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    January

    2006

    Issue 88

    The Tien Shan Belt: Golden Heart of Central Asia

    T. M. (Mike) Porter*Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd.

    6 Beatty St., Linden Park, SA, 5065,Australia

    Email: [email protected]

    IntroductionThe Tien Shan Belt extends for

    over 2500 km, from western Uzbeki-stan, through Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstanand southern Kazakhstan to westernChina, and represents the central partof the Altaid Orogenic Collage(Sengr et al., 1993; Sengr and Na-talin, 1996; Yakubchuk, 2004) of cen-tral Eurasia (Fig. 1).

    Gold mineralization occurs in twoprincipal settings within the Tien ShanMineral Belt, namely as i) porphyryand epithermal systems developedwithin magmatic arcs, andii) orogenic-type gold deposits thatare structurally controlled, and tempo-

    rally and spatially associated with latePalaeozoic, syntectonic to early post-collisional, highly evolved, I-typegranodioritic to monzonitic intrusivesin fore- and back-arc terranes (Coleand Seltmann, 2000; Yakubchuket al., 2002; Mao et al., 2004).

    The porphyry and epithermal sys-tems include the vast Almalyk Com-plex of porphyry Cu-Au deposits (>5Gt @ 0.5% Cu, 0.4 g/t Au) comprisingthe connected Kalmakyr and Dalneedeposits to the south-east of Tash-

    kent, Uzbekistan, and meso- to epi-thermal deposits such as Kochbulak(which contained around 135 tonnesof Au at grades averaging 12 g/t Au,120 g/t Ag) some 30 km northeast ofKalmakyr-Dalnee.

    The orogenic-type gold depositsinclude the incomparable Muruntau(originally containing 5400 tonnes, or175 Moz, of gold at an open pit recov-ered grade of 3.4 g/t Au), the nearbyAmantaitau (primary and oxide re-sources of 700 tonnes, or 22.5 Moz,of Au at grades of 7.5 g/t Au), Dau-gyztau (180 tonnes of Au), Zarmitan(340 tonnes Au), J ilau (90 tonnes ofAu), Kumtor (550 tonnes, or17.5 Moz, of Au at grades of 2 to 6 g/tAu) and others (see Fig. 1).

    These deposits are the subject ofTienShan 2006, an International

    Study Tour being conducted by PorterGeoConsultancy Pty Ltd. in mid Sep-tember 2006. This professional de-velopment course is open to anyone,from anywhere in the world. Formore information go to http://www.portergeo.com.au.

    Tectonic SettingThe contiguous Altaid and Trans-

    baikal-Mongolian Orogenic Collages,of which the Tien Shan Belt is part,are made up of fragments of Neopro-terozoic to Mesozoic sedimentarybasins, island arcs, accretionarywedges and tectonically bounded ter-ranes, and are the product of a com-plex sequence of processes resultingfrom subduction, collision, transcur-rent movement and continuing tecton-ism. In broad terms, these collages

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    Fig. 1. Tectonic framework and distribution of gold ore deposits in the south-westernsection of the Tien Shan Mineral Belt. After Yakubchuk et al., (2002); Mao et al.,(2004) and others.

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    represent a Palaeozoic subduction-accretion complex on the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean margin of the proto-Eurasiancontinent that was active from the Neoproterozoic to the end of the Permian. Over much of this period, the proto-Eurasian continent was separated from the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean by the broad Khanty-Mansi back-arc basin, and byPalaeozoic magmatic arcs and micro-continental slivers of Precambrian rocks between the back-arc basin and theocean (see Seltmann and Porter, 2005, for more detail).

    The Tien Shan Belt is composed of three main elements, the North, Central and South Tien Shan, each sepa-rated by a major suture/structural zone (Fig. 1). The North Tien Shan is composed of Proterozoic basement andNeoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic magmatic arc rocks of the Baikalides and pre-Uralides developed on the marginof the proto-Eurasian continent. To the south of the Nikolaev Line, the Central Tien Shan comprises remnants of theLate Devonian to Carboniferous Valerian-Beltau-Kurama magmatic arc, formed by subduction of oceanic crust of theKhanty-Mansi back-arc basin below the earlier arcs and micro-continental slivers separating the back-arc basin fromthe Palaeo-Tethys Ocean.

    The South Tien Shan represents the south-western limb of the giant Kazakh Orocline and is found to the south ofthe Southern Tien Shan Suture. It was formed by compression related to the closure of the Khanty-Mansi back-arcbasin during the Permian and collision between the contiguous Karakum and Altai-Tarim micro-continents to thesouth with the main proto-Eurasian mass to the north. This led to intense deformation of the sedimentary pile withinthe Khanty-Mansi back-arc basin, development of nappe structures, and north-verging under-thrusting of the Kara-kum and Altai-Tarim micro-continents below the Valerian-Beltau-Kurama arc (Yakubchuk et al., 2002).

