Transitional high sulphidation-epithermal to porphyry type copper-gold deposit, hosted in rhyolitic-dacitic ignimbrites in the Kalatage Mesozoic volcanic basin. The mineralization is closely related to quartz porphyry, rhyolitic porphyry and granitic porphyry. Mineralization styles are dominantly veinlet-disseminated and veinlet, occasionally stockwork.
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- Xu Yingxia, Ding Kuishou, Qin Kezhang, Miao Yu, Fang Tonghui, Xu Xingwang, and Sun He (2006): Krausite, rhomboclase and parabutlerite found for the first time in the Hongshan high-S epithermal Cu-Au deposit, Xinjiang, and their significance. Geology in China 33(3), 605-616.
- Chen Wen, Zhang Yan, Zhao Haibin, Han Dan, and Wang Chengyu (2006): Mineralization age of the Hongshan gold deposit, East Tianshan, Xinjiang. Geology in China 33(3), 640-646.
- Yingxia Xu, Kezhang Qin, Kuishou Ding, Yu Miao, Tonghui Fang, Xingwang Xu, and He Sun (2007): Cuprocopiapite and Ferricopiapite Found for First Time in Oxidized Zone of Hongshan HS-epithermal Cu-Au Deposit, East Tianshan, and Their Mineralogical Characteristics. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 26(1), 58-69.
- Yingxia Xu, Kezhang Qin, and Kuishou Ding (2007): Series Discovery of Sulfate Minerals, Formation Duration and Mechanism of Oxidization Zone in Hongshan HS-epithermal Cu-Au Deposit, Eastern Tianshan, and Their Significance. [www.xj305.gov.cn/zy/33.doc]
Mineral List:24 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.
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