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Zhilingtou (Yinkengshan) Au-Ag deposit, Suichang Co., Lishui Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China

Epithermal (mesothermal ?) deposit, hosted in Early Proterozoic orthogneisses and paragneisses that are overlain by Late Jurassic to Cretaceous intermediate to felsic volcanic rocks.

Ref.:
- Wu, C.Y., Bai, G., and Xu, L.M. (1993): Types and distribution of silver ore deposits in China. Mineralium Deposita 28(4), 223-239.
- Pirajno, F., Bagas, L., Hickman, A.H., and Zhejiang Gold Research Team (1997): Gold mineralization of the Chencai-Suichang Uplift and tectonic evolution of Zhejiang Province, southeast China. Ore Geology Reviews 12, 35-55.
- Mei Jianming (2000): Chemical typomorphic characteristic of pyrites from Zhilingtou gold deposit, Suichang, Zhejiang. Geoscience Journal of Graduate School of China University of Geosciences 14(1), 51-55.
- Pirajno, F., and Bagas, L. (2002): Gold and silver metallogeny of the South China Fold Belt: a consequence of multiple mineralizing events ? Ore Geology Reviews 20, 109-126.
- Khin Zaw, Peters, S.G., Cromie, P., Burrett, C., and Zengqian Hou (2007): Nature, diversity of deposit types and metallogenic relations of South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 3-47.





Map Reference: 28°37'N , 119°25'E

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Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Alabandite
  • Almandine
  • Altaite
  • Alunite
  • Calaverite
  • Calcite
  • 'Chalcedony'
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Epidote
  • Fluorite
  • Galena
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Hessite
  • Kaolinite
  • Molybdenite
  • Orthoclase
    var: Adularia
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rhodonite
  • 'Sericite'
  • Sphalerite
  • Sylvanite
  • Talnakhite
  • Tellurobismuthite


    30 entries listed. 24 valid minerals.

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