Sedimentary-type molybdenum deposit, hosted in Jurassic feldspathic quartz sandstones in the Minzhu-Taiping area. Molybdenite, the main molybdenum ore, is strongly enriched in rhenium and osmium.
References
- Zhang Rubo, Gong Xiasheng, Zhon Zhendong, Fan Liangming, and Shuai Dequan (1981): Muchuanite, a new water-bearing molybdenum sulphide mineral. Geochimica 10(2), 120-127.
- Wenjun Liu (1985): A study on the existing state of molybdenum and distribution regularity of muchuanite in molybdenum-bearing sandstone at Muchuan, Sichuan. Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 6(1), 104-110.
- Cao Zhimin, Luo Yaonan, Wang Rucheng, Stein, H.J., Hannah, J.L., and Markey, R.J. (2002): Geological Characteristics and Mineralization Age of the Sandstone Type Re-Mo-(Os) Mineral Occurrence in Muchuan, Sichuan. Acta Geologica Sinica 76(1), 95-99.
- Jianbin Zheng, Zhimin Cao, Wei An, and Yaonan Luo (2006): Clausthalite in Cu-Mo-Bearing Sandstone, Muchuan District, Sichuan Province. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 26(3), 346-348.
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