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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (05): 897-907.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.58

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Geochemical Characteristics of Stream Sediments and Prospecting Implications in Shangri-La Wengshui Area, NW Yunnan

HUANG Yonggao1,2,3(), XIONG Changli3, LUO Gai3, ZHANG Tong3, JIA Xiaochuan3, YANG Xuejun3, YE Chunlin3, WANG Yi3   

  1. 1. School of Earth Science, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
    2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploration of Hidden Nonferrous Metal Deposits and Development of New Materials in Guangxi, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
    3. Evaluation and Utilization of Strategic Rare Metals and Rare Earth Resource Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Geological Survey, Chengdu, Sichuan 610081, China
  • Received:2020-01-20 Revised:2020-08-12 Online:2020-10-28 Published:2020-10-29

Abstract:

The Wengshui area is located in the southern Yidun Arc (NW Yunnan) and belongs to the Shangri-La arc-type porphyry Cu-Mo-W metallogenic belt. This area has good prospecting potential for polymetallic deposits such as Mo, W, Pb and Zn, where the large Xiuwacu Mo-W deposit and many other ore deposits/occurrences have been discovered. The 1∶50,000 stream sediment survey shows that the contents of Cu, W, Pb, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, Co and Ni at Wengshui are significantly higher than those in the average Sanjiang metallogenic belt, SW China. The element anomalies are clearly controlled by structure and lithology. Gold is mainly enriched in T3lm 3; W, Mo and Bi are enriched in monzonitic granite pluton; and Pb, Zn are enriched in T3t 2. According to the spatial distributions of element anomalies and metallogenic conditions, we have delineated 29 integrated geochemical anomalies, and two prospecting targets including the Xiuwacu Mo-W Grade-A target and the Momoya Pb-Zn-Ag Grade-B target. This provides direction and important reference for further prospecting work.

Key words: stream sediment, geochemistry, target prospecting, Wengshui, Yidun Arc

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