Geochemical features of Paleozoic Au–Ag epithermal deposits (Northeastern Russia)

The geochemical features and conditions of formation of the Paleozoic epithermal Au–Ag mineralization in the pre-accretion Kedon (D_2–3) volcanoplutonic belt located within the Omolon craton terrain are described. The new data on the composition and contents of trace and rare-earth elements (REEs) in igneous ores of epithermal deposits is provided. The elevated grades of a wide range of trace elements as compared to the average values of the upper crust have been identified.     

Origin and age of rift related fluorite and manganese deposits from the San Rafael Massif,Argentina

The San Rafael Massif is characterized by widespread fluorite and manganese epithermal ore deposits whose origin has been under debate to the present. Isotopic (Sm/Nd and K/Ar) and geochemical (trace elements and REE) data of fluorite and manganese ore allowed to establish the age and genesis of the deposits and to propose a regional genetic model. The fluorite deposits were formed during the Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic as a result of the Triassic rifting that launched a hydrothermal activity at regional scale. The hydrothermal fluids had low T and high fO₂ with fluorine probably derived from a mantle source and REE scavenged from the volcanics of the Gondwanan Choiyoi Magmatic Cycle upper section. The manganese deposits were formed by oxidizing hydrothermal fluids that collected Mn from deep sources and also leached REE from the upper section of the Choiyoi Magmatic Cycle during two mineralization episodes. One episode was linked to the rift tectonic setting that remained active up to the Upper Cretaceous and the other was related to an Early Miocene back-arc extensional geodynamic setting. Both manganese and fluorite deposits were formed in extensional tectonic settings within an epithermal environment near the surface, and can be ascribed to the general model of detachment-related deposits.     

Cenozoic continental arc magmatism and associated mineralization in Ecuador

Most of the economic ore deposits of Ecuador are porphyry-Cu and epithermal style gold deposits associated with Tertiary continental arc magmatism. This study presents major and trace element geochemistry, as well as radiogenic isotope (Pb, Sr) signatures, of continental arc magmatic rocks of Ecuador of Eocene to Late Miocene (~50–9 Ma, ELM) and Late Miocene to Recent (~8–0 Ma, LMR) ages. The most primitive ELM and LMR rocks analyzed consistently display similar trace element and isotopic signatures suggesting a common origin, most likely an enriched MORB-type mantle. In contrast, major and trace element geochemistry, as well as radiogenic isotope systematics of the whole sets of ELM and LMR samples, indicate strikingly different evolutions between ELM and LMR rocks. The ELM rocks have consistently low Sr/Y, increasing Rb/Sr, and decreasing Eu/Gd with SiO₂, suggesting an evolution through plagioclase-dominated fractional crystallization at shallow crustal levels (<20 km). The LMR rocks display features of adakite-type magmas (high Sr/Y, low Yb, low Rb/Sr) and increasing Eu/Gd and Gd/Lu ratios with SiO₂. We explain the adakite-type geochemistry of LMR rocks, rather than by slab melting, by a model in which mantle-derived melts partially melt and assimilate residual garnet-bearing mafic lithologies at deeper levels than those of plagioclase stability (i.e., >20 km), and most likely at sub-crustal levels (>40–50 km). The change in geochemical signatures of Tertiary magmatic rocks of Ecuador from the ELM- to the LMR-type coincides chronologically with the transition from a transpressional to a compressional regime that occurred at ~9 Ma and has been attributed by other investigations to the onset of subduction of the aseismic Carnegie ridge.The major districts of porphyry-Cu and epithermal deposits of Ecuador (which have a small size, <<200 Mt, when compared to their Central Andean counterparts) are spatially and temporally associated with ELM magmatic rocks. No significant porphyry-Cu and epithermal deposits (except the epithermal high-sulfidation mineralization of Quimsacocha) appear to be associated with Late Miocene-Recent (LMR, ~8–0 Ma) magmatic rocks. The apparent infertility of LMR magmas seems to be at odds with the association of major porphyry-Cu/epithermal deposits of the Central Andes with magmatic rocks having adakite-type geochemical signatures similar to LMR rocks. The paucity of porphyry-Cu/epithermal deposits associated with LMR rocks might be only apparent and bound to exposure level, or real and bound (among other possibilities) to the lack of development of shallow crustal magmatic chambers since ~9 Ma as a result of a prolonged compressional regime in the Ecuadorian crust. More work is needed to understand the actual metallogenic potential of LMR rocks in Ecuador.Editorial handling: J. Richards     

