Alice Springs
Alice Springs (Northern Territory)
Other igneous-affiliated (including pegmatites and veins) rare earth element deposit in Northern Territory, Australia
Deposit type: Other igneous-affiliated (including pegmatites and veins)
REE minerals: Allanite
Ore minerals: Th
Host rock types: pegmatite
Average grade: 4.0% allanite containing 20% REO
Status: Potential resource
Resource estimates: 1 Mt @ 4% all
Allanite contains 20% rare earths and 1.5% Th.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org
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
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=276
@ Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya
June, 2016
nataliapetrovsky@gmail.com