Mechanism of inversion metallogeny of quartz vein type gold deposits in the Xiaoqinling region

There are a lot of important gold_bearing quartz veins in the Xiaoqinling metamorphic core complex. The quartz veins are strictly controlled by shear zones. Stress analysis indicates that the metallizing process of the Xiaoqinling gold deposits of quartz vein type can be divided into two stages. At the first stage, the shear zones were formed in an extensional environment, and the temperature was higher and the buried depth was greater; at the second stage, the brittle thrusts were superimposed in ductile shear zones after the tectonic stress field turned from the extension to compression. The ore_bearing fluids were concentrated in these weak positions, and the gold deposits of quartz vein type were developed.     

Syn-deformationP-T paths of Xiaoqinling metamorphic core complex

TheP-T paths of the Xiaoqinling metamorphic core complex (XMCC) have been investigated with the Gibbs method by researching the compositional changing of zoned epidotes which formed during syn-deformation metamorphism. TheseP-T paths indicate that the XMCC had experienced the following thermodynamics processes: firstly, near isobaric falling slightly in temperature in lower crust; secondly, fast decompression and rising in temperature during extensional uplifting to middle crust level; and finally, isobaric falling in temperature in middle crust. The upwelling and emplacement of the deep magma may be a major factor during the uplifting processes of the metamorphic core complex.     

Dual origins of Xiaoqinling gold-bearing quartz veins: Fluid inclusion evidence

Fluid inclusion research in Archean metamorphic rocks, Yanshanian granite and gold-bearing quartz veins shows that regional metamorphic fluids are high temperature and high saline, Yanshanian post-granitic fluids are CO₂-bearing low saline, and ore-forming fluids are also CO₂-rich low saline. In gold-barren/free parts of quartz veins in gold deposits, daughter mineral-bearing high saline inclusions retated with metamorphic fluids remained. This proclaims quartz veins hosting gold ores might have been formed in early metamorphism, and overlapped or mineralized by late Yanshanian gold-bearing fluids.     

Geochronology and Hf Isotope Study of Pegmatite in the Xiaoqinling Area of NW China:Implication for Petrogenesis and Regional Metamorphism

In this study, we carried out petrography, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic analyses on a granitic pegmatite dyke in the Xiaoqinling area in southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC). Ou...     

40Ar-39Ar dating and geological implication of auriferous altered rocks from the middle-deep section of Q875 gold-quartz vein in Xiaoqinling area, Henan, China

The 40Ar-39Ar age method is employed in this work to analyze the aurif erous altered rocks from the middle-deep section of the Q875 gold-quartz vein in the Xiaoqinling area, and the results show that the main gold deposition of the Q875 occurred in ca. 128-126 Ma. As a typical gold-bearing quartz vein in this gold-rich area, the age data obtained from the Q875 also constrain on the metal logenic time of the lode gold deposits developed in the same geological settings . This geochronological study supplies new evidence for further understanding the timing of gold mineralization, the genesis of gold deposits and the geodynamic settings in Xiaoqinling area.     

变质核杂岩特征及小秦岭地区变质杂岩成因讨论

目的为确定小秦岭地区发育的变质杂岩体是否属于变质核杂岩。方法总结前人归纳的变质核杂岩特征,与小秦岭地区发育的太华杂岩特征进行对比,再通过对小秦岭地区燕山期后褶皱、南北两侧发育的断裂进行分析和构造演化史研究。结果小秦岭地区的构造特征与变质核杂岩特征不符。结论小秦岭地区的太华杂岩解释为经历了从南向北的铲状逆冲推覆和后期抬升块断剥露的变质杂岩更为合理。