Abstract
Five selected chromium deposits of China are described: Luobusa of Xizang (Tibet), northwestern and northern Inner Mongolia, western Henan, and Panzihua of Sichuan. The first four are podiform deposits and the fifth is stratiform. Six selected nickel deposits of China are described: Jinchuan of Gansu, Dali and Ailaoshan of Yunnan, weathering products near Ailaoshan, and sedimentary nickel deposits of Yangzi craton. These nickel deposits can be classified into four types according to their geologic settings:
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Rift valley deposits — Jinchuan and Dali
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Obducted ophiolites — Ailaoshan
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Weathering products — near Ailaoshan
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Sedimentary rocks — Lower Cambrian black shales of Yangzi craton
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Fan, PF. (1986). Geologic Setting of Selected Chromium and Nickel Deposits of China. In: Friedrich, G.H., Genkin, A.D., Naldrett, A.J., Ridge, J.D., Sillitoe, R.H., Vokes, F.M. (eds) Geology and Metallogeny of Copper Deposits. Special Publication No. 4 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70902-9_12
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