Volcanic exhalation-sedimentary superimposition gold deposit, hosted in metamorphosed acidic volcanic rocks, volcaniclastic rocks and calcareous sandstone of the Devonian Kangbutiebao Formation along the southern margin of the Altai Mountains. The deposit is controlled by NW-trending faults. Wallrock alteration includes pyritization, silicification, carbonatization, skarnization and chloritization. Two stages of gold deposition are discernible: (1) a pyrite-quartz stage; and (2) a polymetallic sulphide stage.
References
- Rufu Ding, Jingbin Wang, Zhongmei Ma, Jinhong Zhang, and Tonghui Fang (2001): Geochemical character of the Sarekoubu volcanic exhalation-sedimentary superimposition gold deposit in Xinjiang. Geology and Prospecting 37(3), 11-15.
- Changhua Zhong, Jiuhua Xu, Rufu Ding, Qian Mao, and Yuling Xie (2005): Native bismuth in Sarekoubo gold deposit and its relation to gold mineralization. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 24(2), 130-134.
- Jiuhua Xu, Rufu Ding, Yuling Xie, Changhua Zhong, and Yuan Xu (2005): Pure CO2 fluids in the Sarekoubu gold deposit at southern margin of Altai Mountains in Xinjiang, West China. Chinese Science Bulletin 50(4), 333-340.
- Jiuhua Xu, Rufu Ding, Yuling Xie, Changhua Zhong, and Lihua Shan (2007): The source of hydrothermal fluids for the Sarekoubu gold deposit in the southern Altai, Xinjiang, China: Evidence from fluid inclusions and geochemistry. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (in press).
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