GEOLOGY AND METALLOGENESIS OF THE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTH MARGIN FAULT ZONE OF ALTUN MOUNTAIN, XINJIANG

The south margin faulted zone of Altun Mountain in Xinjiang is a regional upper mantle deep structure,along which numerous basic-ultrabasic complex bodies are distributed.The elements of Cu,Au,Pt and Pd are concentrated in the late stage of magmatic crystallization and differentiation.With later tectonic hydrothermal process,commercial copper-gold-platinum-palladium deposits are formed in Qingshuiquan and other places.There is a great potential for the exploration in Altun area.