Weishan (Chisan, Xishan, 1010) (Record #101) rare-earth element deposit in Shandong, China

Weishan (Chisan, Xishan, 1010)

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in Shandong, China

Geographic location

Country	China
State or province	Shandong
Geographic location:	117.2, 34.75
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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	110 Ma (K-Ar, musc, vein)
REE minerals	bastnäsite parisite britholite carbocernaite monazite ancylite pyrochlore allanite chevkinite aeschynite
Ore minerals	barite fluorite pyrochlore magnetite rutile anatase apatite perovskite columbite thorite
Gangue minerals	quartz calcite epidote aegirine biotite chlorite diopside hematite
Host rock types	syenite quartz syenite aegirine-qugite syenite

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	117.2, 34.75
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Economic information

Status	Active REE Producer
Resource estimates	>1.6% REO in production

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

Tens of bastnasite-barite-carbonate veins on eastern shore of Weishan Lake. Veins trend NW and are 1 cm to several m thick. Host rocks are about 140 Ma (K-Ar,syenite)

Bibliographic references

Wen Lu, 1998, Chinese industrial minerals: Worcester Park, United Kingdom, Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., 210 p.
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.
Hedrick, J.B., and Templeton, D.A., 1991, Rare-earth minerals and metals: U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, 1989, p. 825-844.