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Alteration zonation and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) characteristics of the Honghai VMS Cu-Zn deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China
Jianhan Huang;  Huayong Chen;  Jinsheng Han;  Xiaohua Deng;  Wanjian Lu;  Runliang Zhu
2018
Source PublicationOre Geology Reviews (IF:3.095[JCR-2016],3.449[5-Year])
Volume100Pages:263-279
Abstract

The Honghai VMS Cu-Zn deposit is located in the Dananhu-Tousuquan arc, Eastern Tianshan, northwestern China. Orebodies of the Honghai deposit are buried 300 m underground and hosted by the Middle Ordovician-Upper Silurian Daliugou Formation felsic to intermediate volcanic-sedimentary rocks. At the footwall and hanging wall of the massive sulfide lens, intensive and pervasive phyllic alterations were found. Detailed drill core logging, petrographic study and electron microprobe analyses had delineated six alteration/mineralization zones, namely (from top to bottom) Zone I (chlorite-albite-white micacarbonate), II (epidote-chlorite-albite-white mica-carbonate), III (quartz-white mica-pyrite), IV (massive sulfide), V (chlorite-pyrite +/- white mica) and VI (chlorite-quartz-white mica). 

Our new data supported the sub-seafloor replacement influence for the Honghai VMS deposit, as evidenced by the presence of (1) sulfide breccias in the immediate host rocks; (2) rapid emplacement of host rocks; (3) strong phyllic alteration in the immediate hanging wall; (4) replacement textures of the massive sulfides; (5) barite as gangue minerals. Moreover, intensive chlorite and epidote alterations and vein mineralization are present in the hanging wall, which are comparable with porphyry-related propylitic alteration. Besides, different mineralogy and mineral chemistry are present between chlorites from the hanging wall and footwall at Honghai, which probably suggested porphyry-style alteration and mineralization overprinting at Honghai. 

Short wavelength infrared (SWIR) spectral analysis had identified mainly white mica, chlorite and epidote, and minor montmorillonite, calcite, gypsum, kaolinite and prehnite. The wavelengths of the AIOH absorption feature for white mica range from 2194 to 2221 nm, suggesting compositions from paragonite, through muscovite to phengite. The wavelengths of FeOH absorption feature for chlorite range from 2249 to 2261 nm, indicating compositions from Mg-rich to Fe-rich chlorite. According to SWIR measurements and electron microprobe analyses (EMPA), areas proximal to the massive sulfides are characterized by short wavelength of the AIOH absorption feature and high Al-vi content of white mica. Petrography and EMPA showed that chlorite in the ore proximal zones are more Mg-rich than that in ore distal zones. These findings indicated high temperature for the white mica formation and more seawater influx during the chlorite formation in areas near the massive sulfides. This study suggested that SWIR analysis, supported by petrographic study and EMPA, can serve as an effective tool in alteration mapping, and mineral geochemical variations are potential deposit-scale exploration vectoring tools. 

KeywordShort Wavelength Infrared Spectra (Swir) white Mica chlorite honghai Vms Cu-zn Deposit eastern Tianshan (Nw China)
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Language英语
Document Type期刊论文
Identifierhttp://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/42920512-1/8891
Collection矿床地球化学国家重点实验室
Affiliation1.Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3.State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China
4.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou 510640, China
5.Beijing Institute of Geology for Mineral Resources, Beijing 100012, China
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Jianhan Huang;Huayong Chen;Jinsheng Han;Xiaohua Deng;Wanjian Lu;Runliang Zhu. Alteration zonation and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) characteristics of the Honghai VMS Cu-Zn deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China[J]. Ore Geology Reviews,2018,100:263-279.
APA Jianhan Huang;Huayong Chen;Jinsheng Han;Xiaohua Deng;Wanjian Lu;Runliang Zhu.(2018).Alteration zonation and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) characteristics of the Honghai VMS Cu-Zn deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China.Ore Geology Reviews,100,263-279.
MLA Jianhan Huang;Huayong Chen;Jinsheng Han;Xiaohua Deng;Wanjian Lu;Runliang Zhu."Alteration zonation and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) characteristics of the Honghai VMS Cu-Zn deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China".Ore Geology Reviews 100(2018):263-279.
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