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Epidote from
Laowan Au deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, 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 Laowan Au deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:739045
Long-form Identifier:1:3:739045:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘLaowan Mo deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘShuangbaojian ore block, Suixian Mo deposit, Sui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘTianmushan Mo deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
29.2km (18.2 miles) ⓘHuangjiagou ore block, Suixian Mo deposit, Sui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘHeilongtan Au deposit, Sui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China
76.7km (47.6 miles) ⓘQian'echong Mo deposit, Guangshui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China
95.0km (59.0 miles) ⓘJingshansi Mine, Wugang Fe ore field, Wugang County, Pingdingshan, Henan, China
99.6km (61.9 miles) ⓘBaishugang rutile deposit, Fangcheng County, Nanyang, Henan, China
References
Qiaoqin Xie, Xiaochun Xu, Shucang Yue, Chengrong Pan, and Yongsen Li (2002): Mineral Deposits 21(suppl.), 723-726
Guan Zhang, Denghong Wang, and Faling Li (2008): Geology and Prospecting 44(4), 50-54
Wu, Ruoyu, Chen, Jinduo, Chen, Shouyu, Li, Siyuan, Teng, Lang, Dong, Kai (2023) Origin and mineralization significance of the ore-hosting Guishan Formation at the Laowan Gold Deposit in Qinling-Dabie Orogen, Central China. Episodes, 46 (2) 133-160 doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022020
Yang, Mei-Zhen, Jiang, Shao-Yong, Zhou, Yang-Yang, Chen, Jiang-Li, Yang, Shui-Yuan (2024) Hydrothermal rutile as a pathfinder for discriminating overprinted magmatic-hydrothermal gold and molybdenum mineralization: The giant Laowan Au deposit, Tongbai orogen, Central China. Ore Geology Reviews, 175. 106344 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106344
 
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