Huanglongpu Mo-(Pb) deposit, Hua Co., Weinan Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, China

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Mo-Pb bearing carbonatite vein deposit, hosted in Proterozoic andesites and tuffaceous shales at intersections of NE-NNE and NW-trending faults along a NW-trending deep fracture zone.
The association with carbonatite dykes makes this an unusual deposit.

References

- Dianhao Huang, Yichang Wang, Fengjun Nie, and Xiujie Jiang (1984): Isotopic composition of sulfur, carbon and oxygen, and source material of the Huanglongpu carbonatite vein-type of molybdenum-(lead) deposits. Acta Geologica Sinica 63(3).
- Dianhao Huang, Yichang Wang, Fengjun Nie, and Xiujie Jiang (1985): A new type of molybdenum deposit - geological characteristics and metallogenic mechanism of the Huanglongpu carbonatite vein-type of molybdenum-(lead) deposit, Shaanxi. Acta Geologica Sinica 64(3).
- Huang, D., Jiang, X., Wang, Y., and Nie, F. (1986): Type, origin and rhenium distribution of the Huanglongpu molybdenum-(lead) deposit in Shaanxi province. Bull. Inst. Mineral Deposits, Chinese Acad. Geol. Sci. 6(4), 1–93 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Nie, F. (1994): Rare earth element geochemistry of the molybdenum-bearing granitoids in the Jinduicheng-Huanglongpu district, Shaanxi Province, northwest China. Mineralium Deposita 29(6), 488-498.
- Nansheng Chen (1996): Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Mo Deposits. In: Tu Guangzhi (ed.): "Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Deposits in China", Science Press (Beijing), 528-548.
- Xu, C. et al. (2010): Lithos 118, 50-60.

External Links

http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn636

Mineral List

Aeschynite-(Y) Albite 'Allanite' 'Bastnäsite' Biotite Calcite

Celestine var: Barian Celestine Chalcopyrite Cleusonite Ferrimolybdite Galena Hematite

Leucoxene Magnetite Microcline Molybdenite 'Monazite' Pyrite

Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) Quartz Sphalerite Wulfenite

22 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.