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Guposhan REE deposit, Jianghua Co., Yongzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

REE deposit, hosted in allanite-bearing high-potassium calc-alkaline Guposhan granite, granodiorite and limestone. There are placers associated with this deposit.

Ref.:
- Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits and Occurrences. USGS Open-File Report 02-189, 174 pp.
- Sheng-Yan Gu, Ren-Min Hua, and Hua-Wen Qi (2006): Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Yanshanian Huashan-Guposhan Granites in Guangxi. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica [Yanshikuangwuxue Zazhi] 25(2), 97-109.
- Zhiwei Bao and Zhenhua Zhao (2008): Geochemistry of mineralization with exchangeable REY in the weathering crusts of granitic rocks in South China. Ore Geology Reviews 33, 519-535.





Map Reference: 24°42'N , 111°30'E

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Mineral List:
  • 'Aeschynite'
  • 'Allanite'
  • Biotite
  • Cassiterite
  • Fluorite
  • Fergusonite-(Y)
  • 'Gadolinite'
  • Ilmenite
  • 'Monazite'
  • Phlogopite
  • Potassicrichterite
  • Thorite
  • Titanite
  • Zircon


    14 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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