Huya W-Sn-Be deposit (Pingwu beryl mine), Huya village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

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Quartz vein-type tungsten-tin-beryllium (scheelite-cassiterite-beryl) deposit, hosted in intercalating schists and marble of the Lower Triassic Zagunao series, that are intruded by a Yanshanian rare element-rich (Be, W, Sn, Li, Ta, Rb, etc.) adamellite-monzodiorite. More than 40 veins are known on the southeast slope of the Xuebaoding massif, near Huya village. Individual veins are several tens of meters long and typically 0.5-1.5 m wide.

Located in the northwest portion of Pingwu county, near the border with Songpan county.

References

- Guo Yanjun, Wang Rucheng, and Xu Shijin (2000): Vibrational Spectra of Beryl from Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province. Geological Journal of China Universities 6(2), 201-204.
- Jinhui Lin, Zhimin Cao, Jing Liu, Youguo Li, Yiyun Zhang, and Sancong Ying (2000): Mineral Spectroscopic Studies of Beryls from Xuebaoding, Sichuan. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica [Yanshikuang Wuxue Zazhi] 19(4), 369-375.
- Yan Liu, Bin Zhang, and Xiaoyan Yu (2001): The mineralogical characteristics and its application prospect of beryl in Pingwu, Sichuan. Geology and Prospecting 37(2), 55-57.
- Song Ye, Lijian Qi, Yong'an Luo, Kaichan Zhou, and Jingcheng Pei (2001): Relationship between the rare-metal containing granitic intrusions and beryl mineralization in Pingwu, Sichuan, China. Geological Science and Technology Information 20(2), 65-70 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Cao Zhimin, Zheng Jianbin, Li Youguo, Kabayashi, S., Ren Jianguo, Kaneda, H., Xu Shijin, Shoji, T., and Wang Rucheng (2002): Geologic and geochemical features of the volatile-rich ore fluid and its tracing and dating in the Xuebaoding Beryl-Scheelite Vein Deposit, China. Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 45(8), 719-729.
- Hedland, A. (2004): Das Scheelit-Beryll-Kassiterit-Fluorit-Vorkommen von Huya-Zibeisha bei Pingwu, Provinz Sichuan, China. Mineralien Welt 15 (6), 46-57.
- Rubo Zhang, Yuyu Zhang, and Xiasheng Gong (2005): Fe(3+)2Sn3O9, an unnamed mineral of the Kyzylkumite group. Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 26(2), 11-14.
- Ottens, B. (2005): Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, China. The Mineralogical Record 36(1), 45-57.
- Yan Liu, Jun Deng, Dai-Sheng Sun, and Ying-Hua Zhou (2007): Morphology and Gensis Typomorphism of Minerals in W-Sn-Be Deposit of Huya, Sichuan. Journal of the China University of Geosciences 32(1), 75-81.

Mineral List

Albite var: Cleavelandite 'Apatite' Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Goshenite Boulangerite Bournonite

Calcite Cassiterite Dolomite Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena 'Garnet' Ilmenite

Kesterite Magnesiofoitite Magnetite Malachite Microcline Muscovite Mushistonite Pyrite

Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Scheelite Schorl 'Tourmaline' 'Unnamed (Fe-Sn Oxide)' Wolframite

31 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.