Skarn-type Fe-Cu deposit, occurring in the contact zone between the Tieshan intrusion and Triassic limestones, in the northern limb of the Tieshan anticline. The Tieshan intrusion is a ring complex with a central porphyritic granodiorite, a transitional zone consisting of syenodiorite and quartz monzodiorite, and a marginal zone of quartz diorite, porphyritic quartz diorite and biotite-pyroxene diorite. The deposit comprises six lenticular or podiform ore bodies (from east to west: Tiemenkan, Longdong, Jianlinshan, Xiangbishan, Shizishan, and Jianshan) that are up to 450m long and up to 180m wide.
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