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Limestone from
Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Type:Limestone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limestone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1526829
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1526829:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Limestone in this Region
Hongshan section, Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
Nearest other occurrences of Limestone
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘHongshan section, Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘPulang Cu deposit (Xuejiping Cu deposit), Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
70.8km (44.0 miles) ⓘDonglufang Mo-Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
93.4km (58.0 miles) ⓘYinchangpin W-Be Mine, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
94.4km (58.7 miles) ⓘMahuaping Be–W–F Mine, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
References
Wang, Tianrui, Huijuan Peng, Ying Xia, Yue Chen, Dongjie Yang, and Qi Zhou. (2022) "Magmatic Processes of Granitoids in the Hongniu-Hongshan Porphyry-Skarn Copper Deposit, Southern Yidun Terrane, China: Evidence from Mineral Geochemistry" Minerals 12, no. 12: 1559. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121559
Zhang, Yao-Wen, Zhu, Jing-Jing, Pan, Li-Chuan, Huang, Ming-Liang, Wang, Dian-Zhong, Zou, Zhi-Chao (2024) Apatite as a Record of Magmatic–Hydrothermal Evolution and Metallogenic Processes: The Case of the Hongshan Porphyry–Skarn Cu–Mo Deposit, SW China. Minerals, 14 (4) doi:10.3390/min14040373
 
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