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Diopside from
Tongshankou Cu-Mo Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tongshankou Cu-Mo Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:545290
Long-form Identifier:1:3:545290:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘLazhushan Fe skarn deposit, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘLiujiafan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
13.0km (8.0 miles) ⓘLongjiaoshan Cu-(W-Mo) deposit, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘFujiashan W skarn deposit, Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘJiguanzui Au-Cu deposit, Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘTonglushan Mine, Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘXiasifang Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘJinshandian Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘFengtou Cu-Fe-Au deposit (Fentou Cu-Fe-Au deposit), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
25.2km (15.6 miles) ⓘTieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Tieshan District, Huangshi, Hubei, China
References
Xinbiao Lu, Shuzhen Yao, and Xinduo Lin (1992): Earth Science, Journal of China University of Geosciences 17(2), 171-180
Jianwei Li, Xinfu Zhao, Meifu Zhou, Vasconcelos, P., Changqian Ma, Xiaodong Deng, de Souza, Z.S., Yongxin Zhao, and Gang Wu (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 315-336.
Zhao, Rui-Zhe, Min-Fang Wang, Huan Li, Xiao-Yu Shang, Zaheen Ullah, and Jun-Peng Wang. (2021) "Texture and Geochemistry of Scheelites in the Tongshankou Deposit in Daye, Hubei, China: Implication for REE Substitution Mechanism and Multistage W Mineralization Processes" Minerals 11, no. 9: 984. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090984
Wang, M., Zhao, R., Shang, X., Wei, K., Liu, K., & An, W. (2022). REE and cathodoluminescence features of scheelites from the Tongshankou Cu–Mo deposit in Eastern China. Ore Geology Reviews, 147, 104998.
Chu, Gaobin, Chen, Huayong, Zhang, Shitao, Zhang, Yu, Cheng, Jiamin (2023) Geochemistry and geochronology of multi-generation garnet: New insights on the genesis and fluid evolution of prograde skarn formation. Geoscience Frontiers, 14 (1) 101495 doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2022.101495
 
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