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Epidote from
Fengyan Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Meixian Pb-Zn-(Ag) ore field, Youxi County, Sanming, Fujian, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fengyan Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Meixian Pb-Zn-(Ag) ore field, Youxi County, Sanming, Fujian, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:533086
Long-form Identifier:1:3:533086:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘDingjiashan Pb-Zn-(Ag) deposit, Meixian Pb-Zn-(Ag) ore field, Youxi County, Sanming, Fujian, China
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘShuangqishan Mine, Youxi County, Sanming, Fujian, China
42.4km (26.4 miles) ⓘLongtougang Cu-Zn deposit, Youxi County, Sanming, Fujian, China
44.8km (27.9 miles) ⓘNanping pegmatite field, Yanping District, Nanping, Fujian, China
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘDikou mining area, Yanping District, Jian'ou City, Nanping, Fujian, China
48.2km (29.9 miles) ⓘQiucun Au deposit, Dehua Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
58.7km (36.5 miles) ⓘLongfengchang Pb-Zn-Cu deposit, Datian County, Sanming, Fujian, China
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘBawaiyang Pb-Zn deposit, Jian'ou City, Nanping, Fujian, China
64.3km (40.0 miles) ⓘTangquan Fe deposit, Datian County, Sanming, Fujian, China
68.4km (42.5 miles) ⓘShanhou Pb-Zn deposit, Shunchang County, Nanping, Fujian, China
References
Jianshe Wu and Rensheng Huan (2001): Chinese Geology 28(12), 13-18
Feng Chengyou, Zhang Dequan, She Hongquan, Li Daxin, and Wu Jianshe (2005), In: Jingwen Mao and Bierlein, F.P., Eds.: Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial SGA Meeting, Beijing, China, 18-21 August 2005, 607-610
Yongjun Di, Ganguo Wu, Da Zhang, Xinqi Yu, Dongyan Lin, Jianji Shi, Wenshuan Zang, Xiangxin Zhang, and Qunfeng Wang (2006): Mineral Deposits 25(2), 123-134
Xing, B., Mao, J., Xiao, X., Liu, H., Zhang, C., Guo, S., ... & Lai, C. (2021). Metallogenic discrimination by sphalerite trace element geochemistry: An example from the Fengyan Zn-Pb deposit in central Fujian, SE China. Ore Geology Reviews, 104651.
Xing, B., Mao, J., Liu, H., Xiao, X., Jia, F., Li, H., ... & Huang, W. (2022). Porphyry Mo and distal Zn-Pb mineral system: An example of the Fengyan Zn–Pb–Mo deposit in central Fujian, SE China. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104821.
Xing, B., Mao, J., Xiao, X., Liu, H., Yu, L., Li, H., ... & Huang, W. (2022). Genesis of the Dingjiashan and Fengyan Zn-Pb polymetallic deposits in central Fujian, SE China: Evidence from magnetite geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104851.
Ma, Ying; Jiang, Shao-Yong; Frimmel, Hartwig E. (2022) Metallogenic model of the Fengyan stratabound Zn-Pb deposit in Fujian of southeastern China: Constraints from fluid inclusions, C O S-Pb isotopes, and pyrite chemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 148. p.105045. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.105045
Shang, Yu; Xing, Bo; Xiao, Xiaoniu; Li, Hongyu; Zheng, Wei (2025) Mineralization process of the Fengyan Zn-Pb skarn deposit in the Fujian Province, southeastern China: Insights from LA-ICP-MS analysis of fluid inclusion. Ore Geology Reviews, 186. 106944 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106944
 
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