A study of soil geochemistry and ore-prospecting work in the periphery of the Zengjiaxi Sb and W Mining area, Hunan Province
XIE Biao-Wu1, HE Wen-Hua1, QIAN Jian-Ping2, WANG De-Gong1, LIANG Yong-Ke1, ZHAO Jie1
1. No. 418 Geological Party, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development of Hunan Province, Loudi 417000, China;
2. College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
The soil geochemical characteristics of the Zengjiaxi copper-sliver mining area in Hunan have been systematically summarized through the geological mapping and soil geochemical survey on the scale of 1:10000 in this paper. The concentration clarke values and variation coefficients of W,As,Sb in soil are both high,which indicates that these elements were involved in mineralization. The association of main metallogenic elements consists of W, Sb, As and Au which can be used as the indicator elements for prospecting. Four soil geochemical anomaly belts were delineated based on the geological and heochemical analysis,and among them Ⅰ,Ⅲ-1 and Ⅳ anomaly belts have the better prospecting potential.
Received: 09 December 2014
Published: 10 December 2015