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Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Studies of Mesothermal Gold Vein Deposits in Metamorphic Rocks of Central Sobaegsan Massif, Korea: Youngdong Area

소백산 육괴 중부 지역의 변성암에서 산출되는 중온형 금광상에 대한 유체 포유물 및 안정동위원소 연구. 영동지역

  • Published : 1999.12.01
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Abstract

Mesothermal gold deposits of the Heungdeok, Daewon and Ilsaeng mines in the Youngdong area occur in fault shear zones in Precambrian metamorphic rocks of central Sobaegsan Massif, Korea, and formed in single stage of massive quartz veins (0.3 to 3 m thick). Ore mineralogy is simple, consisting dominantly of pyrrhotite, sphalerite and galena with subordinate pyrite, chalcopyrite, electrum, tetrahedrite and native bismuth. Fluid inclusion data indicate that hydrothermal mineralization occurred at high temperatures (>240$^{\circ}$ to 400$^{\circ}$C) from $H_{2}O-CO_{2}(-CH_{4})$-NaCI fluids with salinities less than 12 wt. % equiv. NaC!. Fluid inclusions in vein quartz comprise two main types. These are, in decreasing order of abundance, type I (aqueous liquid-rich) and type II (carbonic). Volumetric proportion of the carbonic phase in type II inclusions varies widely in a single quartz grain. Estimated $CH_4$ contents in the carbonic phase of type II inclusions are 2 to 20 mole %. Relationship between homogenization temperature and salinity of fluid inclusions suggests a complex history of fluid evolution, comprising the early fluid's unmixing accompanying $CO_2$ effervescence and later cooling. Estimated pressures of vein filling are at least 2 kbars. The ore mineralization formed from a magmatic fluid with the ${\delta}^{34}S_{{\Sigma}S}$, ${\delta}^{18}O_{water}$ and ${\delta}D_{water}$ values of -2.1 to 2.2$\textperthousand$, 4.7 to 9.3$\textperthousand$ and -63 to -79$\textperthousand$, respectively. This study validates the application of a magmatic model for the genesis of mesothermal gold deposits in Youngdong area.

소백산 육괴 중부지역의 선캠브리아기 변성암류에는 특징적으로 중역수형 금광상이 다수 배태된다. 연동 지역의 홍덕.대원.일생 금 광산도 이에 속하며, 단층 열극을 충진한 괴상의 석영맥 (폭 0.3~3m)으로 산출된다. 광석 광물은 매우 단순하여 주로 자류철석, 섬아연석, 방연석으로 산츨되며, 황철석, 황동석, 엘렉트럼, 사면동석, 자연창이 일부 수반된다. 유체포유물 연구결과, 광화작용은 비교적 높은 온도(240$^{\circ}$~40$0^{\circ}C$)에서 낮은 염농도 (<12 wt. % NaCl equiv.)를 갖는 $H_{2}O-CO_{2}(-CH_{4})$-NaCl계 유체로부터 진행되었다. 석영 내의 유체포유물은 단순한 액상 포유물(Type 1)과 메탄올 함유하는 $CO_2$-rich 포유물(TypeII)로 구분된다. Type II 포유물의 carbonic phase (주로 $CO_2$)의 함량은 동일 시료 내에서도 매우 다양하게 변화하면, carbonic phaseso의 메탄 함량은 대략 2~20 mole%이다. 유체포유물의 균일화온도와 염농도의 관계를 보면, 광화작용의 초기에는 $CO_2$비등을 수반한 유체 불혼화가 일어났으나, 후기에는 냉각작용이 지배적이옷음을 알 수 있다. 광화작용시의 조성 (${\delta}^{34}S_{{\Sigma}S}$=-2.1 to 2.2$\textperthousand$, $\delta$18Owater=4.7 to 9.3$\textperthousand$, $\delta$Dwater=-63 to -79$\textperthousand$ )은 광화유체가 마그마로부터 기원하였음을 지시한다. 본 연구 결과는 연동지역에 부존하는 중온형 금광상의 성인에 대하여 마그마 기원모델을 성공적으로 적용할수 있음을 확인해준다.

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