History · Geology
About Wuzhou Mine
The Wuzhou mining region in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is one of China’s significant rhodochrosite, hemimorphite, and smithsonite localities. The Wuzhou-Cangwu deposits sit at the southwestern margin of the Nanling polymetallic belt, where Mesozoic granitic intrusions altered Devonian carbonates into Mn-Zn-Pb skarn ores. Wuzhou’s rose-pink rhodochrosite rhombohedrons on quartz-pyrite matrix and blue-green hemimorphite botryoidal aggregates are signature collector pieces from this Guangxi belt.
Geology & Signature Specimens
Mineralization is hosted in Devonian dolomitic carbonates altered by Late Mesozoic granitic plutonism, producing skarn-type Mn-rich and Zn-rich oxide-cap orebodies. Collector specimens favor sharp pink rhodochrosite rhombohedrons on white dolomite or pyrite matrix, blue-green hemimorphite druzy crusts, and minor smithsonite botryoids. The locality complements existing Guangxi entries (Daoping, Huanggang) within the Nanling province.
Minerals Produced Here
- Jamesonite (脆硫锑铅矿)
- Rhodochrosite (菱锰矿)
