Baogutu copper deposit in Western Junggar area is a mesoscopic porphyry deposit found in recent years. Study on its geochronology will help further understand ore genesis and regional ore-forming pattern. A series of ...Baogutu copper deposit in Western Junggar area is a mesoscopic porphyry deposit found in recent years. Study on its geochronology will help further understand ore genesis and regional ore-forming pattern. A series of small quartz-diorite and granodiorite stocks outcrop at Baogutu area, numbered I―X according to their size. A detailed exploration on Number V stock confirmed it as a mesoscopic scale copper deposit, and various exploration work has been carried out on other stocks with ore-forming evidence. This paper studies geochronology of Number V stock using zircon SHRIMP U-Pb and single mineral K-Ar method. Twenty-five SHRIMP ages yield two 206Pb/238U weighed mean ages of 335.6 ± 7.8 Ma and 311.4 ± 3.3 Ma respectively. The older date is considered to be inherited zircon from either surrounding rock tuff or deep granitoid batholith, whereas the younger date is the formation age of ore-bearing intrusion. K-Ar ages of ore-forming biotites, 296.0 ± 3.7 Ma and 297.3 ± 3.8 Ma, in combination with Re-Os age of molybdenite, 310 Ma, confirm the ore-forming age of 310-296 Ma. Granophyre and dioritic porphyrite dikes cut Number V stock and their K-Ar ages range from 278 to 240 Ma, which confine the lower boundary of the mineralization. The framework of Baogutu ore-forming geochrono-logy can be established based on these data.展开更多
Native arsenic together with comb quartz and stibnite is found in the Baogutu gold deposit, western Junggar (Xinjiang), NW China. It is anhedral with various grain size (<0.001 to 2 mm), and contains 98 wt% to 98.7...Native arsenic together with comb quartz and stibnite is found in the Baogutu gold deposit, western Junggar (Xinjiang), NW China. It is anhedral with various grain size (<0.001 to 2 mm), and contains 98 wt% to 98.7 wt% As. Micro-granular electrum, the main auriferous mineral in the Baogutu gold deposit, is commonly enclosed in or closely accompanied by native arsenic. Three ore-forming paragenetic stages could be identified. Native arsenic mainly formed at stage II which is also the major stage for gold deposition. Mineral assemblage formed at this stage is native arsenic-stibnite-electrum-arseno- pyrite-miargyrite-freibergite-pyrrhotite-pyrite. Based on native arsenic and its coexisting minerals, the temperature (230 to 170℃), oxygen fugacity (logfO2 = -42―-56.5) and sulfur fugacity (logf S2 = -13.3― -16.6) of stage II are estimated. From stage I to stage II, the temperature, sulfur fugacity and S2- concentration of hydrothermal fluid decrease obviously, whereas the As concentration increases. Coexistence with native arsenic of electrum and its contents of 0.5 wt%―1.3 wt% As suggest that As is important to transport Au when S2- concentration decrease in hydrothermal fluid. Crystallization of native arsenic induced the deposition of electrum and consequently the formation of the Baogutu gold deposit.展开更多
遥感卫星的多光谱数据应用于找矿已取得显著成效,2004年7月中国卫星地面站开始提供ASTER(Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer,高级星载热发射反照辐射计)数据,因涵盖波长范围宽[VNIR(Visible and Near In...遥感卫星的多光谱数据应用于找矿已取得显著成效,2004年7月中国卫星地面站开始提供ASTER(Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer,高级星载热发射反照辐射计)数据,因涵盖波长范围宽[VNIR(Visible and Near Infra-red)、SWIR(Short wave-length Infra-red)、TIR(Thermal Infra-red)]、波段多(14个波段)、性价比合理等因素,ASTER数据的研究迅速发展。长久以来,对覆盖区进行蚀变遥感异常信息提取一直是遥感找矿的关注点之一。笔者等利用ASTER数据对浅覆盖区——包古图斑岩铜矿的Ⅱ号、Ⅴ号斑岩体进行蚀变遥感异常提取,提取的蚀变异常与野外地质情况吻合性好。分别提取了光谱特征谱带差异明显的2组蚀变矿物的异常信息:第一组是蒙脱石、埃洛石、伊利石与绢云母;第二组是方解石、黑云母与绿泥石。提出了需要进一步工作的异常靶区。展开更多
