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The Mineralized Features and Prospecting Breakthrough of Southern Tiegelong Giant Epithermal Copper (Gold, Silver) Deposit, Tibet
Author(s) -
WANG Yiyun,
TANG Juxing,
WANG Qin,
DUAN Jilin,
FANG Xiang,
SUN Xingguo,
YIN Xianbo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.12375_61
Subject(s) - metallogeny , beijing , china , prospecting , chinese academy of sciences , geochemistry , mining engineering , geology , geography , archaeology , sphalerite , pyrite
implemented in 2001, with the low level of exploration, Southern Tiegelong deposit used to be thought as a traditional porphyry copper deposit, leading to the prospecting exploration advanced very slowly before 2013. In 2013, with detailed geological records in the field as well as systematic analysis and testing indoor, the first example giant epithermal deposit in Tibet has been identified at Tiegelong ore district, of which the quantity of metallic copper is 529 mt@0.55% and that of metallic gold and silver, respectively, is 75t@0.08g/t, 1115t@1.17g/t. In the meanwhile, the theories of porphyry metallogenic system mainly containing the epithermal porphyry deposits can be used to guide the work of prospecting and exploration(Tang Juxing et al., 2014); besides, these basic theories associated with the practical exploration have a significantly theoretical guidance on the prospecting breakthrough for Southern Tiegelong copper (gold, silver) deposit.