Abstract:
The Wujiawan gold deposit is an important gold deposit in northern Hanyin, Shaanxi. It is located at the Shiquan-Shenhe thrust-napped ductile shear zone in South Qinling. The field geological study found that the ore-bearing horizon of the Wujiawan gold deposit is the fourth lithological layer (S
1m41) of the first lithology section of the Meiziya Formation, and this layer is mainly composed of carbon-bearing sericite schist with siliceous rocks; The structure is mainly composed of two layer ductile shear zones (RFa and RFb), which can roughly distinguish the three-phase structural facies of S
1, S
2 and S
3. In which, S
0 is almost completely replaced, and S
2 deformation is closely related to gold mineralization. Gold ore body was mainly formed in the ductile shear zone during S
2 deformation. Based on geological research, the quartz veins from the Wujiawan Gold Mine can be divided into three phases. The study of fluid inclusions shows that these inclusions are dominated by gas-liquid two-phase inclusions, with rare pure gas phase, pure liquid phase and three-phase inclusions. Their homogeneous temperatures range from 176.8℃ to 344.4℃, which is concentrated at 230~280℃. Their salinity vary from 0.35
wt% to 13.51
wt% and are concentrated in 2~10
wt%. The ore-forming fluid belongs to medium-low temperature and low salinity fluid. The fluid capture depth is 1.38~3.47 km and is concentrated at 1.5~2.8 km, and the mineralization is occurred in the middle and shallow parts. The fluid inclusions of quartz vein in S
2 stage are closely related to mineralization, their homogeneous temperatures are mainly concentrated at 240~280℃, which are the fluid in the main ore-forming period. Laser Raman spectroscopy analysis shows that the liquid phase composition of gas-liquid two-phase inclusions is dominated by H
2O, containing a small amount of CO
2 and CH
4. The gas phase components are mainly CO
2, followed by CH
4, N
2 and H
2S. The inclusion types are mainly H
2O-CO
2 system inclusions with rich CO
2. Compared to the properties of fluid inclusions in different areas of northern Hanyin, it is found that the homogeneous temperatures of fluid inclusions range from 190℃ to 260℃, and their salinities vary form 6
wt% to 10
wt%, which are beneficial to mineralization.