Discovery of the largest Carboniferous manganese deposit in Longtou-Limiao, central Guangxi, China

摘要

1.Objective The Nandan-Yizhou faulting basin,which is located in Longtou-Limiao,Guangxi,is in the southern margin of the Yangtze Block,the depression zone of south Hunan and north Guangxi.It is a carbonate Manganese (Mn)ore deposit in the Baping Group,where occurs the Nongzhu large Mn deposit in a 100 km long anticlinorium with great Mn resource potential (Fig.1).