Yinachange (Yenachang) (Record #106) rare-earth element deposit in Yunnan, China

Yinachange (Yenachang)

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in Yunnan, China

Geographic location

Country	China
State or province	Yunnan
Geographic location:	102, 25.5
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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	Proterozoic
REE minerals	bastnäsite allanite
Ore minerals	hematite pyrite chalcopyrite chalcocite molybdenite fluorite
Host rock types	dolomitic marble (carbonatite) tuff

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	102, 25.5
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Economic information

Resource estimates	0.1-0.2% REO, 50-60% Fe, 0.4-0.8% Cu, 1-2% 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

Deposit is stratiform.

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.