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Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Azurite
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Photo: Wang Minerals
Latitude: 29°40'41"N
Longitude: 115°50'0"E
城门山铜钼金矿, 九瑞矿区, 九江县, 九江市, 江西省, 中国

Superlarge copper-molybdenum-gold deposit, consisting of porphyry copper ore bodies, porphyry molybdenum ore bodies, skarn copper-molybdenum ore bodies and stratabound copper-gold ore bodies. The deposit is worked from open pits.
Located near Jiujiang city.

Mineral List

Acanthite
Actinolite
Albite
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
'Biotite'
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Delafossite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Galena
'Garnet'
Gold
var: Electrum
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
'Limonite'
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
'Melnikovite'
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite


47 entries listed. 34 valid minerals.

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References

Zhiqing Yu and Yongyong Sun (1986): Associated gold deposits in Jiamgxi Province. Geology and Prospecting 22(9), 1-6 (in Chinese).

Qui, X., Pei, R., Kejian, J., and Wu, X. (1989): Geological characteristics of copper mineralization, Jiujiang-Ruichang Area, Jiangxi province, China. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 8(3), 228-244.

Ge, C., Sun, H., and Zhou, T. (1990): Copper deposits of China, in: Mineral deposits of China, Vol. 1, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, p. 1-106.

Huang, E., Zhang, N., and Luo, Z. (1990): The genesis of the Chengmenshan and Wushan copper deposits. Mineral Deposits 9(4), 291-300 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Zhongling Wang (1991): Genesis and geological features of Chengmenshan massive sulfide Cu-S ore deposit, Jiangxi Province. Contributions to Geology and Mineral Resources Research 6(3), 47-57 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Zhang, H., and Rui, Z. (1992): Geologic setting of the porphyry copper deposits series of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 5(1), 59-73.

Pan, Y., and Dong, P. (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.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2002): Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database, Maps, and Preliminary Analysis. USGS Open-File Report 02-268.

Jingwen Mao, Yitian Wang, Lehmann, B., Jinjie Yu, Andao Du, Yanxiong Mei, Yongfeng Li, Wenshuan Zang, Stein, H.J., and Taofa Zhou (2006): Molybdenite Re-Os and albite 40Ar/39Ar dating of Cu-Au-Mo and magnetite porphyry systems in the Yangtze river valley and metallogenic implications. Ore Geology Reviews 29(3/4), 307-324.

Lianxing Gu, Khin Zaw, Wenxuan Hu, Kaijun Zhang, Pei Ni, Jinxiang He, Yaotong Xu, Jianjun Lu, and Chunming Li (2007): Distinctive features of Late Paleozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31(1-4), 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(1-4), 139-169.

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.

Chong Wang, Ping Dong, Bin Sun, Yongjing Wu, and Shaoyong Jiang (2009): Application of EH4 electromagnetic sounding in the deep and periphery of Chengmenshan mining area, Jiangxi. Geology and Exploration 45(6), 742-747.

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