Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan Province (Hainan Island), China

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Iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposit with minor cobalt ores. The biggest high-grade iron ore producer in Asia, raising 4 million tons of iron ores per year.
Located near Changjiang.

References

- Jianliang Feng, Jingchun Wang, and Shuangmei He (1981): Mineralogical genesis of Shilu iron ores. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 1(3), 145-152.
- Lin Xu (1992): On stratigraphic division of the Shilu Mine, Hainan. Geology and Prospecting 28(10), 22-25.
- Gao Jiyuan (1996): Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Iron Deposits. In: Tu Guangzhi and Xu Zhonglun, eds.: Geochemistry of Strata-Bound Deposits in China. Science Press, Beijing (1996), pp. 431-469.
- 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.
- Feng Chengyou and Zhang Dequan (2004): Cobalt deposits of China: Classification, distribution and major advances. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(2), 352-357.
- Wei Hou, Yong Xiao, and Fansheng Chen (2007): Main fetaures of the Shilu ductile shear zone in Hainan island and metallogeny of the "Beiyi-type" iron ore deposit. Chinese Journal of Geology 42(3), 483-495.
- Jinsong Zhao, Bin Xia, Xuelin Qiu, Bin Zhao, Deru Xu, Zuohai Feng, Zhaolin Li, Ganfu Shen, Ruizhong Hu, Wenchao Su, Chaojian Qin, Weimin Qin, Xian Fu, and Zhigao Hu (2008): Finding of melt inclusion in garnet from skarn of Shilu iron deposit, Hainan Province. Acta Petrologica Sinica 24(1), 149-160.
- Deru Xu, Li Wang, Yong Xiao, Zhaolu Liu, Qiji Fu, Zhourong Cai, and Jurui Huang (2008): A preliminary discussion on metallogenic model for Shilu-type iron oxide-copper-gold-cobalt ore deposit. Mineral Deposits 27(6).
- Shuguang Ma, Jihong Li, Zonglai Zheng, and Lingyun Li (2009): Application of GIS in metallogenic prognosis in Shilu iron ore deposit, Hainan. Geology and Exploration 45(6), 716-721.

Mineral List

Andradite Anhydrite 'Apatite' Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Diopside

Dolomite 'Feldspar Group' Galena Gypsum Hematite Magnetite Malachite Muscovite var: Sericite

Opal Pyrite var: Cobaltoan Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Chert var: Jasper

Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tremolite Zircon

29 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.