Xiongcun Cu-(Au) deposit, Xaitongmoin (Xietongmen) Co., Xigazê (Rikaze; Shigatse) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

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Epithermal Cu-Au deposit, with typical characteristics of both high-sulfidation and low-sulfidation deposit types.
Located about 240 km SW of Lhasa.

References

- Wenyi Xu, Xiaoming Qu, Zengqian Hou, Weishi Chen, Zhusen Yang, and Yanhe Cui (2005): Fluid Inclusion Studies of the Xiongcun copper-gold Deposit in Central Gangdese, Tibet. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 24(4), 301-310 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Wenyi Xu, Xiaoming Qu, Zengqian Hou, Zhusen Yang, Fengchu Pan, Yanhe Cui, Weishi Chen, Dan Yang, and Yu Lian (2006): The Xiongcun Copper-Gold Deposit in Tibet: Characteristics, Genesis, and Geodynamic Application. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(9), 1392-1406 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Wenyi Xu, Xiaoming Qu, Zengqian Hou, Dan Yang, Zhusen Yang, Yanhe Cui, and Weishi Chen (2006): Ore-forming Fluid Characteristics and Genesis of Xiongcun copper-gold Deposit in Central Gangdese, Tibet. Mineral Deposits [Kuangchuang Dizhi] 25(3), 243-251 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Li Zhang, Juxing Tang, Qi Deng, Yong Huang, Xinhai Lang, Jim Lang, and Reza Tafiti (2007): Study on Mineral Compositions of the Ore from the Xiongcun Cu (Au) Deposit in Xietongmen County, Tibet, China. Journal of Chengdu University of Technology (Science and Technology Edition), 34(3), 318-326 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- 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.
- Wenyi Xu, Fengchu Pan, Xiaoming Qu, Zengqian Hou, Zhusen Yang, Weishi Chen, Dan Yang, and Yanhe Cui (2009): Xiongcun, Tibet: A telescoped system of veinlet-disseminated Cu (Au) mineralization and late vein-style Au (Ag)-polymetallic mineralization in a continental collision zone. Ore Geology Reviews 36, 174-193.
- Juxing Tang, Yong Huang, Zhijun Li, Qi Deng, Xinghai Lang, Yuan Chen, and Li Zhang (2009): Element geochemical characteristics of Xiongcun Cu-Au deposit in Xaitongmoin County, Tibet. Mineral Deposits 28(1).

Mineral List

Actinolite Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Andalusite Anhydrite Baryte Biotite Bornite Calcite

Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Group var: Brunsvigite Clinochlore Cordierite Diopside Epidote Fluorite Galena

'Garnet' Gold var: Electrum Hematite Kaolinite Magnetite Muscovite var: Sericite Orthoclase

Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile Siderite Sphalerite 'Tourmaline' Zoisite

35 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.