Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au ore field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China

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Sulphide-bearing black shales of the Early Cambrian Niutitang formation, underlain by Late Proterozoic dolomite of the Doushantuo formation. The shales above the contact contain millimeter-sized pebbles and disseminations of polymetallic sulphides.

References

- Fan, D. (1983): Polyelements in the Lower Cambrian black shale series in southern China. In: Augusthitis, S.S. (ed.): The significance of trace metals in solving petrogenetic problems and controversies. Theophrastus Publications S.A., Athens, 447–474.
- Coveney, R.M., Grauch, R.I., and Murowchick, J.B. (1993): Ore mineralogy of nickel-molybdenum beds hosted by black shales of south China. In: Reddy, R.G., and Weizenbach, R.N. (eds): The minerals, metals and materials society, Proceedings of the Paul E. Queneau International Symposium "Extractive Metallurgy of Copper, Nickel and Cobalt", 369–375.
- Nansheng Chen (1996): Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Mo Deposits. In: Tu Guangzhi (ed.): "Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Deposits in China", Science Press (Beijing), 528-548.
- Jingwen Mao, Guangdi Zhang, Andao Du, Yitian Wang, and Mingguo Zeng (2001): Geology, geochemistry and Re-Os isotopic dating of the Huangjiawan Ni-Mo-PGE deposit, Zunyi, Guizhou Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 75(2), 234-243.
- Taiyi Luo, Xiaobiao Li, Linbo Yao, and Dan Zhu (2003): Sasaite from Niutitang black shales, Zunyi. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 23(3), 205-210.
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- Yiping Chen, Jiayong Pan, Kai Hu, Guolin Guo, Zhaobin Yan, and Xiujun Fan (2007): Discovery of monazite in the Ni-Mo sulfide layer of Zunyi, Guizhou Province, and its genetic significance. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 26(4), 340-344.
- Bin Chang, and Hanjie Wen (2008): EMPA research on nickel and molybdenum minerals in Ni-Mo sulfide layer of the Lower Cambrian black rock series at Huangjiawan, Zunyi, Guizhou Province. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 28(4), 439-446.
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Mineral List

Albite 'Apatite' 'var: Collophane' 'var: Phosphorite' Arsenopyrite Baryte Biotite 'Bitumen' Bornite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite

'Chlorite Group' Covellite Dolomite Evansite Gersdorffite Gold var: Electrum Gypsum Heazlewoodite 'Hydromuscovite' Illite Jordisite ?

Marcasite Millerite Monazite-(Ce) Monazite-(La) Muscovite var: Sericite Parkerite Pentlandite Polydymite Pyrite var: Bravoite Quartz Rutile

Sasaite Siegenite Sphalerite Sulvanite Tennantite Tiemannite UM2001-03-C:MoS ? Vaesite Valleriite Violarite

46 entries listed. 34 valid minerals.