A gold deposit with a reserve of 250,000 tons has been found in Dehua county, Fujian province, Fujian Daily reported.

According to the exploration result, the deposit is more than 100 meters in length and of an average thickness of more than 3 meters. In total, the reserves are estimated at almost 10 million metric tons of gold ore and more than 250,000 tons of gold.

Exploration is still being carried out on the north of the deposit. Experts said it is possible the find will be a super-large gold deposit.

An official in charge said the find of the porphyry gold deposit has a guiding significance for finding more Mesozoic volcanic rock-hosting gold deposits.