Located about 40 km SE of Chenzhou. Originally said to be near Hengyang, about 180 km further north-northwest. Operated commercially as a tungsten mine, it has recently been a prolific source of specimens including fluorite, ferberite, bournonite, arsenopyrite, etc.
NOTES:
(1) All fibrous sulphosalts are notoriously traded by Chinese dealers as "bismuthinite", but may be boulangerite, jamesonite, bismuthinite or even galenobismutite.
(2) The "Wolframite" is predominantly Ferberite. To date, Hübnerite was only found in one single pocket.
(3) Beryl is listed from the mine, but decent specimens are not known. In particular, the "Goshenites" sold by some dealers do not come from the Yaogangxian mine, but from Pingwu, Sichuan Province.
Ref.:
- Ottens, B. and Cook, R.B. (2005): The Yaogangxian tungsten mine, Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China. Rocks & Minerals 80(1), 46-57.
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