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Dounan Mine, Yanshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Latitude: 23°42'40"N
Longitude: 104°42'45"E
斗南锰矿, 砚山县, 文山壮族苗族自治州, 云南省, 中国

Manganese mine, working a marine-sedimentary deposit hosted by mudstones.

Mineral List

Albite
Alleghanyite
Bementite
Biotite
Braunite
Calcite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite

Caryopilite
'Chlorite Group'
Dolomite
Glauconite
Hausmannite
Manganite
Marcasite
Muscovite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Rhodochrosite
'Tourmaline'
Vernadite ?
Zircon


24 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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References

Wenxin Yu (1980): Dounan-style transitional type manganese deposits. Geology and Prospecting 16(3), 20-25.

Shikun Huang (1990): Sedimentary formation and ore-forming environment of China's primary Mn deposits. Geology and Prospecting 26(9), 6-11, 20.

Baohong Hu (1993): Geology and genesis of Dounan manganese deposits, Yunnan Province, P.R. China. PhD thesis, University of Adelaide (Australia).

Yang Yuchun (1996): Three Sorts of Manganese Silicate Minerals: Their Identification and Research Significance. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 15(2), 186-190.

Hongjun Liu and Youzhi Xue (1999): Sedimentology of Triassic Dounan-type manganese deposits, western margin, Yangtze Platform, China. Ore Geology Reviews 15, 165-176.

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