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Quartz was studied with respect to its silicon isotopic composition and cathodoluminescence in micro-fine disseminated gold deposits in SW Guizhou and NW Guangxi. The results showed that quartz in wall rocks, ores and that in association with hydrothermal silicification are distinctive in silicon isotopes and cathodoluminescence characters. Quartz in association with primary silicification is non-luminescent while that in wall rocks and associated with secondary silicification exhibits striking luminescence. Based on the dynamic fractionation of silicon isotopes, it is suggested that the mineralization was accompanied by rapid transport of a primary siliceous fluid along the major deep fault system into subordinate faults before ore components deposited in favorable strata via penetration and metasomatism. Therefore, a deep origin is implicit for gold deposits of this type.
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This project was jointly granted by the “Eight Five-Year Plan” Gold Research Program initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Open Lab. of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Xianfan, L., Shijun, N., Qiuxia, L. et al. Silicon isotope geochemistry of micro-fine disseminated gold deposits in SW Guizhou and NW Guangxi, China. Chin. J. Geochem. 17, 249–257 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834601
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