Types, characteristics and metallogenesis of gold deposits in the Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern North China Craton

The Jiaojia type gold deposits in the Jiaodong Peninsula of the North China Craton represent an emerging major gold reserve, and constitute one of the two important types of gold deposits in China, the other being the Linglong type. The gold mineralization in these deposits can be subdivided into seven categories namely, altered-rock type in the fracture zone, gold-bearing quartz vein type, braided quartz vein type along fracture zones,...