甘肃北山南金山金矿床地质特征及深部成矿预测

南金山金矿是北山地区典型的浅成低温热液型金矿床,原20万化探扫面中在该矿床处存在W、Mo等高温元素异常组合,明显异于一般浅成低温热液矿床仅存在中低温元素异常组合。作者在系列成矿找矿思路的指导下,采集了南金山金矿床不同深度的地球化学样品,剖析该矿矿床特征、蚀变矿化特征、成矿元素的富集规律,指出该矿床是一典型的高硫型浅成低温热液矿床,矿床高温元素W、Mo,中温元素Cu向深部增高。并通过与典型铜金矿床地化特征、国外高硫型浅成低温热液型矿床与相关铜金矿床空间配位的类比,提出了南金山金矿深部存在斑岩型铜矿的可能。     

Minerals of the Au-Ag-Pb-Te-Se-S system of porphyry-copper-molybdenum deposits from the Nakhodka ore field, Chukchi Peninsula, Russia

The Nakhodka ore field located 220 km south of the Bilibino town, Chukchi Peninsula, Russia comprises Cu-Mo-porphyry (Malysh and Vesennii) and Mo-Cu-porphyry (Nakhodka, III Vesennii) deposits. The late epithermal mineralization with native gold of low fineness (498?C766) of the first group deposits refers to the IS (intermediate sulfidation) type, which is characterized by the occurrence of petzite; stutzite; acanthite; pearceite; and minerals of the Pb-Bi-Ag-Se-Te, Ag-Te-Se, and Ag-Bi-Se systems, as well as by native tellurium. The epithermal mineralization forms at fTe₂(?19...?18) and fS₂(?14...?13) and temperatures <200°C. The second group deposits do not exhibit epithermal mineralization; telluride mineralization is present as only native tellurium and altaite.     

辽宁青城子地区印支期岩浆作用与找矿预测

大量研究表明辽宁青城子地区主要成矿作用与印支期岩浆活动有密切关系,为了进一步研究印支期岩浆活动与成矿关系,文章在详细野外工作的基础上,对印支期侵入岩体进行了岩石地球化学测试分析。结果表明,青城子地区印支期花岗岩的w(SiO₂)介于61.67%～77.69%,w(K₂O)介于3.96%～6.67%,w(Na₂O)为0.04%～4.42%,里特曼指数为0.57～5.19,多数小于3.3,主要为高钾钙碱性和钾玄岩系列;在以w(SiO₂)为横坐标、其他氧化物为纵坐标的哈克图解中,除了w(Na₂O)、w(K₂O)与w(SiO₂)的线性关系不明显外,其他氧化物均与w(SiO₂)呈线性关系,说明它们具有明显的岩浆演化关系;微量元素均富集大离子亲石元素,亏损高场强元素,原始地幔标准化配分曲线呈右倾模式,稀土元素球粒陨石标准化配分模式呈轻稀土元素富集、重稀土元素亏损的右倾模式;构造判别图指示了青城子地区印支期岩浆活动产于同碰撞大地...     

长江中下游抛刀岭大型中硫型浅成低温热液金矿床的厘定及其找矿启示

长江中下游是全球重要的斑岩-矽卡岩铜多金属矿床成矿带之一,近年来识别出一些大型明矾石矿床、中小规模高硫型和低硫型金±银矿床,但是否存在中硫型矿化蚀变系统还不清楚.抛刀岭是近年来在长江中下游成矿带新发现的大型独立金矿床,文章通过岩芯编录、短波红外光谱和矿物成分的研究,厘定该矿床矿体主要产于～140 Ma英安斑岩脉中,成矿...     

