SEDEX style Pb-Zn deposit, occurring in Middle to Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous carbonate and argillaceous carbonate formations.
Fankou is the largest Pb-Zn producer in Asia, with reserves of 3.4 Mt of Zn and 1.7 Mt of Pb. By-products are copper, tungsten, tin, silver, gold, antimony, mercury, uranium, bismuth, thallium and molybdenum.
References:
- Song Xuexin (1984): Minor elements and ore genesis of the Fankou lead-zinc deposit, China. Mineralium Deposita 19(2), 95-104.
- Jun Deng, Liqing Yang, Xueming Chen, Qingfei Wang, and Yan Liu (2005): Fluid system and ore-forming dynamics of the Yuebei Basin, China. In: Jingwen Mao and Bierlein, F.P. (eds.): Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial SGA Meeting Beijing, China, 18–21 August 2005, pp. 107-109.
- Lianxing Gu, Khin Zaw, Wenxuan Hu, Kaijun Zhang, Pei Ni, Jinxiang He, Yaotong Xu, Jianjun Lu, and Chunming Li (2007): Distinctive features of Late Paleozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31(1-4), 107-138.
- Khin Zaw, Peters, S.G., Cromie, P., Burrett, C., and Zengqian Hou (2007): Nature, diversity of deposit types and metallogenic relations of South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 3-47.
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