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Yangchaoping Fe deposit, Dai Co., Xinzhou Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China

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Banded iron formation (BIF), hosted in the top of the Wenxi Formation of the Shizhui Subgroup of the Archean Wutai Group. The main lithology of the deposit consists of mainly chlorite schist, intercalated with magnetite quartzite, sericite schist, and chlorite amphibole schist.

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





 Map Reference: 39°9'5"N , 113°20'10"E

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Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Calcite
    var: Ferroan Calcite
    (Ca,Fe)CO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Cummingtonite
    [ ][Mg
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Dolomite
    var: Ferroan Dolomite
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  'Hornblende'
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  'Sericite'
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Siderite
    var: Mg-rich Siderite
    (Fe,Mg)CO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt]


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