Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China

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凡口铅锌矿, 仁化县, 韶关市, 广东省, 中国

SEDEX style lead-zinc-polymetallic 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.
- Hongchang Li, Guangli Tang, Xieming Li, Shunquan Yang, and Jinchang Deng (1987): Types and main features of Pb-Zn deposits in Nanling and its neighbouring districts. Geology and Prospecting 23(11), 6-15.
- Peilan Li (1989): The evolutionary pattern of mineralization of the Fankou Pb-Zn deposit. Geology and Prospecting 25(8), 9-16.
- Jianqing Lai, Chuxiong Yang, and Shijun Yi (1989): Sedimentary facies of ore-bearing carbonate rocks in the Fankou Pb-Zn mining district and its significance in ore-controlling. Geology and Prospecting 25(12), 12-16.
- Huang Huiling (1990): The occurrence characteristics of associated mercury in Fankou lead-zinc deposit. Guangdong Geology 5(19, 14-20.
- Yimo Fu (1998): Process mineralogy of silver of beneficiation sample from deeper ore body in Fankou lead-zinc mine. Mining and Metallurgy 7(3).
- 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.
- Hangzhuang Yang and Shangzhou Chen (2006): Interlayer-gliding structure and its ore-controlling effect in the Fankou lead-zinc deposit, Guangdong. Geology and Prospecting 42(2), 44-48.
- 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.
- Ying Han, Jingbin Wang, Xinyou Zhu, Ningning Guo, Shunting Li, and Yanli Wang (2011): Geochemical characteristics of carbon and oxygen isotopes in the Fankou lead-zinc deposit, Guangdong, and their geological implications. Geology and Exploration 47(4), 642-648.

Mineral List

Acanthite Ankerite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismuthinite 'Bitumen' Bournonite

Calcite Chalcopyrite Cinnabar Dolomite Fluorite Freibergite Galena

Muscovite var: Sericite Owyheeite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz Scheelite

Siderite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

25 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.