    Gold-Bearing Deposits of t he Tien Shan BeltWhile the orogenic-type gold deposits of the Tien Shan are not directly related to porphyry systems, they are a

    product of the same larger scale metallogenic evolution and set of tectonic processes as the gold-rich porphyry andepithermal deposits of the Tien Shan Belt.

    Moreover, although belonging to two different terrane settings, the giant Cu-Au porphyries of the Almalyk districtin the Valerianov-Beltau-Kurama magmatic arc of the Middle Tien Shan, and the giant orogenic Au deposits hostedby the black-shale series of the Central Kyzylkum slate belt of the South Tien Shan Khanty-Mansi accretionary com-plex, have some striking similarities. These hint at crust-mantle interaction and dominance of a deep-seated regimeduring emplacement, referred to as the "Chatkal-Kurama hot spot" (I.M. Golovanov, pers. comm.; Dalimov et al.,2003). They are temporally close (315 to 285 Ma, Seltmann et al., 2004), their isotope signatures reveal the incor-poration of a moderate mantle component (Chiaradia et al., 2005), and geophysical patterns from the middle crust inthe region exhibit zones of low reflection indicating the existence of extended mafic bodies just beneath both giantore-magma systems (S. Cherkasov, pers. comm.).

    The orogenic gold deposits of the Tien Shan Mineral Belt, as listed above, include some of the largest economicgold accumulations in the world, and span the time scale from Lower to Late Palaeozoic. The greatest concentration

    of significant orogenic gold deposits however, is in the southwestern part of the belt, in the South and Middle TienShan of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. These deposits are associated with Permian magmatism emplaced during thefinal- to early post-collisional stages of orogenesis, within a sutured back-arc setting containing carbon-rich sedimen-tary sequences (Cole and Seltmann, 2000; Yakubchuk et al., 2002; Mao et al., 2004).

    The orogenic gold deposits of the South Tien Shan are controlled by structures related to the Southern Tien ShanSuture Zone that separates the Middle and South Tien Shan terranes. They are hosted by the back arc accretionarycomplex deposited in the basin that had separated the Valerianov-Beltau-Kurama magmatic arc and the Karakumand Altai-Tarim micro-continents (Fig. 1). The suture zone is defined by ophiolites and borders the strongly de-formed fold and thrust belt of the South Tien Shan that has been extensively intruded by Permian granitoids andhosts most of the significant orogenic-style gold deposits (Mao et al., 2004).

    Most of the orogenic-gold deposits within the Tien Shan are located at mesozonal crustal levels, within Late Pa-laeozoic granitoid intrusives or their contact metamorphic aureoles, and yield radiometric dates of mineralization co-incident with the magmatism. However, few can be shown to have a direct genetic link with the associated intru-sives. Never-the-less, geochemical, isotope and fluid-structural models have implicated highly evolved Late Palaeo-zoic, syntectonic I-type granitoids as the source of metals and/or fluids for spatially associated orogenic gold depos-its within the belt. The gold-quartz vein systems produced appear to represent only part of a larger magmatic-hydrothermal system that often includes earlier scheelite (Au) skarn mineralization (e.g., Zharmitan in Uzbekistanand J ilau in Tajikistan, while Muruntau, also in Uzbekistan, exhibits some similarities). In these examples, Au and Woccur together with characteristic enrichments of As, Bi, Mo and Te deposited from CO2-rich fluids at temperaturesof up to 400 C and pressures of approximately 2 Kbar (Cole and Seltmann, 2000).

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    The distribution of the granitoids and the associated gold deposits are both controlled by the same regional deepseated faults and shear zones that were the primary focus of regional fluid flow and of deformation. Mineralizationappears to have been formed by CO2-rich fluids of deep crustal origin that episodically escaped from geopressuredreservoirs along major high angle reverse faults and deposited gold in zones of local structurally enhanced permeabil-ity (Cole, 1998; 2002).

    Cole and Seltmann (2000) note that a general trend can be recognised in these granitoid related systems, whereW, in the form of scheelite, dominates in mesozonal, more reduced settings, whereas Cu substitutes for W in the par-agenesis of epizonal, more oxidized systems. They also observe that these same Late Palaeozoic (Variscan-Hercynian) granitoids are temporally, mineralogically, compositionally and isotopically similar, whether related to oro-

    genic-style Au-W veins and associated skarn systems in the South Tien Shan fore-arc accretionary complex, or re-lated to shallower porphyry Cu-Au systems in the magmatic arc of the Middle Tien Shan. They suggest a continuum,which would encompass classic Cu-Mo-Au porphyry, Cu-Au skarn and Au-Ag epithermal deposits in epizonal crustalenvironments/levels, passing down into W-Mo-Au with associated Bi-As-Te associations in skarn, lode and stockworkdeposits (i.e., orogenic-style Au) at mesozonal depths.

