Geology and geochronology of the super-large Bailongshan Li–Rb–(Be) rare-metal pegmatite deposit, West Kunlun orogenic belt, NW China

The Bailongshan pegmatite deposit is a newly discovered super-large Li–Rb–(Be–Ta–Nb) rare-metal deposit in the West Kunlun orogenic belt, northwest China. Fifty-two rare-metal orebodies (50–1230 m long by 1.5–157 m wide) have been discovered by detailed field surveying, making up a metallogenic field that is larger than 8250 × 400 m. The deposit is estimated to have ore reserves of more than 5.06 million tonnes (t) Li2O, 160,020 t BeO, 316,200 t...