GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROSPECTING GUIDE OF THE YANGSHUGOU GOLD DEPOSIT IN EASTERN KUNLUN MOUNTAINS

The Yangshugou gold deposit is situated in the east section of the Indosinian Kalike-Xiangride Zu-Pb-Zn-Fe-graphite (-Cu-RE-REE) mineralization belt, Eastern Kunlun metallogenic province. The orebodies are strictly controlled by the E-W-and NE-trending fault structures. The gold deposit is of structural altered rock type, with metallogenic epoch of Early Indosinian. The deep part of existed ore belts and the southeast part of the orefield where faults are developed are favorable areas for prospecting. Further exploration should focus on the ore-bearing fracture zones, with engineering and geochemical survey in the southeast and deep of the orefield, to find more gold orebodies.