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Shanmen (Sanmen) Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Lishu Co., Siping Prefecture, Jilin Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region), China

Polymetallic Pb-Zn-(Cu-Ba-Ag-Au) volcanic-hosted metasomatite, consisting of veins, lenses and stockworks. The main part of the deposit is 1800 m long. The deposit minerals occur in masses, veinlets and disseminations. The host rocks are Cambrian and Ordovician intermediate siliceous volcanic rocks, sedimentary clastic and carbonate rocks, that are intruded by Jurassic and Cretaceous granitoids. The deposit is controlled by N-NE-trending faults and fracture zones.

Ref.:
- Dong Zhensheng et al. (1996): Geochemistry of low-temperature independent Ag deposits. In: Tu Guangzhi, Ed.: Low Temperature Geochemistry, Science Press (Beijing), 32-42.
- http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt





Map Reference: 43°8'10"N , 124°35'11"E

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Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • Allargentum
  • Dolomite
  • Freibergite
  • Galena
  • Gold
    var: Electrum
  • Illite
  • Mckinstryite
  • Pearceite
  • Polybasite
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • 'Sericite'
  • Silver
  • Sphalerite
  • Stephanite
  • Stromeyerite
  • Tetrahedrite
       var: Argentian Tetrahedrite


    21 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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