GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND ORE- FORMING MODEL OF THE SHIZHUYUAN W-SN-MO-BI ORE DEPOSIT,HUNAN PROVINCE,CHINA

The Shizhuyuan W,Sn,Mo and Bi polymetallic ore deposit is one of the world famous superlarge ore deposits.The paper briefly introduced the geological setting and features of the ore deposit.Further,an ore－ forming model was put forward at the end of the paper.

A STUDY ON THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND GENESIS OF THE LONGSHAN Au-Sb DEPOSIT

The geological features of the Longshan Au Sb deposits are systematically described. Mineralization conditions, sources of ore materials and metallogenetic mechanism are also analysed according to sulfur,oxygen isotope composition, pyrite typomorphic features and fluid inclusion thermometry dating, The results show that it is a sedimentary metamophic hydrothermal deposit.

Geological Characteristics of Epithermal Ore Concentrated Areas and Epithermal Ore Deposits in China

The epithermal ore concentrated area is located in Southwestern China. We systematically study the regional geological characteristics such as the basement of Proterozoic, the capping bed, Moho, geothermal feature and tectonics, and discuss the relationship between distributed characteristics of the epithermal ore deposits and ore control factors in this paper. It is concluded that the conditions, under which the epithermal ore deposits form, are huge thick basement of Proterozoic, long time and wide scope developed capping bed and weak magmatic activity. The basement of Proterozoic that enriches volcanic matters and carbon and the carbonaceous bearing and paleo pool bearing capping bed provides main ore source. The large and deep faults and paleopool accordance with gravity anomaly gradient control the distribution of epithermal ore deposits. The lithologic assembles of microclastic rocks and carbonate rocks in the capping bed provide spaces of ore precipitation and create conditions of ore precipitation. The coincidence of many geological factors above forms the epithermal ore concentrated area.

Geological Features,Mineralization Types and Metallogenic Setting of the Phlaythong Large Iron Deposit,Southern Laos

The Phlaythong large iron deposit in Shampasak of southern Laos,is located in the Kon Tum microblock （Fig.1A）,central-southern part of the Indo-China block,and the geographic coordinate of the central mining area is 14°43′04″ N and 106°07′02″ E.

Metallogenic Features and Metalogenic Model of Laterite Gold Deposits in Southern China

The modern laterite gold deposits in southern China, which belong to reworked laterite deposits, can be further divided into three subclasses and seven types. Their geological features, ore-forming conditions and regularities are discussed. A geologic-geochemical metallogenic model for laterite gold deposits has been established.

GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND FORMATIVE MECHANISM OF THE YULONG PORPHYRY COPPER BELT OF INTRACONTINENTAL REJUVENATED PLATFORM TYPE IN CHINA

Extending in a NNW-SSE direction. the Yulong porphyry copper belt is the largest and richest porphyry copper belt in China, originating in the Paleogene. Tectonically located on the eastern margin of the northern Tibet geodepression. and nearly 500 km of the Himalayan Yarlung Zangbo plate subduction zone of nearly E-W trend. it is a relatively typical intracontinental rejuvenated platform-type porphyry copper belt. Ore-bearing porphyry masses in the belt mainly represented by monzogranite-porphyry occurring as stocks in variegated sandshale of the lower Upper Triassic Jiapila Fromation and its overlying and underlying copper-bearing strata. They are characterized by enrichment in K. CI and LREE. abundant fluid inclusions and a distinct porphyroblastic texture. The oxygen. hydrogen. strotium. lead and sulfur isotopic values of the rock show the feature of crust-mantle mixing.The Orebodies are plpe-shaped stratoid; the mineralization is dominated by Cu and Mo, accompanied by Fe. Co. Au. Ag. Bi. W. Pb. Zn. and Pt-group elements. Alteration is strong. marked mainly by potassic alteration, silicification. skarnization and propylitization. The formation of this type of deposit largely progressed through two stages. The first stage was the stage of formation of Cu-bearing source beds. It occurred in the Triassic. when a transgressive copper-bearing formation was deposited on the western margin of the Qamdo Bay. which was represented by intermediate-acid volcanic rocks and variegated sandshale in the lower part. dolomitic carbonate rocks in the middle and black carbonaceous sandshale in the upper part. In the second stage. composite porphyry copper deposits were formed. This stage took place in the Paleogene. when this district was in a stage of platform rejuvenation. forming a series of NNW-trending deep faults. so that Na, K. Cl. H2O and CO2-rich hydrothermal fluids from the depths were injected into the upper crust and replaced and melted copper-bearing sialic rocks of the upper crust. e. g. the Triassic copper-bearing rock series in the Yulong area. to form porphyroblastic cooper-bearing intermediate-acid porphyry.

