Abstract:
Three stages of copper-gold mineralization with different types in the eastern Qin-Hang metallogenic belt were dominated by structures of different scales. Based on the review of the volcanic-sedimentary sequences, intrusive rocks and their geochronology, as well as typical copper-gold deposits in the eastern Qin-Hang metallogenic belt, the effects of ore-controlling structures were discussed on the scales of metallogenic belts and ore fields. Meso-Neo-Proterozoic volcanic massive sulfide-type copper deposits, Early Paleozoic orogenic gold deposits, and the Middle to Late Jurassic porphyry, skarn and magma-hydrothermal copper-gold deposits occurred in the eastern Qin-Hang metallogenic belt. Among them, the Early Paleozoic orogenic gold deposits and the Late Jurassic skarn and magma-hydrothermal copper deposits were mainly controlled by structures on the scale of ore fields. Lithologic interface, faults and folds in ore fields provide transportation channels and storage space for the ore-bearing hydrothermal fluids. While the Meso-Neo-Proterozoic volcanic massive sulfide-type copper deposits and the Middle Jurassic porphyry-type copper-gold deposits were mainly dominated by structures on the scale of metallogenic belts. Rifts and subduction zones in metallogenic belts supply favorable tectonic backgrounds and mineral sources. Further research in the eastern Qin-Hang metallogenic belt should focus on the micro-scale ore-controlling structures, the paleostress fields of ore-controlling structures, and numerical simulations of ore-controlling structures.