    ReferencesChiaradia, M., Konopelko, D., Seltmann, R., & Cliff, R., 2005. Lead sources in ore deposits and magmatic rocks of the Tien Shan

    and Chinese Altay, in Mao, J .W. et al., eds., Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Proceedings of theEighth Biennial SGA Meeting, Beijing, China, p. 1301-1304.

    Cole, A., 1998. Gold mineralisation in the southern Tien Shan, Central Asia: tectonic setting, characteristics and regional explora-tion criteria. Program and Abstracts, Geological Society of London, Mineral Deposits Studies Group Annual Meeting, v. 22,p. 27.

    Cole, A., 2002. The Great Silk Road paved with gold. International Mining and Minerals, No. 48, pp. 13-15.

    Cole, A. & Seltmann, R., 2000. The role of granitoids during Variscan orogenic gold mineralization in the Tien Shan and Uralmountain belts of central Eurasia, in Bouchot, V. & Moritz, R., eds., Orogenic Gold Deposits in Europe, Editions BRGM, v.297, p. 110-111.

    Dalimov, T.N., Ganiev, I.N., & Ishbaev, Kh.D., 2003. The Chatkal-Kurama "hot spot" and history of magmatic evolution.- Ge-ologiya i Mineral'nyie Resursy (Geology and Mineral Resources), Tashkent, v. 5 (5), pp. 3-14 (in Russian).

    Mao, J ., Konopelko, D., Seltmann, R., Lehmann, B., Wen Chen, Yitian Wang, Eklund, O., & Usubaliev, T., 2004. Postcollisionalage of the Kumtor gold deposit and timing of Hercynian events in the Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan. Economic Geology, v. 99, p.1771-1780.

    Seltmann, R. & Porter, T.M., 2005. The Porphyry Cu-Au/Mo Deposits of Central Eurasia: 1. Tectonic, Geologic & MetallogenicSetting and Significant Deposits, in Porter, T.M., ed., Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective; PGCPublishing, Adelaide, v. 2, p. 467-512.

    Sengr, A.M.C., Natalin, B.A., & Burtman, V.S., 1993. Evolution of the Altaid tectonic collage and Paleozoic crustal growth inEurasia. Nature, v. 364, p. 299-307.

    Sengr, A.M.C. & Natalin, B.A., 1996. Palaeotectonics of Asia: Fragments and synthesis, inYin, A. & Harrison, M., eds., The Tec-tonic Evolution of Asia, Cambridge University Press, p. 486-640.

    Yakubchuk, A., 2004. Architecture and mineral deposit settings of the Altaid orogenic collage: a revised model. J ournal of AsianEarth Sciences, v. 23, p. 761-779.

    Yakubchuk, A.S., Cole, A., Seltmann, R., & Shatov, V., 2002. Tectonic setting, characteristics and regional exploration criteria forgold mineralization in central Eurasia: The southern Tien Shan province as a key example, in Goldfarb, R. & Nielsen, R.,eds., Integrated Methods for Discovery: Global Exploration in Twenty-First Century, Society of Economic Geologists, SpecialPublication No. 9, p. 177-201.

    *This article is an edited extract from Seltmann and Porter (2005).

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    AMIRA InternationalLevel 2, 271 William StMelbourne, Australia

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    Metallogenesis of the J ales Au District, Northern Portugal (Diogo Rosa, 2001) Geology and Genesis of the Bulyanhulu Gold Deposit, Sukumaland Greenstone Belt, Tanzania (Claire Cham-berlain, 2003) Magmatic and Hydrothermal Evolution of the Cripple Creek Gold Deposit, Colorado, and Comparisons with Re-gional and Global Magmatic-Hydrothermal Systems Associated with Alkaline Magmatism (Eric J ensen, 2003) Structural and Geochemical Evolution of the Rosario Copper-Molybdenum Porphyry Deposit and Related Cop-per-Silver Veins, Collahuasi District, Northern Chile (Glen Masterman, 2003)

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    The Upper Critical and Lower Main Zones of the eastern Bushveld Complex (Charlie Seabrook, 2005)

    The geology, timing of mineralisation, and genesis of the Menninnie Dam Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Eyre Peninsula,South Australia (Mike Roache, 1996) this intrusive-related deposit is coeval with the Olympic Dam mineralisationevent Geology and Genesis of the Mammoth Cu Deposit, Mt Isa Inlier, Australia (Darryl Clark, 2003)

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    Exploration and Miningxploration and MiningGeologyeologyCIMs quarterly journalIMs quarterly journalVolume 14 (2005) ofEMGis now available! Future vol-umes will include special volumes on mineral depositsof the Bathurst Mining Camp, pegmatites, and Protero-zoic gold deposits.

