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Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan ore field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

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Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan ore field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Photo: Dr. Lueg 2007
Latitude: 25°31'N
Longitude: 114°24'E
漂塘钨锡矿, 西华山钨矿田, 大余县, 赣州市, 江西省, 中国

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.

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Mineral List

Arsenopyrite
Beryl
Bismuthinite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Euclase
Ferberite
Fluorite
Galena
Helvine
'K Feldspar'
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Scheelite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Triplite
'Wolframite'


27 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.

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References

Nanling Tungsten Research Group of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry (1979): Metallogenic regularity of W deposits in the Nanling region and adjacent areas. Geology and Prospecting 15(6), 18-28 (in Chinese).

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).

Xudong Wang, Pei Ni, Shaoyong Jiang, Kuidong Zhao, and Tiangang Wang (2009): Origin of ore-forming fluid in the Piaotang tungsten deposit in Jiangxi Province: Evidence from helium and argon isotopes. Chinese Science Bulletin 54(21), 3338-3344 (in Chinese).

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