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Calcite from
Huayangchuan U-Nb-Pb deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Huayangchuan U-Nb-Pb deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:911706
Long-form Identifier:1:3:911706:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘHuanglongpu Mo-(Pb) deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘHulugou Au deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘLianzigou Au deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘCaotan gravel quarry, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘShijiawan Mo deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘTongguan Mine, Tongguan County, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘTiechagou carbonatite, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘHuangshuian Mo-(Pb) deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
18.4km (11.5 miles) ⓘJinduicheng Mine, Huazhou District, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘTongyu Mine (Tongyu I deposit), Tongyu gold field, Tongguan County, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
References
National Geological Archives of China database, record no. X00041049
Huang, D., Wang, Y., Nie, F. & Jiang, X. 1984. Isotopic composition of sulfur, carbon and oxygen and source material of the Huanglongpu carbonatite vein-type of molybdenum (lead) deposits. Acta Geologica Sinica, 58, 252-264.
Yang, Z., & Woolley, A. (2006). Carbonatites in China: a review. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 27(5), 559-575.
Xu, C., Campbell, I. H., Allen, C. M., Huang, Z., Qi, L., Zhang, H., & Zhang, G. (2007). Flat rare earth element patterns as an indicator of cumulate processes in the Lesser Qinling carbonatites, China. Lithos, 95(3-4), 267-278.
Xiaochao Hui (2014): Geochemical studies of the uranium-polymetallic mineralization at Huayangchuan, Shaanxi Province. PhD Thesis, Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, 159 pp.
Yan, J., Pan, J. Y., & Kang, Q. Q. (2018). Geological and Geochemical Characteristics of the Huayangchuan U-Nb-Pb Deposit, Shan'Xi, China (No. IAEA-CN--261).
Zheng, H., Chen, H., Li, D., Wu, C., Chen, X., & Lai, C. K. (2020). Timing of carbonatite-hosted U-polymetallic mineralization in the supergiant Huayangchuan deposit, Qinling Orogen: constraints from titanite U–Pb and molybdenite Re–Os dating. Geoscience Frontiers, 11(5), 1581-1592.
Huang, H., Wang, K. X., Cuney, M., Pan, J. Y., Bonnetti, C., Liu, X. D., & Zhong, F. J. (2022). Mesozoic magmatic and hydrothermal uranium mineralization in the Huayangchuan carbonatite-hosted U-Nb-polymetallic deposit, North Qinling Orogen (Central China): evidence from uraninite chemical and isotopic compositions. Ore Geology Reviews, 104958.
Wang, Wenyi, Tan, Shuang, Wan, Jianjun, Hu, Xuelian, Peng, Haoyang, Liu, Chengdong (2024) Insights from Dikes for Multistage Granitic Magmatism in the Huayangchuan Uranium Polymetallic Deposit, Qinling Orogen. Minerals, 14 (3) doi:10.3390/min14030261
 
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