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Magnetite from
Sin Quyen Mine, Bat Xat District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sin Quyen Mine, Bat Xat District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:145187
Long-form Identifier:1:3:145187:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘMuong Hum Granite, Bat Xat District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘO Quy Ho deposit, Sa Pa District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘSouth Nâm Nâm Xe carbonatite, Nâm Nâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘNâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
40.9km (25.4 miles) ⓘPu Sam Cap Complex, Tam Đường District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘLongbohe Cu deposit, Jinping County, Honghe, Yunnan, China
48.5km (30.2 miles) ⓘChinh Sang Cu–Au deposit, Sin Ho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘMianhuadi V-Ti-Fe deposit, Jinping County, Honghe, Yunnan, China
80.2km (49.8 miles) ⓘGuanfang W deposit, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
81.9km (50.9 miles) ⓘDaping Au-polymetallic deposit, Yuanyang County, Honghe, Yunnan, China
References
Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., Watanabe, Y. (2007) Mineral Resources Map of East Asia, Geological Survey of Japan.
Can, P. N., Ishiyama, D., Anh, T. T., & Sera, K. (2011) Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of rare metals-bearing Na Bop, Lung Hoai, Na Son and Sin Quyen base metal deposits, Northern Vietnam.NMCC ANNUAL REPORT 18
Ishihara, S., Hirano, H., Hoshino, M., Can, P. N., Dung, P. T., & Tran, T. A. (2011). Mineralogical and chemical characteristics of the allanite-rich copper and iron ores from the Sin Quyen mine, northern Vietnam. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan, 62(5/6), 197-209.
Jadwiga PIECZONKA, Chau Dinh NGUYEN, Adam PIESTRZYÑSKI, and Phon Khanh LE (2019) Timing of ore mineralization using ore mineralogy and U-Pb dating, Iron Oxide Copper Gold Sin Quyen deposit, North Vietnam. Geological Quarterly, 63 (4): 861–874
 
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