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Sphalerite from
Meiling Cu-Au deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meiling Cu-Au deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:459369
Long-form Identifier:1:3:459369:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘHongshi Au deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘHongshi Cu deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘHongtupu Cu-Zn-Au deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘHuangtan Au deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘHonghai Cu-Zn deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘHongshan Au-Cu deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
60.7km (37.7 miles) ⓘPaertagexi porphyry Cu deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
80.2km (49.9 miles) ⓘDadonggou Au deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
82.0km (51.0 miles) ⓘTuwu Mine, Tuwu-Yandong copper ore belt, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
82.1km (51.0 miles) ⓘYandong Cu deposit, Tuwu-Yandong copper ore belt, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
References
Yu Miao, Kezhang Qin, Yingxia Xu, Tonghui Fang, Kuishou Ding, and Xingwang Xu (2007) Geological and Fluid Inclusion Characteristics of Meiling Cu-Au Deposit in Kalatage Ore Belt, Eastern Xinjiang, in Comparison with Typical Zijinshan-style HS-epithermal Deposit. Mineral Deposits: 26(1): 79-88 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Cheng, Xihui; Ling, Mingxing; Liu, Pinghui; Yun, Li; Geng, Xinxia; Yang, Fuquan; Wang, Fangyue; Zhang, Zhixin; Li, Ning (2024) Multistage sulfide and hydrothermal quartz as a record of precision ore-forming process in the epithermal Cu–Zn–Au system in the Kalatag arc, East Tianshan, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 166. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105917
 
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