Tongguanshan Mine, Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling Prefecture, Anhui Province, China

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Skarn copper-gold deposit, occurring in the southeastern contact zone of the elliptical Tongguanshan quartz monzodiorite intrusion with Upper Carboniferous limestones and Middle Carboniferous dolomites. The ores are present as stratabound bodies, pipes, veins, and locally as stockworks and disseminations.

References

- Yuanming Pan and Ping Dong (1999): The Lower Changjiang (Yangzi/Yangtze) River metallogenic belt, east central China: intrusion- and wall rock-hosted Cu-Fe-Au, Mo, Zn, Pb, Ag deposits. Ore Geology Reviews 15, 177-242.
- Tian, S., Ding, T., Hou, Z., Yang, Z., Wang, Y., Meng, Y., and Zeng, P. (2003): Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon isotope studies on the Xiaotongguanshan Skarn Cu deposit, Anhui, China. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2003, A481.
- Caiyu Lu, Xiaosheng Cao, and Fuquan Xiao (2007): The geological features and prospecting potential in the deep of Tongguanshan deposit, Anhui. Geology and Prospecting 43(6), 12-16.
- Lianxing Gu, Khin Zaw, Wenxuan Hu, Kaijun Zhang, Pei Ni, Jinxiang He, Yaotong Xu, Jianjun Lu, and Chunming Lin (2007): Distinctive features of Late Palaeozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 107-138.
- Yanjing Chen, Huayong Chen, Khin Zaw, Pirajno, F., and Zengjie Zhang (2007): Geodynamic settings and tectonic model of skarn gold deposits in China: An overview. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 139-169.
- 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.

Mineral List

Actinolite Andradite 'Apatite' Arsenopyrite Biotite Bornite Calcite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group'

Diopside Dolomite Epidote Forsterite Galena Gold Grossular Hedenbergite Hematite Magnetite

Marcasite 'Melnikovite' Molybdenite Muscovite var: Sericite Phlogopite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz 'Scapolite'

Scheelite 'Serpentine Group' Siderite Sphalerite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Tremolite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

40 entries listed. 33 valid minerals.