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Bizigou (Bizhigou) Cu deposit, Zhongtiaoshan ore field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China

Latitude: 35°18'N
Longitude: 111°35'E
篦子沟铜矿床 , 中条山矿田, 垣曲县, 运城市, 山西省, 中国

Mesoproterozoic exhalative sedimentary, late-stage metamorphic copper deposit of the so-called Hujiayu-Bizigou type, hosted in black carbonaceous shales of the Paleoproterozoic Bizigou group.

References

- Wang Chunzeng, Cen Boxiong, and Wang Dingyu (1992): Geologic characteristics and related problems of boron-rich pneumata-hydrothermal veins from the Hujiayu-Bizigou copper mining area, Zhongtiao Mountains. Earth Science 17(5), 531-538 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Yang Weihua (1996): Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Copper Deposits. In: Tu Guangzhi and Xu Zhonglun, eds.: Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Deposits in China. Science Press, Beijing (1996), pp. 470-507.
- Zhian Qin and Keqin Xue (2003): Geological features and copper deposit types in Zhongtiao mountains. Geological Survey and Research 26(2), 108-113.
- Yongrui Zhao and Yunqing Zhen (2006): Genetic Model for Metamorphosed exhalative-sedimentary Copper Deposits of the Hujiayu-Bizigou-Type in the Zhongtiao Region. Journal of Guilin University of Technology 26(3), 310-319 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Mineral List

Acanthite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Annabergite
var: Magnesian Annabergite
Argentopentlandite ?
Arsenopyrite
var: Danaite ?
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brannerite
Calcite
Carrollite
Cattierite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Cobaltite
Cobaltpentlandite
Coffinite
Copper
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Digenite
Dolomite
Epidote
Erythrite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hessite
'Hornblende'
Lillianite
Limonite
Linnaeite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melonite
Millerite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nickeline
Pararammelsbergite
Pearceite
Phlogopite
Pilsenite
Polybasite
Pyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite

var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Rutile
Siegenite
Silver
Sphalerite
Tellurobismuthite
'Tourmaline'
Uraninite
Violarite
Weissite
Wittichenite
Zippeite


73 entries listed. 61 valid minerals.

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