Erdaogou Mine, Jinchanggouliang-Erdaogou ore field, Beipiao Co., Chaoyang Prefecture, Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region), China

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二道沟金矿, 金厂沟梁-二道沟金矿田, 北票市, 朝阳市, 辽宁省, 中国

Magmatic-hydrothermal gold deposit, hosted in volcanic rocks around a porphyritic granodiorite intrusion. The deposit is genetically related to the neighbouring Xiaochanggao deposit and the Jinchanggouliang deposit in Inner Mongolia.


NOTE: Not to be confused with the Erdaogou Au-Ag deposit in Huadian County of Jilin Province.

References

- Poulsen, K.H., Taylor, B.E., Robert, F., Mortensen, J.K., Baoqin Lin, Ling Shang, Ershu Shen, and Lidong Zhang (1990): Report on the Sino-Canadian Gold Project 1987-1990. Geological Survey of Canada Open-File Report 2510.
- Zhi Wang, Zhongxun Xu, and Fuhe Yang (1989): Geology and genesis of Erdaogou gold deposit, Liaoning Province. Journal of Jilin University, Earth Science Edition 34(3).
- Jiangli Pang (1999): Characterization of mineralogy in Erdaogou gold deposit, Liaoning province. Journal of Shaanxi Normal University, Natural Science Edition 40(4), 97-101.
- Hart, C.J.R., Goldfarb, R.J., Yumin Qiu, Snee, L., Miller, L.D., and Miller, M.L. (2002): Gold deposits of the northern margin of the North China Craton: multiple late Paleozoic-Mesozoic mineralizing events. Mineralium Deposita 37, 326-351.

Mineral List

Arsenopyrite Bornite ? Calcite Chalcocite ? Chalcopyrite

'Chlorite Group' Epidote Fluorite Galena Gold var: Electrum

Kaolinite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Muscovite var: Sericite Pyrite Pyrrhotite

Quartz var: Amethyst Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.