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Ilmenite from
Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:111487
Long-form Identifier:1:3:111487:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Ilmenite in this Region
Abandoned pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
East Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
H9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Main pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘMain pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘH9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘEast Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘAbandoned pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘHuanghuatan Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd deposit, Wuchuan County, Hohhot City (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘXiaonanshan Cu-Ni-(Pt-Pd) deposit, Wuchuan County, Hohhot City (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘHaoyaoerhudong Au deposit, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayannur City (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
References
Jinsha Xu and Ganfu Shen (2005): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 25(3), 213-216
Jinsha Xu, Guaming Yang, Guowu Li, Zhilan Wu, and Ganfu Shen (2008): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 28(3), 237-243
Li, Hong-Tao; Yang, Kui-Feng; Gao, Yu-Pu; Zhao, Jian; Yuan, Xing-Yu; Li, Xiao-Chun; Fan, Hong-Rui (2022) Age and origin of the H9 member from the Bayan Obo Group: Implications for the genesis of the giant Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE deposit, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 146. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104927
Yi-Li, Chang-Ke, Hong-She, Deng-Wang, Xu, Cheng, An-Wang, Rui-Li, Zi-Peng, Ze-Zhu, Kui-Yang, Chen, Wei, Jian-Zi, Wen-Song, Yong-Zhao, Zhang, Li, Yu, Hong, Guo, Bin, Sheng-Zhou, Xing-Yuan, Jing-Liu (2023) Geology and mineralization of the Bayan Obo supergiant carbonatite-type REE-Nb-Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia, China: A review. China Geology, 6 (4) 716-750 doi:10.31035/cg2023082
Liang, Pei, Wang, Junyi, Li, Bicheng, Xie, Yuling, Han, Jinsheng, Xia, Jiaming, Li, Bingbing, Chen, Li (2024) Multi-stage REE mineralization in the Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb deposit: Constraints from biotite and apatite geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 174. 106312 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106312
Liu, Shuang-Liang, Liu, Xuan, Fan, Hong-Rui, Butcher, Alan R, Lahaye, Yann, Michallik, Radoslaw M., Jolis, Ester M., Lukkari, Sari, Yang, Kui-Feng, Wang, Qi-Wei, et al. (2025) Scandium distribution in the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit, China: A multi-scale geochemical perspective. Ore Geology Reviews, 177. 106466 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106466
Jin, Hailong, Sun, Qing, Chen, Biao, Wei, Wei, Liu, Yanjiang, Li, Qiang (2025) Evaluated Utilization of Middle–Heavy REE Resources in Bayan Obo Deposit: Insight from Geochemical Composition and Process Mineralogy. Minerals, 15 (3). doi:10.3390/min15030212
Chen, Qian; Song, Wenlei; Xu, Cheng; Xue, Shanna; Xu, Danni; Chen, Biao (2025) Mineralogical and geochemical study of Nb mineralization in the giant Bayan Obo deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 184. 106771 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106771
Liu, Nanxi; Yang, Kuifeng; Qiu, Zhengjie; She, Haidong; Hu, Fangfang; Fan, Hongrui (2026) Superposed effect of Early Paleozoic alkaline magmatic-hydrothermal activity on the Bayan Obo deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 192. 107249 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107249
 
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