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Limestone from
Xinqiao Mine, Xinqiao ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Limestone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limestone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Xinqiao Mine, Xinqiao ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1505501
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1505501:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limestone
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘDongguashan Mine, Shizishan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘBaoshantao deposit, Fenghuangshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘTieshantou deposit, Fenghuangshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘBaocun Au deposit, Shizishan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘJinshanchong deposit, Fenghuangshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘHehuashan Pb–Zn deposit, Xinqiao ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘJiangjiachong deposit, Fenghuangshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘQingshuitang deposit, Fenghuangshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘXianrenchong deposit, Fenghuangshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘMatishan deposit, Fenghuangshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
References
Zhang, Yu, Shao, Yongjun, Zhang, Rongqing, Li, Dengfeng, Liu, Zhongfa, Chen, Huayong (2018) Dating Ore Deposit Using Garnet U–Pb Geochronology: Example from the Xinqiao Cu–S–Fe–Au Deposit, Eastern China. Minerals, 8 (1) 31 doi:10.3390/min8010031
Xu, L., Xie, Q., Zhou, Y., Wang, J., Chen, T., Xu, X., & Xie, J. (2022). Recognizing the evolution of the stratabound polymetallic massive sulfide deposits in Tongling mineralization cluster, East China through colloform pyrite. Ore Geology Reviews, 104915.
Wang, Yu; Yang, Xiaoyong; Wang, Chuantian; Zhang, Huishan; Liu, Shasha; Sun, Chao (2022) Comparative studies on stratabound and skarn-type deposits, Tongling region, lower Yangtze River metallogenic Belt: Constraints from pyrite geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 146. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104919
Song, Shuling, Zhang, Yu, Chen, Ke, Shen, Hongjie, Zhao, Hongtao, Zhao, Lianjie (2025) Quartz geochemical constraints on the origin of stratabound deposits, Eastern China: Insights from the Xinqiao deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 177. 106474 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106474
Shi, Lei; Liu, Yinan; Xin, Xiao; Fan, Yu (2026) Systematic Mineralogical and Geochemical Analyses of Magnetite in the Xinqiao Cu-S Polymetallic Deposit, Eastern China. Minerals, 16 (4). doi:10.3390/min16040354
Shi, Lei; Fan, Yu; Xiao, Xin; Wang, Fangyue; Zhou, Taofa (2026) High-precision TIMA identification of apatite and titanite and in-situ U–Pb dating: Constraints on the metallogenic age and genesis of the stratiform orebody in the Xinqiao Cu–S polymetallic deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 193. p.107274. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107274
Xiao, Xin; Zhang, Yu; Zhou, Taofa; Shi, Ke; White, Noel C.; Fan, Yu; Li, Baiqiang; Liu, Jiang (2026) Epidote, titanite, and apatite constraints on the genetic link between propylitic alteration and retrograde skarn formation in porphyry-skarn Cu systems: insights from the Xinqiao deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 196. p.107482. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107482
 
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