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Rutile from
Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:706642
Long-form Identifier:1:3:706642:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Rutile in this Region
Bayan Obo sludge lake, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
East Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
H9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Main pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘMain pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘH9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘEast Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘBayan Obo sludge lake, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
84.0km (52.2 miles) ⓘJiashengpan Pb-Zn deposit, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayannur City (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
References
Qing-chang, Meng (1981) The genesis of Bayan Obo carbonatite deposit. Geology and Prospecting, 3. p.10-17.
Tiegeng Liu, Guanxin Wang, and Jiwen Gong (1987): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 7(2), 177-182
Zonglin Hou (1989): Geology and Prospecting 25(7), 1-5, 22
Yi-Li, Chang-Ke, Hong-She, Deng-Wang, Xu, Cheng, An-Wang, Rui-Li, Zi-Peng, Ze-Zhu, Kui-Yang, Chen, Wei, Jian-Zi, Wen-Song, Yong-Zhao, Zhang, Li, Yu, Hong, Guo, Bin, Sheng-Zhou, Xing-Yuan, Jing-Liu (2023) Geology and mineralization of the Bayan Obo supergiant carbonatite-type REE-Nb-Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia, China: A review. China Geology, 6 (4) 716-750 doi:10.31035/cg2023082
Yang, Bo, Yang, Li, Zhao, Yong-Gang, Yan, Guo-Ying, Liu, Jian-Yong, Meng, Wen-Xiang, Yu, Jun-Fang, Chen, Lei, Li, Xiao-Chun, Li, Xian-Hua (2024) Aeschynite Group Minerals Are a Potential Recovery Target for Niobium Resources at the Giant Bayan Obo Nb–REE–Fe Deposit in China. Minerals, 14 (10). doi:10.3390/min14101029
Liu, Shuang-Liang, Liu, Xuan, Fan, Hong-Rui, Butcher, Alan R, Lahaye, Yann, Michallik, Radoslaw M., Jolis, Ester M., Lukkari, Sari, Yang, Kui-Feng, Wang, Qi-Wei, et al. (2025) Scandium distribution in the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit, China: A multi-scale geochemical perspective. Ore Geology Reviews, 177. 106466 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106466
Jin, Hailong, Sun, Qing, Chen, Biao, Wei, Wei, Liu, Yanjiang, Li, Qiang (2025) Evaluated Utilization of Middle–Heavy REE Resources in Bayan Obo Deposit: Insight from Geochemical Composition and Process Mineralogy. Minerals, 15 (3). doi:10.3390/min15030212
Chen, Qian; Song, Wenlei; Xu, Cheng; Xue, Shanna; Xu, Danni; Chen, Biao (2025) Mineralogical and geochemical study of Nb mineralization in the giant Bayan Obo deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 184. 106771 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106771
 
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