Mianning (Record #224) rare-earth element deposit in Sichuan, China

Alkalic igneous rare earth element deposit in Sichuan, China

Deposit type	Alkalic igneous
REE minerals	bastnäsite parisite monazite xenotime allanite titanite apatite aeschynite chevkinite samarskite
Ore minerals	barite fluorite betafite garnet magnetite ilmenite columbite zircon
Gangue minerals	calcite aegirine feldspar
Host rock types	aegirine alkaline granite

Geologic map unit	102.18333333333, 28.55
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Status	Producer
Company	Advanced Material Resources

Lat-long for Mianning population center. At Wutoushan Mountain.

Mariano, A.N., 1994a, Field trip report on carbonatites in the Mianning district of Sichuan, China: confidential report to AMR Technologies Inc. Mariano, A.N., 1994b, Preliminary evaluation of the bastnaesite-bearing carbonatite occurrences south of Mianning, Sichuan, China: confidential report to AMR Technologies Inc.
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.
Mariano, 1994b