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

Porphyry Cu-Au deposit. The mineralization is associated with a multistage quartz monzonite stock, intruding a aequence of Permo-Triassic clastic rocks.

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 (also available at: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/gold99/pdf/7285.pdf).
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- Zeqin Li, Jiangzhen Wang, and Jingya Wang (2003): New genetic model for porphyry copper deposit. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2003, A252.
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- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/PorCu.txt