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Dolomite from
Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:474212
Long-form Identifier:1:3:474212:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘCentral Yunnan Province (Yenanchang), Yuanmou County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
28.9km (17.9 miles) ⓘDameichang Mine, Luoci Cu ore field, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘLalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
79.6km (49.5 miles) ⓘShizishan Cu deposit, Yimen Cu ore field (Sanjiachang Cu ore field), Yimen County, Yuxi, Yunnan, China
80.2km (49.8 miles) ⓘLuodang Mine, Lalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
82.4km (51.2 miles) ⓘYinmin Mine, Luquan County, Kunming, Yunnan, China
83.4km (51.8 miles) ⓘBailongtan phosphorite deposit, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
84.4km (52.5 miles) ⓘDaoshitou Formation, Anning City, Kunming, Yunnan, China
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘLiuju Cu deposit (Luzhou Cu deposit; Liuzu Cu deposit; Liuzhi Cu deposit), Dayao copper mine, Dayao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
92.8km (57.6 miles) ⓘDaxiao Pb-Zn deposit, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
References
Yang Yaomin, Tu Guangzhi, and Hu Ruizhong (2004): Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 23(3), 265-274.
Lin Hou, Jun Ding, Changming Wang, Zhenwen Liao, Yang Guo, Shengwei Wang, and Zizheng Wang (2013): Acta Petrologica Sinica 29(4), 1187-1202
Ligang, W. E. N., Pusheng, Z. E. N. G., Xiuchun, Z. H. A. N., Chenzi, F. A. N., Dongyang, S. U. N., Guang, W. A. N. G., ... & Xiaojie, F. E. I. (2018). The Yinachang deposit in central Yunnan Province, Southwest China: A “Bayan Obo-type” Fe-Cu-REE deposit. Earth Science Frontiers, 25(6), 308.
Zhu, L., Liu, J., Bagas, L., Carranza, E. J. M., Zhai, D., Meng, G., ... & Liu, Z. (2019). The Yinachang Fe-Cu-Au-U-REE deposit and its relationship with intermediate to mafic intrusions, SW China: Implications for ore genesis and geodynamic setting. Ore Geology Reviews, 104, 190-207.
Hou, L., Peng, H., Iriondo, A., Zhou, Q., Ding, J., Guo, Y., ... & Zeng, X. (2022). Garnets in the Yinachang Fe-Cu deposit, Kangdian region, China: Mineralogical and geochemical insights into fluid-rock dominated iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 105208.
 
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