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Rehai geothermal field, Tengchong Co., Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Active geothermal field, comprising 62 hot spring groups occurring along a NS-striking main fault. Country rocks in the area are mainly late Cretaceous granitoids, with minor late Tertiary and Quaternary volcanics, sandstone and conglomerate. The field is sub-divided in a northeast and a southwest section, referred to as the Huangguaqing-Liuhuangtang and Reshuitang fields, respectively.
Located around 10-15 km south of Tengchong.

References

- Qijia Zang (1984): On the origin of violarite from Halatonggou, Xinjiang and carrollite from Futuyu, Hebei, China. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 4(1), 74-77.
- Zhao, P., and Liao, Z. (1995): Preliminary gas and isotope geochemistry in the Rehai geothermal field, P.R. China. Proceedings of the 17th NZ Geothermal Workshop, 87-90.
- Pin'an Wang (2001): Geology and geochemistry of geothermal fields and hot-spring type gold deposits in Sanjiang orogen, southwestern China. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 52(8), 327-345 (in Japanese with English abstract).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aluminite
Alunite
Alunogen
Arsenopyrite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Coffinite
Dickite
Fluorite
Galena
Gold
Gypsum
Illite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Marcasite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Opal
Pyrite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sulphur
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende

Zeolite Group


29 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.

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China
  • Yunnan Province

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