Scientific data near [34.39500,100.13100]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 2.7 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
China	country
Asia	continent
Land	continent

Global distribution of selected mines, deposits, and districts of critical minerals

Approximate locations and short descriptions of mines, deposits, and districts where critical minerals are found. The critical minerals are discussed in USGS Professional Paper 1802 many of these locations are described in further detail in that report.

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Site name	Critical minerals	Deposit type
Deerni	Cobalt	Volcanogenic Cu(-Zn-Co-Ag-Au) massive sulfide

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
East Qinling	porphyry copper	A linear belt of Jurassic and Cretaceous post subduction intrusive rocks in central China
Qinling-Dabie	porphyry copper	Cambro-Ordovician island arc, Devonian continental-margin arc related to northward Paleo-Tethyan ocean subduction under North China, Qaidam, and Tarim Cratons, and Permo-Triassic rocks formed by collision of North China and Tarim cratons with Eurasia
Jinsajiang	porphyry copper	Carboniferous through Triassic rocks that were formed as continental arcs by subduction of the Paleotethyan oceanic crust southward below Qiangtang (North Tibet) terrane and northward below north China.