Qibeiling Mine

Producer in Xinjiang* [Sinkiang], China with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064806
MRDS ID TC39310
Record type Site
Current site name Qibeiling Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 87.36688, 48.13119 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 45 KM NW OF ALTAY CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Xinjiang* [Sinkiang](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Xinjiang* [Sinkiang]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result STANDARD GEOLOGICAL TESTING OF 20 POLISHED SPESSARTINE GARNET SECTIONS AS WELL AS OF ROUGH AND FACETED STONES
Result REFRACTIVE INDICES OF 1.805-1.811
Result SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 4.20-4.25
Result MOHS HARDNESS OF 7.5
Result UNRESPONSIVE TO SHORT- OR LONG-WAVE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
Result GEOMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS WITHIN EXPECTED RANGE ALTHOUGH SOME ALMANDINE COMPONENT NOTED
Result COLOR PROGRESSES FROM ORANGE TO ORANGE-RED WITH INCREASED FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) 87.36688, 48.13119

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WANG, FUQUAN, AND LIU, YAN, 1993, GRANETS FROM ALTAY, CHINA: GEMS AND GEMOLOGY, V. 29, NO. 4, P. 273-277

  • Production

    WANG AND LIU, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-94 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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