Anqing copper mine, Yueshan ore field, Huaining Co., Anqing Prefecture, Anhui Province, China

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Skarn-type copper-iron-(molybdenum-gold) deposit, occurring in the contact zone between a dioritic intrusion and Middle-Lower Triassic carbonate country rocks of the Yueshan and Lanlinghu formations.

References

- Wenhua Wang, Jinzhu Cheng, Guopei Zhang, and Quan Li (1989): Geochemical features of the No. 3 orebody at the Anqing copper mine and using its evaluation index to predict buried ore. Geology and Prospecting 25(1), 47-51.
- Xuncheng Wang and Yucai Zhou (1995): Geological characteristics and origin of Anqing Cu-Fe deposit, Anhui. Geology and Prospecting 31(3), 9, 16-23.
- Yuan Feng, Zhou Taofa, Liu Xiaodong, and Yue Shucang (2002): Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements of Anqing Copper Deposit in Anhui Province. Journal of Rare Earths 20(3), 223-227.
- Xue-Fu Shu (2004): Geology and Geochemistry Characteristics of Anqing Skarn-type Fe-Cu Deposit and its Origin of Iron Materials. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 23(3), 219-224.
- Zhao Bin, Zhao Jinsong, Li Zhaolin, Zhang Zhongze, and Peng Zhuolun (2003): Characteristics of melt inclusions in skarn minerals from Fe, Cu(Au) and Au(Cu) ore deposits in the region from Daye to Jiujiang. Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 46(5), 481-497.
- Xiaoyong Yang, Jing Huang, Liguang Sun, and Kuiren Wang (2007): Geochemical studies on REE and trace elements from several Cu-Au deposits along the lower Yangtze metallogenic valley, central-southern Anhui Province. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 26(2), 170-181.
- Taofa Zhou, Feng Yuan, Shucang Yue, Xiaodong Liu, Xin Zhang, and Yu Fan (2007): Geochemistry and evolution of ore-forming fluids of the Yueshan Cu–Au skarn- and vein-type deposits, Anhui Province, South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 279-303.
- Yanjing Chen, Huayong Chen, Khin Zaw, Pirajno, F., and Zengjie Zhang (2007): Geodynamic settings and tectonic model of skarn gold deposits in China: An overview. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 139-169.
- Yilai Zhao, Liangming Liu, Ailiang Cai, and Chen Zou (2010): Three-dimensional geometry of the contact zone in the Anqing copper deposit, Anhui Province, and its ore-controlling mechanism. Geology and Exploration 46(4), 649-656.

Mineral List

Actinolite Albite 'Allanite' 'Amphibole Group var: Byssolite' Andradite Anhydrite 'Apatite' Biotite Bornite Calcite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group'

Diopside Dolomite Epidote Forsterite Galena Gold Gypsum Hedenbergite Hematite var: Specularite Kaolinite 'K Feldspar'

Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Marialite 'Melnikovite' Molybdenite Muscovite var: Sericite Orthoclase Phlogopite Pyrite Pyrophyllite

Pyrrhotite Quartz 'Serpentine Group' Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tremolite Wollastonite Zoisite

46 entries listed. 36 valid minerals.