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2023 , Vol. 31 >Issue 3: 387 - 395

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11872/j.issn.1005-2518.2023.03.170

Mineral Exploration and Resource Evaluation

Geological Characteristics and Mineralization Era of Geita Greenstone Belt in Tanzania

  • Jiantao SI , 1 ,
  • Desheng BAI 1 ,
  • Zunqun XIAO 2 ,
  • Shuiping LI 1 ,
  • Dong QI 1 ,
  • Jin SUN 1
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  • 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 date: 2022-11-12

  Revised date: 2023-03-08

  Online published: 2023-07-20

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Highlights

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.

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Jiantao SI , Desheng BAI , Zunqun XIAO , Shuiping LI , Dong QI , Jin SUN . Geological Characteristics and Mineralization Era of Geita Greenstone Belt in Tanzania[J]. Gold Science and Technology, 2023 , 31(3) : 387 -395 . DOI: 10.11872/j.issn.1005-2518.2023.03.170

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