The law of ore-forming hydrothermal alteration and element transfer enrichment in the Tongchanggou porphyry Mo-Cu deposit in Shangri-La, Northwest Yunnan
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    This paper is the result of mineral exploration engineering.
    [Objective] The late Yanshannian epoch was the most important period of multi-metal mineralization of porphyry Mo at the Geza island arc in Zhongdian area, Yunnan province. In this paper, we chose the No.IV granitic diorite porphyry body of Tongchanggou large-scale porphyry molybdenum-copper deposit in this area as the research object, attempting to reveal the elemental migration rule of porphyry body in the process of mineralized alteration and the relationship between the peripheral rock alteration and mineralization. [Methods] In this paper, the major elements, trace elements and rare earth elements in the original rock and the rocks in different alteration zones of No.IV granodiorite porphyry are analyzed respectively. The mass balance and migration amount of these major elements, trace elements and rare earth elements are calculated and analyzed by using the normalized Isocon method. [Results] The results show that K-silicate alteration, sericite-quartz alteration, and propylitization were involved in the process of the mineralization and alteration of the porphyry body, and SiO2, K2O and volatile matters are major elements migrating in the alteration zones while a large amount of Na2O migrated out; while major elements such as Al2O3, TiO2 and P2O5, and high field strength elements such as Zr, Nb, Hf, Th and Ta, and rare earth elements all present poor migration activity, belonging to inert components; mineralizing elements such as Cu, Pb, Zn and Ag, and indicator elements such as Sb and As show a trend to migrate out, reflecting the potential to find relevant types of ore around the rock body; the sericite-quartz zone is the most closely related to Mo mineralization, followed by K-silicate alteration; the deposition and mineralization mechanism of Mo is different from that of Cu, the former is mainly under the control of "converted barrier of pH", and the latter is under the control of "silicon-calcium surface" and "epigenetic structure interface"; this porphyry is small in scale, with a low background value of Mo but high migration amount of over 3000%, and around 30% of the rock body is molybdenum deposit, which implies the deep-seated magma chamber contributed tremendously to the mineralization. [Conclusions] This work provides a geological reference for the source of oreforming materials, the study of mineralization and the prospecting and exploration of the Tongchanggou deposit.

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LI Shoukui, CHEN Jianhang, LIU Xuelong, ZHANG Shitao, LI Zhenhuan. The law of ore-forming hydrothermal alteration and element transfer enrichment in the Tongchanggou porphyry Mo-Cu deposit in Shangri-La, Northwest Yunnan[J]. Geology in China, 2023, 50(6): 1745-1763(in Chinese with English abstract).

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  • Received:October 20,2020
  • Revised:January 12,2021
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  • Online: December 29,2023
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