Microscopic Morphology and Indicative Significance of Nanoscale Au Particles in Soils and Fault Muds: A Case Study of Jiaojia, Shandong Province

In recent decades, the human demand for mineral resources has increased dramatically, and mining of shallow deposits basically been completed. The prospecting direction turned to concealed deposits. For this reason, various penetrating geochemical methods have developed find minerals a series exploration techniques proposed. At same time, use gene as new technique presented in years is feasible discussing component classification provenance tracing. study, we applied these Jiaojia gold deposit Shandong Province, China. results show that large number ore-forming element particles can be observed ores, fault muds, soils; compared with Chinese soil, Au higher enrichment coefficients; according LG03 lithogene, ores belong neutral composition, muds soils an acidic composition. Based on above results, it found elements migrated. Although migration cannot change original lithology, provide theoretical support fine-grained soil-prospecting method.