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): |
Zenjiacun |
Political location(s): |
China; Province or state: Yunnan; Subprovince or locality: Simao Prefecture; Nearest community: Minle, Jinggu county |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed |
Geologic province: |
Tethys basin |
Geologic district: |
Minle |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Early Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
bedding |
Regional tectonic structure: |
syncline (along the axis) Tectonic structure name: Coguanying syncline |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone (redbed) (2) sedimentary; mudstone (purple) |
Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): malachite, azurite, chalcocite, bornite, tetrahedrite, cuprite |
References: |
Ren, Z., 2002 |
An introduction of the redbed-volcanic-porphyry copper mineralization in the Minle ore district, Yunnan, China |
Nonferrous Metals Geological Bureau, Kunming, China, 18 p. |
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