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Baifang Mine, Changning Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

柏坊铜矿, 常宁市, 衡阳市, 湖南省, 中国

A copper and silver mine field, which also procudes minor gold, bismuth and uranium ores. It works several stratabound sedimentary copper deposits that are hosted in continental red beds and marine sedimentary rocks.

References

- Guogao Yang and Wenfeng Zhu (1994): The discovery of kongsbergite in the Baifang, Hunan - a preliminary copper deposit. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 14(3), 309-312.
- Dongsheng Yue, Manxiang Huang, Shinian Liu, Xiangzhao Hu, Rongen Ren, Baolin Bai, and Zhikun Lei (1994): Study on the origin of an enriched Cu-(Ag) deposit and its formation mechanism. Geology and Prospecting 30(2), 15-24.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Azurite
Baryte
Bornite
Calcite
Chalcocite
'Chlorite Group'
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Dolomite
Galena
Limonite
Malachite
'Melnikovite'
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Quartz
Silver
var: Kongsbergite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende



23 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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