新疆西天山吐拉苏火山岩盆地浅成低温热液-斑岩型金多金属成矿系统的形成与演化

新疆西天山吐拉苏地区发育的与中酸性火山-次火山岩有关的浅成低温热液-斑岩型金多金属成矿系统,是在晚古生代北天山洋向南部伊犁-中天山板块之下俯冲消减的活动大陆边缘背景下形成的。赋矿的大哈拉军山组火山岩及相关的次火山岩形成于晚泥盆世-早石炭世,岩石总体显示钾质-高钾质、准铝质-过铝质的钙碱性-高钾钙碱性特征,其轻稀土富集、Eu负异常显著、大离子亲石元素富集和高场强元素亏损等,均显示出俯冲带岛弧岩浆作用的特点。阿希(低硫型)和京希-伊尔曼得(高硫型)浅成低温热液金矿床以及塔北、吐拉苏铅锌矿床,受大哈拉军山组火山岩中的断裂破碎带以及具高孔隙度和渗透率的岩性控制;塔吾尔别克斑岩型金矿化主要受斑岩体及火山岩中的断裂和裂隙系统控制,并很可能存在浅成低温热液型金矿化的套合或叠加。硫、铅、碳、氧同位素特征显示,成矿物质主要来自岩浆所分泌的热液和/或赋矿的火山-次火山岩。根据成矿系统形成后的保存和变化情况,认为在吐拉苏盆地内剥蚀程度较低的地区,浅成低温热液型金铅锌矿床具备良好的保存条件,同时在其深部还应注意寻找斑岩型或矽卡岩型铜金矿床。     

安徽铜陵狮子山矿田铜金多金属矿床的成矿模式

狮子山矿田是铜陵矿集区最具代表性的铜金多金属矿田。本文选择狮子山矿田中的几个典型矿床进行地质和地球化学研究,系统阐述了矿床的控矿构造和赋矿岩石、矿体和矿石、蚀变和矿化等地质特征,确定了矿床成因类型;深入研究了侵入体与矿床矿体的时空关系以及主要矿床的流体包裹体地球化学特征及氢-氧、碳-氧、硫和铅同位素地球化学特征,探讨了成矿流体、成矿金属元素(铅)及其化合元素(碳和硫)的来源;结合成岩成矿大地构造背景分析,确定了不同矿床类型间的成因联系,建立了斑岩型-矽卡岩型-浅成热液型矿床成矿模式,为狮子山矿田边部和深部及铜陵矿集区及其邻区的找矿勘查提供了理论依据,并据此建议在铜陵矿集区以往以矽卡岩型矿床为主要找矿目标的基础上,进一步加强研究和寻找由统一的岩浆热液系统控制的斑岩型铜(-钼、-金)矿床和浅成热液型金(-银多金属)矿床。     

陕西秦岭东部地区中生代钼、铜矿床时空分布规律、控矿因素及找矿潜力分析

陕西秦岭东部地区中生代钼、铜矿床成矿类型齐全,有斑岩型、斑岩-矽卡岩型、矽卡岩型、石英脉型和碳酸岩脉型。钼矿床主要分布在小秦岭地区,有向西秦岭过渡和向南秦岭延伸的趋势;铜矿床主要分布在南秦岭地区。除碳酸岩脉型钼矿床外,这些钼、铜矿床多与花岗质小岩体具有密切的成因联系,不受容矿地层的限制,成矿时代主要集中在晚三叠世—早侏罗世和晚侏罗世2个阶段,与共生岩体的成岩时代多数相同,个别相差在10 Ma内。赋矿岩体多受近EW向与NE向或NW向断裂构造交汇部位的控制,与钼矿床有关的成矿岩体显示高硅(w(Si O2)71%)、高钾(K2O/Na2O1)、中铁(w(TFe)=0.13%~2.45%)特征,而与铜矿床有关的岩体相对低硅(70%w(Si O2)62%)、中钾(K2O/Na2O0.88)、高铁(w(TFe)=1.9%~4.8%)。矿石、岩体和地层的S、Pb、Sr、Nd同位素组成显示,除晚三叠世碳酸岩脉型和石英脉型钼矿的成矿物质来源于Ⅰ型富集地幔外,早侏罗世—晚白垩世斑岩-矽卡岩型及石英脉型钼、铜矿成矿物质以壳幔混源为主,但铜矿比钼矿具有更多的幔源物质。地质和地球化学特征指示,南秦岭和北秦岭地区有形成斑岩型铜、钼矿床的有利条件,也有不利因素,不利因素导致南秦岭和北秦岭地区浅部不易形成大型斑岩铜、钼矿床,但形成小-中型铜、钼矿床的潜力大。     

