Wajiertage (Wajiltag) (Record #100) rare-earth element deposit in Xinjiang, China

Wajiertage (Wajiltag)

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in Xinjiang, China

Geographic location

Country	China
State or province	Xinjiang
Geographic location:	79, 39.5
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Location references

Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Zueming, 1995, Mineralogy and geology of rare earths in China: Beijing, China, Science Press, 209 p.

Geologic characteristics

Deposit type	Carbonatite
Age of deposit	Hercynian?
REE minerals	monazite bastnäsite
Ore minerals	pyrochlore apatite
Gangue minerals	calcite dolomite
Host rock types	carbonatite syenite gabbro pyroxenite

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	79, 39.5
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Economic information

Status	Potential resource
Resource estimates	0.15-4.3% REO, 1-8% P2O5

References for resource estimates

Wu, C., Yuan, Z., and Bai, G., 1996, Rare earth deposits in China, in Jones, A.P., Wall, Frances, and Williams, C.T., eds., Rare earth minerals-- chemistry, origin and ore deposits: New York, Chapman and Hall, The Mineralogical Society Series 7, p. 281-310.

Comments

Carbonatite veins and lenses associated with pyroxenite-gabbro complex intrude metamorphic rocks.

Bibliographic references

Wu, C., Yuan, Z., and Bai, G., 1996, Rare earth deposits in China, in Jones, A.P., Wall, Frances, and Williams, C.T., eds., Rare earth minerals-- chemistry, origin and ore deposits: New York, Chapman and Hall, The Mineralogical Society Series 7, p. 281-310.
Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Zueming, 1995, Mineralogy and geology of rare earths in China: Beijing, China, Science Press, 209 p.