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DOI | 10.1144/1467-7873/10-RA-034 |
Biogeochemical exploration using the Thola shrub in the Andean Altiplano, Bolivia | |
Viladevall, M.2; Puigserver, D.2; Saavedra, J.1; Carmona, J. M.2 | |
通讯作者 | Viladevall, M. |
来源期刊 | GEOCHEMISTRY-EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS
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ISSN | 1467-7873 |
出版年 | 2012 |
卷号 | 12期号:1页码:33-44 |
英文摘要 | This study concerns the implementation of the most suitable geochemical prospecting methodology to explore for gold deposits in the Andean Altiplano, Bolivia. The main gold ore deposits in this area are associated with the ’saddle reef antimony-gold type’ in low-grade metamorphic Ordovician-Silurian siliciclastic rocks, placer gold deposits of Miocene age and epithermal gold deposits related to acid volcanic rocks of Tertiary age. An orientation biogeochemical survey was carried out over these deposits by analysing a common plant (Thola shrub) for Au, Sb and pathfinder elements. Thola is widespread and abundant in this semi-arid highland terrain and includes different families such as Compositae (Baccharis incarum/B. tola) and Solanaceae (Fabiana densa) with deep roots (>5 m) that are able to penetrate allochthonous rocks (acid tuffs) and mineralized zones. This orientation survey shows strong anomalies in gold and antimony over saddle reef antimony-gold deposits and anomalies over placer gold deposits where the bottom of the placer is exposed. High concentrations of Au and pathfinder elements were obtained in transects across acid volcanic rocks in the vicinity of abandoned mines. The Thola shrub therefore has the potential to be an excellent exploration medium throughout an area of 140 000 km(2) in the Bolivian Altiplano. |
英文关键词 | biogeochemical exploration Thola shrub saddle reef gold deposits placer gold deposits epithermal gold deposit |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Spain |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000300839800003 |
WOS关键词 | GOLD-DEPOSIT ; SADDLE REEF ; CANADA ; MINERALIZATION ; GEOCHEMISTRY ; AUSTRALIA ; ANTIMONY |
WOS类目 | Geochemistry & Geophysics |
WOS研究方向 | Geochemistry & Geophysics |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/172490 |
作者单位 | 1.Inst Recursos Nat & Agrobiol IRNASA CSIC, Salamanca 37008, Spain; 2.Univ Barcelona, Zona Univ Pedralbes, Dept Geochem Petrol & Geol Prospecting, Barcelona 08071, Spain |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Viladevall, M.,Puigserver, D.,Saavedra, J.,et al. Biogeochemical exploration using the Thola shrub in the Andean Altiplano, Bolivia[J],2012,12(1):33-44. |
APA | Viladevall, M.,Puigserver, D.,Saavedra, J.,&Carmona, J. M..(2012).Biogeochemical exploration using the Thola shrub in the Andean Altiplano, Bolivia.GEOCHEMISTRY-EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS,12(1),33-44. |
MLA | Viladevall, M.,et al."Biogeochemical exploration using the Thola shrub in the Andean Altiplano, Bolivia".GEOCHEMISTRY-EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 12.1(2012):33-44. |
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