Haiyang Ding’s research while affiliated with China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and other places

The Shihu gold deposit is located in the northern Taihang Tectonic belt, which is a part of the North China Craton. The Shihu gold deposit is hosted by amphibolite to granulite facies rocks in the Archean Fuping Metamorphic Complex and defined as post-magmatic hydrothermal type of gold deposit. Hydrothermal alteration by means of isocon analysis shows that alkalic hydrothermal activity produces sericite alteration during the alteration. Chlorite alteration is not provided by the ore-forming fluid predominately but the metamorphic rocks. The multiple-metal enrichment gives an advantage of the forming polymetallic sulphides and gold ore bodies. Therefore, it can be a useful indicator for exploration in the Shihu gold deposit.