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In the Panzhihua–Xichang region (Sichuan Province, SW China), there are a number of world-class magmatic Fe–Ti oxide deposits. They are hosted as conformable masses in lower parts of layered mafic–ultramafic intrusions that are part of the end-Guadalupian (∼260Ma) Emeishan large igneous province. The ore-bearing Panzhihua, Hongge, Baima, Taihe and Xinjie intrusions are spatially and temporally associated with flood basalts and granitoids in the province. New mineralogical data for Fe–Ti oxide ores in the Hongge and Baima intrusions, combined with an overview of previously published data, provide a better understanding on the formation of these enigmatic deposits. Geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic data confirm a genetic relation between the intrusions and high-Ti Emeishan flood basalts. Parental magma compositions, estimated using the most Mg-rich cumulus olivine in the intrusions, are …