Abstract
The Sanjeon Au-Ag deposit consists of three subparallel hydrothermal quartz-calcite veins which filled fault-related fractures (generally $N20^{\circ}$ to 35"W-trending and $70^{\circ}$ to $80^{\circ}$ SW-dipping) within quartz porphyry. The vein mineralization shows an apparent variation of mineral assemblages with paragenetic time: (1) early, white quartz + pyrite + arsenopyrite + brown sphalerite, (2) middle, white (vein) to clear quartz (vug) + base-metal sulfides + electrum + argentite, (3) late, calcite + pyrite + native silver. Mineralogic and fluid inclusion data indicate that gold-silver minerals were deposited at temperatures from 2l $0^{\circ}$ to $250^{\circ}$ with salinities of 4 to 5 wt. % equiv. NaCl and log fS2 values from -14.0 to -12.2 atm. The linear relationship between homogenization temperature and salinity data indicates that gold-silver deposition was a result of meteoric water mixing. Ore mineralization occurred at pressure conditions of about 70 bars, which corresponds to the mineralization depths of about 260 m to 700 m. There is a remarkable decrease of the calculated 1)180 values of water from 1.3 to -9.7%0 in hydrothermal fluid with increasing paragenetic time. This indicates a progressive increase of meteoric water influx in the hydrothermal system at the Sanjeon deposit. Oxygen-hydrogen, sulfur, and carbon isotope values of hydrothermal fluids indicate that the ore mineralization was formed largely from meteoric waters with the contribution of sulfur and carbon from a deep igneous source.
산전 금-은 광상은 석영 반암내에 반암내에 발달된 열극을 충진한 석영+방해석의 열수맥광상이다. 광화작용은 단일 시기에 형성되었으며, 시간에 따라 다음과 같이, (2) 초기, 백석 석영+황철석+유비철석+심야연석; (2)중기, 백석-투명 석영+황화광물 (황철석, 섬아연석, 황동석, 방연석)+에렉트럼+휘은석; (3)후기, 방해석+황철석+자연은의 정출이 있었다. 금-은의 주요 광화기인 중기 광화유체의 온도와 NaCl 상당 염농도는 $210^{\circ}$~$250^{\circ}C$와 4~5wt.%이고, 황분압은 -14.0~-12.2atm 으로 금-은 침전은 천수의 혼입작용에 기인한 것으로 보인다. 산소 및 수소동위원소 분석에 의하면, 광화작용이 진행되에 따라 양자 모두 감소하는 경향을 갖는다. 이는 광화작용이 진행됨에 따라 천수의 혼입이 증가하기 때문으로 해석된다.