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Dynamics of O re‐Forming Processes of the Stratabound Skarn Copper Deposits of Tongling, Anhui Province
Author(s) -
Chonggwen Yu,
Yaosong Jiang,
Zhengyu Xiao
Publication year - 1996
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/j.1755-6724.1996.mp9001006.x
Subject(s) - skarn , geology , geochemistry , carboniferous , devonian , bedding , carbonate , iron oxide copper gold ore deposits , ore genesis , geomorphology , hydrothermal circulation , fluid inclusions , paleontology , structural basin , chemistry , organic chemistry , horticulture , biology
The skarn and ore bodies of the stratabound skarn copper deposits of Tongling, Anhui Province, are both controlled by definite stratigraphic horizons, and they are concordant with the strata. They occur as layers and layer‐like bodies in permeable carbonate rocks of the Middle‐Upper Carboniferous Huanglong and Chuanshan Formations which are underlain by impermeable shale or siliceous rocks of the Upper Devonian Wutong Formation. The authors study the dynamics of ore‐forming processes of the ore deposits with the dynamic model of coupled transport and reaction, and the following results are obtained: The salinity gradient and flow rate of the ore‐forming fluids can both promote the mixing and reaction of juvenile water and formation water, and the permeable strata are favourable sites for the intense transport‐reaction of mixing and the formation of deposits. (2) As isothermal transport‐reaction took place along the bedding of strata, the moving transport‐reaction front formed at the contact between the ore‐forming fluids and the rocks advanced slowly along the permeable strata, and then stratiform skarn and ore bodies concordant with the strata were formed. (3) The gradient transport‐reaction taking place across the isotherms in the cross‐bedding direction caused the mineralogical composition to alter gradually from magnesian skarn to sulphide ore bodies.