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Metal Mine ›› 2020, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (07): 130-137.

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Geological Characteristics and Prospecting Direction of Pb-Zn Deposit of Dagushigou Area in Henan Province

Zhang Kai,Mao Ruifen,Li Chen,Fan Xiaolei   

  1. 1. The No.2 Geological and Mineral Resources Exploration Institute,Henan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration,Zhengzhou 450000,China; 2. Henan Insititute of Geological Survey,Zhengzhou 450001,China;3. Henan Key Laboratory of Ore Forming Process and Resources Utilization of Metal Minerals,Zhengzhou 450001,China
  • Online:2020-07-15 Published:2020-08-21

Abstract: In order to clearly understand the metallogenic conditions of East Taihang Mountains Fe-Cu-Pb-Zn polymetallic ore belt,plenty of works have been conducted,such as 1∶50 000 mineral resources investigation,1∶50 000 stream sediments survey,1∶50 000 high-resolution magnetic survey and 1∶50 000 electric survey.Based on delineating of geophysical-geochemical anomaly areas and some potential areas,1∶10 000 geological grass survey,1∶10 000 geological-geophysical-geochemical comprehensive profile survey and trench engineering are adopted to carry out the mineral reources investigation.Comprehensive study results show that:①Dagushigou Pb-Zn Deposit is a type of carbonatite-hosted low temperature geothermal deposit and a typical stratabound deposit occurred in Middle Cambrian Zhangxia Formation and Upper Cambrian Sanshanzi carbonatite sequence,which is similar with Mississippi valley type (MVT) deposit;② there are two types of ore-bodies,one type appears as veins,lenticulars and cysts in NNE,NWW trending fault zones,the other type appears as stratum,stratiform,irregular and lenticulars in near-horizontal interlaminar bedding fracture zones,brecciation and dolomitization are the main wall-rock alterations;③31 ore veins were found in the study area in total,which contain 3 Cu-Pb-Zn polymetallic mineralized ore bodies and 3 lead-bearing barite veins are valuable,two industrial ore bodies have been preliminarily delineated,the rich ore bodies extend more than 2 000 m with total thickness of 10~12 m and lead grade from 3.9% to 10.26%,the ore bodies prospective resources could reach small to medium scale.Based on the above study results,according to the geological-geophysical-geochemical and ore-bearing characteristics of the study area,three favorable areas for metallogenic are delineated,they are named as Dagushigou,Xiaodonggou and Puquan,which have good metallogenic potential.The above study results further indicated that good prospecting effects can be obtained by the integrated method of geological investigation,geophysical and geochemical sweep, large scal geological survey,geophysical-geochemical integrated profile measurement and trenching reveling.

Key words: Pb-Zn deposit, Stratabound deposit, Interlayered fracture zone, Mississippi valley type (MVT), Prospecting direction