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Mengbeng Nb-Ta-Sn deposit, Tengchong Sn belt, Tengchong County, Baoshan, Yunnan, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Mengbeng Nb-Ta-Sn depositDeposit
Tengchong Sn beltBelt
Tengchong CountyCounty
BaoshanPrefecture-level City
YunnanProvince
ChinaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
25° North , 98° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~74km
GRN:
N17E64
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
Cwb : Subtropical highland climate or temperate oceanic climate with dry winters
Mindat Locality ID:
234526
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:234526:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Vein-type niobium-tantalum-tin deposit, hosted in the greisenization zone of a Late Yanshanian granite intrusion. The deposit consists of two ore bodies that are hosted in different intrusion stages. One ore body hosts Nb-Ta mineralization, the other contains tin.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
ⓘ'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Columbite-Tantalite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Ping Bai, Haijun Chen, Jianhong Li, and Yanhong Tian (2010): The geological conditions of Nb-Ta-Sn deposit in Mengbeng, Tengchong. Yunnan Geology 29(3), 295-298.
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