Nicolás Carvajal, S. Kojima, A. Vallejo, Freddy Ildefonso
{"title":"Geological and hypogene mineralization characteristics of the hematite‐rich Pelusa\u0000 IOCG\u0000 prospect, Antofagasta Region, Northern Chile","authors":"Nicolás Carvajal, S. Kojima, A. Vallejo, Freddy Ildefonso","doi":"10.1111/rge.12310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12310","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90284594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fadlin, R. Takahashi, A. Agangi, Hinako Sato, A. Idrus, B. Sutopo, Rachmat Pratiwinda
{"title":"Geology, mineralization and calcite‐rich potassic alteration at the Humpa Leu East (\u0000 HLE\u0000 ) porphyry\u0000 Cu‐Au\u0000 prospect, Hu'u district, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia","authors":"Fadlin, R. Takahashi, A. Agangi, Hinako Sato, A. Idrus, B. Sutopo, Rachmat Pratiwinda","doi":"10.1111/rge.12309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12309","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72681913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fei Zhang, Ben J. Williamson, Clemens V. Ullmann, Hannah S. R. Hughes
Element mobility and chemical mass transfer are evaluated in the formation of Cu—Fe exoskarn deposits and endoskarn and minor porphyry‐style alteration in the Tonglushan quartz monzodiorite (QMD) system, eastern China. Endoskarn formation involved the migration of Ca into the QMD from the exoskarnification of carbonates (now marble) xenoliths and wall rocks, addition of Fe and Mn by magmatic‐hydrothermal fluids emanating from the interior of the QMD, and removal of alkali elements due to the replacement of feldspars and mica by prograde skarn minerals. Zirconium, Hf, U, and rare earth elements (REE) were added by hydrothermal fluids which were able to carry these often poorly mobile high field strength elements (HFSE) due to elevated F activity. Additions of Al were likely from Na‐rich fluids that also caused sodic alteration. Several factors favored mineralization within the exoskarns rather than endoskarns and QMD. The endoskarns were relatively oxidizing, as evidenced by a significant addition of Fe3+, which caused Cu to remain in magmatic‐hydrothermal fluids until they entered and precipitated sulphides in the more reducing environment of the exoskarns. Fluid migration from the QMD through the endoskarns and into the exoskarns was favored due to decarbonation of wall rock carbonates and related upwards migration of CO2 to produce a self‐sustaining chimney effect, which drew further fluids towards the carbonates to form, alter and mineralize the exoskarns. The higher porosity and permeability of the endoskarns compared with the QMD further promoted the lateral flow of Cu‐bearing fluids towards the exoskarns and limited porphyry‐style alteration and mineralization within the QMD. This proposed mechanism is only likely to be relevant for porphyry‐type systems developed predominantly within carbonate host rocks. Its significance for exploration models is that relatively poorly mineralized porphyry stocks in this setting may be associated with more substantive exoskarn deposits on their margins.
