CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
2005 China (Yunnan) 26.18.00 N -- 103.14.00 E Xintang Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Xintang
Political location(s): China; Province or state: Yunnan; Nearest community: Dongchuan city (36 km N)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine
Deposit status: deposit; Size category: small; Status comments: orebody is 688 m long, 13 m thick, with average grade if 0.9% Cu
Geologic province: Sichuan-Yunnan rift
Geologic district: Dongchuan
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: lenses
Geological ages: Early Proterozoic (host rocks)
Coincident features: bedding
Regional tectonic structure: syncline Tectonic structure name: Shamquing-Tuobuka syncline
fault(s) Tectonic structure name: Xiaojiang fault
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate (greyish-white)
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Luoxue formation
References:
Ren, Z., 1994
Geology of the Dongchuan copper mine, Yunnan, China.
Southwest Geological Exploration Bureau, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corp., Kunming, China, 23 p.

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1994; 156,445 short ton metal; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: indicated resource
Reference: Ren, Z., 1994: Geology of the Dongchuan copper mine, Yunnan, China.; Southwest Geological Exploration Bureau, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corp., Kunming, China, 23 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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