Dominant Weathering Profile Assessment of Kebo-Butak Volcanic Rocks in Gedangsari and Ngawen area, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The Gedangsari and Ngawen area is predominantly composed of volcanic and volcaniclastic sequencesdistributed east – west direction of the northern parts of Southern Mountain. The massive tectonism as well as tropical climatein this region have been producing weathering profiles in varying thickness which inevitably affects thegeotechnical properties. This study aims to assess the dominant weathering profileof the lower part of Kebo-Butak Formation as well as evaluating the distribution of the discontinuity. In order to know the dominant weathering profile and discontinuity evaluation, this study utilizes a total of 26 panels from five stations investigated through a geotechnical data acquisition including the geological condition, weathering zones, joint distribution, and discontinuity characteristics. The result shows four types of dominant weathering profiles in lower part of Kebo-Butak Formation called as dominant weathering profile A, B, C, and D. Profile A, B, C consisted of a relatively identical weathering degree pattern of fresh, slightly, moderately, completely weathered zone with the variation of thicknesses. However, the weathering degree in profile D reached the residual soil degree controlled by more intensive joints. The fine-grained sedimentary rocks also tends to have smaller spacing, shorter persistence, and higher weathering degree of discontinuities as compared to coarse-grained sedimentary rocks.

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Geological framework of the Laurentian trough aquifer system, southern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ◽

10.1139/cjes-2017-0113 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 55 (7) ◽

pp. 677-708 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David R. Sharpe ◽

André J.-M. Pugin ◽

Hazen A.J. Russell

Keyword(s):

Lake Ontario ◽

Water Levels ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Oak Ridges Moraine ◽

Aquifer System ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Niagara Escarpment ◽

Base Level ◽

Glacial Periods ◽

East West

The Laurentian trough (LT), a depression >100 km long, >3000 km2 in area, and 100 m deep at the base of the Niagara Escarpment, extends from within Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario. It has a complex erosional history and is filled and buried by up to 200 m of interglacial and glacial sediment. The primary depression fronts a cuesta landscape and is attributed to differential erosion by fluvial, glacial, and glaciofluvial processes, exposing Ordovician rocks along the Canadian Shield margin. The fill succession includes sediments from the last two glacial periods (Illinoian, Wisconsinan) and the intervening interglacial time (Sangamonian), a poorly dated succession with at least three regional unconformities. A subaerial (interglacial, Don Formation) unconformity relates to low base level mainly preserved in lows of the LT, succeeded by a long period of rising water levels and glaciolacustrine conditions as ice advanced into the Lake Ontario basin. A second unconformity, within the Thorncliffe Formation, is the result of rapid channel erosion to bedrock, forming an ∼north–south network filled with coarse-grained glaciofluvial, transitional to fine-grained glaciolacustrine subaqueous fan sediment. The overlying drumlinized Newmarket Till, up to 50 m thick, is a distinct regional unit with a planar to undulating base. A third unconformity event eroded Newmarket Till, locally truncating it and underlying sediment to bedrock. Three younger sediment packages, Oak Ridges Moraine (channel and ridge sediment), Halton, and glaciolacustrine overlie this erosion surface. Significant regional aquifers are hosted within the LT. Upper Thorncliffe Formation sediments, north–south glaciofluvial channel–fan aquifers, are protected by overlying mud and Newmarket Till aquitards. Similarly, Oak Ridges Moraine sediments comprise a north–south array of glaciofluvial channel–fans and east–west fan aquifers, locally covered by silt–clay rhythmite and till aquitards.