{"title":"Chemical changes during endoskarn and porphyry‐style alteration and Cu—Fe exoskarn mineralization in the Tonglushan system, eastern China","authors":"Fei Zhang, Ben J. Williamson, Clemens V. Ullmann, Hannah S. R. Hughes","doi":"10.1111/rge.12319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12319","url":null,"abstract":"Element mobility and chemical mass transfer are evaluated in the formation of Cu—Fe exoskarn deposits and endoskarn and minor porphyry‐style alteration in the Tonglushan quartz monzodiorite (QMD) system, eastern China. Endoskarn formation involved the migration of Ca into the QMD from the exoskarnification of carbonates (now marble) xenoliths and wall rocks, addition of Fe and Mn by magmatic‐hydrothermal fluids emanating from the interior of the QMD, and removal of alkali elements due to the replacement of feldspars and mica by prograde skarn minerals. Zirconium, Hf, U, and rare earth elements (REE) were added by hydrothermal fluids which were able to carry these often poorly mobile high field strength elements (HFSE) due to elevated F activity. Additions of Al were likely from Na‐rich fluids that also caused sodic alteration. Several factors favored mineralization within the exoskarns rather than endoskarns and QMD. The endoskarns were relatively oxidizing, as evidenced by a significant addition of Fe3+, which caused Cu to remain in magmatic‐hydrothermal fluids until they entered and precipitated sulphides in the more reducing environment of the exoskarns. Fluid migration from the QMD through the endoskarns and into the exoskarns was favored due to decarbonation of wall rock carbonates and related upwards migration of CO2 to produce a self‐sustaining chimney effect, which drew further fluids towards the carbonates to form, alter and mineralize the exoskarns. The higher porosity and permeability of the endoskarns compared with the QMD further promoted the lateral flow of Cu‐bearing fluids towards the exoskarns and limited porphyry‐style alteration and mineralization within the QMD. This proposed mechanism is only likely to be relevant for porphyry‐type systems developed predominantly within carbonate host rocks. Its significance for exploration models is that relatively poorly mineralized porphyry stocks in this setting may be associated with more substantive exoskarn deposits on their margins.","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72929328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Euclesia P. F. Cossa, A. Agangi, R. Takahashi, Pearlyn C. Manalo, A. Imai, V. Manjate
{"title":"Geology, geochemistry, and genesis of gold mineralization in the Chifumbazi deposit of the Tete Province, Irumide Belt, Mozambique","authors":"Euclesia P. F. Cossa, A. Agangi, R. Takahashi, Pearlyn C. Manalo, A. Imai, V. Manjate","doi":"10.1111/rge.12308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12308","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88326069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Nikolenko, A. Agashev, Nikolay S. Tychkov, Anna M. Nikolenko, R. Zhelonkin, A. Ragozin, V. Afanasiev, N. Pokhilenko
{"title":"In search for primary sources of placer diamonds of northeast Siberian craton: Evidence from the U–Pb ages and geochemistry of alluvial zircons","authors":"E. Nikolenko, A. Agashev, Nikolay S. Tychkov, Anna M. Nikolenko, R. Zhelonkin, A. Ragozin, V. Afanasiev, N. Pokhilenko","doi":"10.1111/rge.12317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81278344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sathasivam Sathish, R. S. Kankara, P. Thanabalan, R. Arthur James
{"title":"Provenance discrimination and geodynamics analysis of open and island coasts, South East coast of India: Inference on heavy minerals and hydrodynamics","authors":"Sathasivam Sathish, R. S. Kankara, P. Thanabalan, R. Arthur James","doi":"10.1111/rge.12311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"611 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85350183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asad Khan, Muhammad Ali, Saad Khan, Zaheen Ullah, Shah Faisal, Laeiq Ahmad
Abstract Carbonatites are proven significant repositories of several critical and strategic elements such as rare earth elements, niobium, thorium, and uranium. Owing to their economic significance, mapping of carbonatites and associated mineral deposits has occupied prominent place in mineral resource exploration programs. In this study an integrated approach was developed to map carbonatite and related mineral deposits in the Loe‐Shilman, Northwest Himalaya of Pakistan, using remotely sensed advance space‐borne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) multispectral data and visible near infrared and short‐wave infrared (VNIR‐SWIR) spectral characteristics of minerals in these deposits. Several image enhancement techniques, including band ratio (i.e., B4/B3), principal component and minimum noise fraction transformation (PC6 and MNF5, respectively) helped in highlighting the targeted rocks. The results demonstrate the suitability of ASTER data for discriminating carbonatite related mineral deposits from other surrounding lithologies. Results obtained from these methods were validated through field observations in the area and further confirmed through petrographic and chemical analyses of collected specimens. Field data have also served as training data to perform a supervised classification, allowing further improvement of the mapping results. Moreover, the obtained results from the techniques used for exploring carbonatites and related mineral deposits were stacked together for comparison with each other, to check their sensitivities, and assess their efficiency and accuracy. Generally, all these methods successfully highlighted carbonatites and related mineral deposits; however, when used integratively they exhibit higher degree of accuracy, and has proven to be relatively rapid and cost‐effective.
