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Diopside from
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Age information
Maximum recorded age:160.8 ± 2.4 Ma
Minimum recorded age:160.8 ± 2.4 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1160.8 ± 2.4 MaJurassic - Sm-Nd
Sample references:
1 -
Yuan, Shunda, Peng, Jiantang, Hu, Ruizhong, Li, Huimin, Shen, Nengping, Zhang, Dongliang (2008) A precise U–Pb age on cassiterite from the Xianghualing tin-polymetallic deposit (Hunan, South China) Mineralium Deposita, 43 (4) 375-382 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:289043
Long-form Identifier:1:3:289043:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘJinchuantang Sn-Bi deposit, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘChaishan Pb-Zn-Sn deposit, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘYejiwei Sn-polymetallic deposit (Yejiwo Sn-polymetallic deposit), Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘHengshanling Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘHehuaping Sn-Pb-Zn deposit, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘManaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘYaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
27.6km (17.2 miles) ⓘXintianling W-Bi deposit, Xintianling W-polymetallic ore field, Qitianling complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
46.1km (28.7 miles) ⓘBaoshan ore field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘBaoshan Cu-Mo-Bi-W deposit, Baoshan ore field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
References
Shimou Chen, Hongchang Li, Ciguo Xie, and Shangjing Ai (1981): Geology and Prospecting 17(10), 15-21
Huanzhang Tian (1982): Geology and Prospecting 18(11), 2-8
Yongfu Kang (1984): Geology and Prospecting 20(6), 1-10
Yuzhou Li (1990): Be-bearing perthitic rock: its alteration attribution and significance in ore exploration. Geology and Prospecting 26(6), 29-35 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Yi Li and Youbin Liang (1991) Geology and Prospecting 27(8), 21-25.
Jingwen Mao, Hongyan Li, Hidehiko Shimazaki, Raimbault, L., and Guy, B. (1996): International Geology Review 38(11), 1020-1039
Shunso Ishihara, Ping'An Wang, Yoshimichi Kajiwara, and Yasushi Watanabe (2003): Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 54(3/4), 161-169
Yiming Zhao and Daxin Li (2003): Mineral Deposits 22(4), 345-359
LI, XIAN-HUA, LIU, DUNYI, SUN, MIN, LI, WU-XIAN, LIANG, XI-RONG, LIU, YING (2004) Precise Sm–Nd and U–Pb isotopic dating of the supergiant Shizhuyuan polymetallic deposit and its host granite, SE China. Geological Magazine, 141 (2). 225-231 doi:10.1017/s0016756803008823
Jiang, Weicheng, Huan Li, Noreen J. Evans, Jinghua Wu, and Jingya Cao. (2018) "Metal Sources of World-Class Polymetallic W–Sn Skarns in the Nanling Range, South China: Granites versus Sedimentary Rocks?" Minerals 8, no. 7: 265. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8070265
Tian, Mingjun; Xiao, Yiwu; Shang, Yanbo; Wang, Mingyan; Li, Lei; Zhao, Ming; Kang, Dongyan (2026) The occurrence of Sn in the Shizhuyuan W-Sn polymetallic skarn-greisen deposit: Insights into the magmatic-hydrothermal Sn mineralization process. Ore Geology Reviews, 188. 107026 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.107026
 
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