Murong
Western Sichuan, northeastern Yajiang gneiss dome group (Songpan-Ganze orogenic belt), China
Magmatic (Ni-Cu-PGE, carbonatites)Li
- Type
- Spodumene granitic pegmatite
Deposit discovered in 2023: pegmatite vein No. 1, mineralized over its full width, holds 960,400 t Li2O, Asia's largest single-vein lithium deposit according to the authors; host rocks are metamorphosed Triassic silty mudstones (T3xd2), between the Rongxuka and Waduo domes. Liu et al. (2026): tourmaline of barren and fertile pegmatites from -8.9 to -6.5 ‰, altered country rock heavier (-6.1 to -5.4 ‰).
δ11B in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 951
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −7.8 ‰ | −8.9 / −6.5 ‰ | tourmaline of the barren pegmatite, sample MR01 (BP-Tur) Published mean and range, without standard deviation or count. Decrease from core (-6.9 ‰) to rim (-7.9 ‰) in coarse crystals. MR01 is described as non-mineralized but contains about 5 % spodumene. | Liu et al. (2026), Pegmatite evolution and mineralization: insights from tourmaline geoch… | |
| −7.5 ‰ | −7.9 / −7.1 ‰ | tourmaline of the fertile pegmatite of vein No. 1, samples MR03 and MR04 (FP-Tur) Published mean and range, without standard deviation or count. The results describe FP-Tur as isotopically unzoned, the discussion as increasing from core to rim; the references to Figs 7c-d and 7e-f are swapped relative to the caption. | Liu et al. (2026), Pegmatite evolution and mineralization: insights from tourmaline geoch… | |
| −5.7 ‰ | −6.1 / −5.4 ‰ | acicular tourmaline of the altered country rock around vein No. 1, sample MR02 (AC-Tur) Published mean and range, without standard deviation or count. | Liu et al. (2026), Pegmatite evolution and mineralization: insights from tourmaline geoch… |
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Murong, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/murong/ (accessed 2026-10-20).
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title = {Murong, isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/murong/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-20}
}Updated : 2026-10-20