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Gold Science and Technology ›› 2019, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 15-24.doi: 10.11872/j.issn.1005-2518.2019.01.015

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Typomorphic Characters and Significance of Pyrite in a Greenstone Belt Type Gold Deposit in Tanzania

Qingwei LUO1,2,Baoguo WANG1,Aiwen YI1,Kechuan ZHANG1,Ze PAN1,Shengya ZHANG1   

  1. 1. Henan Provincial Non-ferrous Metals Geological and Mineral Resources Bureau No. 7 Geological Team,Zhengzhou 450018,Henan,China
    2. Non-ferrous Metal Mineral Exploration Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province,Zhengzhou 450018,Henan,China
  • Received:2018-01-16 Revised:2018-10-31 Online:2019-02-28 Published:2019-03-19

Abstract:

The greenstone belt around Victoria Lake in Northwest Tanzania is one of the world famous gold metallogenic belts,but its overall research level is relatively low,especially lack of research on major gold-bearing minerals.Pyrite is mainly connectivity gold-bearing mineral in gold deposit,through observing,analyzing and studying the typomorphic characteristics such as morphology,chemical composition and physical properties of pyrite in greenstone belt type gold deposits around Victoria Lake in Tanzania,the organic relationship between typomorphic characteristics and gold grade is found out and applied to the field gold exploration.It is helpful for geologists to distinguish the characteristics of gold-bearing ore bodies in time and accurately,and it has an important guiding significance for field exploration to some extent recognition gold ore body.In this paper,the typomorphic characteristics of pyrite in the greenstone belt type gold deposit have been studied in detail by means of field observation,microscopic observation,electron probe analysis and ICP-MS.The results show that the pyrite in the deposit is light yellow-yellow,mainly fine particles and it has best gold-bearing for pyrite with subhedral and cataclastic structure.It is mainly composed of pentagonal dodecahedron,pentagonal dodecahedron and other monomorphic polygons in the main ore body which gold mineralization is strong.The S/Fe average value of pyrite in the main metallogenic period is 1.96,and it shows that the characteristics of the main content elements of pyrite in the main metallogenic stage,with deficient S and rich Fe as a whole,and showing the sulfur fugacity of the hydrothermal system in the main metallogenic period is low,while the trace elements are rich in As and Sb,which is positively correlated with the content of Au element.It shows that these elements displace S element in pyrite and form P-type pyrite with better gold-carrying capacity.Pyroelectricity of pyrite near the main ore body is P-type pyrite,it mainly shows the lower denudation extent of overall gold vein,and the exposed vein is only shallow,and there is still a large extension to the deep of the vein,thus it has a good prospecting for deep.

Key words: greenstone belt type gold deposit, pyrite, typomorphic characteristics, crystalline characteristics, gold carrying capacity, prospecting, Tanzania

CLC Number: 

  • P618.51

Fig.1

Regional geological map of Victoria lake gold deposit in Tanzania"

Fig.2

Geological map of ore deposit"

Fig.3

Photographs showing three generations of pyrite from the gold deposit"

Table 1

Statistics of characteristics of pyrite crystal"

样品编号样品位置金品位/×10-6不同黄铁矿晶形及数量(个数/百分比)
{100}{210}{111}复杂聚形合计
Y01上部围岩0.228(73)3(27)--11
Y02矿体上部1.156(37)10(63)--16
Y03矿体中心38.367(21)12(35)5(15)10(29)34
Y04近矿围岩0.504(40)5(50)1(10)-10
Y05矿体下部2.057(28)11(44)4(16)3(12)25
Y06下部围岩0.319(60)6(40)--15

Fig.4

Statistics charts of pyrite crystal at different locations"

Table 2

Ananlysis results of major elements in pyrite"

样品编号元素检测结果/%
SFeS/Fe
YP0153.1946.122.02
YP0250.6344.571.99
YP0349.7143.542.00
YP0450.6445.681.94
YP0547.8143.331.93
YP0649.9844.541.96
YP0750.2045.651.92
YP0850.2144.181.99
YP0952.2246.331.97
YP1050.2645.101.95
YP1150.5245.371.95
YP1248.7743.251.97
YP1350.4544.052.00
YP1453.2247.631.96
YP1551.9346.641.95
YP1652.1347.011.94
YP1750.9145.801.95
YP1850.2145.561.93
YP1952.2746.401.97

Table 3

Laser ablation ICP-MS analysis results of trace elements in pyrite"

样品编号元素检测结果/(×10-6
CuPbWMoSnAgZnCoAsSbBiHgAu
YP0121.114.44.01.921.70.08339.614.94.610.360.170.0374.73
YP0226.214.74.61.531.90.09333.717.44.880.400.200.03211.26
YP0319.612.04.81.411.80.08125.214.19.790.380.150.03730.98
YP0417.710.46.31.431.40.08823.913.516.70.420.160.03771.53
YP0521.211.45.81.501.60.11724.715.819.80.590.160.04076.59
YP 0621.311.97.31.331.20.09521.513.723.80.530.170.04180.17
YP0720.211.83.81.531.60.09230.616.917.70.440.130.04358.26
YP0824.512.16.21.661.90.10931.922.332.40.680.220.055112.85
YP0934.19.76.81.262.00.10441.421.115.30.380.180.03885.84
YP1032.412.35.11.171.90.10867.917.213.30.750.160.04774.87
YP1130.612.46.21.212.50.09268.416.810.60.420.200.03573.18
YP1227.516.54.01.102.70.07897.610.57.030.380.270.03759.61
YP1320.816.02.71.092.70.100110.18.74.550.330.370.04119.59
YP1419.314.91.80.882.70.08994.37.32.860.320.320.04520.56
YP1518.417.42.21.082.90.080106.77.83.130.360.330.03717.37
YP1617.719.02.31.502.60.076116.36.92.910.330.300.0309.51
YP1714.217.22.11.182.40.06472.57.12.140.370.260.04271.53
YP1815.418.52.31.302.80.07366.46.32.670.450.400.04710.22
YP1915.521.41.81.153.00.093134.25.61.660.350.140.04110.22

Fig.5

Correlation line diagram of Au,As and Sb"

Table 4

Characteristic value of thermoelectric coefficient of pyrite in gold orebody at different elevation"

样品编号

样品位置

标高/m

样品测定

数量/粒

N型α/(μV/℃)N型出现频数P型α/(μV/℃)

P型出现

频数

最大值最小值平均值最大值最小值平均值
Y-11 26516----373.5234.6296.8100%
Y-21 20012-112.4-178.9-143.25%464.578.2254.495%
Y-31 19020----330.6121.4247.4100%
Y-41 18315-82.1-199.3-127.613%421.396.8228.587%
Y-51 16010----407.3101.2231.8100%
Y-61 13014-77.6-282.7-160.821%487.183.2234.679%
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