Ore formation at the Kupol epithermal gold-silver deposit in northeastern Russia deduced from fluid inclusion study

The Kupol epithermal gold-silver deposit-the largest of this type of mineralization in northeastern Russia-is situated in the outer zone of the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic belt. The results of thermobarogeochemical study of fluid inclusions in quartz from ore veins at the Kupol deposit are compared with the data on the Dvoinoi and Arykvaam deposits. The study of aqueous extracts from fluid inclusions revealed that the chemical compositions of ore-forming fluids at the Dvoinoi and Kupol deposits are similar in most elements. The only substantial difference is that fluids from the Kupol deposit are considerably enriched in sulfate, as is characteristic of the alunite-subtype of epithermal high-sulfidation mineralization. The salinity of aqueous solutions filling inclusions in amethyst and quartz from ore veins at the Kupol and Dvoinoi deposits is two-three times higher than the salinity of fluid inclusions from the barren veins at the Arykvaam occurrence. The data obtained support the hypothesis put forward earlier that fumaroles and solfataras played a part in ore deposition at the Kupol deposit.     

Regional Metallogenesis of the Chang’an Gold Ore Deposit in Western Yunnan: Evidences from Fluid Inclusions and Stable Isotopes

<正>The Chang'an gold ore deposit in western Yunnan is located at the southern segment of the Ailaoshan metallogenic belt.The ore bodies are preserved in fractured Ordovician sedimentary clastic rocks.The gold-bearing minerals occur dominantly in sulfide-quartz veins.Fluid inclusion analysis shows that the Chang'an gold ore deposit is characterized by epithermal gold mineralization at temperatures between 200℃and 280℃at a shallow crustal level.The mineralizing fluids have intermediate to low salinity(6%-18%) and low densities(0.72-1.27 g/cm~3).The ore minerals haveδ~(34)S in a range from -13‰to 3.57‰,concentrated from -2.06‰to 3.57‰with an average of 1.55‰.The ~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb,~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb and ~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb values are 18.9977-19.5748,15.7093-15.784,39.3814-40.2004 respectively.These isotope data suggest that the ore-forming elements were mainly derived from mixed crustal and mantle sources.The Chang'an gold ore deposit and Tongchang Cu-Mo deposit are closely related to each other in their spatial distribution and age of formation.They have similar sources of mineralizing elements and identical ore-forming metal elements,and show a close relationship in physical and chemical conditions of mineralization.The two deposits constitute an epithermal-porphyry -skarn type Cu-Mo-Au mineralization system in the Tongchang-Chang'an area,which is related to the Cenozoic high-K alkaline magmatism.     

Structural and biological control of the Cenozoic epithermal uranium concentrations from the Sierra Pe?a Blanca, Mexico

Epithermal uranium deposits of the Sierra Pe?a Blanca are classic examples of volcanic-hosted deposits and have been used as natural analogs for radionuclide migration in volcanic settings. We present a new genetic model that incorporates both geochemical and tectonic features of these deposits, including one of the few documented cases of a geochemical signature of biogenic reducing conditions favoring uranium mineralization in an epithermal deposit. Four tectono-magmatic faulting events affected the volcanic pile. Uranium occurrences are associated with breccia zones at the intersection of fault systems. Periodic reactivation of these structures associated with Basin and Range and Rio Grande tectonic events resulted in the mobilization of U and other elements by meteoric fluids heated by geothermal activity. Focused along breccia zones, these fluids precipitated under reducing conditions several generations of pyrite and uraninite together with kaolinite. Oxygen isotopic data indicate a low formation temperature of uraninite, 45–55°C for the uraninite from the ore body and ～20°C for late uraninite hosted by the underlying conglomerate. There is geochemical evidence for biological activity being at the origin of these reducing conditions, as shown by low δ³⁴S values (～?24.5‰) in pyrites and the presence of low δ¹³C (～?24‰) values in microbial patches intimately associated with uraninite. These data show that tectonic activity coupled with microbial activity can play a major role in the formation of epithermal uranium deposits in unusual near-surface environments.     

