Hydrothermal processes at the Axi epithermal Au deposit, western Tianshan: insights from geochemical effects of alteration, mineralization and trace elements in pyrite

Z Liu, X Mao, H Deng, B Li, S Zhang, J Lai… - Ore Geology …, 2018 - Elsevier
As the largest low-sulfidation (LS) epithermal deposit in the Tulasu basin, western Tianshan,
NW China, the Axi gold deposit has a poorly understood geologic history. It is not clear …

Evolution and origins of pyrite in sandstone-type uranium deposits, northern Ordos Basin, north-central China, based on micromorphological and compositional …

L Yue, Y Jiao, L Wu, H Rong, M Fayek, H Xie - Ore Geology Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyrite is an abundant mineral throughout the uranium-bearing Middle Jurassic Zhiluo
Formation, northern Ordos Basin. Three different morphologies of pyrite are identified …

Metallogenesis of the Xinjiang Orogens, NW China–new discoveries and ore genesis

H Chen, B Wan, F Pirajno, Y Chen, B Xiao - Ore Geology Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in NW China occupies around 1/6 of the
total China land size, and contains components of both the Central Asian Orogenic Belt …

Two-stage gold mineralization of the Axi epithermal Au deposit, Western Tianshan, NW China: Evidence from Re–Os dating, S isotope, and trace elements of pyrite

Z Liu, X Mao, L Ackerman, B Li, JM Dick, M Yu… - Mineralium …, 2020 - Springer
The Axi gold deposit is one of the largest epithermal deposits in northwestern China and is
characterized by multistage generations of pyrite associated with gold mineralization …

3D mineral prospectivity modeling for the low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit: A case study of the axi gold deposit, western Tianshan, NW China

X Mao, W Zhang, Z Liu, J Ren, RC Bayless, H Deng - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Axi low-sulfidation (LS) epithermal deposit in northwestern China is the result of
geological controls on hydrothermal fluid flow through strike-slip faults. Such controls occur …

Emergy-based environmental accounting of gold ingot production in China

W Chen, Y Geng, X Tian, S Zhong, C Gao… - Resources …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gold production has brought serious environmental impacts on the natural ecosystem. Thus,
it is critical to evaluate such impacts so that appropriate mitigation measures can be initiated …

3D mineral prospectivity modeling at the Axi epithermal gold deposit, NW China by using a feature adaptive fusion strategy

X Mao, J Song, Z Liu, H Deng, J Chen, S Yu, Y Wang… - Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Mineralization distribution is always intricately affected by multiple ore-controlling geological
units that play different roles in a mineral system (eg, driver, trap, and throttle). How to …

Formation–exhumation history of the Carboniferous Axi epithermal gold deposit in the Chinese Western Tianshan based on zircon U–Pb and pyrite Re–Os …

N Li, B Zhang, M Danišík, YJ Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt represents a Late Paleozoic archipelago, but crustal growth
and the reworking and exhumation of the individual microcontinental massifs remain poorly …

Cooling and exhumation of the Late Paleozoic Tulasu epithermal gold system, Western Tianshan, NW China: implications for preservation of Pre-Mesozoic epithermal …

XB Zhao, CJ Xue, WC Zhao, R Seltmann… - Journal of the …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
Epithermal gold deposits are rarely well preserved in pre-Mesozoic terranes because of
their low-temperature mineralization at shallow crust levels, and they are easily destroyed by …

Magmatic degassing controlled the metal budget of the Axi epithermal gold deposit, China

N Li, B Zhang, T Ulrich, AE Williams-Jones… - American …, 2024 - degruyter.com
From integrated textural and compositional studies of auriferous and barren pyrite/marcasite
in the epithermal Axi gold deposit, China, we have identified a relationship between multiple …