1	-	Chen W., and Li S. (1998) Rhenium-osmium isotopic ages of sulfides from the Tongkuangyu porphyry copper deposit in the Zhongtiao Mountain. Mineral Depos. 17, 224-228.
2	-	Chen W., and Li S. (1998) Rhenium-osmium isotopic ages of sulfides from the Tongkuangyu porphyry copper deposit in the Zhongtiao Mountain. Mineral Depos. 17, 224-228.
3	-	Chen W., and Li S. (1998) Rhenium-osmium isotopic ages of sulfides from the Tongkuangyu porphyry copper deposit in the Zhongtiao Mountain. Mineral Depos. 17, 224-228.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Tongkuangyu Cu deposit, Zhongtiaoshan ore field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

453179

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:453179:1

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite

7.8km (4.8 miles)

ⓘ Bizigou Cu deposit (Bizhigou Cu deposit), Zhongtiaoshan ore field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China

13.3km (8.3 miles)

ⓘ Hujiayu Cu deposit, Zhongtiaoshan ore field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China

62.9km (39.1 miles)

ⓘ Qianhe Au deposit, Dongwan gold field, Song County, Luoyang, Henan, China

References

Zhongtiaoshan Non-Ferrous Metals Company (1976): Geology and Prospecting 12(3), 31-34

Yunqing Zhen, Jisheng Du, Liling Liu, and Yanghu Wang (1992): Geology and Prospecting 28(7), 8-13

Zhian Qin and Keqin Xue (2003): Geological Survey and Research 26(2), 108-113

Liu, X., Yang, K., Rusk, B., Qiu, Z., Hu, F., & Pironon, J. (2019). Copper Sulfide Remobilization and Mineralization during Paleoproterozoic Retrograde Metamorphism in the Tongkuangyu Copper Deposit, North China Craton. Minerals, 9(7), 443.

Meng, X., Richards, J., Mao, J., Ye, H., DuFrane, S. A., Creaser, R., ... & Petrus, J. (2020). The Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Trans-North China Orogen: A Metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic Porphyry Cu Deposit. Economic Geology, 115(1), 51-77.

Sun, Jungang, Ting Liang, Hongying Li, Kun Yan, Yinyin Chao, and Zhanbin Wang. (2022) "Implications for Metallogenesis and Tectonic Evolution of Ore-Hosting Granodiorite Porphyry in the Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, North China Craton: Evidence from Geochemistry, Zircon U-Pb Chronology, and Hf Isotopes" Minerals 12, no. 2: 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020273

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Molybdenite from Tongkuangyu Cu deposit, Zhongtiaoshan ore field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China

Molybdenite from
Tongkuangyu Cu deposit, Zhongtiaoshan ore field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China