This monograph, which is to represent, in part, a guidebook for a
field excursion in northern Xinjiang from August 9-21, 2003, is
sponsored jointly by the IGCP-473 Project “GIS Metallogeny of Central
Asia”, China Geological Survey, China University of Geosciences
(Beijing, CUGB), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),
Chinese National Research Project (305) for Mineral Resources, The
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), The Society for Geology Applied
to Mineral Deposits (SGA), The International Association on the
Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), the Center for Russian and Central
Asian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS, Department of Mineralogy, Natural
History Museum London) and the USGS. The volume presents 16 invited
papers, which systematically introduce the regional distribution of
base, precious, and rare metal deposits that are representative of the
metallogeny of this part of the oro-gen, to an overseas non-Chinese
readership for the first time. The papers reflect the current status
of research on northern Xinjiang ore deposits and allow for an
improved understanding of the regional geology and metallogeny of this
part of the Altaid orogen.
The monograph is designed for specialists in regional geology, geodynamics, metallogeny, ore deposits modeling and economic geology as a reference book on tectonic evolution and metallogeny of the Chinese Altay and Tianshan.
Table of Contents
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Preface, by Mao J., Goldfarb R., Seltmann R., Wang D., Xiao W., Hart
C. 1
1. Tectonics and metallogeny of the western part of the Altaid
orogenic collage, by Yakubchuk A., Seltmann R., Shatov V 7
2. Tectonic and metallogenic evolution of the Altay Shan, Northern
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwestern China, by Goldfarb R.,
Mao J., Hart C., Wang D., Anderson E., Wang Z. 17
3. Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic tectonostratigraphy, magmatic activities
and tectonic evolution of eastern Xinjiang, NW China, by Li J., Xiao
W., Wang K., Sun G., Gao L. 31
4. Granitoids and related metallogeny of the Central Asian Orogenic
Belt, by Hong D., Wang S., Xie X., Zhang J., Wang T. 75
5. Relation of regional aeromagnetic data to geology and mineral
deposits, Altay Shan and Junggar Basin, Northwestern China and Eastern
Kazakhstan, by Finn C., Anderson E., Goldfarb R. 107
6. Major types and regional metallogeny of rare metal deposits in the
Altay Mountains, Xinjiang, by Wang D., Xu Z, Zou I, Chen Y., Wang
L. 117
7. Kalatongke magmatic copper-nickel sulfide deposit, by Yan S., Zhang
Z., Wang D., Chen B., He L., Zhou G. 131
8. Geology, geochemistry and geodynamics of the Ashele VHMS Cu-Zn
deposit, Northwestern Xinjiang, by Wang D. 153
9. The Koktal Pb-Zn massive sulfide deposit, by Wang J., Wang Y., Wang
S., Ding R. 169
10. Geology of the Mengku iron deposit, Xinjiang, China — A
metamorphosed VMS?, by Wang Y., Wang J., Wang S., Ding R., Wang,
L. 181
11. Shear-zone related gold deposits of the southern Altay Mountains,
northwestern China, by Liu Y., Zhu, Y., Wang D. 201
12. Axi and associated epithermal gold deposits in the western
Tianshan, Xinjiang, P. R. China, by Hart C., Wang Y., Goldfarb R.,
Begg G., Mao J., Dong L. 209
13. Overview of major Au, Cu, Ni and Fe deposits and metallogenic
evolution of the eastern Tianshan Mountains, Northwestern China, by
Qin K., Zhang L., Xiao W., Xu X., Yan Z., Mao J. 227
14. Geological characteristics of the Tuwu copper deposit, Hami,
Xinjiang, by Han C., Yuan W., Rui Z, Mao J., Yang J., Wang Z. 249
15. Geological and geochemical features of the Permian Shiyingtan low
sulphidation epithermal gold deposit, eastern Tianshan, NW China, by
Zhang L., Qin K., Ji J., Yang X., Xue C., Feng C. 261
16. The Kanggur and Matoutan gold deposits, eastern Tianshan,
Xinjiang, by Wang Y., Mao J., Wang Z, Li H., Yang J. 271
