Data sets of China sedimentary rock-hosted Au deposits: Appendix III and Appendix IV

These data sets include deposit description, location, and
geochemistry of sedimentary rock-hosted (Carlin-type) Au deposits in
P.R. China. Deposit data was compiled by U.S. Geological Survey and
Tianjim Geological Academy into a series of tables (.xls and .csv)
provided in Open-File Report 02-131, Appendix III and IV. Since the
1980s, Chinese geologists have devoted a large-scale exploration and
research effort to the deposits. As a result, there are more than 20
million oz of proven Au reserves in sedimentary rock-hosted Au
deposits in P.R. China. Additional estimated and inferred resources
are present in over 160 deposits and occurrences, which are
undergoing exploration. This makes China second to Nevada in
contained ounces of Au in Carlin-type deposits. It is likely that
many of the Carlin-type Au ore districts in China, when fully
developed, could have resource potential comparable to the
multi-1,000-tonne Au resource in northern Nevada.