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Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) macrofossil assemblage from Jason Peninsula, Graham Land: evidence for a significant northward extension of the Latady Formation

Antarctic Science ◽

10.1017/s0954102097000564 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 434-442 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

T.R. Riley ◽

J.A. Crame ◽

M.R.A. Thomson ◽

D.J. Cantrill

Keyword(s):

Antarctic Peninsula ◽

Late Jurassic ◽

Volcanic Rocks ◽

Sedimentary Rocks ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Areal Extent ◽

South Eastern ◽

Back Arc ◽

The Antarctic ◽

Major Sequence

New exposures of fossiliferous sedimentary rocks at Cape Framnes, Jason Peninsula (65°57′S, 60°33′W) are assigned to the Middle–Late Jurassic Latady Formation of the south-eastern Antarctic Peninsula region. A sequence of fine to coarse-grained sandstones of unknown thickness has yielded a molluscan and plant macrofossil assemblage rich in the following elements: perisphinctid ammonites, belemnopseid belemnites, oxytomid, trigoniid and astartid bivalves, and bennettitalean fronds and fructifications. The overwhelming age affinities are with the Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian part of the Latady Formation, as exposed on the Orville and Lassiter coasts. The Cape Framnes sedimentary rocks help to constrain the age of a major sequence of acid volcanic rocks on Jason Peninsula, and show that the Latady Basin was geographically much more extensive than recognized previously. It was the principal depositional centre of Middle–Late Jurassic sedimentation in the Antarctic Peninsula back-arc region and in areal extent may have rivalled the essentially Cretaceous Larsen Basin.

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High-Ti magnetite in some fine-grained carbonatites and the magmatic implications

Mineralogical Magazine ◽

10.1180/0026461026630035 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 66 (3) ◽

pp. 379-384 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

D. K. Bailey ◽

S. Kearns

Keyword(s):

High Temperature ◽

Low Temperature ◽

Composition Range ◽

Volcanic Rocks ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Slow Cooling ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Narrow Composition Range ◽

Fast Quenching ◽

Temperature Crystallization

AbstractMagnetite is present in most carbonatites, and in the most abundant and best-known form of carbonatite, coarse-grained intrusions, it typically falls in a narrow composition range close to Fe3O4. A fine-grained carbonatite from Zambia contains magnetites with an extraordinary array of compositions (from 18–1% TiO2, 10–2% Al2O3, and 16–4% MgO) outranging previously-reported examples. Zoning trends are from high TiO2 to high Al2O3 and MgO. No signs of exsolution are seen. Checks on similar rocks from Germany, Uganda and Tanzania reveal magnetites with comparable compositions, ranges, and zoning. Magnetites from alkaline and alkaline ultramafic silicate volcanic rocks cover only parts of this array. Magnetite analyses from some other fine-grained carbonatites, reported in the literature, fall in the same composition field, suggesting that this form of carbonatite may be distinctive. The chemistry and zoning would be consonant with rapid high-temperature crystallization in the carbonatite melts, with the lack of exsolution pointing to fast quenching: this contrasts with coarse-grained intrusive carbonatites, in which the magnetite compositions are attributed to slow cooling, with final equilibration at low temperature. In some complexes, both forms of carbonatite, with their different magnetite compositions, are represented.

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Central volcanoes as sources for the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group

Antarctic Science ◽

10.1017/s0954102094000568 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 365-374 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Philip T. Leat ◽

Jane H. Scarrow

Keyword(s):

Antarctic Peninsula ◽

Volcanic Rocks ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

North West ◽

Magmatic Arc ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Volcanic Group ◽

Land Sliding ◽

High Level ◽

The Antarctic

From at least the Early Jurassic to the Miocene, eastward subduction of oceanic crust took place beneath the Antarctic Peninsula. Magmatism associated with the subduction generated a N-S linear belt of volcanic rocks known as the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group (APVG), and which erosion has now exposed at about the plutonic/volcanic interface. Large central volcanoes from the APVG are described here for the first time. The structures are situated in north-west Palmer Land within the main Mesozoic magmatic arc. One centre, Zonda Towers, is recognized by the presence of a 160 m thick silicic ignimbrite, containing accidental lava blocks up to 25 m in diameter. This megabreccia is interpreted as a caldera-fill deposit which formed by land sliding of steep caldera walls during ignimbrite eruption and deposition. A larger centre, Mount Edgell-Wright Spires, is dominated by coarse-grained debris flow deposits and silicic ignimbrites which, with minor lavas and fine-grained tuffs, form a volcanic succession some 1.5 km thick. Basic intermediate and silicic sills c. 50 m thick intrude the succession. A central gabbro-granite intrusion is interpreted to be a high-level magma chamber of the Mount Edgell volcano.