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    Fort Hope, Northwestern OntarioR.P. Taylor, J.C. Pederson, D.S. Bubar, I.C. Campbell, K. Rees, and J. A. Morgan

    The Aubry Pegmatites: Exploration for Highly Evolved Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum Pegmatites in North-ern OntarioP.M. Dimmell and J.A. Morgan

    Une Corrlation Gntique entre les Roches Granitiques, et les Dpts luvionnaires, Colluvionnaireset Alluvionnaires de Columbo-Tantalite d'Issia, Centre-Ouest de la Cte d'IvoiresB.A. Allou, H-Z Lu, J. Guha, J. Carignan, J., Naho, K. Pothin, and R. Yobou

    Zircon-Rich Ta-Nb-REE Mineralization in the McKeel Lake Pegmatite-Aplite System, Welsford Intru-sion, Southwestern New Brunswick

    J.K. Seidler, D.R. Lentz, D.C. Hall, and N. Susak

    Re-Os Model Age Constraints on the Genesis of the Moss Molybdenite Pegmatite-Aplite Deposit,Southwestern Grenville Province, Quyon, Quebec, CanadaD.R. Lentz and R.A. Creaser

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    AnnouncementThe Canadian Institute of Mining's Barlow Memorial Medal for the besteconomic geology paper in 2005/2006 was awarded to Garth Kirk-ham, Hendrik Falck, andJames Siddorn. The award winning paper

    was entitled, An integrated 3-D Model of the Yellowknife Camp: A toolfor efficient development, which was published in Volume 12 of Explo-ration and Mining Geology (Nos. 1-4, p. 49-59). This award was estab-

    lished in 1916 as a memorial to Alfred Ernest Barlow, President of theInstitute from 1912-1919, and distinguished for his contributions toour knowledge of Precambrian geology.

    Congratulations guys!!

    Left: J ames Siddorn and

    Garth Kirkham with the

    CIM Barlow Memorial

    award; right: HendrikFalck, co-author of the

    award-winning paper.

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    Readings in Historical Metallurgy: Changing Technology in Extractive MetallurgyReadings in Historical Metallurgy: Changing Technology in Extractive MetallurgyReadings in Historical Metallurgy: Changing Technology in Extractive MetallurgyAuthor: Fathi HabashiAuthor: Fathi HabashiAuthor: Fathi Habashi

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    MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, & FIELDTRIPSEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, & FIELDTRIPSEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, & FIELDTRIPS2006 August 21-24 - 12th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, Understanding the Genesis of Ore Deposits - to meet the Demands of the

    21st Century, Moscow, Russia; http://www.iagod.sgm.ru/; contact: [email protected]

    September 10-15- CIM Geological Society Field Conference; Uranium: Athabasca Deposits and Analogues, Saskatoon, SK;http://www.saskuranium2006.ca; contact: [email protected]

    September 18-29- Modular Course in Mineral Exploration in Volcanic Terrains, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON;http://earthsciences.laurentian.ca; contact: [email protected]

    October 1-4 - COM 2006 The Conference of Metallurgists, Montreal, PQ; contact: [email protected]

    October 22-25 - Geological Society of America Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA; http://www.geosociety.org/meetings

    December 6-15 - Modular Course in Exploration Geochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON;http://earthsciences.laurentian.ca; contact: [email protected]

    2007 J anuary 29-February 1 - Mineral Exploration Roundup 2007, The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC;

    http://www.amebc.ca/roundupoverview.htm; contact: [email protected]

    March 4-7 - PDAC 2007 International Convention, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON;http://www.pdac/conv/index.html

    April 29-May 2 - 2007 CIM Conference and Exhibition, Palais de Congrs de Montral, Montreal, PQ; contact: [email protected]

    May 23-25- GAC/MAC Annual Meeting 2007, Y ellowknife, NWT; http://www.nwtgeoscience.ca/gac_mac

    August 20-24 - 9th Biennial SGA Meeting, Dublin, Ireland; http://www.e-sga.org/sga.html

    September 24-30- Ores and orogenesis: Circum-Pacific Tectonics, Geological Evolution, and Ore Deposits, Tucson, Arizona;http://www.agssymposium.org/

    14January 2006 Gangue No. 88

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    The Gangue began as a quarterly publication assembled by the

    Mineral Deposits Division of GAC, which was distributed to itsmembers in hard copy form. In 2005, MDD and the Geological

    Society of CIM decided to join forces and jointly publish the

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