Characteristics and Evaluation of Typical Qingtian Stone Geological Relics

Qingtian stone is renowned for one of“The Four National Carving Stones”both at home and abroad.As high quality resource of Qingtian stone carving dried up gradually，local people expect geological experts to start working on mine heritage conservation and mine park construction after investigation and assessment of mine heritage.After field investigation in Shankou mining area of Qingtian county，the author photographed and described the deposit and typical ecological sections of Qingtian stone.What’s more，the paper revealed formation process about the unique patterns，varieties，ore prospecting marks of Qingtian stone with the help of studies both on stratigraphy，geological structure and volcano geology and on local Qingtian stone carvings.This paper concluded those two typical geological relics mentioned above had reached our national standard in terms of scientific value，rarity and preservation condition.Those two mine heritages reflected the formation process and the humane，aesthetic characteristics of Qingtian stone and had a high value of science and tourism.These geological relics need preservation group by group in order to create basic conditions for mine park application.