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Molybdenite from
Nâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:614271
Long-form Identifier:1:3:614271:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘSin Quyen Mine, Bat Xat District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘO Quy Ho deposit, Sa Pa District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam
38.7km (24.0 miles) ⓘChinh Sang Cu–Au deposit, Sin Ho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘChang'an Au-Cu deposit (Changanchong Au-Cu deposit), Jinping County, Honghe, Yunnan, China
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘJinping Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Jinping County, Honghe, Yunnan, China
84.4km (52.5 miles) ⓘKafang ore field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic ore field, Gejiu City, Honghe, Yunnan, China
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘKafang Mine, Kafang ore field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic ore field, Gejiu City, Honghe, Yunnan, China
87.7km (54.5 miles) ⓘJixinnao Au-Cu deposit, Kafang ore field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic ore field, Gejiu City, Honghe, Yunnan, China
88.3km (54.8 miles) ⓘGaosong ore field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic ore field, Gejiu City, Honghe, Yunnan, China
90.0km (55.9 miles) ⓘSongshujiao ore field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic ore field, Gejiu City, Honghe, Yunnan, China
References
Feldman l.G., Sarkisyan S.Sh., Boriskin V.P., Purusova S.P., Nguen Van Hoai, Chin Suan Ben (1987) Crystalline beckelite from Nam Se deposit (Northern Vietnam), - Mineralogicheskiy Zhurnal, v.9, N1, pp. 78-86 (in Rus.)
Chi, N. T., Flower Martin, J. F., & Hung, D. T. (2008, August). Carbonatites in Phong Tho, Lai Chau Province, north–west Vietnam: Their petrogenesis and relationship with Cenozoic potassic alkaline magmatism. In The 33rd international geological congress in Oslo (Norway) (pp. 1-45).
Thi, T. N., Wada, H., Ishikawa, T., & Shimano, T. (2014). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of carbonatites from South Nam Xe, Lai Chau area, northwest Vietnam. Mineralogy and Petrology, 108(3), 371-390.
Tran, Hoa Trong, Polyakov, Gleb V., Tran, Anh Tuan, Borisenko, Alexander S., Izokh, Andrey E., Balykin, Pavel A., Ngo, Phuong Thi, Pham, Dung Thi (2016) Intraplate Magmatism and Metallogeny of North Vietnam - Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences No. 11. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25235-3
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4p.234
 
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