Mode of Occurrence and Chemical Composition of Electrums from the Gubong Gold-Silver Deposits, Republic of Korea

The Gubong gold-silver deposits if gold-silver-bearing hydrothermal massive quartz veins which were filled the fractures along fault shear (NE, NW) zones within Precambrian banded or granitic gneiss of Gyeonggi massif. Ore mineralization of this deposits is contained within a single stage of quartz vein which was formed by multiple episodes of fracturing and healing. Ore minerals are comported mainly of arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena with minor amounts of pyrrhotite, marcasite and electrum. The frequency and volume percentages of electrum associated with ore minerals from this deposits are recognized as follows; 44.5% and 54.3% with arsenopyrite, 24.3% and 33.8% with quartz, 12.6% and 0.1% with pyrite, 11.0% and 4.8% with galena, 5.0% and 7.0% with sphalerite and 2.5% and 0.02% with chalcopyrite, respectively. They show irregular (41.6%), subround (34.7%), elongate (17.0%) and granular (6.6%) shapes, respectively. Their grain size ranges from 2 to 150 um, but 90.9 percent of the grains are below 30 um. The chemical composition of electrums ranges from 26.39 to 72.51 Au atomic %. These composition (Au atomic %) on the basis of associated minerals are from 44.97 to 71.75 with arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and quartz, from 44.37 to 72.51 with quartz, from 35.40 to 41.01 with sphalerite and chalcopyrite, from 26.39 to 54.84 with pyrite, chalcopyrite, quartz and galena, from 28.49 to 53.28 with galena, respectively. We suggest that optimum recovery of gold would be obtained with reference to these results.

구봉 금-은광상에서 산출되는 에렉트럼의 산출상태와 화학조성

구봉 금-은광상은 선캠브리아기 경기육괴의 호상 또는 화강편마암내에 발달된 단열대(NE, NW)를 따라 충진한 함 금-은괴상석영맥광상이다. 이 광상의 광화작용은 여러번의 단열작용에 의해 형성된 동일시기의 석영맥으로 구성되어있다. 산출되는 광석광물은 주로 유비철석, 황철석, 섬아연석, 황동석, 방연석과 소량의 자류철석, 백철석, 에렉트럼 등이다. 에렉트럼의 공생광물에 따른 산출빈도와 산출량은 각각 유비철석(44.5%, 54.3%), 석영(24.3%, 33.8%), 황철석(12.6%, 0.1%), 방연석(11.0%, 4.8%), 섬아연석(5.0%, 7.0%), 황동석(2.5%, 0.02%)의 순이다. 에렉트럼의 산출형태는 불규칙형(41.6%), 반원형(34.7%), 신장형(17.0%) 및 입상형(6.6%)이다. 에렉트럼의 입자 크기는 2 um에서 150 um 까지 다앙하게 산출되나 30 um 이하가 전체의 90.9%를 차지한다. 에렉트럼의 화학조성은 26.39∼72.51 Au atomic% 이다. 공생광물에 따른 에렉트럼의 화학조성(Au atomic %)은 유비천석-황철석-섬아연석-석영(44.97∼71.75), 석영(44.37∼72.51), 섬아연석 -황동석 (35.40∼41.01), 황철석-황동석-석영-방연석 (26.39∼54.84), 방연석 (28.49∼53.28) 이다. 그러므로 이들 결과를 부유선광시 고려한다면 금의 회수율을 향상시키는데 도움이 될 것이다.