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Metallogenic Mechanism of the Galinge Polymetallic Iron Skarn Deposit, Qiman Tagh Mountains, Qinghai Province pp 235–248Cite as

Metallogenic Mechanism of the Galinge Polymetallic Iron Skarn Deposit, Qiman Tagh Mountains, Qinghai Province

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In the Qiman Tagh metallogenic belt, Fe, Zn, Pb, Cu and Au skarns and epithermal Cu and Mo deposits are spatially and temporally associated with Triassic granitoid rocks including granodiorite, monzogranite and syenogranite which are only occurred in the South Qiman Tagh Terrane as a result of completely different geotectonic setting between the SQT and NQT. The plutonic associations related to mineralization have various ages between middle-Triassic (237 Ma–226 Ma) and late-Triassic (226 Ma–204 Ma). The abundant volatile components evolved from magma are responsible for the significant transportation of metals. The initial oxygen fugacity of magma will affect the different mineralization types.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Ministry of Education, School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

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  2. MLR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment, Institute of Mineral Resources, CAGS, Beijing, China

    Dr. Miao Yu

  3. China School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

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Yu, M. (2019). Metallogenic Mechanism of the Galinge Polymetallic Iron Skarn Deposit, Qiman Tagh Mountains, Qinghai Province. In: Metallogenic Mechanism of the Galinge Polymetallic Iron Skarn Deposit, Qiman Tagh Mountains, Qinghai Province. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7907-8_10

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