Quartz, zircon, magnetite, gold are major constituents of littoral placers in Shandong province, while shell, ballstone, ilmenite, rutile being secondary.
The mineral assemplege of the deposit is composed of diaspore, kaolin, illite, chlorite, hematite, anatace and rutile with tourmaline, zircon, goyazite in less.
Moreover, in each part of the River, these Gangdese-derived zircons show characteristic eHf(T) values that could be correlated to the neighboring batholithic values.
Analyses of their constituent zircons could well provide valuable supporting evidence that Earth's continents owe their existence to bodies from outer space.