Fluid Geochemistry and Metallogenesis of the Hatu Gold Deposit in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang

The Hatu large gold deposit is located on the western margin of the Junggar basin, Xinjiang. Its mineralization is characterized by auriferous quartz veins and Au-bearing altered fracturing zones. Studies on mineralogy, inclusions and decrepitation temperature indicate that the gold deposit was formed by overlapping of two kinds of fluid of different origins, instead of gradual evolution of a single fluid. The auriferous quartz veins are related to magmatism-originated fluid, but the Au-bearing altered fracturing zones to deep-derived fluid. Bonanzas in quartz veins were formed and localized at overlapping positions of two types of fluid under intensive compression.     

豫陕小秦岭脉状金矿床三期流体运移成矿作用

位于豫陕交界处的小秦岭脉状金矿是我国第二大黄金产出集中地。流体包裹体研究表明，脉状金矿床石英及碳酸盐矿物中流体包裹体主要有富CO2包裹体、CO2-H2O包裹体和H2O溶液包裹体等三种类型，各热液阶段形成的脉体内有不同的流体包裹体组合。脉状金矿体的形成经历了三期流体成矿作用，第一期形成乳白色石英大脉，它构成了矿脉的主体，流体的性质为富H2O热液，但无金的成矿；第二期(成矿期)流体为中低盐度CO2-H2O-NaCl热液，它叠加在了石英大脉之上，形成(块状)黄铁矿-浅色石英矿体和(网脉状)多金属硫化物-烟灰色石英矿体，成矿期内热液的温度、压力及流体组成的变化是金沉淀成矿的原因；第三期热液又转成低盐度的富水流体，形成石英-碳酸盐脉体，金矿化微弱。     

As–Sb–Bi–Au mineralization in the Baogutu gold deposit,Xinjiang, NW China

Here we report the occurrence of some uncommon mineral assemblages including pääkönenite, aurostibite, native arsenic, native antimony, and native bismuth found in the Baogutu gold deposit in the western Junggar, Xinjiang, NW China. The mineralization could be generally subdivided into two types: the gold-bearing quartz-vein type mineralization and disseminated mineralization in the wall rocks. The sulfide minerals in gold lodes commonly include pyrite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, and stibnite. However, the L7 lode in No. 4 orebody and the L1 lode in No. 11 orebody of the Baogutu gold deposit are quite different in terms of their mineral assemblages. The L7 lode contains native arsenic–quartz veins in shallow levels and stibnite–quartz veins at depth. Gold-bearing minerals (electrum, native gold, and rarely aurostibite) mainly coexist with pääkönenite, stibnite, native arsenic, and native antimony. The crystallization of As- and Sb-bearing minerals was likely to have consumed H₂S from the hydrothermal fluid, which probably triggered the precipitation of native gold. The L1 lode consists of several discontinuous sulfide-dominated lensoid orebodies. The massive sulfide ores that produced most of the gold resource are characterized by an intimate association between native bismuth and native gold mineralization.     

江西金山金矿床稀土元素地球化学特征及意义

稀土元素在地质体中的丰度及分布形式与地质体的发生发展及物质组成有关.通过对比分析矿床的稀土元素组成特征及分布模式,研究矿床围岩、蚀变带及各类矿石的稀土元素地球化学行为,认为在高水/岩比值下热液蚀变作用使其稀土元素产生明显的带入和带出,但成岩和成矿物质具有继承性演化的特点.含金石英脉的稀土元素地球化学特征表明成矿流体具有多源性.石英脉成因不同,是不同成矿阶段热液与构造共同作用的产物.本次工作发现的硅质岩,其地球化学特征表明是一种混有火山物质或陆源物质的过渡类型热水沉积岩,可能指示该矿床早期存在热水喷流成岩成矿作用.     

Multistage ore genesis in the New Zealand geosyncline a history of post-metamorphic lode emplacement