Genesis of Middle Miocene Yellowstone hotspot-related bonanza epithermal Au–Ag deposits,Northern Great Basin,USA

Epithermal deposits with bonanza Au–Ag veins in the northern Great Basin (NGB) are spatially and temporally associated with Middle Miocene bimodal volcanism that was related to a mantle plume that has now migrated to the Yellowstone National Park area. The Au–Ag deposits formed between 16.5 and 14 Ma, but exhibit different mineralogical compositions, the latter due to the nature of the country rocks hosting the deposits. Where host rocks were primarily of meta-sedimentary or granitic origin, adularia-rich gold mineralization formed. Where glassy rhyolitic country rocks host veins, colloidal silica textures and precious metal–colloid aggregation textures resulted. Where basalts are the country rocks, clay-rich mineralization (with silica minerals, adularia, and carbonate) developed. Oxygen isotope data from quartz (originally amorphous silica and gels) from super-high-grade banded ores from the Sleeper deposit show that ore-forming solutions had δ ¹⁸O values up to 10‰ heavier than mid-Miocene meteoric water. The geochemical signature of the ores (including their Se-rich nature) is interpreted here to reflect a mantle source for the “epithermal suite” elements (Au, Ag, Se, Te, As, Sb, Hg) and that signature is preserved to shallow crustal levels because of the similar volatility and aqueous geochemical behavior of the “epithermal suite” elements. A mantle source for the gold in the deposits is further supported by the Pb isotopic signature of the gold ores. Apparently the host rocks control the mineralization style and gangue mineralogy of ores. However, all deposits are considered to have derived precious metals and metalloids from mafic magmas related to the initial emergence of the Yellowstone hotspot. Basalt-derived volatiles and metal(loid)s are inferred to have been absorbed by meteoric-water-dominated geothermal systems heated by shallow rhyolitic magma chambers. Episodic discharge of volatiles and metal(loid)s from deep basaltic magmas mixed with heated meteoric water to create precious metal ore-forming fluids. Colloidal nanoparticles of Au–Ag alloy (electrum), naumannite (Ag₂Se), silica, and adularia, likely nucleated at depth, traveled upward, and deposited where they grew large enough to aggregate along vein walls. Silica and gold colloids have been reported in hot springs from Yellowstone National Park, suggesting that such processes may continue to some extent to the present. However, it is possible that the initial development of the mantle plume led to a major but short-lived “distillation” process which led to the mid-Miocene bonanza ore-forming event.

冈底斯成矿带东段矿床成矿规律及找矿预测

根据全国重要矿产潜力评价项目成矿规律研究之成果,开展综合分析,将冈底斯成矿带东段划分为驱龙-甲玛铜多金属矿集区等13个矿集区,确定了主要矿集区中重要矿床的矿床类型,总结了矿床时空分布和矿床组合等方面成矿规律,完善了矿床成矿系列、亚系列和矿床谱系,建立了中新世斑岩-矽卡岩型铜多金属矿的控岩控矿模式.提出燕山晚期—喜马拉雅早期冈底斯中部中酸性岩浆岩接触带似IOCG型铁铜金矿、早中侏罗世—中新世斑岩型铜矿外围的浅成低温热液金矿、与剪切带有关的构造蚀变岩型金矿等是冈底斯成矿带东段下一步找矿的重要矿床类型.     

