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Daye Iron mine, Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China

Skarn-type Fe-Cu-(Co) deposit, worked from a large opencast mine.

Not to be confused with the Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine).
Note also that this mine is, unlike stated in the title of Ottens (2007), located in Daye County (not: Daye District) and Huangshi Prefecture (not: Ezhou Prefecture).

Ref.:
- Yusheng Zhai, Yongliang Xiong, Shuzhen Yao, and Xinduo Lin (1996): Metallogeny of copper and iron deposits in the Eastern Yangtse Craton, east-central China. Ore Geology Reviews 11, 229-248.
- Ottens, B. (2007): The Fengjiashan mine, Daye District, Ezhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, China. Mineralogical Record, 38, 33-42.





Map Reference: 30°12'0"N , 114°54'30"E

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Mineral List:
Bornite
Chalcopyrite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite

Diopside
Hematite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite


10 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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