Fengjiayu Fe deposit, Miyun Co., Beijing Municipality, China

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Banded iron formation (BIF), occurring in the Shenmiao Formation of the Archean Zhangjiafen Group that consists of varied biotite amphibole gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite, biotite schist, and local migmatite. The orebodies are mainly stratiform, lenticular, and lensoid; branching and mingling are common. The host units are magnetite quartzite, magnetite gneiss, magnetite amphibolite, magnetite-amphibole quartzite and garnet-magnetite gneiss. The main ore mineral textures are granoblastic and metasomatic. Ore mineral structures are typically banded, disseminated, gneissic, and massive.

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

Map Reference: 40°38'30"N , 116°58'5"E

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Mineral List:

Actinolite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Amphibole Group'
'Apatite'
Biotite
Calcite

'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
'Garnet Group'
Hematite
var: Martite
Magnetite

Quartz
'Sericite'
Talc
Tremolite

16 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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