老挝琅勃拉邦—泰国黎府成矿带古特提斯构造-岩浆演化与金铜成矿作用

老挝琅勃拉邦—泰国黎府成矿带位于印支板块西北缘,是中南半岛重要的金铜成矿带之一。该带经历了晚古生代—中生代古特提斯构造-岩浆演化作用,成矿活动复杂,形成了斑岩-矽卡岩型金铜矿床、浅成低温热液型金银矿床以及热液脉型金矿床。然而,热液脉型金矿的成因类型仍存在争议,3类金铜矿床与区域构造演化的关系仍缺乏总结。本文通过对前人典型矿床研究资料的整理,并结合成矿流体来源、演化新证据,将带内热液脉型金矿床的成因类型归为造山型金矿。综合区域构造-岩浆-成矿作用研究资料,总结了成矿带内3类金铜矿床的时空分布规律和成矿特征,建立了与古特提斯洋俯冲-闭合及陆陆碰撞过程相关的区域金铜成矿模式,提出了晚二叠世—早三叠世俯冲期浅成低温热液型金银矿床、早中三叠世闭合期斑岩-矽卡岩型铜金矿床、晚三叠世陆陆碰撞期造山型金矿床的成矿规律。     

Influence of surface geology and mineral deposits on the spatial distributions of elemental concentrations in the stream sediments of Hokkaido,Japan

An elucidation of the background levels of heavy metals, including certain toxic elements, is very essential to accomplish an important environmental assessment. A regional geochemical mapping in Hokkaido, Japan was undertaken by the Geological Survey of Japan, AIST as part of a nationwide geochemical mapping for this purpose. There were 692 stream sediments collected from the active channel (1 sample) / (100 km²) in Hokkaido and the fine fraction sieved through a 180 μm screen was analyzed using the AAS, ICP-AES, and ICP-MS techniques. The regional geochemical maps for 51 elements were created as a 2000 m mesh map using the geographic information system software. Spatial distribution patterns of elemental concentrations in stream sediments, particularly Neogene–Quaternary volcanic and pyroclastic rocks, are primarily determined by surface geology. The correspondence of elemental concentrations in stream sediments to parent lithology is clearly indicated by ANOVA and a multiple comparison. Sediment samples supplied from mafic volcanic and felsic–mafic pyroclastic rocks are significantly rich in MgO, Al₂O₃, P₂O₅, CaO, Sc, TiO₂, V, MnO, Total (T)-Fe₂O₃, Co, Zn, Sr, and heavy rare earth elements (REEs) (Y and Eu–Lu), but significantly lacking in alkali elements, Be, Nb, light REEs (La–Nd), Ta, Tl, Th, and U. Accretionary complexes with sedimentary rocks derived from sediments are in stark contrast to volcanic and pyroclastic rocks. Accretionary complexes with mafic–ultramafic rock have significantly elevated Nb, Ta, and Th abundances in sediments besides MgO, Cr, Ni, Co, and Cu. This inexplicable result is caused by the mixed distributions of granite and ultramafic–mafic rocks.The watersheds with mineral deposits relate to the high concentrations of certain elements such as Zn, As, and Hg. The geochemically anomalous pattern, which is a map of the regional anomalies, and a scatter diagram were applied to examine the contribution of mineral deposits to MnO, T-Fe₂O₃, Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Sb, Hg, Pb, and Bi concentrations. Consequently, they were grouped into four types: 1) Mineral deposits with no outliers resulting from mineralization (MnO, T-Fe₂O₃, and Cr), 2) sediments supplied from watersheds without metal deposits conceal high metal inputs from known mineral deposits (Cu), 3) deposits from a geochemically anomalous area that closely relates to the presence of mineral deposits (As, Sb, and Hg), and 4) deposits from the widely altered zone associated with the Kuroko as well as hydrothermal deposits corresponding to geochemically anomalous patterns (Zn, Cd, and Pb). This study provides an important regional geochemical database for a young island-arc setting and interpretational problems, such as complicated geology and active erosion, that are unique to Japan.     

