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Provenance Characteristics and Lithium Enrichment Mechanism of Bauxite-Type Lithium Rich Clay: A case study in the Yunnan-Guizhou region
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YaPing WANG1, 2, 3, WeiLiang MIAO1, 2, WenXia LI1, 2, ChangZhong LI1, 2, 3, HuiBin ZHAO1, 2, 3, XiYing ZHANG1, 2
Acta Sedimentologica Sinica | 2026, 44(2) : 577 - 595
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Acta Sedimentologica Sinica | 2026, 44(2): 577-595
Provenance Characteristics and Lithium Enrichment Mechanism of Bauxite-Type Lithium Rich Clay: A case study in the Yunnan-Guizhou region
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YaPing WANG1, 2, 3, WeiLiang MIAO1, 2, WenXia LI1, 2, ChangZhong LI1, 2, 3, HuiBin ZHAO1, 2, 3, XiYing ZHANG1, 2
Affiliations
  • 1.Key Laboratory of Green and High-end Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
  • 2.Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Geology and Environment of Salt Lakes, Xining 810008, China
  • 3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Published: 2026-04-10 doi: 10.14027/j.issn.1000-0550.2024.031
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Objective Lithium rich claystone deposits with great potential for mineralization have been found in the bauxite-bearing sedimentary strata of Yunnan-Guizhou region in Southwest China, but the current understanding of the material sources and lithium enrichment mechanisms of these bauxite-type lithium rich claystones in these areas is still significantly insufficient. Methods In this study, two sets of bauxite-type lithium rich claystone systems, the Early Permian Daoshitou Formation in Yunnan and the Lower Carboniferous Jiujialu Formation in Guizhou, were analyzed in terms of their mineralogical compositions, major and trace elements, and the compositions of rare earth elements. Combined with the results of previous research, the study systematically explored the source attributes of two sets of bauxite-type lithium-rich claystone systems, which were formed in different epochs but have very similar petrographic characteristics, as well as determining the factors that led to the anomalous enrichment of lithium.[Results and Conclusions] The results showed that the differences in source properties between the lithium rich claystones of the Jiujialu Formation in Guizhou and the Daoshitou Formation in Yunnan had a significant influence on their lithium content. In general, the development of the Jiujialu Formation, which has relatively low lithium content, is closely related to the weathering and denudation of impure dolomite in the underlying Loushanguan Group. Its original source may have been Neoproterozoic-Middle Proterozoic neutral acidic magmatism, which is significantly influenced by Mg-Fe compositions. The formation of Yunnan Daoshitou Formation claystones with relatively high lithium content was significantly influenced by the recycling of Ordovician sedimentary rocks, while the source connection with its underlying carbonate strata was weak. Their original source was dominated by neutral acidic magmatism. In addition, the lithium rich clay rocks in the Yunnan-Guizhou region were hosted by either kaolinite or illite, and the drainage of the watershed during the depositional period and the effect of coexisting ions in the water body played important roles in restricting the lithium enrichment in the clay. Analyzing the provenance of lithium rich clay rocks in the Jiujialu Formation in Guizhou and the Daoshitou Formation in Yunnan, along with the occurrence of lithium-bearing minerals, is of significant importance for understanding the ore-forming processes and controlling mechanisms of clay-type lithium deposits.

bauxite-type lithium-rich claystone  /  provenance characteristics  /  lithium enrichment mechanism  /  Yunnan-Guizhou area
YaPing WANG, WeiLiang MIAO, WenXia LI, ChangZhong LI, HuiBin ZHAO, XiYing ZHANG. Provenance Characteristics and Lithium Enrichment Mechanism of Bauxite-Type Lithium Rich Clay: A case study in the Yunnan-Guizhou region[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2026 , 44 (2) : 577 -595 . DOI: 10.14027/j.issn.1000-0550.2024.031
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doi: 10.14027/j.issn.1000-0550.2024.031
  • Receive Date:2023-12-28
  • Online Date:2026-09-17
  • Published:2026-04-10
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  • Received:2023-12-28
  • Revised:2024-02-28
  • Accepted:2024-05-09
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the Western Light Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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    1.Key Laboratory of Green and High-end Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
    2.Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Geology and Environment of Salt Lakes, Xining 810008, China
    3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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