Experimental study of gold distribution in the algae-organic matter-fluid system

Conclusion Gold distribution and transformation in algae-organic matter-fluid system is very complicated. Gold is first concentrated in kerogen after algae died. With the increase of dissolved organic matter owing to the increase of temperature and pressure, part of gold simultaneously emigrates from kerogen to DOM. When DOM forms organic fluid and emigrates from the strata, gold is simultaneously carried away by organic fluid in acidic condition, but by water in alkali condition. When the auriferous fluid flows through carbonaceous strata, gold in fluid is unloaded by kerogen. Gold migration in the system, accompanied by the evolution of algae-organic matter-fluid, provides the basic information of biometallogenetic evolution of gold.