Characteristics and origin of sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits: a review

Sediment-hosted disseminated gold (SHDG) deposits comprise a major portion of the gold production and reserves in the US. Although presently known to be common only in western North America, SHDG deposits are a significant source of world gold production. These deposits are characterized by extremely fine-grained disseminated gold, hosted primarily by arsenian pyrite. Other metals show very little enrichment although in addition to As, anomalous concentrations of elements such as Sb, Hg, Tl and Ba are utilized as exploration tools. The host rocks are dominantly silty carbonates, but ore concentrations are also present in siliceous and silicified rocks as well as intrusive rocks. Alteration consists of decarbonatization, silicification (jasperoid formation) and argillization, which are arranged both spatially and temporally in that order. Argillic alteration is zoned from kaolinite-dominated cores to sericite-dominated margins. The deposits commonly exhibit significant structural (faults) and stratigraphic (composition/permeability) controls. Until the last few years, SHDG deposits were considered as near-surface, epithermal type deposits in origin. Because of their fine-grained nature and the lack of macroscopic features such as veins, it has proven quite difficult to extract geochemical data that are clearly related to their genesis. However, fluid inclusion data indicate pressures corresponding to depths of 2–4 km under lithostatic conditions. Temperatures are constrained by fluid inclusions and phase equilibria to near 225°C. Stable isotope data from alteration minerals and fluid inclusions indicate that the ore fluids were dominated by meteoric waters, some of which had clearly exchanged oxygen with wallrocks during their passage through the crust. Although the data vary, most ore fluids probably had δD values near −150‰ and δ¹⁸O values ranging from −10 to +5‰. Sulfur isotope values reported from SHDG deposits span a wide range, from −30 to +20‰ (sulfides) and 0 to >45‰ (sulfates). Ore-related sulfides (pyrite, realgar) fall at the upper end of the range reported for sulfides. The alteration and mineral assemblage indicate the ore fluids were probably near neutral and gold was likely carried as a bisulfide complex. The depositional mechanism(s) probably included mixing, cooling and oxidation. These mechanisms are consistent with the observed alteration features, i.e. quartz precipitation, calcite dissolution and sericite-kaolinite coexistence. It also explains the presence of both siliceous ores containing native Au and sulfide ores containing Au in pyrite. The extreme variations in sulfur isotopes as seen at Post and fluid inclusion data from Carlin may be indicative of some phase separation (‘boiling’), but such relations have not been documented in other deposits and the importance of phase separation to gold deposition appears minimal.     

Field assessment of acid mine drainage contamination in surface and ground water

Both sulfate and conductivity are useful indicators of acid mine drainage (AMD) contamination. Unlike pH, they are both extremely sensitive to AMD even where large dilutions have occurred. The advantage of using sulfate to trace AMD is that unlike other ions it is not removed to any great extent by sorption or precipitation processes, being unaffected by fluctuations in pH. These two parameters are also closely associated as would be expected, as conductivity is especially sensitive to sulfate ions. Therefore, as sulfate analysis is difficult in the field, conductivity can be used to predict sulfate concentration in both AMD and contaminated surface waters using regression analysis. Most accurate predictions are achieved by using equations given for specific conductivity ranges or AMD sources. There is also potential to use conductivity to predict approximate concentrations of key metals when the pH of the water is within their respective solubility ranges.     

构造岩浆活化与秦岭金矿床

本文论述了秦岭区构造岩浆活化作用与金矿床形成及演化的关系。作者将秦岭区金矿床分为五类，即；①岩浆活化矿床；②岩浆－构造活化矿床；③构造－岩浆活化矿床；④构造活化矿床；⑤构造－变质活化矿床。     

新疆布尔克斯岱金矿床含金矿物标型特征及其地质意义

对布尔克斯岱金矿床的主要含金矿物采用多种测试手段进行研究：如重砂、化学分析、Ｘ射线衍射分析、电子探针、ＥＰＲ谱、数学地质和包裹体分析等。对矿物特征及其与金矿化的关系作了较详细的研究。对确定矿床成因、找矿标志和成矿预测有一定意义。为矿床外围和深部找矿提供了依据。     

黄铁矿表面及其与Au（HS）2^—溶液作用的STM研究

本文用ＳＴＭ研究了黄铁矿和方铅矿表面的原子结构、纳米级微形貌、电子态分布及其吸附态的特点。ＳＴＭ电流图象揭示了表面缺陷与表面电子态之间的对应关系，硫化和的表面的化学反应活性可能是表现缺陷引起的局域导电性增强有关。ＳＴＭ观察进一步表明黄铁矿和方铅矿对金的硫氢配合物的吸附作用优先发生于扭折位和台阶边缘等高能部位，反映出吸附态的分布也是与表面电子态分布相对应的。这样就从微观领域考证了硫化物表面对化学活性     

淮南谢—矿煤的组成对甲烷吸附性的影响

从淮南谢—矿五层煤（Ｃ＿（１３）、Ｂ＿（１１ｂ）、Ｂ＿（１０）、Ｂ＿（４ｂ）和Ａ＿３）中精选出镜煤、壳质暗煤、惰性暗煤及构造煤，采用重量法，分别测定它们的甲烷吸附量，从而研究不同成分组成的煤其甲烷吸附性能。     

Genetic Analogy Between Sediment—Hosted Gold Deposits and Sediment—Hosted Copper Deposits in Southwest China

The sediment-hosted copper deposits according to the authors‘ study were formed from connate formation water during the post-sedimentary or diagenetic stage while the sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits are unanimously considered to be of post-sedimentary hydrothermal origin.Therefore,apart from their own individulities.These two types of deposits must share some characters in common.Comparisons are attempted,in this paper,between the sediment-hosted copper deposits in southwest China and the Triassic sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangxi Triangle in terms of geological and geochemical features.     

南秦岭沉积岩型金矿成矿潜力与找矿前景分析

南秦岭沉积岩区广泛分布于商丹缝合带与勉略缝合带间的秦岭地块中，并以上古生界泥盆系最为发育。该含矿与岩矿建造中产出多种类型的浸染状金矿床，具有一定的空间分布规律。本文根据各金矿类型地质特征、岩矿与含矿岩系组成、所在区地质背景等方面，分析了它们的成矿潜力和找矿前景。     

山东牟平邓格庄金矿的地球化学特征及成因

邓格庄大型石英脉型金矿，分布于燕山期昆嵛山花岗岩体内金牛山断裂带次级断裂中。成矿年龄１１８×１０６ａ，它比容矿岩体冷凝至３５０℃时还晚１２×１０６ａ。成矿深度小于１ｋｍ（约０．７５ｋｍ），而容矿岩体的定位深度大于１３ｋｍ，它们的定位深度差大于１２ｋｍ。成矿流体来自地壳深部，通过水－岩反应又从容矿岩体中萃取一部分金。故此金矿不是传统意义的岩浆期后热液矿床     

山东文登金矿成矿动力学研究

本文通过古应力估算，流体包体研究，应变测量以及矿化蚀变规律研究，探讨了山东文登金矿的动力作用与金成矿的主要关系，认为构造动力作用的金成矿的主要原因，韧性剪切作用向韧－脆性变形作用的过渡过程是金成矿的必要条件之一。