Advances in Earth Science ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 1092-1104. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2021.082

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Structural Controlling Mineralization of the Fengzishan Zn-Pb Deposit at the Giant Jinding Ore Field in Western Yunnan Province SW China Insights from 3D Spatial Data Analysis

Jingkun LIU( ), Chuandong XUE( ), Lipeng XUE, Yunlu YANGTIAN, Zhaoyang ZENG, Yuantao YAO, Phan Duc LENH, Rehana GHAZI   

  1. Department of Earth Sciences,Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming 650093,China
  • Received:2021-04-25 Revised:2021-08-25 Online:2021-10-10 Published:2021-11-19
  • Contact: Chuandong XUE E-mail:jingkun_Liu521@163.com;xuechuandong@kust.edu.cn
  • About author:LIU Jingkun (1992-), male, Xianning City, Hubei Province, Ph. D student. Research areas include mineral deposit and regional metallogeny. E-mail: jingkun_Liu521@163.com
  • Supported by:
    the National Key Research and Development Program of China "Exploration and exploitation of deep resources"(2016YFC0600306)

Jingkun LIU, Chuandong XUE, Lipeng XUE, Yunlu YANGTIAN, Zhaoyang ZENG, Yuantao YAO, Phan Duc LENH, Rehana GHAZI. Structural Controlling Mineralization of the Fengzishan Zn-Pb Deposit at the Giant Jinding Ore Field in Western Yunnan Province SW China Insights from 3D Spatial Data Analysis[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2021, 36(10): 1092-1104.

There occur huge amounts of lead,zinc and other metals hosted by a mixed clastic-carbonate sequence in the giant Jinding Zn-Pb Ore Field in western Yunnan Province, SW China. The discovered lead-zin core mineralization isobviously characterized by an epigenetic hydrothermal origin and the complexity of theore-hosted rocksand faults-controlling style. So far, the coupling mechanism amongst them is unclear. In thiscontribution, 3D spatial data analysis on the Fengzishan Zn-Pb deposit were used to constrain the ore mineralization architecture and its spatial distribution characteristics, and to infer the coupling controlling mechanism between the main hosting rocks and the ore-controlling structures. The results reveal that the approximate NS-trending thrust faults and EW-trending strike-slip faults exerted a first-order control on the migration and accumulation of the ore-forming fluids, and provided for prior pathways and precipitation space.The distribution of the lead and zinc mineralization centers for the main ore bodies are parallel with the probable EW-trending faults, and of typical with the heterogeneous and segmented enrichment. They are spatially associated and/or intergrowth with pyrite, celestite(-barite)and gypsum as well. Therefore, the ore-forming fluids from the Miocene Jinding Group(N1 j)with a basinal brine in nature, have been driven and controlled bythe approximate NS-trending thrust faults and EW-trending strike-slip faults, and precipitated in the Upper of Sanhedong Formation(T3s3)by episodic mixing of multiple fluids. In particular, the discovery of this couple controlling on the ore mineralization by the approximate NS-trending thrust faults and EW-trending strike-slip faults and ore-hosted rocks, can provide us for understanding deeply the ore-forming mechanism and some key guidance for the future prospecting and exploration of this ore deposits, including similar deposits.

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