Economic and Environmental Geology (자원환경지질)

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Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of the Wolgok-Seongok Orebodies in the Gagok Skarn Deposit : Their Genetic Implications

가곡 스카른 광상 월곡-선곡 광체의 광물.지구화학적 특성: 성인적 의미

  • Received : 2010.09.28
  • Accepted : 2010.10.13
  • Published : 2010.10.28
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Abstract

The Gagok stratabound skarn deposit is the result of the intrusion of the Cretaceous granitic pluton into the Paleozoic calcareous rocks. The subvolcanic intrusion ranges in composition from quartz monzonite to granite porphyry with I-type, calc-alkaline and weakly peraluminous characteristics. Both endoskarn and exoskarn are developed at the Gagok Zn-(Pb) deposit, with more exoskarn than endoskarn. Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics in the Seongok and Wolgok orebodies can be treated in terms of self-organization. Sphalerites in the Gagok ore can also incorporate minor amounts of Mn, Cd, Cu and In. Trace element concentrations in different orebodies vary because fractionation of a given element into sphalerite is influenced by formation temperature and the amount of sphalerite in the ore. A group of high In/Zn and Cd/Zn ratios in ores, and low Mn/Fe ratios in sphalerites are correlated with proximal processes of a magmatic source. The pattern of minor/trace element variations in ores and sphalcrites can be used for petrogenetic interprctation, e.g., orebody zonation related to crystallization temperature and fluid d sources.

가곡 스카른 광상은 고생대 조선누층군 석회질암을 관입한 백악기 화강암체의 접촉부를 따라 층상으로 교대된 광상으로 구성되어 있다. 관계화성암인 반심성암체는 석영몬조암~화강반암 조성과 함께 I형, 칼크-알카리 계열, 고알루미나질 지화학적 특정을 보이며, 가곡 Zn-Pb 광상에서는 내성스카른과 비하여 외성스카른이 광범위하게 배태되어 있다. 선곡과 월곡 지역의 광체에서 지화학적/광물학적 특성은 관계화성암으로부터 근접성에 의하여 좌우되고 있다. 가곡 광산의 섬아연석에는 Mn, Cd, Cu, In 성분이 미량 함유되어 있고, 정출온도 차이 및 분화과정을 통하여 차별화된 농집 과정이 유도됨으로서 광체에 따라 미량원소의 차이를 보이고 있다. 광석 중 높은 In/Zn비와 Cd/Zn비 그리고 섬아연석 중 낮은 Mn/Zn비는 마그마로부터 공급된 근원물질의 근접성과 밀접한 연관성을 보이고 있다. 따라서, 광석과 섬아연석에 함유된 미량원소의 농집 양상은 정출온도와 광화유체의 근원물질과 관련된 광체의 지화학적/광물학적 차별성을 인지할 수 있는 중요한 지시자로 이용될 수 있다.

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Supported by : 한국에너지기술평가원(KETEP)

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