The Jiadi gold deposit is a newly discovered Carlin-type gold deposit in the Guizhou Province, Southwest China. This deposit is structurally controlled by a shallow fold-fault superimposed system along the Lianhuashan trend. Field geological investigations, structural analysis, and mathematical research are conducted to study its structures and hydrothermal fluid flow process. Geological investigations (i.e. sections, stope, and drill hole) indicate that the structures are dominated by NE-trending folds, NWW-trending folds, and faults. A trend-surface analysis of the low interformational fracture zone suggests that the overall distribution of the Lianhuashan trend is controlled by the NE-trending Lianhuashan anticline. Nearly all primary Carlin-type gold deposits are distributed along the southeastern flank where the fold axis changes from NE to EW. Gold orebodies are hosted by the interformational fracture zones and primarily situated at the transitions from the high-value areas to the low-value areas of the interformational fracture zones. A stress analysis on the hydrothermal veins indicates that they are of tenso-shear properties. The ore-forming elements (Au, As, Sb, Hg, and Tl) of the hydrothermal veins from the interformational fracture zones and intrusive breccia body present strong positive anomalies compared with those from the adjacent wall rocks. According to the development patterns of the ore-forming elements and hydrothermal veins, a migration process of the ore-forming fluids is proposed: the deeply sourced ore-forming fluids migrated vertically to shallow crust along an intrusive breccia body, subsequently flowed horizontally along the interformational fracture zones accompanied by gold precipitation in the early stage, and finally migrated outward along steep microfractures during following stages.
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