Primary Dispersion Patterns and Widths of Elements in Altered Granitic Wallrock around the Gold-bearing Quartz Veins at the Mugeug Mine

무극 함금석영맥광상 화강암질모암에서의 원소들의 분산형태와 분산범위

  • Hwang, In Ho (Dept. of Mineral and Petroleum Eng., Seoul National Univ.) ;
  • Chon, Hyo Taek (Dept. of Mineral and Petroleum Eng., Seoul National Univ.)
  • 황인호 (서울대학교 공과대학 자원공학과) ;
  • 전효택 (서울대학교 공과대학 자원공학과)
  • Received : 1994.09.03
  • Published : 1994.10.30

Abstract

Geochemical studies on gold-bearing quartz veins and granitic wallrocks from the Mugeug mine were carried out in order to investigate primary dispersion patterns of elements and to quantify primary dispersion widths of elements with distance from the gold-bearing quartz veins. The best fitting model of dispersion pattern in altered wallrock around the gold-bearing quartz veins is an exponential function for Au, As, Sb, $Na_2O$ and Sr, and a quadratic function for CaO, $K_2O$, MnO, Ba, Rb and Cs. The primary dispersion widths are 15~343 cm in the hanging wall, and 33~173 cm in the footwall. The width of primary dispersion in the hanging wall is twice as thick as that in the footwall mainly due to the thermal effect and volatile components. The primary dispersion width is increased as the increase of gold-bearing quartz vein width and contents of As and Sb in gold-bearing quartz veins, but is not related to Au content in gold-bearing quartz veins.

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