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Pyrite from
Mianhuakeng U deposit (U deposit No. 305), Changjiang Uranium ore field (Uranium ore field No. 211), Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mianhuakeng U deposit (U deposit No. 305), Changjiang Uranium ore field (Uranium ore field No. 211), Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:708876
Long-form Identifier:1:3:708876:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘYoudong U deposit (U deposit No. 306), Changjiang Uranium ore field (Uranium ore field No. 211), Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
17.6km (11.0 miles) ⓘFankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘChangpai deposit, Changjiang Uranium ore field (Uranium ore field No. 211), Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘShulouqiu U deposit (U deposit No. 302), Changjiang Uranium ore field (Uranium ore field No. 211), Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘSanjiu Ore Field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
26.0km (16.1 miles) ⓘYantongling (Uranium deposit 235), Baishun Uranium ore field, Shixing Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
26.5km (16.4 miles) ⓘDongkeng deposit (U deposit No. 361), Baishun Uranium ore field, Shixing Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘTangqiu Mine, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘLanhe deposit (U deposit No. 201), Baishun Uranium ore field, Nanxiong Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
37.9km (23.5 miles) ⓘShangshan W deposit, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
References
Dahlkamp, Franz J. (2009) Uranium Deposits of the World - Asia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-78558-3pp.31-156
Lan, Qing, Fu, Shanling, Lin, Jinrong (2022) Characteristics of Mineralization-Forming Fluid and Metallogenic Mechanism for the Mianhuakeng Uranium Deposit in South China: Constraints from In Situ Geochemical Signatures and Sulfur Isotopes of Syn-Mineralization Pyrite and Pitchblende. Minerals, 12 (2) 227 doi:10.3390/min12020227
Zhong, Fujun, Yan, Jie, Wang, Kaixing, Pan, Jiayong, Xia, Fei, Liu, Guoqi, Liu, Wenquan (2022) Mineralogy and geochemistry of pitchblende in the Changjiang U ore field, Guangdong Province, South China: Implications for its mineralization. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 56 (3) 74-95 doi:10.2343/geochemj.gj22006
Zhong, Fujun; Zhang, Xiaotian; Wang, Kaixing; Wu, Bin; Liu, Jungang; Pan, Jiayong; Xia, Fei (2023) Genesis of the Mianhuakeng granite-related uranium deposit, South China: Insights from cathodoluminescence imaging, fluid inclusions, and trace elements composition of hydrothermal quartz. Ore Geology Reviews, 154. 105308 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105308
Gao, Shen; Wang, Yongjian; Zou, Xinyu; Vinis, Edward L.; Huang, Liangliang; Tao, Yi; Xu, Jing; Qin, Kezhang; Qiu, Zhengjie (2024) Fluid overprints and mineralization of the Zhuguangshan granite-related U district in China: Recorded by cathodoluminescence textures and chemistry of quartz. Ore Geology Reviews, 173. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106256
Liu, Bin; Chen, Weifeng; Wei, Wenfang; Qi, Jiaming; Ye, Yongqin; Ling, Hongfei (2025) Geochemistry of iron oxides in the Mianhuakeng uranium deposit in South China: Implications for uranium mineralization genesis and prospecting. Ore Geology Reviews, 187. 106950 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106950
Lai, Jing; Zhong, Fujun; Qiu, Liang; Li, Gongjian; Liu, Wenquan; Wang, Haiyang; Xia, Fei (2026) Age and Origin of Mafic Dykes in the Mianhuakeng Uranium Deposit, South China: Tectonic and Metallogenic Implications. Minerals, 16 (1). doi:10.3390/min16010054
 
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