CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
46 China (Liaoning) 42.39.34 N -- 124.19.57 E Guanmenshan; Chaihe Zn; Pb; Cd; Hg; Ag
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Guanmenshan; Chaihe
Political location(s): China; Province or state: Liaoning; Nearest community: Tieling (54 km NE)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Cd; Hg; Ag
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, quartz, dolomite
References:
Cheng-Tu, M.; Yi-Hsia, C.; Hung-Chuan, Y., 1978
The Guangmenshan Pb-Zn Ore Deposit - A Deposit of the Paleokarst Type
in Geology and Mineral Resources of Southeast Asia, Third Regional Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, November 14-18, 1978 (GEOSEA), Edited by Nutalaya, P., Proceedings of Regional Conference, Asian Institute of Technology, Canadian International Development Agency, Geological Society of Thailiand, Asian Institute of Technology, 3, p. 881 - 887

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Zongyao, R.; Ning, L.; Longsheng, W., 1991
The Guanmenshan Lead-Zinc Deposit: Its Basin Brine Ore-Forming Process and Lead Isotopic Targeting
Geological Memoirs 4, People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, Publication code 21, 208 p.

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1991; 3.8 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: unstated
Weight-commodity information:Zn: 416,600 metric ton
Pb: 156,400 metric ton
Cd: 2,649 metric ton
Hg: 753 metric ton
Ag: 374 metric ton
Reference: Zongyao, R.; Ning, L.; Longsheng, W., 1991: The Guanmenshan Lead-Zinc Deposit: Its Basin Brine Ore-Forming Process and Lead Isotopic Targeting; Geological Memoirs 4, People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, Publication code 21, 208 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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