Geological Characteristics and Prospecting Criteria of Senji Molybdenum Ore Body in Urad Houqi, Inner Mongolia, China

Geological Characteristics and Prospecting Indicators of Senji Molybdenum Ore Body in Urad Houqi, Inner Mongolia Based on geological mapping, soil geochemical survey, surface trough exploration and deep drilling verification and control, the Senji Molybdenum deposit was discovered. Geological characteristics of the molybdenum ore body are described. The host lithology of molybdenum ore body is mainly in the cataclastic carbonated black plagioclase gneiss of the second rock member of the Paleoproterozoic Baoyintu Group, followed by Early Carboniferous monzogranite. The genetic type of the deposit is preliminarily deduced to be a hydrothermal filling vein-type molybdenum deposit. The significance of this paper is to summarize the prospecting marks of the molybdenum ore body in this area, so as to further guide the exploration work in this area, and at the same time provide a useful reference for the exploration work of similar deposits in other areas.

Giant Mineral Deposits and Their Geodynamic Setting in the Lanping Basin, Yunnan, China

There are giant mineral deposits, including the Jinding Zn-Pb and Baiyangping Ag-Co-Cu, and otherimportant mineral deposits (e.g., Baiyangchang Ag-Cu, Jinman Cu deposits, etc.) in the Lanping Mesozoic-Cenozoic Basin, Yunnan Province, China. The tabular ore-bodies and some veins hosted in terrestrial clastic rocks of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic age and no outcropping of igneous rocks in the giant deposits lead to the proposal of syngenetic origin, but the giant mineral deposits are not stratabound (e.g. MVT, sandstone- and Sedex-type). They formed in a continental red basin with intense crust movement. The mineralization is controlled by structures and lithology and occurs in different strata, and no sedimentary nature and no exhalative sediments are identified in the deposits. The deposits show some relations with organic matter (now asphalt and petroleum) and evaporates (gypsum). The middle-low-temperature (mainly 110℃ to 280℃) mineralization took place at a depth of about 0.9 km to 3.1 km during the early Himalayan (58 to 67 Ma). The salinity of ore-forming fluids is surprisingly low (1.6% to 18.0 wt% (NaCl)eq). Affected by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, the mantle is disturbed under the Lanping Basin. The large-scale mineralization is closely linked with the geodynamics of the crust movement, the mantle and mantle-flux upwelling and igneous activity. Giant mineral deposits and their geodynamic setting are unique in the Lanping Basin.

A Research Review of Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits

Iron oxide copper-gold （IOCG） deposits are a research focus of the current ore deposit geology, and have attracted much attention among the worldwide geologists and exploration experts due to their shallow depth, a wide variety of mineral species and large scale. This paper presents a review of the present IOCG deposits research, which includes the definition of IOCG deposits, temporal and spatial distribution, ore-forming environments, ore-forming magmatic rocks, their geological features, ore-controlling structures and ore-bearing rocks, mineralized alteration zoning, and their genesis and ore-forming process. This work also proposed the ore prospecting direction of IOCG deposits from a trinity model of metaUogenic geological bodies, metallogenic structure surface and metailogenic information signs, and discussed the existing problems of the IOCG deposits research.

Structural Control of the Getang Carlin-Type Gold Deposit in Southwest China

The Getang is a representative Carlin-type gold deposit in Southwest China.It has a proven reserve of about 30 tonnes at an average grade of 5.1 g/t Au.The orebodies occur as strat-abound lenses,and are structurally controlled by shallow NWW-and NE-trending fold-fault systems and the unconformity between the Upper and Middle Permian.In this study,the regional-and deposit-scale structural investigations,joints and finite strain measurements,and stress and dynamic analysis were conducted with an aim to reveal the structural process of the Getang gold deposit and clarify the relationship between the gold mineralization and structures.Three phases of deformation were identified in the deposit:(1)paleokarst was generated by a crustal uplift when the Youjiang Basin experienced extension at the end of the Middle Permian,laying the foundation for the unconformity;(2)the NW-trending structures were formed under a NNE-SSW compression during the Indochina-South China collision(Indosinian orogeny)in Triassic;(3)the NE-trending structures were generated or reactivated under a NW-SE-oriented compression during the Yanshanian intracontinental orogeny.The unconformity recorded two episodes of tectonic evolution in the NNE-SSW and NW-SE directions.Structural analyses and geochronology data suggest that the Getang gold deposit was formed as a result of tectonic transition from compression to extension during the Yanshanian intracontinental orogeny.

