Application of geochemical survey of lithic fragments in ore prospecting in arid Gobi desert of the Beishan area, Gansu Province: A case study of the discovery of the gold-arsenic deposit in Sanbaidun area
LEI Zi-Qiang(), CHEN Jie(), CHEN Shi-Ming, FANG Cheng-Hao, YANG Zhen-Xi, WANG-Zhen
Fourth Institute of Geological and Mineral Exploration of Gansu Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Recourses, Jiuquan 735000, China
Based on the landscape characteristics of the arid Gobi desert in the Beishan area, Gansu Province, this study carried out a 1:50,000 stream sediment survey in the Sanbaidun area and delineated 10 integrated anomalies. Then, the As-3 anomaly was preferentially selected for detail inspection by taking lithic fragments with grain sizes of 2~20 mm at multiple locations within 1/3 line spacing using a grid density of 100 m × 20 m. As a result, three integrated anomalies of lithic fragments were delineated and their characteristics were investigated. The dominant ore-forming elements were identified as As and Au, and two integrated anomalies were preferentially selected for detailed inspection using methods such as geochemical profile and trenching. Consequently, four Au orebodies, two As orebodies, one Au mineralized body, and one As mineralized body were found. The prospecting results indicate that the geochemical survey of lithic fragments can achieve ideal prospecting effects in the arid Gobi desert landscape area of Beishan and that 1:10,000 surveys of lithic fragments can be used to verify the anomalies of 1:50,000 stream sediment surveys.
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LEI Zi-Qiang, CHEN Jie, CHEN Shi-Ming, FANG Cheng-Hao, YANG Zhen-Xi, WANG-Zhen . Application of geochemical survey of lithic fragments in ore prospecting in arid Gobi desert of the Beishan area, Gansu Province: A case study of the discovery of the gold-arsenic deposit in Sanbaidun area. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, 2022, 46(3): 585-596.
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