Zhuxi mining district, Leping Co., Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, Chinai

Regional Level Types
Zhuxi mining district	Mining District
Leping Co.	County
Jingdezhen	Prefecture
Jiangxi	Province
China	Country

The Zhuxi district is located at the eastern margin of the Pingle Depression, within the northern segment of the Jiangnan Orogen, marking a transition zone between the Yangtze Block to the northwest and the Cathaysia Block to the southeast. The study area hosts abundant and diverse mineral resources, encompassing metallic, nonmetallic, and energy minerals. Metallic deposits, including W-Cu polymetallic, W-Mo polymetallic, and Cu polymetallic systems, are concentrated within the Taqian Fuchun metallogenic belt. These are primarily hosted within late Paleozoic carbonate strata and at or near the contact zones with Yanshanian intermediate-to-acidic intrusions. Nonmetallic mineral occurrences are largely stratabound or associated with dikes. For instance, limestone deposits are developed in the Carboniferous Huanglong Formation (northeastern area) and the Permian Qixia and Changxing formations. Dolomite is exploited from the dolomite member of the Carboniferous Huanglong Formation in the northeastern region, while clay minerals are found in shale units within the Permian Xiaojiangbian Formation (northeastern area). Coal deposits are hosted by the Permian Leping Formation and the Triassic Anyuan Formation. Based on ore genesis and style of mineralization, three primary deposit types are recognized in the district. Skarn-type W-Cu polymetallic deposits, including major occurrences such as the Zhuxi, Taqian, Zhangjiawu, and Tanling deposits, are predominantly developed within late Paleozoic carbonate strata, typically concentrated at the contacts between Yanshanian intermediate-to- acidic intrusions and the carbonate host rocks. Intrusion-hosted disseminated/stockwork W-Cu-Mo-Pb-Zn deposits, exemplified by the Yangcaojian and Xiyuanwu deposits, encompass mineralization found primarily within Yanshanian intermediate-to- acidic intrusions (e.g., biotite granite, altered granite, granodiorite, and granite porphyry) or their immediate endo-/exo-contact zones; this category is sometimes referred to locally as “altered granite (porphyry) type”. Additionally, vein-type (fracture-controlled) Cu-W-Pb-Zn polymetallic deposits, represented by the Yuexing deposits, are predominantly structurally controlled, localized within faults, fracture zones, and detachment structures, and can occur in a variety of country rock types.

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