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Fluorite from
Main pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Main pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:458262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:458262:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘBayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘH9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘEast Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘDong Jielegele ore body, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘEastern contact zone, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘWu dyke, Dulahala, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘWest Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘHaxat Mine, Darhan Muminggan United Banner (Da'erhan Maoming'an Lianheqi; Damaoqi), Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
75.1km (46.7 miles) ⓘE’erdengaobao fluorite mining district, Darhan Muminggan United Banner (Da'erhan Maoming'an Lianheqi; Damaoqi), Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
References
Smith, M.P. (2007): Lithos 93(1/2), 126-148.
Xue, Yuan; Sun, Ningyue; Li, Guowu; Hao, Jinhua; Liu, Peng; Song, Wenlei; Li, Xianhua; Shen, Junfeng; Yang, Li; Wang, Zhaojing; et al. (2026) The first barium-HREE fluorocarbonate new mineral bayanoboite-(Y), Ba2Y(CO3)2F3, from Bayan Obo deposit, Inner Mongolia, China. American Mineralogist, 111 (9). p.1361-1374. doi:10.2138/am-2025-10008
Sun, Qing; Li, Xian-Hua (2026) Niobium and heavy rare earth element mineralization in the Bayan Obo deposit, China: Insights from aeschynite mineralogy, geochemistry, and geochronology. Geoscience Frontiers, 17 (6). p.102405. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2026.102405
 
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