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Quartz from
Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Ore Field
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:940003
Long-form Identifier:1:3:940003:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Hongnitang Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
Wandongshan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘWandongshan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘHongnitang Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘLaomaijian Mine, Eryuan County, Dali, Yunnan, China
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘBeiya Area, Dali, Yunnan, China
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘHeqing Mn deposit, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘXiaotianjing Mine, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘJinhe intrusion, Jianchuan County, Dali, Yunnan, China
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘMaolipo ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘLuandongshan ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘShuangmacao Au deposit, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
References
Wen-Yan He, Xuan-Xue Mo, Zhong-Hua He, Noel C. White, Jin-Biao Chen, Kai-Hui Yang, Rui Wang, Xue-Hui Yu, Guo-Chen Dong, and Xiong-Fei Huang (2015) The Geology and Mineralogy of the Beiya Skarn Gold Deposit in Yunnan, Southwest China. Economic Geology 110:1625-1641
Fu, Yu, Sun, Xiaoming, Li, Dengfeng, Lin, Hai, Lai, Chunkit (2017) LA-ICP-MS U-Th-Pb Dating and Trace Element Geochemistry of Allanite: Implications on the Different Skarn Metallogenesis between the Giant Beiya Au and Machangqing Cu-Mo-(Au) Deposits in Yunnan, SW China. Minerals, 7 (12) 251 doi:10.3390/min7120251
Fu, Yu, Sun, Xiaoming, Li, Dengfeng, Lin, Hai (2018) U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemistry of U-Rich Garnet from the Giant Beiya Gold-Polymetallic Deposit in SW China: Constraints on Skarn Mineralization Process. Minerals, 8 (4) 128 doi:10.3390/min8040128
Zhou, H., Sun, X., Wu, Z., & Huang, Q. (2019). Timing of skarn gold deposition in the giant Beiya polymetallic gold deposit, southwest China: Constraints from in situ monazite SIMS U-Th-Pb geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 106, 226-237.
Xu, Bo; Hou, Zeng-qian; Griffin, William L; Zhou, Ye; Zhang, Yu-Fei; Lu, Yong-Jun; Belousova, Elena; Xu, Ji-Feng; O’Reilly, Suzanne Y (2021) Elevated magmatic chlorine and sulfur concentrations in the Eocene-Oligocene Machangqing Cu-Mo porphyry systems.
Gao, X., Sun, X., Fu, Y., & Liu, Q. (2022). Garnet geochemistry of the giant Beiya gold–polymetallic deposit in SW China: Insights into fluid evolution during skarn formation. Ore Geology Reviews, 105198.
He, Wenyan, Xing, Yanlu, Bao, Xinshang, Sun, Nuo, Gao, Xue, Yang, Liqiang (2024) Iron isotope constraints on the genesis of giant Beiya Au-base metal deposits, Yunnan, Southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 171. 106152 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106152
Zhang, Hong-Rui, He, Wen-Yan, Yang, Li-Qiang, Zhou, Yun-Man, Zhang, Rui-Rui, Zhao, Bo (2024) In-situ geochemical and isotopic analyses of multiple pyrite generations: Insights for the giant Beiya Au polymetallic ore genesis in southwestern China. Ore Geology Reviews, 106195 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106195
He, Wenyan; Xing, Yanlu; Bao, Xinshang; Sun, Nuo; Gao, Xue; Yang, Liqiang (2024) Iron isotope constraints on the genesis of giant Beiya Au-base metal deposits, Yunnan, Southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 171. 106152 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106152
Ren, Long, Huang, Jing, Wang, Xiaoze, Yang, Shaowen, Yang, Chunhai, Zhao, Chengfeng, Wang, Lidong, Mei, Wenzhou, Deng, Mingguo, Zhou, Yunman (2024) Magmatic control on orebody distribution of porphyry-skarn gold-copper deposit: A case study of Beiya deposit from Sanjiang metallogenic belt in the southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 175. 106350 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106350
 
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