CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
61 China (Yunnan) 26.36.00 N -- 103.48.00 E Qilinchang Zn; Pb
 
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): Qilinchang
Political location(s): China; Province or state: Yunnan; Nearest community: Weigu (50 km NW)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: deposit
Geologic province: Yangtze Block
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: open space filling
Geological ages: Early Carboniferous (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marine
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Baizuo formation
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, calcite
References:
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

Zhou, C.; Wei, C.; Guo, J.; Li, C., 2001
The Source of Metals in the Qilinchang Zn-Pb Deposit, Northeastern Yunnan, China: Pb-Sr Isotope Constraints
Economic Geology, Volume 96, p. 583 - 598

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 2001; 3.32 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 17.5 percent
Pb: 6.6 percent
Reference: Zhou, C.; Wei, C.; Guo, J.; Li, C., 2001: The Source of Metals in the Qilinchang Zn-Pb Deposit, Northeastern Yunnan, China: Pb-Sr Isotope Constraints; Economic Geology, Volume 96, p. 583 - 598
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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