Altered shear zone-type gold deposit, controlled by the Zhaoping fault zone and secondary faults on the footwall side. The Zhaoping fault strikes NE to NNE and separates the Archaean Jiaodong Group meta-volcanics on the hanging wall from the Linglong granite on the footwall. Gold mineralization is associated with sheared pyrite-sericite-quartz alteration zones parallel to the main fault surface within the Linglong granite. The Xiadian mine is separated into four sub-districts, comprising from north to south, the Qingcaogou sub-district, the Daobeizhuangzi sub-district, the Xiadian sub-district and the Lingqueshan sub-district. Current resources and production are based mostly on the Xiadian sub-district; the other three sub-districts are still in their exploration stages.
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- Deng Jun, Yang Liqiang, Zhai Yusheng, Wang Jianping, and Fang Yun (1999): Crust-mantle interaction and dynamics of metallogenic system of Jiaodong gold ore concentrating area, China. Journal of Geosciences of China 1(1), 39-46.
- Deng Jun, Liu Wei, Sun Zhongshi, Wang Jianping, Wang Qingfei, Zhang Qunxi, and Wei Yanguang (2003): Evidence of mantle-rooted fluids and multi-level circulation ore-forming dynamics: A case study from the Xiadian gold deposit, Shandong Province, China. Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 46(1), 123-134.
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