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Bizigou (Bizhigou) Cu deposit, Wenxi Co., Zhongtiao Mountains, Yuncheng Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China

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

Ref.:
- 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.
- 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 Technolog 26(3), 310-319 (in Chinese with English abstract).





Mineral List:
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Cobaltpentlandite
  • Gold
  • Linnaeite
  • Mackinawite
  • Molybdenite
  • Phlogopite
  • Pyrite
       var: Bravoite
       var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • 'Tourmaline Group'
  • Uraninite


    14 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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