Mine detail: Ceyang Deposit

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Location: Guizhou [Kweichow], China, Asia
Lat / long: 24.98253, 105.74965
dep_id: 10084947
mrds_id: W700369
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
model: 172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
alteration: Silicification, Pyritization
ore_ctrl: Orebodies In Silicified And Pyritized Zone At Intersection Of Arkosic Shales And Northeast-Trending Faults
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_unit: Xinyuan Formation
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: At 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: 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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