Distribution and occurring state of copper-gold mineral resources in Northeast Africa

LI Fulin; XIANG Wenshuai; WANG Chenggang; ZENG Guoping; WU Fafu; LIU Jiangtao; WANG Jianxiong; LI Yong

doi:10.12097/j.issn.1671-2552.2022.01.009

2022 Vol. 41, No. 1

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LI Fulin, XIANG Wenshuai, WANG Chenggang, ZENG Guoping, WU Fafu, LIU Jiangtao, WANG Jianxiong, LI Yong. Distribution and occurring state of copper-gold mineral resources in Northeast Africa[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2022, 41(1): 119-128. doi: 10.12097/j.issn.1671-2552.2022.01.009

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LI Fulin, XIANG Wenshuai, WANG Chenggang, ZENG Guoping, WU Fafu, LIU Jiangtao, WANG Jianxiong, LI Yong. Distribution and occurring state of copper-gold mineral resources in Northeast Africa[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2022, 41(1): 119-128. doi: 10.12097/j.issn.1671-2552.2022.01.009

Distribution and occurring state of copper-gold mineral resources in Northeast Africa

Wuhan Center, China Geological Survey (Central South China Innovation Center for Geosciences), Wuhan 430205, Hubei, China

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Corresponding author: WANG Chenggang, 511540818@qq.com

Received Date: 15 January 2021

Revised Date: 29 October 2021

Publish Date: 15 January 2022

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Copper-gold deposits are the main types of mineral resources in Northeast Africa with great metallogenic potentials, and their metallogenic processes are closely related to the evolution history of Nubian Shield in the east African orogenic belt.Orogenic gold deposits and volcanogenic massive sulfides (VMS) copper-gold deposits are two main genetic types, while the porphyry copper-gold deposits are rare.Orogenic deposits, mainly gold in mineralization, are mostly related to the quartz veins in ductile-brittle shear structure, and they are distributed in 5 different regions.However, VMS deposits, mainly copper and gold in mineralization, are primarily related to the Neoproterozoic volcanic rocks, and they are distributed in 3 different regions.The oxide zone of VMS deposits exhibits copper-gold resources with relatively high tenor and large tonnage.Combined with regional geology, tectonic evolution and distribution characteristics of copper-gold resources in Northeast Africa, the geological characteristics and occurring states of copper-gold deposits are analyzed, which would provide critical clues for the copper-gold exploration or mining development in Northeast Africa for domestic mining enterprises and institutions.
- orogenic gold deposit /
- VMS copper-gold deposit /
- distribution of mineral resources /
- mineral exploration engineering /
- Northeast Africa

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