摘要

The Gejiu tin polymetallic ore deposit, located at the westernmost end of the Cathaysia Block, is one of the largest tin polymetallic ore deposits in the world. It is associated with a magmatic-hydrothermal ore-forming system triggered by the deeply buried geological structures and concealed granites. A singular value decomposition (SVD) program on a MATLAB platform was effectively used to extract deeply buried geological information reflecting deep-seated geological structures and the concealed granites by decomposing gravity signals within the Gejiu tin polymetallic ore field. Firstly, the gravity signals were decomposed into a few components with different eigenvalues using a singular value decomposition (SVD) approach. Secondly, the thresholds between the eigenvalues of gravity components reflecting deeply and shallowly buried ore-controlling geological structures and/or geological bodies were established by a multifractal method. Finally, the images of gravity components reflecting deeply and shallowly buried ore-controlling geological structures and/or geological bodies were reconstituted. This yielded two layers of significant two dimensional singular value gravity component images that indicate deeply and shallowly buried ore-controlling geological structures and/or geological bodies, respectively. The deep layer of gravity component image reveals a negative gravity anomaly (I) which indicates that the granites exposed in the west ore field, bounded by the Gejiu Fault, may be extended to the east ore field at depth, forming concealed granites (Fig. 4). The shallow layer of gravity component image reveals a structural framework created by two groups of NW-trending and three groups of NE-trending positive gravity component images defining two negative gravity anomalies (land II), which may reflect existence of the exposed granites in the western ore field (I) and the concealed granites in the eastern ore field (II) (Figs. 5 and 6). Almost all tin polymetallic deposits are located within the negative gravity anomalies (Figs. 4 and 5). This approach, combined with the identification of geochemical anomalies plays an important role in the discovery of deeply buried tin polymetallic ore deposits, including the 0.78 million tons of tin reserves over the last ten years.