Geological characteristics and exploration prospecting of sulfide deposits of copper (nickel) in the area of Kuerliang, the North Kunlun

So far,sulfide ore of copper (nickel)was discovered on the west of Kudi in Kuerliang of the North Kunlun,but no one got the report that the ore was found in the area of North Kunlun.After 1999, the basite zone was found in the Kuerliang Group in Mddle-Upper Carboniferous,in the Late Paleozoic strata of the North Kunlun area.This zone is located in the north part of Kunlun which belongs to the late Paleozoic trench-arc zone.The length reaches 40 km and the rock type mainly is gabbro.The length of the main copper orebodies is 1 200 m and its thickness 2.5-8.6 m.The copper ore grade is 0.27%-1.53% and its average grade about 0.70%.The mineralization mainly concentrates in the lying wall of the rock body.The occurrences are lens-shaped and the its tend is essentially in agreement with the rock body.The region has the hopeful potential for finding large-scale sulfide deposits of magmatic segregation style by estitration.