The Baishiquan deposit comprises around 20 small mafic-ultramafic intrusions which are composed mainly of olivine pyroxenite, pyroxene peridotite, troctolite, hornblendite, diorite, norite, and gabbro. They were emplaced in two stages, the first of which comprises 90% of the complex. Peridotite and olivine pyroxenite of this stage are the host rocks for the ores. So far, 14 Cu-Ni-sulphide zones have been discovered, of which five are exposed and 9 are buried.
Ref.:
- Feng-Mai Chai, Zhao-Chong Zhang, Jing-Wen Mao, Lian-Hui Dong, Zuo-Heng Zhang, Hui-Shou Ye, Hua Wu, and Xin-Hua Mo (2006): Petrography and Mineralogy of Baishiquan Cu-Ni-bearing mafic-ultramafic Intrusions in Xinjiang. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica [Yanshikuangwuxue Zazhi] 25(1), 1-12.
- Ke-Zhang Qin, Kui-Shou Ding, Ying-Xia Xu, He Sun, Xing-Wang Xu, Dong-Mei Tang, and Qian Mao (2007): Ore Potential of Protoliths and Modes of Co-Ni Occurrence in Tulargen and Baishiquan Cu-Ni-Co Deposits, East Tianshan, Xinjiang. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 26(1), 1-14.
- Kui-Shou Ding, Ke-Zhang Qin, Ying-Xia Xu, He Sun, Xing-Wang Xu, Dong-Mei Tang, Qian Mao, and Yu-Guang Ma (2007): Typomorphic Characteristics and ore-forming Significance of Pyrrhotite in the Major Cu-Ni Deposits, East Tianshan, Xinjiang. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 26(1), 109-119.
- Fengmai Chai, Zhaochong Zhang, Jingwen Mao, Lianhui Dong, Zuoheng Zhang, and Hua Wu (2007): Geology, petrology and geochemistry of the Baishiquan Ni-Cu-bearing mafic-ultramafic intrusions in Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for tectonics and genesis of ores. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (in press).
- Jingwen Mao, Pirajno, F., Zuoheng Zang, Fengmei Chai, Hua Wu, Shiping Chen, Linsong Cheng, Jianmin Yang, and Changqing Zhang (2007): A review of the Cu-Ni sulphide deposits in the Chinese Tianshan and Altay orogens (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, NW China): Principal characteristics and ore-forming processes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (in press).
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