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Large clusters of gold deposits and large-scale metallogenesis in the Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern China

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The Jiaodong Peninsula is the largest repository of gold in China based on the production in history. It covers less than 0.2% of China’s territory, but production of gold accounts for about one fourth of the whole country. Thus, the Jiaodong Peninsula is a typical area or case of large-scale metallogenesis and a large clusters of mineral deposits in China. It is characterized by the large clusters of gold deposits in large scale, high reserve and short mineralizing stage. In this study, we suggest that the eastern boundary of the large clusters of gold deposits is as same as that of North China Block, the gold deposits are hosted by Archean metamorphic rocks or Mesozoic granites, and the age of gold mineralization is 121.6 to 122.7 Ma. Gold and related ore-forming materials are derived from multisources, i.e. Archean metamorphic rocks, granites and intermediate-mafic dikes, especially, intermediate-mafic dikes and calc-alkaline granites. The metallogenic geodynamic process is constrained by the tectonic evolution of eastern North China Block during Late Mesozoic, and it is the result of the interaction between mantle and crust as the boundary plates are playing role on the block.

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    Mingguo Zhai, Jinhui Yang & Wenjun Liu

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Zhai, M., Yang, J. & Liu, W. Large clusters of gold deposits and large-scale metallogenesis in the Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern China. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 44, 758–768 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907205

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