| Abstract: | The Kuoerzhenkuola gold field (including the Kuoerzhenkuola and the Buerkesidai gold deposits) is the most important one in
the Sawuer gold belt, northern Xinjiang, China. Isotopic studies including D, O, He, C, S, Pb and Sr reveal that the ore-forming
fluids of the Kuoerzhenkuola and the Buerkesidai deposits shared the same source: the water of ore fluids was magmatic water
and minor meteoric water; the mineralizers and ore materials derived mainly from mantle beneath the island arc, and partially
from crust. The ore-forming fluids of two deposits are a mixture of mantle-derived fluids incorporated by crust-derived fluid,
and meteoric water. Based on these results, combined with the consideration of the tectonic setting and geological features,
we suggest that the two gold deposits in the Kuoerzhenkuola gold field, Sawur gold belt share the same genesis, and are volcanogenic
hydrothermal gold deposits occurring in the same caldera. |