Geology and isotopic composition of helium,neon,xenon and metallogenic age of the Jinding and Baiyangping ore deposits,northwest Yunnan,China

Both the Jinding and Baiyangping ore deposits developed in the Lanping basin, which is a Mesozoic-Cenozoic terrestrial clastic sedimentary basin. Their occurrences can easily lead many people to compare them with the Pb-Zn deposit hosted in sedimentary rocks, such as Mississippian Valley-, Sedex- and sandstone-type Pb-Zn deposits. However, the Lanping basin developed in the settings of strong tectonic activity of the continental crust, which could cause an effective material exchange between the lower crust and the upper mantle. The orebodies are clearly tectonically controlled without syngenetic features, which probably represents a new type of the sedimentary rock-hosted Pb-Zn deposit. The isotopic compositions of noble gases in ore-forming fluids indicate that 2%32% of helium (3He/4He = 0.19 Ra1.97 Ra) is derived from the mantle, 50.1% of neon (20Ne/22Ne = 10.4510.83; 21Ne/22Ne = 0.03) from the mantle, and considerable amount of xenon (129Xe/130Xe = 5.846.86; 134Xe/130Xe = 2.262.71) from the mantle, which show that mantle fluids played an important role in the ore formation. The ore-forming age of 6760 Ma obtained by Re-Os and 40Ar-39Ar dating methods is later than the host rock, which is coeval with the Himalayan alkali magmatism of the mantle source and mantle-crust source. In this paper, the mineralization of the Jinding and Baiyangping ore deposits is considered to be related to the mantle fluids which move upward with the magma or along the deep faults, and mix with the meteoritic brine in the crust to result in large-scale deposition.

Theoretical System of Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits in Northern China

Many theoretical results on sandstone-type uranium mineralization in northern China obtained by the uranium research team of the Tianjin Center of Geological Survey in recent years are presented.From the source sink system of uranium-producing basins,sedimentary environment of uranium-bearing rock series,ore-forming fluid information,evolution of tectonic events,basin formation and development,we redefine and classify uranium orebodies,redox zoning,and ore-controlling structural styles.We then systematically propose a theoretical system of sandstone-type uranium deposits in northern China.We conclude that sandstone-type uranium deposits in northern China are mainly found in sedimentary environments such as rivers,deltas,and alluvial fans in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic lowstand systems tract and in gray sandstone layers in the vertical redox zoning.The orebodies are controlled by the tectonic slope belt,which is in the shape of a strip on the plane,and spreads in a layer or plate on the section.Vertical(ups and downs)tectonic movement triggers large-scale phreatic flow in the basin,which is the real driving force for controlling the ore-forming fluid.The theoretical system of sandstone-type uranium deposits in northern China should be based on global tectonic movement and environmental changes and take into account factors such as basins as a unit to study mineralization background,ore concentration areas as objects to study mineralization,and the correlation between regional tectonic movement and metallogenic process as a breakthrough point to study tectonic events and metallogenic events.It should also be based on different basin types to establish metallogenic models.The innovative research results and ideas are summarized with the aim of promoting the continuous improvement of sandstone-type uranium mineralization theory in northern China.

The geological feature, geochemistry and origin of Jinya gold deposit in Fengshan, Guangxi

1 Geological feature of deposit The Jinya gold deposit is a fine disseminated gold mine. It occurs in sandstone and mudstone ofMiddle-Triassic Baifeng Formation, which is located at the margin of Late Paleozoic carbonate platform. Itwas controlled by the fracture zone, cleavage zone and fissure zone. The gold deposit has 15 orebodies,which are displayed as beds, lens and veins. The dominating minerals with gold are pyrite and arsenopyrite. The gold mainly occurs as submicroscopic intergranular gold. Low-to-moderate temperature (130-305℃) wall-rock alterations are mainly silicification, pyritization and arsenopyrite, also includes realgarization, carbonation (calcite, dolomite), sericitization and argillation (kaolinite, pyrophyllite). It wasformed after undergoing the sedimentary diagenetic period, hydrothermal mineralization epoch (213 Ma)and supergene mineralization.

