Songxi Mine (Shongxi Mine), Mei Co., Meizhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China

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嵩溪银锑矿, 梅县, 梅州市, 广东省, 中国

Hydrothermal vein-type silver-antimony deposit, hosted in a sequence of Lower-Upper Jurassic tuffs, sandstones, terrigenous volcanic rocks and marine-clastic rocks, that are indruded by quartz porphyry dykes and Yanshanian andesitic basalt and acidic granitic stocks. The ore bodies are controlled by a series of NE-trending faults. The host strata contain bituminous organic matter that is anomalously enriched in both silver and antimony.

References

- Xiaolian Meng and Liming Wang (1998): The Geological Characteristics and Genesis of Shongxi Silver (Antimony) Deposit in Guangdong. Journal of East China Institute of Technology 21(1).
- Kai Hu, Chensheng Yu, Dongsheng Ma, Jianping Zhai, Zhenyu Xiao, and Wenlan Zhang (2002): Anomalous Enrichment of Silver in Organic Matter of the Songxi Shale-hosted Ag-Sb Deposit in Northeastern Guangdong. Acta Geologica Sinica 2002(2).
- Kai Hu and Chensheng Yu (2003): Sedimentary environment and silver-(antimony) mineralization in the shale-hosted silver-antimony deposit at Songxi, South China. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2003, A160.
- Genwen Chen, Zhenyu Xiao, and Bin Xia (2008): Geochemical Characteristics and Mineralization Model of Songxi Silver (Antimony) Deposit, Guangdong Province. Contributions to Geology and Mineral Resources Research 23(2), 100-105 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Genwen Chen, Zhenyu Xiao, and Bin Xia (2008): Geology and genesis of Songxi silver-(antimony) deposit, Guangdong Province. Geology and Prospecting 44(1), 31-36.

Mineral List

Andorite Antimony Arsenopyrite 'Bitumen' Boulangerite Calcite Cervantite Chalcopyrite

'Chlorite Group' Diaphorite Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite var: Manganoan Dolomite Dyscrasite Freibergite Galena

Gold Graphite Hematite Limonite Miargyrite Muscovite var: Sericite Pyrargyrite Pyrite

Pyrrhotite Quartz Silver Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite var: Argentian Tetrahedrite Valentinite

31 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.