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Gold Science and Technology ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 387-395.doi: 10.11872/j.issn.1005-2518.2023.03.170

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Geological Characteristics and Mineralization Era of Geita Greenstone Belt in Tanzania

Jiantao SI1(),Desheng BAI1,Zunqun XIAO2,Shuiping LI1,Dong QI1,Jin SUN1   

  1. 1.No. 2 Institute of Geological and Mineral Resources Survey of Henan, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
    2.Xingfa School of Mining Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
  • Received:2022-11-12 Revised:2023-03-08 Online:2023-06-30 Published:2023-07-20

Abstract:

The Geita greenstone belt is located in the northwest of Tanzania craton,and developed a world-class large-scale gold deposit with a 387 t gold resources,namely Geita gold deposit.The main rock type of Geita greenstone belt is banded iron formation(BIF),volcanic clastic sedimentation and kavirondian system conglomerate,both with syn-orogenic granite,lamprophyre and trachyandesite.The structure of folds and shear zones are well developed in the area,and the structure directions are mainly NW-SE,NE-SW and nearly E-W.The gold veins are developed in the contact of BIF and lamprophyre,and found in nearby parallel quartz veins.The characteristics of geochemistry shows that the orebodies were formed from the magmatic hydrothermal,and hosted in the shear zone.Based on the study of geology,typical gold deposits and ore-forming age of the Geita greenstone belt,this paper determines the era of mineralization and summarizes the evolutionary history of Geita greenstone belt.As a preliminary view,the evolutionary history of Geita greenstone belt shows many periods,including volcanic activities,deposit formation,tectonic activities,multi-hydrothermal activities and tectonic reworking.For the tectonic reworking of Geita greenstone belt,determines the main era of mineralization is (2 699±9)~(2 617±17)Ma,and the Geita gold deposit is a typical greenstone belt gold deposit of orogenic belt type of Archean.

Key words: Tanzania, greenstone belt, Geita gold deposit, geological characteristics, mineralization era

CLC Number: 

  • P618.51

Fig.1

Distribution diagram of gold deposits in main greenstone belts of Tanzania"

Fig.2

Histogram of Archean stratigraphy Geita greenstone belt(modified after Borg et al.,1999)"

Fig.3

Structural diagram of Geita greenstone belt"

Fig.4

Diagram of fold development period"

Fig.5

Aeromagnetic map of around Victoria Lake"

Table 1

Comparison of K/Rb and K/Ba ratios of different area"

区域K/Rb比值K/Ba比值
海水3 30019 900
地壳28637
矿化条带状铁建造(盖塔金矿)22125
未矿化条带状铁建造(盖塔金矿)13341

Fig.6

Mineral assemblage relationship of gold deposits in Geita greenstone belt"

Table 2

Statistics of dating data of intrusions in Geita greenstone belt of Tanzania"

地层岩性测年数据/Ma

测年

方法

测年矿物数据来源样品位置构造期

下尼

安萨群

玄武岩2 821±30;2 819±18

Sm-Nd;

U-Pb

全岩;锆石Manya et al.,2003;Cook et al.,2016库库鲁马;思达—康姆特太古宙
火山碎屑岩2 771±15U-Pb锆石Chamberlain et al.,2007尼亚坎加—盖塔山

上尼

安萨群

硅质岩2 737±11U-Pb锆石Chamberlain et al.,2007思达—康姆特

前造

山期

条带状铁建造2 702±8;2 699±8;2 687±16U-Pb锆石Chamberlain et al.,2007尼亚坎加—盖塔山
凝灰岩2 724±12;2 717±9;2 707±12U-Pb锆石Kwelwa et al.,2018库库鲁马
侵入岩闪长岩2 699±9;2 698±14U-Pb锆石Borg et al.,1999;Chamberlain et al.,2007尼亚坎加—盖塔山

同造

山期

花岗斑岩2 695±18;2 693±19;2 689±11U-Pb锆石Chamberlain et al.,2007尼亚坎加—盖塔山
煌斑岩2 686±13U-Pb锆石Chamberlain et al.,2007尼亚坎加—盖塔山
花岗岩2 680±13;2 671±182 667±19Lu-Hf锆石Sanislav et al.,2014盖塔金矿南部
花岗闪长岩2 660±8;2 651±14;2 667±17U-Pb锆石Chamberlain et al.,2007;Kwelwa et al.,2018;Sanislav et al.,2018a;库库鲁马

后造

山期

富钾花岗岩2 653±35;2 658±14;2 648±16;2 633±19;2 617±17;2 638±16;2 632±12U-Pb锆石Chamberlain et al.,2007;Sanislav et al.,2018a,2018b尼亚坎加—盖塔山;盖塔金矿北部
煌斑岩2 644±3U-Pb锆石Borg et al.,1999尼亚坎加—盖塔山
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