{"title":"An integrated approach for rapid exploration of carbonatites and related mineral resources","authors":"Asad Khan, Muhammad Ali, Saad Khan, Zaheen Ullah, Shah Faisal, Laeiq Ahmad","doi":"10.1111/rge.12321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12321","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Carbonatites are proven significant repositories of several critical and strategic elements such as rare earth elements, niobium, thorium, and uranium. Owing to their economic significance, mapping of carbonatites and associated mineral deposits has occupied prominent place in mineral resource exploration programs. In this study an integrated approach was developed to map carbonatite and related mineral deposits in the Loe‐Shilman, Northwest Himalaya of Pakistan, using remotely sensed advance space‐borne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) multispectral data and visible near infrared and short‐wave infrared (VNIR‐SWIR) spectral characteristics of minerals in these deposits. Several image enhancement techniques, including band ratio (i.e., B4/B3), principal component and minimum noise fraction transformation (PC6 and MNF5, respectively) helped in highlighting the targeted rocks. The results demonstrate the suitability of ASTER data for discriminating carbonatite related mineral deposits from other surrounding lithologies. Results obtained from these methods were validated through field observations in the area and further confirmed through petrographic and chemical analyses of collected specimens. Field data have also served as training data to perform a supervised classification, allowing further improvement of the mapping results. Moreover, the obtained results from the techniques used for exploring carbonatites and related mineral deposits were stacked together for comparison with each other, to check their sensitivities, and assess their efficiency and accuracy. Generally, all these methods successfully highlighted carbonatites and related mineral deposits; however, when used integratively they exhibit higher degree of accuracy, and has proven to be relatively rapid and cost‐effective.","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136256845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonathan Macuroy, R. Takahashi, Akira Hara, Yoshinori Okaue, A. Imai, Pearlyn C. Manalo, Hinako Sato, A. Agangi
Lateral sampling of each blasting interval (~ 2.6 m) along a 79 m strike length was conducted for the Hosen 8‐2 vein on the −5 ML (mining level, meters relative to sea level) of the Main ore zone in the Hishikari epithermal Au deposit, Kagoshima, Japan. The horizontal variation of mineral textures, bulk chemical compositions, and fluid inclusion temperatures and apparent salinity of ore fluids were determined. The major gangue minerals of the quartz veins studied include quartz and adularia with minor amounts of calcite and smectite. The major ore minerals include electrum, galena, and sphalerite with minor pyrite, petzite, and hessite. Electrum commonly occurs in a discrete band with microcrystalline quartz, granular adularia, and smectite. The electrum‐bearing band is followed by tabular adularia, and finally by granular or comb quartz. Mineral textures that indicate high degrees of supersaturation with respect to amorphous silica (presently quartz with microcrystalline/mosaic and feathery textures) and adularia (with tabular, rhombic, and granular textures) were common throughout the vein strike. Bulk chemical analyses indicate that Au grade is positively correlated with Ag, Bi, Pb, and Te contents. A bonanza zone with Au grades up to 10,800 ppm occurs in the central part of the Hosen 8‐2 vein on the −5 ML, and is associated with high adularia content, calculated as adularia / (quartz + adularia). The wide lateral variation in the geochemical composition contrasts with the consistent association of electrum with microcrystalline quartz, granular adularia, and smectite throughout the Hosen 8‐2 vein on the −5 ML. Fluid inclusion microthermometry of primary and pseudosecondary inclusions in quartz and adularia yielded histogram modes of homogenization temperature between 160 and 240°C; the most frequent mode is 200–210°C, with most data within ±10°C from this value. The maximum ice‐melting temperature of most samples excluding late comb quartz is −1.5°C, which is equivalent to an apparent salinity of 2.6 wt% NaCl eq. The wide variation in ice‐melting temperatures and apparent salinities (up to 5.2 wt% NaCl eq.) may be due to dissolved CO2 in the fluids, while the sharp decrease in apparent salinity with temperature decrease indicates CO2 loss due to fluid boiling during vein formation. The intimate association of electrum with microcrystalline quartz that recrystallized from amorphous silica indicate sharp boiling and vapor loss as the primary mechanism of Au deposition in the Hosen 8‐2 vein.
