Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2020, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 373-390.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.3.27

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The characteristics of trace elements and S, Pb, He and Ar isotopes in the Liyuan gold deposit in Shanxi Province, and their significance

ZHEN Shimin1,2,3(), PANG Zhenshan1,2,*(), ZHU Xiaoqiang3, XUE Jianling1,2, FANG Yongcai4, JIA Hongxiang3, SHI Guangyao3, WANG Dazhao3, ZHA Zhongjian3, SONG Xiaohang3   

  1. 1. Development and Research Center, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100037, China
    2. Technical Guidance Center for Mineral Resources Exploration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100083, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    4. Liyuan Gold Mine Limited Liability Company, Lingqiu 034403, China
  • Received:2019-11-16 Revised:2019-12-18 Online:2020-03-25 Published:2020-03-25
  • Contact: PANG Zhenshan

Abstract:

The Liyuan gold deposit is an exploration breakthrough at the inner North China Craton in recent years. It has many types of mineralization with high research values. The Liyuan gold deposit occurs in the archaean Fuping group gneiss and mixed rocked granite, controlled by the NNE fault in the area, and mainly consists of explosive breccia-type orebody and quartz vein-type orebody. Ore minerals are mainly pyrite, galena and sphalerite, while gangue minerals are mainly quartz, sericite and K-feldspar, and alteration is mainly silicification, K-feldspar, sericitization and chloritization.The δ34S values of pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite are 0.9‰-4.3‰, with an average of 3.0‰, which indicates that the source of sulfur mainly comes from the magma fluids.The δ34S values of galena are -12.8‰-1.4‰, with an average of -4.2‰. The increase in pH value may be the cause of the high negative δ34S value of galena. The variation range of Pb isotopes of metal sulfides is relatively small, and206Pb/204Pb values are 16.697-16.890,207Pb/204Pb values are 15.239-15.267,208Pb/204Pb values are 42.186-45.334, all of which fall near the evolution line of the lower crust. These variations indicate that the ore-forming fluid may have drenched the rich lower crust materials during the migration process. The3He/4He of pyrite is 0.27-1.04 Ra,40Ar/36Ar is 1194.61-5488.80, and38Ar/36Ar is 0.204-0.218, which indicates that the ore-forming fluid is mainly from the crust and partly from the mantle fluid, with the characteristics of magma fluid mixed with the crust and mantle. The characteristics of trace elements indicate that pyrite has the characteristics of magmatic-hydrothermal pyrite, and some materials of diabase vein and quartz porphyry may have been involved in the mineralization process. In conclusion, the Liyuan gold deposit is considered to be the magmatic-hydrothermal gold deposit related to the shallow magmatic intrusion. And the difference in REE and S-Pb-He-Ar isotopes, between the two types, is mainly due to the different precipitation mechanisms and mineral crystallization processes of the explosive breccia-type and quartz vein-type orebodies. In the deep part of the Liyuan gold deposit, it is possible to search for the veinlet-disseminated orebodies, and its mineralization is another specific manifestation of Yanshanian tectono-magmatic activity in the central Taihang Mountains.

Key words: trace elements, S, Pb, He and Ar isotopes, Liyuan gold deposit, central Taihang Mountains

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