Epigenetic gold-quartz and scheelite-quartz lodes in Otago and other parts of the New Zealand geosyncline crosscut quartzofeldspathic and metavolcanic rocks of the pumpellyite-actinolite and greenschist facies. The lodes, which commonly strike north-west, are spatially associated with a 30 km wide belt of metavolcanic schists, with associated piemontite and sideritic schists, which parallels the axis of the geosyncline. Oxygen isotope and uncorrected fluid inclusion data for Glenorchy and Bendigo material give the range 230–350°C for lode formation, over 100°C lower than the metamorphic temperature of the country rock, and this indicates that substantial uplift and unloading had occurred prior to the hydrothermal emplacement of the lodes. A model is developed to account for the origin of the lode mineralization. A recent oxygen isotope study of the Glenorchy lodes suggested that the ore-bearing fluid was derived from rocks at depth over 150°C hotter than the lode formation temperature, and this is consistent with an origin by dehydration reactions at the greenschist to amphibolite transition. Hydraulic fracturing, induced by rapid uplift and unloading of the pile, allowed fluid migration to higher crustal levels where ore-deposition occurred. The spatial association of the lodes with the metavolcanic suite suggests that metals were derived by trace-leaching from the volcanic suite at the water source, or during migration, whilst tungsten may have been leached from associated manganiferous metasediments which commonly contain high anomolous concentrations of tungsten. Ore deposition occurred in response to lowering of temperature and pressure during fluid migration, and wall-rock interactions, particularly where lower oxygen fugacities were imposed by wall-rocks on the hydrothermal phase.     

胶东罗山金矿床成矿流体来源:蚀变岩型和石英脉型矿石载金黄铁矿稀土与微量元素特征约束

罗山金矿床是胶东玲珑金矿田最大的金矿床之一,同时发育蚀变岩型矿化和石英脉型矿化。本研究在系统的野外和镜下工作基础上,利用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)技术分析了载金黄铁矿的微量和稀土元素,对比了蚀变岩型和石英脉型矿石载金黄铁矿稀土和微量元素特征,探讨了成矿流体的性质与来源。黄铁矿稀土总含量较低,多呈较明显的"右倾"式稀土配分模式,总体表现出负Eu异常,基本无Ce异常; Hf/Sm、Th/La、Nb/La值均<1,推断成矿流体为富Cl的还原性流体。Co/Ni比值范围在0. 08～3. 77,平均值为1. 09; Co/Ni值以及Co、Ni、Bi、Cu和Zn含量均与变质热液型金矿平均含量相近; Y/Ho比值范围总体在21～32之间,与中国东部大陆地壳Y/Ho比值(20～35)基本重合;结合个别样品的弱正Eu异常以及前人的研究成果,推断成矿流体与变质热液类似,主要来源于古太平洋板块俯冲板片脱水和脱碳作用,且可能有长英质岩浆流体和地壳流体的混入。蚀变岩型和石英脉型矿石内的载金黄铁矿的稀土、微量元素组成没有明显区别,Y/Ho、Nb/Ta和Zr/Hf比值变化范围均很小,表明两类矿石的载金黄铁矿为同一期热液活动作用的产物。     

陕川丁家林-太阳坪金矿带成矿机理

丁家林-太阳坪金矿带与丁家林-太阳坪脆-韧性剪切带同位分布、同能源作用、同步生成，是脆-韧性剪切变形形成的石英脉型金矿，总体走向NE，主要由丁家林和太阳坪2个金矿床组成，分石英单脉、单脉密集带、复脉带3个亚型。丁家林以含Au石英复脉为主，太阳坪以含Au石英单脉为主；成矿物质来源于富含Si质的志留系黄坪组，成矿流体主要是构造水；内生成矿作用分脆．韧性剪切变形-构造分异热液期和韧-脆性剪切变形-构造分异热液期，与2期脆-韧性剪切变形相对应，第2期为主成矿期。其成矿机理是脆-韧性剪切变形动力成岩成矿。     

The Dorn gold deposit in northern Victoria Land,Antarctica: Structure,hydrothermal alteration,and implications for the Gondwana Pacific margin

The Dorn gold deposit in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica is a fault related gold-only deposit and it represents the first described occurrence of gold mineralization in Paleozoic terranes of the Antarctic continent. The deposit is hosted in lower greenschist facies Middle Cambrian metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Bowers terrane. Gold-bearing veins are located in a brittle–ductile reverse high-strain zone, which was produced by transpressional deformation that overprints the structures of the Cambrian–Ordovician Ross Orogeny. The vein system is surrounded by a hydrothermal alteration zone that is as much as 300-m-wide, where the host rocks are partially to completely transformed into Fe–Mg carbonate-rich rocks with different degrees of replacement of the original mineralogy and texture.The type of host rock, the temperature estimates for mineralization from 290–320 °C, the quartz dominant vein system with sulfides and Fe-rich carbonates, and the controlling structures linked to a convergent margin tectonic setting together suggest that this mineralized vein system can be classified as an orogenic gold deposit. Close analogies are found with deposits of the Stawell zone in western Victoria, which is consistent with the correlation between units and hydrothermal events in northern Victoria Land and southeastern Australia.