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Xifanping Cu-Au deposit, Yanyuan Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

Latitude: 27°24'N
Longitude: 101°8'E
Porphyry copper-gold deposit. The mineralization is associated with a multistage quartz monzonite stock that intruded into a sequence of Permo-Triassic clastic rocks.

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
Biotite
Bornite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Galena
Gold
'Hornblende'
'K Feldspar'
Magnetite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Quartz
Sphalerite
Zinccopperite


20 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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References

Chen, P., Wang, R., Chen, X., and Xu, S. (1999): Fluid Inclusion Evidence for High-Copper Content of Ore-Forming Fluid for Xifanping Porphyry Copper Deposit, Sichuan Province, China. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 1999, no. 7285.

Sun, Y., Xiao, Y., Wen, C., et al. (2002): The discovery of genesis of zinccopperite in a porphyry copper deposit in Xifanping, Sichuan Province. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 21(4), 266-267 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Zeqin Li, Jiangzhen Wang, and Jingya Wang (2003): New genetic model for porphyry copper deposit. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2003, A252.

Kaixing Wu, Ruizhong Hu, Jiantang Peng, Xianwu Bi, and Zhigang Zhao (2005): Cenozoic Tectonic Uplifting and Secondary Enrichment of Porphyry Copper and Gold Deposits. Geological Science and Technology Information [Dizhi Keji Qingbao] 24(4), 50-54.

Zengqian Hou, Pusheng Zeng, Yongfeng Gao, Andao Du, and Deming Fu (2006): Himalayan Cu–Mo–Au mineralization in the eastern Indo–Asian collision zone: constraints from Re–Os dating of molybdenite. Mineralium Deposita 41(1), 33-45.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.

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