DEPOSITS OF THE RARE EARTHS ELEMENTS

We know more than 681 deposits of REE in 79 countries to date. The 450 occurrence this primary deposits of REE.Distribution of deposits by continent:Asia - 32%America - 23% (North America - 16%)Europe - 17%Africa - 16%Australia - 12%The greatest number of REE primary deposits by country:Russia - 94 (of 96 deposits)USA - 54 (of 80 deposits)China - 19 (of 34 deposits)Brazil - 16 (of 37 deposits)Australia - 9 (of 75 deposits)Countries that have 9-15 REE deposits:

Asia - Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Myanmar (these countries have mainly alluvial deposits), Saudi Arabia

Africa - Mozambique, South Africa, Angola, Madagascar, Namibia

Europe - France, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway

North America - Canada, Greenland (Denmark)

Countries that have all types of REE deposits (primary deposits, alluvial and fluvial placers:

• USA

• China

• Brazil

DEPOSITS OF THE RARE EARTHS ELEMENTS:

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia and Oceania

• Europe

• North America

• South America

Not each REE occurrence can be considered as REE deposit!

© Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

July 25, 2016

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