早在1911年美国著名的矿床学家Lindgren在其矿床成因类型分类中就提出了“Epith-ermal Deposits”(浅成低温热水矿床)这一类型名称,当时指的是温度在50～200℃、压力中等的条件下形成的热水矿床。之后西方矿床界在矿床成因分类中虽屡经修改,但此一类型名称基本上仍然保留。例如,1970年美国Park和Mac Diarmid在其矿床学书中仍保留了Epithermal Deposits这一类名称。美国著名经济矿床学家Bateman在其第三版专著中也用到这个名称。 As early as 1911 Lindgren, a famous American depositist, put forward the name of “Epith-ermal Deposits” (epithermal deposits) in its classification of genetic types of deposits when referring to the temperature at 50-200 ℃ , Hot water deposits formed under moderate pressure conditions. After the Western deposit community in the cause of formation classification has repeatedly modified, but this type of name is still basically retained. For example, Park and Mac Diarmid, the United States in 1970, retained the name Epithermal Deposits in their deposit books. The famous American economist Bateman also used this name in his third edition monograph.