由西安地质矿产研究所夏林圻、夏祖春研究员主持完成的国家“八五”科技攻关项目专题“北祁连山早古生代沟弧盆系细碧角斑岩的形成、演化及其铜多金属矿产成矿关系”研究提出：北祁连山早古生代弧后盆地海底扩张强烈、蛇绿岩发育的地段，应是找寻具较大工业价值塞浦路斯型... By the Xi’an Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Xia Lintao, Xia Zuchun researcher presided over the completion of the national “Eighth Five-Year” scientific and technological project project “Early Paleozoic arc dikes Penicillian porphyry formation, evolution and copper-polymetallic mineralization relationship” The study suggests that the early Paleozoic arc-backshed in the Qilian Mountains have a strong seabed expansion and the area where ophiolites develop should be looking for Cypriots with great industrial value.