Characterization of Galena and Vein Paragenesis in the Penjom Gold Mine, Malaysia: Trace Elements, Lead Isotope Study and Relationship to Gold Mineralization Episodes
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The authors wish to thank management staff from Specific Resources Sdn. Bhd. in particular the mine geology department for their support throughout this study. We thank Dr. Peter Abolins for the improvement of the manuscript. We also thank Dr. Degan Shu and Dr. Fei Hongcai for their editorial handling and comments. We also acknowledge the reviews from the anonymous reviewers for constructive comments and improvements of this manuscript. The work is partly supported by a University of Malaya research grant (PV095-2012A).

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    The Penjom Gold Mine is located 30 km from the Bentong-Raub Suture at the western boundary of the Central Belt in Peninsular Malaysia. Gold mineralization hosted within the vein system is associated with pyrite, arsenopyrite, and minor base metals including galena. Trace element and lead isotope analysis was undertaken on nine samples that represent two stages of galena formed during two tectonic events. Both the Pb isotopes and the trace elements show that the first stage galena within the mineralized areas at the footwall has different geochemical characteristics compared with galena in non mineralized areas in the hanging wall, suggesting that galena crystallized from two different ore fluids and probably at two different times. Higher Te, Se and Bi in the galena from the mineralized area may indicate hydrothermal fluids that migrate through the structural conduit and leached out the metal along the pathway that consist of dominant carbonaceous unit. The Pb isotopic ratio composition are transitional between the bulk crustal growth and an upper crustal growth curve, indicating that derivation was from arc rocks associated with continental crust or a crustal source that includes arc volcanic and old continental sedimentary rocks.

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Zakaria ENDUT, NG Tham Fatt, Jasmi Hafiz ABDUL AZIZ, Sebastien MEFFRE, Charles MAKOUNDI.2015. Characterization of Galena and Vein Paragenesis in the Penjom Gold Mine, Malaysia: Trace Elements, Lead Isotope Study and Relationship to Gold Mineralization Episodes[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),89(6):1914-1925

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  • Received:May 05,2014
  • Revised:March 05,2015
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  • Online: December 16,2015
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