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Dongga Cu deposit, Xaitongmoin (Xietongmen) Co., Xigazê (Rikaze; Shigatse) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Porphyry copper deposit.



References:
- Rui, Z., Wang, L., and Wang, Y. (2002): Porphyry copper deposit models in China: Workshop on Assessing Undiscovered Mineral Resources, June 24-28, Beijing, China, China Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey, p. 42-52.
- Hou, Z., Mo, X., Gao, Y., Qu, X., and Meng, X. (2003): Adakite, a possible host rock for porphyry copper deposits: Case studies of porphyry copper belts in Tibetan Plateau and in Northern Chile: Mineral Deposits 22(1), 1-12 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Qu, X., Hou, Z., and Huang, W. (2001): Is Gangdese porphyry copper deposit belt the second Yulong copper deposit belt ?. Mineral Deposits 20(4), 353-366 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Qu Xiaoming, Zengqian Hou, Khin Zaw, and Li Youguo (2007): Characteristics and genesis of Gangdese porphyry copper deposits in the southern Tibetan Plateau: Preliminary geochemical and geochronological results. Ore Geology Reviews 31(1-4), 205-223.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.





Map Reference: 29°23'N , 88°23'E

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Mineral List:
Biotite
Bornite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Covellite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
'Sericite'
Sphalerite


14 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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