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Apatite from
Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) deposit, Dong District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) deposit, Dong District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1329396
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1329396:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Apatite in this Region
Lanjiahuoshan deposit, Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) deposit, Dong District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘLanjiahuoshan deposit, Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) deposit, Dong District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘLuku Complex, Yanbian County, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘLuku Mine, Yanbian County, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘHongge V-Ti-Fe deposit, Yanbian County, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘBaicao Nb-Ta deposit, Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘXiaoheiqing Nb-Ta deposit, Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘDatian 505 Uranium deposit, Renhe District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘLaocun phosphorite deposit, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
45.7km (28.4 miles) ⓘLuodang Mine, Lalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘBailongtan phosphorite deposit, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
References
Zhang, Y., Luo, Y., & Yang, C. (Eds.). (1990). Panxi Rift and its geodynamics. Geological Publishing House.
Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P. T., Lesher, C. M., Keays, R. R., Zhang, C. J., & Malpas, J. (2005). Geochemistry, petrogenesis and metallogenesis of the Panzhihua gabbroic layered intrusion and associated Fe–Ti–V oxide deposits, Sichuan Province, SW China. Journal of Petrology, 46(11), 2253-2280.
Shellnutt, J. Gregory, Zhou, Mei-Fu (2007) Permian peralkaline, peraluminous and metaluminous A-type granites in the Panxi district, SW China: Their relationship to the Emeishan mantle plume. Chemical Geology, 243 (3) 286-316 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.05.022
Zhong, H., Zhu, W. G., Hu, R. Z., Xie, L. W., He, D. F., Liu, F., & Chu, Z. Y. (2009). Zircon U–Pb age and Sr–Nd–Hf isotope geochemistry of the Panzhihua A-type syenitic intrusion in the Emeishan large igneous province, southwest China and implications for growth of juvenile crust. Lithos, 110(1-4), 109-128.
Shellnutt, J. G., & Jahn, B. M. (2010). Formation of the Late Permian Panzhihua plutonic-hypabyssal-volcanic igneous complex: implications for the genesis of Fe–Ti oxide deposits and A-type granites of SW China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289(3-4), 509-519.
Shellnutt, J. Gregory, Iizuka, Yoshiyuki (2011) Mineralogy from three peralkaline granitic plutons of the Late Permian Emeishan large igneous province (SW China): evidence for contrasting magmatic conditions of A-type granitoids. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23 (1) 45-61 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2073
Zhong, H., Campbell, I. H., Zhu, W. G., Allen, C. M., Hu, R. Z., Xie, L. W., & He, D. F. (2011). Timing and source constraints on the relationship between mafic and felsic intrusions in the Emeishan large igneous province. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(5), 1374-1395.
Shellnutt, J. Gregory, Iizuka, Yoshiyuki (2011) Mineralogy from three peralkaline granitic plutons of the Late Permian Emeishan large igneous province (SW China): evidence for contrasting magmatic conditions of A-type granitoids. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23 (1) 45-61 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2073
Zhong, H., Campbell, I. H., Zhu, W. G., Allen, C. M., Hu, R. Z., Xie, L. W., & He, D. F. (2011). Timing and source constraints on the relationship between mafic and felsic intrusions in the Emeishan large igneous province. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(5), 1374-1395.
 
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