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Zircon from
Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Ore Field
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1307572
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1307572:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Zircon in this Region
Wandongshan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘWandongshan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
74.2km (46.1 miles) ⓘBaoxingchang ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
75.6km (47.0 miles) ⓘMachangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
References
Fu, Yu, Sun, Xiaoming, Li, Dengfeng, Lin, Hai, Lai, Chunkit (2017) LA-ICP-MS U-Th-Pb Dating and Trace Element Geochemistry of Allanite: Implications on the Different Skarn Metallogenesis between the Giant Beiya Au and Machangqing Cu-Mo-(Au) Deposits in Yunnan, SW China. Minerals, 7 (12) 251 doi:10.3390/min7120251
Fu, Yu, Sun, Xiaoming, Li, Dengfeng, Lin, Hai (2018) U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemistry of U-Rich Garnet from the Giant Beiya Gold-Polymetallic Deposit in SW China: Constraints on Skarn Mineralization Process. Minerals, 8 (4) 128 doi:10.3390/min8040128
Zhou, H., Sun, X., Wu, Z., & Huang, Q. (2019). Timing of skarn gold deposition in the giant Beiya polymetallic gold deposit, southwest China: Constraints from in situ monazite SIMS U-Th-Pb geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 106, 226-237.
Xu, Bo; Hou, Zeng-qian; Griffin, William L; Zhou, Ye; Zhang, Yu-Fei; Lu, Yong-Jun; Belousova, Elena; Xu, Ji-Feng; O’Reilly, Suzanne Y (2021) Elevated magmatic chlorine and sulfur concentrations in the Eocene-Oligocene Machangqing Cu-Mo porphyry systems.
He, Wenyan, Xing, Yanlu, Bao, Xinshang, Sun, Nuo, Gao, Xue, Yang, Liqiang (2024) Iron isotope constraints on the genesis of giant Beiya Au-base metal deposits, Yunnan, Southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 171. 106152 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106152
He, Wenyan; Xing, Yanlu; Bao, Xinshang; Sun, Nuo; Gao, Xue; Yang, Liqiang (2024) Iron isotope constraints on the genesis of giant Beiya Au-base metal deposits, Yunnan, Southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 171. 106152 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106152
Ren, Long, Huang, Jing, Wang, Xiaoze, Yang, Shaowen, Yang, Chunhai, Zhao, Chengfeng, Wang, Lidong, Mei, Wenzhou, Deng, Mingguo, Zhou, Yunman (2024) Magmatic control on orebody distribution of porphyry-skarn gold-copper deposit: A case study of Beiya deposit from Sanjiang metallogenic belt in the southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 175. 106350 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106350
 
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