Hongtoushan

China· LiaoningUnknown
Contained Copper
0.5 Mt
Average Grade
1.80%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1958

Overview

56 g/t Cd and 25 g/t Se reported. Concordant tabular folded massive sulfide bodies. Post-mineral diabase dikes (2534 Ma). Greenstone belt of Liaodong peninsula, Hunbei Archean terrane.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1958

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS | coordinate: Mindat