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

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Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:	Cu₆(Cu₄C₂²⁺)Sb₄S₁₂S
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup 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:	483111
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:483111:2
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetrahedrite Subgroup

77.1km (47.9 miles)	ⓘ Gutaishan Sb-Au deposit, Xinhua Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
94.9km (59.0 miles)	ⓘ Nitanchong Sb-As-Au deposit, Xinning Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China
95.3km (59.2 miles)	ⓘ Huangtudian Au Mine, Dingcheng District, Changde, Hunan, China
References
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. Jianyan Li (1989): Geology and Prospecting 25(12), 1-7 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). Gu, Xuexiang; Schulz, Oskar; Vavtar, Franz; Liu, Jianming; Zheng, Minghua; Fu, Shaohong (2007) Rare earth element geochemistry of the Woxi W–Sb–Au deposit, Hunan Province, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 31 (1-4). p.319-336. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.003 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

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

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