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Xiangquan Tl deposit, He Co., Chaohu Prefecture, Anhui Province, China

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Host rocks are Lower Ordovician micrite, calcilutite and marl within the Dalongwang Mountain - Xiao Mountain anticline. The ore zones are fold and fault controlled. Thallium occurs mainly in pyrite but minor amounts form as lorandite and hutchinsonite.

Ref.:
- Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): A preliminary geological and geochemical study of the Xiangquan thallium deposit, eastern China: the world’s first thallium-only mine. Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251.
- Ming-An Wu (2006): Study of Geologic Characteristics of the Xiangquan Thallium Deposit, Anhui Province. Journal of Hefei University of Technology 29(12), 1571-1576.
- Zhou, T. and Cooke, D.R. (2006): Geochemistry of the Xiangquan Thallium deposit, China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement 70(18), 752.





Mineral List:
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Ming-An Wu (2006): Study of Geologic Characteristics of the Xiangquan Thallium Deposit, Anhui Province. Journal of Hefei University of Technology 29(12), 1571-1576.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  'Chalcedony'
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  Hutchinsonite
    (Tl,Pb)
     
    2
    		As
     
    5
    		S
     
    9
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ming-An Wu (2006): Study of Geologic Characteristics of the Xiangquan Thallium Deposit, Anhui Province. Journal of Hefei University of Technology 29(12), 1571-1576.]
  		•  Lorándite
    TlAsS
     
    2
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251]


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