Recognition of two contrasting structural-and mineralogical-gold mineral systems in the Youjiang basin,China-Vietnam:Orogenic gold in the south and Carlin-type in the north  

作　　者：Lin Yang Jun Deng David IGroves Qingfei Wang Liang Zhang Wei Wu Kai Qin Qizuan Zhang 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources,China University of Geosciences(Beijing),Beijing 100083,China [2]The Bureau of Geo-exploration Guangxi and Mineral Development,Nanning 530023,China

出　　处：《Geoscience Frontiers》2020年第5期1477-1494,共18页地学前缘（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(2016YFC0600307);the National Key Basic Research Development Program(973 Program;2015CB452606);the Chinese Post-doctoral Innovative Talent Support Program(BX20180280);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2018M641428);the 111 Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology(BP0719021).

摘　　要：The gold deposits in the Youjiang basin,totaling>25 Moz gold,have traditionally been thought to be of Carlin-type,particularly those with extensional structural geometries in the northern basin dominated by platform sedimentary sequences.However,the structural geometries,mineralization styles and alteration types for the Jinya,Gaolong and Nakuang gold deposits in the south-central part of the basin are remarkably similar to those of unequivocal orogenic gold deposits.Structural studies show that gold mineralization in the three gold deposits was controlled by tight“locked-up”anticlines with NW−SE-to E−W-trending and/or concomitant thrusts and/or shear zones,which resulted from NE−SW-to N–S-trending compression or transpression following the Early Triassic closure of the Paleo-Tethyan Ocean.Alteration zones in these deposits are dominated by silicification(quartz),sericitization,sulfidation and carbonation.Zoned pyrites in these deposits comprise Au-poor cores and invisible Au-bearing rims with minor external free gold.Euhedral to subhedral auriferous arsenopyrites also contribute to the gold budget.These features indicate that the three gold deposits are sediment-hosted orogenic gold deposits that contrast markedly with the Carlin-type gold deposits in the northern part of the Youjiang basin in terms of structural geometry and timing,mineralization style and nature of associated alteration.Although additional reliable ages using robust methodologies are still required,the older isotopic ages of the gold deposits in the south-central Youjiang basin are also consistent with earlier formation during transpression that predated extension during orogenic collapse,the period of formation of the Carlin-type gold deposits in the northern Youjiang basin.

关 键 词：Structural geometry Orogenic gold Carlin-type gold Youjiang basin 

分 类 号：P618.51[天文地球—矿床学]