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Oxygen, carbon and strontium isotope study of the carbonatitic dolomite host of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE deposit, Inner Mongolia, N China

Mineralogical Magazine ◽

10.1180/minmag.1997.061.407.05 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 61 (407) ◽

pp. 531-541 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

M. J. Le Bas ◽

B. Spiro ◽

Yang Xueming

Keyword(s):

Sedimentary Rocks ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Trace Element Geochemistry ◽

Element Geochemistry ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Dolomite Marble ◽

Ore Body ◽

Ore Bodies ◽

Isotope Study ◽

Bayan Obo

AbstractThe large Fe-Nb-REE deposit at Bayan Obo is hosted by a dolomite marble within the thrust complex of marbles, quartzites and slates that belongs to the Bayan Obo Formation of mid-Proterozoic age. The dolomite is either a dolomitized sedimentary limestone subsequently mineralized and tectonically thrust and folded, or a dolomite (or dolomitized) carbonatite intrusion with late-stage recrystallization and mineralization that has been subsequently tectonically deformed.O and C isotope data indicate that the sedimentary limestones and dolomites of the Bayan Obo Formation, which occur in the thrust stack together with quartzites and slates, have values of δO c. +20 per mil (SMOW) and δC c. zero. In contrast, the coarser grained facies of the large (0.5 × 10 km) dolomite marble which hosts the REE ore body has δO per mil values between +8 and +12 and δC values between −5 and −3, whereas the finer-grained recrystallized and REE-mineralized dolomite marble which occurs close to the ore bodies has δO between +12 to +16 and δC between −4 and zero. 87Sr/86Sr data confirm this distinction: >0.710 for the sedimentary rocks and <0.704 for the coarse- and fine-grained dolomite marbles.These data are taken to indicate that the large and coarse-grained dolomite was an igneous carbonatite (as borne out by its fenitic contact rocks and trace element geochemistry), and that the finer grained dolomite recrystallized under the influence of mineralizing solutions which entrained groundwater. The stratiform features in the coarse-grained dolomite that are evident in the field are interpreted as tectonic layering.

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Pb–Zn occurrences and their Pb-isotopic signatures bearing on metallogeny and mineral exploration—Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, northern Appalachians, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ◽

10.1139/e88-168 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 25 (11) ◽

pp. 1777-1790 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

K. Schrijver ◽

E. Marcoux ◽

G. Beaudoin ◽

J. Y. Calvez

Keyword(s):

Continental Crust ◽

Mineral Exploration ◽

Sedimentary Rocks ◽

Isotope Ratios ◽

Isotopic Signature ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Pb Isotope ◽

Isotopic Signatures ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Quartz Veins

Galena Pb-isotope ratios of epithermal vein and disseminated sulfide occurrences in the Taconian Orogen and Siluro-Devonian basin cluster around 17.90–18.05 for 206Pb/204Pb and 37.70–38.00 for 208Pb/204Pb. The major source of Pb in most, if not all, occurrences is a fairly common continental crust, a characteristic found in published analyses of Grenville feldspar Pb. A southwest to northeast increase in galena 206Pb/204Pb ratios is ascribed to the supply of several types of detritus from Grenville basement during the Cambro-Ordovician: coarse-grained, K-feldspar-bearing in the southwest, grading into fine-grained phyllitic, and relatively more highly radiogenic in the northeast.Emplacement (i) of Pb–Zn–barite veins and disseminations, commonly of homogeneous crustal Pb-isotopic signature, was late Taconian; (ii) of Pb–Zn–quartz veins, of less homogeneous signature, was post-Taconian; and (iii) of Pb–Zn–carbonate veins, relatively highly radiogenic and commonly homogeneous, was late or post-Acadian. Signatures of the first-mentioned group seem to be most useful in exploration.

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Siliciclastic sedimentation in the interlude between two Neoproterozoic glaciations, Mirbat area, southern Oman: A missing link in the Huqf Supergroup?

