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Liba Au deposit, Western Qinling gold belt, Li Co., Longnan Prefecture, Gansu (Ganzu) Province, China

Orogenic lode gold deposit, hosted in Middle Devonian slates, siltstones and phyllites, and related to an Early Mesozoic biotite adamellite intrusion.

Ref.:
- Zhiping Li, and S.G. Peters (1998): Comparative Geology and Geochemistry of Sedimentary-Rock-Hosted (Carlin-Type) Gold Deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA. USGS Open-File Report 98-466.

- Huang, J., Wang, J.Y., and Wei, L.M. (2000): Geological characteristics and genesis of the Liba gold deposit, Gansu Province. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 19(2), 105-115.

- Jingwen Mao, Yumin Qiu, Goldfarb, R.J., Zhaochong Zhang, Garwin, S., and Ren Fengshou (2002): Geology, distribution, and classification of gold deposits in the western Qinling belt, central China. Mineralium Deposita 37, 352-377.

- Peters, S.G. (2002): Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics of Sedimentary-Hosted Au Deposits in P.R. China. USGS Open-File Report 02-131.

- Feng Jianzhong, Wang Dongbo, Wang Xueming, Zeng Yishan, and Li Tiefeng (2002): Magmatic Gold Mineralization in the Western Qinling Orogenic Belt: Geology and Metallogenesis of the Baguamiao, Liba and Xiaogouli Gold Deposits. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 21(2), 160-167.

- Jian-Zhong Feng, Dong-Bo Wang, Xue-Ming Wang, Shi-Cai Shao, Guo-Fang Lin, and Jian-Jun Shi (2003): Geology and Metallogenesis of Liba Large-size Gold Deposit in Lixian, Gansu Province. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 22(3), 257-263.





Map Reference: 34°21'40"N , 105°4'15"E

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Mineral List:
  • Andalusite
  • Ankerite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Biotite
  • 'Bitumen'
  • Bornite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Cordierite
  • Galena
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Graphite
  • Gypsum
  • Hematite
  • Jarosite
  • Kaolinite
  • Limonite
  • Magnetite
  • Marcasite
  • Muscovite
  • Pyrite
       var: Arsenian Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Rutile
  • 'Sericite'
  • Sphalerite
  • 'Tourmaline Group'
  • 'Zeolite Group'
  • Zircon


    33 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

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