加拿大霍普布鲁克金矿矿床地质特征

    Geological characteristics of the Hope Brook gold deposit, Canada

    • 摘要: 霍普布鲁克(Hope Brook)金矿床是加拿大第六大金矿床,产于新元古界的阿巴拉契亚山脉阿瓦隆区岩体中,地表出露面积为3000×400m2,向深部逐渐变小。该矿具有复杂的岩脉构造,与浅水体为主的火山碎屑序列的长英质、镁铁质火山碎屑岩密切相关。矿床赋存于大范围的热液蚀变区中,蚀变区内普遍有酸浸现象,并具有大量的泥质蚀变特点。同位素年代学证据表明,成矿时代为早—中寒武世(576±10Ma),是多期次热液作用,同时伴有侵入岩浆以及火山作用产生的凝灰岩共同影响的产物,属于典型的高硫化的浅成低温热液金矿床。

       

      Abstract: Located in the Chetwynd area along southwest coast of the Newfoundland island, the Hope Brook gold deposit is the sixth largest gold deposit in Canada. The Hope Brook gold deposit occurs in Avalon Zone intrusive body of Neoproterozoic Appalachian Mountain. Its has an area of 3000×400m2 at surface but is gradually reduced with the depth. The deposit has complex veined structure, and is closely associated with felsic and mafic pyroclastic rocks of the pyroclastic sequence. The deposit occurs in a large hydrothermal alteration area charecterized by argillic alteration. Isotope chronological evidence shows that the metallogenic epoch is Early Cambrian- Middle Cambrian (576±10Ma). The deposit experienced several times of hydrothermal activities, accompanied by joint effect of magmatic intrusion and tuff produced by volcanism, and hence should belong to a typical high sulfidation epithermal gold deposit.

       

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