GeoArabia ◽

10.2113/geoarabia130445 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 45-72

Author(s):

Ruben Rieu ◽

Philip A. Allen

Keyword(s):

Arabian Peninsula ◽

Sedimentary Rocks ◽

Crystalline Basement ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Shallow Marine ◽

Fluvial Deposits ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Marine Deposits ◽

Sedimentary Succession ◽

Late Neoproterozoic

ABSTRACT The Huqf Supergroup in Oman contains an exceptionally well-preserved and complete sedimentary record of the Late Neoproterozoic era, including the oldest components in some of Oman’s hydrocarbon plays. Outcrops of the Huqf Supergroup in northern and central Oman are now well-documented. However, a key succession in the Mirbat area of southern Oman, the Mirbat Group, which includes a stratigraphic interval missing elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula, remains poorly understood. The <1.5 km-thick Cryogenian (850–635 Ma) Mirbat Group comprises an essentially continuous succession of little-deformed sedimentary rocks containing two glacial intervals separated by c. 1 km of non-glacial marine deposits. The lowermost glacial interval (Ayn Formation) occupies deep paleovalleys incised into crystalline basement. The overlying Arkahawl Formation records at its base a major post-glacial transgression over the previous basin margin and a 300 to 400 m-thick turbidite complex consisting of 1 to 5 km-wide, coarse-grained depositional lobes embedded vertically and laterally in fine-grained distal turbidite fan deposits. Ayn Formation paleovalleys continued to serve as sediment transport routes for the coarse-grained turbidite complexes of Arkahawl times. The turbidite complex deposits gradationally pass up into a c. 500 m-thick unit of distal-marine mudstone and siltstone. The overlying c. 100 m-thick Marsham Formation records highstand deposition and the pulsed progradation of shallow-marine and fluvial deposits over offshore mudstone and siltstone in the approach to a second glaciation, represented by the Shareef Formation. The sedimentary succession described in this paper is believed to largely fill the stratigraphic gap present between the Ghubrah and Fiq formations in the Al Jabal al-Akhdar in northern Oman represented by an unconformity.

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Integrated biostratigraphical, sedimentological and provenance analyses with implications for lithostratigraphic ranking: the Miocene Komjatice depression of the Danube Basin

Geologica Carpathica ◽

10.1515/geoca-2018-0023 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (4) ◽

pp. 382-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katarína Šarinová ◽

Samuel Rybár ◽

Eva Halásová ◽

Natália Hudáčková ◽

Michal Jamrich ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Volcanic Rocks ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Sediment Provenance ◽

Danube Basin ◽

Lake Pannon ◽

Northern Margin ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Basin Floor ◽

Sedimentary Fill ◽

Provenance Evolution

Abstract The Komjatice depression, situated on the Danube Basin’s northern margin, represents a sub-basin of the Neogene epicontinental Central Paratethys Sea and Lake Pannon. The paper provides an insight into the character of sediment provenance evolution by study of well cores (ZM-1, IV-1, MOJ-1, VR-1 wells). A modern combination of provenance, sedimentology and biostratigraphy together with the reported redefinition of Pannonian formations resulted in a new lithostratigraphy of the study area. Moreover, newly published volcanic rock age data were used for calibration of biostratigraphy. The overall age span of the sedimentary fill is occupied only by late Badenian–Sarmatian (Serravallian) to Pannonian (Tortonian–Messinian) strata: 1) the basal alluvial sediments of the newly defined Zlaté Moravce Formation; 2) late Badenian–Sarmatian (Serravalian) marine sediments of the Vráble-Pozba Fm., connected with tectonic opening of the depression; 3) Pannonian (Tortonian) coarse grained sediments of the Nemčiňany Fm. with an erosional base; 4) Pannonian (Tortonian–Messinian) predominantly fine-grained, basin floor to slope Ivanka Fm., sandy deltaic Beladice Fm. and predominantly muddy, alluvial Volkovce Fm. In the middle Miocene provenance is situated in Paleozoic sequences and Neogene volcanic rocks occurring currently in the NE. During the late Miocene, provenance is changed to the NNW (Tribeč Mts.), although the transport from the NE also remained.

