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Yenshan

Occurrence in China with commodities PGE, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039375
MRDS ID M047041
Record type Site
Current site name Yenshan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 103.83393, 36.56139 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
China

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result MICROPROBE ANALYSIS OF ISOPLATINOCOPPER CORRESPOND TO A RANGE FROM PTY CU 5.04 TO PTY CU 5.48

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 103.83393, 36.56139
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pgm Are Disseminated In The Interstices Of Rock-Forming Minerals And In The Chlorite Veins, Associated With Diopside, Chlorite, And Apatite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yenshan Region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLEISCHER, M. ETAL., MARCH - APRIL, 1978 , NEW MINERAL NAMES - ISOPLATINOCOPPER: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 63 , NO. 3 AND 4 , P. 426

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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