An integrated mineral system model for the gold deposits of the giant Jiaodong province, eastern China

J Deng, LQ Yang, DI Groves, L Zhang, KF Qiu… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The giant Jiaodong gold province, with more than 5000 t of proven gold resources, is unique
in that its Mesozoic gold deposits are hosted in a Precambrian basement block. There has …

Towards a universal model for orogenic gold systems: A perspective based on Chinese examples with geodynamic, temporal, and deposit-scale structural and …

Q Wang, L Yang, H Zhao, DI Groves, W Weng… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the term orogenic gold has become widely accepted over the past 20 years for
disseminated-to lode-style gold deposits that formed in a variety of tectonic environments …

The role of an oxidized lithospheric mantle in gold mobilization

KF Qiu, RL Romer, ZY Long, AE Williams-Jones… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Phanerozoic orogenic gold mineralization at craton margins is related to the metasomatism
of the lithospheric mantle by crustal material. Slab subduction transfers Au from the crust to …

Giant Mesozoic gold ores derived from subducted oceanic slab and overlying sediments

KF Qiu, J Deng, C Laflamme, ZY Long, RQ Wan… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Orogenic gold deposits account for more than 30% of the global gold resources. To
understand the genesis of orogenic gold deposits and ultimately target new orogenic gold …

[PDF][PDF] Lithosphere architecture characterized by crust–mantle decoupling controls the formation of orogenic gold deposits

Z Hou, Q Wang, H Zhang, B Xu, N Yu… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This study, via combined analysis of geophysical and geochemical data, reveals a
lithospheric architecture characterized by crust–mantle decoupling and vertical heat-flow …

Metallogenetic model of Jiaodong-type gold deposits, eastern China

J Deng, Q Wang, L Zhang, S Xue, X Liu, L Yang… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
The genesis of giant gold provinces is an international scientific frontier, in which the source
of a huge amount of gold and the drive for mineralization are key challenges. The …

Craton and thick lithosphere margins: The sites of giant mineral deposits and mineral provinces

DI Groves, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Although most economic geology research is concentrated at the deposit or mineral-system
scale for a single well-defined deposit group with a consistent metal association, there are …

[HTML][HTML] Mineral systems: Their advantages in terms of developing holistic genetic models and for target generation in global mineral exploration

DI Groves, M Santosh, D Müller, L Zhang… - Geosystems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the concept of mineral systems was first proposed, there have been growing calls for
their use in deriving holistic genetic models and in assisting in exploration targeting in a …

Geodynamics of decratonization and related magmatism and mineralization in the North China Craton

JH Yang, L Xu, JF Sun, Q Zeng, YN Zhao… - Science China Earth …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) experienced strong destruction (ie, decratonization)
during the Mesozoic, which triggered intensive magmatism, tectonism and thermal events …

Mantle oxidation by sulfur drives the formation of giant gold deposits in subduction zones

DY He, KF Qiu, AC Simon, GS Pokrovski, HC Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Oxidation of the sub-arc mantle driven by slab-derived fluids has been hypothesized to
contribute to the formation of gold deposits in magmatic arc environments that host the …