Geologic anomaly analysis for space-time distribution of mineral deposits in the middle-lower Yangtze area, southeastern China |
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| Authors: | Lü Xinbiao Zhao Pengda |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
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| Abstract: | A geologic anomaly is a geologic feature or structure that departs markedly from its surrounding environment with respect
to composition, texture, or genesis. The analysis of geologic anomalies related to mineralization is based upon specific geologic
factors and a combination of features, such as structural, temporal, and spatial, and draws upon special effects that are
due to ore-forming processes. An analysis of the geologic anomalies in the, middle-lower Yangtze area in southeastern China
has led to an interpretation of the relation between anomaly subtypes and the occurrence and spatial distribution of ore deposits.
Consequently, the following conclusions have been reached: the type of anomaly reflects the controlling factors that led to
the formation of iron, copper, and gold deposits in the area; sedimentary geologic anomalies are most closely associated with
stratiform deposits; structral complexity anomalies are most closely associated with Cu−Fe−Au deposits; magmatic anomalies
reflect geologic processes in which Fe and Cu elements were separated from magma and enriched into ores; and the geologic
combination entropy anomaly is proposed as a comprehensive variable that is related to favorable ore-forming environments
and that can serve as a quantitative index that can be used in mineral exploration. |
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| Keywords: | China Yangtze area geologic anomaly Fe− Cu− Au deposits quantitative methods |
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