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Acanthite from
Shuangjianzishan Ag-polymetallic deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shuangjianzishan Ag-polymetallic deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:908220
Long-form Identifier:1:3:908220:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
Xinglongshan Ore Block, Shuangjianzishan Ag-polymetallic deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
8.9km (5.6 miles) ⓘHongling Pb–Zn Polymetallic Deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘBaiyinnuo'er Pb-Zn-polymetallic deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘXinglongshan Ore Block, Shuangjianzishan Ag-polymetallic deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘAonaodaba Sn-Cu-Ag deposit, Bairin Left Banner (Balin Zuoqi), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
84.3km (52.4 miles) ⓘHua'aobaote Pb-Zn-Ag-polymetallic deposit, West Ujimqin Banner (Xiwuzhumuqin Co.), Xilingol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
94.4km (58.6 miles) ⓘDaolundaba Cu-W-polymetallic deposit, West Ujimqin Banner (Xiwuzhumuqin Co.), Xilingol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
References
Yongsheng Kuang, Guangrui Zheng, Minjie Lu, Yanlin Liu, Shaojie Zhang, Ruiyang Li, and Wenjing Cheng (2014): Basich characteristics of Shuangjianzishan silver polymetallic deposit in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. Mineral Deposits 33(4), 847-856 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Zhai, Degao, Williams-Jones, Anthony E., Liu, Jiajun, Selby, David, Voudouris, Panagiotis C., Tombros, Stylianos, Li, Kuan, Li, Peilin, Sun, Hongjun (2020) The Genesis of the Giant Shuangjianzishan Epithermal Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Inner Mongolia, Northeastern China. Economic Geology, 115 (1) 101-128 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4695
Dai, Meng, , , Yan, Guang-sheng, Li, Yong-sheng, Jia, Wen-bin, Qi, Fan-yu, Ju, Xing, , , , (2022) Melt extraction and mineralization: A case study from the supergiant Shuangjianzishan Ag-Pb-Zn deposit (208 Mt), Inner Mongolia, NE China. China Geology, 5. 1-24 doi:10.31035/cg2022044
Wu, Xiaolin; Zhao, Junfeng; Liu, Wenyuan; Xie, Guiqing; Ye, Zi; Li, Zhiyuan; Sun, Hongjun (2023) Tin mineralization in the giant Shuangjianzishan Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Inner Mongolia. Ore Geology Reviews, 152. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.105241
Hui, Kaixuan, Rottier, Bertrand, Qin, Kezhang, Zajacz, Zoltan, Tsay, Alexandra, Zhao, Junxing, Gao, Shen, Shi, Ruizhe (2024) Silver Behavior During Magmatic and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of a Highly Evolved Reduced Granitic System Related to the Giant Shuangjianzishan Ag-Pb-Zn-(Sn) Epithermal Deposit, Northeast China. Economic Geology, 119 (1) 59-83 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5031
Wang, Le, Chiaradia, Massimo, Qin, Ke-Zhang, Hui, Kai-Xuan, Li, Zhen-Zhen, Cao, Ming-Jian, Song, Guo-Xue, Pang, Xu-Yong, Shan, Peng-Fei, Li, Guang-Ming (2024) Magmatic Controls on Au- and Ag-Rich Intermediate-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposits from Northeast China. Economic Geology, 119 (8). doi:10.5382/econgeo.5118
Liu, Jie; Lai, Yong; Niu, Xudong; He, Zifeng; Chen, Sai (2025) Sphalerite geochemistry of the Hua’aobaote and Shuangjianzishan deposits in the southern Great Xing’an Range, NE China. Ore Geology Reviews, 187. 106991 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106991
 
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