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Sanchakou (Sanchalu) Cu deposit, Hami (Kumul; Qumul) Co., Hami (Kumul; Qumul) Prefecture, Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region, China

Latitude: 42°21'30"N
Longitude: 94°45'20"E
Porphyry copper deposit.
Located north of Sitian.

References

- Qin, K., Sun, S., Li, J., Fang, T., Wang, S., and Liu, W. (2002): Paleozoic epithermal Au and porphyry Cu deposits in northern Xinjiang, China: epochs, features, tectonic linkage and exploration significance. Resource Geology 52(4), 291-300.
- 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.
- Rui Z, Liu, Y., Wang, L., and Wang, Y. (2002): The Eastern Tianshan porphyry copper deposit belt in Xinjiang and its tectonic framework. Acta Geologica Sinica 76(1), 83-94 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Lianchang Zhang, Wenjiao Xiao, Kezhang Qin, Jinsheng Ji, and Xingke Yang (2004): Types, geological features and geodynamic significances of gold-copper deposits in the Kanggurtag metallogenic belt, eastern Tianshan, NW China. International Journal of Earth Sciences 93, 224-240.
- Yingxia Xu, Kezhang Qin, Kuishou Ding, Yu Miao, Lianchang Zhang, and Xingwang Xu (2006): Discovery and characteristics of Cu-rich stellerite in Sanchakou copper deposit, eastern Xinjiang. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 26(3), 291-295.
- 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.
- Yan Sun, Yuanfu Xiao, Fengchun Li, Fahui Xiong, and Zhubin Wang (2009): The mineralizing fluid characteristics and genesis of the Sanchakou copper deposit in Xinjiang. Geology and Exploration 45(3), 235-239.

Mineral List

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Apatite'
Biotite
Bornite
Carrollite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Dolomite
Epidote
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Magnetite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
Quartz
Stellerite
Tongxinite


20 entries listed. 12 valid minerals.

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