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Occurrence of the Pb-Zn Skarn Deposits in Gukjeon Mine, Korea  

Yang, Chang-Moon (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
Choi, Jin-Beom (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.23, no.4, 2010 , pp. 413-428 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Gukjeon Pb-Zn mine was recognized as skarn deposits which replaced the limestone layer of the Jeongkansan Formation by intrusion of biotite granite in late Cretaceous. The Jeongkansan Formation is mainly composed of tuffaceous shale, and interlayers of sandstone, andesitic tuff, limestone, and conglomerate. The limestone layer is located in the lower part of the Jeongkansan Formation with 6~8 m in thickness and about 500 m in length. The Gukjeon deposits are divided into the Jukgang ore bodies once mined underground and the eastern ore bodies. Main ores are sphalerite and galena, in association with small amounts of chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite, etc. Skarns mainly consist of clinopyroxenes and Ca-garnets, associated with actinolite, chlorite, axinite, and calcite, etc. The Jukgang ore bodies show symmetrical distribution of zoning outward, representing clinopyroxene (hedenbergite) zone, clinopyroxene-garnet (grossular) zone, garnet (andradite) zone, and alteration zone of hornfels. $Fe^{2+}$ contents in clinopyroxenes increase with decreasing sphalerite grade. Sphalerite ores are found in all zones and $Fe^{2+}$ contents in sphalerite increase in the same way as those in clinopyroxenes, implying that clinopyroxene and sphalerite are closely related each other. It is concluded that the Gukjeon ores occurred in the ore rich zone of high grade sphalerite with less pyrite in assoication with clinopyroxene.
Keywords
Gukjeon mine; the Jeongkansan Formation; skarn deposit; sphalerite; galena; clinopyroxene; Ca-garnet;
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