Banqi Gold Deposit

Unknown in Guizhou [Kweichow], China with commodity Gold
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207291
MAS/MILS ID 5700330019
Record type Site
Current site name Banqi Gold Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 105.66635, 24.83252 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guizhou [Kweichow](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Guizhou [Kweichow]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 105.66635, 24.83252

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLASSIFIED AS A SEDIMENTARY ROCK HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT, SIMILAR TO CARLIN TYPE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. AS SUCH THE DEPOSITS WERE CREATED BY DEEP PERCOLATING METEORIC WATER, WHICH DEPOSITED DISSOLVED METALS IN A SHALLOW EPITHERMAL ENVIRONMENT. DEPOSITION OF THIS TYPE IS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE PRESENCE OF DISSEMINATED ORGANIC CARBON IN THE HOST ROCK. ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT ARE ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, MERCURY AND THALLIUM. HIGH GOLD/SILVER RATIOS ARE TYPICAL. THE PRESENTLY KNOWN DEPOSITS OF THIS TYPE IN GUIZHOU (YATA, GETANG, SANCHAHE, BANQI AND CEYANG) ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 10 METRIC TONS OF GOLD EACH, WITH GRADES OF 4-5 G/MT AT A CUT-OFF GRADE OF 1 G/MT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R.P., CUNNINGHAM, C.G., BOSTICK, N.H., DEAN, W.E.,

  • Deposit

    CHOU, I.M.; GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THREE SEDIMENTARY

  • Deposit

    ROCK HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS IN GUIZHOU PROVINCE

  • Deposit

    PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; IN ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 6 (1991), P. 133-151.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-1993 Slater, Linda C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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