{"title":"Lateral variations in the Hosen 8‐2 vein in the Hishikari deposit, Japan: Implications for high Au‐grade zone","authors":"Jonathan Macuroy, R. Takahashi, Akira Hara, Yoshinori Okaue, A. Imai, Pearlyn C. Manalo, Hinako Sato, A. Agangi","doi":"10.1111/rge.12318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12318","url":null,"abstract":"Lateral sampling of each blasting interval (~ 2.6 m) along a 79 m strike length was conducted for the Hosen 8‐2 vein on the −5 ML (mining level, meters relative to sea level) of the Main ore zone in the Hishikari epithermal Au deposit, Kagoshima, Japan. The horizontal variation of mineral textures, bulk chemical compositions, and fluid inclusion temperatures and apparent salinity of ore fluids were determined. The major gangue minerals of the quartz veins studied include quartz and adularia with minor amounts of calcite and smectite. The major ore minerals include electrum, galena, and sphalerite with minor pyrite, petzite, and hessite. Electrum commonly occurs in a discrete band with microcrystalline quartz, granular adularia, and smectite. The electrum‐bearing band is followed by tabular adularia, and finally by granular or comb quartz. Mineral textures that indicate high degrees of supersaturation with respect to amorphous silica (presently quartz with microcrystalline/mosaic and feathery textures) and adularia (with tabular, rhombic, and granular textures) were common throughout the vein strike. Bulk chemical analyses indicate that Au grade is positively correlated with Ag, Bi, Pb, and Te contents. A bonanza zone with Au grades up to 10,800 ppm occurs in the central part of the Hosen 8‐2 vein on the −5 ML, and is associated with high adularia content, calculated as adularia / (quartz + adularia). The wide lateral variation in the geochemical composition contrasts with the consistent association of electrum with microcrystalline quartz, granular adularia, and smectite throughout the Hosen 8‐2 vein on the −5 ML. Fluid inclusion microthermometry of primary and pseudosecondary inclusions in quartz and adularia yielded histogram modes of homogenization temperature between 160 and 240°C; the most frequent mode is 200–210°C, with most data within ±10°C from this value. The maximum ice‐melting temperature of most samples excluding late comb quartz is −1.5°C, which is equivalent to an apparent salinity of 2.6 wt% NaCl eq. The wide variation in ice‐melting temperatures and apparent salinities (up to 5.2 wt% NaCl eq.) may be due to dissolved CO2 in the fluids, while the sharp decrease in apparent salinity with temperature decrease indicates CO2 loss due to fluid boiling during vein formation. The intimate association of electrum with microcrystalline quartz that recrystallized from amorphous silica indicate sharp boiling and vapor loss as the primary mechanism of Au deposition in the Hosen 8‐2 vein.","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82034371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuan-Wei Chen, Huan Li, Chaoyang Zheng, S. M. Elatikpo, Shanlin Cheng, Wenting Jiang
The Haigou lode deposit, containing 40 t of gold at an average grade of 3.5 g/t, is one of the largest deposits in the Jiapigou gold belt located along the eastern segment of the northern margin of the North China Craton. The deposit comprises 15 gold‐bearing quartz veins hosted in a Carboniferous monzonite–monzogranite stock. Although many studies relating the genesis of this deposit have been carried previously, the understanding of ore‐forming process remains controversial. In this study, we combined field geological mapping with petrography, Electron Probe Micro Analysis (EPMA) and in situ LA‐ICP‐MS analysis of gold‐bearing pyrite to provide new insight into the genesis of the gold deposit. Our results show that Au in the Haigou gold deposit mainly exists in the form of native gold. LA‐ICP‐MS in situ multi‐element mapping shows that Au has a significant positive correlation with Ag, Te, Bi and Pb in Au‐bearing pyrite, indicating that these elements co‐precipitated with Au in pyrite lattice. The ore‐forming fluid existed under medium to low temperature, aiding complexing of the gold with sulfur, chlorine, and tellurium. Decoupling of sulfide and telluride complexes facilitated gold precipitation in the Haigou area. The abundance of lead and nickel tellurides in the Haigou gold deposits with general absence of tellurium in native gold is indicative of expulsion of tellurium through boiling during the process of fluid migration and evolution. Also, coexistence of Bi in native gold indicates that they were at Au–Bi eutectic. The gold‐bearing pyrite is characterized by dispersed magnetite in and around the fractures. The Au–Te–Bi–Pb element anomalies indicate that fluid oxygen fugacity increases while sulfur fugacity decreases with time, resulting in Au precipitation. Our results provide a new theoretical basis for the establishment of metallogenic model and deep prospecting of the Haigou gold deposit.
