Acobaca

Alcobaça (Southern Bahia)

Placer, shoreline rare earth element deposit in Bahia, Brazil

Deposit type: Placer, marine, shoreline

REE minerals: monazite

Ore minerals: Ilmenite, rutile, zircon, titanite

Gangue minerals: quartz

Host rock types: dune and beach sand

Average grade: 0.47% monazite

Status: Past byproduct producer

Company: Nuclebras de Monazita e Associados Ltda (1989)

Resource estimates:

Marine placer.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. https://books.google.cl/books?id=jPskAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA13&lpg=RA4-PA13&dq=Green+Cove+Springs+Mine+monazite&source=bl&ots=8xH_PV9MoG&sig=MkXPfqzQ6OM4zmU2OWc-eHL2-GQ&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6-bG1mfbMAhUDE5AKHYGfCWsQ6AEIKDAD#v=onepage&q&f=false

3. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=351