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Geoscience ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (04): 910-921.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2024.089

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Discussion on the Method for Calculating Diagenetic and Metallogenic Depths in the Jiaodong Gold Deposit

LÜ Chengxun1(), WANG Jianping2, CHEN Xiaolong3   

  1. 1. Development Research Center of China Geological Survey, Beijing 100037, China
    2. School of Earth Sciences and resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing),Beijing 100083, China
    3. Ningde Times New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Ningde,Fujian 352100, China
  • Online:2024-08-10 Published:2024-10-16

Abstract:

The reserves and production of the Jiaodong gold deposit account for one-quarter and one-third of China’s totals, respectively.The gold mineralization theory in the Jiaodong area is continuously evolving through ongoing research, discussion, development, and innovation, driven by advances in geological science and technology.The Xincheng gold deposit in Northwestern Jiaodong is a representative example of altered-rock type gold deposits and is also one of the key production mines.With the state’s increasing attention to mineral resource safety, there is an urgent need for deep exploration and resource storage in the Jiaodong area.In the mineral exploration, particularly for deep prospecting, the estimation of diagenetic depth, metallogenic depth, and denudation depth is an important prospecting method and geological theory.Therefore, this study selects the Xincheng gold mine as a case study to discuss the methods and applications for measuring or calculating the depths of diagenesis, mineralization, and denudation.Using the Xincheng gold deposit as an example, the average diagenetic depth of the Guojialing granodiorite, the ore-host rock mass, is estimated to be 3 km based on calculated mineral formation pressure.The average depth of erosion and transformation of the Xincheng gold deposit is estimated to be 2 km using the correction method for metallogenic depth.Fission track analysis indicates that the post-mineralization denudation depth of the Xincheng gold deposit is approximately 2.5 km.Based on the above calculation results, we discuss the metallogenic patterns and predictions for gold deposit depths in the Jiaodong area.The production and exploration work in the study area has confirmed that the metal-logenic depths calculated in this study are consistent with the principles of mineralization formed in depth, providing important reference value for deep ore prospecting in the Jiaodong gold deposit and other types of hydrothermal metal deposits.

Key words: metallogenic depth, diagenetic depth, denudation depth, structural correction calculation, Jiao-dong gold deposit

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