CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
379 China (Xinjiang) 48.15.00 N -- 086.18.36 E Ashele (#1) Cu; Zn; Au; Ag
 
Database name: World Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits
Custodial agency: Society of Economic Geologists & Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: J. M. Franklin, H. L. Gibson, I. R. Jonasson, and A. G. Galley
Release date: 2015-03-23
   
Deposit name(s): Ashele (#1) (deposit name)
Political location(s): China; Province or state: Xinjiang
Deposit clan (type): Volcanogenic massive sulphide
Deposit (sub) types: Bimodal mafic; 1
Geologic province: Altayshan (Hercynides)
Geologic subprovince: Habahe
Commodities: Cu; Zn; Au; Ag
Geological ages: Late Devonian (host rocks)
Radiometric ages: Age - Ma: 375; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix
References:
Hou, Z.; Deng, J.; Sun, H.; Song, S., 1999
Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits in China: Setting, Feature and Style
Exploration and Mining Geology, Volume 8, p. 149 - 175

Wang, D., 1999
Geological Settting and Features of the Ashele Cu-Zn Deposit, Xinjiang, China
Exploration and Mining Geology, Volume 8, p. 197 - 210

Wang, J.; Wang, Y.; Wang, S.; Ding, R., 2003
The Koktal Pb-Zn Massive Sulfide Deposit
in Tectonic Evolution and Metallogeny of the Chinese Altay and Tianshan, Proceedings of the International Symposium of the IGCP-473 Project in Urumqi and Guidebook of the Field Excursion in Xinjiang, China, Edited by Mao, J.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Seltmann, R.; Wang, D.; Xiao, W.; Hart, C., IAGOD Guidebook Series (published in 2004 as Mineralium Deposita Volume 39, Number 4), IAGOD, CERCAMS, IGCP, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS), Natural History Museum, London , 10, p. 169 - 180

Resource data:
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34 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.51 percent
Zn: 2.98 percent
Au: 0.57 grams/metric ton
Ag: 104.03 grams/metric ton
Reference: Franklin, J. M.; Gibson, H. L.; Jonasson, I. R.; Galley, A. G., 2005: Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits; Appendices on CD-ROM, Section [Franklin] Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Special Volume, Society of Economic Geology, 1146 p., 1 disks
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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