Geological, geophysical, and geochemical characteristics of the Ban Kiouchep Cu–Pb–Ag deposit and its exploration significance in Northern Laos

The Simao–Indochina Basin is located between the Loei–Luang Prabang–Dien Bien Phu fold belt and the Jinghong–Nan-Uttaradit suture zone, composed of Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds. It overlies the marine clastic rocks and volcanic sedimentary rocks of a Paleozoic back-arc foreland sequence. The Late Triassic Indosinian orogeny and subsequent superimposition and intracontinental shearing and structural superimposition may have facilitated the...