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Molybdenite from
Xifanping Cu-Au deposit, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:37.5 Ma
Minimum recorded age:29.6 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
136.2 to 31.2 MaPaleogene - Re-Os
233.7 to 32.5 MaOligocene - Re-Os
332.2 to 31 MaOligocene - Re-Os
437.5 to 34.9 MaEocene - Re-Os
533.9 to 32.7 MaOligocene - Re-Os
631.9 to 30.5 MaOligocene - Re-Os
732.8 to 29.6 MaOligocene - Re-Os isochron
Sample references:
1 -
Han C, Xiao W, Zhao G, Sun M, Qu W, Du A (2014): Re-Os geochronology on molybdenites from the Donggebi Mo Deposit in the Eastern Tianshan of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt and its geological significance. Resource Geology 64 (2) 136-148.
2 -
Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
3 -
Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
4 -
Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
5 -
Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
6 -
Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
7 -
Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Xifanping Cu-Au deposit, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:469180
Long-form Identifier:1:3:469180:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘMofancun Cu deposit, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
92.7km (57.6 miles) ⓘDalucao REE deposit, Dechang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
96.3km (59.8 miles) ⓘDonglufang Mo-Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, DÊqÊn Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
References
Hou, Zengqian, Zeng, Pusheng, Gao, Yongfeng, Du, Andao, Fu, Deming (2006) Himalayan Cu–Mo–Au mineralization in the eastern Indo–Asian collision zone: constraints from Re–Os dating of molybdenite. Mineralium Deposita, 41 (1) 33-45 doi:10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2
Xu, Bo; Hou, Zeng-qian; Griffin, William L; Zhou, Ye; Zhang, Yu-Fei; Lu, Yong-Jun; Belousova, Elena; Xu, Ji-Feng; O’Reilly, Suzanne Y (2021) Elevated magmatic chlorine and sulfur concentrations in the Eocene-Oligocene Machangqing Cu-Mo porphyry systems.
Yang, Mimi, Li, Xingyuan, Chi, Guoxiang, Song, Hao, Xu, Zhengqi, Zhao, Fufeng (2024) Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Mechanisms of Porphyry Copper Deposits in a Collisional Setting: A Case from an Oligocene Porphyry Cu (Au) Deposit in Western Yangtze Craton, SW China. Minerals, 14 (9). doi:10.3390/min14090874
Hu, Yunhai; Yang, Mimi; Li, Xingyuan; Chi, Guoxiang; Zhao, Fufeng (2025) Small-Scale Porphyry Cu (Au) Systems in Collisional Orogens: A Case Study of the Xifanping Deposit with Implications for Mineralization Potential in Western Yangtze Craton, SW China. Minerals, 15 (9). doi:10.3390/min15091001
 
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