Meixian

China· FujianUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1959

Overview

Summary reserves 4.24 million t ore. Shuiji deposits contains: 300,000 t Pb, 280,000 t Zn, 314 t Ag at 1.1-2.4% Pb, 1.1-1.8% Zn, and 33.6 g/t Ag. Concordant folded tabular and lenticular massive sulfide bodies. Neoproterozoic (Sinian) intracontinental Minzhong rift.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS