Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposit, hosted in a small mafic–ultramafic intrusion, which intruded Ordovician sandstone and slate. The intrusion is concentric with lens shape, about 530 m long, 190 m wide and 24 to 64 m thick, trends 296°, and dips 22°NE. The massive sulfide ore body forms the core of the intrusion and is surrounded by variably mineralized orthopyroxenite, websterite and barren gabbro.
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- Zhang, X., Pirajno, F., Qin, D., Fan, Z., and Liu, G. (2006): Baimazhai, Yunnan Province, China: A Hydrothermally Modified Magmatic Nickel-Copper-PGE Sulfide Deposit. International Geology Review 48(8), 725-741.
- Wang, C., Zhou, M.-F., and Keays, R. (2006): Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Permian Baimazhai mafic-ultramafic intrusion, SW China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 152(3), 309-321.
- Wang, C., and Zhou, M.-F. (2006): Genesis of the Permian Baimazhai magmatic Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposit, Yunnan, SW China. Mineralium Deposita 41(8), 771-783.
- Khin Zaw, Peters, S.G., Cromie, P., Burrett, C., and Zengqian Hou (2007): Nature, diversity of deposit types and metallogenic relations of South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31(1-4), 3- 47.
- Chuanjie Pu, Dexian Qin, Hong Nian, Xueshu Zhang, Pirajno, F., and Zhuguo Fan (2007): Geological and geochemical characteristics of the Baimazhai Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide deposit in Yunnan, China. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 26(4), 374-383.
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