financially supported jointly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40902026; No 41272097);the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources (No. GPMR 201006);the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of Central Colleges; China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (No. CUG120702);the Shewushan Gold Mine Co. Ltd and No. 4 Geological Party;Hubei Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources for the field support
The Shewushan gold deposit is located 16 km southwest of Jiayu County, Hubei Province, eastern China, which is the largest lateritic gold deposit in Asia, consisting of a series of mineralized faults containing gold g...