SUMMARY

Structural features and their control on mineralization
at Núi Pháo polymetallic deposit, Đại Từ, Thái Nguyên

Trần Thanh Hải, M. Farmer, J. Stemler and S. Duka

The Núi Pháo Polymetallic Deposit, a skarn deposit hosted by the Ordovician-Silurian Phú Ngữ Formation, is related to the intrusion of the late Cretaceous two-mica granite of the Pia Oắc Complex. The host rocks were affected by at least 3 regional deformational phases, which include two phases of ductile deformation and one late phase of brittle deformation. The first deformational phase strongly folded terrigenous-carbonate rocks of the Phú Ngữ Formation, creating numerous isoclinal folds which led to the significant increase of thickness of this formation, and displaced it from its original depositional position. The second deformational phase refolded structures of the first phase, forming main regional structure. The brittle fracturing of the third deformational phase complicated earlier structures, but did not strongly influenced to the regional structural plan. The skarn polymetallic ore bodies are relatively simple in structure as they were formed after the main ductile deformations. However, the shape and size of the ore bodies may be strongly controlled by premineralization structures. So, the correct structural interpretation is not only important to the understanding of regional deformational nature, but also contributes to the extrapolation of size and developing direction of the mineralization.

Ngày nhận bài: 30-7-2004

Người biên tập: Võ Năng Lạc