Yulong Copper Mine

Prospect in Xizang* (Tibet), China with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159077
MAS/MILS ID 5700590001
Record type Site
Current site name Yulong Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 98.26654, 31.49869 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Xizang* (Tibet)(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Xizang* (Tibet)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 98.26654, 31.49869

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of The People'S Republic Of China
    Interest 100
    Home office China Pr

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS PROPERTY IS SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHINESE MINES, VOLUME I. GEOLOGICAL PUBLISHING CO.: BEIJING

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    1989, P.47.

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    CHINA'S METALS AND MINERALS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE. US-

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    CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL: WASHINGTON DC, 1988, P.71.

  • Deposit

    WERNER, A. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CHINA, STATISTICS AND

  • Deposit

    LOCATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES:

  • Deposit

    CANADA, 1988, PP. 26-27.

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    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHINA, V.1, 1990, GEOLOGICAL PUBLISHING

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    HOUSE, BEIJING, CHINA, PP. 13-19.

  • Deposit

    FAN, POW-FOONG, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF SELECTED COPPER DEPOSITS

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    OF CHINA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1984, V. 79, PP. 1789-1791.

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    MA HONGWEN, THE GENETIC TYPE OF GRANITIC PORPHYRIES IN

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    YULONG COPPER BELT, EASTERN XIZANG, 1990, VOL.17, NO.3,

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    JOURNAL OF CHENGDU COLLEGE OF GEOLOGY (QUARTERLY WITH

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    ENGLISH ABSTRACTS) PUBLISHED BY EDITORIAL OFFICE OF

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    JOURNAL OF CHENGDU COLLEGE OF GEOLOGY.

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    MA HONGWEN, PETROGRAPHY AND COPPER MINERALIZATION MARKS

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    OF THE GRANITIC PORPHYRIES FROM YULONG PROPHYRY COPPER

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    BELT, 1990, NO. 1, TIBET GEOLOGY, PUBLISHED BY THE

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    PEOPLE'S PUBLISHING HOUSE OF TIBET, LHASA, TIBET.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSIT IS A COPPER PORPHRYRY-SKARN COMPLEX. AVERAGE CU GRADE IS 0.52%, ALSO CONTAINS MO, CO, FE, S, W, AU, AG AND PT. DEPOSIT IS EXTENSIVELY ALTERED-POTASSIC, SILIFICATION, CLAYIZATION AND SERICITIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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