湖南麻阳铜矿是一沉积型砂岩铜矿床。经调查和发掘证实麻阳古铜矿为西周时的采铜遗址,在矿区发现有15个老窿,其中12号脉3~*老窿空区体积达8000～9000米~2,开采垂直延深100米,斜长达140米。据从14个老窿的估算,古人采出的矿石量不少于13万吨。这一发现对研究春秋时楚国的经济文化发展史有重要意义。 Hunan Mayang copper deposit is a sedimentary sandstone copper deposit. After investigation and excavation proved that the ancient copper mine in Mayang is the copper mining site in the Western Zhou Dynasty, there are 15 holes found in the mining area, of which 12 # veins 3 ~ * old void volume of 8000 ~ 9000 m ~ 2, the vertical mining depth 100 meters, oblique up to 140 meters. According to the estimate of 14 holes, the ancients collected no less than 130,000 tons of ore. This discovery is of great significance to the study of the history of the economic and cultural development of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period.