Discovery and geological characteristics of shear zone type copper-gold deposit in eastern Aru Village, Rutog County, Tibet, and their geological significance

The studied area is located within the Zhapug-Duobuza Fe-Cu-Au metallogenic sub-belt of the Bangong lake-Nujiang metallogenic belt, and tectonicallyin the northern side of the Bangong lake-Nujiang joint belt. This area is endowed with preferential conditions for mineralization but is poorly exploited. On the basis of the results of 1:50000 regional geological survey, this study discusses the geological characteristics and significance of the new found shear zonetype copper-gold mine in eastern Aru Village, Rutog County, Tibet. The result shows that the copper-gold deposit with good metallogenic conditions hosts nine industrial-grade copper gold orebodies with the associated useful components suchas Ag, Pb and Zn. The orebodies occur mainly in the Yanshanian ductile shear zone. The discovery of the copper-gold deposit has important significance for studying and exploring shear zone type copper-gold deposits in this area.