Ashele

China· XinjiangUnknown
Contained Copper
1.2 Mt
Average Grade
2.70%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1984

Overview

Deposit is believed to be over 100 m below surface. Mined out in 2004. Concordant lenticular and tabular massive sulfide bodies ?1.2 km long. Altai Middle Paleozoic island arc. Wan and others (2007) suggested Besshi-type.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1989

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS