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Re-evaluation of Genetic Environments of Zinc-lead Deposits to Predict Hidden Skarn Orebody

스카른 잠두 광체 예측을 위한 아연-연 광상 성인의 재검토

  • Published : 2009.08.28
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Abstract

The Taebaeksan mineralized province, which is the most important one in South Korea, is rich in zinc-lead-tungsten-iron-copper-molybdenum-silver-gold mineral resources and has a diversity of deposit styles. These deposits principally coexist in time and space with porphyry-related epigenetic deposit such as skarn, hydrothermal replacement, mesothermal vein, and Carlin-like deposits. The magmatic-hydrothermal systems in the Taebaek fold belt is genetically characterized by the Bulguksa subvolcanic rocks(ca. $110{\sim}50\;Ma$) related to northwestward subduction of the paleo-Pacific Plate. The most important zinc-lead deposits in the area are the Uljin, Yeonhwa II and Shinyemi skarn, the Janggun hydrothermal replacement, and the Yeonhwa I intermediate-mixed (skarn/hydrothermal replacement) ones. In the present study, we present a compilation of metal production and mineral assemblage of the zinc-lead deposits. The metal difference of deposit styles in the area indicates a cooling path from intermediate-sulfidation to low-sulfidation state in the polymetallic hydrothermal system, reflecting spatial proximity to a magmatic source.

태백산 광화대는 Zn Pb W Fe Cu Mo Ag Au와 같은 금속이 다량 수반되는 국내에서 가장 중요한 광화대로서 다양한 광상유형이 배태되고 있다. 이러한 광상 유형은 스카른 광상, 열수교대 광상, 중열수 맥상 광상, 칼린 광상으로 시 공간적 측면에서 반암형 광화작용과 밀접한 연관성을 보이고 있다. 태백산 광화대에서 천부 마그마-열수시스템은 고태평양 판의 북서 방향의 섭입과 관련된 불국사 화성활동(약 $110{\sim}50\;Ma$)과 연계되어 있다. 특히 국내에서 대표적인 아연-연 스카른 광상인 제2연화, 신예미, 울진 광상과 열수교대 광상인 장군 광상 그리고 중간 혼합형(스카른/열수교대 혼합형)에 속하는 제1연화 광상을 대상으로 금속비, 광물조합 및 생성환경을 비교하여, 광화유체의 진화에 따른 특성을 검토하였다. 이러한 광상 유형의 금속비는 관계 화강암체의 근원물질로부터 온도 하강에 따라 중간형 황 조건에서 저황 조건으로 변화하는 정출환경을 시사하고 있으며, 다금속 광화작용시 각 광산별 공간적 근접성에 기인한 유체의 진화단계 차이를 반영하고 있다.

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