Geological characteristics and their prospecting significance of Fuye iron deposit in Ritu county,Tibet

This paper studies on geological background,geological features,metallogenic mechanism and prospecting potential of Fuye iron deposit in Ritu county,Tibet.The result shows that the stratiform-like ore bodies are strictly controlled by the contact zones between quartz diorite intrusions and carbonate-rock layers,carbonate-rock positions and interlayer fracture zones.The host rocks are skarn and skarnized limestone,and the magnetite ore is the major ore type.The concentrated mineralization of the deposit is closely related to the early Yanshanian quartz diorites.As a skarn-type deposit,Fuye iron deposit has great potential resources,and the prospecting potential for finding the same type iron deposits is also shown in the surrounding regions.