Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlOrebodies In Silicified And Pyritized Zone At Intersection Of Arkosic Shales And Northeast-Trending Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale · Xinyuan Formation
StructureAt Southern End Of 30 Km-Long Lugong Anticline, Which Exposes Permian Rocks Along Crest; Axis Of Anticline Trends North-South, Approx. Parallel To Margin Of Yangtze Craton And To Strike Of Facies Changes, Large Northeast-Trending Reverse Faults Closely Related To Gold Distribution; Northwest-Trending Strike-Slip Faults Commonly Displace Northeast-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingNear Buried Southwestern Margin Of Precambrian Yangtze Craton
AlterationSilicification, Pyritization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10084947
MRDS IDW700369
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates24.98253, 105.74965
References
CUNNINGHAM, C. G., ASHLEY, R. P., CHOU, I-M., HUANG, Z., WAN, C., AND LI, W., 1988, THE NEWLY DISCOVERED SEDIMENTARY-ROCK HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-220, 15 P