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Plagioclase from
Gongyiming Fe deposit, Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gongyiming Fe deposit, Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1889568
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1889568:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe deposit, Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘHadamengou Au deposit (Hadamenggou Au deposit), Wulashan mining district, Binhe New District, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
63.0km (39.2 miles) ⓘShi'erhao Au occurrence, Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘHoushihua Au deposit, Tumed Left Banner (Tumote Zuoqi), Hohhot City (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
97.3km (60.4 miles) ⓘH9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
97.6km (60.7 miles) ⓘDonghuofang Au deposit, Wuchuan County, Hohhot City (Huhehaote Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
97.8km (60.7 miles) ⓘBayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
References
Wang, Dongsheng; Qin, Pengyuan; Geng, Fei; Ma, Yongyue; Wang, Hong; Gao, Zhengxiang; Li, Yike; Ke, Changhui; Li, Ruiping; Wang, Jiawei; et al. (2026) Depositional Age and Reworking Processes of the Gongyiming Banded Iron Formation, Inner Mongolia Province, China. Minerals, 16 (2). doi:10.3390/min16020189
 
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