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Hematite from
Esfordi deposit, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esfordi deposit, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:533792
Long-form Identifier:1:3:533792:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘLakkeh-Siah deposit, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘKushk Mine (Koushk deposit), Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘChogart Mine, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘZarigan deposit, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran
55.3km (34.3 miles) ⓘChador Malu Fe deposit, Rabatat Rural District, Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd Province, Iran
66.5km (41.3 miles) ⓘChah-Gaz iron oxide-apatite ore deposit, Rabatat Rural District, Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd Province, Iran
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘKhoshumi, Rabatat Rural District, Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd Province, Iran
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘSaghand Uranium Mine, Saghand, Rabatat Rural District, Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd Province, Iran
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘMehdi Abad Mine, Anar County, Kerman Province, Iran
96.0km (59.7 miles) ⓘMehdiabad deposit, Mehriz County, Yazd Province, Iran
References
USGS Open-File Report 02–156–A
Economic Geology 102 (2007) 1111-1128.
Khoshnoodi, Khalegh, Ziapour, Samaneh, Yazdi, Mohammad, Cuney, Michel (2023) Mineralogy of various types of Th-U-REE mineralisation in the iron oxide–apatite deposits of the Bafq district, Central Iran. Applied Earth Science, 132 (1) 1-15
 
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