Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2020, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 199-218.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.6.33

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Mechanisms of rock- and ore-controlling structures and the implications for deep prospecting in the Huangshaping Cu-Sn polymetallic deposit, southern Hunan Province, China

HAN Runsheng1(), ZHAO Dong1, WU Peng1, WANG Lei1, QIU Wenlong1,2, LONG Yunqing3, LIU Fengping3, DENG Anping3, ZONG Zhihong3   

  1. 1. Kunming University of Science and Technology; Southwest Geological Survey, Geological Survey Center for Non-ferrous Mineral Resources, Kunming 650093, China
    2. Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi 653100, China
    3. Hunan Nonferrous Huangshaping Mining Branch Co., Chenzhou 424421, China
  • Received:2019-08-26 Revised:2019-10-11 Online:2020-07-25 Published:2020-07-25

Abstract:

The Huangshaping Cu-Sn polymetallic deposit is a typical magmatic-hydrothermal polymetallic deposit formed in the superimposed tectonic background of the Qinzhou-Hangzhou and Nanling metallogenic belts. This region is characterized by the compounding of Cu and Sn rich polymetallic metallogenic systems, combination of multi-period tectonic systems, and coupling between deep W-Sn and shallow Pb-Zn orebodies. However, the complex ore-controlling structural systems and position of deep Cu-Sn polymetallic orebodies are unclear. In this report, we carried out an in-depth study on the ore- and rock-controlling mechanisms, based on a detailed analysis of the deep-spreading pattern of the ore field structures. The results showed that the intrusive contact zone structural systems and the interlaminar fault-fracture systems, in two flanks of the overturned anticlines, control the distribution of the vein-irregular skarn type Cu-W-Sn polymetallic orebodies, and the hydrothermal vein type Pb-Zn-Ag-(Au) orebodies occurring along the NNE-NEE-trending interbedded and NW-trending faults, respectively. These orebodies have different lateral transverse features. By dissecting different combinations of ore-controlling structures for ore field, mineral deposits and orebodies, we revealed the hierarchical rules of rock- and ore-controlling structures and their central symmetry metallogenic effect, clarified the pre-mineralization and ore-forming periods and the post-mineralization structural systems, and established a rock- and ore-controlling structural model for the Huangshaping-Baoshan ore field. At the same time, we further clarified the dynamic background of the ore-forming process in the ore fields as follows: Since the Mesozoic era, the tectonic stress action of the ore-field experienced a ‘clockwise-style’ movement. In the early stage of the Yanshanian movement, the collision between the Pacific and the Cathaysia Plates resulted in the SEE-EW-trending principal compressive stress field. As a result, the ore related medium acidic magmatic intrusion and ore forming system are formed. This understanding provides important inspirations for deep prospecting and exploration in southern Hunan Province.

Key words: mechanisms of rock- and ore-controlling structures, magmatic hydrothermal system, central symmetry metallogenic effect, deep prospecting and exploration, Qinzhou-Hangzhong and Nanling metallogenic belts, Huangshaping Cu-Sn polymetallic deposit

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