| Locality type: | Deposit |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Zircon |
| Formula: | Zr(SiO4) |
| Age information |
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| Maximum recorded age: | 1325 ± 60 Ma |
| Minimum recorded age: | 455.6 ± 28.3 Ma |
| Sample ages: | |
| Sample references: | |
| 1 | - | Campbell, L. S., Compston, W., Sircombe, K. N., Wilkinson, C. C. (2014) Zircon from the East Orebody of the Bayan Obo Fe–Nb–REE deposit, China, and SHRIMP ages for carbonatite-related magmatism and REE mineralization events. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168 (2). 1041-1063 doi:10.1007/s00410-014-1041-3 |
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| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Zircon data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 708145 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:708145:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Zircon in this Region |
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| Abandoned pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| East Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| H9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Nearest other occurrences of Zircon |
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| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘH9 litho-unit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘEast Mine, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘAbandoned pit, Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘDaqingshan pegmatite, Darhan Muminggan United Banner (Da'erhan Maoming'an Lianheqi; Damaoqi), Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| 60.2km (37.4 miles) | ⓘHaoyaoerhudong Au deposit, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayannur City (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China |
| 68.1km (42.3 miles) | ⓘKundulungou quartzite deposit, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayannur City (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China |
| 73.1km (45.4 miles) | ⓘHani river placers, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayannur City (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China |
| 74.7km (46.4 miles) | ⓘE’erdengaobao fluorite mining district, Darhan Muminggan United Banner (Da'erhan Maoming'an Lianheqi; Damaoqi), Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| 84.0km (52.2 miles) | ⓘJiashengpan Pb-Zn deposit, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayannur City (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China |
| 97.8km (60.7 miles) | ⓘGongyiming Fe deposit, Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China |
| References |
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Chao, E. C. T., Back, J. M., Minkin, J. A., Tatsumoto, M., Wen, W. J., Conrad, J. E., ... & Huang, S. G. (1997). US Geological Survey Bulletin 2143: The sedimentary carbonate-hosted giant Bayan Obo REE-Fe-Nb ore deposit of Inner Mongolia, China: A cornerstone example for giant polymetallic ore deposits of hydrothermal origin. United States Geological Survey, Bulletin, 2143. Fan, H. R., Hu, F. F., Yang, K. F., & Wang, K. Y. (2006). Fluid unmixing/immiscibility as an ore-forming process in the giant REE–Nb–Fe deposit, Inner Mongolian, China: evidence from fluid inclusions. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 89(1-3), 104-107. Campbell, L. S., Compston, W., Sircombe, K. N., Wilkinson, C. C. (2014) Zircon from the East Orebody of the Bayan Obo Fe–Nb–REE deposit, China, and SHRIMP ages for carbonatite-related magmatism and REE mineralization events. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168 (2). 1041-1063 doi:10.1007/s00410-014-1041-3 Zhang, Shuan-Hong, Zhao, Yue, Li, Qiu-Li, Hu, Zhao-Chu, Chen, Zhen-Yu (2017) First identification of baddeleyite related/linked to contact metamorphism from carbonatites in the world's largest REE deposit, Bayan Obo in North China Craton. Lithos, 284. 654-665 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.05.015 Tian, Pengfei, Yang, Xiaoyong, Xiao, Yulun, Yuan, Wanming, He, Zifei (2022) In Situ Monazite U–Pb Ages in Thin Sections from the Giant Bayan Obo Fe–REE–Nb Deposit, Inner Mongolia: Implications for Formation Sequences. Minerals, 12 (10) 1237 doi:10.3390/min12101237 Liang, Pei, Wang, Junyi, Li, Bicheng, Xie, Yuling, Han, Jinsheng, Xia, Jiaming, Li, Bingbing, Chen, Li (2024) Multi-stage REE mineralization in the Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb deposit: Constraints from biotite and apatite geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 174. 106312 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106312 Liu, Shuang-Liang, Liu, Xuan, Fan, Hong-Rui, Butcher, Alan R, Lahaye, Yann, Michallik, Radoslaw M., Jolis, Ester M., Lukkari, Sari, Yang, Kui-Feng, Wang, Qi-Wei, et al. (2025) Scandium distribution in the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit, China: A multi-scale geochemical perspective. Ore Geology Reviews, 177. 106466 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106466 |
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