Disseminated hydrothermally altered mylonite-hosted gold deposit. Numerous felsic pegmatite veins occur in the mine area, which are related to Hercyno-Indosinian granites. Gaocun is the largest deposit in the Hetai gold field.
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References
- Guilin Zhang, C.A. Boulter, and Jincheng Liang (2001): Brittle Origins for Disseminated Gold Mineralization in Mylonite: Gaocun Gold Deposit, Hetai Goldfield, Guangdong Proince, South China. Economic Geology 96(1), 49-59.
- Pirajno, F., and Bagas, L. (2002): Gold and silver metallogeny of the South China Fold Belt: a consequence of multiple mineralizing events ? Ore Geology Reviews 20, 109-126.
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