Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Laoxue |
Political location(s): |
China; Province or state: Yunnan; Nearest community: Dongchuan |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine |
Geologic province: |
Sichuan-Yunnan rift |
Geologic district: |
Dongchuan |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Early Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
fractures; Coincident feature name: Laoyin Fracture Zone |
Regional tectonic structure: |
anticline Tectonic structure name: Sikeshu-Laoyin-Tangdan anticline |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate (stromatolitic algal dolomite)Individual lithologies: | dolomite (algal) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Luoxue formation |
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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. |
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