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Pingxingguan Mine, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China

Latitude: 39°20'N
Longitude: 113°58'E
Banded iron formation (BIF), related to metamorphic rocks of the Wenyu Formation of the Archean Wutai Group, comprising two members. The upper member consists of quartz amphibolite and minor chlorite amphibolite, biotite amphibolite and BIF, the lower member consists of migmatized granitoid gneiss and amphibolite. The formation is a sequence of volcanic-sedimentation. There are three Fe horizons, each of which contains three Fe beds. The orebodies are stratiform or lenticular.

References

- Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y. (2007): Mineral Resources Map of East Asia. Geological Survey of Japan.

Mineral List

'Amphibole Group'
'Apatite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
'Garnet'
Hematite
var: Martite

Limonite
Maghemite
Magnetite
'Mica Group'
Pyrite
Quartz


12 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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