CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
239 China (Xizang) 31.10 N -- 097.14 E Qamdo; Zhangdu 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): Qamdo; Zhangdu
Political location(s): China; Province or state: Xizang; Nearest community: Qamdo
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in sandstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Triassic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; 6.48 & 6.4 million tons of ore respectively-reported with no Cu grade
References:
Chen, W., 1977
The Geological Characteristics Minerogenetic Effects and Ore-Finding Indices of the Terrestrial Sandstone Copper Ore of the Mesozoic Era in Southern Regions of China
Acta Geologica Sinica, Volume 3

Chin, E., 1983
The Mineral Industry of China
in 1981 Minerals Yearbook, Edited by Anonymous, Area Reports - International, United States Department of the Interior, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., V 3, 1481 p, p. 225 - 249

Wang, Y., 1981
An Outline of the Marine Triassic in China
IUGS Publication, International Union of Geological Sciences, Publication code 7, 21 p.


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