Bismuthoan galena is a variety of galena, resulting from the replacement of Bi for some Pb in galena. This mineral occurs
in the No. 11 orebody of the Lamo skarn-type Zn−Cu deposit in the Dachang ore field, but only in the No. 11 orebody of the
Lamo deposit is developed such bismuthoan galena. This is closely related to such a geochemical background that the No. 11
orebody contains high Bi and Bi-sulfosalt minerals are well developed there. Eight electron microprobe analyses of five samples
give 60.17–70.20% Pb (66.94% on average), 10.00–16.26% Bi (12.47%), 4.83–8.97% Ag (6.39%) and 13.25–13.98% S (13.65%). Its
molecular formula is Pb
0.76, Bi
0.14, Ag
0.13)
1.03S. No galena so high in Bi has been reported in the literature and this is the first report in China.