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Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

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Skarn-type Sn-Pb-Zn deposit.
Located about 25 km north of Linwu and about 70 km SW of Chenzhou.



References:
- Yushu Jin and Yiwen Xia (1985): Rare crystal forms of fluorite with a discussion of fluorite crystal forms of Xianghualing. Dizhi Lumping 31(1), 31-36 (in Chinese).
- Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp. (in Chinese with English summary).
- Jianglin Zhong and Chuping Li (2006): Geological characteristics and genesis of Xianghualing skarn type tin deposit. Mineral Resources and Geology 20(2), 147-151 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.





 Map Reference: 25°29'N , 112°34'E

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Mineral List:
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Jensen, M. (2005): Rocks & Minerals 80(1), 32-38.]
  		•  Balipholite (TL)
    BaLiMg
     
    2
    		Al
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
     
    2
    Type Locality: Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    Reference: [Am Min 61 (1976), 338]
  		•  Behoite
    Be(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Bertrandite
    Be
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Bromellite
    BeO
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
    Site Photo
    Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    © Nik Nikiforou
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Chondrodite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of Skarn and Ore Formation in Dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Chrysoberyl
    BeAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.; AM 44 (1959), 1327; EJM 10 (1998), 1037]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
    Site Photo
    Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    © Christian Bracke
  		•  Euclase
    BeAl[OH|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Eucryptite
    LiAl[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy]
  		•  Ferberite
    FeWO
     
    4
    Reference: [Jensen, M. (2005): Rocks & Minerals 80(1), 32-38.]
  		•  Fluoborite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(F,OH)
     
    3
    		|BO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [AM 44 (1959), 1327; EJM 10 (1998), 1037; Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
    Site Photo
    Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    © Joseph A. Freilich LLC.
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y. (2007): Mineral Resources Map of East Asia. Geological Survey of Japan.]
  		•  Hambergite
    Be
     
    2
    		[O|OH|BO
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Helvite
    Mn
    2+
    4
    		Be
     
    3
    		[S|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Hsianghualite (TL)
    Ca
     
    3
    		Li
     
    2
    		Be
     
    3
    		[F
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Type Locality: Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    Description: In phlogopite veins in a fluorine-rich metamorphosed Devonian limestone intruded by a beryllium-bearing granite.
    Reference: [Ti-chih-yueh-k'an, vol. 7, p. 35] ; abstr. Amer. Min., 1959, vol. 44, p. 1327; EJM 10 (1998), 1037]
    Site Photo
    Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    © Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals
  		•  Lepidolite
    Reference: [Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy]
  		•  Liberite (TL)
    Li
     
    2
    		Be[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Type Locality: Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    Reference: [Chao Ch'un-lin (1964): Acta Geologica Sinica 44(3), 334-342 [TL see: Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy]
    Site Photo
    Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    © R.Kristiansen
  		•  Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
    Mg
     
    3
    		Al
     
    8
    		BeO
     
    16
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.; AM 44 (1959), 1327; EJM 10 (1998), 1037]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Chao Ch'un-lin (1964): Acta Geologica Sinica 44(3), 334-342 Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Ottens, B., and Cook, R.B. (2005): Rocks & Minerals 80(1), 46-57.]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Jensen, M. (2005): Rocks & Minerals 80(1), 32-38.]
  		•  Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy]
  		•  Nordenskiöldine
    CaSn
    4+
     
    		[BO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Phenakite
    Be
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [AM 44 (1959), 1327; EJM 10 (1998), 1037; Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Jensen, M. (2005): Rocks & Minerals 80(1), 32-38.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy.]
    Site Photo
    Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy]
    Site Photo
    Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Sphaerobertrandite
    Be
     
    3
    		SiO
     
    4
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Huang et al. (1988): Hsianghualing rocks, mineral deposits and minerals. Beijing Sci. Techn. Publ. Bur. (Beijing), 255 pp.]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y. (2007): Mineral Resources Map of East Asia. Geological Survey of Japan.]
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Thortveitite
    (Sc,Y)
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Lee (1970) Some Rare-earth mineral deposits in mainland China. U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 1312-N: N1-N34.]
  		•  Topaz
    Al
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    Reference: [Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.]
  		•  Zinnwaldite
    KLiFe
    2+
     
    		Al[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [AM 44 (1959), 1327; EJM 10 (1998), 1037]


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