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Diagenetic origin of the Luzhou copper deposit, Yunnan Province, China

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The Luzhou sandstone-hosted copper deposit in the Chuxiong Basin is hosted by the Cretaceous Maotoushan Formation. Ore is localized in paleo-river channels on the limbs of gently folded anticlines. Sedimentologic, paragenetic, isotopic and mineral zoning studies suggest that the deposit was formed where oxidized Cu-rich basinal fluids were reduced during early diagenesis.

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  1. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Wengen Chen & Bin Xia

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  1. Wengen Chen
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  1. Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, 100037, China

    Jingwen Mao

  2. School of Earth and Geographical Sciences Tectonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Frank P. Bierlein

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Chen, W., Xia, B. (2005). Diagenetic origin of the Luzhou copper deposit, Yunnan Province, China. In: Mao, J., Bierlein, F.P. (eds) Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27946-6_23

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