Tungsten and tin-bearing quartz veins in the contact zone of the Xihuashan biotite-granite intrusion which is buried underground. Nearby, a Hercynian quartz-diorite intrusion is exposed at the surface.
References:
- Ivanova, G.F., Cherkasova, E.V., and Naumov, V.B. (1996): Mineral Composition and Formation Conditions of the Piaotang Tin-Tungsten Deposit, South China. Geology of Ore Deposits 38(2), 137-150.
- Murao, S., Nakashima, K., Meicai, O., Ogasawara, M., Zhou, G., Zheng, Y., and Hu, X. (1998): Ore minerals from the Piaotang polymetallic deposit, Jiangxi, southern China. Geological Survey of Japan Open File Report No. 321, 1-22.
- Yishan Zeng, Jiaqi Liu, and Yongfeng Zhu (2002): Short-chain carboxylates in high-temperature ore fluids of W-Sn deposits in south China. Geochemical Journal 36, 219-234.
- Ottens, B. (2007): Chinesisches Tagebuch (IV): Wulfenite aus Xinjiang, Euklas aus den Dayu-Bergen und neue Fluorite. Lapis 32(5), 34-39 (in German).
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Map Reference: 25°31'N , 114°24'E
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