GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROSPECTING DIRECTION OF THE WANBAOCUN CU-AU-MO DEPOSIT IN KUANDIAN, LIAONING PROVINCE

The Wanbaocun Cu-Au-Mo deposit in Kuandian County, Liaoning Province, located in the contact zone between the Yanshanian Shizhuzi granodiorite and Cambrian carbonate rock, is jointly controlled by NE- and NW-trending faults. The ore bodies lie in the NW-trending structural belt in en echelon arrangement. The NW structure controls the emplacement of Shizhuzi granodiorite, as well as the formation and distribution of skarn orebodies. It is significant for further prospecting to recover the structural features in the skarn area, especially the buried early structural belts that controlled the magma intrusion.