Small, sheetlike body of topaz-lepidolite granite, exploited via open-pit mining.
References:
- Lin Yin, Pollard, P.J., Hu Shouxi, and Taylor, R.G. (1995): Geologic and geochemical characteristics of the Yichun Ta-Nb-Li deposit, Jiangxi Province, South China. Economic Geology 90(3), 577-585.
- Xiaolong Huang, Rucheng Wang, Xiaoming Chen, Huan Hu, and Changshi Liu (2002): Vertical variations in the mineralogy of the Yichun topaz-lepidolite granite, Jiangxi Province, southern China. Canadian Mineralogist 40(4), 1047-1068.
- Belkasmi, M., Cuney, M., Pollard, P.J., and Bastoul, A. (2000): Chemistry of the Ta-Nb-Sn-W oxide minerals from the Yichun rare metal granite (SE China): genetic implications and comparison with Moroccan and French Hercynian examples. Mineralogical Magazine 64(3), 507-523.
- Rucheng Wang, Huan Hu, Aicheng Zhang, Xiaolong Huang, and Pei Ni (2004): Pollucite and the cesium-dominant analogue of polylithionite as expressions of extreme Cs enrichment in the Yichun topaz-lepidolite granite, southern China. Canadian Mineralogist 42(3), 883-896.
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Map Reference: 27°35'N , 114°25'E
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