海沟金矿床是华北克拉通北缘东段夹皮沟金矿带中规模最大的金矿床之一，含金40 t，平均品位3.5 g/t。该矿床包括15条含金石英脉，赋存于石炭系二长花岗岩-二长花岗岩中。尽管前人对该矿床的成因进行了许多研究，但对成矿过程的认识仍存在争议。在这项研究中，我们将野外地质填图与岩石学、电子探针显微分析(EPMA)和含金黄铁矿的原位LA - ICP - MS分析相结合，为金矿床的成因提供了新的认识。结果表明，金在海沟金矿床中主要以自然金的形式存在。LA - ICP - MS原位多元素图谱显示，Au与含金黄铁矿中Ag、Te、Bi和Pb元素呈显著正相关，表明这些元素与Au在黄铁矿晶格中共析出。成矿流体存在于中低温条件下，有利于金与硫、氯、碲的络合。硫化物与碲化物配合物的解耦作用促进了海沟地区金的沉淀。海沟金矿床中碲含量高，而原生金中普遍不含碲，说明在流体运移演化过程中，碲是通过沸腾排出的。同时，原生金中铋的共存表明它们是金铋共晶。含金黄铁矿以裂隙内及裂隙周围的分散磁铁矿为特征。Au - te - bi - pb元素异常表明，随着时间的推移，流氧逸度增大，硫逸度减小，导致Au析出。研究结果为建立海沟金矿成矿模式及深部找矿提供了新的理论依据。
{"title":"Ore‐forming process of the Haigou gold deposit in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NE China: Constrains from EPMA and LA‐ICP‐MS analysis of Au‐bearing pyrite","authors":"Yuan-Wei Chen, Huan Li, Chaoyang Zheng, S. M. Elatikpo, Shanlin Cheng, Wenting Jiang","doi":"10.1111/rge.12304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12304","url":null,"abstract":"The Haigou lode deposit, containing 40 t of gold at an average grade of 3.5 g/t, is one of the largest deposits in the Jiapigou gold belt located along the eastern segment of the northern margin of the North China Craton. The deposit comprises 15 gold‐bearing quartz veins hosted in a Carboniferous monzonite–monzogranite stock. Although many studies relating the genesis of this deposit have been carried previously, the understanding of ore‐forming process remains controversial. In this study, we combined field geological mapping with petrography, Electron Probe Micro Analysis (EPMA) and in situ LA‐ICP‐MS analysis of gold‐bearing pyrite to provide new insight into the genesis of the gold deposit. Our results show that Au in the Haigou gold deposit mainly exists in the form of native gold. LA‐ICP‐MS in situ multi‐element mapping shows that Au has a significant positive correlation with Ag, Te, Bi and Pb in Au‐bearing pyrite, indicating that these elements co‐precipitated with Au in pyrite lattice. The ore‐forming fluid existed under medium to low temperature, aiding complexing of the gold with sulfur, chlorine, and tellurium. Decoupling of sulfide and telluride complexes facilitated gold precipitation in the Haigou area. The abundance of lead and nickel tellurides in the Haigou gold deposits with general absence of tellurium in native gold is indicative of expulsion of tellurium through boiling during the process of fluid migration and evolution. Also, coexistence of Bi in native gold indicates that they were at Au–Bi eutectic. The gold‐bearing pyrite is characterized by dispersed magnetite in and around the fractures. The Au–Te–Bi–Pb element anomalies indicate that fluid oxygen fugacity increases while sulfur fugacity decreases with time, resulting in Au precipitation. Our results provide a new theoretical basis for the establishment of metallogenic model and deep prospecting of the Haigou gold deposit.","PeriodicalId":21089,"journal":{"name":"Resource Geology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89231830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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