Classification of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic metallogenic series and belts in Mexico and its tectonic significance

WANG Cuizhi; LEI Hua; YAO Zhongyou; ZHAO Zhenmei; XIE Qifeng; WANG Liyuan; LIN Musen; FAN Mingsen; CHEN Lihua

2017 Vol. 36, No. 12

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WANG Cuizhi, LEI Hua, YAO Zhongyou, ZHAO Zhenmei, XIE Qifeng, WANG Liyuan, LIN Musen, FAN Mingsen, CHEN Lihua. Classification of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic metallogenic series and belts in Mexico and its tectonic significance[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2017, 36(12): 2116-2123.

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WANG Cuizhi, LEI Hua, YAO Zhongyou, ZHAO Zhenmei, XIE Qifeng, WANG Liyuan, LIN Musen, FAN Mingsen, CHEN Lihua. Classification of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic metallogenic series and belts in Mexico and its tectonic significance[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2017, 36(12): 2116-2123.

Classification of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic metallogenic series and belts in Mexico and its tectonic significance

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Zijin Mining College of Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China
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Institute of Mineral Resources Research, China Metallurgical Geology Bureau, Beijing 101300, China
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Nanjing Center, China Geological Survey, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu, China
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School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, China
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Zijinshan Copper and Gold Mine of Zijin Mining Group, Longyan 304200, Fujian, China

Received Date: 20 March 2017

Revised Date: 19 September 2017

Publish Date: 25 December 2017

Abstract

Abstract

Mexico is a great production country in mineral resources such as in silver, copper, iron, lead and zinc with the highest output of these resources. The generation of these minerals is mainly attributed to a variety of types and all kinds of mineralization types of ore deposits. Among these types, the epithermal type, porphyry type, skarn type, IOCG type are the most prominent types. The formation of these deposits is related to the formation of the cordilleras, which embodies some stages of long-term accumulation or disintegration of the united continent. The spatial distribution characteristics of Mesozoic-Cenozoic metallogenic belts, in particular, are closely related to the tectonic environment. The authors recognized nine tectonic-magmatic metallogenic belts, which respectively form three subductional metallogenic serie:from the coast to the inland, they are the IOCG iron-copper mineralization zone, the porphyry gold-copper-molybdenum mineralization zone and the epithermal gold-silver polymetallic metallogenic belt, which represent the plate tectonic magmatic metallogenic environment from subduction, extrusion to post-collision stretching of the Pacific plate, Farallon plate and Cocos plate towards the North American plate. Mexican subduction boundary metallogenic systems are mainly reflected in the porphyry copper-molybdenum metallogenic system of the magmatic arc in the west Madre orogenic belt and the silver-gold hypothermal metallogenic system controlled by volcanic rocks in the basin-ridge province.
- Mexico /
- Mesozoic-Cenozoic /
- metallogenic series /
- metallogenic belts /
- tectonic

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