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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (05): 1006-1021.

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Genesis of the Wandao Gold Deposit in Guangxi, China: Evidences from Fluid Inclusions and H-O-S-Pb Isotopes

LAI Xin1(), PANG Baocheng1,2(), LI Yuanqiang1, ZHANG Qingwei1,2, LÜ Jiawen1, ZHOU Yequan1, LI Peirong1   

  1. 1. College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China
    2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Hidden Metallic Ore Deposit Exploration, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China
  • Received:2016-04-21 Revised:2017-06-25 Online:2017-10-10 Published:2017-11-06

Abstract:

The Wandao gold deposit, located in Gupao ore field of Dayaoshan polymetallic metallogenic clusters area in the southeastern Guangxi, is a medium-sized ore deposit discovered in recent years. The source of ore-forming substance and ore genesis are still under debate. There is still a big difference between its material origin and genesis. Based on detailed observation in underground tunnel and petrographic study under microscope, the Wandao gold deposit can be divided into W-Mo-Cu-Au mineralization period and main gold dominated mine-ralization period. Furthermore, the main gold dominated mineralization period can be divided into main stage and late stage. Microscopic temperature measurements and Laser Raman Spectra analysis of fluid inclusions in quartz indicate that the ore-forming fluids of main gold dominated mineralization period in the Wandao gold deposit are fluids with high temperature, low salinity, low density and containing CO2 and CH4. Hydrogen and oxy-gen isotope analysis data of quartz indicate the ore-forming fluids of main gold dominated mineralization period mainly derived from metamorphic water, and the ore-forming fluids of W-Mo-Cu-Au mineralization period is the mixture of magmatic water and metamorphic water. The small positive value of sulfur isotope for W-Mo-Cu-Au mineralization period infers that sulfur come from magma reservoir in depth. Whereas, small average with large range of sulfur isotopic composition for gold dominated mineralization period suggests that the sulfur in ore proba-bly mainly derived from strata and partly from magmatic rocks. Based on the above analysis, it is considered that the Wandao gold deposit belongs to metamorphic and magmatic hydrothermal superimposed deposit type.

Key words: stable isotope, fluid inclusion, ore-forming fluid, Wandao gold deposit, Guangxi

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