印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛低密度地球化学填图

为了快速获取印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛元素分布的详细情况,根据苏门答腊岛的地形及景观特征,以水系沉积物和土壤为采样介质,实施了覆盖全岛的1：100万低密度地球化学填图。详细介绍了1：100万低密度地球化学填图的野外工作方法、测试的元素及分析技术,根据测试结果制作了苏门答腊岛69种元素地球化学图,计算和分析了苏门答腊岛地球化学背景的特征参数。总结了苏门答腊岛不同成因类型组合元素的分布特征及规律,圈定了16处地球化学综合异常。结合主因子综合异常特征以及区内典型矿床(点)空间分布、规模,对苏门答腊岛主成矿元素综合异常进行了甲、乙、丙分类,包括6个甲级综合异常、4个乙级综合异常和6个丙级综合异常,并优选3处具有较好找矿潜力的甲级综合异常进行异常解释和讨论,认为HS7综合异常具有寻找SEDEX型铅锌矿的潜力,HS8和HS11综合异常具有寻找浅成低温热液型金银矿和矽卡岩型铜铅锌矿床的潜力,为苏门答腊岛深入开展矿产勘查提供参考和依据。     

Geochemical studies of the formation of gold deposits in the Shaoxing-Longquan Uplift Zone,Zhejiang Province

This paper systematically deals with the geochemical features of major gold deposits in the Shaoxing-Longquan Uplift Zone, Zhejiang Province, including the content and association of ore-forming elements and trace elements, stable isotopic characteristics, the existing forms of gold, and the composition of ore fluids. The authors consider that the ore-bearing formations in this zone are a good supply of necessary elements and ore fluids for the gold deposits in this area. It is also considered that some Au⁺-Cl⁻ and Au⁺-HS⁻ or Au⁺-CO₂ coordinated ions are the main transport forms of gold in ore fluids and the metallogenesis of gold involves two stages: formation of pyrite and mineralization of Cu, Pb and Zn. In this paper is also presented a comprehensive geochemical model for the formation of gold deposits in this uplift zone.     

Genesis of the Zhaxikang epithermal Pb-Zn-Sb deposit in southern Tibet,China: Evidence for a magmatic link

The Zhaxikang Pb-Zn-Sb deposit is one of the most important deposits in the Southern Tibet metallogenic belt. Based on field geology, petrography, melt- and fluid inclusions and C-H-O isotopes, we describe and discuss the mineralization, alteration, and their possible link with magmatic fluids. Our results show that the Zhaxikang deposit shares many geological and geochemical similarities with typical intermediate-sulfidation (IS) epithermal deposits. The Pb-Zn-Sb mineralization is closely related to Fe-Mn carbonate- and silicic alterations, which formed the outer rim around the greisen in the Cuonadong Dome. Orebodies occur mainly as structurally-controlled veins and breccia dikes, with major minerals include sphalerite, galena, pyrite, arsenopyrite, and Fe-Mn carbonates. Main stage ore-forming fluids were of medium temperature (214–292 °C), low salinity (2.6–5.3 wt.% NaCl eqv.) and CO₂-bearing.Melt/fluid inclusions in beryl and quartz from the pegmatite indicate that the primary magmatic fluids were derived from the melt-fluid immiscibility. The magmatic fluids were of low salinity (0.2–7.9 wt.% NaCl eqv.), high temperature (298–457 °C) and CO₂-rich, and contained minor CH₄, N₂, C₂H₆, C₃H₈ and C₆H₆. The presence of Mn-Fe carbonates and daughter gahnite minerals in the beryl-hosted inclusions indicates high Mn, Fe and Zn contents in the parental magma and related magmatic fluids. This implies a genetic link between magmatic fluids and the Pb-Zn-Sb mineralization, as also supported by Ar-Ar dating and H-O-C isotopic evidence. We suggest that the Zhaxikang is best classified as an IS epithermal deposit, and the ore-forming fluids are likely to be magma-derived. Boiling of the magmatic fluids led to high-salinity fluids and metal enrichment. High regional geothermal gradient caused by the thermal doming event may have facilitated long distance transportation of magmatic fluids, and led to the formation of a wide alteration zone and distal Pb-Zn-Sb mineralization. The temperature drop and meteoric water involvement may have precipitated the Pb-Zn-Sn minerals in the distal fault systems.