Mine detail: Yata Deposit

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Location: Guizhou [Kweichow], China, Asia
Lat / long: 24.93254, 105.64965
dep_id: 10084944
mrds_id: W700366
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite
gangue: Ankerite, Quartz
model: 172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
alteration: Intense Silicification, Minerals Predominantly Hydrothermal Illite And Kaolinite
ore_ctrl: Orebodies Localized By Steeply Dipping East-Trending Faults; Gold Is Disseminated Into Wallrocks
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_unit: Xinyuan Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Arkose,Limestone
Structure: Gentle To Locally Moderately Tight Folds, Sometimes With High-Angle Faults, Trend Generally East-West, East-West Trending Anticline With Subsidiary Anticlines, Synclines, And East-West Trending Faults Subparallel To Trend Of Fold Axes
tectonic: Near Buried Southwestern Margin Of Precambrian Yangtze Craton
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 PEOPL* REPUBLIC OF CHINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-220, 15 P
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