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Interpretasi Vulkanostratigrafi Daerah Mamuju Berdasarkan Analisis Citra Landsat-8

EKSPLORIUM ◽

10.17146/eksplorium.2015.36.2.2772 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 71 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Frederikus Dian Indrastomo ◽

I Gde Sukadana ◽

Asep Saepuloh ◽

Agus Handoyo Harsolumakso ◽

Dhatu Kamajati

Keyword(s):

Pyroclastic Flow ◽

Volcanic Rocks ◽

Sedimentary Rocks ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Geological Condition ◽

Distribution Analysis ◽

Visual Interpretation ◽

Flow Paths ◽

Fault Block ◽

Basalt Composition

Daerah Mamuju dan sekitarnya umumnya disusun oleh batuan gunung api. Batuan sedimen vulkanoklastik dan batugamping berada di atas batuan gunung api. Aktivitas gunung api membentuk beberapa morfologi unik seperti kawah, kubah lava, dan jalur hembusan piroklastika sebagai produknya. Produk tersebut diidentifikasi berdasarkan karakter bentuk-bentuk melingkar di citra Landsat-8. Hasil koreksi geometrik dan atmosferik, interpretasi visual pada citra Landsat-8 dilakukan untuk mengidentifikasi struktur, geomorfologi, dan kondisi geologi daerah tersebut. Struktur geologi regional menunjukkan kecenderungan arah tenggara – baratlaut yang mempengaruhi pembentukan gunung api Adang. Geomorfologi daerah tersebut diklasifikasikan menjadi 16 satuan geomorfologi berdasarkan aspek genetisnya, yaitu punggungan blok sesar Sumare, punggungan kuesta Mamuju, kawah erupsi Adang, kawah erupsi Labuhan Ranau, kawah erupsi Sumare, kerucut gunung api Ampalas, kubah lava Adang, bukit intrusi Labuhan Ranau, punggungan aliran piroklastik Adang, punggungan aliran piroklastik Sumare, perbukitan sisa gunung api Adang, perbukitan sisa gunung api Malunda, perbukitan sisa gunung api Talaya, perbukitan karst Tapalang, dan dataran aluvial Mamuju, dataran teras terumbu Karampuang. Berdasarkan hasil interpretasi citra Landsat-8 dan konfirmasi lapangan, geologi daerah Mamuju dibagi menjadi batuan gunung api dan batuan sedimen. Batuan gunung api terbagi menjadi dua kelompok, yaitu Kompleks Talaya dan Kompleks Mamuju. Kompleks Talaya terdiri atas batuan gunung api Mambi, Malunda, dan Kalukku berkomposisi andesit, sementara Kompleks Mamuju terdiri atas batuan gunung api Botteng, Ahu, Tapalang, Adang, Ampalas, Sumare, dan Labuhan Ranau berkomposisi andesit sampai basal leusit. Vulkanostratigrafi daerah ini disusun berdasarkan analisis struktur, geomorfologi, dan distribusi litologi. Vulkanostratigrafi daerah Mamuju diklasifikasikan ke dalam Khuluk Talaya dan Khuluk Adang. Khuluk Talaya terdiri atas Gumuk Mambi, Gumuk Malunda, dan Gumuk Kalukku. Khuluk Mamuju terdiri atas Gumuk Botteng, Gumuk Ahu, Gumuk Tapalang, Gumuk Adang, Gumuk Ampalas, Gumuk Sumare, dan Gumuk Labuhan Ranau. Mamuju and its surrounding area are constructed mainly by volcanic rocks. Volcanoclastic sedimentary rocks and limestones are laid above the volcanic rocks. Volcanic activities create some unique morphologies such as craters, lava domes, and pyroclastic flow paths as their volcanic products. These products are identified from their circular features characters on Landsat-8 imagery. After geometric and atmospheric corrections had been done, a visual interpretation on Landsat-8 imagery was conducted to identify structure, geomorphology, and geological condition of the area. Regional geological structures show trend to southeast – northwest direction which is affects the formation of Adang volcano. Geomorphology of the area are classified into 16 geomorphology units based on their genetic aspects, i.e Sumare fault block ridge, Mamuju cuesta ridge, Adang eruption crater, Labuhan Ranau eruption crater, Sumare eruption crater, Ampalas volcanic cone, Adang lava dome, Labuhan Ranau intrusion hill, Adang pyroclastic flow ridge, Sumare pyroclastic flow ridge, Adang volcanic remnant hills, Malunda volcanic remnant hills, Talaya volcanic remnant hills, Tapalang karst hills, Mamuju alluvium plains, and Karampuang reef terrace plains. Based on the Landsat-8 imagery interpretation result and field confirmation, the geology of Mamuju area is divided into volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks. There are two groups of volcanic rocks; Talaya complex and Mamuju complex. The Talaya complex consists of Mambi, Malunda, and Kalukku volcanic rocks with andesitic composition, while Mamuju complex consist of Botteng, Ahu, Tapalang, Adang, Ampalas, Sumare, danLabuhanRanau volcanic rocks with andesite to leucitic basalt composition. The volcanostratigraphy of Mamuju area was constructed based on its structure, geomorphology and lithology distribution analysis. Volcanostratigraphy of Mamuju area is classified into Khuluk Talaya and Khuluk Mamuju. The Khuluk Talaya consists of Gumuk Mambi, Gumuk Malunda, and Gumuk Kalukku, while Khuluk Mamuju consists of Gumuk Botteng, Gumuk Ahu, Gumuk Tapalang, Gumuk Adang, Gumuk Ampalas, Gumuk Sumare, and Gumuk Labuhan Ranau.

