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Fluorapatite from
East Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:972405
Long-form Identifier:1:3:972405:1
GUID (UUID V4):36682b8a-ab8c-4ecc-8795-b64e9a0c4962
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
3.5km (2.2 miles) Wu dyke, Dulahala, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonatitic Dykes Next to the Giant Bayan Obo REE Deposit, Northern China Le Hu 1,2 , Yike Li 2, *, Maoshan...Earthquake Forecasting, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100036, China; hulecugb@126.com Institute...Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; maoshanchuan@126.com (M.C.); ruipinglee@gmail.com...Comprehensive Investigation Center, China Geological Survey, Kunming 650001, China Correspondence: like430@cags...Abstract: The Bayan Obo rare earth element (REE) deposit in Inner Mongolia, northern China, is the largest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new mineral in the mica group from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China RITSURO MIYAWAKI1,*, HIDEHIKO SHIMAZAKI1...metamorphosed carbonate rock from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China. It is associated with dolomite, calcite...montdorite. Key-words: yangzhumingite, new mineral, Bayan Obo, mica group, tetrasilicic, lithium, fluorine....metamorphosed carbonate rock from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China. The metamorphosed carbonate rock...recognition of his contributions to the mineralogy of Bayan Obo. The type material is housed in the National Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paralgenesis in the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe Inner Mongolia, China Linda S. Campbell ore deposit, *, Paul Henderson...1997 Abstract Many studies of the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe ore deposit have suggested that the REE mineralization...mineralized rocks from the main and east orebodies at Bayan Obo were selected for a paragenetic study...study of apatite. Apatite is abundant at Bayan Obo, displaying a diversity of textures and occurrences, and...determine their compositions. Four distinctive fluorapatite occurrences are recognized: (1) Discrete grains
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Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; 13264722955@163.com (Z.-Y.W.); yangkuifeng@mail...100049, China Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China iCRAG...consider them as strategically important resources. China, responsible for more than 60% of the world’s REE...are closely related to carbonatite in China. Such a type of deposit may also contain appreciable amounts...margin depression or rift belts, e.g., Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit, and orogenic belts on the margin of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
apatite and dolomite from the Bayan Obo giant Fe-REE-Nb deposit in Inner Mongolia:New evidences for genesis...apatite and dolomite from the Bayan Obo giant Fe-REE-Nb deposit in Inner Mongolia:New evidences for genesis...apatite and dolomite from the Bayan Obo giant Fe-REE-Nb deposit in Inner Mongolia:New evidences for genesis...University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 2. CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative...and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 3. Xi'an Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey
Report (issue)
gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. The Mountain Pass Mine, San Bernardino County, California, was the only...............................................O4 China..............................................................................................O7 Deposit Types........................................................................................O21 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................O22 Mine Closure........................................
Report (issue)
Republic). Association: Dolomite, strontian fluorapatite, monazite, daqingshanite-(Ce), strontianite...Hill, Zambia). Distribution: On Nkombwa Hill, 24 km east of Isoka, Zambia. At the Benson Mines, near Star...deposits. From the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-RE deposit, 130 km north of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. At Brumado, Bahia
Report (issue)
158(18)° Z=2 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China. 3.37 (100), 3.12 (90), 2.89 (83)...23.64 6.96 [0.53] 2.93 100.20 (1) Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China; average electron microprobe analysis...carbonate rocks associated with a large REE-Fe-Nb deposit. Association: Phlogopite, yangzhumingite, bastnasite-(Ce)...barite, fluorapatite, richterite-arfvedsonite. Distribution: In the South ore body, East Mine, Bayan Obo...Obo, Inner Mongolia, China. Name: The suffix, fluoro, identifies the essential F in a phase related to kinoshitalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
