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Northern continental shelf, South China Seai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Northern continental shelf | Slope |
| South China Sea | Sea |
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The coastal regions of China are characterized by extensive exposures of metamorphic rocks and Mesozoic granites, which provide abundant detrital materials for the formation of heavy mineral deposits. Under favorable geomorphic and hydrodynamic conditions, these materials can be transported and accumulated to form economically significant coastal zirconium‑titanium placer deposits. The northern South China Sea, in particular, exhibits high potential for such deposits, and previous studies have identified several prospective areas for zircon and titanium sands in this region. The continental shelf, extending within water depths of 50 to 200 m, is characterized by extensive deposition of fine-grained sediments. The research range was 20° to 24°N and 114° to 120°E.
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9 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| ⓘ | Anatase | 4.DD.05 | TiO2 |
| ⓘ | Brookite | 4.DD.10 | TiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Monazite Group' | - | REE(PO4) |
| ⓘ | 'Leucoxene' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anatase | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Brookite | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Monazite Group | REE(PO4) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Monazite Group | REE(PO4) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Anatase | TiO2 |
| Ti | ⓘ Brookite | TiO2 |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
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References
[1]Zhou, Jiao; Cai, Pengjie; Niu, Yufu; He, Gaowen; Ma, Anlin; Nie, Xin; Tian, Chengjing; Guo, Lihua (2026) Deciphering Zirconium-Titanium placer mineralization on the northern Shelf/Slope of the South China Sea: A Machine learning approach to Identifying mineralogical Fingerprints and sedimentary Controls. Ore Geology Reviews, p.107526. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107526
