Accumulation zone of spinel peridotite mantle nodules enclosed in Cenozoic alkali basalts of the Hannuoba basalt field, which also contain abundant clinopyroxene xenocrysts up to 10 cm in size. The mine also works adjacent placers.
References
- Brizi, E., Nazzareni, S., Princivalle, F., and Zanazzi, P.F. (2003): Clinopyroxenes from mantle-related xenocrysts in alkaline basalts from Hannuoba (China): augite–pigeonite exsolutions and their thermal significance. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 145, 578-584.
- Rudnick, R.L., Shan Gao, Wenli Ling, Yongshen Liu, and McDonough, W.F. (2004): Petrology and geochemistry of spinel peridotite xenoliths from
Hannuoba and Qixia, North China craton. Lithos 77, 609-637.
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