HUANG Zhi-long, HU Rui-zhong, SU Wen-chao, WEN Han-jie, LIU Shen, FU Ya-zhou

(State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China)

Abstract: the large-scalelow-temperature metallogenic domainin southwestern china is one of the two large-scalelow-temperature metallogenic domainsin the world. As a unique region, this domain is characterized by its large area (about one million square kilometers), many kinds of mineralization (Au, Hg, Sb, As, P, Pb-Zn, U, Ag, fluorite, calcspar, quartz, and dispersed elements), and complicated compositions and associations of ore deposits. It is also an important production base on Au, Hg, Sb, As, P, Pb-Zn, U, Ag and dispersed elements in China. Many scholars have carried out the research works in this area and acquired a great deal of research results in recent 30 years, however, it also exists some unsolved scientific puzzles meanwhile. This paper not only synthetically analyzesthe research history, the research content in different stages, the research achievements and the scientific problems, but also describes the new progresses on the large-scalelow-temperature metallogenic domain in southwestern china in recent years.

Key words: the large-scalelow-temperature metallogenic domain; research significance; research history; new progress; China

ACTA MINERALOGICA SINICA Vol. 31, No. 3, 2011, Page 309-314