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Tuff from
Bailingshan Fe-(Cu) deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Type:Tuff
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tuff data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bailingshan Fe-(Cu) deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1497223
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1497223:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tuff
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘDuotoushan Fe-Cu deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘTieling deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘHeijianshan Fe–Cu (–Au) deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘHongshanliang skarn Cu deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘWeiquan Mine, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘAqishan Pb-Zn deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘHongyuntan Fe deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
66.1km (41.0 miles) ⓘLingyun deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
87.5km (54.4 miles) ⓘYunhai Intrusion, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
88.1km (54.7 miles) ⓘLubei Ni-Cu deposit, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China
References
Zheng, Jiahao (2020) A synthesis of iron deposits in the eastern Tianshan, NW China. Geoscience Frontiers, 11 (4) 1271-1287 doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2019.11.014
Zhang, Hui; Wang, Yin-Hong; Zhang, Fang-Fang; Liu, Jia-Jun; Sun, Min; Wang, Kang; Zhang, Wei; Zhang, Zhong-Yu; Huang, Yun-Ying (2022) Origin of the subduction-related Late Carboniferous dacitic tuffs associated with the Bailingshan Fe deposit in Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Geochronological, geochemical, and Sr-Nd-Hf-O isotopic constraints. Ore Geology Reviews, 142. 104725 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104725
Wang, Yin-Hong; Zhang, Hui; Seltmann, Reimar; Wang, Kang; Zhang, Fang-Fang; Liu, Jia-Jun; Zhou, Dao-Qing (2026) Arc magmatic evolution of submarine volcanic-hosted iron deposits: Insights from an economic deposit class in the southern Central Asian orogenic belt, Northwest China. Geoscience Frontiers, 17 (5). p.102361. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2026.102361
Chai, Fengmei; Meng, Qingpeng; Xu, Mengjing; Qi, Dongmei; Zhao, Haitao (2026) Multiple-Stage Mineralization at the Bailingshan Volcanic-Hosted Iron Deposit, Xinjiang, NW China: Constraints from Garnet U-Pb and Amphibole Ar-Ar Geochronology and Garnet Geochemistry. Minerals, 16 (8). doi:10.3390/min16080831
 
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