CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
79 China (Sichuan Province) 26.56.48 N -- 102.12.00 E Tianbaoshan 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): Tianbaoshan
Political location(s): China; Province or state: Sichuan Province
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: deposit
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: cavity fill; massive replacement; breccia cement; veins
Geological ages: Sinian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marine
Individual lithologies:siliceous dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Dengying formation
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, freibergite, pyrargyrite, quartz, calcite, dolomite
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

Wang, X.; Zhang, Z.; Zheng, M.; Xu, X., 2000
Metallogenic Mechanism of the Tianbaoshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Sichuan
Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, Volume 19, p. 121 - 133

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 2000; 1 million metric tons lead+zinc metal; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: unstated
Reference: Wang, X.; Zhang, Z.; Zheng, M.; Xu, X., 2000: Metallogenic Mechanism of the Tianbaoshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Sichuan; Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, Volume 19, p. 121 - 133
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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