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Shanyangping Fe deposit, Dai Co., Xinzhou Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China

Banded iron formation (BIF), hosted in the top of the Wenxi Formation of the Shizhui Subgroup of the Archean Wutai Group. The main lithology of the deposit consists of mainly chlorite schist, intercalated with magnetite quartzite, sericite schist and chlorite amphibole schist.

Ref.:
- http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt





Map Reference: 39°9'5"N , 113°20'10"E

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Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
Biotite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite

Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cummingtonite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite

Epidote
'Garnet Group'
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Magnetite
Marcasite
Muscovite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
'Sericite'
Siderite
var: Mg-rich Siderite

Zircon


21 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

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