Spatial–temporal distribution and tectonic setting of gold deposits in the Northern margin gold belt of the North China Craton

Q. Zeng; Y. Wang; J. Yang; Y. Guo; B. Yu; L. Zhou; H. Qiu

doi:10.1080/00206814.2020.1737839

Spatial–temporal distribution and tectonic setting of gold deposits in the Northern margin gold belt of the North China Craton

Q. Zeng
, Y. Wang
, J. Yang
, Y. Guo
, B. Yu
, L. Zhou
, H. Qiu

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© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.The North China Craton contains voluminous gold deposits, which occur within the Northern Margin Gold Belt, the Southern Margin Gold Belt, and the Jiaodong Gold Province. However, relatively little is known of the gold deposits in the E–W-trending Northern Margin Gold Belt, which hosts 66 deposits with total reserves of >1000 tonnes. Based on a systematic summary of the geological features and ages of ore formation, three periods of gold mineralization can be distinguished: Permian–Triassic, Jurassic, and Early Cretaceous. Permian–Triassic gold mineralization occurs mainly as E–W-trending orogenic gold deposits with minor intrusion-related mineralization, formed in a syn- to post-collisional setting associated with closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. The Jurassic gold deposits occur in central and eastern parts of the Northern Margin Gold Belt as intrusion-related gold deposits that formed in a compressional setting associated with subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate. Early Cretaceous gold deposits in the eastern part of the Northern Margin Gold Belt are also intrusion-related, and formed in an extensional setting associated with rollback of the Paleo-Pacific Plate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	941-972
Journal	International Geology Review
Volume	63
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2020.1737839
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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This Work Was Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0600108), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 91514301) and The State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, IGGCAS (SKL-Z201905). We are Grateful to the Professor Robert Stern for His Constructive Comments Which Greatly Help in Improving Our Paper. The Authors Would like to Thank Dr. Patrick Mercier-Langevin and Other Two Anonymous Reviewers, Who Greatly Improved the Language and Discussion of the Paper.

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The State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution
National Natural Science Foundation of China	91514301
National Key Research and Development Program of China	2016YFC0600108
Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences	SKL-Z201905

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