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): |
Yimen District |
Political location(s): |
China; Province or state: Yunnan; Nearest community: Yimen |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in dolomite near breccia with purple hmtt matrix |
Geologic province: |
Kangdian Geoaxis |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-mudstone-carbonate-sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | slate mudstone (phyllite) sandstone quartzite dolomite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Kunyang Group, Yinmin Purple Beds, Laoxue Dolomite |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in dolomite near breccia with purple hmtt matrix; 3 deposits: Shixhishan (producer), Shishan & Sengshan - 80 km W of Kunming; deposits found in same strata as Dongchuan but different fault block |
References: |
Fan, P. -F., 1984 |
Geologic Setting of Select Copper Deposits of China |
Economic Geology, Volume 79, p. 1785 - 1795 |
Wang, K., 1982 |
Geochemical Characteristics of Sedimentation and Metamorphism of Dongchuan Copper Deposit, Yunnan Province |
Mineral Deposits, Volume 1, p. 68 - 68 |
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