Abstract:
The Saibagou gold deposit, located in the Wulan area, eastern part of the northern Qaidam metallogenic belt, is one of the representative gold deposits in the northern Qaidam metallogenic belt. Recently, new breakthroughs have been made in prospecting at the deep and peripheral areas, but the genetic mechanism of the deposit is still controversial. Fluid inclusions and H-O-S-Pb isotopes of gold-bearing quartz veins from the Saibagou deposit are examined in this study. The results show that the fluid inclusions in the Saibagou gold deposit are mainly characterized by gas-liquid two-phase inclusions and CO
2-bearing three-phase inclusions. The homogenization temperature of the inclusions ranges from 200 ℃ to 320 ℃, the salinity ranges from 0.18% NaCl
eqv to 14.67% NaCl
eqv, and the fluid density ranges from 0.67 g/cm
3 to 1.13g/cm
3. These lines of evidence support an ore-forming fluid characterized by medium temperature, medium-low salinity and low density, and belonging to the H
2O-NaCl-CO
2 system. The
δD
V-SMOW values are between −75.1‰ and −65.2‰, and
δ18O
H2O values are between 2.3‰ and 3.3‰, suggesting that the ore-forming fluid is mainly derived from magmatic water with a small amount of metamorphic fluid. S isotope studies show that
δ34S of pyrite is between −2.52‰ and 2.61‰, which is within the composition range of meteorite S, reflecting that the sulfur in the deposit mainly comes from deep mantle, which may be related to magmatic activity. The pyrite
206Pb/
204Pb ranges from
18.0314 to
18.2503, the
207Pb/
204Pb ranges from
15.5907 to
15.7308, and the
208Pb/
204Pb ranges from
38.1726 to
38.4326, indicating that Pb is mainly derived from magmas, and to a lesser extent, the Cambrian-Ordovician strata. Combined with the geological characteristics, fluid inclusions and H-O-S-Pb isotope research results, as well as the regional tectonic evolution background, it can be concluded that the Saibagou gold deposit is an orogenic gold deposit formed by continental collision between the Qaidam Block and Olongbuk Block and its genesis is closely related to the dike activities in the mining area.