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The mineralogy of gold-copper skarn related porphyry at the Batu Hijau deposit, Sumbawa, Indonesia

Journal of Applied Geology ◽

10.22146/jag.7177 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

May Thwee Aye ◽

Subagyo Pramumijoyo ◽

Arifudin Idrus ◽

Lucas Donny Setijadji ◽

Akira Imai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Deep Level ◽

Volcanic Rocks ◽

Stage Iv ◽

Fluid Phase ◽

Stage I ◽

Stage Ii ◽

Coarse Grained ◽

Stage Iii ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Host Rocks

Clacic gold-copper bearing skarn in the Batu Hijau porphyry deposit is located in the western part of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. Skarn mineralizations were found at the deep level of the deposit (-450m to -1050mL) by drilling program 2003. No evidence around Batu Hijau has limestone although most skarn are metasomatiz ed from carbonate-rich rock as limestone or marble. Most skarn-type metasomatic alteration and mineralization occurs at the contact of andesitic volcanic rock and intermediate tonalite porphyry intrusion and within intermediate tonalite in some. Although both endoskarn and exoskarn can be developed, it has no clear minerals to known the endoskarn. Exoskarn is more principle skarn zone. The formation of skarn occurred two min stages: (1) prograde and (2) retrograde. The prograde stage is temporally and spatially divided into two sub-stages as early prograde (sub-stage I) and prograde metasomatic (sub-stage II). Sub-stage I begin immediately after the intrusion of the tonalite stock into the calcium rich volcanic rocks. Then, sub-stage II originated with segregation and evolution of a fluid phase in the pluton and its invasion into fractures and micro-fractures of host rocks developed during sub-stage I. The introduction of considerable amount of Fe, Si and Mg led to the large amounts of medium- to coarse-grained anhydrous calc-silicates. From the texture and mineralogy, the retrograde metasomatic stage can be divided into two sub-stages: (a) early retrograde and (sub-stage III) and (b) late retrograde (sub-stage IV). During sub-stage III, the previously formed skarn zones were affected by intense multiple hydro-fracturing phases in the gold-copper bearing stocks. Therefore, the considerable amounts of hydrous calc-silicates (epidote), sulfides (pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite), oxides (magnetite, hematite) and carbonates (calcite) replaced the anhydrous calc-silicates. Sub-stage IV was coexisting with the intrusion of relatively low temperature, more highly oxidizing fluids into skarn system, bringing about partial alteration of the early-formed calc-silicates and developing a series of very fine-grained aggregrates of chlorite, clay, hematite and calcite.

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