| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Type: | Slate |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Slate data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1329931 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1329931:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Slate in this Region |
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| 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 |
| West Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Nearest other occurrences of Slate |
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| 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 |
| 8.1km (5.0 miles) | ⓘWest Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, 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 |
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Chao, E. C. T., Back, J. M., Minkin, J. A., Tatsumoto, M., Wen, W. J., Conrad, J. E., ... & Huang, S. G. (1997). US Geological Survey Bulletin 2143: The sedimentary carbonate-hosted giant Bayan Obo REE-Fe-Nb ore deposit of Inner Mongolia, China: A cornerstone example for giant polymetallic ore deposits of hydrothermal origin. United States Geological Survey, Bulletin, 2143. Fan, H. R., Hu, F. F., Yang, K. F., & Wang, K. Y. (2006). Fluid unmixing/immiscibility as an ore-forming process in the giant REE–Nb–Fe deposit, Inner Mongolian, China: evidence from fluid inclusions. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 89(1-3), 104-107. Campbell, L. S., Compston, W., Sircombe, K. N., Wilkinson, C. C. (2014) Zircon from the East Orebody of the Bayan Obo Fe–Nb–REE deposit, China, and SHRIMP ages for carbonatite-related magmatism and REE mineralization events. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168 (2). 1041-1063 doi:10.1007/s00410-014-1041-3 Zhu, Xue-Feng, Zhang, Chi, Huang, Xiao-Wen, Song, Wen-Lei, Lu, Li-Na, Hu, Qing-Cheng, Shao, Ya-Qin (2024) Principal component analysis of mineral and element composition of ores from the Bayan Obo Nb-Fe-REE deposit: Implication for mineralization process and ore classification. Ore Geology Reviews, 167. 105972 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105972 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 Liu, Si-Han; Wang, Chun-Lian; Sun, Jian; Hu, Gu-Yue; Wang, Dong; Ke, Chang-Hui; Liu, Xue; Liu, Yan-Ting; You, Chao (2025) The genesis of giant fluorite resources in Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE deposit, Inner Mongolia of China. Ore Geology Reviews, 187. 106959 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106959 |
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