Mine detail: Sanchahe Deposit

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Location: Guizhou [Kweichow], China, Asia
Lat / long: 25.51583, 105.61632
dep_id: 10084946
mrds_id: W700368
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Cinnabar, Fluorite, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR OREBODIES
model: 172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
alteration: Wall Rock Alteration
conc_proc: Oxidation Caused Some Gold Enrichment At Or Near Ground Surface
ore_ctrl: Mineralization And Wall Rock Alteration Is Principally In Vicinity Of Faults
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_unit: Longtan Formation;Changxing Formation;Dalong Formation;Yelang Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Coal
Structure: Deposit Located Along Crest Of 40 Km-Long Nw-Trending Anticline That Exposes Permian Strata In Center, Location Of Orebodies Influenced By Reverse Faults Trending Parallel To Crest Of Dome
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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