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Dahuanggou Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Qingyuan Co., Fushun Prefecture, Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region), China

Latitude: 42°10'N
Longitude: 124°47'E

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Large-scale volcanogenic Zn-Pb-Cu massive sulfide (VHMS) deposit, hosted by Late Archean gneiss and consisting mainly of pyrite and pyrrhotite with minor of sphalerite and chalcopyrite. The host rock consists of thick amphibole plagioclase gneiss with gneissic interbeds of varied composition and thickness. The deposit is located in a NW oriented, SW overturned tight synform, and two mineralized belts are distributed at its two limbs. Recrystalline and metasomatic textures are widely seen in all metallic minerals.

References

- Shuhua Wang (1992): Discovery of kongsbergite - a preliminary study. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 12(3), 219-221, 293.

Mineral List

Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'

Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Pyrrhotite

Silver
var: Kongsbergite
Sphalerite

8 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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