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Muscovite from
Poshan Mine, Weishancheng ore field, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Poshan Mine, Weishancheng ore field, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:795607
Long-form Identifier:1:3:795607:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘYindongpo Mine, Weishancheng ore field, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘYindongling Ag deposit, Weishancheng ore field, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘLaowan Mo deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘLaowan Au deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘXiahuangzhuyuan Au deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘTianmushan Mo deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
25.5km (15.8 miles) ⓘLiushanyan Cu-Zn deposit, Tongbai County, Nanyang, Henan, China
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘShuangbaojian ore block, Suixian Mo deposit, Sui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China
37.6km (23.3 miles) ⓘHuangjiagou ore block, Suixian Mo deposit, Sui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China
40.3km (25.1 miles) ⓘJianshan Mine, Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan, China
References
Diankai Chen and Danshen Zhou (1984): Mineral Deposits 3(1), 37-46
Jing Zhang, Yan Yang, Yinghuai Lu, Yanjing Chen, Shouquan Wan, and Hongwei Ma (2008): Geology in China 35(6), 1220-1229
Sihong Jiang, Fengjun Nie, Donghui Fang, Yifei Liu, Wanyi Zhang, Dongqing Xu, and Zhijun Zhang (2009): Geochronology of major gold and silver deposits in Weishancheng area, Tongbai County, Henan Province. Mineral Deposits 28(1), 63-72 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Zhu, Jiang; Liu, Dan-Yang; Li, Chun-Cheng; Huang, Jing-Meng; Wang, Ping; Chen, Chao; Zhou, Jun-Jie; Zou, Yuan-Bing; Song, Wei-Fang; Zhu, Jian-Dong; et al. (2026) Origin of lamprophyres in the giant Poshan silver deposit from the Tongbai orogen, central China: Implications for tectonics and ore genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 194. p.107302. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107302
 
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