GENETIC TYPES AND PROSPECTING DIRECTION OF THE CHANZHANHE COPPER DEPOSIT IN YUNNAN PROVINCE

Quite a few copper deposits of volcanic-sedimentary clastic rock type and continental sandstone-shale type are discovered in the southwestern Yangtze block, which is one of the significantly important copper metallogenic belts in China. The Chanzhanhe copper deposit has typically the characteristics of both types. Based on the geological conditions, the characteristics of the two types of deposits are analyzed. The result reveals that this area is favorable for middle-large scale copper mineralization.