基金Supported by China Geological Survey (Grant No. 1212010630603)National Science and Technology Supporting Program (Grant No. 2006BAB07B08)
文摘Baogutu copper deposit in Western Junggar area is a mesoscopic porphyry deposit found in recent years. Study on its geochronology will help further understand ore genesis and regional ore-forming pattern. A series of small quartz-diorite and granodiorite stocks outcrop at Baogutu area, numbered I―X according to their size. A detailed exploration on Number V stock confirmed it as a mesoscopic scale copper deposit, and various exploration work has been carried out on other stocks with ore-forming evidence. This paper studies geochronology of Number V stock using zircon SHRIMP U-Pb and single mineral K-Ar method. Twenty-five SHRIMP ages yield two 206Pb/238U weighed mean ages of 335.6 ± 7.8 Ma and 311.4 ± 3.3 Ma respectively. The older date is considered to be inherited zircon from either surrounding rock tuff or deep granitoid batholith, whereas the younger date is the formation age of ore-bearing intrusion. K-Ar ages of ore-forming biotites, 296.0 ± 3.7 Ma and 297.3 ± 3.8 Ma, in combination with Re-Os age of molybdenite, 310 Ma, confirm the ore-forming age of 310-296 Ma. Granophyre and dioritic porphyrite dikes cut Number V stock and their K-Ar ages range from 278 to 240 Ma, which confine the lower boundary of the mineralization. The framework of Baogutu ore-forming geochrono-logy can be established based on these data.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40730314)National Key Technology R & D Program (Grant No. 2006BAB07B08)
文摘Native arsenic together with comb quartz and stibnite is found in the Baogutu gold deposit, western Junggar (Xinjiang), NW China. It is anhedral with various grain size (<0.001 to 2 mm), and contains 98 wt% to 98.7 wt% As. Micro-granular electrum, the main auriferous mineral in the Baogutu gold deposit, is commonly enclosed in or closely accompanied by native arsenic. Three ore-forming paragenetic stages could be identified. Native arsenic mainly formed at stage II which is also the major stage for gold deposition. Mineral assemblage formed at this stage is native arsenic-stibnite-electrum-arseno- pyrite-miargyrite-freibergite-pyrrhotite-pyrite. Based on native arsenic and its coexisting minerals, the temperature (230 to 170℃), oxygen fugacity (logfO2 = -42―-56.5) and sulfur fugacity (logf S2 = -13.3― -16.6) of stage II are estimated. From stage I to stage II, the temperature, sulfur fugacity and S2- concentration of hydrothermal fluid decrease obviously, whereas the As concentration increases. Coexistence with native arsenic of electrum and its contents of 0.5 wt%―1.3 wt% As suggest that As is important to transport Au when S2- concentration decrease in hydrothermal fluid. Crystallization of native arsenic induced the deposition of electrum and consequently the formation of the Baogutu gold deposit.
文摘遥感卫星的多光谱数据应用于找矿已取得显著成效,2004年7月中国卫星地面站开始提供ASTER(Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer,高级星载热发射反照辐射计)数据,因涵盖波长范围宽[VNIR(Visible and Near Infra-red)、SWIR(Short wave-length Infra-red)、TIR(Thermal Infra-red)]、波段多(14个波段)、性价比合理等因素,ASTER数据的研究迅速发展。长久以来,对覆盖区进行蚀变遥感异常信息提取一直是遥感找矿的关注点之一。笔者等利用ASTER数据对浅覆盖区——包古图斑岩铜矿的Ⅱ号、Ⅴ号斑岩体进行蚀变遥感异常提取,提取的蚀变异常与野外地质情况吻合性好。分别提取了光谱特征谱带差异明显的2组蚀变矿物的异常信息:第一组是蒙脱石、埃洛石、伊利石与绢云母;第二组是方解石、黑云母与绿泥石。提出了需要进一步工作的异常靶区。
