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Sphalerite from
Woxi Mines (Wuxi Mines; Xiangxi Mines; Xianxi Mines), Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Woxi Mines (Wuxi Mines; Xiangxi Mines; Xianxi Mines), Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:440986
Long-form Identifier:1:3:440986:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘDarongxi Mine, Anhua Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘDongjiahe Pb-Zn deposit, Chenxi Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
77.1km (47.9 miles) ⓘGutaishan Sb-Au deposit, Xinhua Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
81.5km (50.6 miles) ⓘJiangdongwan Sb-Au occurrence, Longwangjiang-Jiangdongwan orefield, Xupu Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
82.0km (51.0 miles) ⓘJiangxilong Sb-Au deposit, Longwangjiang-Jiangdongwan orefield, Xupu Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘXichong Au-Sb Mine, Taojiang Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China
94.9km (59.0 miles) ⓘNitanchong Sb-As-Au deposit, Xinning Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China
References
Xianlin Luo, Congzheng Ceng, Chuanshu Mou, and Jiahui Xie (1976): Geology and Prospecting 12(3), 41-48
Yongfu Kang (1984): Geology and Prospecting 20(6), 1-10
Ligang Zhang (1985): Geology and Prospecting 21(11), 24-28
Zhenxiang Bao (1988): Occurrence features, metallogenesis and exploration guide of a stratabound scheelite deposit in western Hunan. Geology and Prospecting 24(3), 15-20.
Xiongwei Hu, Satoshi Murao, and Xuchang Huang (1996): Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 47(11), 577-597.
Yang, Sixue, Blum, N., Rahders, E., Zhenru, Zhang (1998) The nature of invisible gold in sulfides from Xiangxi Au-Sb-W ore deposit in northwestern Hunan, People's Republic China. The Canadian Mineralogist, 36 (5). 1361-1372
Xuexiang Gu, Schulz, O., Vavtar, Fr., Jianming Liu, and Minghua Zheng (2003): Ore fabric characteristics of Woxi W-Sb-Au deposit in Hunan and their genetic significance. Mineral Deposits 22(1), 107-120 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Liang, Y. (2015). The mineralization of the Woxi Au-Sb-W deposit, western Hunan, China (Doctoral dissertation, 広島大学 (Hiroshima University)).
Yan, J., Fu, S., Liu, S., Wei, L., & Wang, T. (2022). Giant Sb metallogenic belt in South China: A product of Late Mesozoic flat-slab subduction of paleo-Pacific Plate. Ore Geology Reviews, 104697.
Dai, Junfeng; Xu, Deru; Chi, Guoxiang; Li, Zenghua; Deng, Teng; Zhang, Jian; Li, Bin (2022) Origin of the Woxi orogenic Au-Sb-W deposit in the west Jiangnan Orogen of South China: Constraints from apatite and wolframite U-Pb dating and pyrite in-situ S-Pb isotopic signatures. Ore Geology Reviews, 150. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.105134
Dai, Junfeng; Xu, Deru; Zhang, Jian; Li, Bin; Li, Zenghua; Deng, Teng (2023) Textural and LA-ICP-MS trace element analyses reveal co-enriched Au-Sb-W metallogeny in the Woxi deposit, west Jiangnan Orogen, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 154. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105333
Li, Bin, Xu, Deru, Bai, Daoyuan, Chi, Guoxiang, He, Hongsheng, Shao, Yongjun, Deng, Teng, Dai, Junfeng, Zou, Shaohao, Chen, Jianfeng (2024) Dual-mineralization in the intracontinental Jiangnan Orogen, South China: Evidence from textures and in-situ trace elements and oxygen analysis of quartz from the Woxi Au-Sb-W deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 171. 106172 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106172
 
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