Amedium-sizedthallium-onlydeposithasbeenfoundin Xiangquan,Hexian County,Anhui Province.The Xiangquan-Lanlongshan area that exhibits significant anomalies of low-temperature element associations on the surface is favorable to formation of Carlin-type gold deposits in terms of the location where different structural units meet,structural transition zone,thrust fault,geotherm,and pluton.By analyzing previous work results of regional geological survey,combined with our knowledge from thallium exploration in Xiangquan,it is concluded that there are prospects for gold exploration in the Xiangquan-Lanlongshan area based on regional geological setting,stratigraphy in the target area,gold source bed,tectonic conditions,magmatic rock conditions and driving source of ore-forming fluid flow.
Carlin-type gold depositmetallogenic conditionprospects for ore explorationXiangquan-Lanlongshan area