Catalão I

Catalão I

Carbonatite with residual enrichment rare earth element deposit in Goias, Brazil

• Deposit type: Carbonatite with residual enrichment

• REE minerals: pyrochlore, gorceixite, monazite, florencite, ancylite, goyazite, anatase, rhabdophane

• Ore minerals: pyrochlore, apatite, vermiculite, perovskite, fluorapatite, ilmenite, titanite, barite, hematite, magnetite, zircon, gibbsite, böhmite, svanbergite, goyazite, vivianite, hinsdalite, collophane, lusungite, cahnite, pyrite

• Gangue minerals: phlogopite, serpentine, olivine, carbonate, amphibole, pyroxene, feldspar, nepheline, aegirine, quartz, kaolinite, goethite

• Host rock types: carbonatite, pyroxenite, serpentinized peridotite, glimmerite

• Average grade: 1-12 %

• Status: Nb-P producer; minor byproducer of REE (Ce); Ti resource

• Company:

• Resource estimates:

• 2 Mt laterite @ 12% REO

• 5 Mt @ 12% REO

• 21 Mt @ 1.02% REO

• 4.6 Mt @ 4% REE

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=116

3. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00788412/document