Interactions of Copper, Evaporite, and Organic Matter and Genesis of Sandstone-Hosted Copper Deposits in the Chuxiong Basin, Yunnan Province

Autor: Lu Jialan, He Mingqin, Zhuang Hanping, Ran Chongying
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 9:407-419
ISSN: 1000-9515
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.1996.mp9004007.x
Popis: Studies on organic geochemistry indicate that the origin, type and maturity of organic matter are different among coal–bearing, copper–bearing and evaporite formations in the Mesozoic continental Chuxiong Basin, Yunnan, China. A mechanism has been proposed that (1) during the diagenetic mineralization stage the short–chain organic acids dervied from kerogen played an important role in remobilizing copper from source beds, while oils acted as important carrier of copper, and that (2) during the transformation or remolding mineralization stage, meteoric water leached the evaporite layers and formed downward–percolating oxidizing SO2-4 –rich fluids; meanwhile, the copper–bearing fluids migrating upwards along growth faults from the basement was contaminated by the coal–bearing series on the way and formed reducing organic–rich fluids; oxidation–reduction occurred and sulfides formed when the two kinds of fluids met within sandstones.
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