Genesis and geological charateristics of Songxi Ag-Sb ore deposit in Guangdong

THE Songxi Ag-Sb ore deposit is situated 28 km northeast of Meizhou city in Guangdong. It is on thenorth edge of the volcanic fault depression of the Saigangshang, which belongs to the upper Palaeozoicfault basin belt of Yong’an-Meizhou, and at the intersection of Dadong-Guidong-Jiaoling EW fault zone,Lianhuashan-Heyuan NE fault zone and Jiaoling-Shantou NW fault zone. Ag-Sb ore body occurs at thebottom of the upper part of the lower Jurassic Jingji Group (Jlje-l), which is a formation of detrital rocksconsisting mainly of carbonaceous shale. 1 Geological characteristics of the ore

Uranium Isotope Variations(234U/238U and 238U/235U)and Behavior of U-Pb Isotope System in the Vershinnoe Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposit,Vitim Uranium Ore District,Russia

The U-Pb isotope system and uranium isotope composition(235U/238U and 234U/238U)were studied in a number of samples from the vertical section of the uranium ore body at the Vershinnoe sandstone-type deposit,Vitim uranium ore district,Russia.These parameters were determined to broadly vary.Deviations of the 234U/238U ratio from the equilibrium value indicate that the uranium ore was not completely conserved during the postore stage,and uranium was determined to continue migrating at the deposit.Comparison of the U-Pb isotope age value and 234U/238U isotope ratio provides an insight into the migrate direction of uranium in the ore body.The broad variations(137.377–137.772)in the 238U/235U ratio over the vertical section of the ore body can be explained by the different settings of the samples relative to the ore deposition front and changes in the redox conditions when this front shifted.The fact that theδ238U and K234/238 values are correlated indicates that the transfer of the 234U isotope into the aqueous phase may have been coupled with isotope fractionation in the 238U-235U system during the postformation uranium migration within the orebody.

胶东型金矿

胶东是全球唯一已知赋存于前寒武纪变质地体中的晚中生代巨型金矿省,其成矿系统独具特色,具体表现为:(1)位于陆内复合构造域,经历了多期重大构造-热事件,大规模金成矿作用受控于120±2Ma古太平洋板块俯冲方向变化及其诱发的软流圈上涌、岩石圈改造和伸展-挤压变形交替及控矿断裂剪压-剪张转换;(2)多重控矿构造和多样赋矿建造联合控制了不同规模和类型金矿的发育,形成了三山岛、焦家、招平、栖霞、郭即和牟乳六条NE向金矿带和三山岛-栖霞EW向富金廊带,导致了金矿化类型(焦家式/破碎带蚀变岩型、玲珑式/石英脉型、蓬家夼式/蚀变砾岩±角砾岩型、辽上式/黄铁矿-碳酸盐脉型)及其地质-地球化学特征的多样性;(3)主要矿化元素Au、Ag、Cu、Pb和Zn均达到工业利用要求,并有多种共/伴生关键金属超常富集;(4)不同金矿带中硫化物Pb同位素组成与探明金资源储量及到郯庐断裂带的距离线性相关,反映距离幔源流体主通道越近、金属硫化物中放射性成因Pb含量和幔源组分占比越多、金成矿强度越大;(5)区域总体相对均一的Δ199 Hg(平均~0.012‰)及Δ199 Hg/Δ201 Hg与金品位呈线性负相关,表明成矿物质来源于富集岩石圈地幔、且地幔被俯冲洋壳及其上覆沉积物交代的程度控制了金品位的高低;(6)区域恒定的Δ33 S同位素组成(~0‰)排除了巨量金源自太古宙变质基底及其重熔花岗岩的可能,重的δ34 S(平均9.0±3.7‰)来源于俯冲的古太平洋板片及其上覆沉积物的脱挥发份;不同金矿带Δ33 S/δ34 S与探明金资源储量及其到郯庐断裂带距离线性相关,反映成矿期地壳伸展程度控制了金成矿强度;(7)区域He-Ar和H-O同位素组成显示壳幔混合特征,焦家式金矿的成矿流体组成更靠近地幔、玲珑式金矿位于地幔与地壳过渡带;三山岛、焦家和招平金矿带的成矿流体相对接近幔源流体,而郭即金矿带具有相对开放的构造环境;不同金矿带氢-氧同位素组成和探明金资源储量正相关,可能表征了从西到东成矿流体通量和流体-岩石反应强度逐渐降低。基于对上述特征的总结,提出了胶东型金矿的成因模式,明确了其成矿地球动力学背景和深部驱动、巨量金属和流体及络合物来源、输运通道和方式、源→汇过程和机制、成矿后变化和保存等成矿系统形成的关键因素,确立了“拆离断裂系与基底活化带及幔源流体通道复合控矿”的勘查思路和“四步式”的勘查模型。综上,胶东金矿不同尺度的鉴别特征及其形成的关键因素明显不同于全球已知的其他金矿类型,难以被已有成矿模式所涵盖,属于一种新的金矿类型——胶东型,其成因模式对华北、华南、西伯利亚、西澳伊尔岗、北美怀俄明和南美圭亚那等陆内金矿床具有普适性;系列找矿突破则验证了该成因模式与勘查模型的合理性和适用性。因此,本文认为胶东型金矿是全球研究热点和重要的金矿勘查方向,而该地区找矿的主攻目标是资源量大且品位和产状稳定的破碎带蚀变岩型金矿。

