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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (05): 1274-1281.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.108

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Structural Alteration Zone and Listric Distribution Characteristics in Northwest Jiaodong Peninsula

LÜ Chengxun1,2, HUO Qinglong3, TANG Zhanxin4, FAN Xiao5, TANG Lei4, XU Yaqing6, YUAN Yuelei7   

  1. 1. Development Research Center of China Geological Survey, Beijing 100037, China
    2. China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    3. Hebei Zhonglian Energy and Environmental Protection Technology Co.Ltd, Shijiazhuang, Heibei 050011, China
    4. Shandong Zhaojin Group Co.Ltd, Zhaoyuan, Shandong 265400, China
    5. Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, Datong, Shanxi 037007, China
    6. Guizhou Coal Mine Geological Engineering Consultation and Geological Environment Monitoring Center, Guiyang, Guizhou 550001, China
    7. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
  • Received:2021-05-05 Revised:2021-07-15 Online:2021-10-10 Published:2021-11-04

Abstract:

Jiaodong is the world’s largest Mesozoic granite-related hydrothermal/metasomatic gold province, and the gold mineralization is related to faulting and alteration. In this paper, the Jiaojia and Zhaoping faults are taken as typical examples to study the geological characteristics of the listric ore-controlling fault distributions, through measuring the deformation and alteration profile and geological mapping. The results revealed that: (1) the fault alteration zone is hundreds of meters to over kilometers wide, instead of meters as previously suggested. The scale and intensity of alteration control the gold mineralization. (2) Orientation for the upper and lower part of the fault is steep and gentle, respectively. Dip angle for the shallow (above -200 m) and deeper (below -400 m) parts of the fault is around 70° and 20°-30°, respectively. The fault morphology is listric. (3) The listric fault indicates motion characteristic of sliding hanging wall, and the stress-strain features show that the mineralization occurred in the regional stress relaxation stage. (4) Dip direction of the fault controls the lateral trend of the mineralized zone. The Jiaojia fault dips to the NW, and the associated mineralization zone trends SW; the Zhaoping fault dips to the SE, and the associated mineralization zone trends NE.

Key words: Jiaodong gold deposit, deformed lithofacies, alteration zone, listric fault-controlled mineralization

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