Combination characteristics of natural heavy minerals in barite deposits and their implications for ore exploration

PAN Yan-ning1, DONG Guo-chen1, LIU Ming-chu2, ZHANG Hong1

2014 Vol. 33, No. 12

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PAN Yan-ning1, DONG Guo-chen1, LIU Ming-chu2, ZHANG Hong1. Combination characteristics of natural heavy minerals in barite deposits and their implications for ore exploration[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2014, 33(12): 1933-1940.

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PAN Yan-ning1, DONG Guo-chen1, LIU Ming-chu2, ZHANG Hong1. Combination characteristics of natural heavy minerals in barite deposits and their implications for ore exploration[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2014, 33(12): 1933-1940.

Combination characteristics of natural heavy minerals in barite deposits and their implications for ore exploration

PAN Yan-ning1, DONG Guo-chen1, LIU Ming-chu2, ZHANG Hong1

1. School of Geosciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China;2. China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation, Beijing 100083, China

Publish Date: 15 December 2014

Abstract

Abstract

Based on natural heavy minerals data, the authors mainly studied statistics of frequencies of occurrence of natural heavy minerals from different types of typical barite deposits. The results show that two major barite deposit types have representative natural heavy minerals, i.e., barite + pyrite + limonite in sedimentary type deposits and barite + lead group minerals + chalcopyrite + fluorite + pyrite + sphalerite + stibnite + malachite in hydrothermal vein type deposits. Further interpretations were made based on these results, which can provide important geological information for the study of ore genesis and exploration.
- barite /
- natural heavy mineral /
- sedimentary type /
- hydrothermal vein type /
- ore mineralogy