New Recognized Intellect for Prospecting Large-superlarge Mineral Deposits

• Published in: Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) 2012-06, Vol.86 (3), p.539-546
• Main Authors: Rongfu, PEI, Yanxiong, MEI, Hongying, QU, Haolin, WANG
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: abnormality; Atmospherics; Belts; Deposition; Intellect; large-superlarge deposits; Magma; metallogenic unity; Mineral deposits; new recognized intellect; preferentiality; Recognition; Reserves; speciality; Tectonics; 全球构造; 岩浆事件; 找矿; 智力; 矿床成矿; 线性趋势; 超大型矿床; 韧性剪切带
• ISSN: 1000-9515; 1755-6724
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00683.x

Based on the data base of 1285 mineral deposits of 22 commodities in 121 countries of 6 continents of the world, the authors use the linear trend analysis for their reserves to determine the cut-off limited order of reserves to select 36 exceptional superlarge （as peak mineral）, 95 superlarge and 314 large deposits as new recognized intellect for their quantitative change. We have projected above 445 large-superlarge deposits on （1：5 M） global tectonic background map and divided 4 metallogenic domains, 21 metallogenic belts. Global metallogeny of large-superlarge deposits are： unity by endogenic, exogenic metamorphic and epigenetic in origin; speciality in different metallogenic domains and belts; preferentiality to ore-forming elements of Cu, Au, Fe, Ag, Cr, Mn, Zn, Pb, Sb, Hg, to continental margins or plate convergent belts, to Intra-continental tectono-magmatic complex belts and Large ductile shear zones; abnormality by the global oxyatmversion （excess oxygen atmospheric event） in Archean, redoxyatmversion （lack oxygen atmospheric event） in Proterozoic-Paleozoic, and tectonosphere thermal erosion （great amount of tectonic magmatic event） in Mesozoic-Cenozoic.