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Serpentine Subgroup from
Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Serpentine Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Serpentine Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:528001
Long-form Identifier:1:3:528001:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Serpentine Subgroup
35.3km (22.0 miles) ⓘAnqing copper mine, Yueshan ore field, Huaining County, Anqing, Anhui, China
74.9km (46.6 miles) ⓘHuangshi-Laoshan Fe-Au deposit, Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
75.7km (47.0 miles) ⓘSongshushan Mine, Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
75.7km (47.0 miles) ⓘTianebaodanshan Au-S deposit, Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘTianmashan Mine, Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘTongguanshan Mine, Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
85.7km (53.2 miles) ⓘDongguashan Mine, Shizishan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
87.3km (54.3 miles) ⓘXinqiao Mine, Xinqiao ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
References
Pan, Yuanming; Dong, Ping (1999) The Lower Changjiang (Yangzi/Yangtze River) metallogenic belt, east central China: intrusion- and wall rock-hosted Cu–Fe–Au, Mo, Zn, Pb, Ag deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 15 (4). doi:10.1016/s0169-1368(99)00022-0
Yu Canghai (2001): Geology and Prospecting 37(2), 12-16
Zhiyu Zhang, Yangsong Du, Jing Zhang, Zhenshan Pang, Dapeng Li, and Pengfei Jia (2010): Mineral Deposits 29(6), 999-1016
Meng, Xuyang, Mao, Jingwen, Simon, Adam, Duan, Chao, Xie, Guiqing, Su, Huimin, Hou, Tong, Shi, Ke, Chen, Nian (2024) Contrasting Tectonomagmatic Conditions for Coexisting Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposits and Porphyry and Skarn Cu ± Au Deposits in the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt, China. Economic Geology, 119 (5). doi:10.5382/econgeo.5084
 
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