Huayuan Pb-Zn deposit, Huayuan Co., Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

MVT (Mississippi Valley Type) lead-zinc deposit, hosted by Lower cambrian carbonatites in the Hunan-Guizhou orogenic belt.

Ref.:
- Wenjun Liu and Rongcai Zheng (2001): Thermochemical sulphate reduction and Huayuan lead-zinc ore deposit in Hunan, China. Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 44(5), 414-425.
- Schneider, J., Boni, M., Lapponi, F., and Bechstädt, T. (2002): Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposits in the Lower Cambrian of Hunan, South China: A Radiogenic (Pb, Sr) Isotope Study. Economic Geology 97(8), 1815-1827.
- Shaoxiang Yang and Ketong Lao (2007): A Tentative Discussion on Genesis of lead-zinc Deposits in Northwest Hunan. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 26(3), 330-340 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Mineral List:

	Baryte

	'Bitumen'

	Calcite

	Dolomite

	Fluorite

	Galena

	Gypsum

	Marcasite

	Pyrite

	Sphalerite

10 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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