Yangliuping Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit, Yangliuping dome, Danba Co., Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

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Mafic-ultramafic sill intruding Devonian carbonaceous marble and graphitic schists in the center of the Yangliuping tectonic dome. The rocks have been modified by hydrothermal activity and now chiefly consist of serpentinite, talc schist, tremolite schist and meta-gabbro. Disseminated Cu-Ni-sulphide mineralization (with 0.2-2 g/t PGE), accounting for more than 95% of the ore reserves, occurs abundantly in the serpentinite in the lower parts of the sill. Massive sulphide minerals (with 1-8 g/t PGE) occur at the base of the sill and in the footwall along fractures beneath the mineralized serpentinite. Rarely, sulphides also occur in small, uneconomic veinlets, with quartz and calcite as gangue minerals.
Contact metamorphic minerals, including slender prismatic diopside and granular epidote or garnet, occur locally in marble near the boundaries of the sill.

Located about 30 km south of Danba.

References:
- Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.
- Deng, H.-L., Campbell, A.J., and Humayun, M. (2002): Platinum Group Elements in sulfides from Yangliuping Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd Deposit in Sichuan, China. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2002, A177.
- Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Ni-Cu-(PGE) magmatic sulfide deposits in the Yangliuping area, Permian Emeishan igneous province, SW China. Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843.
- Yao, Y., and Viljoen, M.J. (2003): Intrusion-hosted PGE mineralization in the Sichuan province, China. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2003, A560.

- http://www.wits.ac.za/geosciences/Research/EGRI/Circulars/pdf_files/358.pdf

Map Reference: 30°40'N , 102°0'E

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Mineral List:

Actinolite

☐Ca

(Mg,Fe

)

(Si

)(OH)

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Keays, R.R., Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Liang Qi (2006): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 152, 53-74.]

Amphibole Group
var: Uralite

Reference:

[]

Bornite

FeS

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Borovskite

SbTe

Reference:

[]

Calcite

CaCO

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Chalcopyrite

CuFeS

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

'Chlorite Group'

Reference:

[]

Chromium (TL)

Type Locality:	Yangliuping Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit, Yangliuping dome, Danba Co., Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Reference:	[Yue Suqin, Wang Wenying, and Sun Suqiong (1981): Chinese Science Bulletin [Kexue Tongbao] 26(15), 959-960]

Cobaltite

CoAsS

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Cubanite

CuFe

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Danbaite (TL)

CuZn

Type Locality:	Yangliuping Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit, Yangliuping dome, Danba Co., Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Reference:	[Am Min 69 (1984), 566]

Diopside

CaMg[Si

]

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Epidote

{Ca

}{Al

}[O|OH|SiO

|Si

]

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843; Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Keays, R.R., Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Liang Qi (2006): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 152, 53-74.]

Yangliuping Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit, Yangliuping dome, Danba Co., Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
© Greg Murray

Galena

PbS

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

'Garnet Group'

(TO

)

(X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Gold

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Gold
var: Electrum

(Au, Ag)

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

'Hornblende'

Reference:

[]

Ilmenite

TiO

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Laurite

RuS

Reference:

[Deng, H.-L., Campbell, A.J., and Humayun, M. (2002): Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2002, A177.]

Linnaeite

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Magnetite

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Merenskyite

(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)

Reference:

[]

Michenerite

PdBiTe

Reference:

[]

Moncheite

(Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)

Reference:

[http://www.the-conference.com/2003/Gold2003/abstracts/A560.pdf]

Muscovite

KAl

[(OH)

|AlSi

]

Reference:

[]

Omeiite

(Os,Ru)As

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Pentlandite

(Fe,Ni)

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Platinum

Reference:

[http://www.the-conference.com/2003/Gold2003/abstracts/A560.pdf]

Pyrrhotite

, (-4M), also given as Fe

1-x

S (x = 0 - 0.2)

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Quartz

SiO

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Qusongite

Reference:

[Jianhong Zhang, Guojie Yang, and Zhaohui Li (1986): Kuangwu Xuebao 6, 344-349.]

'Saussurite'

Reference:

[http://www.the-conference.com/2003/Gold2003/abstracts/A560.pdf]

'Sericite'

Reference:

[]

'Serpentine Group'

[Si

](OH)4 + or - nH

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Sperrylite

PtAs

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.; Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Sphalerite

(Zn,Fe

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Sudburyite

(Pd,Ni)Sb

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

Talc

(OH)

Reference:

[]

Testibiopalladite

PdTe(Sb,Te)

Reference:

[Platinum metal mineral research group, Kweiyang Institute of Geochemistry (1974): Geochimica 1974(3), 169-181; Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990; Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Titanite

CaTi[O|SiO

]

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Keays, R.R., Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Liang Qi (2006): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 152, 53-74.]

Tremolite

☐[Ca

][Mg

][(OH)

|Si

]

Reference:

[Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843]

Violarite

Reference:

[Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Grice, J.D, Ferraiolo, J.A., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., and Zilczer, J.A. (1985): American Mineralogist 69, 565-569.]

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