Ore-Forming Fluid Characteristics of the Naoyangping-Damogou zinc-fluorite ore deposit, Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, China

摘要

The Naoyangping-Damogou zinc-fluorite ore deposit is located in the North Dabashan Caledonian fold belt, in the east wing Pingli Anticlinorium, which is one of the most important zinc-fluorite-hosting faults in Shaanxi Province of China. Metallogenesis is controlled by F7 fault structure and other relevant fault structure systems and closely related to the trachyte side. Fluid inclusion (FI) petrography and microthermometry, and analysis of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes for fluid inclusions were conducted to determine the characteristics of the ore-forming fluids and the processes of zinc and fluorite mineralizations. Microthermometry data of FI indicated that ore-forming fluids are characterized by low salinity and low density. The data obtained from geothermometric studies of Sphalerite and fluorite associated with zinc-lead mineralization at the Naoyangping-Damogou mine are compatible with a structurally controlled, Sedimentary- hydrothermal origin. Homogenization and last ice melting temperature of primary fluid inclusion indicate that mineralization taken place over a temperature range 295-335°C and salinities of inclusion fluids range 0.53 to 1.33 wt.% TDS. Ore-forming fluids were dominated by magmatic components in the early mineralization period. In the present paper we report our preliminary research results of the data obtained from geothermometric studies of Sphalerite and fluorite at the Naoyangping-Damogou ore deposit. The present study builds on the existing geological, petrographic and geochemical information of Naoyangping-Damogou.