referred to as Landsverk 3, in the Iveland-Evje district north of Kristiansand in Norway. The mineral was...ilmenorutile. For example, in the Iveland-Evje district (Norway), the scandium content of ilmenite in... Zirconolite [(Ca,Ce)Zr(Ti,Fe,Nb)2O7] in this deposit contains 208 ppm Sc, on average (Kalashnikov et...source of scandium in the Bayan Obo deposit, China, and the Zhovti Vody deposit in the Ukraine. In these...those of the clinopyroxene. Scandium Deposits China Bayan Obo: Approximately 90% of global scandium production
Report (issue)
CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO COSTA RICA CÔTE D’IVOIRE CROATIA...MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA...1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 6. DESCRIPTION OF THORIUM DEPOSIT TYPES AND EXAMPLES ........... 8 4.1.1. Carbonatite....................................... 60 6.6.2. China .................................................................................... 79 6.6.10. Mongolia .............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
origin of the massive Bayan Obo ore-bearing dolomite marble, Inner Mongolia, China M. J. Le Bas1; , Y...Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 Received March 23, 2006; accepted October 2,...distribution in dolomite-calcite carbonatite dykes at Bayan Obo are provided, and a Mid-Proterozoic age is deduced...marble host to the giant Fe-REE ore deposit at Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia remains controversial. Chao et al...Other contributions that review the origin of the Bayan Obo rocks are by Wu et al. (1996) and Campbell and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paleoproterozoic Montviel carbonatite-hosted REE–Nb deposit, Abitibi, Canada: Geology, mineralogy, geochemistry...Paleoproterozoic Montviel carbonatite-hosted REE–Nb deposit, Abitibi, Canada: Geology, mineralogy, geochemistry...Paleoproterozoic Montviel Carbonatite-Hosted REE-Nb Deposit, Abitibi, Canada: Geology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry...The Montviel 250 Mt carbonatite-hosted REE-Nb deposit is hosted in a Paleoproterozoic alkaline suite...enriched. For example, Bayan Obo, in China, is the world's largest REE deposit (48 Mt at 6 wt.% REE2O3;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A g deposit, South Australia, the Wemecke Mountain breccias, Yukon, the Kiruna iron ore district, Sweden...Sweden, and the southeast Missouri iron ore district, and a review of literature on other ironrich mineral...magmatic zone of northwest Canada, the Bayan Obo district of China, and perhaps the Redbank breccia pipes...and within individual districts, particularly in deposit morphology. Individual deposits occur as strongly...structures. The global occurrence of this type of deposit at approximately 1.8 to 1.4 Ga suggests a relation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and magnesio-carbonatites. REE ores from the Bayan Obo (China) and Mountain Pass (United States) mines,...as the relatively extensive Bayan Obo and Mountain Pass deposits in China and the United States, respectively... Reflectance (%) − offset for clarity 642 Fluorapatite 49 Goethite Phlogopite 3 20 37 Bastnäsite-(Ce)...complexity of bastnäsite-(Ce), monazite-(Ce), and fluorapatite spectra that result from REE-related absorptions...properties correlate with REE grade? Second, do deposit lithology and mineralogy affect the ability to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on Fluid Evolution in the Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China M. P. SMITH†,* AND P. HENDERSON...United Kingdom Abstract The Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb deposit, Inner Mongolia, China, is the world’s largest REE...and is also exploited as a major Fe oxide deposit. The deposit consists of replacement bodies hosted in...to those at Bayan Obo. Introduction THE BAYAN OBO Fe-REE-Nb deposit, Inner Mongolia, China, is the world’s...major Fe producer. Interest is focused on the deposit because of its extraordinary metal concentrations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
total rare earth oxide, but the importance of a deposit may be related to the grade for individual, or...total REE resource, only one currently known deposit (Bayan Obo) would class as giant (>1.7×107 tonnes contained...unclassified resource estimates from the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, all of these deposits M AN U are related to...of some of the largest deposits AC C (e.g. Bayan Obo). Hydrothermal activity involving fluids from...Rare earth elements; Carbonatite; Syenite; Giant deposit; Grade 1. Introduction The rare earth elements
