Research Article
The Au-Hosting Minerals and Process of Formation of the Carlin-Type Bojitian Deposit, Southwestern China
Table 3
Results of EPMA analyses of arsenian pyrite (wt%).
| Samples and location of measured points | Points | Au | As | S | Fe | Ag | Se | Pb | Cu | Zn | Sb | Co | Te | Ni | Bi | Total | Co/Ni |
| Zoned pyrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G2-10-03-core | z-1 | bdl | 0.02 | 52.87 | 46.75 | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.05 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 100.04 | >1 | G2-10-03-rim | z-2 | bdl | 5.33 | 50.56 | 43.71 | bdl | 0.02 | bdl | 0.10 | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | bdl | 0.14 | 0.35 | 100.24 | 0.22 | G2-10-03-core | z-3 | bdl | 0.04 | 54.64 | 45.74 | bdl | bdl | 0.08 | 0.12 | bdl | bdl | 0.09 | bdl | 0.09 | 0.35 | 101.14 | 1.00 | G2-10-03-rim | z-4 | bdl | 5.26 | 50.73 | 44.05 | bdl | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.18 | bdl | bdl | 0.12 | bdl | 0.03 | 0.35 | 100.84 | 4.62 | G2-10-05-core | z-5 | 0.05 | 0.28 | 53.81 | 45.32 | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 100.02 | 2.64 | G2-10-05-rim | z-6 | 0.09 | 6.81 | 49.83 | 44.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.24 | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | bdl | 0.02 | 0.35 | 101.51 | 2.00 | G2-10-09-core | z-7 | 0.03 | bdl | 54.06 | 45.34 | bdl | bdl | 0.07 | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | 0.04 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 99.92 | >1 | G2-10-09-rim | z-8 | 0.10 | 5.04 | 51.59 | 43.48 | 0.02 | 0.06 | bdl | 0.21 | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 100.88 | >1 | G2-10-10a-core | z-9 | bdl | bdl | 54.15 | 45.55 | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 100.05 | — | G2-10-10a-rim | z-10 | bdl | 7.75 | 47.12 | 43.31 | 0.01 | 0.09 | bdl | 0.13 | bdl | bdl | 0.04 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 98.80 | >1 | G2-10-10b-core | z-11 | bdl | 0.09 | 53.89 | 44.88 | 0.02 | bdl | 0.08 | 0.06 | bdl | 0.02 | 0.12 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 99.50 | >1 | G2-10-10b-rim | z-12 | 0.10 | 5.55 | 51.24 | 42.99 | 0.01 | 0.04 | bdl | 0.31 | bdl | 0.05 | 0.03 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 100.67 | >1 | G2-32-08a-core | z-13 | bdl | 0.02 | 52.54 | 46.05 | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.08 | bdl | bdl | 0.13 | bdl | bdl | 0.32 | 99.13 | >1 | G2-32-08a-rim | z-14 | bdl | 7.90 | 48.23 | 43.13 | bdl | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 0.04 | bdl | 0.05 | bdl | bdl | 0.30 | 100.16 | >1 | G2-32-09-core | z-15 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 53.30 | 45.49 | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.06 | bdl | 0.06 | 0.37 | 99.33 | 1.07 | G2-32-09-rim | z-16 | 0.07 | 9.15 | 48.03 | 42.19 | bdl | 0.04 | bdl | 0.31 | bdl | 0.02 | 0.05 | bdl | bdl | 0.28 | 100.14 | >1 |
| Fine-grained pyrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G2-10-03 | f-1 | bdl | 7.83 | 48.77 | 43.72 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.09 | bdl | bdl | 0.11 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 101.02 | >1 | G2-10-03 | f-2 | bdl | 6.81 | 49.34 | 43.76 | bdl | bdl | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.04 | bdl | 0.07 | bdl | 0.05 | 0.35 | 100.68 | 1.30 | G2-10-09 | f-3 | bdl | 5.72 | 50.78 | 43.21 | bdl | bdl | 0.07 | 0.27 | bdl | 0.02 | bdl | bdl | 0.02 | 0.35 | 100.43 | <1 | G2-32-09 | f-4 | 0.14 | 7.86 | 46.91 | 42.22 | bdl | 0.05 | bdl | 0.16 | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | bdl | bdl | 0.26 | 97.63 | >1 | G2-35-02 | f-5 | 0.07 | 8.17 | 48.56 | 43.07 | bdl | 0.03 | bdl | 0.31 | bdl | 0.02 | 0.03 | bdl | 0.07 | 0.27 | 100.59 | 0.44 |
| Framboidal pyrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G2-10-05 | fb-1 | bdl | 0.36 | 53.15 | 43.61 | bdl | 0.02 | 0.11 | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | 1.14 | bdl | 0.19 | 0.35 | 98.95 | 6.16 | G2-32-08a | fb-2 | 0.07 | 1.52 | 51.27 | 44.61 | bdl | 0.02 | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | 0.15 | bdl | bdl | 0.32 | 97.99 | >1 | G2-35-02 | fb-3 | bdl | 1.73 | 49.78 | 42.80 | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.11 | bdl | 0.04 | 0.15 | bdl | 0.05 | 0.34 | 94.99 | 2.88 | G2-10-02a | fb-4 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 53.82 | 45.65 | 0.03 | bdl | 0.09 | 0.05 | bdl | 0.03 | 0.13 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 100.27 | >1 | G2-32-08b | fb-5 | 0.07 | 0.67 | 51.41 | 45.27 | bdl | bdl | 0.06 | bdl | bdl | bdl | 0.08 | bdl | 0.05 | 0.31 | 97.92 | 1.48 |
| Coarse-grained pyrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G2-32-06 | c-1 | 0.05 | 6.74 | 49.09 | 44.21 | bdl | 0.06 | bdl | 0.07 | bdl | bdl | 0.19 | bdl | bdl | 0.33 | 100.73 | >1 | G2-32-06 | c-2 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 52.88 | 45.89 | bdl | bdl | 0.29 | 0.08 | bdl | 0.10 | 0.14 | bdl | bdl | 0.48 | 100.09 | >1 | G2-32-04 | c-3 | 0.05 | 7.96 | 47.96 | 42.56 | bdl | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.21 | bdl | bdl | 0.12 | bdl | bdl | 0.32 | 99.32 | >1 | G2-32-03 | c-4 | bdl | 4.19 | 49.57 | 45.25 | bdl | 0.06 | bdl | 0.07 | bdl | bdl | 0.08 | bdl | bdl | 0.30 | 99.53 | >1 |
| Banded pyrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G2-10-03 | b-1 | bdl | 0.69 | 52.17 | 46.24 | bdl | bdl | 0.05 | bdl | bdl | 0.04 | 0.05 | bdl | 0.21 | 0.35 | 99.78 | 0.24 | G2-32-11 | b-2 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 52.58 | 44.80 | bdl | 0.03 | 0.06 | bdl | bdl | 0.04 | 0.10 | bdl | bdl | 0.32 | 98.03 | >1 |
| Charcoal detritus pyrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G2-10-02b | cd-1 | bdl | 5.87 | 50.72 | 43.53 | bdl | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.24 | bdl | bdl | 0.03 | bdl | bdl | 0.35 | 100.88 | >1 |
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Note. “bdl”: below the detection limit.
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