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Muscovite from
Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1010544
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1010544:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘLalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
76.9km (47.8 miles) ⓘHongnipo Cu Deposit, Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
79.6km (49.5 miles) ⓘShizishan Cu deposit, Yimen Cu ore field (Sanjiachang Cu ore field), Yimen County, Yuxi, Yunnan, China
80.2km (49.8 miles) ⓘLuodang Mine, Lalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
82.4km (51.2 miles) ⓘYinmin Mine, Luquan County, Kunming, Yunnan, China
84.4km (52.5 miles) ⓘDaoshitou Formation, Anning City, Kunming, Yunnan, China
98.1km (60.9 miles) ⓘDatian 505 Uranium deposit, Renhe District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
99.6km (61.9 miles) ⓘKunyang Mine, Jinning County, Kunming, Yunnan, China
References
Lin Hou, Jun Ding, Jun Deng, and Huijuan Peng (2013): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 32(2), 154-166
Lin Hou, Jun Ding, Changming Wang, Zhenwen Liao, Yang Guo, Shengwei Wang, and Zizheng Wang (2013): Acta Petrologica Sinica 29(4), 1187-1202
Hou, L., Peng, H., Iriondo, A., Zhou, Q., Ding, J., Guo, Y., ... & Zeng, X. (2022). Garnets in the Yinachang Fe-Cu deposit, Kangdian region, China: Mineralogical and geochemical insights into fluid-rock dominated iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 105208.
 
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