Basic types and geologic significances of“truncation and onlap”unconformities

Based on geologic, seismic and drilling data of basins in China, the basic types of "truncation and onlap" unconformities are examined and their temporal and spatial variation and geologic significances are explored. The "truncation and onlap" unconformities and superimposing styles of overlying and underlying strata vary under different tectonic settings. Under extensional settings, there are three basic superimposing styles and unconformities, such as parallel superimposing style and unconformity with breaking outward, parallel superimposing style and unconformity with breaking inward, as well as superimposing and unconformity style with rotation. Under compressional settings, there are four basic types, such as overlap superimposing style and unconformity on fold, syn-depositional fold superimposing style and unconformity, anticline-syncline superimposing style and unconformity, as well as superimposing style and unconformity in overlap-filling incised valley on top of folds. "Truncation and onlap" unconformities always superimposed each other in space, and exhibit three kinds of superimposed unconformities, i.e., superimposed unconformities formed under continuous uplifting, under transition of uplifting, and under propagation of deposition center. They may also change with time too, i.e., tilting, rotating, folding, and migration. Controlled by the migration of basin depocenters, it is shown that there are unconformities formed under the transition of paleogeomorphy or subsidence center, under the migration of fault-sag, and under the slipping of detachment fault. "Truncation and onlap" unconformities are important positions for traps and significant pathways for hydrocarbon migration, and they are favorable sites for ore deposit and resources occurrence.

喜马拉雅琼嘉岗伟晶岩型锂矿成矿地质特征和形成机制

西藏喜马拉雅琼嘉岗伟晶岩型锂矿是喜马拉雅稀有金属成矿带标志性的伟晶岩型矿床。其成矿地质特征、成矿机理-机制和含矿性评价的研究对喜马拉雅稀有金属成矿带的形成机制和找矿勘查工作研究具有重要意义。中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所在2021~2023年期间对喜马拉雅琼嘉岗伟晶岩型锂矿形成机制研究中,获得如下认识:(1)琼嘉岗锂辉石伟晶岩的主矿体主要顺矽卡岩化大理岩和钙质千枚岩面理侵入,中部整体上呈板状近水平(10°~20°),主矿体两侧倾角相对较大(30°~50°);(2)琼嘉岗矿床的富锂矿物主要为锂辉石(包括3个期次),次为透锂长石、锂绿泥石、锂云母等,其他稀有金属矿物包括绿柱石、日光榴石、羟硅铍石、铌锰矿-铌铁矿、锡石等,围岩蚀变主要为矽卡岩化并含有少量锡矿化;(3)琼嘉岗锂矿中花岗岩-伟晶岩的演化和成矿受岩浆结晶分异过程控制,锂辉石伟晶岩矿体的形成与系统大量流体出溶有关,花岗质熔体演化的早期阶段稀有金属可能达到饱和;(4)钾长石Ti温度计和流体包裹体等容线相交法揭示出从电气石白云母花岗岩到锂辉石伟晶岩呈现降温趋势,锂辉石伟晶岩石英形成时流体的捕获温度为410~475℃,捕获压力为180~240MPa,结合含锂矿物相关系揭示出降压是锂辉石伟晶岩形成的重要机制;(5)建立了琼嘉岗锂矿的成矿模式,指出高度结晶分异、流体出溶和降压过程控制了琼嘉岗锂辉石伟晶岩的形成,流体交代作用形成了稀有金属矿化;(6)长石结构和化学成分(Rb、Cs、Sr、Ba、K/Rb和形成温度)、石榴子石组成(高水含量、高Mn/(Mn+Fe)的锰铝榴石)、副矿物组成及其包裹矿物类型是琼嘉岗及周边伟晶岩含矿性评价的有效指标。