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-LREE-Nb deposit Bayan Obo and other hydrothermal LREE deposits hosted in carbonatites of China. Introduction...carbonatites, particularly the large Bayan Obo deposit in China (Mariano, 1989a). Two districts with...Argentina (Fig. 1A): (1) The Rodeo de los Molles deposit, located in the Oriental Pampean Ranges of San...therein). The Rodeo de los Molles LREE and Th deposit is hosted in the Las Huertitas biotitic monzogranite...Molles occurs in the fenitized monzogranite. The deposit has been only partially explored: ~12 percent of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatite and its associated iron-oxide-apatite deposit of the Ouled Dlim Massif, South Morocco Rachid...carbonatite and its associated iron-oxide-apatite deposit of the Ouled Dlim Massif, South Morocco, Gondwana...carbonatite and its associated iron-oxide-apatite deposit of the Ouled Dlim Massif, South Morocco Rachid...mineralization, recognized here as iron-oxide-apatite (IOA) deposit type. The Gleibat Lafhouda intrusion is hosted...Monazite-(Ce) is closely na associated with fluorapatite and occurs as inclusions within the altered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00710-003-0012-6 The giant Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in a magnetite–fluorite–fayalite REE pipe: a h...Western Australia, Crawley, Australia 2 Vergenoeg Mine, Farm Kromdraai, Rust De Winter, SA, Pienaar’s River...world-class Paleoproterozoic Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in South Africa is hosted in a breccia pipe comprising...Similarities with Phalaborwa and also with Bayan Obo, Mongolia, indicate that the Vergenoeg pegmatoid pipe...deposits. Introduction The Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, within the Vergenoeg Igneous Complex (Fig. 1)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
complex in the South Qinling orogenic belt, central China Yuancan Ying, Wei Chen, Jue Lu, Shao-Yong Jiang...complex in the South Qinling orogenic belt, central China, LITHOS (2017), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.08.003...the South Qinling IP T orogenic belt, central China SC R Yuancan Ying1, Wei Chen*1, Jue Lu1, Shao-Yong...Strategic Mineral Resources, MA China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China 430074 2. State Key Laboratory...Sciences, TE D Nanjing University, Nanjing, China 210093 3. State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric
Report (volume)
StatesPermissive Terrane for an Olympic Dam-Type Deposit? U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1932 AVAILABILITY...Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State...StatesPermissive Terrane for an Olympic Dam-Type Deposit? Edited by WALDEN P. PRATT and P.K. SIMS Midcontinent...States-permissive terrane for an Olympic-Dam type deposit ; Midcontinent Strategic and Critical Minerals...Proterozoic iron oxide-rich ore deposits-An ore deposit model for Olympic Dam-type mineralization, by Steven
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
industries. Currently, mining and processing of REE is strongly concentrated in China. A substantial growth...(high-temperature) and secondary (low-temperature) deposit types. The most important primary deposits with...from China, with 40%–50% of this production contributed by the giant Fe-REE-Nb deposit at Bayan Obo [3...tons of Nb2 O5 and 470 million tons of iron. The deposit also contains an estimated 130 million tons of...hosts a deeply weathered and unexploited phosphate deposit, which is enriched in niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bore is a rare-earth element (REE)-U-P fluorapatite vein deposit hosted mostly by the ~1805 Ma Boothby...Australia. The fluorapatite veins are complex, with two stages: (1) massive to granular fluorapatite with inclusions...SHRIMP U-Pb age for a pegmatite that predates the fluorapatite veins. Other isotopic systems yielded ages from...melts, eventually deposited the Nolans Bore fluorapatite veins due to fluid-rock interaction, cooling...Orogeny. Surface exposure and weathering of fluorapatite produced acidic fluids and intense, near-surface
Report (issue)
CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO COSTA RICA CÔTE D’IVOIRE CROATIA...MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA...production, including exploration, resource assessment, mining and processing, markets and economics (of the main...and environment, as well as waste management and mine closure. Other topics covered include storage of...................... 26 FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON MINING AND PROCESSING ............................ 27
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REE production held by the People’s Republic of China, has led to much REE exploration worldwide. For...been described as the main REE carrier in any deposit, they may be present in the REE ore (e.g., Li and...chevkinite-(Ce) from Mianning County, Sichuan, China, was given 2+ 2+ by Yang et al. (2002) as (Fe3+...in Nb-rich chevkinite-(Ce) from the Biraya deposit, Mongolia. Another difficulty in comparing CGM structures...perrierite-(La) was described from the Eifel volcanic district, Germany, by Chukanov Figure 4. The main compositional
 
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